Identity Crisis

Three Hundred Forty-Nine

Artist - Cat Stevens
Album - Greatest Hits
Released - 1975
Label - A&M
Genre - Folk Rock

Tracks:
Wild World
Oh Very Young
Can't Keep It In
Hard Headed Woman
Moonshadow
Two Fine People
Peace Train
Ready
Father & Son
Sitting
Morning Has Broken
Another Saturday Night

I went above and beyond to look for this one particular song and I found it on this album.  A compilation of the best of what Cat Stevens has to offer, this Greatest Hits album drew me in with the first song Wild One.  I don't know how many Cat Steven records I turned over in record stores just to find that one song.

Enjoy!

Persuade Me Anytime

Three Hundred Forty-Three

Artist - Billie Holiday
Album - Greatest Hits!
Released - 1967
Label - MCA
Genre - Jazz/Blues

Tracks:
Side One
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
Don't Explain
Solitude
Easy Living
Good Morning Heartache
Crazy He Calls
Side Two
God Bless the Child
That Ole Devil Called Love
Them There Eyes
You're My Thrill
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

Enjoy!

To Become, Become an...

Two Hundred Seventy-Seven

Artist - The Association
Album - Greatest Hits
Released - 1968
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Sunshine/Baroque Pop

Tracks:
Side One
The Time It Is Today
Everything That Touches You
Like Always
Never My Love
Requiem For The Masses
Along Comes Mary
Side Two
Enter The Young
No Fair At All
Time for Livin'
We Love
Cherish
Windy
Six Man Band

Enjoy!

The Greats

Two Hundred Forty-Seven

Artist - Simon and Garfunkel
Album - Greatest Hits
Released - 1972
Label - Columbia
Genre - Folk Rock

Tracks:
Side 1
Mrs. Robinson
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
The Boxer
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
The Sound of Silence
I Am A Rock
Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Side 2
Homeward Bound
Bridge Over Troubled Water
America
Kathy's Song
El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
Bookends
Cecilia

Enjoy!!

Love-sick is me, time will defeat, the feeling of need to be relentless and free!

One Hundred Fifty-Eighth

Artist - Bob Dylan
Album - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Released - 1967
Label - Columbia
Genre - Rock, Folk

Tracks:
Side 1
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Blowin' in the Wind
The Times They Are A-Changin
It Ain't Me Babe
Like A Rolling Stone
Side 2
Mr. Tambourine Man
Subterranean Homesick Blues
I Want You
Positively 4th Street
Just Like A Woman

The eight album released, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits makes for one fantastic record.  It contains the Top 40 singles by Dylan through 1967.  I believe it was just this week where I was listening to a playlist and think about how fantastic it would be to add some Bob Dylan on my blog, but where to start.  When I looked through the records and I found that my roommate had THIS record, I couldn't resist.  With his harmonica playing and semi-high pitched, cracked voice, the songs on this record make me think about being in love, especially when I listen to I Want You.  That being said, the title on this blog relates to how I felt when I heard this record.  Those are my words, from the heart and when that's exactly how I feel when I listen to Bob Dylan.  Like A Rolling Stone is a classic indeed and when I hear it, I always sing-a-long to it.  Positively, a great record!!

Enjoy!

Back to Back, Part II

Double duty is always fun, especially on days where I just feel like listening to records.  That day is TODAY and this is my sixty-second pick.

Artist - The Kinks
Album - Kinks Greatest Hits
Released - 1966
Label - Reprise
Genre - Rock


Tracks:
Side One
A Well Respected Man
Where Have All The Good Times Gone
Till The End of The Day
Set Me Free
Tired of Waiting for You
Side Two
All Day and All of the Night
I Gotta Move
Lola
Wait Till the Summer Comes Along
You Really Got Me

This is the first compilation album released in the US by The Kinks, who are a British rock group.  Do you think it's fair to name your favorite songs on a Greatest Hits album since the whole meaning of a Greatest Hits album is to list ALL THE HITS?  Well I definitely love A Well Respected Man, Tired of Waiting For You, All Day and All of the Night and Lola.  Great songs by a great group of guys and not to just mention this Greatest Hits album, their other records are pretty outstanding, to say the least.  A group that started in 1964, they were categorized in the whole British Invasion genre along with the other greats, like The Beatles and the other notable British rock/pop groups.  It amazes me how today, most of these songs are in movies, such as Well Respected Man which is featured in Juno.  I do appreciate great music composers that are in charge of putting music in movies to not just stay with that is out today, but to dig deep for a good song from back when I wasn't even alive.

Enjoy!