Devyn
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Post by Devyn on Oct 24, 2006 21:05:07 GMT -5
Green Day, Anna, Sarah, Jason, Madonna ;D
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Post by MIKEB on Oct 27, 2006 14:44:34 GMT -5
#30Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces (1998) I'm not a country music fan. Once in a while a song will come along that I like but other than that, I tend to steer clear of country music. But I do have a soft spot for the Dixie Chicks. Please note I didn't jump on the bandwagon after the infamous 2003 "incident". I've been a fan since 1998, the year their CD came out. Now, I realize they've been together before that and I admit that it was in about June of that year that I got this album and by then 'There's Your Trouble' was halfway up the chart so I wasn't there "from the beginning" but I'm proud to say that as a non-country music lover, I was an early fan and have been ever since. This album is nothing short of amazing. From the first listen, the song 'Wide Open Spaces' I really loved. A sweet story about a girl growing up and beginning to live her own life. 'You Were Mine' is another great track about the breakup of a couple who have two children. The protrayal of that in the song is heart-wrenching. And even though it's probably as country-sounding as this album gets, the song 'Tonight, The Heartache's On Me' was another song I really loved. I don't know why it is I like them so much. Maybe it's Natalie's voice. The songs are just all great for whatever reason. Or because they really aren't too country sounding for too long. Either way, I know I'll be a fan for life. It all started here! favourite tracks Wide Open Spaces, You Were Mine, Tonight, The Heartache's On Me, There's Your Trouble #29No Doubt Tragic Kingdom (1996) Here's another huge CD from the mid-90s, courtesy of the single 'Don't Speak'. Back when Gwen was considered the hot rocker-chick of the coolest alternative rock bands around. I know for me, the music from this CD was alittle different then what I listened to, even if just slightly. They just really appealing songs, a lot of them had that novelty sound to them but the novelty for most of them really didn't wear off. 'Excuse Me Mister' and 'Spiderwebs', for example. I always loved 'Sunday Morning' though and 'The Climb' was a track that built up near the end until the climax slowly died down until the end of the song. It's an album that one can't help but like to some degree. favourite tracks Sunday Morning, The Climb, Don't Speak, Excuse Me Mister #28Holly McNarland Stuff (2003) Quite often, I find that an artist's debut album will be their best. Most of the time, I think for me, is because I get that one first and grow into it and then come to expect any of their future work to build on the debut. There are only a few cases where an artist can surpass their first CD, in my books. The odd thing for Holly here is, while I do like this CD more than its followup, I didn't get this one until after so while I got used to 'Home Is Where My Feet Are' to the point where I expected it to be somewhat like 'Stuff', it's not. 'Stuff' is a lot harder in sound and is more rock based, and I like it much better. The album just flows well and is consistantly good. There's no real downer throughout the entire thing, which is always a plus, and sometimes Holly just lets loose, such as in 'Elmo'. I'm really glad I didn't miss out on this album though, even if I was six-years late. favourite tracks Water, Porno Mouth, Elmo, I Won't Stay, Numb #27Alanis Morissette Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) I think this album is by-far the most anticipated of any CD I have ever wanted. In the age before downloading music (for me), I wasn't able to get any clips or anything of any song on here aside from the amazing build-up single 'Thank U'. After her perfect debut CD and then the perfect strings-rock hit 'Uninvited', I was in need for new Alanis material. The hype will built up so much. Probably too much. At first I was obsessed with the CD but after a short while, I began to select my favourites and eventually started to pass over about half the album. I don't think I was able to appreciate the songs I skipped at the time. Alanis' style was different than the first CD. She was beginning to really focus more on her ability to build words into a sentence and form them around the music and work with the syllables and such. However, the album has proven to be a grower. Just last year I finally fell in love with 'Your Congratulations' and 'Heart Of The House', the album's last two tracks that I never got to because 'Joining You' was too awesome a song to follow with anything else. favourite tracks Joining You, So Pure, UR, Sympathetic Character #26David Usher Hallucinations (2003) This album actually went the opposite way for me than the Alanis one. I bought it, listened to it, and was somewhat disappointed following the greatness that was 'Morning Orbit'. Now when I listen to it, I take in every track. It was a more modernized David Usher with a slight dependancy on technology that build this record but it still has a classic feel to it, especially when compared to his newer release 'If God Had Curves'. I don't know what it was that made me not love songs like 'Devils On My Side' or 'Message Home' but whatever it was, it's gone now. I think what I love most is the music in those songs. Somewhat simplistic over complex beats. favourite tracks Surfacing, Hallucinations, Numb, I'm Coming Down #25Kathleen Edwards Back To Me (2005) Kathleen took me by surprise with her debut album, could she do it again? Not quite but this CD is modest. She didn't disappoint. There aren't any low points to the record at all, just not really a lot of major highs. 'Back To Me' was definately worthy of its success and 'In State' was a grower but is now a keeper. I always liked the closing track 'Good Things'. I adopted the chorus for a while, "good things come when you stop waiting around." 'What Are You Waiting For' is almost a replica of 'Failer's '12 Bellevue' but it's still a good song. I think for me the album didn't offer a lot of variation among the tracks to make it as good as 'Failer' but nonetheless, I know I'll still be enjoying it deep into tomorrow so... favourite tracks Back To Me, Good Things, In State, Old Time Sake #24Gavin DeGraw Chariot (2004) This CD I got during a special time in my life. I remember specifics about the time when I listened to the album a lot, the people I spent my time with, the things we did, and that sorta thing. So I think this album is as high on my list as it is mostly because of the memories that surround the songs. 'Just Friends' somewhat applied to me at the time, I felt. Gavin really was able to make a lot of songs that were easy for me, or probably anybody else, to relate to. His voice isn't really all that great but I loved the piano-based tracks that the CD offered and that most of the songs were all upper-mid-tempo tracks. He didn't hide much in the lyrics and just made everything straightfoward. favourite tracks Just Friends, Belief, Crush, (Nice To Meet You) Anyway #23Frou Frou Details (2006) This is the only album on my list that was bought in 2006. I know, I set an "unwritten" rule that no CD purchased within the last year would be allowed for various reasons, but this album was able to slide by because I've been hearing most of the songs on here for over a year. It was a natural transition from my computer to the actual CD and the CD is awesome. I find that 'Details' seems to have a more natural feel amongst the songs than Imogen's solo CD does. Being a duo, there's less emphasis on her and more on the music with her singing complimenting what comes first. I really like some of the ideas that they were able to get in on here such as the odd beat in 'Psychobabble' and the ending of 'Only Got One'. I think they paid special attention to the details of the songs and surely the album title compliments that as well. favourite tracks Breathe In, Let Go, Only Got One, It's Good To Be In Love #22Jewel This Way (2001) I called 'This Way' Jewel's best recording about a month after I got it. By that time, I had had enough time to get into the songs, both as a group and on their own. 'Standing Still' was a lengthy-favourite of mine for months. I really liked her country-side coming out on the folk-pop tunes that she wrote. Even 'Jesus Loves Me', a song I didn't like a whole lot at first, appealled to me after. Actually, the only song I could do without is 'Break Me', the rest are all keepers. It should have been her biggest album. favourite tracks Standing Still, Till We Run Out Of Road, Everybody Wants Someone Sometime, I Won't Walk Away #21Avril Lavigne Under My Skin (2004) I think Avril went in the right direction when she put out her second studio album in 2004. 'Let Go' was a great entry into the music scene but she really needed to appear to have some control over what she was doing and start to show signs of growing up and she did on this one. Her collaborating with Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida was a good idea too and Ben Moody on 'Nobody's Home', he added so much to that song. Avril showed her fun side in 'He Wasn't' and 'Freak Out' but showed that she did have a serious side where she was aware of things going on around her that did or didn't involve her such as 'Don't Tell Me', 'Nobody's Home' and 'Slipped Away'. I really think Avril's next CD will definately be a move in the right direction if this one was any indication. favourite tracks Nobody's Home, Fall To Pieces, Together, Don't Tell Me
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Devyn
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Post by Devyn on Oct 27, 2006 18:18:17 GMT -5
Dixie Chicks, Alanis, Avril ;D
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Post by qnx100 on Oct 27, 2006 20:05:18 GMT -5
Avril Lavigne, No Doubt, Gavin DeGraw ;D
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Post by MIKEB on Nov 2, 2006 11:00:51 GMT -5
#20Michelle Branch Hotel Paper (2003) When Michelle Branch first hit the music scene, I really wasn't too interested. She was alright but really gave nothing that no other artist had ever done before. Her second album was released early in the summer of 2003 and while I had no plans to get it and the first single 'Are You Happy Now' didn't do much for me, I read so many good things about the CD that I got it anyway. I was definately impressed with most of the album. Michelle's style of guitar-pop fit very well into my music collection and helped to round out 2003 as a good year in music. 'Breathe' was an awesome song that didn't do very well chart-wise but still was big for me. I think my favourite track on here was definately 'One Of These Days'. Beautiful song! This album has great consistancy! favourite tracks One Of These Days, Breathe, Desperately, Tuesday Morning #19Alanis Morissette So-Called Chaos (2004) So every subsequent album that Alanis released after her breakthrough 'Jagged Little Pill' was slightly downhill in terms of how good they were, for the most part. When word that she was working on a new album came out, I remember thinking "already? It's too soon!" because it hadn't even been two years since 'Under Rug Swept' and just over a year of 'Feast On Scraps'. Needless to say, I swallowed my tongue. Alanis' fourth studio album beat the two previous ones as well as her other random releases. What 'Under Rug Swept' lacked in the rock category and 'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' lacked in consistancy, was all picked up on this record. Now, for the record, the album does have its faults but I believe they lie outside of Alanis' realm. She chose producer John Shanks, who did an awesome job on Michelle's album (@ #20!) but I think he held back Alanis' potential on here. This CD was meant to be a more alternative-sounding rock album, not a pop rock that it turned out to be. I really want to see Alanis make another rock record and this album, specifically the song 'So Called Chaos', was the closest she's come to it since the 90s. favourite tracks So Called Chaos, Not All Me, Doth I Protest Too Much, Out Is Through #18Chantal Kreviazuk What If It All Means Something (2002) This album came out in November of 2002, my first year of University. I remember the hype I created for the record because it was the followup to Chantal's 1999 release 'Colour Moving And Still' and I was obsessed with 'In This Life'. I think the album was definately my favourite of the end of the year. Sometimes I listen to it and it brings back memories of going to class or just walking around while the air is cold and crisp with leaves falling down around me. As for the actual music, Chantal was travelling closer to the usual over-produced pop sound that plagued so many before her. The songs were still good and the usual Chantal-fare, meaning they were still grade-A songs but all that was blanketed by the apparant desire for either Chantal or the label (I'm thinking the label) to finally break her into the American mainstream... to no avail. The CD has its ups and downs but it still makes for a good listen. favourite tracks Waiting, Miss April, In This Life, Ready For Your Love #17Sheryl Crow The Very Best Of (2004) Sheryl Crow is an artist that I hold in very high regard. She's done a few things during her career that some would consider questionable for credibility purposes but she has more than made up for those things with other work she's done and the friends she's made in the music business. Her first Best Of collection shows that Sheryl has gone a long way from 1993-2003 and that she still has much more distance to cover. I believe this compilation may be the most complete, best put-together Greatest Hits/Best Of CD by any artist released in the 2000s so far. She doesn't do the lame include-every-hit on here nor does she limit the tracklisting to only singles. Sheryl gives each of her albums generous consideration and adds a few new tracks on here, as well. There really is nothing of much significance to Sheryl's career that wasn't included on this CD which therefore makes it a must for any fan, casual or other, of Sheryl. favourite tracks Everyday Is A Winding Road, The First Cut Is The Deepest, My Favourite Mistake, A Change Would Do You Good, Strong Enough #16Avril Lavigne Let Go (2002) When Avril hit the music scene in 2002 with 'Complicated', I liked the song but I wasn't blown away. Actually, I really didn't want to get into her and after the dreadful 'Sk8er Boi', I had to put my foot down. I saw her as a rocky Britney Spears and therefore a singer the industry really DIDN'T need if we wanted music to become more "real". But I downloaded 'Let Go' and I was surprised. It's pop music, yes. Manufactured pop? Probably. But it's just so catchy and awesome! Aside from 'Sk8er Boi', the awkward rap in the still-not-bad 'Nobody's Fool' and the overplayed 'Complicated', the rest of this CD is Grade-A pop greatness! I'd call it a guilty pleasure but I'm not ashamed to admit that this CD rocks! favourite tracks My World, Mobile, Anything But Ordinary, Tomorrow #15Jason Mraz Waiting For My Rocket To Come (2003) Ultimately, the thing that made me get Jason's CD wasn't because my poor-quality mp3 of his single 'The Remedy' convinced me, nor was it his following or good reviews of his performances. It was because him and Chantal Kreviazuk were touring together in the US and Canada. I figured if they were committing themselves to performing together for a couple months, his music must be decently similar enough to Chantal that I must like it. So I got his CD. Not a noble reason but it worked out. The album is solid and a great introduction to the genius that is Jason Mraz. His way with words and rhymes are incredible when listening to playful songs like 'I'd Do Anything', 'Too Much Food' and 'Curbside Prophet'. His voice reminded me of Don McLean in a number of songs like 'You And I Both' and he has a an upbeat folky side that would please any music fan over 30 on 'On Love, In Sadness'. Jason's not just a guy with a guitar. He knows what he's doing and he's a champ on his debut CD. favourite tracks On Love, In Sadness, The Remedy (I Won't Worry), Tonight, Not Again, Sleep All Day #14Sarah Slean Night Bugs (2002) Sarah Slean's 'Night Bugs' was another disc that was a victim of my downloading... but I did actually buy the actual version later on and am glad I did because a couple of the album's best tracks I actually didn't get. It was 2002 when 'Sweet Ones' came out and I fell in love with Sarah because of that one song, but most of the other songs I didn't latch on to as easily. Actually, I gave her music a lot of chances but I just couldn't get into it. I'm thinking it's because I actually had a bunch of older tracks as well as songs from this album so it was just a random mix and honestly, this album does work best when listened from beginning to end. It starts off with the piano introduction of 'Eliot', which builds up to a huge ending so there's no disappointment there. Sarah goes on to tell stories of 'Duncan' and 'Book Smart, Street Stupid' to showing her sweet side on 'Sweet Ones' and 'Drastic Measures', which has an amazing instrumental ending. I think the highlight of the album however has to be the final track, the humourous 'Bank Account' which Sarah is just wacky on. I love the piano and horns during the bridge on that one. Great mix! favourite tracks Bank Accounts, Drastic Measures, Eliot, Duncan #13Tegan and Sara If It Was You (2002) Tegan and Sara, for me, are a duo that are able to make fairly-instantly catchy songs that really don't dwell or make a huge impression. They just present themselves as they are and once the song is over, it's over. Then when you listen again to the album, a light comes on and you said "I remember this! This is awesome!" At least, that's how I remember it. I wasn't huge on this album at first when I got it in late 2002. I slowly got into the album but the songs managed to creep themselves into my brain until one day while listening to the disc, I was surprised to find that I actually remembered every single track to one degree or another. It was weird! So now that I'm past the getting-to-know-you stage, I can listen to each song knowing what to expect and being familiar with the album as a whole. The songs are simple, the hooks are catchy and the Quin sisters have the spice to make it work. favourite tracks Don't Confess, Want To Be Bad, Living Room, City Girl #12Sarah Harmer You Were Here (2003) I was late getting this album. Three years after it was released and long after she was done with it. I just saw it at cdplus one day and thought, I really should own this. So I bought and listened to it on my walk home. I was surprised to realize that I recognized the track 'The Hideout' from years before. I think it came out before 'Basement Apartment' did and the radio played it alittle too. I kind of put this CD on the back burner for a bit while listening to it off and on but eventually, I came to absolutely love it. It pretty much fits my mood anytime so if I can't find an album that I want to listen to, I'll come to this one and stick it in. Most times I put it on just so I can hear 'Lodestar', which is probably one of my favourite songs ever and Sarah is rockin' on 'Weakened State'. The album can get alittle quiet at times but Sarah knows what she's doing! favourite tracks Lodestar, Weakened State, Around This Corner, The Hideout, Basement Apartment, Don't Get Your Back Up #11David Usher Morning Orbit (2001) I bought this album out of some of my money for working at the fish plant so I'll be damned if I was to let it go to waste. Actually, it was somewhat of an impulse buy because at the time, I really loved the single 'Alone In The Universe'. This album was a new side of David that I never knew before. I was vaguely familiar with Moist and honestly only knew OF but not the actual songs from 'Little Songs', so really, this disc was my first impression of David Usher. I think we became great friends right away. The album had some great rock tracks like the hidden-track 'Black Black Heart V 2.0', which is 50X better than the original dull version. There's also the awesome 'Blinded', which should have been a hit. I loved the closing track 'Closer'. Short and sweet. His cover of 'Fast Car' is alright. The song with Snow is pretty neat too. All in all, it's a great disc! favourite tracks Too Close To The Sun, Joy In Small Places, How Are You, Blinded, Closer, A Day In The Life
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Post by banet2001 on Nov 2, 2006 12:13:56 GMT -5
It is great to see Night Bugs in the top 20. ;D
It is also nice to see Avril, Michelle Branch, Jewel and Frou Frou making the top 30.
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Post by qnx100 on Nov 2, 2006 23:20:02 GMT -5
Sheryl Crow and Avril Lavigne ;D
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 2, 2006 23:48:24 GMT -5
Yay for Michelle Branch, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow and Avril Lavigne ;D
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Post by MIKEB on Nov 17, 2006 21:06:30 GMT -5
#10KT Tunstall Eye To The Telescope (2005) This album was another impulse buy for me too. I had been seeing the cover for KT's CD around and judging by the cover and general album design, something told me the CD was something I'd like. I held off on buying it for a few weeks but eventually just gave up and bought it anyway without actually hearing any of the songs. I was definately impressed right off the bat as the opening track is the incredible 'Other Side Of The World'. And 'Suddenly I See' just took me away! I thought 'Black Horse And The Cherry Tree' was an odd song and found it strange that it was the track they were using to promote the album in North America but alas, it worked. I'm absolutely fascinated by 'Stoppin' The Love', because of the background vocals during the chorus. I imagine KT in Norway sitting around a fire with a bunch of vikings who are beating the drums and doing the deep-male singing in the song. favourite tracks Stoppin' The Love, Other Side Of The World, Miniature Disasters, Black Horse And The Cherry Tree, Suddenly I See, Heal Over #9Tegan and Sara This Business Of Art (2004) I sometimes find it hard to decide whether I like 'This Business Of Art' more than 'If It Was You' but in the end, I settled on this one. Really, I'm not quite sure why. I just think the songs on here seem more "real" and what Tegan and Sara are all about. 'If It Was You' is definately a good CD but I really like how on this album, no song really stands out from the others. That could be taken to mean that all the songs sound the same but not really, they're all their own but they all work together to form the entire CD. Tegan and Sara are actually probably the only artist I know (or at least can think of right now) whose entire list of recorded songs on their combined 4 albums are all good. They don't have one song I don't like. That's probably not a big deal but really, when you think about your favourite singers and bands, surely they must have at LEAST one song you don't care for. Tegan and Sara don't even have that. In retrospect, that's incredible and in retrospect, so is this CD! favourite tracks My Number, Superstar, Freedom, The First, Proud, Not With You #8Sarah Slean Day One (2004) I can kind of remember getting this CD and I remember the first couple times I listened to it, nothing really jumped out at me right away aside from 'Lucky Me', which I was already familiar with, and 'Day One'. After a couple weeks, I loved the CD! LOVED! Sarah's ability to write lyrics that provide such imagery is incredible. Her style of singing is very dramatic and even the music is so theatrical. She's such a classy lady and she lets her personality flow into the music and the words so when you finish listening to the album, you know the type of person she is and could probably make a good guess as to everything from her hobbies to the types of drinks she likes. I think she said she likes scotch. A highlight on the album has to be 'When Another Midnight'. The lyrics on here are killer! favourite tracks When Another Midnight, Pilgrim, Out In The Park, Mary, Lucky Me, The Score, Day One #7Melissa McClelland Stranded In Suburbia (2004) It was weird when I bought this album because I went into HMV the day Avril Lavigne's 'Under My Skin' came out and I saw this one and I thought, hmm, she looks like Sarah Slean a bit. And I took a look at the cover and the back and decided, based on the album design, the label info and whatever other information was printed on the back, it would probably be an album that I'd like to some degree. It definately didn't have rap packaging nor country designs so there was no reason why there shouldn't be something on here that I'd like. It took a few months but I eventually loved the CD. Melissa, to me, is a mix between a more-mainstream Sarah Harmer meets Kathleen Edwards with a very slight hint of Sarah Slean. The album contained a few folk-rock sounding tracks, a few made-for-radio songs, songs with corky lines, interesting instrumentation and great tunes overall. There's a cover of Bruce Springsteen's song 'Factory', which sounds awesome and a touch if Italy in 'Smoke Signals'. Melissa seems to write about some of the underground situations but wraps them in polite music. The song to really get me was 'Picture Postcard'. There was always something about that one that really stuck with me. Probably the idea that we're free to just get up and leave whenever we feel we have to and go away but not know what to expect. An awesome album all around! favourite tracks Picture Postcard, Little Birds, Encinitas Rainstorm, Jaded, Good As Gold, Glimpse Into Hell #6Chantal Kreviazuk Colour Moving And Still (1999) Back before I was able to download music, my anticipation levels for CDs was so huge. Being from a small town, there wasn't a lot to look forward to but I really looked forward to the second Chantal album. After her first, I couldn't wait to expand on her music. 'Before You' is a song I unofficially named my favourite song ever a few years back and while I'm not sure if that still stands, I wouldn't quite say no to that. I was immediately grabbed by this CD and every song held something new for me on so many different levels. I've listened to the entire CD so many times and listened to it under so many layers, paying attention to many different details the songs had from the different instruments to Chantal's piano to her lyrics and everything in between. I don't really know what to say about this CD to explain how important it was for me at the time and it remained so for a while afterward. It's just an incredible disc. favourite tracks Before You, Souls, Blue, Little Things, Eve, Far Away #5Kathleen Edwards Failer (2003) Kathleen's is another CD I got that I didn't really know any of the tracks before getting the CD, aside from 'Hockey Skates', which I knew from the soundtrack to Men With Brooms. 'Failer' is probably my first alt/country album I got and it certainly opened me up to a new genre of music. The album opens with 'Six O'Clock News', a song about a woman who's lover went on a crime spree and was killed by the police. I love how she rocks out on '12 Bellevue', with its awesome closing music and 'Westby' is a great song about an extramarital affair that features probably the album's best line "You call me Danny and I'll call you Mable, you passed out so I flick thru cable, and I stole your gold watch from the bedside table." favourite tracks 12 Bellevue, Westby, Six O'Clock News, One More Song The Radio Won't Like, National Steel, Mercury #4Tegan and Sara So Jealous (2004) I'm still alittle skeptical of putting this album so high on my list but really, I love the album! 'So Jealous' is just an incredible CD of music plain and simple. Tegan and Sara aren't trying to really do anything special or outdo anyone on here, they're just making music and they're doing it great. One thing I do always have to point out about this album is that, for the most part, the songs themselves don't stand out alone but when they're placed where they are on the album and it's listened to in its entirety, they work very well. It's a CD of all or nothing. I can't appreciate it unless I play it from the beginning until the end. When first buying the album, at the time it really meant a lot to me. I wasn't sure what it was about the CD itself but there was just something about it that I couldn't put my finger on that really had an effect on me. I still can't quite explain it but the album shines! favourite tracks Wake Up Exhausted, Downtown, So Jealous, Fix You Up, You Wouldn't Like Me, Where Does The Good Go #3Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1997) If you've at least glanced through this list, you would have seen most of Alanis' albums so for sure her most important CD was expected. I think this album really does have a place among all those typical best records of all time lists, despite it being a mid-90s release but the record was just so huge and marked a major change in music when it came out. Alanis might not be considered significant now but credit is to be given where it is due and she deserves it with this album. I don't know what to say about this album that hasn't already been said. It's just a nearly perfect CD where Alanis displays such emotion on tracks like 'You Oughta Know' and 'All I Really Want'. Even songs that I didn't like initially like 'Mary Jane' I think are amazing. I don't quite know what 'Mary Jane' is about but my theory is that it's about a best friend with a drug addiction. Musically, my favourite might have to be 'Wake Up'. favourite tracks You Oughta Know, Wake Up, Forgiven, You Learn, Mary Jane, Perfect #2Chantal Kreviazuk Under These Rocks And Stones (1997) I think this might have been the CD that changed my life. Well, maybe I'm being overdramatic here because really, there's nothing on here that would have given me any reason to make any major changes to myself. But I loved this one so much and I was so obsessed with the album that it probably did give me some sort of personality change or something. I realize now that the creative freedom Chantal might have been given was probably compromised considering this was recorded in a two-week period and all the songs aren't even written by her but listening to this brings back so many memories. It's really just so hard to believe that when I listen to the album, I can go back in time almost ten years to when I was 13. Each and every song on here had a period when it was my favourite. The song 'God Made Me' and the video in particular was what reeled me in initially so that was the first favourite, 'Surrounded' was just pure perfection, 'Hands' was amazing and more recently, I've adopted 'Grace' as a favourite of mine. As for changing my life, well, maybe as a music fan because this was probably the first CD I ever took a chance on without really knowing more than one song. LOL! favourite tracks Surrounded, Wayne, Grace, God Made Me, Don't Be Good, Hands #1Martina Sorbara The Cure For Bad Deeds (2002) So here it is, my favourite album of all time. Why? Well, I've decided that since it's been four years since I bought the CD and I still listen to it pretty much on a weekly basis, and I include at least a few songs from this on every and any mixed CD I ever make, why not? I think this album contains everything that music should have. First, you have a classy, beautiful woman with a very sultry, sweet but not sugary voice, who not only played guitar and piano but actually makes the guitars that she plays (as well as her own clothes that she wears when she performed). Martina doesn't limit herself to just one style of music. She makes sexy smokey caberet jazz styled folk pop music and a style that's all her own. These songs are ones you put in and turn the volume up to the highest level to be able to really take in everything that is put on here. Highlights of the album include... everything. Listen for the climax in 'Better Man' and the incredible piano-jazz-section of 'This Ship' as well as the music to both versions of 'Bonnie And Clyde'. After everything I've said here, I really think I have to put the album on right now. favourite tracks Bonnie And Clyde II, Casanova, Once I Was Mighty, Claudia, This Ship, End Of The World
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Post by qnx100 on Nov 17, 2006 23:52:21 GMT -5
K.T. Tunstall and Alanis Morissette ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2006 0:08:20 GMT -5
Someone really likes women
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Post by banet2001 on Nov 18, 2006 12:41:05 GMT -5
It is great to see KT Tunstall and Sarah Slean in the top ten. ;D
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