his year’s compilation features strong showing from several legendary veteran acts, including (for the first time since we’ve been assembling these mix tapes, CDs, and now digital packages) Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde, and Aphex Twin’s survey debut. At the same time, this mix is also unusually well represented by slutty young ladies like Miley, Britney, Ke$ha (who has put in an appearance here every year since 2010), and (debuting here with a big bang) Iggy Azalea. It’s also nice to acknowledge that the pace of musical evolution in the pop landscape has picked up again; dubstep came and went, replaced by bloody knows what...folk music?

Well, yes... thanks to the Coen brothers mostly. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood are here this year due to their mesmerising appearance in Park Chan-wook's Stoker. Finally, this mix also has one of the longest running time (2 hours, 30 minutes) we’ve ever presented (2013's being the longest so far), partly due to fact that, unusually for these surveys, eight tracks each has a running time over 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Due to the constraints of a physical CD, the multiple inclusion of these types of tracks back then simply would not have happened.

The cover images for this year were surreptitiously taken at Dia:Beacon in 2009. The featured artwork is by Blinky Palermo. Martina Navratilova.. champagne supernova...

For your convenience again this year, a m3u playlist file as been included in the zip package to ensure easy proper sequencing for the mp3 tracks:

Don't forget to also download the images above for your digital music player. (Click on each image for its corresponding full-sized version.) Finally, the track listing of the compilation is as follows:

1. Oscar ISAAC and Marcus MUMFORD - Fare thee well (Dink's song (03.00)
2. SLEAFORD MODS – Tied up in nottz (02.41)
3. Iggy AZALEA (featuring Charli XCX) – Fancy (03.20)
4. La ROUX – Kiss and not tell (04.00)
5. McBUSTED – Air guitar (03.19)
6. Bob MOULD – I don't know you anymore (02.56)
7. Martin GARRIX – Animals (Victor Niglio and Martin Garrix Festival Trap mix) (03.18)
8. David GUETTA (with Showtek featuring Vassy) – Bad (02.51)
9. Mr. PROBZ – Waves (Robin Schulz remix radio edit) (03.28)
10. DISCLOSURE (featuring Mary J. Blige) – F for you (remix) (04.54)
11. Taylor SWIFT – Shake it off (03.39)
12. KE$HA – Boy like you (03.08)
13. RICH WHITE LADIES – Wimbledon (03.42)
14. Iggy AZALEA – Pu$$y (02.45)
15. The NATIONAL – Terrible love (04.40)
16. Oscar ISAAC – Hang me, oh hang me (03.26)
17. KELIS – Bless the telephone (02.31)
18. Dougie MacLEAN – Will ye no come back again? (04.55)
19. Mairi MORRISON and Alasdair ROBERTS – The Whole house is singing (05.58)
20. Billy BRAGG – Your name on my tongue (04.51)
21. BASTILLE – Of the night (03.34)
22. Jason DERULO (featuring 2 Chainz) – Talk dirty (02.58)
23. Miley CYRUS – #Getitright (04.25)
24. Britney SPEARS (featuring will.i.am) - It should be easy (03.24)
25. TEGAN and SARA (featuring the Lonely Island) – Everything is awesome!!! (02.44)
26. Sam SMITH – I'm not the only one (03.59)
27. Nancy SINATRA and Lee HAZLEWOOD – Summer wine (04.17)
28. EMINEM – So far... (05.18)
29. WILL.I.AM (featuring Miley Cyrus, French Montana, Wiz Khalifa) – Feelin' myself (04.14)
30. John GRANT – Black belt (04.19)
31. CHVRCHES – We sink (03.34)
32. Brian ENO and Karl HYDE – Who rings the bell (05.05)
33. APHEX TWIN – minipops 67 [120.2] [source field mix] (04.48)
34. R.E.M. – A Month of Saturdays (01.40)
35. Chrissie HYNDE – Dark sunglasses (03.05)
36. Paul McCARTNEY – New (02.57)
37. TRAVIS – On my wall (02.53)
38. EMINEM (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – Love game (04.57)
39. Britney SPEARS – Now that I found you (04.16)
40. Bryan FERRY – Loop de li (04.18)

appy Christmas everyone, and don't be bitches, 'cuz you're all baller$.

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