The Listening Project–Supplemental Blog 5

It has been 6 weeks or so since my last blog about my CDs.  The wife and kids spent the last 10 days of September in Indiana and I stayed home with the dogs, the fish and the toad.  This left me with a lot of time to kill evenings and weekends.  I hit a great 4/$1 sale only to find a greater 5/$1 sale at the next store.  I then hit the 1/2 Priced Books clearance rack and paid the outrageous price of 1/$1 for the balance on the list below.

#	Artist	Album	Date Listened	Again?
1103	Becoming the Archetype	Celestial Completion	9/22/2012	Yes
1104	Various Artists	All You Need Is Love	9/22/2012	Yes
1105	Church Of Rhythm	Church Of Rhythm	9/22/2012	Yes
1106	Aaron Jeoffrey	The Climb	9/22/2012	Yes
1107	Depeche Mode	Enjoy the Silence	9/23/2012	Yes
1108	The Parachute Band	Glorious	9/23/2012	No
1109	Todd Agnew	Grace Like Rain	9/24/2012	Yes
1110	Phish	A Live One (Disc-1)	6/24/2012	Yes
1111	Phish	A Live One (Disc-2)	9/25/2012	Yes
1112	Hole	Live Through This	9/25/2012	Yes
1113	Michael Bolton	The One Thing	9/25/2012	Yes
1114	Newsboys	Thrive	9/26/2012	Yes
1115	Various Artists	Totally Hits	9/27/2012	Yes
1116	dc Talk	Welcome To The Freak Show	9/27/2012	Yes
1117	Mariah Carey	#1's	9/29/2012	Yes
1118	The Alan Parsons Project	The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project	9/30/2012	Yes
1119	Boston	Don't Look Back	9/30/2012	Yes
1120	Various Artists	End of Days Soundtrack	10/1/2012	Yes
1121	Rush	Grace Under Pressure	10/1/2012	Yes
1122	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Into The Great Wide Open	10/1/2012	Yes
1123	Janet Jackson	Janet	10/1/2012	Yes
1124	Gary Allan	See If I Care	10/3/2012	Yes
1125	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	She's The One Soundtrack	10/3/2012	Yes
1126	Suzanne Vega	Solitude Standing	10/4/2012	Yes
1127	Temple of the Dog	Temple of the Dog	10/6/2012	Yes
1128	Boston	Third Stage	10/6/2012	Yes
1129	Loreena McKennitt	The Visit	10/8/2012	Yes

• Becoming the Archetype “Celestial Completion”: I am not sure what to call this genre but it is growing on me.  Mostly breakneck speed drumming and strumming and then some screaming / growling thrown in for good measure.
• Various Artists “All You Need Is Love”: This 4 track disk appears to have been only available at Starbucks and I only bought it for the U2 song that is on it.
• Depeche Mode “Enjoy The Silence”: I am breaking a Listening Project rule by listing this here as this is really a 8 track “single” release with 6 versions of the same song.  Some I liked, some not so much.
• Boston “Don’t Look Back” & “Third Stage”: Even at $1 each, these were good finds.  I don’t think there is any rhyme or reason to the logic behind getting put on the clearance price at 1/2 Priced Books.
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Into The Great Wide Open” & “She’s The One Soundtrack”: These were both in the 4/$1 or 5/$1 rack.  A great find if you ask me.
• Suzanne Vega “Solitude Standing”:  This includes her hit song, “Luka” and this one has spent the last month in my CD player in the Buick.  Awesome stuff.
• Temple Of The Dog “Temple Of The Dog”: A little disappointed as the song “Hunger Strike” (the only one I had heard before buying this CD) is the only song I cared for at first listen.

I have not really blogged in 6 weeks and it has been 2 weeks since I finished listening to these new CDs.  I just could not get motivated to sit down for 15 minutes to write a new blog.  Perhaps I have outgrown blogging?

Jon