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Top Veinte
(This is a soundtrack. You are a movie)

Every summer I send friends a CD with the 20 songs I’ve listened to the most in the past year. These are some recent examples:

Top 20 /2002

1. Leggiero, to rococo rot, Veiculo, 1997
2. Deusa do Amor, Moreno Veloso, Music Typewriter, 2001
3. White Pepper Ice-Cream, Cibo Matto, Viva! La Woman, 1996
4. Bon Bon, Mathieu Boogaerts, Super, 1995
5. Simply Are, Arto Lindsay, Noon Chill, 1998
6. Branquinha, Caetano Veloso, Estrangeiro, 1989
7. Vai (Menina de Manhã), Tom Ze, Estudando o Samba, 1975
8. Nobody in Bed, Arto Lindsay, O Corpo Sutil, 1995
9. Slow Graffiti, Belle & Sebastian, Acoustic in Paris 28/Oct/98, 1998
10. Pala, Pan sonic, A, 1999
11. Rubi, Babasónicos, Jessico, 2002
12. The Way Will Be Opening, Stereolab, Switched On, 1992
13. Here We Go, Arab Strap, Philophobia, 1998
14. Mar de Gávea, Arto Lindsay, Mundo Civilizado, 1997
15. Imbassaí, Arto Lindsay, Mundo Civilizado, 1997
16. Brioche, Takako Minekawa with Dymaxion, Maxi On, 2000
17. Sleep the Clock Around, Belle & Sebastian, The Boy With The Arab Strap,1998
18. Satisfaction, Cat Power, The Covers Record, 2000
19. Unbearable, Arto Lindsay, O Corpo Sutil, 1995
20. Je Me Detends, Mathieu Boogaerts, Super, 1995


Top 20 /2003

1. Panda Road, Deerhoof, Apple O, 2003
2. Just Like Me, Jeff Hanson, Son, 2003
3. Zamba Corta, Juana Molina, Tres Cosas, 2002
4. Delegada, Arto Lindsay, Invoke, 2002
5. Sad Cory-o-Graph, Xiu Xiu, If The Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist, It Would Be Necessary To Invent It, 2003
6. Purple Rain, Stina Nordenstam, People are Strange, 1998
7. I am the King of Prussia, Mark Robinson, Tiger Banana, 2000
8. Cooper, Deerhoof, Reveille, 2002
9. Adieu Adieu, Stereo Total, Musique Automatique, 2001
10. Insensible, Juana Molina, Tres Cosas, 2002
11. The Time of our Lives, Mark Robinson, Tiger Banana, 2000
12. Everything Reminds Me of Her, Elliot Smith, Figure 8, 2000
13. Eighties Fan, Camera Obscura, Biggest Blues Hi-Fi, 2002
14. Mechanised, The Pastels, Illumination, 1997
15. Laughing at Nothing, Jeff Hanson, Son, 2003
16. Sharon & Hope, Stina Nordenstam, This is, 2001
17. Auguri, Arto Lindsay, Noon Chill, 1997
18. Tasty Black Licorice, Mark Robinson, TeenBeat Sampler, 2003
19. Salvese Quien Pueda, Juana Molina, Tres Cosas, 2002
20. Bye, Elliot Smith, Figure 8, 2000