BREATHE ON ME-- Britney Spears

I'm listening to the new CD by Felix da Housecat
great cd really enjoy it

I'm listening to Hotel Costes Vol. 3 .

Allen, my favorite is Cafe Lounge Volume 4. The other lounge cd that I love is Cafe Lounge on the Neurodisc label.

I'm not a major fan, but i did get the new George Michael. It's good, but it sounds like he's spent the last 5 years in the studio (which i think he has). It's worth it for a couple of very personal ballads, particularly one about a gay uncle who committed suicide. Not real catchy, though, so don't go looking for a comeback.

Pate Benetar, Greatest hits.

Saw her and Martina Mcbride a few nights ago on CMT's show Crossroads. I thoughly enjoyed hearing them harmonize and sing together. Saw Benetar's CD at BB for 5.99 and picked it up.

Like a lot of others have said already, I've been listening to Van Lear Rose too. It really is awesome.

I've also been making some of my own mix tapes off of iTunes. I found several Jimmy Sommerville/Communards/Bronski Beat songs that I used to listen to years ago, among others....

Also, a lady at work brought in the debut CD from Renee Olstead. She's the red-haired, 14 year-old who plays the daughter on that TV show "Still Standing". Who knew she had an amazing voice? She sings a bunch of old standards like Summertime, On a Slow Boat to China, Sunday Kind of Love, etc.... I was very impressed. Apparently she sang Summertime on The Today Show with a big jazz band and blew everyone away.

You can listen for yourself at reneeolstead.com

We're selling them now at the Rainbow Road in Minneapolis. I am uncertain if we are in San Diego. I can see if they are.

Loretta Lynn's "Van Lear Rose". it's a great CD that was produced by Jack White of the White Stripes. i usually don't like country but i like this. it has more of an eclectic/modern rock/country feel.

Whoops, I meant I love Hotel Costes Volume 5. It's the one with with "Doo Wop Doo Wop Doo Wop" & Fantastic Plastic Machine's cover of Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out".

The man behind the Hotel Costes series', Stephane Pompougnac, solo project "Living On The Edge" is also really cool.

Rufus Wainwright.

Just bought this weekend in Vancouver BC...Paul Oakenfold "GreatWall"

Great CD Tonka, I really enjoy it

Rufus is the man! I have "Want One" on right now. The last song, "Dinner at Eight" is just heartbreaking. Saw him live last month. The stuff off "Want Two" is fantastic, but may not be coming out soon due to the standard record company crap. He's set to release some stuff on iTunes at the end of the month, but i don't know what.

I love the Franz Ferdinand song "Take Me Out." It's addictive. Runnerup is Modest Mouse's "Float On."

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That Franz Ferdinand is my top song right now. The song is really two songs in one. The CD is pretty impressive...not commercial...certainly alternative. Im also listening to Godsmacks acoustic cd. "Running Blind" is a great song. Dont have it yet but I want to pick up the Vonbondies whose "Cmon Cmon" is simply an awesome song. The song is used in a HBO promo.

Next week Ill be picking up Velvet Revolver and PJ Harvey's new releases.

Jim, if you want to be completely exuberant like me you will go out and buy every Modest Mouse CD you can get your hands on. They are all so incredible - the kind of CDs that you instantly remember hooks, lines, etc. "The Moon and Antarctica" is amazing. I adore this group. I love the name too, I assume it's a takeoff on Mighty Mouse? Never researched that.

The Franz Ferdinand CD is another one that is really incredible. Again, I listened to it once and was humming songs off of it. Love a CD that totally grabs you like that.

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Cool, so far I have only listened to disc 2. It's pretty good. How come music and DVDs are so much cheaper across the border???

Jamalia - Superstar ... heard it last night while I was out and got hooked

"FRANZ FERDINAND" Definite contender for album of the year. The perfect new wave/rock package, released only 25 years late. Played it at least 200 times now, and it deserves at least 200 more. I just love that choppy, scratchy Gang of Four guitar sound, like in the sweet, crunchy break in "Jacqueline" ("that's why we only work when / we neeeeed the money" – killer!), I find myself singing instead "repackage – sex – your interest." Love the Chris Franz circa "Little Creatures" drumming. Love the Jah Wobble-esque bass lines. Love the "art school can teach," euro-trash vocals, the way "we'll have fantastic passion" in "Darts of Pleasure" sounds like he's singing through clenched teeth, dahlings. "Michael" should become a new gayboy anthem.

:cool: "ICH HEISSE SUPERFANTASTISCH!" :cool:

Got a bunch of new CD's over the weekend for my B-day.

I am listening to

Diana Krall - The Girl in the other room (alot of the songs she cowrote with hubby Elvis Costello) great CD.
George Michael - Patience - not my favorite but still pretty good.
Chemical Brothers - Singles 93-03 great workout CD
Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk - got this one as I really liked 2 songs but the whole CD is really good.

Mike

Still listening to LORETTA LYNN - VAN LEAR ROSE. In the house and in the car. Can't get enough of this music.

"The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha's Blues"--it's all good, but I have to listen to "River's Invitation" and "Drown in My Own Tears" every time, without fail.

Lost Prophets.......Start something.

It's not in my CD player, but on my hard drive I'm on the umpteenth listen of the BRAND NEW Pixies song, "Bam thwok."

And to quote my, uh, good friend Carl there - it's freakin' awesome!

Picked up Kimberley Locke and tamyra Gray over the weekend. Both cd's (especially Tanyra's) are great!

Also picked up "Isley meets Bacharach", the music of Burt Bacharach sung by Ronald Isley of the Isley Brothers. Absolutely gorgeous!!!! Ronald's beautiful falsetto against an orchestra conducted by Mr. Bacharach himself. I highly recommend it if you're a fan of either gentlemen!

I haven't got these songs yet..but I am dying to get my paws on them:

Pet Shop Boys teaming up with Pete Burns from Dead Or Alive on "Jack And Jill Party". I think it's being sold exclusively on the PSB website. Just in time for Pride!

The other song is "Bellisimo" by Ilya which is the song you hear in the new Revlon commercials. That song is hauntingly beautiful. I believe in love, I believe....

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Just picked up Cece Peniston's Greatest Hits here in P-Town, so that' what I'm playing now....

I really like the Counting Crows song from the Shrek 2 Soundtrack. I don't care for much of the CD so I didn't buy it though. You can always count on them for a song to sing along to....

I'm listening to the New Radicals CD from a few years ago and Bonnie Raitt's first.

Anyone else get the new Beastie Boys CD? I've listened to it a few times and it's good but not their best. Mixmaster Mike is definitely the star of the CD. 3 the Hard Way is my fav track so far.

I haven't listened to CDs much lately, but tonight I have 3 from Rufus Wainwright in the trays: "Rufus Wainwright," "Poses" and "Want One."

I'm listening to disc two from the 1998 Judy Garland boxset, issued by 32 Records. The exceptional audio quality of the discs allows her voice to express more of its humanity and melody than in other Judy records. My favorite song tonight? Judy's cover of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile."

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Another single that I want to get when it is released next week is Seals & Crofts’ “Summer Breeze”, 2004 style. 32 years after it was a hit!
The song is remixed with a slight beat and is heard in a Gap ad. A perfect song for Summer of 2004. The sounds of S&C throw me back to my childhood. I remember my 8th grade class going on a field trip to see "One On One" with Robbie Benson (my hearthrob after this movie)and listening to S&C sing the soundtrack to that film..."My Fair Share" aka The Love Theme From One On One.

Jamie Cullum's TWENTYSOMETHING. When it comes to selecting a cd from a new artist of whom I knew very little about, I must say that this is one of the best cd purchase decisions I have made dating back to buying the first Travis cd near the turn of the century.

Over the weekend I bought Summer Breeze 2004 and it's just an awesome song. The remix is not obnoxious, just updates the song with a beat. I also purchsed the song I mentioend earlier Bellissimo by Ilya. Beautiful song.

I was up in Vancouver BC on Saturday and I purchased Canadian Idol finalist Audrey De Montigny's debut cd. All of songs excepts for 2 or 3 cuts are sung in French. A very enjoyable, easy listening cd!

Also, while I was in Virgin Records in BC, the in store dj played "Ch-Check it Out" by the Beastie Boys. Awesome.

The two most recent records for me are the new Beastie Boys "to the five boroughs", and the new PJ Harvey "uh huh, her". Both are excellent! I like how they feel right at home, and not too unfamiliar. I have also gotten "Van Lear Rose" and enjoy it a lot. Who knew an older country music star would do so well with someone as odd as Jack White?

Another, more unusual record is called the "Alan Lomax Popular Songbook". It's concept is of many old recordings he made out in the field having been set to music. In other words, much of it was simply just plain recordings with no music at all, and now it sounds fresh and gorgeous. If you like old-time music, and the history of Alan Lomax, it's definetely worth picking up.

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I'm LOVING the Kimberly Locke cd. I can't seem to take it out of my cd player.

Da Kid.

I am a sucker for Seattle's Heart and I love Ann and Nancy Wilson. Their new album Jupiter's Darling is enjoyable if anyone is a fan of theirs.

Otherwise I am really enjoying Anke Pietrangelli- SA Idols 2003 winner- and her debut album "By Heart"

It's good to hear from them again, but I was disappointed with it considering how long it took to make it. The songs Nancy wrote for her solo album were better, even done acoustically.

Now: Jack Johnson " Brushfire Fairytales"
Last: Winton Marsallis "Notes in Standard TimeII"
Next: Montgomery Gentry "My Town"

I'm eclectic - what can I say?

I'm listening to the new Beastie Boys!!
LOVE it great cd, I really like it

Definitely not as good as their earlier works. I liked their Best Of album. I hadn't known Magic Man and Dog and Butterfly. I had just known them for their mid-80s work and beyond. I just love their sound and there are enough songs on the album that I like to have made the purchase worthwhile- I think other fans will enjoy it as well. I love their acoustic versions of songs as well. Nancy is a clearly a musical genius- Ann used to get a lot more credit, but Nancy is really the sould behind Heart.

Bjork's Vespertine (I can't wait for her new album this fall)
PJ Harvey's Uh Huh Her (I haven't taken to it quite like Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea)
The Notorious BIG, Ready to Die

Thompson Twin's Greatest Hits

I've been kind of on an 80's kick here lately...

"OH DOCTOR, DOCTOR! IS THIS LOVE, I'M FEELING?"

OK, now it's Led Zepplin "Remasters". Good CD for the car.

The Fall - The Real New Fall LP (formerly 'Country on the Click')

Fantastic. Best thing they've done in ages!

Car - Tim McGraw
Portable - Josh Groban
Computer - Usher
I'll listen to a little bit of everything (obviously), but I've moved to mostly country recently.

By the way, has anyone else been to one of McGraw's concerts this year? I thought it was amazing and my brother, who hates the idea of country music, had a great time, too.

Wilco, mainly "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." Track #1 - "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" - is so mesmerizing. Also Clinic, "Walking With Thee." Yours truly is very impressed.

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles greatest hits- love 'You Really Got a Hold on Me.' I liked Cyndi Lauper's version on At Last, but think a better job of updating it could be done.