A collection of essays on 31 of the author's favorite songs and songwriters.

CD includes songs by: Teenage Fanclub, The Bible, Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainwright, Rod Stewart, Badly Drawn Boy, Ben Folds Five, Mark Mulcahy, Ani DiFranco, and Paul Westerberg.

Your love is the place that I come from / Teenage Fanclub -- Thunder road / Bruce Springsteen -- I'm like a bird / Nelly Furtado -- Heartbreaker / Led Zeppelin -- One man guy / Rufus Wainwright -- Samba pa ti / Santana -- Mama, you been on my mind / Rod Stewart -- Can you please crawl out your window / Bob Dylan -- Rain / The Beatles -- You had time / Ani DiFranco -- I've had it / Aimee Mann -- Born for me / Paul Westerberg -- Suicide / Frankie Teardrop -- Ain't that enough / Teenage Fanclub -- First I look at the purse / J. Geils Band -- Smoke / Ben Folds -- A minor incident / Badly drawn boy --Glorybound / The Bible -- Caravan / Van Morrison -- So I'll run / Butch Hancock and Marce LaCouture -- Puff the magic dragon / Gregory Isaacs -- Reasons to be cheerful / Ian Dury -- Calvary cross / Richard and Linda Thompson -- Late for the sky / Jackson Browne - Hey self-defeater / Mark Mulcahy -- Needle in a haystack / The Velvettes -- Lets' straighten it out / O.V. Wright -- Royskopp's night out / Royskopp -- Frontier psychiatrist / The Avalanches -- No fun/ push it / Soulwax -- Pissing in a river / Patti Smith.