My Music Year In Review

Hi gang! As 2006 comes to a close, I reflect on what happened in the past 365 days. It was quite a wild ride for me with many ups and downs. It was also a year of many, many CD purchases. I know I'm part of a declining number of folks who actually buy CDs, but it's my preferred way to get music.

Here is the list of what I've bought/received this past year:

January:
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

February:
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

March:
Jonny Lang - Lie To Me
Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate

April:
Johnny Cash - The Legend Of Johnny Cash
Smashing Pumkins - Mellon Collie
Roy Orbison - The Very Best Of Roy Orbison
Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming
Sarah McLachlan - Bloom

May:
BeauSoleil - Live In Louisiana

June:
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

July:
Metallica - Metallica
Incubus - Morning View
Her Infinite Variety
Elvis Costello - The Delivery Man
The Who - Who's Next

August:
Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?

September:
Audioslave - Revelations
Gaelic Storm - Gaelic Storm
Aaliyah - One In A Million
Avril Lavigne - Let Go
The Beatles - 1
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Counting Crows - Films About Ghosts
Dido - Life For Rent
Dido - No Angel
Eurythmics - Greatest Hits
Evanescence - Fallen
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Five For Fighting - The Battle For Everything
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
John Mayer - Heavier Things
John Mayer - Room For Squares
Jonny Lang - Long Time Coming
Joss Stone - Mind, Body and Soul
Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Linkin Park - Meteora
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Sarah McLachlan - Afterglow
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Shakira - Laundry Service
Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown
TLC - Crazysexycool
Vanessa Carlton - Be Not Nobody

October:
Natalie MacMaster - Yours Truly
The Who - Tommy
Roy Orbison - The Essential Roy Orbison

November:
Cream - The Very Best Of Cream
Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong

December:
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - Revolver
Los Lobos - Wolf Tracks
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
The Who - Endless Wire

Grand total: 56 albums!! That's quite a personal record for me. When I was in college, I don't think I even had 56 total albums in my collection yet.

Percentage of my total collection (including albums I never listen to any more): 56 out of 189 total. That's about 30 percent of my total collection.

Total cost of all these CDs had I bought each of them for an average price of sixteen dollars: A whopping $896!

Biggest buying month: September (29 albums). That's counting 27 that I bought from my friend Jessica!

Amount I would have paid for all 27 albums Jessica sent me, had I paid an average of sixteen dollars each: $432

Amount I actually paid for them, at $5 apiece: $135

Dollars I saved buying them from her: $297

Wow, that was one great year for new music purchases! I don't think I'll top it this year, and I really don't want to. I have enough music to listen to as it is.

Here are the concerts I saw this year:

Savoy-Doucet Band, April
Los Lobos, August
Buddy Guy, August
Natalie MacMaster, October