As much as this playlist made me feel dirty as I put it together, I fought the urge to throw in the towel and forged ahead. It includes a good deal of songs that you'll hear over - and over - and over - and over again this Halloween. But it's only once a year, so we can all bite the bullet and re-live these songs without any real damage, right?

The playlist contains 13 novelty Halloween-themed songs and is is where you'll find "The Monster Mash", "The Munster's Theme", "The Mummy", "Purple People Eater", "Witch Doctor", "Redneck Dracula" and more.

On April 25th, 2007 the world lost Bobby "Boris" Pickett who is best know for co-writing and performing "The Monster Mash", which is the undisputed most popular Halloween song of all time. The tune was passed up by every major label in existence at the time, but was finally produced and released Gary S. Paxton, who had a previous hit with his novelty song "Alley Oop" 

"Monster Mash" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over a

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences was established 50 years ago by musicians, recording engineers and producers and is best known to the public for the yearly awards they give out called Grammys.

Honestly, the major Grammy awards (Record of the Year, Artist of the Year) do not interest me much. However, each year the Academy gives away lifetime achievement awards that are reserved for artists who are nothing less than legends.

Of the 133 artists who have been awarded a lifetime achievement by the academy, 129 of them have music available. This playlist includes a standout track by each of these 129. It's 9 hours in length and is a great overview of the best in popular music. A time capsule, that if found by aliens a thousand years after the human race is gone, would certainly reflect well on our civilization.

From the very first recipient in 1962 (Bing Crosby) to the recent inductions of The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Booker T and the MG's, Bob Wills and 

I thought I would throw this playlist out there for ya as we get closer to Halloween, but be sure to tune in next week for a plethora of ghoulish compilations that are sure to add flavor to your holiday.

The pentagram has a very long history that is now admittedly skewed. Technically, a pentagram is drawn with five straight stokes and creates a pentagon in the center. The star alone is also known as a pentacle or pentangle. The pentagram has been used in a myriad of religions including Christianity and Wicca, but it's use in Satanism has essentially robbed the symbol from any other association.

Metal music has used the symbol to the point where it's a laughable cliché, however non-metal bands have also used it. This playlist contains albums with pentagrams on the cover.

Anton LaVey - The Satanic Mass

I suppose if you are going to do a list of album covers that have a pentagram on them you need to start it with The Satanic Mass as performed by the founder and High Priest of the

If you're looking for the most efficient way to discover the best new music, look no further than this playlist.

To create it, we looked at the highest rated albums according to Metacritic.com, which applies a numerical rating to scores of music reviews across the spectrum of the web, and then averages them. This means that the albums on this list have a consensus of positive critical reviews, as opposed to the opinion of one person.

From this list of highest-ranked albums (score of 80 and above), we selected a stand-out track from each, and then compiled them into this playlist. All you need to do now is click the play button for a sampling of the current most talked about albums. And for you intelligent subscribers, you can listen to full albums for each track that catches your ear.

According to the critics, this is the current "best of the best".

The Playlist:

1. Boyz - M.I.A.

2. Brace Yourself - Les Savy Fav

3. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb - Spoon

4. Frank & Ava - Suzanne Vega 

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