Express Yourself!
SUSHI-X-9922
December, 1999

This mix may be the most challenging one I've made yet. For my holiday gift to my co-workers, I made this CD with songs each of us contributed. There are only 4 of us in the department, and all of us love music, but we have extremely varied musical tastes. It was a real challenge to get all the songs to fit together. This may be the only CD in the world featuring Benny Goodman, the Dave Matthews Band, Ricky Martin, and Blue Swede on one disk. But the funny thing was, I found an order for the songs that I really liked, and I think they work great that way. I love this mix.

For the cover I modified a photo of some coffee beans (coffee is a major theme in our department) and made the title in Illustrator. For the inside of the case, I made a collage featuring things we love.

So, can you guess which 4 songs were my picks?

See below for cover art and playlist:

    
front and back

inside

1.  Let’s Dance - Benny Goodman
2.  Cut the Cake - Average White Band
3.  Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
4.  Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
5.  Handful of Keys - Dick Hyman
6.  An Englishman in New York - Sting
7.  Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Doris Day
8.  Marcia Baila - Ricky Martin
9.  Jump, Jive, an’ Wail - Louis Prima
10.  Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
11.  Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.
12.  Think - Taj Mahal
13.  Close To Me - The Cure
14.  Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
15.  Jimi Thing - Dave Matthews Band
16.  Hammer and a Nail - Indigo Girls
17.  Polyester Bride - Liz Phair
18.  You Wreck Me - Tom Petty
19.  Minimum Wage - They Might Be Giants
20.  Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede
21.  Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind, and Fire

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