- Little Earthquakes
- American Doll Posse
- Abnormally Attracted to Sin
- Midwinter Graces
- Live in Los Angeles 17 December 2001 (audience bootleg)
David Bowie - The Platinum Collection (all 3 discs)
Marc Cohn - The Rainy Season
Harry Connick, Jr. - Star Turtle
Foo Fighters - There is Nothing Left to Lose
Amanda Marshall - Amanda Marshall
Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue
My Closest Friend - Six point five inches of pure stainless heartache
Nichole Nordeman - Woven & Spun
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Tears for Fears - Elemental
Hmm. So this is the first pop music crop...
I guess I will get this out of the way now: I'm a Tori Amos fan. Not only do I own all her albums, I have a lot of singles, DVDs and concert recordings - the latter encouraged by the remarkable variety in her setlists. And for the purposes of this blog, it's significant that I still listen to all the albums to a fair degree.
Most of this month's Tori listening actually happened in a fairly short burst, and it covered the 3 most recent albums plus the first one.
David Bowie's Platinum Collection was a new purchase. He's one of those artists I've always been vaguely curious about. I bought a few albums cheaply some years ago, but none of them entirely convince me as albums - a sure sign that some kind of hits package was the answer. This 3-disc collection does the job very nicely.
Truth be told, I actually have been listening to quite a few Bowie albums this month as well when I've had the opportunity. But they are not things that are part of my library. And so far, they've tended to confirm that Bowie is someone who is best represented by a compilation.
My Closest Friend is worth mentioning as an internet discovery. I listened to one song from this EP when I was doing some music reviewing, liked it, then discovered that this Swedish group was giving away electronic copies absolutely free. I'm not actually sure the EP is available anymore. Which is a pity, because it's worth hearing.
Of the other things here... well, for now I'll just mention that Ruby Blue made my top 10 list for the last decade, and The Rainy Season is still on my top 10 list for all time. Not that the list has been formally revised for a few years.
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