Finally. I weeded through a list of about 40 albums. It actually makes me really happy that this took me so long even though there aren't really any surprises lurking in my top 11, I knew if i let it sit any longer the order might drive me mad. So here we go folks.

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I'm not really giving much (any) credit to Britney here but these producers are top notch. I like my pop music but rarely would it make a Best Of list. However, this is one of the best dance-pop albums in a really long time. It's…

It's that time of year again. And let me tell you, this year's list was 900 times harder than 2005. My Top 10 Albums of the Year list are purely emotional and not technical at all. A few albums had to be dropped and that hurt me, especially the one I loved the most. And then there were a lot of albums I didn't pick up because I was tired of that artist at the time so…here we go. All the Hipsters (i.e: Lindsey) lists are the same this year and I'm proud to say my albums got past them…

Juliette and the Licks: "Four on the Floor"
I have to say that I haven't exactly given this album enough time, or even really a full spin but my initial reaction was it sounds more like a METRIC album than a Licks album. For the record, if I wanted to listen to METRIC I would.

Daphne Rubin-Vega: "Redemption Songs"
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Of course, Daphne can do no wrong in my eyes but really, even though I've been waiting for this album for years it did not disappoint. Her voice is suited for rock/pop and she is a great songwriter.…

I've always been a huge fan of Shawn Colvin's simple yet heart-wrenching folk-pop. Her first album "steady on" is a masterpiece and her studio albums since then have had moments of greatness as well.

Her last studio album (besides the lullabye one which I don't count) had 3 songs worth listening to, it sounded far too much like she was trying to come up with some radio play after the success of "Sunny Came Home".

Now she's back and fiestier than ever with "These Four Walls". Here, Colvin is taking all the moments of brilliance from her past studio albums…

Ani DiFranco

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One word: YAWN.

Reprieve

Jewel

I've listened to it only three times through so these are very early thoughts and I know for a fact that first thoughts on an album (especially Jewel's) are usually clouded by excitement of the idea of new music from the artist.

If you saw Jewel on tour after "0304" she talked alot about how the new album would be very "lo-fi", leading fans to squeal in delight of a more stripped down Jewel. Well, sadly that is very far from what "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland" turned out to be. If anything, this album is "This Way 2". Luckily,…

Word on the street is that Music cures your VD woes (tee-hee). So head on over to http://www.cathedralheat.com and fulfill your music needs for this funny little holiday they call Valentines.

Jennifer HollidayAnn-MargretAmy CorreiaSheila NichollsJann ArdenSpice GirlsThe Go-GosWilson PhillipsFeistBettie ServeertMelanie

I'm all for growing trends. And lately I've had all this music that I'm trying to get out there and so I figure the best way is to start a MP3 blog (like all the other cool kids). I even got my own domain and place to host the mp3s so that's exciting right? Anyway…

1) Not the Spotlight can be found at http://www.cathedralheat.com

2) My first post is Patrick Wolf (duh). I plan to do theme days, random fun stuff, etc. etc. So spread the word to music communities or whatever.

Check it out. It's all very new so…

I don't think it makes much sense that the Top Fans of an artist are calculated by the Rank in a user's Top Artists chart instead of the # of plays.

And that folks, is all I got right now.

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If you go here:
http://www.jillsobule.com/showandtell.html

you can download a great quality MP3 of Jill Sobule and Cyndi doing "Mexican Wrestler" live. It's just gorgeous and one of my favorite Jill Sobule songs.

You're being stupid if you don't :-)

Jill Sobule
Cyndi Lauper
Mexican Wrestler (live)