Well another week has passed by and I was able to get through a few more CDs in my listening project. I averaged a little more than 4 CDs per day so I am back on track for my 20 per week schedule. You can reference this blog entry for details about this project. Here are the CDs I knocked off of my list this week.
| # | Artist | Album | Date | Again? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | LeAnn Rhimes | Blue | 8/22/2011 | Yes |
| 80 | The Waiting | Blue Belly Sky | 8/22/2011 | Yes |
| 81 | Harry Connick Jr | Blue Light, Red Light | 8/22/2011 | Yes |
| 82 | Rick Altizer | Blue Plate Special | 8/22/2011 | Yes |
| 83 | Rick Altizer | Blue Plate Special (European Version) | 8/22/2011 | Yes |
| 84 | Anberlin | Blueprints For The Black Market | 8/23/2011 | Yes |
| 85 | Mad at the World | Boomerang | 8/23/2011 | Yes |
| 86 | Phil Collins | Both Sides | 8/23/2011 | Yes |
| 87 | Sting | Brand New Day | 8/24/2011 | Yes |
| 88 | Melissa Etheridge | Brave And Crazy | 8/24/2011 | Yes |
| 89 | Melissa Etheridge | Breakdown | 8/24/2011 | Yes |
| 90 | Brian Barrett | Brian Barrett | 8/24/2011 | No |
| 91 | Phil Joel | Bring It On | 8/24/2011 | Yes |
| 92 | The Wallflowers | Bringing Down The Horse | 8/25/2011 | Yes |
| 93 | Britney Spears | Britney | 8/25/2011 | Yes |
| 94 | Broomtree | Broomtree | 8/25/2011 | No |
| 95 | Hokus Pick | Brothers From Different Mothers | 8/25/2011 | Yes |
| 96 | Various Artists | Brow Beat - Unplugged Alternative | 8/25/2011 | Yes |
| 97 | Payable On Death | Brown | 8/26/2011 | Yes |
| 98 | U2 | The B-Sides 1980-1990 | 8/26/2011 | Yes |
| 99 | U2 | The B-Sides 1990-2000 | 8/26/2011 | Yes |
| 100 | Bob Carlisle | Butterfly Kisses | 8/26/2011 | Yes |
Here are my thoughts on a few of these CDs that I have listened to over the past week…
- LeAnn Rhimes “Blue”: I bought this for the daughter but I kind of like it. Not a bad way to start the week.
- The Waiting “Blue Belly Sky”: I really, really like this band. I remember reading a review of this CD in the “indie” section of a magazine. They sounded like something I would like so a sent a check in the mail and have loved this CD since the day I got it. Sadly, this group is no more but I have all their CDs so you will be hearing more about this band as this project continues. There is an excellent song called “Staring At A Bird” that really hits home almost every time I hear it.
- Rick Altizer “Blue Plate Special” / “Blue Plate Special (European Version)”: It had to happen eventually (having 2 CDs back to back by the same artist) but this one I brought upon myself for having 2 versions of the same CD. I got the original one as a used demo at a local store and then bought 5 of his other CDs online. I seem to recall that there was a deal if you bought 5 CDs instead of 4 so the European Version was essentially free. It does contain a few different songs (though for the life of me I do not know why it would appeal to those fans over the pond).
- Mad At The World “Boomerang”: Here is a band I would not have liked had I started with their later albums. They started out a techno group and morphed into a rock / grudge / I don’t know what band. They did it slowly and took me along for the ride. Not my favorite of their albums.
- Melissa Etheridge “Brave and Crazy” / “Breakdown”: And just like that I have another couplet of CDs by the same artist. I like Melissa’s voice but 2 straight hours of her gets a little depressing.
- Phil Joel “Bring It On”: Phil is a former member of the band “Newsboys” (maybe he is still with them). I am always leery when someone who is not the lead singer of a band releases a CD where they are the singer. Seldom do the pull it off and I was close to giving this one a No in the last column. It is just catchy enough to listen to again.
- The Wallflowers “Bringing Down the Horse”: If I had a top 10 (or maybe top 20) favorite album list then this one would likely be on it. What is not to like? Awesome!
- Britney Spears “Britney”: I gave this a Yes but really the swing from The Wallflowers to Britney Spears almost made me dizzy.
- Payable On Death “Brown”: Here is a band that I would have not followed had I listened to their early stuff first (similar to Blindside). Fortunately I started with “Satellite” first (their smash CD) and worked backwards. This one is a little rough for me but has enough redeeming qualities.
- U2 “The B-Sides 1980-1990” / “The B-Sides 1990-2000”: And just like that I have my third back to back CD by the same artist for the week. I used to buy all of U2’s singles on 45s and so I knew almost all the songs on the 1980-1990 CD but is it nice to have them in CD format finally.
Well, I am back on pace now. I did buy another used CD today but it starts with an S so it will not get onto this project for a while yet. This project seems to be the only thing keeping me blogging for some reason.
Jon
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