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)

My Top Music Of The Week 6/9

Top singles indicated where applicable.



1. By Your Side - Peters & Lee (1973) (NEW) **1 week #1**
By Your Side (#39 UK)

2. The Albums 1970-73 - The New Seekers (2018)
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) (#7 US)

3. Their Greatest Hits And Finest Performances - The Mamas & The Papas (1997)
Monday, Monday (#1 US)

4. Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology (2000)
O Superman (#2 UK)

5. Pleasure Victim - Berlin (1982)
The Metro (#58 US)

6. The Essential Collection - ABBA (2012)
Dancing Queen (#1 US)

7. Rainbow - Peters & Lee (1974)
Don't Stay Away Too Long (#3 UK)

8. We Can Make It - Peters & Lee (1973)
Welcome Home (#1 UK)

9.  Favourites - Peters & Lee (1974) (NEW)

10. Smile - Peters & Lee (1977) (NEW)

11. 80's Mix (Home compilation) - Various Artists
Available on YouTube

12. Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition - Carpenters (2004)
(They Long To Be) Close To You (#1 US)

13. Desire Walks On - Heart (2004 issue of 1993 album)
Will You Be There (In The Morning) (#39 US)
Bonus tracks include the Spanish versions of The Woman In Me and Will You Be There

My Top Music Of The Week 6/2

 

Key chart singles listed where applicable.

1. Rainbow - Peters & Lee (1974) (NEW) **1 week #1**
Don't Stay Away Too Long, #3 UK

2. Pollinator - Blondie (2017)

3. Peters & Lee (1989)

4. Top Tracks - Mac & Katie Kissoon (YouTube edit) (NEW)
Chripy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, #20 US
Not all of the tracks on this playlist are available for US patrons.

5. Spy - Carly Simon (1979)
Vengeance, #46 US

6. Magazine 2.0 (Home compilation) - Heart
Heartless, #24 US
I put this together adding one live track and two demos from the Strange Euphoria box set.

7. We Can Make It - Peters & Lee (1973) (NEW)
Welcome Home, #1 UK

8. Gold - Kiki Dee (2019) (Spotify edit) (NEW)
Same story as #4.

9. In The Heat Of The Night - Pat Benatar (1979)
Heartbreaker, #23 US

10. Welcome Home - Peters & Lee (2011)

11. The Alternate Fleetwood Mac (2019) (NEW)
Alternate version of 1975 album with demos and early takes

12. Album Anthology 1983-2013 (Home compilation) - Agnetha Faltskog
Can't Shake Loose, #29 US
I put this together using all of Agnetha's singles from her English albums.

13. The Other Sides - Kate Bush (2018)
4-CD set of 12" singles, B-sides, remixes, and covers

14. The Albums 1970-73 - The New Seekers (2018)

15. 80's Mix (Home compilation) - Various Artists
Available on YouTube.

My Top Music Of The Week 8/14

1.  Something To Tell You - HAIM **2 weeks #1**
(Columbia - 2017)

2.  Pollinator - Blondie
(Noble ID - 2017)

3.  The Love Songs - ABBA
(Pickwick - 1989) UK

This disc was the last of four in a series by Pickwick Music.  The three previous ones were The Hits, The Hits Vol. 2, and The Hits 3.  The last release was titled The Love Songs as there were only two singles yet to be included, So Long and Under Attack.

4.  The Very Best Of Eve Graham & The New Seekers
(Home compilation)

I put this disc together using 16 songs by the New Seekers with Eve Graham on lead vocals.  These include the singles Look What They've Done To My Song Ma, Beautiful People, The Nickel Song, The Greatest Song I Ever Heard, and I Wanna Go Back.  I tagged three duet singles with former New Seekers member (and Eve's husband), Kevin Finn, at the end.

5.  Box Set - Linda Ronstadt
(Elektra - 1999)

6.  Anthology - Dave & Sugar
(Renaissance - 1998)

This disc is made up of 23 singles and album tracks.  It includes their three #1 US Country hits The Door Is Always Open, Tear Time, and Golden Tears.

7.  Favorites - Juice Newton
(Home compilation)

I put this together on Spotify.  It's mainly inspired by both the original and expanded versions of Juice's Greatest Hits album on Capitol from 1984.  The only difference is the inclusion of three later RCA singles A Little Love, Can't Wait All Night, and Both To Each Other (Friends And Lovers), a country version of Carl Anderson and Gloria Loring's hit Juice recorded with Eddie Rabbitt.

8.  Gold - Olivia Newton-John
(Hip-O - 2005)

For my money, this 2-CD set is the piece de resistance of compilations by Olivia.  It has practically every single she ever released including two versions of I Honestly Love You (the original and 1998 remake).  One bonus track is thrown in, Fool Country.  It was recorded for Xanadu but previously only available at the B-side of Magic in 1980.

9.  The Very Best Of Frida 1967-1996
(Home compilation)

I put this disc together combining the ABBA singer's solo and group work.  This includes the original Swedish version of Fernando and an a capella version of Dancing Queen with The Real Group.

10.  Ta-Dah - Scissor Sisters
(Universal/Motown - 2006)

Today is member Ana Matronic's 43rd birthday so I played my two favorites from this disc, I Don't Feel Like Dancin' and Kiss You Off.  The former was co-written by Elton John who also played keyboards on it.

My Top Music Of The Week 8/7

1.  Something To Tell You - HAIM **1 week #1**
(Columbia - 2017)

2.  Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie
(EastWest - 2017)

3.  After The Goldrush: The Dawn/Pye Anthology 1973-1977 - Prelude
(Sanctuary - 2006)

4.  Hotcakes - Carly Simon
(Elektra - 1974)

Hotcakes was the second album by Carly to go Top Ten.  It produced the singles Mockingbird (with James Taylor) and Haven't Got Time For The Pain.

5.  Feels Like Home - Linda Ronstadt
(Elektra - 1995)

6.  Fuaim - Clannad
(Tara - 1982)

This was the group's fifth studio album and the second of two to include Enya as a member. She even has a solo on the song An Tull.  This would be the final album by Clannad to gear toward traditional Irish influences for years as they found themselves delving into new age and even rock in the 80's.

7.  Ticket To Ride - Carpenters
(A&M - 1972)

Ticket To Ride is actually the Carpenters' debut album Offering from 1969.  After the first release failed to muster interest, it was reissued with a new title and reached #150 (Billboard, 1972).  The title track did manage to reach #54 on the pop chart in 1970.  This album is one of my favorites by the duo.  The engineering makes the songs come off rather dark, save the peppy What's The Use and All I Can Do.  A cover of Buffalo Springfield's Get Together is included.  The standout track for me is Richard's Your Wonderful Parade.

8.  Romantic? - The Human League
(A&M - 1990)

I've always felt The Human League was vastly underrated.  Romantic? was one of only two albums they released in the 90's.  They returned to their trademark synth-pop sound following the R&B-influenced Crash in 1986.  This album marked the first time one of the female vocalists (Susan Ann Sulley) sang lead on tracks (two, to be exact: A Doorway (?) and Rebound).  Though it failed to chart, Romantic? did generate one top forty single, Heart Like A Wheel (#32, Billboard).

9.  Anthology - Brotherhood Of Man
(Home compilation)

I put three playlists together from everything I had on CD by Brotherhood Of Man.  One list is made up of original songs while the other two consist of covers.

10.  Voulez-Vous: Deluxe Edition - ABBA
(Polar - 2010) Sweden

This is a reissue of ABBA's 1979 album featuring the singles Does Your Mother Know, Chiquitita, and the double A-side of Angeleyes and the title track.  Bonus tracks include the original long version of Summer Night City, Lovelight (the B-side of Chiquitita), Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), Dream World (an outtake), and the US 12" promo version of Voulez-Vous.  The deluxe edition comes with a DVD that contains music videos, television promos, and ABBA's TV special ABBA In Switzerland that features Kate Bush and Roxy Music as guests.

11.  Blondie 4(0) Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux/Ghosts Of Download - Blondie
(Noble ID - 2014)

12.  Dulaman - Clannad
(Shanachie - 2005)

This is a reissue of the third album by Clannad recorded in 1975.  During this time the group recorded traditional Irish folk songs as well as originals with a similar influence.