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CD | Alternative - Indie Rock

Being Declan MacManus - Volume 1

Side A
Artist Song
David Bowie  Life On Mars? (Hunky Dory 1971) 
Bjork  Venus As A Boy (Debut 1993) 
Ry Cooder  Married Man's A Fool (Paradise And Lunch 1974) 
The Band  tears Of Rage (Music From Big Pink 1968) 
Sex Pistols  Pretty Vacant (Never Mind The Bollocks...Here's The Sex Pistols 1977) 
Johnny Cash  I Still Miss Someone (The Essential Johnny Cash 1992) 
Hank Williams  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (40 Greatest Hits 1978) 
The Byrds  Hickory Wind (Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 1968) 
Chet Baker  The Thrill Is Gone (The Best Of Chet Baker Sings 1989) 
Cannonball Adderly  Mercy Mercy Mercy (The Best Of Cannonball Adderly 1968) 
The Small Faces  Itchycoo Park (The Immediate Years 1995) 
Elliott Smith  Waltz #2 (XO 1998) 
   
Side B
ArtistSongBuy
The Beatles  For No One (Revolver 1966) 
Marvin Gaye  What's Going On? (What's Going On? 1971) 
Neil Young  Birds (After The Goldrush 1970) 
U2  One (Achtung Baby 1991) 
Television  See No Evil (Marquee Moon 1977) 
Frank Sinatra  I've Got You Under My Skin (Songs For Swingin' Lovers 1956) 
Nirvana  Lithium (Nevermind 1991) 
Abba  Knowing Me, Knowing You (Abba Gold 1992) 
The Smiths  Still Ill (The Smiths 1984) 
Modern Lovers  Someone I Care About (The Modern Lovers 1976) 
Beach Boys  Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (Pet Sounds 1966) 
Stevie Wonder  I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) (Talking Book 1972) 
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band  The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back (Trout Mask Replica 1969) 

Comment:

Have you ever itched to have the perfect CD collection? Well, Elvis Costello has it! In the November 2000 issue of Vanity Fair, Elvis posted "500 albums that can only improve your life." He also named the specific tracks that made these albums special to him. This is volume one of a compilation of some of these tracks. I figured who could make a better mixtape than Elvis?
Just a few notes about his picks for those that didn't read the article:
There are plenty of "best of" and "greatest hits" collections. That's not taking the easy way out. Many of these people really only made "singles." No one "album" will give you all the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles or George Jones songs that you need.
You will see that sone very famous names are missing completely. There is nothing at all by Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Michael Jackson or Sting. You may love them. They just don't do it for me.
As for the hit records of today, maybe some of them will sound just fantastic in 20 years time. It's your life. So! No Marilyn, Puffy, Korn, Eddie Money-sorry, Kid Rock-Limp Bizkit, Ricky, Britney, Backstreet Boys, etc, etc, etc.
If you look in the C's, you won't find anything with my name on it. This is not false modesty. There are at least 500 records better than anything that I've made. I do make a few walk-on appearances as vocalist or producer.
(There will definitely be a volume 2, probably 3, and likely 4. And, for the record, if I were to make a 500 list, you can be rest assured that there would be several Elvis Costello records on it!)

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J&C's Dad
Date: 3/10/2003
This is a cool idea, on both Mr. MacManus' part and yours!
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natski
Date: 3/11/2003
good idea, good mix, good title
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G-Sphere
Date: 3/12/2003
Great concept and since I work in a library I'm going to go check out that old issue of vanity fair.
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Andrea Guy
Date: 3/12/2003
that was a great concept. I actually posted my choices on my blog somewhere shortly after the article came out.
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Cosmik Debris
Date: 3/13/2003
I looked through EC's list and only had about 180... Looks like I have some shopping to do. Thanks for the inspiration. Love the idea!
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reverbe
Date: 3/16/2003
Really enjoying this series so far (vol. 1-3). It's nice to see someone so passionate about artists with integrity. :)
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Berlinda
Date: 3/21/2003
Fabulous!--I'm a big EC fan as well. There's a vacuum in the music world when it comes to songwriters whose lyrics are witty and wicked and work on many different levels--and are set to really catchy melodies, but that's Elvis for you. On the heels of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction I read an NYT article from 1982 (just after the release of "Imperial Bedroom") in which Mr. MacManus aspires to write something that someone out there will love just as much as say "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" by the Temptations. (He really didn't have to worry).
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les_autres
Date: 9/13/2003
superb. very well done. i would have to disagree that there are 500 albums better than anything EC's ever done. i'd put about five of his albums in the top 25 of all time.