Recent Used CD Orders:

#1: Bonnie Raitt "Nick of Time"
#2: Bonnie Raitt Greatest Hits
#3: Tracy Chapman Greatest Hits
#4: Taylor Swift "Folklore"

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First off: I hate the abstractions of songs and books hidden within a cloud of some sort. I want physical representations of my music and books on my shelves! I want to take them out and touch them to listen/read!

#1: I used to own the Raitt "Nick of Time" CD when it came out in '89. I just recently re-heard "Have a Heart" and searched for the CD, but didn't see it on my shelves. Did I sell it to a pawn shop back in the '90s??
#2: I never got fully into Raitt---didn't follow her after "Nick of Time" or go back to learn about her earlier stuff. So I'm looking forward to the Hits to get an overview.
#3: I listened to Tracy Chapman's 1988 debut album a billion times and loved it. And then, for some reason, lost track of her after that. Looking forward to hearing what she was up to later.
#4: I have completely missed the whole Taylor Swift-thing, but the other morning, my clock-radio woke me up with her singing something about Romeo that wasn't stupid. (I didn't quite know if it was Taylor Swift, did a search for some lyrics, went to YouTube, etc. It was indeed!) Upon a search for "Taylor Swift Greatest Hits," I came upon a great many posts saying "They're ALL Greatest Hits." Sigh. So then I had to go to various "ranker" lists online, not all particularly accurate. But I at least came to a consensus that "Folklore" was in the Top 3. And I'm a fan of Americana. So I'm going to try it out!
(A past memory from more than 15 years ago: I once had a hair-dresser who was nice, but also a bit too trendy and poseur-ish for her own good. She also had a young daughter who happened to like Taylor Swift at that time. My hair-dresser was actually worried about this! Swift was not GOTH enough! Which part of "creative and independent" were you worried about your daughter emulating? Should she have gone on to partner with a drug-addict who got murdered, as your lover did?)