This Listening Project-Week 20

Well another week has passed by and I was able to get through a few more CDs in my listening project.  I worked a 1/2 day this week on Thursday and lost almost all of my listening time on Wednesday due to tons of meetings at work but I was still able to get through 20 CDs and managed to stay on pace for my 20 per week goal.  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?
382	Pat Benatar	Greatest Hits	12/5/2011	Yes
383	Santana	Greatest Hits	12/5/2011	Yes
384	The Doors	Greatest Hits	12/5/2011	Yes
385	James Taylor	Greatest Hits Volume 2	12/5/2011	Yes
386	Various Artists	Heart & Soul Hallmark	12/5/2011	Yes
387	Various Artists	The History of Jazz Disc 1 - The Early Days	12/6/2011	Yes
388	Various Artists	The History of Jazz Disc 2 - The Big Band Years	12/6/2011	Yes
389	Various Artists	The History of Jazz Disc 3 - The Swing Era	12/6/2011	Yes
390	Various Artists	The History of Jazz Disc 4 - The Be-Bop Revolution	12/6/2011	Yes
391	James Taylor	Hourglass	12/7/2011	Yes
392	Idle Cure	Inside Out	12/7/2011	Yes
393	Nate Sallie	Inside Out	12/7/2011	Yes
394	White Heart	Inside	12/8/2011	Yes
395	All-Star United	International Anthems For The Human Race	12/8/2011	Yes
396	Gloria Estefen	Into the Light	12/8/2011	Yes
397	Dakota Motor Co.	Into the Son	12/8/2011	Yes
398	The Call	Into the Woods	12/9/2011	Yes
399	Various Artists	Isaiah 53:5 (A Tribute To Stryper)	12/9/2011	Yes
400	The Who	It's Hard	12/9/2011	Yes
401	Reba McEntire	It's Your Call	12/9/2011	Yes

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

• Pat Benatar “Greatest Hits”: The week began with 4 straight Greatest Hits CDs.  I think I could have done with less than 20 songs on this one.
• Santana “Greatest Hits”: I had never heard of any of these songs on this early best of from Santana.
• Various Artists “The History of Jazz (4 Disc set)”: These almost caused The Listening Project to stop.  This 100 song set is over 4 hours in length and came in the 54 CD eBay auction that I won a while back.  At one point during this marathon session on Tuesday I remember thinking that Louie Armstrong probably died at the hands of a concert goer that was fed up with his scat singing.
• Idle Cure “Inside Out”: Idle Cure was one of the first artists on a Christian record label to attempt arena rock.  Their later releases relied heavily on Bob Carlisle (of Butterfly Kisses fame) to sing the chorus.  I imagine they were not that great to see in concert.
• The Call “Into the Woods”: I was pumped when this was finally released on CD.  One of the few CDs I paid (near) full price for as I recall.
• Various Artists “Isaiah 53:5 (A Tribute To Stryper)”: I gave this a YES only due to Blood N Fire’s cover of Loving You.  The rest of the songs are truly forgettable.

So I kept pace this week getting in my 20 CDs.  I also did not purchase any CDs.  I am up to 42.3% complete in the project.

Jon