i could lick the frosting off of each and every inch of those cupcakes.:p

Gloria Estefan - Into The Light

Circuit Party - Spins

Afroman - The Good Times

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar - Instrumental Collection

Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin

Hillbilly Music - Thank God Volume II

Elvis Gospel - 1957 - 1971

John Williams - American Journey

Bob Marley - Reggae Sensation

Josh Groban - In Concert


for Bonus points:

Guns - N - Roses Appetite For Destruction

Supertramp - Crime Of The Century

Styx - Pieces Of Eight

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

Billy Idol - Vital Idol

Cher - The Farewell Tour

Disneyland Resort - Holiday Magic

The Best Of Scottish Pipes And Drums

These ten aren't much like each other at all, and they are all discs I actually like, but this shouldn't be mistaken for a top ten list.

The Residents - Eskimo (Eskimo stories told in sound)

Anna Russell Sings? - (comedy, featuring a terrific 'analysis' of Wagner's ring)

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (four sides of primitivist avant-garde fun)

Live at CBGB's - (live compilation with The Shirts, Mink deVille, Tuff Darts, Manster)

Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On Me (soulful R&B with new songs by Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, etc.)

Thomas Schippers conducts the music of Samuel Barber (a desert island choice - Barber's compositions go beyond the well-known Adagio, and this is the best conductor for his work)

Ute Lemper sings Kurt Weill (There are two volumes but the first is the best)

Popol Vuh - Music from the films of Werner Herzog (these guys are pretty much their own genre, though usually placed in the New Age category)

Yello - Stella (Ooooh Yeah!)

Slim Gaillard - Laughing In Rhythm (sly, hip and funny jazzman with his own lingo, "vout")

All Blue - Miles Davis
Abbey Road - Beatles
Godspell - Soundtrack
Live Art - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiraqui
Aja - Steely Dan
Disneyland Soundtrack
Greatest Hits - The Supremes
Switched on Back - Walter Carlos
Tones - Eric Johnson

Bonus Points:
Sheik Yerbutti - Frank Zappa
Esperanto - Shadowfax
Friday Night in San Fransisco - Al DiMeola, Paco Delucia, and John Mclaughlin.

OK, just 'cause I'm lazy, I'm going to limit this to cd box sets that I can see from my desk:

- The Instant Monty Python Collection
- Star Wars: The Original Soundtrack Anthology
- Elvis Presley - Walk A Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters
- The Buck Owens Collection 1959-1990
- The Music Of Disney - A Legacy of Song
- The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection
- Brigitte Bardot - Initiales B.B.
- Songs From the Steet - 35 Years of Music - The Ultimate Sesame Street Music Collection
- The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve
- Diamanda Galas - Masque of the Red Death trilogy
...

1) Amadeus: Original Soundtrack Recording -- used to fall asleep to this every night.
2) Queen: Greatest Hits -- an old vinyl version. Argueably in a class by themselves.
3) Georgia Satellites: Georgia Satellites -- also on vinyl. Good ol' southern rock.
4) The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- again, vinyl. Defies description.
5) The Beatles: White Album. Again, solo class. Rocky Raccon, baby.
6) The Posies: Dear 23 -- homegrown happy/angst pop.
7) Queensryche: Operation:Mindcrime -- more homegrown -- operatic metal.
8) Lee Press-on and the Nails: El Bando en Fuego -- wacky latin-flavored swing from kinky goth types. One of the few albums both of us like.
9) Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin: Hush -- Another of the few we both like.
10) Manhattan Transfer: The Manhattan Transfer Anthology: Down in Birdland -- yup, me too. Plus I can sing the tenor parts to both "Ray's Rockhouse" and "That Cat is High."
11) Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion -- In college this was the CD of choice for my, um, private time.
12) Red Elvises: I Wanna See You Bellydance -- Russian-flavored rockabilly.
13) They Might Be Giants: Flood -- happy happy happy!
14) Hedwig and the Angry Inch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack -- no way this overlaps Mozart. Well, there are the wigs.
15) Ramones: Mania -- yeah!

Oooh! Have to add another!
16) Kultur Shock: Fucc the INS (that's really how it's spelled.) -- I need to get the new one. Balkan punk? Another local band. Listen to them here.

Ok - this has really been a challenge for Not Afraid and me since we have rather ecclectic tastes in music - so we decided to combine our lists and come up with 20. Well, then we had some more - so those are for the cats:

1. Serge Gainsburg - Comic Strip – French 60’s pop
2. Capsule - NEXUS-2060 – J-Pop
3. Philip Glass – The Photographer – Contemporary classical
4. Eric Satie – Satie: Trois Gymnopedies - Classical
5. Various - Until the End of the World Soundtrack – Contemporary Swank
6. Komeda - Pop På Svenska – Swedish Pop
7. Bally Sagoo – Rising from the East – Bollywood meets Bitish Dance
8. Stephan Grapelli – May Fools Soundtrack – Jazz Violin
9. Ofra Haza – Shadey – Contemporary Israeli
10. John Coltrane – Giant Steps – Classic Jazz
11. Chabba Zahouania – Nights Without Sleeping - Rai
12. Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole - Electronica
13. Devo – Pioneers who got Scalped – Classic “New Wave”
14. Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum – Ur-electronica
15. Le Mans - Aquí vivía yo – Spanish pop
16. ABBA – Gold – Classic Disco
17. Caetano Veloso - The Best of Caetano Veloso – Brazil Classics
18. Vartina - Aitria - Finish Folk music
19. Laika and the Cosmonauts – Zero Gravity - Finish Surf Rock
20. Bulgarian Woman’s Choir - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares – Bulgarian peasant music
21. King Sunny Ade – Juju Music – African Juju
22. Oojami – Belly Dancing Breakbeats - Turkish Dance/Pop
23. Esquivil – Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music
24. Dimitri from Paris – Sacreblue – (Swank) DJ Remix
25. Zuco 103 – Tales of High Fever - Contemporary Brazilian
26. Madredeus – O epsírito da paz - Fado
27. Ute Lempur – Berlin Cabaret Songs - Berlin Caberet Songs
28. Paris Combo – Living Room – Nouvelle Paris Jazz
29. The Pogues – If I should from Grace with God – Irish Punk
30. Astor Piazola – The New Tango – Tango
31. David Bowie – Stage – Classic Art Rock
32. Sex Pistols – Never mind the Bollocks - Punk
33. Joy Division – Closer – Ur-goth
34. Einstruzende Neubatten – Halber Mensch – Industrial
35. The Knitters – Poor Little Critter on the Road - Folk Punk

Yes, each cat picked 3. ;)

I just grabbed a stack of CD's that I had just transfereed to my iPod. This was just one handful. If I include my Albums in the garage, I could get extra credit for days...


Jerry Springer/The Opera -Original Cast Recording (Opera)
Temple of the Dog-Temple of the Dog ("Grunge")
The Alarm-Declaration (Spiritual Anthem Rock)
Roxy Music-Avalon (Make out mood music extrordinaire)
The Gyoto Monks-Freedom Chants (Meditation)
HFL (Hard Fast and Loud)-Fix (HB Hardcore Punk)
Hawnaytroof-Get Up Resolution:Love (Spastic Beat-Box Rock)
Rock in Company-This is Love (Japanese Karaoke Lounge)
The Beatles-Abbey Road (late 60's rock)
Throwrag-"tee-tot" (Sailor Rock)

Bonus
The Suicide Twins-Silver Missiles and Nightingales (Acoustic folk)
Enya-The Celts (Etheral)
Transport League-Multiple Organ Harvest (Swedish Metal)
Immortal Beloved-Soundtrack (Beethoven)
Ministry-A mind is a terrible thing to waste (Industrial)
Mingus Dynasty-Charles Mingus (Jazz)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Flaunt It (80's Electronic Hype)
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction-Tattooed Beat Messiah (4 count solid Rock n Roll)
Lenny Kravitz- Are you gonna go my way (Dance Soul)
Arc Angels-Arc Angels (Southern Blues Rock)
Public Enemy-Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black (Rap)
The Beastie Boys-Pauls Boutique (Hip-Hop)
Gothic Radio-The best of Gothic Radio volume 1 (Goth)