Music Recommendations - Must have Coffee Bar CD's

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Permalink Reply by Lauren Rue on June 26, 2008 at 8:52pm

Tonight a dead closing shift turned into a Justin Timberlake party. When a regular from the theatre down the street came in 10mins before close I had to awkwardly smile and tell him that I was not embarassed...to be fair, he was wearing a white crushed velvet pearl snap shirt.

Usually however a few of my favorites are:
Classic Sinatra
Dispatch
Death Cab can be good depending on the time/feel of the day
Copeland as many others said
and the soundtracks to Amélie and Stranger Than Fiction.

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Permalink Reply by Anders R. Christensen on July 7, 2008 at 3:53pm

i agree with the ones who have said that classics by ratatat is a definite must. that’s probably the record that i’ve played where the most customers have come up to me and asked me for the name of the band and album. other records that gets me through the day are these:

opening:
vampire weekend – vampire weekend
loney dear – loney noir
kimya dawson – remember that i love you
the juno-soundtrack
various artists – the very best of ethiopiques (feels good to serve ethiopian coffee with ethiopian music playing in the background)

around noon:
mgmt – oracular spectacular
various kitchy italian ballads from the 50’s - 80’s
arcade fire – neon bible
the whitest boy alive – dreams
cold war kids – robbers & cowards

afternoon/closing:
love is all – nine times that same song
the moldy peaches – the moldy peaches
michael jackson - thriller
the black lips – los valientes del mondo nuevo
lupe fiasco – food & liquor

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Permalink Reply by Jay Caragay on July 7, 2008 at 5:31pm

While I have very fond memories of cranking Dr. Dre's "Nuttin' But A G Thang" at 6am service back at the old Hines Public Market Coffee, I've come to prefer The Sound of Silence in a cafe environment.

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Rue on July 7, 2008 at 5:54pm

We're listening to Mark Stewart's new release, Edit, along with the new Nick Cave, and the Black Angels right now...

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Permalink Reply by Skylar on July 21, 2008 at 8:05pm

cant believe no one has yet mentioned:

Pedro the Lion- anything by him, really
Rocky Votolato- anything
Phoenix- Its Never Been Like That
Coconut Records- Nighttiming
Sondre Lerche- Phantom Punch (its a good night time/busy album)
Faces Down (good chill music)
Nat King Cole- all of it
Mates of State- it really depends on the mood
Bright Eyes- oh, man
Coldplay- the new album is soooo good to me
The Honorary Title- both of their full lengths
John Vanderslice- Emerald City

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Permalink Reply by Brittany Bowman on July 22, 2008 at 4:14pm

Emily Loizeau, L'Autre Bout de Monde. You can get this CD from I Tunes. Always good to add a little French to the mix

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Permalink Reply by Mike Cannon on July 24, 2008 at 3:35pm

Emilie Simon is pretty good, too.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Aldrich on July 26, 2008 at 3:35pm

I might be beating this into the ground now but...
Hard to believe no one has mentioned elliot smith yet
Josh Rouse
Josh Radlin
Alexi Murdoch
Some Ryan Adams is okay every now and again, easy to get tired of though
Damien Rice
Luke Temple
Peter Krebs
Iron & Wine

The shop I work at plays Sirius's coffeehouse station- decent, but it beats things into the ground. nice to spice things up once in a while(like when the owners are out of town... ;) )

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Permalink Reply by chantelle on July 26, 2008 at 9:47pm

Jason Collett-Here's to Being Here.
Broken Social Scene-Feel Good Lost
Modest Mouse-the moon & antarctica
Josh Ridder-The Historical Conquests of Josh Ridder
Anything by Neil Young, David Bowie, The Beatles
and the Coffee and Cigarettes soundtrack

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Permalink Reply by Chris Hately on July 28, 2008 at 3:15pm

Doolittle - The Pixies
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
The Juno Soundtrack - Various
Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team
The Cure's Greatest Hits - The Cure.

Awesome, awesome albums. We play them at work, but we do work in a kiosk in a train station...maybe not the best for a coffee shop lol

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Permalink Reply by Becki Klauss on July 29, 2008 at 9:55pm

Nina Simone - Live in Paris
The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
Paul Simon - Graceland

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Permalink Reply by Paulo Henrique Leme on July 30, 2008 at 8:03am

hummm, very nice

well, some "bossa nova" would be nice:
Tom jobim - "Eu sei que vou te amar" or "wave"

and maybe some Pink Floyd - "wish you were here", or "the great gig in the sky"...

I did a poll in the CoffeeClub, in the community Coffee & Music. If you have time, take a look!

Best,

Paulo

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