In My Car: The Driving Soundtrack

Just for fun, here's a list of the albums which have made their way to my car as driving music since I've been home:

Shopping excursions
Dino, Desi, & Billy: The Rebel Kind: The Best of Dino, Desi, & Billy
Gary Glitter: The Ultimate Gary Glitter
Jack Johnson: In Between Dreams
Robyn: Robyn

Exercise travel
Dokken: The Very Best of Dokken
Estelle: Shine
Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better
General Public: Rub It Better
Nona Hendryx: Female Trouble
Van Hunt: Van Hunt
Kaiser Chiefs: Employment
The Lemonheads: Come On Feel The Lemonheads
Lucas Prata: Let's Get It On
Something Happens: Stuck Together With God's Glue
Various Artists: a mix from a friend
Various Artists: NRG Unlimited 1
Various Artists: Radio 1 Established 1967 (Disc 2)
The Vejtables: Feel... The Vejtables
When in Rome: When in Rome

Mix CDs Galore

My listening is now being dominated by mix CDs I've received from some of my favorite people around, all of whom have fab taste in music. Rather than review them, which would be silly as A) they're all going to be loved and B) they're not available for purchase, I'll just be listing one or two highlights from each so they can be immortalized as part of my '08 in music, or something.

Art Brut: "People in Love"
Badfinger: "We're for the Dark"
Brent Barrett: "Love Can't Happen"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: "The Mercy Seat"
Crowded House: "She Called Up"
The Glories: "I Stand Accused (Of Loving You)"
Hunters & Collectors: "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
Jill Jackson: "I'll Love You for a While"
Lotta Lenya: "Pirate Jenny"
Tony Middleton: "Paris Blues"
Giorgio Moroder: "Looky Looky"
The Munx: "Our Dream"
Gilbert O'Sullivan: "Out of the Question"
Robert Palmer: "Not a Second Time"
Procession: "Adelaide Adelaide"
Brenda Russell: "Piano in the Dark"
Barbra Streisand & Kim Carnes: "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" (a guilty pleasure I heretofore had not owned)
The Supremes: "Going Down for the Third Time"

Top 65 Songs of 2007

I was inspired to devise this by a friend of mine at a music message board (yep, I'm that music geeky) and ended up posting it there. It's a list of my top 65 songs of the year 2007 based both on my opinion of their high quality and personal impact. I made an effort not to repeat artists, so some songs I really like aren't included simply because another by the same artist is. Enjoy.

65. Colbie Caillat: "Bubbly" (listen)
64. Björk: "Earth Intruders" (listen)
63. Cupid: "The Cupid Shuffle" (listen)
62. OneRepublic: "Apologize" (listen)
61. Feist: "1, 2, 3, 4" (listen)

60. Darren Hayes: "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" (listen)
59. Pharoahe Monch: "Body Baby" (listen)
58. Say Anything: "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" (listen)
57. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & DOE: "The Way I Are" (listen)
56. Rufus Wainwright: "Rules and Regulations" (listen)
55. Common: "The People" (listen)
54. Ne-Yo: "Because of You" (listen)
53. Michael Bublé: "Everything" (listen)
52. Enrique Iglesias: "Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song)" (listen)
51. Chamillionaire featuring Slick Rick: "Hip Hop Police" (listen)

50. Chromeo: "Fancy Footwork" (listen)
49. Erasure: "Sunday Girl" (listen)
48. The Hoosiers: "Worried About Ray" (listen)
47. Muse: "Supermassive Black Hole" (listen)
46. Gwen Stefani: "Four in the Morning" (listen)
45. Duran Duran: "Falling Down" (listen)
44. Girls Aloud: "Call the Shots" (listen)
43. Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo: "Make Me Better" (listen)
42. Hot Hot Heat: "Let Me In" (listen)
41. Jamie Scott & The Town: "When Will I See Your Face Again?" (listen)

40. Kaiser Chiefs: "Ruby" (listen)
39. Taylor Swift: "Teardrops on My Guitar (listen)
38. Nelly Furtado: "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (listen)
37. Fanny Lu: "No te pido flores" (listen)
36. Justin Timberlake: "LoveStoned / I Think She Knows" (listen)
35. Unklejam: "Stereo" (listen)
34. Garbage: "Tell Me Where It Hurts" (listen)
33. Shakira: "Pure Intuition" (listen)
32. Andrea Corr: "Shame on You (To Keep My Love From Me)" (listen)
31. The Fratellis: "Flathead" (listen)

30. Lily Allen: "LDN" (listen)
29. Mika: "Grace Kelly" (listen)
28. Ben Lee: "Numb" (listen)
27. Just Jack: "Glory Days" (listen)
26. Macy Gracy: "Finally Made Me Happy" (listen)
25. Keith Urban: "I Told You So" (listen)
24. Nya Jade: "Live" (listen)
23. Maroon 5: "Makes Me Wonder" (listen)
22. Rob Thomas: "Little Wonders" (listen)
21. Joss Stone featuring Common: "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (listen)

20. Rooney: "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?" (listen)
19. Dashboard Confessional: "Stolen" (listen)
18. Natasha Bedingfield: "I Wanna Have Your Babies" (listen)
17. Matchbox Twenty: "How Far We've Come" (listen)
16. Amy Winehouse: "Rehab" (listen)
15. Kanye West: "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (listen)
14. Finger Eleven: "Paralyzer" (listen)
13. The Ordinary Boys: "I Luv U" (listen)
12. Orson: "Ain't No Party" (listen)
11. Mary J. Blige: "Just Fine" (listen)

10. Buckcherry: "Everything" (listen)
9. Sara Bareilles: "Love Song" (listen)
8. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings: "100 Days, 100 Nights" (listen)
7. James Blunt: "1973" (listen)
6. David Gray: "You're the World to Me" (listen)
5. Jamie T.: "Calm Down Dearest" (listen)
4. Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather: "Stop Me" (listen)
3. DJ Tiësto featuring Christian Burns: "In the Dark" (listen)
2. Kate Nash: "Foundations" (listen)
1. Just Jack: "Starz in Their Eyes" (listen)