1. “Comes a Time,” Neil Young, 1978. Wasn’t it just last week that we had this album? Point lost for familiarity. 7/10
2. “Shaky Town,” Jackson Browne, 1977. Meh. From the very beginning of his period of decline. 5/10
3. “It’s Not Easy,” The Rolling Stones, 1966. Middle-of-the-road blues rock from the magesterial Aftermath. 6/10
4. “Asylum,” Supertramp, 1974. Ouch. Pseudo-prog-rock album cut. 4/10
5. “Got to Get You Into My Life,” The Beatles, 1966. I never quite know what to do with the Beatles…everyone on Earth knows them, so they can’t be that cool, but they’re also really damn good. That said, I’m not really one for Revolver. 6/10
6. “Tenderness on the Block,” Warren Zevon, 1978. I don’t know if there’s such a thing as “forgettable Warren Zevon,” but this song doesn’t do much for me at all. 6/10
7. “Drifter’s Escape,” Bob Dylan, 1968. During one of the not-too rare periods where Dylan was just kind of…there. 5/10
8. “Stacy’s Mom,” Fountains of Wayne, 2003. Oh, God. Such a tedious song, to be that album’s single. And because I’m not 16, I must be ashamed to own it. 5/10
9. “The Great Nations of Europe,” Randy Newman, 1999. That’s more like it. Not his best political satire, but the man is God Himself, so I’ll avoid complaining. Besides, it has lyrics like “There were natives there called Guanches/Guanches by the score/Bullets, disease, the Portuguese, and they weren’t there any more.” 9/10
10. “The Woods,” Stars, 2003. iTunes digs this album…a rather pretty song, but nothing hugely memorable. 7/10.
Average: 6.0/10. Jesus, that was one boring-ass mix.