So here’s the tracklist for I made in 2008  for Summer Jams ‘08 

( Go here to download all these songs in one fell swoop) 

• Who Knows What The Question Is?   by The Bees
• Off the Record by  My Morning Jacket
• The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful by  Jimmy Buffett
• Subterranean Homesick Blues by  Bob Dylan
• Bonafied Lovin’ (Tough Guys) by  Chromeo
• Banana Pancakes by  Jack Johnson
• Listening Man by  The Bees
• When The Day Met The Night by  Panic at the Disco
• Sunshine by  Atmosphere
• I’m a Fighter by  Supernatural
• The First Single (You Know Me) by  The Format

You may notice I broke a lot of the rules that I previously mentioned for Summer Jam CD’s and that’s because this CD warranted a good portion of those rules. As it’s not a great SJ mix. Sometimes working within boundaries helps make things great.

Sure there are some great songs here but there’s no cohesion and the mix is terrible (two laid back rap songs next to each other? psh. Two songs out of 11 are the Bees)  The Jimmy Buffet song seems more fucked out than about summer and Chromeo is incredibly polarizing. Also Panic at the Disco was a little too popular and current at the time. 

Out of this disc however Sunshine by Atmosphere would emerge as a staple, a pillar of the summer jam.

Either way, I’d do way better next year all around.  2009 Tracklist coming soon with 2010’s brand new summer jam to follow.