Well another week has passed by and I was able to get through a few more CDs in my listening project. Monday was a holiday and I lost most of Tuesday due to computer issues but I was still able to get through 22 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 448 | Jeff Silvey | Little Bit of Faith | 1/2/2012 | Yes |
| 449 | Lou Bega | A Little Bit of Mambo | 1/2/2012 | Yes |
| 450 | Rich Mullins | A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band | 1/2/2012 | Yes |
| 451 | Steven Curtis Chapman | The Live Adventure | 1/2/2012 | Yes |
| 452 | Burlap To Cashmere | Live at the Bitter End | 1/4/2012 | Yes |
| 453 | Cher | Live: The Farewell Tour | 1/4/2012 | Yes |
| 454 | Steve Taylor | Liver | 1/4/2012 | Yes |
| 455 | Grammatrain | Lonely House | 1/5/2012 | Yes |
| 456 | Cinderella | Long Cold Winter | 1/5/2012 | Yes |
| 457 | Cruse | Long Journey Home | 1/5/2012 | Yes |
| 458 | Poison | Look What the Cat Dragged In | 1/5/2012 | Yes |
| 459 | August Burns Red | Looks Fragile After All | 1/5/2012 | No |
| 460 | Tait | Lose This Life | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 461 | Pearl Jam | Lost Dogs Disc 1 | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 462 | Pearl Jam | Lost Dogs Disc 2 | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 463 | Vince Ebo | Love Is the Better Way | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 464 | Newsboys | Love Liberty Disco | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 465 | Charlie Peacock | Love Life | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 466 | Reba McEntire | Love Revival | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 467 | The Choir | Love Songs and Prayers | 1/6/2012 | Yes |
| 468 | Keith Urban | Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing | 1/7/2012 | Yes |
| 469 | Honey | Lovely | 1/7/2012 | Yes |
Here are my thoughts on a few of these CDs that I have listened to over the past week…
- Jeff Silvey “Little Bit of Faith”: There are not that many country releases on Christian record labels but this is one of them.
- Lou Bega “A Little Bit of Mambo”: Is it just me or does every song on this album sound exactly the same?
- Steven Curtis Chapman “The Live Adventure”: And so starts a 4 CD stretch of live CDs. I have given a few SCC albums a NO and I am not usually a fan of live releases but this one is has a funny section where he plays one of his hit songs in several genres.
- Burlap To Cashmere “Live at the Bitter End”: This only has 5 songs on it (all from their first album) but these guys are awesome live.
- Cher “Live: The Farewell Tour”: This has a good mix of Cher songs and covers (including U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”). This is really disc 2 of a set with disc 1 being a regular “best of” release.
- Steve Taylor “Liver”: Steve does not sound that good live but the 2 times I saw him in concert it was a blast. What he lacks in singing talent he makes up for in stage antics. He covers a few tunes from his side project band Chagall Guevara as well.
- Grammatrain “Lonely House”: The first Christian grunge band I ever heard. Pretty good.
- Cruse “Long Journey Home”: Sandwiched between Cinderella and Poison on this week’s list, this band (consisting of the brothers and sisters of the Cruse family) seems out of place. I forget where I found it but I tend to buy and CD on a Christian label from 1986 since that was when the Christian record labels first started toying with the idea of releasing albums on CD. I remember selling a few finds for $40 or so on eBay. This one I kind of like though so I decided to keep it.
- August Burns Red “Looks Fragile After All”: I am not a fan of death metal but I think I want to be. I have a few CDs of this genre but they are all getting NOs so far. Maybe I should just give up on this type of music.
- Tait “Lose This Live”: Former member of DC Talk’s first release with his band (named simply Tait which is his last name). He actually covers the 1982 song “Electric Avenue” as well as “The Christmas Song” (which we listened to last month a few times).
- Pearl Jam “Lost Dogs 1 and 2”: There are enough cool songs on each disc to warrant a YES here but I have not been a fan of Pearl Jam really other than their “Ten” album.
- Vince Ebo “Love Is The Better Way”: Vince sang back up on a lot of Charlie Peacock releases. This is his only solo release. Charlie (as well as Jimmy Abegg from Vector) join in on a few songs.
- Charlie Peacock “Love Life”: If it were not for the song “In The Light” I think I might not like this release really well. I currently have “In The Light” as my cell phone’s ringtone (thanks to Audacity).
- Keith Urban “Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing”: If you notice the Date column you will see today’s date. Up until this week I have limited my listening to working hours. I did not make it a requirement that I listen to songs during work so I listened to this during breakfast.
- Honey “Lovely”: And listened to this one while writing this blog entry.
I am now 49.4% of the way done and will almost certainly reach the 1/2 way point during the coming week.
Jon
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