The Last Five CDs I Bought

I was left unattended in the media sections of Kmart and Walmart, so I came home with several new CDs. Here are my most recent purchases:


Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
I was introduced to this English folk band when they performed on the Grammys. They were really good, despite being followed by a Bob Dylan "performance." (He's part of the reason why I don't normally listen to folk music, but Mumford & Sons has redeemed the genre for me.) Some of my favorite songs on this CD are "Little Lion Man," "I Gave You All," "Awake My Soul," and "The Cave," though really they're all so good I could easily list half of them as my favorites.


Justin Bieber, Never Say Never: The Remixes
One minute I'm looking at the rack of new releases, and the next I'm holding this. What can I say, guilty pleasure. This has 7 songs, 5 of which are on his My World 2.0 CD, which I already own. But this has guest duets. I love "Never Say Never" with Jaden Smith, and "That Should Be Me" with Rascall Flatts is great. Other featured artists include Usher, Chris Brown, and Miley Cyrus.

Green Day, Awesome as F**k
This one is to balance out the Bieber. Also while looking at the new releases, I realized I don't own any Green Day, and this seemed like a good place to start. The CD has hits like "American Idiot" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and the songs are live recordings from various concerts around the world. There's also a DVD of a live show in Japan, which is pretty cool. They do "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" on that. There's also crossover between the CD and DVD, so there's repeats of stuff like "21 Guns," "Holiday," and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)." It rocks!


Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides soundtrack
I own the first three soundtracks, so I knew I'd get this one, it was only a matter of when and where. It's quickly becoming my favorite of the series. In addition to the traditional POTC score by Hans Zimmer, they've added some Spanish guitar ("featuring Rodrigo y Gabriela"), which freaking rocks! I love it. And then, they took 7 of the 11 songs and let people remix them, and included all of those on the soundtrack too! They did that with "He's a Pirate" for the second CD, which I love, so this is like seven times as awesome. :)


Albannach, Eye of the Storm
I first saw this Scottish band (pronounced like almanac, but with a "b") at the Renaissance Faire and then again when they came to Phoenixville the first year we had a Celtic festival (which I think is coolest thing this town has ever done). That was about five years ago and they only had one CD out. Now they have four, so I figured it's high time for me to own another one. This opening song, "The Uprising" starts with a soliloqy about William Wallace in a Scottish brogue, so that's fun. From there it's their normal "tribal" drums and bagpipe. And the occasional singing. It's the kind of music that makes you want to watch Braveheart. (Freedom!)