CD Compilation PickMe#10

The 10th compilation in my PickMe series is called “Afrique”

01 Afrique (Rue Du Soleil)
02 Parallax (2000 Project)
03 I Love You Much Too Much (Santana)
04 Still Got The Blues (Gary Moore)
05 Lily Was Here (Dave Stewart)
06 Wish U Were Here (Bliss)
07 Dreaming of… (Rue Du Soleil)
08 Daylight Hours (Infusion)
09 The Boston Wrangler (Michel Legrand)
     from the “original” Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack
10 Who Do You Love (Jose Padilla with Angela John, Paco Fernandez & Yaron Marko)
11 Mudbone (Santana)
12 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (George Michael) bliss
13 Lovebird (Acimo)
14 Deer Stop (Goldfrapp)
15 Painful Love (Lakki Patey & Oystein Sevag) makes a good ringtone too

CD Compilation PickMe#12

This is a “best of” compilation from Cafe Del Mar’s 25th Anniversary CD’s

01 Private Session (Lovers Lane)
02 Sensual Bay (Andre Andreo)
03 Volviendo Al Sur (Asioni Musicali)
04 The Call (DAB)
05 Espiral (Henrik T.)
06 Innocence (Jo Manji)
07 The Meeting (Koru)
08 Reflection (Ludvig & Stelar)
09 Knots (A Man Called Adam & Chris Coco)
10 Boheme (Melibea)
11 Nuevo Comienzo (New Beginning)
12 La Francaise (Rue du Soleil)
13 Life Time (Ypey)
14 Sensuality (Roberto & Nera Sol)

CD Compilation PickMe#11

This compilation is titled “Amazing”

01 Amazing (George Michael)
02 Camouflage (Stan Ridgeway)
03 Capricorn Dancer (Richard Clapton)
04 Driving Home for Christmas (Chris Rea)
05 Everybody’s Talkin’ (Nilsson)
06 Fly Me To The Moon (Julie London)
07 Galveston (Glen Campbell)
08 Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys)
09 Hello, Dolly! (Louis Armstrong)
10 If You Leave Me Now (Chicago)
11 The In Crowd (The Ramsey Lewis Trio)
12 J’Ai Deux Amours (Madeleine Peyroux)
13 Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
14 Lovely Head (Goldfrapp)
15 Old Cape Cod (Patti Page)
16 Make it With You (Bread)
17 Paris Paris (Malcolm McLaren & Catherine Deneuve)
18 Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
19 Tu Vuo’ Fa I’Americano (Jude Law, Matt Damon, Vincent Fiorello & The Guy Barker International Quintet) from The Talented Mr. Ripley soundtrack
20 The Windmills of Your Mind (Noel Harrison) from the “original” Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack

CD Compilation PickMe#13

The title from this compilation comes from the 1st tack “Albatross”

01 Albatross (Fleetwood Mac)
02 Always Mine (Rue Du Soleil)
03 Des Etoils (Bellcrash)
04 Estonia (Rue Du Soleil)
05 In My Heart (Rue Du Soleil)
06 In My Own Words (Craig Armstrong)
07 Island Memories (Lovers Lane)
08 Managing the Beatles (Nighthawks)
09 Orientation (Jose Padilla)
10 Shades of Night (Trevor Jones) from the Bad Influence soundtrack
11 Song of the Black lizard (Pink Martini)
12 Time Out From The World (Goldfrapp)
13 Walking Through Babylon (Thievery Corporation)
14 Wash Me Clean (k.d. lang)
15 Wild Is The Wind (George Michael)
16 Lovebird (Acimo)

Lots of Rue Du Soleil (Essential Feeilings 2005) but they would usually be from different albums. Acimo and Lovebird appear for the 3rd or 4th time in a compilation – just love it.

CD Compilation PickMe#14

This one is called “The Beats”
Most compilations lean towards chillout/lounge/jazz, but approx every 5th one is up tempo.

01 African Rhythm (Rhythm Factory)
02 Caravan (Chicago) from their Big Band album
03 Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Santa Esmeralda)
     @ 10:30 a v.long track. remember this group?
04 Good Luck (Basement Jaxx)
05 The Hand That Changed Its Mind (Dr. John)
06 Hip Hip Chin Chin (Yaziko)
07 If You Wanna (Roy Davis Jr)
08 I’m Ready (Steve Winwood)
09 Johnny B. Good (Chuck Berry)
10 Let’s Twist Again (Chubby Checker)
11 Moments (Soultanas & ToneDepth)
12 Rock DJ (Robbie Williams)
13 She Bangs [Spanish Version] (Ricky Martin)
14 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham)
15 Rockaria (Electric Light Orchestra)
16 The Show Must Go On (Leo Sayer) Live in Melbourne

CD Compilation PickMe#15

At last! I have added my list of CD Compilations.

The last compilation was produced at the end of 2007 and given the
title “A Roamer In Time“.

The 20 tracks are:
01 – Fairground (Simply Red)
02 – Tin Man (America)
03 – Let’s All Get Together (Ian Moss)
04 – Mad World (Michael Andrews) from the Donnie Darko soundtrack
05 – Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page)
06 – To Sir With Love (Tina Arena) nice but still prefer Lulu’s version
07 – On A Night Like This (Kylie Minogue)
08 – Goodnight Moon (Shivaree) from the Kill Bill soundtrack
09 – Hello, Young Lovers (Jimmy Durante)
10 – Let’s Stay Together (Guy Sebastian) from his Memphis album
11 – Forgiveness (Misen) from TV series “The Eagle” on SBS.
        It’s also the source of the compilation title.
12 – The Flower of Carnage (Meiko Kaji)
        from Kill Bill & her Syura No Hana album
13 – Va Va Voom (45 Dip)
14 – They Long To Be Close To You (The Carpenters)
15 – The Wayward Wind (Gogi Grant) from the infamous Hyundai Santa Fe advert.
16 – Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down (Nancy Sinatra)
       another track from the Kill Bill movies
17 – Windflowers (Seals & Crofts) An all-time favourite of mine.
        Their back catalog is now available on CD.
18 – Le Monde (Thievery Corporation)
19 – Brightest Star (Santana) just beautiful
20 – Danny Boy (Damien Leith)

A mix of music spanning the last 50+ years, and sung by both old and new artists.

9/11 What were you doing?

It’s interesting that in this instant communication age you can watch significant events live.

I was up late one night in 2001 watching TV when they switched to breaking news from america – live feed of one of the twin towers burning after the first plane crash. Over the next few hours I witnessed the crash into the second tower, and their eventual collapse. Live, as it happened.