Saturday, December 10, 2011

MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (12-10)

2+ week edition

1.  50 Words For Snow - KATE BUSH **1 week #1**
     * NEW *

2.  Panic Of Girls - BLONDIE

3.  The Very Best Of FRIDA 1967-1996 (Home compilation)

4.  THE GROOP

5.  The Lion And The Cobra - SINEAD O'CONNOR

6.  A Holiday Celebration - PETER, PAUL & MARY with The New York Choral Society

7.  Whirlygig - LOVEMONGERS (Japanese issue)

8.  My Colouring Book - AGNETHA FALTSKOG

9.  Christmas Is Almost Here - CARLY SIMON

10.  HEART Presents A Lovemongers Christmas (2004 issue)

11.  Fleetwood Mac Collection 1 - CHRISTINE McVIE (Home compilation)

12.  Christmas Collection (Christmas Portrait) - CARPENTERS

13.  Jackpot!: The Best Bette - BETTE MIDLER

14.  Only Time: The Collection - ENYA

15.  International - ABBA

16.  If I Could Turn Back Time: CHER's Greatest Hits

17.  Greatest Hits: Sound And Vision - BLONDIE

18.  (Moving) - PETER, PAUL & MARY

19.  Peace On Earth - VARIOUS ARTISTS

20.  A Peaceful Christmas - VARIOUS ARTISTS

21.  AM Gold: #1 Hits Of The 70's 1975-1979 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

22.  The DONNA SUMMER Anthology

23.  A Rosie Christmas - ROSIE O'DONNELL


Notes: 

Lovemongers (#7 and #10) were an outside project fronted by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart from 1992 to 1998.

#19 and #20 are collections of Christmas music by new age artists from Time-Life.

#1 is the second new release this year by Kate Bush after her collection of reworkings, "Director's Cut."  This is prodominantly a themed disc as all but one song have something to do with snow (the exception being the final track, "Among Angels").  It could also be called "7 Songs For Snow" because that's all you get, though none of them are under six minutes long.  The longest entitled "Misty" runs over 13 minutes and is possibly her most unusual composition to date, about a romance she has with a snowman.  The opening track, "Snowflake," finds Kate's son, Albert McIntosh, singing the verses while she takes the chorus.  Elton John is featured in a duet on the powerful ballad, "Snowed In At Wheeler Street."  The title track is an over eight-minute listing of different names for snow.  Kate numbers them off and "Professor Jospeh Yupik" calls them out.  With this collection of progressive epics that sound almost new age and jazz-like, Kate proves she only gets better and more innovative with age.

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