I actually have a really good 20 or 21 song Idlewild CD I made around 2010 which fit under 80 minutes, it’s too tough to narrow it down to less than 16 imo because the problem is that while they aren’t my #1 favourite band or anything, their collection of top 15-20 songs is one of the best collections of 15-20 songs I can put together by any artist and the ‘holding-up-over-timeability’ is ridiculously good considering it’s mostly radio-friendly indie.
Edit: off the top of my head here’s 12 but I’ll still do 20ish that fit into an 80 minute CD once the new album is out:
Little Discourage
These Wooden Ideas
When I Argue I See Shapes
Love Steals Us From Loneliness
Too Long Awake
Make Another World
Younger Than America
El Capitan
You Held The World…
Roseability
Let Me Sleep Next To The Mirror
Come On Ghost
Album ranking for reference:
- 100 Broken Windows
- The Remote Part
- Post-Electric Blues
- Warnings/Promises
- Make Another World
- Hope Is Important
- Everything Ever Written