You know the rules: Shuffle your entire music collection, click Play, and report the first 20 tracks, no matter what [*]. This week’s list is formatted as artist, song title, and album (in italics):
- Strong Winds, Graham Parker, Passion Is No Ordinary Word
- Possession, Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy
- House Carpenter, Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1-3 (Rare and Unreleased)
- Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, Willie & Lobo, The Music of Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
- He’s Gone, The Grateful Dead, Live at Winterland, October 17, 1974 (bootleg)
- As Long As It Matters, Gin Blossoms, Congratulations … I’m Sorry
- Looking Forward, John Gorka, Temporary Road
- Power of Two, Indigo Girls, Swamp Ophelia
- Bodas de Oro, Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder, Mambo Sinuendo
- 12 Bar Blues, NRBQ, Peek-A-Boo: The Best of NRBQ (1969-1989)
- No Place Away, Greg Brown, Dream Cafe
- I Ain’t Ever Satisfied, Steve Earle, Live at the Bluebird Cafe (with Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt)
- Over You, Aaron Neville, Treacherous: A History of the Neville Brothers
- Jolly Roger, Roger McGuinn, Born to Rock & Roll
- Caldonia, B. B. King, How Blue Can You Get? Classic Live Performances 1976-1994
- Hey Madeline, Kyf Brewer, Bright Jewels
- Garden of Earthly Delights, XTC, Oranges and Lemons
- Paul’s Tune, The Clash, London Calling, 25th Anniversary Edition
- My Shit’s Fucked Up, Warren Zevon, Live in Nashville, April 11, 2000 (bootleg)
- Love Art Blues, Neil Young, Archives Be Damned, Vol. 1 (bootleg)
[*] My one exception is to limit each artist to one track per list. If the same artist appears a second time, I skip over that track. Graham Parker’s superb “Soul Shoes” and an extra track each from Willie & Lobo and Bob Dylan would have made this list otherwise.
Ed Bott 
This would make a good song list for a BBC Radio show.
I kept the duplicates, but made them an (a) listing.
On the Tweek Again – Primus – Tales From the Punchbowl
What’d I Say – Ray Charles – Anthology
Madman – Silverchair – FrogStomp
Would? – Alice In Chains – Dirt
Bird – Candy Dulfer – For The Love Of You
Piano Song – Gino Vannelli – Crazy Life
Groaning The Blues – Eric Clapton – From The Cradle
Irresistable Blues – Sue Keller – Those Irresistible Blues
8a. Stop Breakin’ Down – Eric Clapton – Sessions for Robert Johnson
You’re the One – Dwight Yoakum – Last Chance for a Thousand Years
Heart That’s Ready to Break – Sonya Kaye – Sunday Blues
Time and Tide – Basia – Time and Tide
Dimming of the Day – Bonnie Raitt – Longing In Their Hearts
Derailleur Gears – Steve Morse Band – Major Impacts.
Everything You Wanted to Know Abou!!! – 10cc – Bloody Tourists
Cynical – Extreme – Waiting For the Punchline
15a. GitItOn – Candy Dulfer – For the Love Of You
Liar – Megadeth – So Far, So Good, So What?
The Outlaw Torn – Metallica – Load
Slippin Into Darkness – War – Best Of War
If I Could Fly – Joe Satriani – Is There Love In Space?
Hunger For Love – Crabby Appleton – Crabby Appleton
I too removed the duplicates, which turned out to be a chore because iTunes tends to duplicate quite often.
Velvet Eyes, Buzz Deluxe, Zombie Night In Canada
Let’s Get F’cked Up, The Cramps, Foxfire
Triple Trouble, Beastie Boys, To the 5 Boroughs
Absolute Beginners, The Jam, Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack
Bloodbeat, The Meteors, Psychobilly Stomp
Temptation, Tiger Army, Early Years EP
Mary, Sublime, Robbin’ the Hood
Wellington’s Wednesdays, The Weakerthans, Fallow
Secondary, Brand New, Your Favorite Weapon
Survive, King Prawn, Fried in London
Paint It Black, Gob, How Far Shallow Takes You
Goin’ Off, The Porkers, Generic Skaca
Pull Out, Death From Above 1979, You’re A Woman I’m A Machine
Wanted, Nekromantix, Demons Are a Girl’s Best Friend
Whistles the Wind, Flogging Molly, Within a Mile of Home
To Have And To Have Not, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Lars Frederiksen And The Bastards
Baby Lou Tattoo, Horrorpops, Hell Yeah
Meet Me in the Bathroom, The Strokes, Room on Fire
Missing Link, The Hives, Tyrannosaurus Hives
1945, Social Distortion, Live at The Roxy