Well another week has passed by and I was able to get through a few more CDs in my listening project. I slowed my pace a bit this week (party due to taking Monday afternoon off) but still managed to get through 40 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 909 | Jimmy Buffett | Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays | 3/17/2012 | Yes |
| 910 | Leslie Phillips | The Turning | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 911 | Del Amitri | Twisted | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 912 | Various Artists | Twister Soundtrack | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 913 | Various Artists | Two A.D. | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 914 | Relient K | Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...But Three Do | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 915 | UB40 | UB40 | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 916 | Leann Rimes | Unchained Melody (The Early Years) | 3/18/2012 | Yes |
| 917 | Avril Lavigne | Under My Skin | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 918 | Distance | Under The One Sky | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 919 | Cindy Morgan | Under The Waterfall | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 920 | Russ Taff | Under Their Influence | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 921 | EMF | Unexplained EP | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 922 | The Waiting | Unfazed | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 923 | U2 | The Unforgettable Fire | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 924 | Natalie Cole | Unforgettable With Love | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 925 | Toby Keith | Unleashed | 3/19/2012 | Yes |
| 926 | Eric Clapton | Unplugged | 3/20/2012 | Yes |
| 927 | Rod Stewart | Unplugged...And Seated | 3/20/2012 | Yes |
| 928 | Shania Twain | Up! Green | 3/20/2012 | Yes |
| 929 | Shania Twain | Up! Red | 3/20/2012 | Yes |
| 930 | Five Iron Frenzy | Upbeats And Beatdowns | 3/20/2012 | Yes |
| 931 | Peter Gabriel | Us | 3/20/2012 | Yes |
| 932 | Vigilantes of Love | V. O. L | 3/21/2012 | Yes |
| 933 | Silage | Vegas Car Chasers | 3/21/2012 | Yes |
| 934 | Eric Champion | Vertical Reality | 3/21/2012 | Yes |
| 935 | Cher | The Very Best Of Cher | 3/21/2012 | Yes |
| 936 | Hall & Oates | The Very Best of Daryl Hall and John Oates | 3/21/2012 | Yes |
| 937 | Depeche Mode | Violator | 3/21/2012 | Yes |
| 938 | The Waiting | The Waiting | 3/22/2012 | Yes |
| 939 | Jason Mraz | Waiting For My Rocket To Come | 3/22/2012 | Yes |
| 940 | Petra | Wake-Up Call | 3/22/2012 | Yes |
| 941 | Bryan Adams | Waking Up The Neighbors | 3/22/2012 | Yes |
| 942 | 4 Him | Walk On | 3/22/2012 | No |
| 943 | Boston | Walk On | 3/22/2012 | Yes |
| 944 | Scott Blackwell | Walk on the Wild Side | 3/23/2012 | Yes |
| 945 | The Call | The Walls Came Down | 3/23/2012 | Yes |
| 946 | U2 | War (Remastered) | 3/23/2012 | Yes |
| 947 | U2 | War (Remastered) Disc 2 | 3/24/2012 | Yes |
| 948 | Enya | Watermark | 3/24/2012 | Yes |
Here are my thoughts on a few of these CDs that I have listened to over the past week…
- Jimmy Buffet “Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays”: This is a live CD and one I very much enjoyed. This marks the first time I actually listened to this CD even though I bought it some time ago.
- Leslie Phillips “The Turning”: This is the last CD by this artist under the name Leslie. On all her newer stuff she goes by Sam Phillips. Whatever the name, I love her voices.
- Various Artists “Twister Soundtrack”: This is my son’s favorite movie (he is really into weather) but for the life of me I did not recognize any of these songs nor to I recall hearing them during the movie. The next time we watch it I will have to pay less attention to the tornados and more attention to the background music.
- Various Artists “Two A.D.”: The follow up to “One A.D.” that I reviewed a while back. New Age / Trance style music that is best listened to as background music.
- UB40 “UB40”: Fun fact: the band takes its name from the form you fill out for unemployment in their native country. This is pre “Red, Red Wine” but is still fun to listen to.
- The Waiting “Unfazed” & “The Waiting”: I love this band’s lyrics. Highlights (lyric-wise) include “The Company You Keep” and “Hands In The Air”. I am making a mental note to blog about the latter song as it really describes my life to a tee.
- U2 “The Unforgettable Fire”: The opening song last Sunday at church was “Pride (In The Name Of Love). I do not know how it fit’s in really to the service but I do recall the band playing it around this time last year.
- Eric Clapton / Rod Stewart “Unplugged” & “Unplugged…And Seated”: These are both from the time when everybody and their brother was doing acoustic, live CDs. Both are very good though I think I prefer the Clapton one better.
- Shania Twain “Up!”: This release came with 2 discs. One was supposed to be more country and one more rock. I think they replaced the fiddle with another guitar as they sound about the same. The international version has the country version and an international version. I have heard it and they basically replaced the fiddle with some sort of weird Japanese stringed instrument.
- Cher “The Very Best Of Cher”: I was listening to “I Got You Babe” and thinking of my wife on the eve of our 15th wedding anniversary while in the parking lot of Kroger during a run to the grocery store for garlic bread.
- 4 Him “Walk On”: I wasn’t going to say anything but I have been on a phenomenal run of YESes. My previous record for CDs in a row that I would listen to again was somewhere in the 60’s/ This CD ended a streak of 130 CDs in a row that I would listen to again. I do not have enough CDs left in this project to beat that record. I have seven 4 Him CDs and all but one garnered a NO.
- Boston “Walk On”: Wow, I am glad I gave this CD a listen to as it might just become one of my favorites.
- The Call “The Walls Came Down”: This is sort of a best of from their first 3 albums. When they changed labels and got a bigger following, their old label released this CD that contains about 2/3s of the songs from the fist 3 releases by this awesome band. I have their 2nd album on LP somewhere in my closet.
- US “War (Remastered) Disc 1 & 2”: I am allowing myself to not listen to my regular War CD as it is the same track listing as disc 1 of this remastered version. The bonus disc has 4 versions of New Year’s Day and 3 versions of Two Hearts Beat As One. They are played back to back so this is not really a pleasant listen.
I am 92.8% done and I managed not to buy any more CDs this week. I have 74 CDs to go according to my master spreadsheet. Based on recent weeks, I should be done in 2 weeks but I have a workshop during the first week of April which likely means I will not be listening to music at work for 3 of the days that week. Since the majority of my listening time is at work, This project might go until week 37.
.Jon
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