Well another week has passed by and I was able to get through a few more CDs in my listening project. I made good progress and got through 46 CDs. 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 758 | Charlie Peacock | The Secret of Time | 2/25/2012 | Yes |
| 759 | Nicki French | Secrets | 2/25/2012 | Yes |
| 760 | Out Of The Grey | (See Inside) | 2/25/2012 | Yes |
| 761 | Chris Tomlin | See The Morning | 2/25/2012 | Yes |
| 762 | Tears for Fears | The Seeds of Love | 2/25/2012 | Yes |
| 763 | Send The Beggar | Send The Beggar | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 764 | Thousand Foot Krutch | Set it Off | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 765 | Seven Day Jesus | Seven Day Jesus | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 766 | Garth Brooks | Sevens | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 767 | Yngwie Malmsteen | The Seventh Sign | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 768 | Shaded Red | Shaded Red | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 769 | Choir | Shades Of Gray | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 770 | John Schlitt | Shake | 2/26/2012 | Yes |
| 771 | Peter Gabriel | Shaking the Tree- Sixteen Golden Greats | 2/27/2012 | Yes |
| 772 | Santana | Shaman | 2/27/2012 | Yes |
| 773 | Out Of The Grey | The Shape of Grace | 2/27/2012 | Yes |
| 774 | Gary Chapman | Shelter | 2/28/2012 | Yes |
| 775 | Enya | Shepherd Moons | 2/28/2012 | Yes |
| 776 | Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow | 2/28/2012 | Yes |
| 777 | Bond | Shine | 2/28/2012 | Yes |
| 778 | Newsboys | Shine- The Hits | 2/28/2012 | Yes |
| 779 | Main Line Riders | Shot In The Dark | 2/29/2012 | No |
| 780 | Various Artists | Shut Down | 2/29/2012 | Yes |
| 781 | Blindside | Silence | 2/29/2012 | Yes |
| 782 | Mike Stand | Simple Expression | 2/29/2012 | Yes |
| 783 | Margaret Becker | Simple House | 2/29/2012 | Yes |
| 784 | Bobby McFerrin | Simple Pleasures | 2/29/2012 | Yes |
| 785 | Sheila Walsh | Simple Truth | 2/29/2012 | No |
| 786 | Frank Sinatra | Sinatra 80th - All The Best Disc 1 | 2/29/2012 | Yes |
| 787 | Frank Sinatra | Sinatra 80th - All The Best Disc 2 | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 788 | Corey Hart | The Singles | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 789 | Depeche Mode | The The Singles 86-98 Disc 1 | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 790 | Depeche Mode | The The Singles 86-98 Disc 2 | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 791 | Sixpence None The Richer | Sixpence None The Richer | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 792 | Sixteen Cities | Sixteen Cities | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 793 | Bush | Sixteen Stone | 3/1/2012 | Yes |
| 794 | The Insyderz | Skalleluia! | 3/1/2012 | No |
| 795 | Melissa Etheridge | Skin | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 796 | Randy Stonehill | The Sky Is Falling | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 797 | Common Children | Skywire | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 798 | Smalltown Poets | Smalltown Poets | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 799 | Guardian | Smashes - The Best of Guardian | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 800 | Chris Rice | Smell the Color 9 | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 801 | Hawk Nelson | Smile, It's the End of the World | 3/2/2012 | Yes |
| 802 | Bride | Snakes In The Playground | 3/3/2012 | Yes |
| 803 | Hokus Pick | Snappy | 3/3/2012 | Yes |
Here are my thoughts on a few of these CDs that I have listened to over the past week…
- Charlie Peacock.”The Secret of Time”: After a few years without a record deal, Charlie released this CD. I had bought his independently released “West Coast Diaries” trilogy (of course) so I had my Peacock fix to get me by. Those CDs (which another label re-released {and I bought on CD]) will be later in this project. The daughter and I performed an acoustic version of “Dear Friend” in church one Sunday morning with the help of an awesome guitarist.
- Nicki French “Secrets”: I got this solely for her version of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and that is the lone highlight.
- Out Of The Grey “(See Inside)”: One of 2 CDs that I own that start with a parenthesis (the other one should be on next week’s list). I am not sure why Windows Media Player ignores this character and sorts by “See” whereas other characters like [ are not ignored. No matter, I eventually got to this one. I like everything by this husband / wife duo group.
- Send The Beggar “Send The Beggar”: The lead vocalist’s voice is just strange enough to make me like this CD. Very similar in that sense to the group According to John.
- Thousand Foot Krutch “Set If Off”: Sometimes when you really like a group and you discover them a few CDs into their career, you should NOT go back and find their earlier stuff. I think I would like this more if I heard it before all their other (awesome) releases. Still good though.
- Yngwie Malmsteen “The Seventh Sign”: I had only just heard of this artist before I found this on the $1 rack. Awesome guitar.
- Choir “Shades Of Gray”: Technically this is an EP and technically I only have it as 5 bonus tracks off the CD re-release of the Choir’s “Chase The Kangaroo” album. I split it off in my music collection so it appears separately here as well. This is an good bridge between their 1st release (as “The Choir”) and the rest of their releases.
- Gary Chapman “Shelter”: Gary is better known as Amy Grant’s ex-husband. This CD (which has a nice duet with Amy) is pretty good. Sorta country, sorta not, but good overall.
- Bond “Shine”: These 4 ladies are supposed to be good at the violin but this CD is so overproduced with drums and dance beats that their talent is kind of hidden.
- Main Line Riders “Shot In The Dark”: A 90% off find at Mardel’s that I should have left on the rack. Mediocre vocals with mediocre music.
- Blindeside “Silence”: Simply awesome. I saw them on tour in support of this release. Just enough singing / screaming mix. I just bought their new CD as a mp3 download.
- Mike Stand “Simple Expression”: Former Altar Boys lead singer showing a more acoustic rock side.
- Bobby McFerrin “Simple Pleasures”: Don’t judge me (and don’t worry, be happy).
- Sheila Walsh “Simple Truth”: This is my only CD by this artist but I have 5 LPs. They are all better than this one.
- Frank Sinatra “Sinatra 80th - All The Best Disc 1 and Disc 2”: Can’t believe that I got this for $1. Tons of great songs from the 50’s.
- Depeche Mode “The The Singles 86-98 Disc 1 & Disc 2”: I discovered this band way too late, like when I wanted to know the original artist when Johnny Cash covered “Personal Jesus” in 2002.
- Sixpence None The Richer “Sixpence None The Richer”: This is the one that put this band on the map with their hit “Kiss Me”.
- Sixteen Cities “Sixteen Cities”: These guys sound very similar to The Afters. I was looking up information about them and found out that they are leading the worship service in a nearby church the next 2 Sundays.
- The Insyderz “Skalleluia!”: 794 CDs into this project and this is the worst CD that I have listened to yet. Ironically this is their best selling CD. I am not much of a ska genre fan anyway but these ska versions of classic praise and worship songs are unforgivable.
- Randy Stonehill “The Sky Is Falling”: I have had this on LP for 25 years but still bought this re-release (with bonus tracks) anyway. I remember talking to someone who was a Stonehill fan in the 70s that was very disappointed in this release seeing as how it was 4 years after his great first LP.
- Bride “Snakes In The Playground”: This band is still trying (25 years later) to release another CD as good as this one. Their website touts many of their later releases as “Snakes In The Playground 2” but it hasn’t happened yet.
- Hokus Pick “Snappy”: Finishing this CD up as I finish this blog.
I am 78.6% done and I managed not to buy any more CDs this week. I have 219 CDs to go according to my master spreadsheet.
.Jon
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