music revival, day 9

familiar felt right today. i wasn't visiting albums for the first time, but rather, i had a small collection of cds i'd put together for jon to listen to at some point. some were best for driving, some were picked because i knew he'd like them, some were oldies, some were new, some were just favorites for nostalgic reasons. here's what i ended up listening to today:

carbon leaf - indian summer

• favorite tracks: what about everything?, life less ordinary, grey sky eyes, one prairie outpost, let your troubles roll by
• comments: this album was recommended to me by frank, from my days back in california. it's just a great album for leisurely driving, with both ballady type stuff and more pop/indie rock sounds. i just love it.
  

counting crows - this desert life

• favorite tracks: hanging around, mrs potters lullaby, st robinson and his cadillac dream
  
• comments: this is an album from the end of college. i remember justin from the radio station was way into counting crows, and i remembered enjoying 'mr jones', and hearing 'a long december', but knew not much else about them. it was this album that caught my attention - most likely we got a promo at the station and i was a converted counting crows fan, right then and there.
  

dave matthews band - under the table and dreaming

• favorite tracks: best of what's around, what would you say, satellite, typical situation, dancing nancies, ants marching, jimi thing, warehouse
  
• comments: this album is a classic. it was one of the first 3 cds i ever bought in my life, and i'm SO glad that i did (others were blues traveler four and sheryl crow tuesday night music club). it's upbeat, it's catchy, he doesn't do too much of that angry/scary voice that turns me off of some of the band's other tracks...overall, one i could listen to any day and it would make the day better, instantly.
  

collective soul - dosage

• favorite tracks: tremble for my beloved, no more no less, dandy life, generate
  
• comments: almost all of the tracks on here are favorites of one sort or another. i went to see collective soul the year after my senior year of college, while i was still living in oneonta. kevin and i roadtripped to rochester with james h., and i'm pretty sure i must have slept the whole way home because i have no recollection of staying there overnight. anyway, the band was promoting this album at the time, and i can still see ed roland, front and center stage, moving his head back and forth in a rhythmic way to 'generate'. awesome.
  

creedence clearwater revival - chronicle

• favorite tracks: proud mary, bad moon rising, down on the corner, fortunate son, traveling band, looking out my back door, who'll stop the rain?, heard it through the grapevine
  
• comments: oldies / classic rock. i love it.
  

coldplay - parachutes

• favorite tracks: the whole album
  
• comments: i didn't know this album actually existed until their second album a rush of blood to the head came out and became wildly successful. i had heard the song 'yellow' before, but didn't know that it came from them, or from what album. once i went shopping for the second one, which happened to be while in was in california (among people who were listening to it often at work), i just bought this one at the same time. a wise decision! :)