MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (5-30)

All titles issued in the US excpet where noted.


1.  The DONNA SUMMER Anthology **1 week #1**
     (Casablanca/Chronicles - 1993)

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

3.  Greatest Hits - EURYTHMICS
     (RCA - 1991) Australia

4.  Spy - CARLY SIMON
     (Elektra - 1979)

5.  Reality Effect (US issue) - THE TOURISTS
     (American Beat - 2007) Recorded in 1979

6.  Crystal Visions...The Very Best Of STEVIE NICKS
     (Reprise - 2007)

7.  Their Greatest Hits And Finest Performances - CARPENTERS
     (Readers' Digest Music - 1997)

8.  Winter Light - LINDA RONSTADT
     (Elektra - 1993)

9.  Bad Animals - HEART
     (Capitol - 1987)

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


Notes:

#2 by Frida is a disc I put together made up of her solo work (before, during, and after ABBA) as well as all six international singles she sang lead with the group on.

#3 by Eurythmics contains an alternate tracklisting from the US edition of the disc.

#5 by The Tourists contains an alternate tracklisting from the UK edition of the original album.

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.

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.

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.

MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (4-30)

1.  Greatest Hits 1985-1995 - HEART **1 week #1**

2.  Cosmic Thing - THE B-52'S

3.  Beautiful People/Circles - THE NEW SEEKERS

4.  Dreamboat Annie - HEART

5.  Greatest Hits...And Then Some - THE WILKINSONS

6.  The Divine Anthology 1972-2006 - BETTE MIDER (NEW - Home compilation, 2nd draft)

7.  25 Years: The Chain - FLEETWOOD MAC

8.  The Definitive Collection - ABBA

9.  The Very Best Of BARBRA STREISAND (Home compilation)

10.  The Divine Anthology 1972-2006 - BETTE MIDLER (Home compilation, 1st draft)

11.  Some People's Lives - BETTE MIDLER

12.  Platinum & Gold Collection - ARETHA FRANKLIN


Notes:

#3 by The New Seekers combines the group's 1st and 3rd US albums from 1971 and 1972, respectively.

MY TOP MUSIC OF THE WEEK (4-23)

1.  The Divine Anthology 1972-2006 - BETTE MIDLER **1 week #1**
     (Home compilation)
     * NEW *

2.  The Essential HEART 3.0
     (Epic/Capitol/Legacy - 2008)

3.  The Definitive Collection - ABBA
     (Polar/UTV - 2001)

4.  California - WILSON PHILLIPS
     (Columbia - 2004)

5.  Nine Objects Of Desire - SUZANNE VEGA
     (A&M - 1996)

6.  Some People's Lives - BETTE MIDLER
     (Atlantic - 1990)

7.  If I Could Turn Back Time: CHER's Greatest Hits
     (Geffen - 1999)

8.  Break Every Rule - TINA TURNER
     (Capitol - 1986)

9.  Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition - CARPENTERS
     (A&M/UTV - 2004)

10.  All The Way...A Decade Of Song - CELINE DION
       (Sony - 1999)

BETTE MIDLER: The Divine Anthology 1972-2006

I've had an idea for a Bette Midler collection for quite some time and finally put it together this week. I took all the songs from her two compilations, Experience The Divine: Greatest Hits and Jackpot!: The Best Bette, added singles that weren't included, threw in a few bonuses, and voila!

Disclaimer:  This set is part of a collection of homemade discs I compiled for listening purposes only.  NOT FOR SALE.

Disc 1:

Friends
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Single version)
Do You Want To Dance
Chapel Of Love
Hello In There
In The Mood
Shiver Me Timbers
When A Man Loves A Woman
The Rose
Favorite Waste Of Time
All I Need To Know*
Only In Miami
Beast Of Burden
Wind Beneath My Wings
I've Still Got My Health
The Glory Of Love
Baby Mine

Disc 2:

From A Distance
Miss Otis Regrets
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
The Gift Of Love*
In My Life
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
To Deserve You
My One True Friend*
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
This Ole House
Tenderly
Fever*
Cool Yule
Friends (Ad Lib)**
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Album version)**
Something Your Heart Has Been Telling Me (Unreleased demo)
From A Distance (Christmas version)**

* Songs I added that weren't included on the forementioned compilations

** Bonus tracks I added

Note:

All I Need To Know was later recorded as Don't Know Much by Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville.

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