Fossil Soundtrack Volume 5

a quick near-lunchtime break from studying to post. this album was a freebie from the Fossil store. according to the info itunes imported for the album it's from 2004, which seems about right. unfortunately, i wasn't able to get a totally accurate track-listing because the info was imported as "various artists," so i don't know all the bands that are featured on the album. on top of that, some of the track names could be wrong too, because at least one of them was filed incorrectly. a song by the shins, "kissing the lipless" from chutes too narrow was called "will you come and fetch me," so that definitely casts doubt on whether anything is named correctly at all on this whole album. and unfortunately, so far i haven't been able to find an accurate track listing online yet. i don't really expect to, either, but i was able to find a not-very-authoritative list of artists on the album from somebody trying to sell a free cd on an ebay listing (granted, only for $.59).

so, the supposed artists are:

Fossil presents Soundtrack Vol.5. Used. Various Artists. Luna, Josh Rouse, Burden Brothers, polyphonic Spree, The Shins, Moving units, of Montreal, Pedro the Lion, Billionaire Boys Club, Calexico, Mates of State, Architecture in Helsinki, By Divine Right, Fellside. Promotion of upcoming artists. 2004

despite the lingering annoyance and doubt about not knowing who i'm really listening to, there are some songs on here that i really enjoy. some of them are staples from 2004, like the shins song noted above, as well as a track by the polyphonic spree and pedro the lion (!). i really like the first song, "beautiful night." there's a song that might be perfect for my upcoming wedding called "good girl." the chorus goes "i love ya, would you marry me?"

on a different note, the sample track by pedro the lion (one of my favorite artists ever) is "transcontinental," which is not a track i personally would choose for a new listener, because the subject matter deals with a man getting his legs cut off by a freight train. there's also some lemons tossed in, too. i don't really like the song called "kindling," though while i'm listening through it, the chorus is "it's a beautiful night to be here," so even more doubt is cast on CDDB's ability to import the right info about this cd. so why don't i end the entry here?

if i ever find the case to this cd, i may update this post with the right info. but we know that the probability of that happening is pretty high.