After my tape deck crapped out in 1997, I was stuck listening to either the radio or full albums in whatever order the artist intended.  That all changed in 2001, when the new-fangled MP3 technology got combined with my new CD burner.

This CD was likely the first one I burned here in the (then) new house, which is now just the house.  It includes the latest from Eminem, Pink, and Avril Lavigne.

Eminem – Cleaning Out My Closet

Eminem’s latest is another ode to all of the bad things that happened to him growing up.

iTunes stats: 14 plays, most recently on 10/23/2012

Whale – Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe

The first single from the Swedish pop group reached #24 on the US Modern Rock charts.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 3/31/2012

Pink – Just Like A Pill

The third single from Missundaztood was Pink’s first number 1 single in the UK.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 5/14/2012

Bjork – Big Time Sensuality

The fourth single from Bjork’s first post-Sugarcubes solo album.

iTunes stats: 2 plays, most recently on 11/19/2012

Avril Lavigne – Sk8r Boi

The second single from the debut album from the Canadian pop punk princess.

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 11/9/2012

Weezer – Keep Fishin

The video for this remix featured the Muppets.

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 9/27/2012

Me First And The Gimmee Gimmees – The Rainbow Connection

Speaking of the Muppets, this punk cover of Kermit’s big hit is from the group’s second album.

iTunes stats: 18 plays, most recently on 11/23/2011

The Hives – Hate To Say I Told You So

Originally released in 2000, this signature hit for the Swedish garage band was re-released in 2002 and became a hit.

iTunes stats: 6 plays, most recently on 7/30/2012

Sponge – Plowed

Rotting Pinata first charted on the Billboard 200 nearly a year after its release thanks to this song.

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 9/27/2012

Nirvana – Verse Chorus Verse

A hidden track from the AIDS-benefit compilation No Alternative that apparently should have been called “Sappy.”

iTunes stats: 10 plays, most recently on 10/16/2012

Green Day – J.A.R.

A B-side contributed to the Angus soundtrack and named after a dead childhood friend of bassist Mike Dirnt.

iTunes stats: 8 plays, most recently on 11/7/2012

Bad Religion – 21st Century Digital Boy

Originally recorded in 1990, the song was re-recorded for their 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction, where it became a hit.

iTunes stats: 4 plays, most recently on 3/16/2012

The Vines – Get Free

The first hit for the Australian garage band.

iTunes stats: 7 plays, most recently on 10/10/2012

Superdrag – Sucked Out

The one hit for the alternative rockers out of Tennessee.

iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 5/12/2012

The Strokes – Someday

The final single from debut album from The Strokes.

iTunes stats: 6 plays, most recently on 6/13/2012

Bloodhound Gang – Fire Water Burn

The first hit for the comical rockers from Pennsylvania.

iTunes stats: 11 plays, most recently on 5/21/2012

Dada – Dizz Knee Land

The first single from the California rockers has, as they are wont to tell you, nothing to do with Disneyland.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 6/22/2011

The Lemonheads – Into Your Arms

The only Lemonheads single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

iTunes stats: 6 plays, most recently on 7/14/2012

Beck – Where It’s At

The first single from Beck’s Odelay album.

iTunes stats: 3 plays, most recently on 6/13/2012

Michelle Branch – All You Wanted

The second single from Branch’s debut album.

iTunes stats: 2 plays, most recently on 7/11/2012

Avril Lavigne – Complicated

The first single from the Canadian pop princess.

iTunes stats: 4 plays, most recently on 12/4/2012

Eminem – Business

The song that left such an impression that I never imported it into iTunes.