Holy crap! Heidi Smith from TODO went above and beyond the call of duty, creating a four-CD set inspired by the elements: air, water, fire and earth.

Most of the track titles incorporate the elements, but she nails the moods of the elements too. The air CD is light and atmospheric. Tracks on the water CD have actual water sounds (or watery-sounding sounds). The earth CD is rougher and gritty. The fire CD is spirited. Awesome.

On top of that, there are clever little details like "Life's A Gas" on the air CD and "Love Reign O'er Me" on the water CD.

And now we have a copy of Toto's "Africa."

A big gold star.

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The Elements

by Heidi Smith

Air
She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
Windy - The Association
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Solid Air - John Martyn
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Concrete Sky - Beth Orton
Breathe - Telepopmusik
Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Life's A Gas - T. Rex
Glittering Clouds - Cut Copy
Little Fluffy Coulds (Dance Mix 2) - The Orb
Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd
Look At The Sky (Rob McVey Version) - Ulrich Schnauss
Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
Night Sight - Air

Water
La Femme d'Argent - Air
Haiti - Arcade Fire
The Waters Deep - Bent
Oceania - Björk
God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters - Moby
Fresh - Daft Punk
The Water - Feist
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Love Reign O'er Me - The Who
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
Arrival At The Sea - Alex Wurman
Sea Legs - The Shins
Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
Salt Water Sound - Zero 7
Blue In Green - Miles Davis

Fire
Staring At The Sun - TV On The Radio
Night On Fire (Cut Copy Remix) - VHS Or Beta
Into The Sun (Riva Edit) - Weekend Players
The Light - Common
Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
Something's Burning - Kenny Rogers
Light My Fire - José Feliciano
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Walk In Fire (Rich Costey Mix) - Doves
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead
Burn - Ray LaMontagne
Burning - The Whitest Boy Alive
All Fires - Swan Lake
Burn That Broken Bed - Iron And Wine & Calexico
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen

Earth
A Horse With No Name - America
Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
In God's Country - U2
Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Castles Made Of Sand - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Digging In The Dirt - Peter Gabriel
America - Simon & Garfunkel
I Am A Rock - Simon & Garfunkel
Africa - Toto
God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters - Moby
Around The World - Daft Punk
Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
Autumn Leaves - Miles Davis