Music from the O.C. - Mix 2

Now that the OC has a 'live' band on every week, many of the bands featured on the CD have performed their songs on the series itself, which should provide hard-core fans with a warm nostalgic glow… however, the intimate ties between the series and the CD are this compilation's weakness as well as its strength. So although it may save you from buying some disappointing albums, this one has to be recommended for OC addicts only. --Peter Farnell

Hello sunshine, is the next track, bringing the beat down to a slow plod. It is good, but at points almost grows too slow and never really picks up. However it is a very atmospheric song,and you'll forgive its pace.
After this, the killers presents smile like you mean it, the best track so far with the superb kind of lyrics you come to expect from the killers, it has a strong hook and stays in your head long after playing.
Death cab for cutie then turn the sound down and crank up the meaning even further,a lack of colour is one track which will jump out at you at first as it drips with quality. However if you listen over and over, you come to like other songs more.One of these songs being the next track by interpol.
Specialist is a weird track, but has a great bass rythm, and it's so weird it works. Also to add extra merit it has the best opening bit on the whole cd, but doesn't stick it through to the end. Still great though.

Something pretty is a laid back country song- if you like country you'll like this but i personally findit almost too sickly sweet for me,it's definately not a track i'll play over and over.
Dios malos and if you leave sticks to its rythm and delivers a solid spanish guiter type song, that whilst not amazing, is still very listenable. However i feel it repeats itself too much, always coming back to its title line, and the definition between chorus and verse is not alaways that noticable.

Nada surf combines two factors to make it the first truly stunning track on the albulm. First of all it sticks too its guns, not too much, but the rythm is always very apparent.Looking back at death cab for cutie, if you leave has the same meaning and atmosphere that i talked about whilst keeping its tempo, it is a near perfect piece of music making, that only lacks true emotional singing.

The thrills is an upbeat song that bursts your eardrums after the soothing if you leave. If you like the thrills you like this but i am personally not a fan, and tend to skip straight ahead.There is reason for this though.

Little house of savages have made a standout track that crys for your attention.
Whilst i may have said that if you leave lacks emotional singin,Specialist is full of it, and it makes you want to scream along to it. It is a brilliant blast of a track and a definate good-un.

My utter appreciation has to go to trouble sleeping by the perishers though, as they take emotion from the screaming to the quiet sort, and each time you listen to this song, you can't help but feel true emotion. This is the standout song of the album for me, as it is so relatable, it is one of my favourite songs ever. I cannot recommened this song enough, you really have to listen to it yourself to understand what i mean.

Jonathan rice and so sweet is a decline in quality however, but still is worth listening to many times, it is like a better, less country version of something pretty by patrick park.
To further the decline in quality, popular mechanics is too breezy and airy to be truly good, but is quite a happy song, it will stick in your head after the first listen but will, like death cab for cutie, go old.
Walnut tree is a beautiful song, like most of keane's records, but it lacks power and comes of as a bit weak as it has no climax to speak of whatsoever.
Maybe i'm amazed by jem is o.k... but definately not a track i would listen too much as it is far too cheesy to recommend, and it seems out of place with the album- i feel it would be better if put in mix 1.
Eastern glow is a low point for the album, as it relies MUCH to heavily on its instumental sections, and has a minute of music for every 30 seconds of singing. It could have beniftted from more voclas as it truly shines when they are mixed, but i find it hard not to get bored and flick the cd player off during this record.
Still not convinced? The oc mix 2 isn't just a promotion tool, it is a brilliant album, that has a great quality, that only dips at the end. Every track is worthy of its place in the O.C and many of them have become some of my firm favoureite tracks.
If you love music, love this.