29: Acquaintances

"Exclusively collected from the WZPK "Peak" FM Music Library."
One of the advantages of working in radio is access to an enormous CD library. After I got comfortable at my new radio employer, I created this tape: all from CDs from the station library. Many songs that I had liked for years and never owned myself.

That's why it's called "Acquaintances".
Unlike the format of my employer, the collection is not full of Top 40 songs; the mix contains mostly AAA and alt-rock. I would repeat this "collected from the radio station library" technique 13 months later on mixtape 40.

Despite including some of my all-time favorite songs, this tape has aged real bad. Not only do I never ever include the same artists twice in a row anymore (I break this rule three times, plus Extreme is on both sides of the tape), but this tape also features two songs I never need to hear ever again - the theme from the "Friends" TV show, and "Run-Around" from Blues Traveler. Don't tell Hall and Oates, but their original performance of "Every Time You Go Away" is boring compared to Paul Young's remake. 100 minute Maxell cassette

Side A

1. "I Kissed A Girl" Jill Sobule
2. "Could I Be Your Girl" Jann Arden
3. "Plush" (acoustic) Stone Temple Pilots - I don't even know if this live-in-the-studio and acoustic version was released on an album or a single? 1994 was still thick in the heart of the Unplugged phenomenon.
4. "More Than Words" Extreme
5. "Don't Dream It's Over" Crowded House
6. "Something So Strong" Crowded House
7. "Just The Way It Is, Baby" The Rembrandts
8. "I'll Be There For You" (theme from Friends) The Rembrandts
9. "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & The Range
10. "Over My Shoulder" Mike + The Mechanics
11. "That's Just What You Are" Aimee Mann
    
12. "The Waiting" Linda Ronstadt has a wonderful voice for this gorgeous cover of the Tom Petty song.
13. "Every Time You Go Away" Daryl Hall & John Oates original version

Side B

1. "Holding Back The Years" Simply Red
2. "Hold Me Now" Thompson Twins
3. "What I Am" Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
4. "Run-Around" Blues Traveler
5. "Hole Hearted" Extreme
6. "Secret Garden" Bruce Springsteen
7. "Murder Incorporated" Bruce Springsteen
8. "Wild Night" John Mellencamp & Meshell Ndegeocello
9. "She" Harry Connick, Jr.
10. "Rosanna" Toto
11. "That's All" Genesis
12. "Smooth Operator" Sade