All Songs Considered from NPR

Various Artists (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2001)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Npr National Public
• ASIN: B00005JIUT
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,074 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fjellmanngjenta (Knut Hamre & Steve Tibbetts)

2. Bob the Bob (Home) (Lounge Lizards)

3. A Solas (Butch Thompson)

4. The Garden (Palm Fabric Orchestra)

5. Hymn for Jaco (Adrian Legg)

6. Santimamineko Fandangoa & Ioaeoe (Kepa Junkera)

7. Pharmacies of Tamaulipas (Gillham Park Orchtet)

8. Waltz of the Titans (Duke Levine)

9. New Orleans Farewell (Guy Van Duser & Billy Novick)

10. Silent Hills (Lanterna)

11. Gierran/Enchantment (Wimme Saari)

12. The Week Before Easter (Martin Simpson)

13. Six White Horses (Michael Masley)

14. Klezmer Nuthouse (Tom McDermott)

15. Prelude and Yodel (Penguin Cafe Orchestra)

16. Bubblehouse (Medeski Martin & Wood)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Songs Considered, May 15, 2001

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Bob Boilen (Silver Spring, md USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Songs Considered from NPR (Audio CD)

My name is Bob Boilen; I am director of NPR's All Things Considered. If you know the program, you may have found yourself curious about the little music snippets you've heard between news stories. I pick much of that music. After many years and many thousands of requests, there is this CD. It contains some of those great "buttons" that have been a signature of our daily news program.

This CD is filled with mostly unknown independent artists. There is a great piano tango, remarkable guitar music, a Norwegian fiddle tune, Hungarian Cymbalom music played with 8 "bowhammers", Spanish accordion, American jazz, a rock dirge and other music that is better heard than described.

I compiled this cd so I'm biased, but the musicians on this record are remarkable, and I hear a lot of music. Each song is a wonderful journey. I tried to put together a collection that on the one hand is eclectic but on the other is very accessable. The cd also benefits National Public Radio. Enjoy !

Bob Boilen Director All Things Considered, Host of NPR's online music program, All Songs Considered

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good concept, August 22, 2001

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Larry Mark "editor of MyJewishBooks.com" (nyc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Songs Considered from NPR (Audio CD)

I agree with an earlier review. I, too, am an avid listener, and enjoy the buttons and witty songs used on the shows. I think the best buttons are the ones chosen specifically for the theme of the story and used only once. So they aren't on this CD. Nevertheless, this is an eclectic collection, even if they don't jar my memory the same way that a "This American Life" collection would. I recommend that you listen to the samples of these buttons prior to the purchase of this CD to see if any are recognizable to you. Whether you purchase it or not, you should visit the npr website which has listings and downloads of the songs and buttons used on all things considered and all songs considered.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good easy listening, May 27, 2003

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Alan Deikman (Fremont, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Songs Considered from NPR (Audio CD)

Ever listen to NPR and be caught by the "bumper music" they play while changing programs? That's what this is. I got it because I suspected there was much more to the brief melodic phrases they play on the radio, and I was right.

Ideal to put on in the background for many occasions, such as working.