What's in my CD player today?

12/4/05

• Rush -  R30 30th Anniversary
• Chris Mess playlist - Alice Cooper, David Bowie, T Rex, and originals
• Pearl Jam - Live on Two Legs
• Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits

11/21/05

• Ocean's 12 Soundtrack
• Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Greatest Hits)
• Rusted Root - When I Woke
• Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

11/19/05

• Ocean's 12 Soundtrack
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
• The Darkness - Permission to Land

11/15/05

• Rush - Feedback, Grace Under Pressure
• IZ - Alone in IZ World
• Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
• Pro-Mark Collector's CD

11/3/05

• Rush - Feedback
• Hawaiian mix (Dale's iPod: Dave Matthews, Sting, Jack Johnson, The Police - various)
• David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (song that I'm learning for a band I'm playing in)

10/21/05

• Ocean's 12 soundtrack
• Vanilla Sky soundtrack

10/16/05

• Rusted Root - When I Woke
• Rush - A Show of Hands, Feedback
• Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
• Kansas - Dust in the Wind (Live)
• Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache
• The Dixie Dregs - Bring 'em Back Alive (live)
• Dixie Chicks - Home

10/4/05

• Bill Bruford - Footloose and Fancy Free
• Kansas - Dust in Wind (Live)
• Pearl Jam - Ten

9/18/05

• Dream Theater - Train of Thought
• Bill Bruford - Footloose and Fancy Free
• Star Wars - Episode I soundtrack
• Rush - Andyo playlist - Dreamline, Driven, Test for Echo, The Spirit of Radio, Roll the Bones, The Big Money, YYZ, Mystic Rhythms, Animate, Distant Early Warning, The Body Electric, and The Trees

9/6/05

• Rush - Vapor Trails
• The White Stripes - Dave Johnson playlist
• Terry Bozzio - Drawing the Circle: New Music for the Solo Drum Set
• Rush - Andyo playlist

8/31/05

• Rush - Vapor Trails
• Weezer - Make Believe
• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, Disc 1
• Sting - Bring on the Night, The Living Sea soundtrack

8/27/05

• Rush - Vapor Trails
• Los Lonely Boys
• Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
• Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
• Dream Theater - Octavarium

8/24/05

• Live Awake - The Best of Live
• The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium - My friend Monica recommend this band to me, and at first I had a hard time listening to them. Months later, after reading an interview in Modern Drummer with the drummer, I wanted to give them another try―but I couldn't find my CD. Then I saw The Mars Volta end up in Neil Peart's quality listening list. I finally found my CD and made myself listen to it. I have to agree with a lot of people that there's something unique in this band's sound. I hear echoes of Yes, King Crimson, Santana, Rush, and many others―but it all seems to come together nicely. This album is one of those challenging ones―the kind you don't get into right away but you have a feeling you might end up loving it down the road.

8/9/05

• Los Lonely Boys
• Ray Charles - Greatest Hits

8/5/05

• Terry Bozzio - Drawing the Circle: New Music for the Solo Drum Set

8/4/05

• Nirvana (Greatest Hits)
• Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Greatest Hits 1974-1987)
• Boston - Greatest Hits
• Journey - Greatest Hits
• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor - Disc 1

8/1/05

• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, Disc 2
• Dream Theater - Octavarium
• Random CD playlist: Soungarden - Superunknown; Tenacious D; A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
• Dixie Chicks: Various (my wife's been playing them around the house)

7/27/05

• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, Disc 1 and 2
• Spirit - Soundtrack

7/23/05

• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, Disc 1
• Rush random CD playlist: Rush at the Agora Theater (Live), A Show of Hands, Different Stages Disc 1, Different Stages Disc 2

7/22/05

• Dream Theater - Octavarium

7/20/05

• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor, Disc 1

7/18/05

Over the past month, I've been listening to:

• Rush - Exit... Stage Left, A Farewell to Kings
• Sugar Ray - Floored
• Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
• The Police - Message in a Box Disc 3
• Linkin Park - Meteora
• Star Wars Episode I soundtrack
• Lilo and Stitch - Island Favorites
• Elvis - Number Ones

6/14/05

• Rush - Different Stages (disc 1)
• Dave Matthews - Live at the Gorge
• The B-52s - Greatest Hits
• U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
• No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

6/12/05

• Rush - All the World's a Stage, Power Windows, Different Stages (disc 1), Test for Echo
• Incubus -- Make Yourself
• Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
• Madonna - Ray of Light
• Weezer - Weezer
   

6/5/05

• Weezer - Weezer
• Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
• Rush - Test for Echo
• Star Wars Episode I soundtrack
• Star Wars Episode IV soundtrack

5/29/05

• Dave Matthews - Stand Up
• Velvet Revolver - Contraband
• Jane's Addiction - Strays
• Beck - Guero
• Wake - Adapt

5/21/05

• Playlist, including Barenaked Ladies, Rush, Madonna, Primus, Dave Matthews, and the Dixie Chicks
• Ocean's 12 - Soundtrack
• Primus - Live at Red Rocks (official bootleg)

5/15/05

• Weezer - Weezer
• Velvet Revolver - Contraband (Thanks, Brian!)

5/11/05

• Porcupine Tree - Deadwing  - (Thanks for recommending, Monica Z!) This is a really cool progressive rock band from England that I've never heard of. They've been around since 1991, although I believe Deadwing is their first U.S. release. If you're curious about their sound, it's pretty unique, with touches of Dream Theater, Yes, Live, Fates Warning, with a little Rush thrown in for good measure.
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

5/4/05

• Paul McCartney - Back in the U.S. Live 2002 - Disc 1
• Lilo and Stitch - Island Favorites
• Elvis - Number Ones
• Ocean's 12 - Soundtrack

4/25/05

• Rush - Counterparts
• Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
• Freddie Pink and the Eastside - Live
• Yanni - Live at the Acropolis
• The Replacements - Tim
• Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
• Dream Theater - Train of Thought
• Critters Buggin' - Monkeypot Merganzer

4/12/05

• Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak

4/2/05

• Rush - Exit... Stage Left

3/26/05

• Freddie Pink and the Eastside - Live
• Dave Matthews - Live in Hartford

3/22/05

• The Police - Message in a Box, Disc 4

3/21/05

• The Police - Message in a Box, Disc 3

3/18/05

• The Police - Message in a Box, Discs 1 and 2
• John Lennon - Legends

3/11/05

• Van Halen - The Best of
• Rush - Exit... Stage Left
• A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

3/9/05

My playlist includes various songs from:

• Rush: Roll the Bones, Moving Pictures, Test for Echo, Permanent Waves, Counterparts, and Exit... Stage Left
• Beethoven: Symphony #9
• Dave Matthews: Live at Luther College (with Tim Reynolds) and Crash
• Sting: All this Time (live), The Soul Cages, Brand New Day
• Freddy Pink: In Search of Blue Water

3/5/05

• REM - The Best of REM

3/1/05

• Los Lonely Boys (thanks, Richard!) -- Wow, this is some cool music. It's a fusion of Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Los Lobos, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, and some other cool music. I really like the sound on this CD. The drumming is great, too, with one of the best snare sounds I've heard in a long time.

2/25/05

I put together an mp3 CD that has songs by the following artists:

• Elvis
• Rush
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Lilo and Stitch soundtrack songs
• 80s hits

2/20/05

• Rush - Presto

2/8/05

• Rush - Rush in Rio - Disc 1

1/29/04

• Lacuna Coil - Comalies - Notes: Great drum sound on this album! Also, I'm starting to really appreciate the drummer's style.
• Godsmack - Faceless
• Live - The Distance to Here
• Pearl Jam - Ten
• Rush Radio :-)

1/14/04

• Rush - Exit... Stage Left
• Blondie: Live

1/10/05

• Rush - Rush in Rio Disc 2
• Yes - 90125
• Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints
• Stone Temple Pilots - Twelve Gracious Melodies
• Eurythmics - Greatest Hits
• Brian Setzer - The Dirty Boogie
• Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked - Notes: Haven't heard this album in a while and forgot about how great the songwriting and production is.

1/1/05

• Dixie Dregs - Bring 'Em Back Alive