This marks the end of this project You can reference this blog entry for details about this project. There was only 1 CD remaining to be listened to in my march through all of my CDs.
| # | Artist | Album | Date | Again? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1046 | U2 | Zoorpoa | 4/8/2012 | Yes |
- U2 “Zooropa”: This is not my favorite U2 album but I like them all anyway. I was taking stock of my U2 albums and between CDs, LPs and cassettes I am only missing their “Rattle and Hum” album. It was fitting that U2 ends this project.
Well that’s it. It took me 263 days but I listened to them all. Here are my closing thoughts.
What I knew already
I like music. I often quote the latter part of Ecclesiastes 1:8 which says “The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.” My ears are never full of hearing. I listened to 4 CDs a day, every day, for the past 7+ months and it did not seem odd to me to do so.
I like all kinds of music. If you joined me on this journey then you know this already. From jazz to pop to rock to metal to new age to dance to punk to country to you name it. Other than the really hard core metal, I did not find a genre that I did not like.
What I kind of knew already
I have a lot of Reba McEntire CDs. I mentioned during this project that I bought a few Reba CDs on the clearance rack during a time that our family was watching reruns of her comedy show and then I just could not stop. At current count I have 11 of her CDs.
I have a lot of Stephen Curtis Chapman CDs. I thought I did not like SCC but then I was looking for a new song to sing for a solo during a church service. My mother recommended one by SCC and then I started to research other songs by him to sing as well. I think I have done 4 or 5 SCC songs now (including “Cinderella” one Father’s Day). Like Reba, I have 11 CDs by SCC but unlike Reba he got NOs on 4 of his releases.
I do not like 4Him, Jonathan Pierce, Al Denson, or PFR. These artists got the most NOs percentagewise. These artists accounted for 25% of all the NOs during this project.
I really like Harry Connick Jr., Melissa Ethridge, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, and Sting. I own at least 5 CDs from each of these artists and they all got YESs.
I have a ton of CDs that are by “Various Artists”. 75 to be exact. These include soundtracks of course but also a ton of theme CDs (best of the 50’s, compilations made for Startbucks, new artists on a specific record label, etc). These tend to show up on the bargain racks at a higher percentage rate it seems and I tend to buy them even if I only want it for a single track. I have been introduced to tons of new artists this way. I should probably stop buying Various Artists CDs.
What I learned
I have a sickness. I did not write it down but when I started this project I “only” had about 800 CDs. I knew I had a lot but I did not know that I had that much. This project was supposed to (among other things) make me realize that I have too much music and that I needed to stop purchasing any more (even if they were only $1 each). This collection took my my whole life to amass. Then, in only 260+ days I bought over 200 more CDs. So, during this project, which was supposed to make me realize that I had too much music, I increased the size of my collection by 25%! The wife is right, I need help.
What now?
After listening to “Zooropa” last Sunday morning I had a problem. What should I listen to? I mean, for more than 1/2 a year I have not had to think about what CD to listen to next. In the end I chose the Susan Ashton CD that I had just bought the week prior and then copied all 11 of my U2 CDs to my mp3 player and have been listening to them pretty much all week. Last night I grabbed the best of KC & The Sunshine Band as the we drove to dinner. I even pulled out my USB LP player and listened some old The Call and Degarmo & Key LPs while I worked from home this week.
What do I do if I buy more CDs? Certainly I will listen to them all but I will not likely resurrect this blog series to report on it. Maybe a few years from now I will start the whole project over again, who knows? Thank you for joining me. I had a lot of fun.
.Jon
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