These Are What I Think Are the Best Modern
Songs and the Artist Who Sing Them

Group

Albums Where You Can Find the
Songs (Not Necessarily the Original)

Song

10,000 Maniacs

In My Tribe

Like The Weather

Alanis Morissette

Jagged Little Pill

You Oughta Know

Alison Krauss

O Brother, Where Art Thou_

Down to the River to Pray

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Every Time You Say Goodbye

Every Time You Say Goodbye

Alison Krauss & Union Station

Restless - Single

Restless

Alison Krauss & Union Station

So Long So Wrong

So Long, So Wrong

Arlo Guthrie

Hobo's Lullaby

City of New Orleans

Beach Boys

Sounds of Summer - The Very Best of the

Sloop John B.

Billy Joel

Allentown

Bruce Springsteen

Born In The U.S.A_

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

Greatest Hits

Streets Of Philadelphia

Coldplay

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

The Scientist

Coldplay

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Daylight

Crowded House

Recurring Dream - The Very Best of Crowd

Weather With You

Crowded House

Recurring Dream - The Very Best of Crowd

World Where You Live

Crowded House

Recurring Dream - The Very Best of Crowd

Fall at Your Feet

Crowded House

Recurring Dream - The Very Best of Crowd

Don't Dream It's Over

David Bowie

Scary Monsters

Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

Depeche Mode

The Singles 1986-1998

Walking in My Shoes

Dido

Life For Rent

White Flag

Dixie Chicks

Home

Landslide

Dixie Chicks

Home

Truth No. 2

Don Henley & Steve Porcaro

Building the Perfect Beast

The Boys of Summer

Doobie Brothers

Doobie's Choice

Steamer Lane Breakdown

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik

Barely Breathing

Duncan Sheik

Duncan Sheik

Serena

Elliott Smith

Figure 8

Somebody That I Used To Know

Elliott Smith

Figure 8

Color Bars

Elvis Costello

The Very Best of Elvis Costello & The At

Watching The Detectives

Elvis Presley

50 Worldwide Gold Hits Vol. 1 (Disc 2)

In The Ghetto

Fastball

All the Pain Money Can Buy

The Way

Fastball

All the Pain Money Can Buy

G.O.D. (Good Old Days)

Fine Young Cannibals

The Raw And The Cooked

She Drives Me Crazy

Fleetwood Mac

Greatest Hits

Tusk

Foo Fighters

There Is Nothing Left to Lose [Australia

Learn To Fly

Genesis

Genesis_ The Hits - Turn It On Again

Invisible Touch

Genesis

Genesis_ The Hits - Turn It On Again

Land of Confusion

Genesis

Genesis_ The Hits - Turn It On Again

Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

Genesis

Genesis_ The Hits - Turn It On Again

Congo

Genesis

Genesis_ The Hits - Turn It On Again

Jesus He Knows Me

Genesis

Genesis_ The Hits - Turn It On Again

That's All

Gin Blossoms

Congratulations I'm Sorry

Follow You Down

Gipsy Kings

Best Of The Gipsy Kings

Bamboleo

Grateful Dead

American Beauty

Box of Rain

Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel

U. S. Blues

Happy Rhodes

Rhodesongs

Feed The Fire

Happy Rhodes

Rhodesongs

Ashes To Ashes (Acoustic Cover)

Hot Tuna

The Best of Hot Tuna

Water Song

Howard Jones

Howard Jones_ Best Of

No One Is to Blame

Indigo Girls

Indigo Girls

Closer To Fine

Joan Osborne

Relish

St. Teresa

John Fahey, Leo Kottke & Peter Lang

John Fahey_Peter Lang_Leo Kottke

St. Charles Shuffle

John Mayer

Room for Squares

No Such Thing

John Mayer

Room for Squares

My Stupid Mouth

John Mayer

Room for Squares

Great Indoors

Jude Cole

Jude Cole

Speed Of Life

Kate And Anna McGarrigle

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

Complainte Pour Ste Catherine

Kathleen Edwards

Back to Me

Back to Me

Kirsty MacColl

Kite

Innocence

Kirsty MacColl

Kite

Free World

Kirsty MacColl

Kite

Tread Lightly

Kirsty MacColl

Kite

Complainte pour Ste Catherine

Kirsty MacColl

Kite

Innocence (Guilt Mix)

Loreena McKennitt

The Book Of Secrets

The Mummers' Dance

Loreena McKennitt

The Book Of Secrets

The Highwayman

Loreena McKennitt

The Mask & The Mirror

Bonny Swans

Loreena McKennitt

The Mask & The Mirror

Marrakesh Night Market

Madonna

Something To Remember

Live To Tell

Matthew Sweet

Time Capsule_ The Best of Matthew Sweet

We're the Same

Matthew Sweet

Time Capsule_ The Best of Matthew Sweet

Ready

Michael Penn

March

No Myth

Michael Penn

March

This & That

Michael Penn

March

Brave New World

Michael Penn

March

Big House

Michael Penn

March

Evenfall

Midnight Oil

Blue Sky Mining

Blue Sky Mine

Midnight Oil

Blue Sky Mining

Stars Of Warburton

Midnight Oil

Blue Sky Mining

King Of The Mountain

Midnight Oil

Diesel And Dust

Beds Are Burning

Midnight Oil

Diesel And Dust

The Dead Heart

Motown

Motown_ The Classic Years

The Tracks Of My Tears

Motown

Motown_ The Classic Years (Disc 2)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Motown

Motown_ The Classic Years (Disc 2)

The Tears Of A Clown

Motown

Motown_ The Classic Years (Disc 2)

What's Going On

Natalie Imbruglia

Left Of The Middle

Torn

Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek

Ode to a Butterfly

Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek

The Lighthouse's Tale

Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek

Reasons Why

Nickel Creek

This Side

Smoothie Song

Nickel Creek

This Side

Spit On a Stranger

Nirvana

MTV Unplugged in New York

The Man Who Sold The World

Nirvana

Nevermind

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana

Nevermind

Lithium

No Doubt

Tragic Kingdom

Just a Girl

No Doubt

Tragic Kingdom

Don't Speak

October Project

Falling Farther In

Deep As You Go

October Project

Falling Farther In

Something More Than This

October Project

Falling Farther In

After The Fall

October Project

Falling Farther In

Dark Time

October Project

Falling Farther In

Falling Farther In

October Project

October Project

Bury My Lovely

October Project

October Project

A Lonely Voice

October Project

October Project

Take Me As I Am

Paula Cole

Amen

Pearl

Paula Cole

Harbinger

Saturn Girl

Paula Cole

This Fire

Where Have All The Cowboys Gone_

Peter Gabriel

Plays Live (Disc 1)

D.I.Y.

Peter Gabriel

Plays Live (Disc 2)

Shock The Monkey

Peter Gabriel

So

Red Rain

Peter Gabriel

So

Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel

So

In Your Eyes

Peter Gabriel

So

Big Time

Peter Gabriel

Us

Digging in the Dirt

Peter, Paul & Mary

The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary

Lemon Tree

Pink Floyd

Delicate Sound of Thunder

08 Run Like Hell (Live)

R.E.M_

Eponymous

(Don't Go Back To) Rockville

R.E.M_

Life's Rich Pageant

I Am Superman

R.E.M_

Murmur

Radio Free Europe

R.E.M_

Out of Time

Losing My Religion

R.E.M_

Reckoning

7 Chinese Bros.

Roseanne Cash

Retrospective

All Come True

Roseanne Cash

Retrospective

I'm Only Sleeping

Roseanne Cash

Retrospective

What We Really Want

Roseanne Cash

Retrospective

Pink Bedroom

Sam Phillips

Cruel Inventions

Tripping over Gravity

Sam Phillips

Martinis and Bikinis

Baby I Can't Please You

Sam Phillips

Martinis and Bikinis

I Need Love

Sarah McLachlan

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Possession

Sarah McLachlan

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

Fear

Sarah McLachlan

Mirrorball

Sweet Surrender

Sarah McLachlan

Lilith Fair (Disc 1)

Building A Mystery

Shawn Colvin

A Few Small Repairs

Sunny Came Home

Shawn Colvin

A Few Small Repairs

Get Out Of This House

Shawn Colvin

Steady On

Shotgun Down The Avalanche

Sheryl Crow

C'mon C'mon

Steve McQueen

Sheryl Crow

Tuesday Night Music Club

What I Can Do For You

Simon & Garfunkel

The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel

59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin'

Simon & Garfunkel

The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel

El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

Split Enz

History Never Repeats - The Best of Spli

Six Months in a Leaky Boat

Squeeze

Singles 45's And Under

Cool For Cats

Squeeze

Singles 45's And Under

Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)

Squeeze

Singles 45's And Under

Tempted

Sting

The Very Best of Sting & The Police

Fragile

Sting

Mercury Falling

I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

The Band

The Band_ Greatest Hits

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Do

The Beach Boys

Pet Sounds

Sloop John B (Stereo Mix)

The Jayhawks

Hollywood Town Hall

Waiting for the Sun

The Jayhawks

Rainy Day Music

Save It for a Rainy Day

The Jayhawks

Tomorrow the Green Grass

Blue

The Police

Synchronicity

Synchronicity I

The Police

Synchronicity

Synchronicity II

The Police

Synchronicity

Every Breath You Take

The Police

Synchronicity

King of Pain

The Police

Synchronicity

Wrapped Around Your Finger

The Rolling Stones

Live Licks

Gimme Shelter

The Soggy Bottom Boys

O Brother, Where Art Thou_

I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow

The Wallflowers

Bringing Down The Horse

One Headlight

Toad The Wet Sprocket

Dulcinea

Something's Always Wrong

Toto

The Essential Toto

Africa

U2

The Complete U2 - How to Dismantle an At

Vertigo

U2

The Complete U2 - The Best Of 1990-2000

Beautiful Day

U2

The Complete U2 - The Best Of 1990-2000

One

Van Halen

The Best of Van Halen, Vol. 1

Right Now

Van Halen

OU812

When It's Love