It feels like ages since I last really listened to an album or had music playing while I went about my day and I’ve missed it.
So when I tried and failed to find one of my Damien Rice albums the other day (prompted by a cover of 9 crimes playing out an episode of True Blood.), I had an idea for a new project that will kill about a thousand birds with one stone…
…I’m going to listen to my entire CD collection again – grabbing a pile each week to download, organise and blog about.
Let the good times roll.
I Used To Love You Too (Click here for review)
Album: The Joshua Tree, U2, Island Records
Release Date: 1987
Alternative Review: www.boston.com
Favourite Song: All I Want Is You
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Don’t Go, Yazoo
Album: Rattle and Hum, U2, Island Records
Release Date: 1988
Alternative Review: www.antimusic.com
Favourite Song: Running to Stand Still
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Walk on the Ocean, Toad the Wet Sprocket
Album: All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2, Island Records
Release Date: 2001
Alternative Review: pitchfork.com
Favourite Song: Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones
The Madonna Years (Click here for review)
Album: Like a Prayer, Madonna, Warner Bros
Release Date: March 1989
Alternative Review: Slant Magazine
Favourite Song: Love Song
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Sussudio, Phil Collins
Album: Ray of Light, Madonna, Warner Bros
Release Date: March 1998
Alternative Review: EW.Com
Favourite Song: Ray of Light
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen
Album: Music, Madonna, Warner Bros
Release Date: September 2000
Alternative Review: NME
Favourite Song: What it feels like for a girl
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Irresistible, Jessica Simpson
Album: American Life, Madonna, Warner Bros
Release Date: April 2003
Alternative Review: The Guardian
Favourite Song: Nothing Fails
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: No Bravery, James Blunt
Album: Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna Warner Bros
Release Date: November 2005
Alternative Review: Stylus Magazine
Favourite Song: Hung Up
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Forth, The Verve
Album: Hands, Little Boots, Sixsevenine
Release Date: June 2009
Alternative Review: Daily Telegraph
Favourite Song: Hearts Collide
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Outta My Head, Leona Lewis
CD Pile Number: 1 (Click here for review)
Album: Humbug, The Arctic Monkeys, Domino Recording Company
Release Date: August 2009
Alternative Review:NME
Favourite Song:Cornerstone
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Mo Ba Nin – Flip Kowlier
Album:Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Belle and Sebastian, Rough Trade
Release Date: October 2003
Alternative Review:Stylus Magazine
Favourite Song: If She Wants Me
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: Doot, Doot Plot – The Hidden Cameras
Album: Sky at Night, I am Kloot, I am Kloot Records
Release Date: July 2010
Favourite Song: The Moon is a Blind Eye
Weirdest Genius Recommendation: She Needs Me – Fyfe Dangerfield
Alternative Review: BBC Music
