here at the apt design office music is one of the 3 most important things in keeping us going. we’re not sure what the other 2 are, but music is up there.

each month as we are listening to design-inducing tunes flow through the speakers, we keep a list of what songs we currently like best, the now playlist.

at the end of 2007 we dropped all the songs that had made it into a now playlist into one giant list (191 songs), and have spent the last few days agonizingly whittling this compendium down to something that can fit on a cd.

here at last is the NOW 2007 playlist, the songs which most helped us make it through a surprising and interesting year:

(a good many of these songs came courtesy of KEXP’s “song of the day” podcast – you should subscribe >>> )

what helped you make it through 2007?