{"id":19732,"date":"2023-03-27T08:53:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T14:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=19732"},"modified":"2023-02-01T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:52:20","slug":"yet-another-mix-tape-monday-volume-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/yet-another-mix-tape-monday-volume-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet Another Mix Tape Monday \u2013 Volume 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>33 years ago, during my sophomore year of high school, I put together the first of what would eventually become a nearly 20 volume collection of mix tapes, containing my favorite songs that I had gathered either from the radio, a cassette tape, or (eventually) CD.\u00a0 Today, we revisit those mix tapes for the fourth time and see how, or if, the soundtrack of my youth still resonates in today\u2019s digital world and how much has changed over the past four years.<\/p>\n

Back before the days of internet shopping and streaming music, there were mail order music clubs.\u00a0 One of the biggest was Columbia House, founded in 1955 as the Columbia Record Club.\u00a0 By the early 90s, records and 8-tracks had given way to CDs and, at its peak, mail order music clubs were responsible for over 15% of annual CD sales.<\/p>\n

The concept was pretty simple: get a handful of albums (six?\u00a0 eight?) for a penny while promising to purchase a set number of records at full retail price plus shipping down the line.\u00a0 Once you were enrolled, you would get a new album every month, which you could either purchase or send back.\u00a0 Once you met your obligation, you could leave the club.<\/p>\n

Around the timeframe covered by this cassette, my sister and I decided to go in on a membership.\u00a0 I know two of the free albums I received were Achtung Baby<\/em> by U2 and Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?<\/em> by The Cranberries.\u00a0 I remember getting stuck with the self-titled release from Alice In Chains as part of the backside of the deal.\u00a0 If you played by the rules, it was a complicated way to get a few CDs at what turned out to be a slight discount.\u00a0 If you cheated the system, which many people did, you got the free ones and never paid up on the flip side.\u00a0 By the end of the decade, these clubs were on the decline, thanks to Amazon and Wal-Mart offering CDs at discounted prices.<\/p>\n

Volume 11 takes us late into 1993 and my sophomore year of college. \u00a0It features mostly alternative and hip-hop hits, with a little pop and Aerosmith on the side.<\/p>\n

Side A<\/h3>\n

Shai – Baby I’m Yours
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 7\/28\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The second, and final, top 10 hit for the R&B quartet picked up five more plays in the last four years.<\/p>\n

Tears For Fears – Break It Down Again
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 22 plays, most recently on 6\/16\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Topping the Modern Rock Tracks chart, the comeback hit for the 80s sensations added four plays since 2018, most recently on the night I saw them in concert.<\/p>\n

Bell Biv Devoe – Something In Your Eyes
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 18 plays, most recently on 11\/23\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The only single from the band’s sophomore effort to chart, peaking at #38, the tune managed to pick up six additional listens over the last four years.<\/p>\n

4 Non Blondes – Spaceman
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 16 plays, most recently on 4\/5\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Ten new listens for the band’s second single, which hit the Top 20 in Austria, Iceland, Italy and Switzerland.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pearl Jam – Go
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 33 plays, most recently on 7\/28\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Used as Paul Konerko’s walkup music during his final season with the White Sox, the first single from Pearl Jam’s sophomore effort picked up nine new listens in the past four years.<\/p>\n

Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 28 plays, most recently on 11\/26\/2021
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Nirvana’s first release from their\u00a0final studio\u00a0album, ranked as the 10th greatest rock track ever by Kerrang!<\/em> magazine, added five additional plays since 2019.<\/p>\n

Radiohead – Stop Whispering
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 14 plays, most recently on 11\/10\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Peaking at #23 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, the lesser known\u00a0follow up to the smash Creep<\/em> more than doubled its plays over the last four years.<\/p>\n

Side B<\/h3>\n

Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 42 plays, most recently on 11\/16\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Winner of the 1994 Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, the third single from Dr. Dre’s seminal solo release added eight new listens in the past four years.<\/p>\n

Mr. Big – Wild World
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 21 plays, most recently on 9\/1\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Six new listens for this cover of the Cat Stevens hit over these last four years.<\/p>\n

Salt-N-Pepa – Shoop
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 19 plays, most recently on 9\/27\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Ranked #62 by the Village Voice in their list of top singles of the 90s, the first single from the band’s fourth studio album gained an additional six plays in the past four years.<\/p>\n

Aerosmith – Amazing
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 16 plays, most recently on 8\/2\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The middle chapter of the Alicia Silverstone video trilogy garnered doubled its listens over the past four years.<\/p>\n

Snoop Dogg – What’s My Name?
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 54 plays, most recently on 10\/29\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The solo debut from Snoop, the 62nd biggest single of 1994, added fifteen plays to its total, encompassing both the album version and the radio edit.<\/p>\n

Pearl Jam – Daughter
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 20 plays, most recently on 9\/26\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

The band’s first Top 40 hit, which also topped the Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock charts, added eight new plays over the past four years.<\/p>\n

Cranberries – Linger
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 28 plays, most recently on 2\/4\/2022
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

Hitting #8 on the Billboard charts, the first hit single for the Irish band saw a three-listen increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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