50minutes
| 50minutes | |
|---|---|
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 30 October 2006 |
| Genre | Various |
| Length | 50:00 |
| Label | EXERCISE1 |
50minutes is a 2006 charity album, consisting of indie, folk, electronica, and alternative artists from across the world, with all proceeds going to the Medical Foundation. The concept of the album is 50 one-minute long tracks from 50 different artists. It is compiled together in such a way as to produce a continuously flowing piece of music of exactly 50 minutes length.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Performing Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Return" | Trademark | |
| 2. | "A Step" | After Christmas | |
| 3. | "Gimme A Minute" | Grand Mal | |
| 4. | "Hard To Take" | Sennen | |
| 5. | "My Ring" | Amycanbe | |
| 6. | "The Boy Cried Love" | Jeremy Warmsley | |
| 7. | "Sugar" | Piney Gir | |
| 8. | "Please Don't Dump Me" | The Bobby McGees | |
| 9. | "Constant" | Dons Mobile Barbers | |
| 10. | "The Turning Point" | Tom Hatred | |
| 11. | "The Monkey" | The Playwrights | |
| 12. | "See Me Swinging From The Gallows Tree" | Captain Black | |
| 13. | "Most Ungrateful Son" | Simon Mastrantone | |
| 14. | "How To Live A Better Life As A Housewife" | Akira | |
| 15. | "GMT" | Chris McMath | |
| 16. | "Big Water" | Emmy the Great | |
| 17. | "Abendrot" | Ladyfuzz | |
| 18. | "Lazy Susans Good Health" | El Alto | |
| 19. | "Diamond Pig" | Attack + Defend | |
| 20. | "Does Not Compute" | The Half Rabbits | |
| 21. | "Pissed on The Carpet" | Will Sartain | |
| 22. | "Life And How Not To Live It" | Mr G and Rich | |
| 23. | "Intermission (edit)" | The Death Set | |
| 24. | "If I Had A Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh" | MC Lars | |
| 25. | "This Time Around" | Le Tournoi | |
| 26. | "Hate Monsters Love Shirts" | Headland | |
| 27. | "Shoe People Unite, Shoe People Destroy" | Foibles | |
| 28. | "Don't Wanna Go To Walthamstow" | Jareth White | |
| 29. | "I Don't Mambo" | Unit | |
| 30. | "Ashes" | Roland Shanks | |
| 31. | "Man of The House" | Action Plan | |
| 32. | "I Left My Heart" | The Hot Puppies | |
| 33. | "Oh! Magic Sleeps That Gild These Judgement Lapses" | Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies | |
| 34. | "Forrest Dreams" | Pandatone | |
| 35. | "Your Prisons Are Home" | The Coral Sea | |
| 36. | "Troubles" | Franc | |
| 37. | "Wise Old Lady" | Rachel Lipson | |
| 38. | "Tessellations" | I Am Jack | |
| 39. | "Lasers In The Jungle" | Hands on Heads | |
| 40. | "Kaputchawoonga" | Plans & Apologies | |
| 41. | "Bridges" | Laura Groves | |
| 42. | "2 By Two" | The London Beach | |
| 43. | "Lovers Stone" | Morvern Callar | |
| 44. | "Wake Eat Work Sleep" | Transistor State | |
| 45. | "Plum Palm" | A Million Billion | |
| 46. | "Top Of The Pile" | Mr Fogg | |
| 47. | "Why Risk Death When There's Only 4 Seconds Left" | Dead! Dead! Dead! | |
| 48. | "When I Go" | Wry | |
| 49. | "Death On Yr Birthday" | Pacific Ocean Fire | |
| 50. | "You Made My High School" | Daniel Johnston |
Bonus Audio
There is a bonus interactive CD ROM on the disc. This has a selection of streamable bonus songs. These include Exercise1's favorite songs that did not make the final compilation due to bands recording more than one song or submissions that were entered past the deadline. The track listing for these songs was:
| No. | Title | Performing Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yoki" | Plans & Apologies | |
| 2. | "Fathom" | Cuentistas | |
| 3. | "Speech or Breathing" | Mise en Abyme | |
| 4. | "Hiatus" | Muchos Perros | |
| 5. | "The Fight" | Richard Adderly | |
| 6. | "A Very Short Romance" | Small Crew | |
| 7. | "The Grocery Store" | Phil and the Osophers |
External links
- official 50minutes webpage
- Medical Foundation official webpage
- Huw Stephens BBC Radio 1 show – currently playing a track a week from the album
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