Every city needs a mascot, a crooner that croons for them alone: Philadelphia has Rocky, Toronto has Drake, Los Angeles has Stevie Nicks, New York has, well, everyone, and New Jersey would be nothing without a certain pair of gyrating denim jeans that the world collectively calls Bruce Springsteen. Even Frank Lloyd Wright—who, by all regards, was kind of a nerd—gets posthumously serenaded by Simon & Garfunkel. With the help of a devoted Twitter coterie, we've put together the ultimate architecture and urbanism playlist. Light some candles, turn on this playlist, and let yourself be wooed.
1. Drake, You & The 6
2. Starship, We Built This City
3. Kraftwerk, Autobahn
4. Randy Newman, I Love L.A.
5. Ani DiFranco, Buildings And Bridges
6. Talking Heads, Burning Down the House
7. Thirty Seconds To Mars, City Of Angels
8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Our House
9. Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball
10. Pet Shop Boys, Suburbia
11. Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road
12. Elbow, New York Morning
13. Beauty Pill, Rideshare
14. Simon & Garfunkel, So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
15. Pete Seeger, Little Boxes
16. Richard Hawley, Coles Corner
17. The Jam, Town Called Malice
18. Stevie Wonder, Living for the City
19. The Pogues, Dirty Old Town
20. Pavement, Grave Architecture
21. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Lonely Financial Zone
22. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
23. Petula Clark, Downtown
24. Dire Straits, Wild West End
25. Grant Hart, Run Run Run To The Centre Pompidou
26. Tom Waits, House Where Nobody Lives
27. Bauhaus, Bela Lugosi's Dead
28. Bongo Man of Detroit, What I See in the D
29. An Architect's Dream, Kate Bush
30. Fergie, L.A.LOVE (la la) ft. YG
31. Nina Simone, Central Park Blues
32. The Drifters, Up On The Roof
33. Sleater-Kinney, No Cities To Love
34. David Bowie, Thru These Architect's Eyes
35. Underworld, Mmm Skyscraper I Love You
36. Barenaked Ladies, The Old Apartment
37. The Decemberists, Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
38. Wu Tang Clan, Supreme Architecture
39. Paul Simon, Graceland
38. Billy Joel, Los Angelenos
39. They Might Be Giants, Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
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