Recently divorced dads may love it, but for everyone else, the Ugly Kid Joe cover of “Cats in the Cradle” is probably best left unheard. Highlights: “Don’t Speak” - No Doubt “Wait For Me” - Kings of Leonĭespite the name, this playlist is actually all about power ballads. The only time anyone will appreciate the songs here - “As Long As You Love Me”? An extremely earnest Richard Marx ballad? Five different Ed Sheeran songs? - would be after that last bottle of wine has been drained and you’re looking for some DIY karaoke material. Highlights: “Love” - Lana Del Rey “Friends” - Francis and the Lights and Bon IverĪ playlist that includes Enrique Iglesias’s “Hero” and “I Knew I Loved You,” by Savage Garden, is the exact opposite of romantic. So Grub sorted through all of them and ranked them based on some admittedly subjective measurements - mood-setting ability, variety of genres, and likelihood to not draw too much attention away from the dinner party itself - putting them in order of “vibes.” Here, how the playlists stacked up.

Spotify knows that when you have friends over for dinner and some drinks, you will need music: The music-streaming platform has 22 official dinner-party playlists, all of them wildly varying in quality.

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