50minutes is a 2006 charity album, consisting of indie, folk, electronica, and alternative artists from across the world, with all proceeds going to the Medical Foundation. The concept of the album is 50 one-minute long tracks from 50 different artists. It is compiled together in such a way as to produce a continuously flowing piece of music of exactly 50 minutes length.[1][2]

50minutes
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released30 October 2006
Length50:00
LabelEXERCISE1


Track listing

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No.TitlePerforming ArtistLength
1."The Return"Trademark 
2."A Step"After Christmas 
3."Gimme a Minute"Grand Mal 
4."Hard to Take"Sennen 
5."My Ring"Amycanbe 
6."The Boy Cried Love"Jeremy Warmsley 
7."Sugar"Piney Gir 
8."Please Don't Dump Me"The Bobby McGees 
9."Constant"Dons Mobile Barbers 
10."The Turning Point"Tom Hatred 
11."The Monkey"The Playwrights 
12."See Me Swinging from the Gallows Tree"Captain Black 
13."Most Ungrateful Son"Simon Mastrantone 
14."How to Live a Better Life as a Housewife"Akira 
15."GMT"Chris McMath 
16."Big Water"Emmy the Great 
17."Abendrot"Ladyfuzz 
18."Lazy Susans Good Health"El Alto 
19."Diamond Pig"Attack + Defend 
20."Does Not Compute"The Half Rabbits 
21."Pissed on the Carpet"Will Sartain 
22."Life and How Not to Live It"Mr G and Rich 
23."Intermission (edit)"The Death Set 
24."If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh"MC Lars 
25."This Time Around"Le Tournoi 
26."Hate Monsters Love Shirts"Headland 
27."Shoe People Unite, Shoe People Destroy"Foibles 
28."Don't Wanna Go to Walthamstow"Jareth White 
29."I Don't Mambo"Unit 
30."Ashes"Roland Shanks 
31."Man of the House"Action Plan 
32."I Left My Heart"The Hot Puppies 
33."Oh! Magic Sleeps That Gild These Judgement Lapses"Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies 
34."Forrest Dreams"Pandatone 
35."Your Prisons Are Home"The Coral Sea 
36."Troubles"Franc 
37."Wise Old Lady"Rachel Lipson 
38."Tessellations"I Am Jack 
39."Lasers in the Jungle"Hands on Heads 
40."Kaputchawoonga"Plans & Apologies 
41."Bridges"Laura Groves 
42."2 by Two"The London Beach 
43."Lovers Stone"Morvern Callar 
44."Wake Eat Work Sleep"Transistor State 
45."Plum Palm"A Million Billion 
46."Top of the Pile"Mr Fogg 
47."Why Risk Death When There's Only 4 Seconds Left"Dead! Dead! Dead! 
48."When I Go"Wry 
49."Death on Yr Birthday"Pacific Ocean Fire 
50."You Made My High School"Daniel Johnston 

Bonus Audio

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There is a bonus interactive CD ROM on the disc. This has a selection of streamable bonus songs. These include Exercise1's favorite songs that did not make the final compilation due to bands recording more than one song or submissions that were entered past the deadline. The track listing for these songs was:

No.TitlePerforming ArtistLength
1."Yoki"Plans & Apologies 
2."Fathom"Cuentistas 
3."Speech or Breathing"Mise en Abyme 
4."Hiatus"Muchos Perros 
5."The Fight"Richard Adderly 
6."A Very Short Romance"Small Crew 
7."The Grocery Store"Phil and the Osophers 

References

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  1. ^ "50minutes". Drownedinsound. 2006-10-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ^ "50minutes - Various Artists". Stylus Magazine. 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
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