So, here it is. My offering of music. I decided to start big, then maybe go from there. This is a list of my favorite ALBUMS. To compile just one Soundtrack of Life IS impossible. There are so many songs that define different times of life. To hone that into one playlist isn’t justified as far as I’m concerned. Besides, it stimulates future post ideas.
I am a huge Greatest Hits slug. Back in the eighties and nineties, numerous bands/artists had so many albums. I waited for the compilations. First of all, there were those things called 45’s. Secondly, it just streamlined the inventory. Finally, I had little disposable cash.
One criteria I had for the selection process is that no multi disc greatest hits albums were allowed. There is one exception, though.*
- St Elmo’s Fire Soundtrack – This is my secret yet sappy college guilty pleasure. It defined my college years. I still love it today.
- James Taylor’s Greatest Hits – J.T. is all that. Recently, he released the first album of new material in thirteen years. Ironically, it went straight to number 1 on the charts. Even more ironic, it’s his ONLY number 1 album. Ever! Maybe there’s hope for me yet!?
- Rascal Flat’s Greatest Hits – So many great songs on this album. I tolerate country. So individual albums are not an option. This totally rocks!
- Queen Greatest Hits – I travelled close to an hour to get this Limited Edition/Limited Release version back like 1990. So worth the trip. There have been numerous other so-called greatest hits. However, this is the ‘definitive’ edition.
- Taylor Swift Fearless AND 1989 – Sorry for the T. Swift twofer, but she is good. No one can do teen age or relationship angst better. She IS what my daughter’s and I listen to on a regular basis. What’s a dad to do, eh? BTW, My T. Swift guilty pleasure is “Love Story“.
- Supertramp Breakfast in America – Breakfast is in the title. Need I say more.
- GoGo’s Beauty and the Beat – this was High School end of story. I hated High School, but I love this album.
- Christopher Cross Christopher Cross – C. Cross isn’t necessarily a one album wonder by any means. Though after the initial ‘newness’ wore off he kind of went ‘Sailing’ – get it? . This self-titled first album is just nice.
- John Boswell Kindred Spirits – I highlighted J.B. once before. There’s a song entitled “James and the Giant Peach“. Cool!
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FUN. Some Nights – The prelude is totally reminiscent of Queen. They could’ve just sold this album containing that prelude and the first three songs and no one would’ve questioned the decision. Think of it as a trifecta of Fun … . . The video link is one of my son’s favorites. I have an album for each of my girls. This one is all about my son.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6dMFF_yts
* the exception –
Carly Simon Clouds in My Coffee 1965-1995 – C. Simon is a talented musician – she even wrote an opera. Though sometimes she does do nasty things to vowels. I really only listen to one of the three discs in the set. The reason this album is the exception is because I was born in 1965 AND I completed my first novel in 1995. One last tidbit, Simon IS the Simon in Simon and Schuster – the book publisher.
Any questions?
