2011 Grammy Nominees

When I turned 40 almost 12 years ago I realized that my taste in music had not really evolved since I was 25. I worked late hours and focused on my career and starting a family. For some reason, at that point I purchased my first Grammy CD. I reallydid not like a lot of the music on the CD. But, it remained in my car. I skipped the songs that did not appeal to me.Over the course of a month there were times when I would forget to skip a track and listen to songs that were not my preference. As I became more familiar with these songs, I began to appreciate genres that had previously not appealed to me. Among others, I came to enjoy and understand hip hop and rap, and to recognize the popular artists.Each year since then, I have purchased the Grammy CD (and mp3 now) and I follow the same pattern of exposing myself to new music and new artists. I look forward to purchasing the CD, though from year to year the changes now are less dramatic than when I began. I also began having friends by to watch the awards show, which has been fun.I am by no means an audiophile. However, while many of my peers hear new music as noise, I have acquired a much better appreciation of popular artists. My son's college aged friends are usually shocked that his decrepit father likes songs by eminem or TI. Maybe in 20 years my grandchildren will be the ones asking: "how does grandpa know about that?".Even if you listen to the radio every day you probably hear a narrow range of music. This CD will broaden your perspective. It is a great anti-aging product.There are other annual compilations, but this is the best from my perspective. I listen to other music during the year, but buying this CD each year hopefully will keep me open to enjoying new music. I would hate to become stuck again.

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I am so glad the Grammy organization decided to put together a nominees album. But, there has always been a song or three that I did not know or like. This 2011 album is perfect. Every song on here I have heard before at some point. This album is just good music. AOL Music has a New Music section where you can listen to whole albums and this is on the list right now. So if you want to hear the whole album not just 30 sec snippets, go there. But, definitely get the album because it won't be listed on there for long. A lover of music will find him or herself singing along or snapping their fingers. I even got up at one point to dance a little bit. And, I was at work. This is a keeper. It's listed for a great price which is why I will buy instead of waiting for it to be listed in the mp3 store to download it. Get this one.

I ordered this cd to play in my cd player in the car. Plus, I could upload it to my computer. It's a win/win situation for me. I really liked the album except for one song. Train's "Soul Sister." This really disappointed me because I LOVE this song. It's a different version which is not studio quality. I was listening to the entire CD and all of the other songs were crisp and clear. Then this song came on. Honestly, I can't listen to this version. The rest of the CD is good and was what I expected. I just liked having several popular songs from the previous year all on one disc. Now I listen to the Glee version of "Soul Sister."

Whoo-Hoo! I was so happy to get this to add to my collection of CD's because of the inclusion of the incomparable vocal talents of Adam Lambert. My kids get a kick out of a few of the mostly unintelligible filler around Adam, and we all sort of enjoy Train. Because of Idol, we are getting to know Cee-Lo Green's otherwise forgettable number, and maybe they will get me to listen to that candy-with-coating guy who tends to drone on and curse a lot. Either way, Adam's inclusion makes this more than just blah, blah, shelf liner in music stores. Need to keep my collection up to date as he rises to iconic legend status.

Although not too familiar with a few of these songs, they are all great. I'm a bit disappointed that Train or the Grammy committee decided to include an "live" version of Hey Soul Sister ..., but hey, still a great song. The CD came in a few days and in good condition.

Some songs are good some Eh. Has a lot on there that you would only buy the cd for the one song from the artist. Like when they do the collaboration so we get a variety.

This year's Grammy nominated songs are terrific! Although Black Eyed Peas are missing, there is an excellent selection of different music types. The CD production value is high, with uniform volume, no back ground hiss or other noise. If you like a variety of music you will love this CD.

2011 Grammy Nominees is good. I love it. It is worthy for you to have. I highly recommend it for you.

As I hardly ever have the radio on this gives me a good overview of what has been popular of late .

As usual Grammy Nominees series CDs are best-buys for people like me who want to know what was the music-trend was prevalent in certain years and want to enjoy critically and commercially successful music.

A great way to get the best of each year and get these songs in wave format. Great prices also.

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