All The Records I've Ever Owned

Year Released: 2000 Label: EMI, Virgin Year Bought: 2002  Bought in February 2002 as my Bowie obsession was in full swing, this double CD of his BBC sessions from 1968 to 1972 is one for the purists. CD1 CD1 is full of songs that never entered the public consciousness, and you can see why. They are perfectly fine, but nothing memorable, and show that Bowie was still very much working out his art at the end of the 1960s. That's not to say it's not worth a listen though. "In The Heat of the Morning" is pure 60s pop, while "Silly Boy Blue" and "Let Me Sleep Beside You" are decent. Bowie's only 60s hit, "Space Oddity", is missing from these sessions, with Bowie explaining in one of the interview clips you'd need three orchestras to pull it off. What you do get though is Bowie bringing together some of his most important future collaborators.  Frequent producer Tony Visconti pops up with the Tony Visconti Orchestra for the first sessio...

Year Released: 2000 Label: Apple. EMI, Parlophone Year Bought: 2000 What is there to say about this? It's the Beatles. It's their songs that hit number 1 either here or the US. This compilation has sold over 30 million copies. It doesn't have any songs from Sgt. Pepper on it. It's the greatest run of singles of all time. It's a shame that 'The Long and Winding Road' ends this CD. Like everyone else I got it for Christmas. You could pull together another 27 songs from the Beatles over the same period and it would be just as brilliant. 10/10

  Year Released: 2000 Label: Warner Bros Year Bought: 2000 Taken from the album of the same name, this single was further confirmation Red Hot Chili Peppers were back on track after the disappointment of One Hot Minute. John Frusciante was once again on guitar duties after the band's experiment with Janes Addiction's Dave Novarro, and everything was a bit more melodic. You all know this tune. It was huge at the time, as was the whole album. I've never been a huge fan of the Chilis, but the Californication album does have some great songs - 'Scar Tissue' and 'Otherside' in particular.  This single got to number 16 on the UK chart in 2000, although it feels like it was a much bigger hit as the video was seemingly constantly on MTV2. B-sides on this CD are a live version of 'I Could Have Lied' from Blood Sugar Sex Magik and an 8 minute track called 'End of Show Brisbane' which I assume is just that. It's mainly just Flea playing something on...