The Listening Project-Week 8

Well another week has passed by and I was able to get through a few more CDs in my listening project.  Due to the big move to Texas, I was only able to get 5 CDs in and am now behind my 20 / week pace.  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?
144	The Benjamin Gate	Contact	9/12/2011	Yes
145	Various Artists	Coram Deo: In The Presence of God	9/12/2011	Yes
146	Stone Temple Pilots	Core	9/12/2011	Yes
147	John Elefante	Corridors	9/12/2011	Yes
148	Megadeth	Countdown to Extinction	9/13/2011	Yes

Here are my thoughts on a few of these CDs that I have listened to over the past week…

• Various Artists ”Coram Deo: In the Presence of God”: A lot of songs by (or written by) Charlie Peacock on this one.
• John Elefante “Corridors”: If you don’t recognize this artist then I am not surprised.  He was a former lead singer for Kansas and (along with his brother, Dino), produced a lot of albums (including many by Petra).  His voice is awesome.  He did compile 2 albums under the group name Mastedon (released on Pachyderm records [see a pattern here?]).  Anyway, I like almost anything he is involved with in any shape or form.
• Megadeth “Countdown to Extinction”: A very powerful album and the first one I ever heard by this group.  Many songs are political in nature and this album seems a little more commercialized than previous releases.  The lead singer’s voice takes a little getting used to though.

So now I am behind schedule again but I was able to get my computer desk set up here in our new home in Texas so I will be ready to go come Monday morning with my project.  I am about 18% of the way though my CD list.

Jon