Craig Todd’s List of Recommended Music
Three widely different albums that break up the monotony of Christmas music
- The Chieftains — Bells of Dublin
- Mars Hill Music — To the World (Christmas 2004)
- Phil Keaggy and the London Festival Orchestra — Majesty and Wonder
Five albums to listen to laying on the couch with your eyes closed when the kids are out of the house
- Johnny Cash — American 3: Solitary Man
- Natalie Merchant — Tiger Lily
- Michelle Tumes — Center of My Universe
- Allison Krauss and Union Station — Lonely Runs Both Ways
- Sarah Groves — All Right Here
Five albums to think/write to (AKA the five best instrumental albums not by Steve Wick)
- Phil Keaggy — Beyond Nature
- Red Nativity — One Holy Night
- Stephen Tindle — Ho Yannah!
- Phil Keaggy — The Master and the Musician
- Chuck Mangione — Feels so Good
Three albums just to try
- The Who — Quadrophenia
- Stevie Ray Vaughn — Texas Flood
- Kinks — Lola vs. the Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, pt. 1
Ten songs you should hear but are rarely on the radio
- Kinks — Waterloo Sunset
- Pete Townshend — Slit Skirts
- Mazzy Star — Fade Into You
- Nina Simone — Sinnerman
- Roger Daltrey — A Second Out
- Joe Walsh and the James Gang — Funk # 49
- The Alan Parsons Project — Don’t Answer Me
- Credence Clearwater Revival — Lodi
- Manfred Mann’s Earth Band — The Runner
- Jimmy Buffett — A Pirate Looks at 40
Soundtrack for those who grew up in the 1980s
- The Fixx — One Thing Leads to Another
- Men Without Hats — Safety Dance
- Grateful Dead — Touch of Grey
- Eddie Grant — Electric Avenue
- Men at Work — Down Under
- Peter Gabriel — Steam
- Stray Cats — Rock this Town
- Bon Jovi — You Give Love a Bad Name
- Kinks — Come Dancin’
- Dexy’s Midnight Runners — Come On Eileen
- The Tubes — She’s A Beauty
- Van Halen — Jump
- Greg Kihn Band — The Breakup Song
- The Alan Parsons Project — Eye in the Sky
- Kenny Loggins — Footloose
- A Flock of Seagulls — I Ran (So Far Away)
- Joe Jackson — Steppin’ Out
- .38 Special — Hold On Loosely
- Night Ranger — Sister Christian
- The Police — Every Breath You Take
- Fine Young Cannibals — She Drives Me Crazy
- Run DMC — Walk This Way
- Madness — Our House
- Martin Briley — The Salt in My Tears
- Naked Eyes — Always Something There to Remind Me
- Taco — Puttin’ on the Ritz
- Golden Earring — Twilight Zone
- The Human League — Don’t You Want Me
- Donnie Iris — Ah Leah
- Billy Joel — Allentown
- Bruce Springsteen — Glory Days
- The Moody Blues — The Voice
- Phil Collins — In the Air Tonight
- The Steve Miller Band — Abracadabra
- Billy Idol — Rebel Yell
Special Church Youth Group Bonus Tracks!!!
- Petra — The Coloring Song
- Amy Grant — Thy Word
- The Imperials — Oh Buddha
- Michael W Smith — Friends
- Carmen — The Champion
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January 31st, 2007 at 3:25 pm
[...] Stay tuned for a review of Quadrophenia, recommended by Craig on the music list. [...]