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Friday, September 15, 2023

Pick a song - what are your favorites?

Variety is the spice of life, right? So, I challenge you to follow my lead. Pick 20 your favorite first run albums and 20 "best-of" compilations. It is not easy, and I had to pick and choose which ones to include. There were too many left off. Below are my choices. First, the list of albums. It is a mix of rock and new age.

 Blackmore’s Night: Fires at Midnight Ritchie Blackmore was formerly with Deep Purple) 
 Boston: Boston 
 Bruce Hornsby and the Range: The Way it Is (just love the piano) 
 BrunuVille: Fantastic Journey (I dare you not to tap your toes to Dance With Dragons) 
 Eagles: Hotel California (classic all the way) 
 Enya: Watermark (Enya started me on new age - the first and still amazing) 
 Foreigner: Feels Like the First Time 
 Alice Cooper: From the Inside (the album was crazy, and the songs dug deep) 
 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (just WOW) 
 The Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat (fun music from a great group - not just a girl s rock band) 
 Jimmy Buffett: Off to See the Lizard (my fav JB album and his best in my opinion) 
 Lesiem (wonderful instrumentals - powerful!) 
 Metallica: Metallica (San Jose Sharks favorite and they are hockey fans) Pink Floyd: The Wall (epic - movie just as good) 
 Styx: The Grand Illusion (I love "Castle Walls") 
 Loreena McKennitt: An Ancient Muse (Loreena has a way with music - she even performed for Queen Elizabeth). 
 Police: Synchronicity (it became a greatest hits) 
 REO Speedwagon: Hi Fidelity (great work - again, this could be a greatest hit choice) 
 Electric Light Orchestra: Out of the Blue (ELO had a way with the electronic music - hard to pick a fav song on this one) 
Wicked Tinkers: Banger for Breakfast (Bagpipes!! BTW, Wallop the Cat is just the kitty's name) 

Hits Albums: 

 The Babys: Anthology 
 The Beach Boys: Made in the USA (surf's up for a CA girl) 
 The Beatles: Number 1’s (hard choice to pick a Beatles album) 
 Heart: The Essential Heart 
 B-52’s: Time Capsule (alternative rock at its best) 
 The Bangles: Greatest Hits (who didn't want to "Walk Like an Egyptian"?) 
 The Cars: Greatest Hits (again, try to pick one album...the Cars are legendary) 
 Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (Sing it, girl!)
 Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Vol 1-2 (Which of his multiple greatest hits to select. Tough choice) 
 Journey: Greatest Hits (Bay Area music at its best) 
 Kansas: The Best of Kansas (classic rock) 
 Loverboy: Loverboy Classics (gritty songs) 
 Steve Miller: Greatest Hits 1974-1978 (smooth and essential rock) 
 Marvin Gaye: Marvin Gaye’s Greatest Hits (for getting down, who else?) 
 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: greatest Hits (long live a legend) 
 The Pretenders: The Singles (alternative rock) 
 Queen: Greatest Hits (Freddie was the Champion!) 
 Jethro Tull: The Very Best of Jethro Tull (flute in a rock band never sounded so good) 
 Van Halen: The Best of (the music throughout the career - hard to pick just one song) 
 Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Greatest (Mull of Kintyre is my favorite the rest are epic)