Early Birthday.

So this June i celebrate 28 years on this planet.

A few weeks ago a good friend posted about if she could pinpoint the 29 (one for each year) albums that influenced her.

I've been compling this list too.  i've come to realize that I can catagorize my music into four distinctive, choronological periods.  (some over lap, but thats because I was in transition.)

My hope is that if you knew me at those times, you will read this and say "oh, yeh, alisa always listened to this.."

1.   The -I didn’t know any better…

      1. James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (1970) (I wasn’t born, but it still was part of me.)

2. Santana's - Greatest Hit 1974

3. Michael Jackson - Bad  (1987)

4.  Michael W. Smith -  Change your world (1992)

5. Celine Dion – Colour of my love (1993)

6. Jays of Clay – self titled (1995)

7.  DCTALK – Jesus freak (1995)

8. NSYNC – Self Titled (1998) (one last hurrah)

The Discovery of Music…( I realize this comes after some of the other albums chronologically, but I know that I was growing and learning along the way.)

9. The Offspring – smash  (1994)

 10. Bush – Sixteen tone (1994)

11. Weezer – Blue Album (1994)

12.  Alanis morriset te – jagged little pill (1995)

13. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)

14. Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack (1996)

15. Lauren hill – the miseducation of lauren hill (1998)

The College Era:

16. Nikka Costa – Everybody’s got their something  (2001)

17. The Strokes – Is this it (2001)

18. John Mayer –  Room for Squares (2001)

19. Josh Groban – Self Titled (2001)

20. Justin Timberlake – Justified (2002)

21. Jason Mraz – Live at Java Joes (2001)

22. The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)

The Now I know who I am:

23. Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)

24. Franz Ferdinand – Self Titled (2006)

25. Ingrid Michelson – Boys and Girls (2007)

26. Vampire Weekend – Self Titled (2008)

27. Friendly Fires – Self Titled (2008)

28. Mayer Hawthorne -  A strange Arrangements (2009)