My Top Music Of The Week 12/26

Top singles indicated where applicable.

1. Christmas Portait: The Special Edition - Carpenters (1984) **1 week #1** Merry Christmas, Darling

2. A Christmas Album - Barbra Streisand (1967)

3. Mouth & MacNeal (Home playlist) How Do You Do?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO5kFghxClT6Wdgj0etuqJAi

4. What A Wonderful Christmas - Anne Murray (2001)

5. The Gift Of Christmas - Juice Newton (2009)

6. The Christmas Song - Roger Whittaker (1995)

7. The Christmas Album - The Manhattan Transfer (1992)

8. Rare Gems (Home CD) - ABBA

9. Blondie (1976) In The Flesh

10. Christmas Is Almost Here - Carly Simon (2002)

11. The Very Best Pat Benatar Album Ever (2002) Canadian compilation; Love Is A Battlefield

12. A Merry Little Christmas - Linda Ronstadt (2000)

13. Greatest Hits - Heart (1998) Covers the group's career from 1976 to 1983 with one bonus track; Tell It Like It Is

14. Revenge - Eurythmics (1986) Missionary Man

15. The Christmas Of Your Life - Helen Reddy (2000)

16. Holidaydream: Sounds Of The Holidays, Volume One - The Polyphonic Spree (2012)

17. Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances - Carpenters (1997) (They Long To Be) Close To You

18. Amarantine (Christmas Edition) - Enya (NEW; 1996)

19. A Soap Opera Christmas - Various Artists (1994) Christmas songs by soap actors

My Top Music Of The Week 12/16

 Top singles indicated where applicable.

1. A Christmas Cornucopia (10th Anniversary) - Annie Lennox (NEW; 2020) **1 week #1** Reissue of 2010 album with the bonus track Dido's Lament

2. Strings Attached - Berlin (2020)

3. 50 Years: Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac (2018) Dreams

4. Voyeur - Berlin (2002)

5. A Holiday Celebration - Peter, Paul & Mary with the New York Choral Society (1988)

6. Songs Of The Season - Jane Olivor (2001)

7. Christmas Collection - Olivia Newton-John (2010)

8. What A Wonderful Christmas - Anne Murray (2001)

9. Cool Yule - Bette Midler (2006)

10. A Lovemongers' Christmas - Heart (2004)

11. The Magic Of ABBA (Home edit of 1980 album) Dancing Queen

12. And Winter Came... - Enya (2008)

13. Christmas Mix (Home playlist) - Various Artists

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO6A_E-dp9ARVsuK90lk1MTk

14. Most Of All: The Best Of Deborah Harry (1999) Backfired

15. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics (1982)

16. The Very Best Of Ellen Foley (1992) We Belong To The Night

My Top Music Of The Week 12/5

 Top singles indicated where applicable.

1. Strings Attached - Berlin (2020) **2 weeks #1**

2. Christmas Collection - Carpenters (1998) Comprised of duo's albums Christmas Portrait (1978) and An Old-Fashioned Christmas (1984)

3. A Rita Coolidge Christmas (2012)

4. Gold - Brotherhood Of Man (2019) United We Stand

5. In The Heat Of The Night - Pat Benatar (1979) Heartbreaker

6. Blondie 4(0)Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux/Ghosts Of Download (2014)

7. The Secret Of Christmas - Captain & Tennille (2006)

8. Christmas with Boney M. (2007) Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord

9. Together Again/Anthem - The New Seekers (2009) Expanded editions of the group's 1976 and 1978 albums

10. 90's Mix - Various Artists (Home playlist) 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO75x2cAUu8R6KHnhZ5oFVcA

My Top Music Of The Week 11/28

Top singles indicated where applicable. 

1. Strings Attached - Berlin (NEW; 2020) Orchestral versions of the group's classics including No More Words and Take My Breath Away.

2. An Irish Christmas - Moya Brennan (2005)

3. ...Smile's OK - The Hope Blister (1998)

4. Sixteen Days: A Collection - This Mortal Coil (Home compilation)

5. My Colouring Book - Agnetha Faltskog (2004)

6. Come In From The Rain - Captain & Tennille (1977) Can't Stop Dancin'

7. Panic Of Girls - Blondie (2011)

8. Voulez-Vous: Deluxe Edition - ABBA (2010) Does Your Mother Know

9. Anthology - Helen Reddy (Home playlist) I Am Woman

10. 70's Ladies - Various Artists (Home playlist)

My Top Music Of The Week 11/21

1. 1983-1991 - This Mortal Coil (1993) **4 weeks #1**

2. The Best...So Far - Anne Murray (1994)

3. Dust & Guitars - This Mortal Coil (2011)

4. Reminiscing - Carpenters (1987)

5. What's New - Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (1983)

6. Ensam - Frida (1975)

7. Gold - Boney M.

8. Spanky's Greatest Hit(s) - Spanky & Our Gang (1969)

9. The Very Best Of Enya (Deluxe Edition) (2009)

10. Signature Songs - Twila Paris (NEW; 1989)

My Top Music Of The Week 6/14

1. In A Lifetime - Clannad (NEW) **1 week #1**
(2020 career-spanning anthology with two new songs)

2. The Farewell Album - Peters & Lee
(1980) Single: Ocean And Blue Sky

3. Reminiscing - Carpenters
(1987 Canadian compilation)

4. The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection - Helen Reddy
(2006)

5. PastPresent - Clannad
(1989 US compilation)

6. Behind The Mask - Fleetwood Mac
(1990) Top Single: Save Me

7. Arrival: Deluxe Edition - ABBA
(2006 issue of 1976 album featuring Dancing Queen)

8. Mouth & MacNeal (Home playlist)

9. The Very Best of Eve Graham & The New Seekers (Home CD)
(Disc containing songs with Eve on lead vocal plus three duets with fellow New Seeker-husband Danny Finn)

10. Mary MacGregor's Greatest Hits
(1979)

11. 80's Mix (Home playlist) - Various Artists

12. Harden My Heart: The Best Of Quarterflash
(1997)

My Top Music Of The Week 6/7

1. Greatest Hits & More (Home playlist) - Champagne **1 week #1**
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO59wAGQbMKSSGB61Elo0rrV

2. The Farewell Album - Peters & Lee (NEW)
2020 issue of 1980 album

3. My Colouring Book - Agnetha Faltskog
(2004)

4. The Best Of Champagne
(2007)

5. Favourites - Peters & Lee
(1974)

6. Mac Tracks 1971-1974 (Home CD) - Christine McVie
All of Christine's songs from her first five Fleetwood Mac albums

7. Mouth & MacNeal (Home playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO5kFghxClT6Wdgj0etuqJAi

8. Magazine 2.0 (Home playlist) - Heart
My expansion of the group's 1978 album
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0COwJOFkIUsxqe4JdtcsTY

9. The Very Best Of Frida 1971-2018 (Home playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO5flA2ef0Co-aW_a6BBaAmo

10. 80's Mix (Home playlist) - Various Artists
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO7zzYZSVgBUzIBaS-gifFSU

11. Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition - Carpenters
(2004)

12. Up-Up & Away: The Definitive Collection - The 5th Dimension
(1997)

My Top Music Of The Week 5/31

Top singles indicated for each entry.

1. Mary MacGregor's Greatest Hits (NEW) **1 week #1**
Torn Between Two Lovers (#1 US)



2. Greatest Hits & More - Champagne (NEW; Home playlist)
Rock And Roll Star (#83 US)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO59wAGQbMKSSGB61Elo0rrV

3. Spy - Carly Simon
Spy (#34 AC, US)

4. Ingenue - k.d. lang
Constant Craving (#2 AC, US)

5. Gold - Brotherhood Of Man
Save Your Kisses For Me (#27 US)

6. 20 - 2nd Chapter of Acts

7. The Best Of Champagne

8. Album Anthology 1983-2013 (Home playlist) - Agnetha Faltskog
Can't Shake Loose (#29 US)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3AlgImPj6VsgOjeMI4NI6H

9. Tear Time - Dave & Sugar
Tear Time (#1 Country, US)

10. 80's Mix (Home playlist) - Various Artists
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO7zzYZSVgBUzIBaS-gifFSU

11. Anthology 1981-2005 (Home playlist) - Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (#1 US)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQBnNTT2mO4Es7dflPAlYdydWkO_2CiC

12. Stand Back 1981-2017 - Stevie Nicks
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) (#3 US)