I was working with a co-worker who was an old school metal fan. Classic rock stuff like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Ozzy.
He happened to mentioned that way back in the 80's, he had a buddy give him a copy of Sirens by Savatage...he liked it, but never heard anything else from the band. When I told him that they eventually became TSO, you could have knocked him over with a feather.
So I decided to make him a mix CD to get him caught up. I was surprised that this mix turned out so well. Usually, when you try to do a "strictly chronological" mix in the order of release, the results can be very disjointed and uneven...even if the songs are good. When I picked out my "one song from every album", I thought I was going to have to rearrange them to make the feel of the CD more even, but it turned out sounding pretty amazing as it was, so I just left it.
It's so good, I want to burn another copy just for myself. Check it out...
1. Sirens
2. City Beneath the Surface
3. Power of the Night
4. Edge of Midnight
5. Prelude to Madness
6. Hall of the Mountain King
7. When the Crowds are Gone
8. Strange Reality
9. Degrees of Sanity
10. Chance
11. One Child
12. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)
13. The Hourglass
14. Morphine Child