I’ve been listing to Women & Songs and Back to Back Hits: Blondie and Pat Benatar. Clearly, Women & Songs provides more variety with more artists. I haven’t heard Nelly Furtado’s “I’m Like a Bird” in a while. I have heard Alan’s Morissette’s “Thank U” when we saw the musical version of Jagged Little Pill a few months ago. Our local Oldies rock radio station plays Cher’s “Believe” and “Kind & Generous” by Natalie Merchant on a regular basis.
From time to time I like to listen to Blondie and Pat Benatar’s songs from a kinder, gentler age. I can’t forget hearing Debbie Harry belt out “The Tide is High” for the first time. And Pat Benatar’s “From time to time I like to listen to Blondie and Pat Benatar’s songs from a kinder, gentler age. I can’t forget hearing Debbie Harry belt out “The Tide is High” for the first time decades ago. And Pat Benatar’s “Love is a Battlefield” got heavy air play back in 1983!
Do you remember these songs? Any favorites here? GRADE: B (for both)
TRACK LIST:
| 1 | Christina Aguilera– | Beautiful Written By – Linda Perry |
| 2 | Faith Hill– | Cry Written By – Angie Aparo |
| 3 | Jewel– | Intuition Written By – Jewel Kilcher, Lester Mendez |
| 4 | Nelly Furtado– | I’m Like A Bird Written By – Nelly Furtado |
| 5 | Kelly Clarkson– | Low Written By – Jimmy Harry |
| 6 | Alicia Keys– | A Woman’s Worth Written By – Alicia Keys, Erica Rose |
| 7 | Dido– | Thank You Written By – Dido Armstrong, Paul Herman |
| 8 | Michelle Branch– | Are You Happy Now? Written By – John Shanks, Michelle Branch |
| 9 | Alanis Morissette– | Thank U Written By – Alanis Morissette, Glen Ballard |
| 10 | Sarah McLachlan– | Adia Written By – Pierre Marchand, Sarah McLachlan |
| 11 | LeAnn Rimes– | How Do I Live Written By – Diane Warren |
| 12 | Cher– | Believe Written By – Brian Higgins, Matthew Gray, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Stuart McLennan, Timothy Powell |
| 13 | Lisa Marie Presley– | Lights Out Written By – Clif Magness, Glen Ballard, Lisa Marie Presley |
| 14 | Bonnie Raitt– | Can’t Make You Love Me Written By – Allen Shamblin, Mike Reid |
| 15 | Cherie (2)– | I’m Ready Written By – DioGuardi/Burton/Hartman/Skarbek/Jones |
| 16 | Natalie Merchant– | Kind & Generous Written By – Natalie Merchant |
| 17 | Rachael Yamagata– | Under My Skin Written By – Rachael Yamagata |
| 18 | Heather Headley– | I Wish I Wasn’t Written By – James Harris III, James Wright, Terry Lewis |
| 19 | Toni Braxton– | Un-Break My Heart Written By – Diane Warren |
TRACK LIST:
| Blondie– | Call Me | ||
| Blondie– | Heart Of Glass | ||
| Blondie– | The Tide Is High | ||
| Blondie– | Rapture | ||
| Blondie– | One Way Or Another | ||
| Pat Benatar– | Heartbreaker | ||
| Pat Benatar– | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | ||
| Pat Benatar– | Love Is A Battlefield | ||
| Pat Benatar– | We Live For Love | ||
| Pat Benatar– | We Belong |
I know very few of the Women & Song songs. Most of them appear to be from the 1990s which was about the time contemporary music and I came to a parting of the ways (which basically lasted until I discovered EDM). Also, I think all of those artists have recorded much better songs. I do know all of the Blondie and Benatar songs. Not a huge fan of Benatar, but I like all the songs by Blondie—although the CD doesn’t include my favorite Blondie song, “Dreaming”, with its frenetic drums and the immortal opening line, “When I met you at the restaurant/You could tell I was no debutante.”
When i think Women and Songs i think Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Rosetta Tharpe, and Big Mama Thornton. I’m not the target audience for these compilations.