I used to buy some greatest hits LP's of artists I really didn't plan to get "that" in to but if I like an artist I like to listen to an album in context.. I see it as greater vision of the artist in how they present their music.
Because of that I usually make playlists in itunes that are simply albums. Complete CD's of music by an artist. I make some other playlists but they are usually regarding something I'm working on...new songs for worship for church... sets for an upcoming camp gig..something like that.
A few days ago I made my first itunes playlist..for my own personal enjoyment. I know..most of you are like... What? It's true. but it's a big one..it pretty much fills up my little..old...ipod nano. But it's for listening to while I ride my bike. I find the selection soothing as I work to push through challenges out on the road. I thought I might share it with you and see what you thought. So far I really like it. I guess that's a good thing...but I think it's accomplishing what I want it to when I go out on rides... it's reducing my frustration as I work to do frustrating things that challenge me to work harder...
Anyway..take a look if you want. tell me what you think if you want.
Anywhere You Go 3:53 Ross King Perhaps I've Said Too Much
The State 4:30 Derek Webb Stockholm Syndrome
First Look 4:02 Jimmy Buffett Floridays
I Need Thee Every Hour 3:47 Jars Of Clay Redemption Songs
Our God 5:28 Chris Tomlin Passion: Awakening
Asleep In The Desert 3:31 ZZ Top Six Pack
Rhumba Man 4:10 Jimmy Buffett Buffet Hotel
O God Where Are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?) 5:02 David Crowder Band A Collision or (3+4=7)
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On 3:17 Jimmy Buffett Take The Weather With You
My Enemies Are Men Like Me 5:20 Derek Webb Mockingbird
Sing Like Mary Sang 7:18 Ryan Delmore The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood
Love In The Library 4:40 Jimmy Buffett Fruitcakes
Please Be My Strength 3:33 Gungor Beautiful Things
Saturday In The Park 3:56 Chicago Greatest Hits Vol 1
Track 07 3:13 James Evan Songs You Can't Dance To
Rain Down 5:46 David Crowder Band All I Can Say
My Hope 4:16 David Crowder Band Can You Hear Us?
Stay 5:26 Robbie Seay Band Give Yourself Away
Woman In Texas 4:41 Jerry Jeff Walker Live At Gruene Hall
Wait For Your Rain/Grace Like Rain 15:07 Todd Agnew Grace Like Rain
Tryin' To Reason With Hurricane Season 4:22 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Can't Help Myself 6:15 Sandra McCracken In Feast Or Fallow
Open Skies 3:59 David Crowder Band Illuminate
All Creatures 5:16 David Crowder Band Illuminate
More Than That 3:26 Monk & Neagle The Twenty-First Time [Promo]
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 4:38 U2 The Joshua Tree
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 3:22 Chicago Greatest Hits
You Have Me 4:36 Gungor Beautiful Things
Feelin' Stronger Every Day 4:17 Chicago
Rich Young Ruler 3:57 Derek Webb Mockingbird
Samson 3:55 Regina Spector
The Spirit vs. The Kick Drum 3:08 Derek Webb Stockholm Syndrome
Lovely Cruise 3:54 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
passenger seat 3:44 Death cab for cutie
Mockingbird 4:15 Derek Webb Mockingbird
No Not One 3:58 Brandon Heath What If We
Navajo Rug 3:02 Jerry Jeff Walker Navajo Rug
Teach Me All Your Ways 5:43 Ryan Delmore The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood
Incommunicado 3:41 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Shine Your Light On Us 6:23 Robbie Seay Band Give Yourself Away
Viva La Vida 4:01 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings 2:50 ZZ Top Six Pack
A Pirate Looks At Forty 3:53 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Shadows [Acoustic] 3:20 David Crowder Band The Acoustic Songs
California Promises 3:40 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Call On Me 4:03 Chicago Greatest Hits Vol 1
Wishing You Were Here 4:37 Chicago Greatest Hits Vol 1
You Do All Things Well 4:44 Chris Tomlin Arriving [Enhanced]
Tin Cup Chalice 3:38 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Ocean 3:59 Ten Shekel Shirt Much
When The Coast Is Clear 2:58 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Mexico 4:07 Jimmy Buffett Barometer Soup
Pre-You 5:17 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
He Went To Paris 3:30 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Where The Streets Have No Name 5:37 U2 The Joshua Tree (Remastered)
Glorify 4:28 Todd Wright All The Freed
Beautiful Things 5:10 Gungor Beautiful Things
With Every Breath 5:03 Leigh Nash & Dan Haseltine City On A Hill
True Religion 5:47 Ryan Delmore The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood
No Plane On Sunday 4:18 Jimmy Buffett Floridays
You Were So Close To Me 3:29 American Blues The Roots Of ZZ Top
All Around Me 4:37 David Crowder Band Church Music
Stars Fell On Alabama 4:15 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Volcano 3:39 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Boy With A Coin 4:06 Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog
Master Of Sparks 3:31 ZZ Top Six Pack
Never Let Go David Crowder Band
Deliver Me 4:42 David Crowder Band Illuminate
Rodeo Wind 4:49 Jerry Jeff Walker Live At Gruene Hall
We Learned To Be Cool From You 5:55 Jimmy Buffett Buffet Hotel
Hot, Blue And Righteous 3:18 ZZ Top Six Pack
Creola 7:03 Jimmy Buffett Floridays
Speechless 5:07 Steven Curtis Chapman Speechless
Love Song 3:54 Third Day Third Day
O Come And Mourn With Me Awhile 4:05 Jars Of Clay Redemption Songs
Sing Alleluia 3:42 Jennifer Knapp & Mac Powell City On A Hill: Sing Allelluia
Eastern Hymn 6:26 David Crowder Band Church Music
I Heard I Was In Town 3:38 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Oh Happiness [Acoustic] 2:35 David Crowder Band The Acoustic Songs
A Beautiful Collision 3:57 David Crowder Band B Collision
On the Radio 3:26 Regina Spektor
One of these days 4:25 FFH
Power in His Blood 4:08 FFH
A New Law 4:46 Derek Webb Mockingbird
Track 02 2:46 James Evan Songs You Can't Dance To
Middle Of The Night 3:16 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
One Trick Pony 3:26 MercyMe Coming Up to Breathe
Obsession 6:00 David Crowder Band Can You Hear Us?
Six String Music 3:25 Jimmy Buffett Fruitcakes
Nautical Wheelers 3:36 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads [Disc 1]
Matthew's Begats 2:18 Andrew Peterson Behold The Lamb Of God
Sheik 4:05 ZZ Top Six Pack (Disc 2) [Tres Hombres & Fandango]
Resurrection Fern 4:50 Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog
You Gave Sight 4:43 Todd Wright All The Freed
Shepherd 3:37 Todd Agnew Grace Like Rain
By His Wounds 3:24 Littrell, Brian; Powell, Mac; Chapman, Steven Curtis; Hall, Mark Glory Revealed - The Word of God In Worship
Meet mwith me 3:40 Ten Shekel Shirt Much
Poured Out 4:01 Marie Barnett Poured OUT - Club Vineyard Vol. 68
Tasting Forgiveness 3:08 RSB Better Days
Surely We Can Change 5:18 David Crowder Band Remedy
Sacred 7:27 Ryan Delmore The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood
Meet Me In Memphis 4:52 Jimmy Buffett Floridays
Pictures of Success 6:56 Rilo Kiley
On A Slow Boat To China 3:59 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Rescue Is Coming (B Walk Down Stairs) 6:38 David Crowder Band A Collision or (3+4=7)
Death And All His Friends 6:19 Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Unashamed Love 4:38 Ten Shekel Shirt Much
Little Miss Magic 4:02 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads [Disc 4]
Ballad Of Spider John 4:28 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads [Disc 4]
Nothin' But A Breeze 4:17 Jimmy Buffett Take The Weather With You
Running To Stand Still 4:17 U2 The Joshua Tree (Remastered)
All I Can Say 4:31 David Crowder Band All I Can Say
You Alone 5:37 David Crowder Band The Lime CD
Falling Down 5:02 Ryan Delmore The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood
With Or Without You 4:56 U2 The Joshua Tree (Remastered)
Only You 4:02 David Crowder Band Illuminate
Sea and The Rythm 5:36 Iron & Wine
Twelve Volt Man 3:58 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads [Disc 4]
Track 01 4:18 James Evan Songs You Can't Dance To
all who are thirsty 3:46 Vineyard UK Surrender
Yeah 3:36 Among Thorns Among Thorns
The Twenty-First Time 3:16 Monk & Neagle The Twenty-First Time
Hey there Delilah 3:53 Plain White T's
Son Of A Son Of A Sailer 3:25 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Smartest Person In The Room 4:39 Ross King Perhaps I've Said Too Much
When Salome Plays The Drum 3:29 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads [Disc 3]
They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More 2:54 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads
Off To See The Lizard 4:14 Jimmy Buffett Off To See The Lizard
Awakening 4:52 Chris Tomlin Passion: Awakening
Everybody Want To Go To Heaven 4:56 David Crowder Band B Collision
Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car 4:33 Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog
25 Or 6 To 4 4:53 Chicago Greatest Hits Vol 1
This is Our God 5:36 Chris Tomlin The Noise We Make
Mercy 4:57 Ryan Delmore The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood
The Nighted I Painted The Sky 5:32 Jimmy Buffett Barometer Soup
Come Thou Fount 4:32 David Crowder Band All I Can Say
Search And Know 3:37 Todd Wright All The Freed
Biloxi 5:39 Jimmy Buffett Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads [Disc 2]
Track 09 3:55 James Evan Songs You Can't Dance To
Little Bird 3:35 Jerry Jeff Walker Live At Gruene Hall
Wholly Yours 4:17 David Crowder Band B Collision
Stronger 4:26 Hillsong Live This Is Our God
False Echoes (Havana 1921) 15:55 Jimmy Buffett Banana Wind
Uncreated One 4:48 Chris Tomlin See The Morning
Take My Life 2:18 Third Day Third Day
New Day 4:07 Robbie Seay Band Give Yourself Away
Happy Ever After (Now And Then) 4:18 Jimmy Buffett Banana Wind
Barefoot Children 4:54 Jimmy Buffett Barometer Soup
Coldplay Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Take Me To The Cross 4:31 Sheri Carr Fearless Now
I know it's heavy Crowder and Buffett..and if you know me you're not surprised. But..Those artist are speaking to me the most right now. If you have other ideas..I'd love to hear them. Riding my bike..I'm having more time to listen to tunes..and Romack..I'll get some Clairmont on there my friend.
Peace.
