This week’s 20 random songs

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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 song title, artist, and album (in italics):

  1. Tato Wa Biso, Ray Lema, Gaia
  2. La Hormiguita, Juan Luis Guerra, Ni Es Lo Mismo, Ni Es Igual
  3. Only Love, k.d. lang, Invincible Summer
  4. Preacher in the Ring, Pt. 1, Bruce Hornsby, Spirit Trail
  5. Stuck Inside of Mobile (with the Memphis Blues Again), Grateful Dead, Nightfall of Diamonds
  6. Everything Happens to Me, Wynton Marsalis, Standard Time, Vol. 3
  7. Soon Come, Peter Tosh, Bush Doctor
  8. Compliment, Collective Soul, Dosage
  9. Can’t Even Be Bothered, The Charlatans UK, Between 10th and 11th
  10. Bass Trap, U2, Best of 1980-1990/B-Sides
  11. Listen to Her Heart, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Greatest Hits
  12. Compay Gato, Los Super Seven, Canto
  13. Mojo Haiku, Little Feat, Shake Me Up
  14. Triad, The Byrds, The Byrds (Box Set)
  15. Winter, The Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup
  16. 3×5, John Mayer, Any Given Thursday
  17. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, Bob Dylan, Live in Brussels 12-Nov-2003 (bootleg)
  18. Your Love, Neil Young, Archives Be Damned Vol. 2 (bootleg)
  19. Whirl-Y-Reel 1, Afro Celt Sound System, Volume 1: Sound Magic
  20. Discipline, Joe Jackson, Blaze of Glory

[*] 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. This week, Bob Dylan and Wynton Marsalis would each have had an extra track on the list otherwise.

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  1. Shower (Intro) – Def Squad, El Nino
    Palace of Exile – The Doors, Absolutely Live
    My Friend of Misery – Metallica – Metallica
    Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me – Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, The Great Summit: The Complete Sessions – Disc 1
    Race Against Myself – The Offsprin, Splinter
    Burning Of The Midnight Lamp – Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland
    Too Many Myths – Van Morrison, What’s Wrong With This Picture
    Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) – Journey, Greatest Hits – Live
    Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin, Second City Showdown
    Mr. Wedding Band Guitar Player – Bud Light Radio, Real Men of Genius
    Pharoah’s Dance – Miles Davis, Bitches Brew Disc #1
    Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana, Nevermind
    Dizzy Spells – Benny Goodman, Live at Carnegie Hall – Disc 2
    Drug Ballad – Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP
    Long Ago And Far Away – Sonny Rollins, The Complete RCA Victor Recordings – Disc 6
    Why – Steve Wynn, Vans Warped Music Sampler
    Tell Me – Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rough Edges
    Virginia Moon – Foo Fighters, In Your Honor – Disc 2
    Sober – The Enemies, A Tribute to Tool
    Black ‘n’ Decker – Ice-T, Freedom of Speech…

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