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Seed Playlists and Recommended Next Tracks Additional material for paper submitted to UMAP'17 Table 1: Topic-Playlist Title Artist Top Tags Track #1 Do They Know It's Christmas Band Aid Xmas, 80s, Pop, Rock, . Track #2 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon Xmas, Rock, Pop, 70s, . Track #3 Thank God It's Christmas Queen Xmas, Rock, 80s, . Track #4 Driving Home For Christmas Chris Rea Xmas, Rock, Pop, 80s, . Hidden Track White Christmas Bing Crosby Xmas, Oldies, Jazz, . CAGH Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Rock, Epic, British, 70s, . kNN Santa Baby Eartha Kitt Xmas, Jazz, 50s, . kNN+X Step Into Christmas Elton John Xmas, Pop, Piano, 70s, . Table 2: Genre-Playlist Title Artist Artist Genres Track #1 The Dark End Of The Street James Carr Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . Track #2 I Can't Stand The Rain Ann Peebles Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . Track #3 Because Of You Jackie Wilson Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . Track #4 Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . Hidden Track Cigarettes And Coﬀee Otis Redding Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . CAGH In The Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . kNN Ever Fallen In Love Thea Gilmore Folk-Pop, New Wave Pop, . kNN+X I Can't Get Next To You Al Green Soul, Motown, Soul Blues, . Table 3: Mood-Playlist Title Artist Mood Track #1 Memory Motel The Rolling Stones Romantic Track #2 Harvest Moon Neil Young Romantic Track #3 Full Of Grace Sarah McLachlan Romantic Track #4 Shiver Coldplay Romantic Hidden Track Beast Of Burden The Rolling Stones Romantic CAGH Yellow Coldplay Romantic kNN Here It Comes Doves Calm kNN+X Twilight Elliott Smith Romantic Table 4: Tempo-Playlist Title Artist Tempo (bpm) Track #1 Everything In Its Right Place Radiohead 124.0 Track #2 The Crystal Lake Grandaddy 126.0 Track #3 Imitation Of Life R.E.M. 128.7 Track #4 Buggin' The Flaming Lips 123.2 Hidden Track Paper Thin Walls Modest Mouse 126.7 CAGH Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 73.5 kNN Pyramid Song Radiohead 77.1 kNN+X Brilliant Disguise Bruce Springsteen 126.3 Table 5: Energy-Playlist Title Artist Energy Track #1 Wild At Heart Gloriana 0.85 Track #2 Feel That Fire Dierks Bentley 0.83 Track #3 Summer Nights Rascal Flatts 0.88 Track #4 My Kinda Party Jason Aldean 0.87 Hidden Track Days Go By Keith Urban 0.86 CAGH What Hurts The Most Rascal Flatts 0.63 kNN Oh It Is Love Hellogoodbye 0.35 kNN+X It Had To Be You Motion City Soundtrack 0.87 1.

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