The first disc I got from the music swap was titled Anywhere But Here and it was from Shephard, the theme being artists from outside the United States.
When I first opened the box it came in, I was blown away by the packaging of the disc itself. It's in a full thickness jewel case and the cover art inside and out was beautiful, glossy and full of color. I think Shepherd's done this before. :D
The track listing is at the bottom of this post quoted from Lori's post.
Anyone that'll put Dragostea Din Tei (the Numa Numa song) in a mix CD and send it out is my kind of person. As a little extra treat, the English version was mixed in a bit. Actually, since looking up the video for the song, it actually looks a little like the CD artwork. I don't know if that's intentional or not.
I'll have to admit that I've never heard any of the other songs on the CD, which is a good thing. More interesting that way. I liked “Stop, Look, Listen” by DaBuzz and “A Little More Time” by Bosson, but I'm not surprised...for some reason I have an odd soft spot for Swedish bands (ahem...Alice in Videoland is on both of the mixes I did this year). I'm with Lori on the Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman song “Something Stupid”. I had no idea Nicole Kidman could sing (didn't see Moulin Rouge). Good stuff. “You Promised Me” by InGrid, I knew had to be French without reading the tracklist. I didn't think I'd like “Hide & Seek” Imogen Heap when it started...basically an a cappella song through a vocoder, but it's just plan beautiful.
I could keep going, if I really wanted to start boring people. This is what music swaps are all about. It's a disc full of music I probably wouldn't ever give a thought to buying or listening to on my own (the last CD I bought was Welt by OhGr last week) and I really enjoyed listening to it all.
I'm copying the tracklist because Lori's already done such a stallar job with it.
Anywhere But Here by K.D. Lang (Canada)
Year 3000 by Busted (England)
Tripping by Robbie Williams (England)
Dragostea Din Tei by Ozone (Romania)
Stop, Look, Listen by DaBuzz (Sweden)
Have a Nice Day by Stereophonics (England)
Leave Right Now by Will Young (England)
Humdrum by The Corrs (Ireland)
Somethin' Stupid by Robbie Williams (England) and Nicole Kidman (Australia)
A Little More Time by Bosson (Sweden)
Bend & Break by Keane (England)
Good Mother by Jann Arden (Canada)
I Promised Myself by Nick Kamen (England)
You Promised Me by InGrid (France)
Chori Chori by Udit Narayan (India)
Hide & Seek by Imogen Heap (England)
This is How We Do It by Solid Base (Sweden)
Absolutely (mine) by Gareth Gates (England)
I Cried For You by Katie Melua (Georgia)
I Wish I Knew How It Feels to Be Free by Sharlene Hector (England)
Should I Call You Jesus by Billie Myers (England)
Silicon World by Eiffel 65 (Italy)
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