The general idea was just searching through my itunes with the words "love", "chocolate" and "valentine". There are also just blatant songs that I really really enjoy in the mix as well (but they have at least some reference to love... or... *coughcoughsexcoughcough*).

I narrowed it down to 54.

And then ordered them so that they would flow nicely. :]

SONG; ARTIST; Composer; Album; Genre

 

Sea of Love     Cat Power   George Khoury/Philip Baptiste    Juno                 Soundtracks

 

Can You Feel the Love Tonight [from Disney's The Lion King]       Ernie Sabella/Joseph Williams/Kristie Edwards/Nathan Lane/Sally Dworsky       Elton John/Tim Rice       Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 1                      Soundtracks           

 

Gallery Piece          Of Montreal                 Skeletal Lamping                       Rock    

 

Sic of Elephants    Andrew Bird                Soldier On                     Indie    

 

Some Day My Prince Will Come [from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Sev   Adriana Caselotti            Frank Churchill/Frank Morey      Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 1                      Soundtracks      

 

Sleeping Lessons  The Shins         James Mercer     Wincing The Night Away                        Rock/Pop         

 

The Lovers  Ladytron          Ladytron           Velocifero                     Electronica       

 

Valentine     Justice Justice   Cross                Electronica       

 

Comptine D'Un Autre: L'Apres Midi            Yann Tiersen   Yann Tiersen     Amélie              Soundtrack       

 

Something There [from Disney's Beauty and the Beast]           Paige O'Hara/Robby Benson  Alan Menken/Howard Ashman            Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 2                      Soundtracks

 

Make Love  Daft Punk                    All Things Go Instrumental Mixtape II                 Instrumental

 

Just Around the Riverbend [from Disney's Pocahontas]           Judy Kuhn       Alan Menken/Stephen Schwartz           Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 2                      Soundtracks      

 

 

Reflection [From Disney's Mulan]     Lea Salonga    David Zippel/Matthew Wilder      Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 2               Soundtracks      

 

Umbrella      Nick Miller      Nick Miller        All Things Go Valentine's Day Mixtape III            Compilations

 

So This Is Love [From Walt Disney's Cinderella]            Ilene Woods/Mike Douglas     Al Hoffman/Jerry Livingston/Mack David   Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 2                      Soundtracks      

Iris      Hercules and Love Affair        Andrew Butler   Hercules and Love Affair                        Electronica

 

Clair de Lune         Jacques Loussier         Claude Debussy  The Music of Debussy                 Jazz     

Love Will Find a Way [From Disney's the Lion King 2: Simba's Pride]     Chorus/Gene Miller/Liz Callaway         Jack Feldman/Tom Snow            Disney Greatest Love Songs Disc 2                      Soundtracks      

 

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Lovers (Mei and Jin)       Shigeru Umebayashi   Shigeru Umebayashi       House of Flying Daggers             Soundtrack           

 

Skinny Love           Bon Iver                      All Things Go Valentine's Day Mixtape III                        Compilations

 

To Be Alone with You    Sufjan Stevens             All Things Go Valentine's Day Mixtape 1              Indie    

 

All You Need Is Love      Dana Fuchs Band/Jim Sturgess          John Lennon & Paul McCartney  Across the Universe [Deluxe Version] Disc 2              Soundtracks      

 

This Love     Ayumi Hamasaki                     Ayumi Hamasaki                        J-pop   

 

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend         Her Space Holiday                  All Things Go Valentine's Day Mixtape III                        Compilations

 

Make a Plan to Love Me                  Bright Eyes                       Cassadaga [Deluxe Version]                    Alternative           

Love in Mourmansk        Alexandre Desplat                   The Curious Case of Benjamin Button                  Soundtrack           

 

Death By Chocolate        Sia                   Some People Have Real Problems                        Pop      

I Love You All The Time            Oh No! Oh My!                      Oh No! Oh My!             Alternative       

 

My Love Sees You                Beni             Kitsuné: My Love Sees You - EP             Electronic         

 

My Love       Lykke Li           Björn Yttling/Lykke Li   Youth Novels                 World  

 

Lover I Don't Have to Love      Bright Eyes                  Lifted or The Story is in the Soil Put Your Ear to the Ground                        Alternative       

 

All I Want Is You Barry Louis Polisar     Barry Louis Polisar         Juno                 Soundtracks      

This Is My Love    Hercules and Love Affair        Andrew Butler   Hercules and Love Affair                        Electronica           

 

Too Much Love    LCD Soundsystem       James Murphy   LCD Soundsystem CD1              Indie    

You Have Been Loved    Sia                   Some People Have Real Problems                        Pop      

Argentina    Madonna                     Confessions on a Dance Floor                  Pop      

 

 

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New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down LCD Soundsystem       Mahoney/Murphy/Pope            Sound Of Silver             Punk    

 

Electric Feel            MGMT                 VanWyngarden and Goldwasser          Oracular Spectacular                   Alternative & Punk

 

Making Love          Utada Hikaru              Ultra Blue                     流行音乐         

 

This Modern Love                       Bloc Party                    Silent Alarm [Japan Bonus Tracks]                      Indie Rock

 

Nature Boy David Bowie/Massive Attack       Eden Ahbez   Moulin Rouge [Original Soundtrack]        Soundtrack       

 

In the Waiting Line         Henry Binns/Sam Hardaker/Zero 7    Henry Binns/Sam Hardaker/Sophie Barker            Simple Things                Electronica       

 

Chicago       Sufjan Stevens     Sufjan Stevens                           Illinois                                 

 

Anyone Else But You     The Moldy Peaches     Adam Green/Konya Dawson        Juno                 Soundtracks      

 

Girl    Beck    The Dust Brothers          Guero               Alternative & Punk       

 

Boyz   M.I.A.      M.I.A./Switch            Kala                  Other   

 

Plastis Wafers        Of Montreal                 Skeletal Lamping                       Rock    

 

It's Business Time                    Flight Of The Conchords                        Flight Of The Conchords Live      Folk / Pop / Comedy           

 

Forbidden Love    Madonna         Madonna/Stewart Price   Confessions on a Dance Floor                  Pop      

 

Requiem for O.M.M.2    Of Montreal     Kevin Barnes     The Sunlandic Twins                  Psychedelic Rock          

 

Casimir Pulaski Day       Sufjan Stevens      Sufjan Stevens          Illinois                         

 

First Love    Adele   Adele Adkins     19                     Pop      

 

For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti  Sufjan Stevens      Sufjan Stevens          All Things Go Sleep Mixtape                        Sleep   

 

Love in Distance   Itzhak Perlman            Tan Dun            Hero [Score]                  Soundtrack        

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"Disc" 1

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"Disc" 2

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"Disc" 3

I'm not sure why "Help Me" is their first single. I think this song is much better. Now that I think about it, "Help Me" would probably play a bit better on the radio, seeing as this is their "major label debut" or whatever. Overall the album is kind of ... meh. There are a few super catchy songs that I like, and then the rest is pretty mediocre. Which is disappointing for me because the Trio is my favorite band. I even have a Trio tattoo:

Agony & Irony is essentially the same formula as the last two albums (Crimson and Good Mourning), but they don't have a bunch of crappy synth nonsense or keyboards or anything like that. It's not that I don't like those things, it's that they don't belong on a punk rock album. Come on, people.

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To celebrate, I decided to compile a short list of Perfect Albums. Yes, perfect ones. Naturally this is a bold claim, but like I care. This list is based on my kind of crazy taste in music, so it covers a whole bunch of genres. Feel free to disagree with me, but I'm about 101% all of these albums are perfect. (For me, perfect means that it's nearly impossible to listen to just one track ... you have to listen to the whole thing through every time.) I'm a commitafobe, so this ordering is totally arbitrary. It'd be alphabetical but I'm not sure if I'd alphabetize based on artist or album. So I just drew e-names out of the e-hat.

Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit. Released in 1998, rereleased in 2008. This is pretty much the quintessential Punk Rock album. Not pop punk, not straight punk, but punk ROCK. Heavy guitars, catchy melodies, lyrics about love and suicide. Really, it's just fantastic. When I hear a track from this album I think of the whole album, and then run off to my record player for a listen.

Fiona Apple - Tidal. Released in 1996. Fiona is the queen. She can be gut-wrenching and catchy at the same time. Her piano licks are fantastic and her singing has an unbelievable amount of soul. Another album that isn't dated; I hear "Sullen Girl" and it's still just as powerful as it was in '96. When I was 12.

Metallica - ... and Justice for All. Released in 1988. Before I discovered punk I was a big metalhead. This is almost entirely due to my cousin Nick's influence, though he is the one that first got me into the Misfits and the Offspring when we used to go skateboarding. But my god, ... and Justice for All is such an epic album. I know some people think this is the first album where they started going down hill, but for me this was their peak. "To Live is to Die" is still one of my favorite songs of all time across all genres. I miss the days when bands released instrumental tracks. Also, Lars Ulrich's drumming is the most tolerable on this album. Man, I hate that dude.

No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom. Released in 1995. It's scary to think that I got so huge into this album when it came out, because I was only 11 at the time. But Gwen Stefani was just the coolest chick ever. And yeah, this album definitely has moments where it sounds dated. What I love most about Tragic Kingdom are the non-single tracks. They are all so good. Just so good. The tracks are super catchy and fun but still have lyrics with substance. I love that.

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come. Released in 1998. This was my soundtrack during high school. If only all other hardcore punk was as good as this. There are moments where it sounds a bit produced--especially for a punk album--but it's so smart and intelligent that you don't mind one bit. "Summerholidays vs. Punk Routine" should be the anthem for all punk kids. This is the album I play for friends that go "so what's this punk rock thing all about?"

Weezer - Pinkerton. Released in 1996. Not only is this the only Weezer album that I like, it is an amazingly good one. Every track is good. It's not like, one hit song and the rest are nonsense. The lyrics are smart, they mean something, and the licks are catchy as hell. This is also before Rivers Cuomo turned into a pretentious ass.

The Lawrence Arms - Oh Calcutta! Released in 2006. Album of the year in 2006, hands down. This is just a wonderful straight-up punk rock album. Catchy as hell, great licks, fun and witty lyrics. 

The Casket Lottery - Survival is for Cowards. Released in 2002. I'm not sure why this is so often considered "Emo Rock." What the hell is Emo Rock anyway? Or emo for that matter? What a sh*tty genre name. Genres themselves are problematic anyway. I mean, I took a semester-long seminar that attempted to address genre and authenticity and we never came to a good answer regarding any of it. Academic issues aside, this album is just gorgeous. 

The Beatles - Revolver. Released in 1966. I told myself I'd only put one Beatles album on here. It was a tough choice to make, but I'm pretty confident that Revolver is the most all-around perfect Beatles album. To me, it feels like this is the point where they stopped making A-side versus B-side singles, and made all-around great songs for both sides of the LP. (I don't think this was a double, but I could be wrong.) This is practically the only Beatles album that as I listen I feel no need to skip any tracks. Well, this is the first album of theirs that I feel that way with. It's like the perfect mix of early-Beatles and late-Beatles.

Hot Water Music - Caution. Released in 2002. As soon as "Remedy" comes on I know I'm in for 36 minutes of punk rock heaven. This is just a stellar album. Gritty, catchy, exciting, and totally emblematic of their signature sound. This is one of my most heavily-rotated records by a very long shot.

Cursive - The Ugly Organ. Released in 2003. Again, why is this "Emo Rock"? I just don't get it. This album is stream-lined goodness. I love albums that have tracks run together. The fluidity is very appealing to me. It shows careful consideration of the production process, and I very much appreciate that. "Driftwood" is a top track for me. I also concur with their (at least the lyrics') views on love and relationships. It's just one of those albums that speaks to me. You know, I actually read a discussion between four prominent music scholars where one of them said that they didn't think casual listeners were ever concerned with the lyrics of a song. WHAT?! I think the lyrics are one of the most important parts of a song to the casual listener, even the non-casual listener. I remember having a discussion in a class once about how an album that spoke using specific names instead of "I" or "you" was actually not as appealing because it didn't leave room for the listener to put themselves in the interior world of the lyrics. If this is a concern in the appeal of popular music, how could you ever say that lyrics are the least concern of listeners? Some scholars just refuse to put themselves in the shoes of non-academic music appreciators.

I think that's a pretty good list for now. I'm sure I had a longer list at one point, but that was many livejournals ago and I just can't find the entry. Considering how much I hated middle school, it seems like a good amount of my favorite albums came out around that time. OH WELL. Screw you, Glen Crest Middle School.

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All four colors of the Hot Water Music release "Till the Wheels Fall Off." Ordered from the Vinyl Collective.

Michael Jackson's "Thriller," in amazing shape. 7"s: Shot Baker/Vacation Bible School tribute to The Vindictives; Army of Jesus "Book Bomb;" Rites of Spring "All Through a Life." All purchased at the newish location of Reckless in the Loop in Chicago.

Maybe some punk knitter out there will use it to make a hat or armband or something. Have fun!

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