Galifianakis Gets Down & Dirty by Zach Galifianakis 1804 plays

Aside from hailing Prince for "singing his horny heart out," and including the Brazillian Girls' "P***y" smack dab in the middle of the list, Galifianakis made this awesome remark about Wainwright's "I Don't Know What It Is" amidst the rest of the thoughtfu...

13 tracks featuring Digable Planets, Bruce Springsteen, Rufus Wainwright, Brazilian Girls, M. War...

1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You D... by Animal 1796 plays

From the book "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die" edited by Robert Dimery.

456 tracks featuring Rod Stewart, The B-52's, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac...

Ultimate 90's Alternative Rock by jglemza 1794 plays

Put this on shuffle and you're good to go for hours.

386 tracks featuring Third Eye Blind, Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, Green Day, Collective Sou...

Fantastic 80s! by Aoxoa 1585 plays

Shuffle me!

231 tracks featuring Violent Femmes, Genesis, Phil Collins, Donald Fagen, INXS, Steve Miller Band,...

NPR's 50 Most Important Recordings of... by sarahindie 1500 plays

"These are the game-changers: records that signaled some sort of shift in the way music is made or sounds, or ones that were especially influential or historically significant." -http://www-cdn.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120326033 The samp...

40 tracks featuring Jason Moran, Norah Jones, Wilco, Coldplay, Juanes, Sigur Rós, The Bad Plus, T...

A Day In The Life by Elvis Costello 1399 plays

A 24-hour soundtrack, proposed by Elvis Costello, this playlist features a selection of his great suggestions to take you from your morning rush all the way to dinner.

22 tracks featuring Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley, Charles Mingus, Lucinda Williams, Billie Holida...

Hip Hop by Nate D 1392 plays

Hip hop

62 tracks featuring AZ, Blackalicious, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Aesop Rock, Buck 65, Brother Ali, Cu...

Songs That Matter: Norah Jones by Norah Jones 1356 plays

Hear Music put together a series of compilations curated by artists; this is Norah Jones's playlist.

9 tracks featuring Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Lucinda Williams, Dinah Washington...

LCD Soundsystem's Top Tunes by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem 1292 plays

As if you didn't know James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem was an unbelievably hardcore record geek already, here's yet another reminder: in a playlist the band's mastermind put together for iTunes, he features a variety of artists that span generations and genr...

35 tracks featuring Ashford & Simpson, Grace Jones, Stevie Wonder, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The D...

Hyphy by DJ Shadow 1270 plays

Some of DJ Shadow's favorite tracks.

4 tracks featuring E-40, Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Lupe Fiasco