Tuesday, May 22, 2012

MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (5-22)

All titles issued in the US except where noted.


1.  Bad Girls: Deluxe Edition - DONNA SUMMER **2 weeks #1**
     (Mercury/Chronicles - 2003) Expanded edition of 1979 album

2.  Thank You For The Music - ABBA
     (Polydor - 1994) France

3.  Olivia '71 - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
     (Home compilation)

4.  Panic Of Girls - BLONDIE
     (EMI - 2011) UK

5.  Bad Animals - HEART
     (Captiol - 1987)

6.  THE GROOP
     (Sundazed - 2007) Expanded edition of 1969 album

7.  Stars-Time-Bubbles-Love - THE FREE DESIGN
     (Light In The Attic - 2005) Expanded edition of 1970 album

8.  The DONNA SUMMER Anthology
     (Casablanca/Chronicles - 1993)

9.  Morning Dove White - ONE DOVE
     (FFHH - 1993)

10.  Nightflight To Venus - BONEY M.
       (Sony/BMG - 2007) Expanded edition of 1978 album


Notes:

#3 by Olivia Newton-John is a disc I put together made up of all the songs from her debut album, If Not For You, with 2 non-album songs.  I took these songs from the UK compilation, 48 Original Tracks 1971-1975.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (5-15)

All titles issued in the US except where noted.


1.  Boxed - EURYTHMICS **6 weeks #1**
     (RCA - 2005) Europe

2.  Bad Animals - HEART
     (Capitol - 1987)

3.  ABBA--The Album: Deluxe Edition
     (Polar - 2007) Sweden

4.  The Signature Series, Volume 6: Let's Keep It That Way/New Kind Of Feeling
     - ANNE MURRAY
     (EMI Music Canada - 1999) Canada

5.  The Divine Anthology 1972-2006 - BETTE MIDLER
     (Home compilation)

6.  Stoned Soul Picnic - THE 5TH DIMENSION
     (Buddha/Arista/BMG Heritage - 2000)

7.  Mac Tracks 1971-1974 - CHRISTINE McVIE
     (Home compilation)

8.  Songs Of Joy: The Complete CAPTAIN & TENNILLE Collection (Song Of Joy)
     (R2 - 2005)

9.  Lighthouse - KIM CARNES
     (EMI America - 1986)

10.  WILSON PHILLIPS
       (SBK - 1990)


Notes:

#1 by Eurythmics packages expanded editions of the duo's 8 studio albums:  In The Garden, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Touch, Be Yourself Tonight, Revenge, Savage, We Too Are One, and Peace.

#3 by ABBA is an expanded edition of their 1977 album.  The package includes a bonus DVD.

#4 by Anne Murray combines her albums from 1978 and 1979 on one disc.

#6 by The 5th Dimension is an expanded edition of their 1968 album.

#7 by Christine McVie is a disc I compiled of all her recordings with Fleetwood Mac from their albums Future Games, Bare Trees, Penguin, Mystery To Me, and Heroes Are Hard To Find.

#8 by Captain & Tennille is an original 1976 album packaged as part of a box set of the duo's 6 studio albums.

Monday, May 7, 2012

MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (5-7)

All titles issued in the US except where noted.

1.  Boxed - EURYTHMICS **5 weeks #1**
     (RCA - 2005) Europe

2.  Thank You For The Music - ABBA
     (Polydor - 1994) France

3.  Desire Walks On - HEART
     (Capitol - 1993)

4.  THE GROOP
     (Sundazed - 2007) Expanded edition of 1969 album

5.  One By One - THE FREE DESIGN
     (Light In The Attic - 2005) Expanded edition of 1971 album

6.  Time - FLEETWOOD MAC
     (Home edit of 1995 album)

7.  36 All-Time Greatest Hits - THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
     (MCA/GSC - 1996)

8.  Autoamerican - BLONDIE
     (Capitol/Chrysalis - 2001) Expanded edition of 1980 album

9.  Body & Soul: Next To Ecstasy - VARIOUS ARTISTS
     (Time-Life Music)

10.  Precious Time/Get Nervous - PAT BENATAR
       (Beat Goes On - 1998) UK, albums recorded in 1981 and 1982 on one disc


Notes:

#1 by Eurythmics is comprised of expanded editions of the duo's 8 studio albums:  In The Garden, Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Touch, Be Yourself Tonight, Revenge, Savage, We Too Are One, and Peace.

#6 by Fleetwood Mac excludes the last track, These Strange Times, a song by Mick Fleetwood I feel upsets the flow of the album.

#9 is a collection of R&B hits.