Sunday, August 19, 2012

(Past) Half-Time Report

It's been a while since I did an update on my CD-listening project, so here's the latest. Since February, I've listened to 180 of the 341 CDs on my list. It's actually going quite a bit faster than I thought.

Recently, I've gotten to dip into some of my all-time favorite albums—"Rumours," "Tapestry," "Under Rug Swept," "Listen Without Prejudice" and "Abbey Road." Each of those albums, and dozens of others in my collection, have inspired and comforted me. One listen isn't enough, so I think I will take some time to go back through this portion of my collection and re-listen to a few total standouts (including sadly overlooked gems like Everclear's "So Much for the Afterglow") once I get to the end of the first of my two CD shelves.

Here's what I've been listening to lately. Coming up, I've got No Doubt, Green Day, Weezer, The Corrs, John Mayer and so much more happiness. I can't wait.

Bangles
Greatest Hits

Original Soundtrack
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion

Everclear
So Much for the Afterglow

Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac
The Best of Stevie Nicks: Time Space
Rumours
Greatest Hits
Trouble in Shangri-La
The Dance
The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks

Depeche Mode/Dave Gahan
The Singles 86-98
The Singles 81-85
Hourglass

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Greatest Hits

Alanis Morissette
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Unplugged
Under Rug Swept
Jagged Little Pill
So-Called Chaos
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
The Collection
Flavors of Entanglement

Mariah Carey
#1s

Culture Club
VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Moments

Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Heart
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits 1985-1995

The Allman Brothers Band
A Decade of Hits 1969-1979

Etta James
The Best of Etta James: The Millennium Collection

Hole/Courtney Love
Celebrity Skin
America's Sweetheart

Abba
Gold: Greatest Hits

Carole King
Tapestry
Love Makes the World
The Living Room Tour

Taylor Dayne
Tell It to My Heart
Can't Fight Fate

Sinead O'Connor
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sean-Nos Nua

Tracey Chapman
Telling Stories

George Michael
Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1
Faith

Aretha Franklin
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The '60s

The Beatles
Abbey Road
1
Original Soundtrack: I Am Sam
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Let It Be
John Lennon: The John Lennon Collection
Revolver
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (The White Album)
Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur
Magical Mystery Tour
Past Masters

Various Artists
100% Dance

Janet Jackson
Design of a Decade: 1986/1996

Destiny's Child
Survivor

Bobby Darin
The Ultimate Bobby Darin

Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual

Nirvana
Unplugged in New York