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The time has come again to list the CDs (or digital albums, vinyls, etc.) you added to your music collection this year. As always, you are encouraged to list only legally-purchased items. If you've participated in our New CD Thread here, 2009 begins at the very end of Volume 2 and continues throughout Volume 3, so you may consult those for your reference.

This was a pretty musically active year for me. Below are the albums I added to my collection during 2009, in alphabetical order:

• (500) Days of Summer - Music from the Motion Picture (Various Artists)
  Aerosmith - Pandora's Box (4-disc set)
  All-American Rejects - When the World Comes Down
  Amy Grant - Lucky One (CD Single)
  Amy Grant - She Colors My Day (EP) (iTunes)
  The Ataris - So Long, Astoria
  Bea Arthur On Broadway - Just Between Friends (iTunes)
  The Beatles - Abbey Road
  The Beatles - The Beatles ("The White Album") (2-Disc) (2009 Remaster)
  The Beatles - Help! (2009 Remaster)
  The Beatles - Let it Be (2009 Remaster)
  The Beatles - Revolver (2009 Remaster)
  The Beatles - Rubber Soul (2009 Remaster)
  The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 Remaster)
  Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs (iTunes)
  Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller
  Ben Kweller - Changing Horses
  Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
  Bo Burnham - Bo Burnham (CD + DVD)
  Bo Burnham - Bo Fo Sho (EP) (iTunes)
  Casablanca: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  The Chipmunks - A Chipmunk Christmas (CD + DVD)
  David Archuleta - Christmas from the Heart
  David Archuleta - Fan Pack (iTunes)
  David Gray - Draw the Line (2-Disc Deluxe Edition)
  Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas (iTunes)
  Eminem - Relapse
  Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  Glee: The Music - Volume 1
  Gone with the Wind - 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition: Soundtrack Sampler (CD + Blu-ray)
  Hanson - The Best of Hanson Live and Electric (CD + DVD)
  Hanson - Stand Up Stand Up EP
  Hanson - Strong Enough to Break (DVD + CD)
  Hanson - Underneath Acoustic
  Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
  iTunes Holiday Sampler (Various Artists) - FREE! (iTunes)
  The Jackson 5 - ABC (Two Albums on One CD - Digitally Remastered with Bonus Tracks)
  The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents Jackson 5 (Two Albums on One CD - Digitally Remastered with Bonus Tracks)
  The Jackson 5 - Ultimate Christmas Collection
  Jason Mraz - Beautiful Mess -- Live on Earth (CD + DVD)
  Jesse McCartney - Departure: Recharged
  Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines, and Trying Times
  Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted
  Kris Allen - Kris Allen (iTunes)
  The Lonely Island - Incredibad (CD + DVD)
  Madonna - Celebration (2-Disc Deluxe Edition)
  Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing (iTunes)
  Mariah Carey - Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2 Discs)
  Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
  Michael Jackson - Bad (Special Edition)
  Michael Jackson - Ben
  Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor
  Michael Jackson - Dangerous - Special Edition
  Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson: Limited Edition 3.0
  Michael Jackson - Got to Be There
  Michael Jackson - Invincible
  Michael Jackson - Michael Jackson's This Is It: The Music That Inspired the Movie (Deluxe 2-Disc Edition)
  Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (Special Edition)
  Michael Jackson - The Stripped Mixes
  Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition)
  Michael Jackson - Thriller (25th Anniversary Edition Commemorative LP) (Vinyl)
  Michael Jackson - Thriller (Special Edition)
  Mr. Wrong: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  Mute Math - Armistice (iTunes)
  Nirvana - Nevermind
  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
  Richard Cheese - Dick at Nite
  Say Anything - Say Anything (iTunes)
  The Princess and the Frog - An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
  The Sunset Lounge Experience - The Michael Jackson Cool Down Experience
  Tinted Windows - Tinted Windows
  Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Music by Michael Giacchino
  Vitamin String Quartet - String Quartet Tribute to Aerosmith (iTunes)
  "Weird Al" Yankovic - Internet Leaks (EP) (iTunes)
  Whitney Houston - I Look to You

-Aaron

Let me go break out the spreadsheet....

AC/DC - The Razor's Edge
Ace Frehley - Anomaly
Aerosmith - Aerosmith
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith - Rocks
Aerosmith - Draw the Line
Aerosmith - Live Bootleg
Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts
Aerosmith - Greatest Hits
Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place
Aerosmith - Classics Live I
Aerosmith - Classics Live II
Aerosmith - Gems
Band, The - Greatest Hits
Beatles, The - Please Please Me
Beatles, The - With the Beatles
Beatles, The - A Hard Day's Night
Beatles, The - Beatles for Sale
Beatles, The - Help!
Beatles, The - Rubber Soul
Beatles, The - Revolver
Beatles, The - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles, The - Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles, The - The Beatles [White Album]
Beatles, The - Yellow Submarine
Beatles, The - Abbey Road
Beatles, The - Let It Be
Beatles, The - Past Masters
Bing Crosby - Christmas Classics
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle, Volume 2
Derek & the Dominos - Live at the Fillmore
Derek Trucks Band - Already Free
Duke Ellington - Best Of
Eagles - Eagles
Eagles - Desperado
Eagles - On the Border
Eagles - One of These Nights
Eagles - Hotel California
Eagles - The Long Run
Eagles - Live
Eagles - Please Come Home for Christmas/Funky New Year [Single]
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Foghat - Fool For the City
Foo Fighters - Five Songs and a Cover [EP]
Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
John Mayer - Battle Studies
Joss Stone - Colour Me Free!
Judas Priest - Painkiller
KISS - Unmasked
KISS - Music from "the Elder"
KISS - Sonic Boom
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road (Live) [Deluxe Edition]
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Back My Bullets [Deluxe Edition]
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors [Deluxe Edition]
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Michael Giacchino - Up! (Soundtrack to the Motion Picture)
Mos Def - True Magic
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Pearl Jam - Ten [Legacy Edition]
Roots, The - Rising Down
Roots, The - Game Theory
Stone Temple Pilots - Thank You
Straight No Chaser - Holiday Spirits
Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle
U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Various Artists - Motown 50th Anniversary - Playlist Plus
Various Artists - Disney Holiday Magic 2009
Zombies, The - Odessey & Oracle

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition)

Rated R - Rihanna
Glee: The Music, Volume 1
Glee: The Music, Volume 2
I Dreamed A Dream - Susan Boyle
The Beatles Stereo Box Set

This year, I had the extreme pleasure to become totally "into Bob". Dylan, that is. I had always known and liked some of his most famous songs. But this year, I had the opportunity to buy a box-set with all of his 1960's albums for only €40! (Yes, legally, thank you very much.) That was the beginning of a beautiful musical journey, on which I discovered music that I previously couldn't even imagine being possible! Call it an epiphany if you will, or an obsession, I don't care. The ten albums I received:

Bob Dylan (1962)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)
Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Blonde on Blonde (1966)
John Wesley Harding (1967)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Live at the Gaslight- 1962 (2005)

In addition to that, I also bought:

Bob Dylan - Desire (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1975)

March:
1. Britney Spears - Circus (Deluxe Edition) (3-05) ($9)
2. Babe (1995 Film OST) (3-05) ($0.75)
3. Tina Turner - All That Glitters (Target Exclusive) (3-05) ($2.25)
4. Tina Turner - Private Dancer (Centenary Edition) (3-05) ($6)
5. Britney Spears - Blackout (3-05) ($6)
6. Wall-E OST (3-05) ($6.75)
7. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (Deluxe Edition) (purchased by someone for me) (3-12) ($15)
8. Hairspray: 2-Disc Collector's Edition Soundtrack (3-18) ($5)
9. Ella Fitzgerald - Music And Moonlight: Songbook Selections 1956-1959 (3-21) ($5)
10. Barbra Streisand - Guilty Pleasures (3-21) ($3)
11. Ella Fitzgerald - Lady Be Good! (3-26) ($5)

April:
12. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (4-04) ($9)
13. Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall (40th Anniversary Edition) (4-06) ($15)
14. Dolly Parton - Triple Feature Soft Pack (includes White Limozeen, Eagle When She Flies, and Slow Dancing With The Moon) (purchased by my mom) (4-11) ($10)
15. Martina McBride - Playlist (purchased by my mom) (4-11) ($7)
16. Barbra Streisand - The Essential 3.0 (purchased by my mom) (4-11) ($16)
17. Joni Mitchell - Blue (Mini-LP Replica) (4-16) ($5)
18. Billie Holiday - Day In, Day Out (Starbucks Exclusive) (4-16) ($5)
19. Dolly Parton - Backwoods Barbie: Collector's Edition (Cracker Barrel Exclusive) (4-22) ($12)

May:
20. Barbra Streisand - Emotion (5-20) ($8)
21. Barbra Streisand - A Christmas Album (5-20) ($6)
22. Barbra Streisand - Timeless: Live In Concert (5-20) ($11)
23. En Vogue - Best Of En Vogue (5-22) ($1)
24. Brandy - Never Say Never (5-22) ($1)
25. Vanessa Williams - Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years (5-22) ($3)
26. Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than The Speed Of Night (5-22) ($3)
27. Soundtrack - James And The Giant Peach (5-22) ($3)
28. Shania Twain - The Woman In Me (5-22) ($3)
29. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (5-22) ($2)
30. Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson - A Star Is Born (5-28) ($7)
31. Barbra Streisand - What About Today? (5-28) ($7)

August:
32. Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn - Honky Tonk Angels (8-22) ($0 - paid for with Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks)

September:
33. The Pagemaster Soundtrack (9-28) ($0 - paid for with Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks)

October:
34. Jewel - 0304 (10-13) ($0 - paid for with Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks)
35. Patsy Cline - Live At The Cimarron Ballroom (10-19) ($0 - purchased for me by someone)

December:
36. Santa's Top 10 Favorites ($3)
37. The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas: Evergreen ($3)
39. The Chipmunks - Let's All Sing With The Chipmunks ($0 - Christmas present)
40. How The Grinch Stole Christmas/Horton Hears A Who (TV Special Soundtrack) ($6.65)
41. The Chipmunks - Around The World With The Chipmunks (10.73)
42. Gone With The Wind: 2-CD Deluxe Edition Soundtrack (22.97)
43. The Chipmunks - The Chipmunks Go To The Movies ($7.47)

TOTAL SPENT: $197.57

This doesn't include the 30+ Madonna albums and singles a friend of mine from Australia sent me.

This is what I got throughout the whole decade (00-09)

Bill Cosby: 20th Century Masters (2007)
The Essential Weird Al Yankovic (2009)
Miachael Jackson: Greatest Hits HIStory (2003)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2009)
Weird Al Yankovic: Even Worse (2008)
Weird Al Yankovic: The Food Album (2007)
Weird Al Yankovic: Straight Outta Lynwood (2006)

Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment
Britney Spears - The Singles Collection
Carrie Underwood - Play On
Colbie Caillait - Breakthrough
Glee: Vol. 1
Glee: Vol. 2
Janet Jackson: Number Ones
Jordin Sparks: Battlefield
Kathy Griffin: Suckin It For The Holidays
Kelly Clarkson: All I Ever Wanted
Lady GaGa: The Fame Monster
Leona Lewis: Echo
Madonna: Celebration
Mariah Carey: Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
Owl City: Ocean Eyes
Reba: Keep on Lovin You
Sugarland: Gold and Green
Faith Hill: Joy to the World
Susan Boyle: I Dreamed a Dream
Confessions of a Shopaholic Soundtrack
Nine Soundtrack
The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack
Whitney Houston: I Look to You
Whitney Houston: I'm Your Baby Tonight
Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack
The Preacher's Wife Soundtrack
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Michael Jackson - Bad
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Michael Jackson - HIStory
Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor
Michael Jackson - Invincible
Michael Jackson - The Essential
The Jackson 5 - The Ultimate Collection
Barbra Streisand: A Star is Born
Barbra Streisand: Memories
Cher: Heart of Stone
Cher: Believe
Prince: Purple Rain
Stevie Nicks: Crystal Visions
Disney's Greatest, Vol. 1

Goliath wrote:This year, I had the extreme pleasure to become totally "into Bob". Dylan, that is. I had always known and liked some of his most famous songs. But this year, I had the opportunity to buy a box-set with all of his 1960's albums for only €40! (Yes, legally, thank you very much.) That was the beginning of a beautiful musical journey, on which I discovered music that I previously couldn't even imagine being possible! Call it an epiphany if you will, or an obsession, I don't care. The ten albums I received:

Bob Dylan (1962)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)
Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Blonde on Blonde (1966)
John Wesley Harding (1967)
Nashville Skyline (1969)
Live at the Gaslight- 1962 (2005)

In addition to that, I also bought:

Bob Dylan - Desire (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1975)

Hopefully you also have Blood on the tracks, which I think is his best (along with Bringing it all back home).

Mowglie wrote:Hopefully you also have Blood on the tracks, which I think is his best (along with Bringing it all back home).

I'm planning on buying it soon. I've read nothing but good reviews about that one. 'Bringing it all back home' is not my favorite, but it's certainly one of his stronger efforts. I especially like 'Mr. Tambourine man', 'Bob Dylan's 115th dream' and 'She belongs to me'.

Goliath wrote:

Mowglie wrote:Hopefully you also have Blood on the tracks, which I think is his best (along with Bringing it all back home).

I'm planning on buying it soon. I've read nothing but good reviews about that one. 'Bringing it all back home' is not my favorite, but it's certainly one of his stronger efforts. I especially like 'Mr. Tambourine man', 'Bob Dylan's 115th dream' and 'She belongs to me'.

You won't be disappointed, every song on it is amazing...
I guess I just call Bringing it all back home my favorite because it has my favorite song on it: Love minus zero/No limit. But overall, Blood on the tracks is probably the best. Buy it now!!!

Fearless- Taylor Swift
Ocean Eyes- Owl City

I buy all my songs on iTunes, so I don't really buy CDs.