CD-Charts Position 101
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Strange Weirdos: Music from and Inspired by the Film Knocked Up

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Loudon Wainwright III

Release Date May 22, 2007
Sometimes it's difficult to rate a genre of music that I don't normally listen to. But be rest assured, the quality of musicianship on Strange Weirdos is unmatched. I heard "You Can't Fail Me Now" on the radio before I even saw Knocked Up. For me, this is the flagship piece in the album. Patrick Warren's subtle string arrangement at the bridge is so gorgeous that I rushed out to buy the cd. Now "gorgeous string arrangement" is a phrase that is oft abused, but you won't make that mistake here: the stateliness of the quartet is the core of that which makes perfect unions.

Though "Ypsilanti" (an instrumental) and Strange Weirdos incorporate the same string quartet and similar arrangements, "You Can't Fail Me Now" is the track ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 102
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Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: The Baseball Project

Release Date July 08, 2008
The brainchild of Seattle musicians Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey (with assistance for REM's Peter Buck and drummer Linda Pitmon), this CD is way more than a cute exercise in nostalgia. In turns ribald ("Ted F---ing Williams"), bitter ("Gratitude [for Curt Flood]), nostalgic ("Sometimes I Dream Of Willie Mays"), and rueful ("Long Before My Time"), Frozen Ropes successfully and accessibly makes the case that baseball isn't that much different from everyday life, reminding us in "Harvey Haddix" that "We're drawn to tragic stories/The ones that suit us best." Incidentally, the title refers to baseball slang for line drives and pop flies.

CD-Charts Position 103
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Little Voice

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Sara Bareilles

Release Date July 03, 2007
Sara Bareilles is wonderful! I enjoy every track, and every time I listen...I hear something new!! She is an amazing artist. Take a moment,
and listen to "Little Voice". I'm sure you will find out as I have how
great it is to buy a CD and actually enjoy every song!!! Don't let the
title fool you, there is nothing little about Sara Bareilles' voice!!

CD-Charts Position 104
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A Light in the Attic (20th Anniversary Edition Book & CD)

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
from: HarperCollins

Release Date October 09, 2001
I was very disappointed to receive this book which was sold as new, but which had a handwritten inscription in the back indicating that someone had previously owned this volume.
The book is excellent and the CD with it is wonderful. I just wish it didn't have the writing in it. Will Amazon send me another? I think they should and I shouldn't have go to the trouble and expense of returning this one. We'll see.

CD-Charts Position 105
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You Are My Sunshine

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Elizabeth Mitchell

Release Date December 10, 2002
I stumbled across this album while searching for another Brady Rymer album for my kids. My wife and I have the privilege of parenting 4 small children (our oldest just turned 5), and music is a big part of our lives.

Initially the old picture on the cover caught my eye in one of Amazon's "People who bought this also bought..." suggestions. Then I saw that it had "You Are My Sunshine" on it and had to take a listen. I was immediately won over by Elizabeth Mitchell's (not to be confused with the LOST version) honest, warm, and very welcoming voice. So intimate and understated, and so absent from popular music today. Her arrangements are both simple and masterful and such that you just want to sing along.

It only took about ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 106
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Alas I Cannot Swim

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Laura Marling

Release Date August 19, 2008
Just another folk singer, nothing special here. The album is poorly recorded and mixed and in some places poorly produced. Might have been OK with just a guitar accompaniment, but the nasal vocals don't move me.

I honestly can't understand all the hype over this girl, when you can hear similar music just as good for free in front of every wannabe hipster coffee house in the country.

Save your money.

CD-Charts Position 107
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Illinoise

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Sufjan Stevens

Release Date July 05, 2005
I could provide a lengthy description here, talking about this and that song, style and technique and all that, but why bother? There's just one thing you need to know: this CD is extraordinary. "Jacksonville" is my favorite.
Glad I'm from Michigan, too.

CD-Charts Position 108
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So Much More

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Brett Dennen

Release Date November 21, 2006
I've had this album for over a year and played it over and over. Took it places with me, and now I find the case is empty. Must have left it somewhere. Checked high and low. May be in a friend's car somewhere. I can't wait any longer, so I'm going to buy it again.

My 20-something son thinks I'm nuts to buy CDs at all, but what can I say . . . at least I've dumped all of my casettes. This is one of those albums you can listen to all the way through, every song, and not want to skip ahead over the three or four you don't like. It's even, thoroughly enjoyable listening music. And every now and again it gets me up dancing.

You won't regret buying this jewel. Can't wait for his new one coming in October.

CD-Charts Position 109
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Don't Look Away

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Kate Voegele

Release Date January 22, 2008
Kate's CD was very good. It's varied, and fun. I think all of the songs are good, some are great. Her voice is unique, I don't get tired of listening to it.

CD-Charts Position 110
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The Very Best of Rod Stewart

CD-Charts > Music > Folk
by: Rod Stewart

Release Date November 13, 2001
Someone, please someone......get this record label and ROD to add the song "STAY WITH ME ",.....on this great album. NOW !!! Re-release this with the SONG. Maybe remaster as well. MAN, OH-MAN....what a serious left off-of mess-up. THIS SONG IS WHAT ROD IS KNOWN FOR. Fix it now !!!!