MTV2 Handpicked  (Audio CD) 
by Various Artists

There is one reason for it. VALUE. Compilation CDs enable an artist to reach a big audience through licensing out a song that has already been released as a single. In doing so they hope to increase their individual record sales through drawing in new listeners to their music. By the time the CD is released the single should have already maximized the revenue potential for the record company and, at the same time, the music fan like us gets to buy NUMEROUS songs for an incredibly reasonable price. In this case, MTV2 has licensed the 18 tracks shown below, of which at least 8 of them kick butt in my opinion.

When it comes to music reviews, I don’t do many because tastes vary DRAMATICALLY from person to person. Kind of ironic given it takes less time to listen to a CD then read a book, huh? Or maybe it is that people want to express similar attitudes with books do to the time invested in reading it. Anyways, BUY THIS CD. IT ROCKS. I have the albums for 3 of these artists as I was a fan of Dave Navarro, Pete Yorn and Ryan Adams but there are TONS of great tracks on this CD.

1. Sing - Travis
2. Life On A Chain - Pete Yorn
3. Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake
4. Rexall - Dave Navarro
5. Yellow - Coldplay
6. Save Me - Remy Zero
7. Sometimes - Ours
8. Idioteque (Live) - Radiohead
9. Name Of The Game - Crystal Method
10. Sleeping Faster (US Mix) - Lo Fidelity Allstars
11. Babylon - David Gray
12. New York, New York - Ryan Adams
13. Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five For Fighting
14. Screaming Infidelities (Remix) - Dashboard Confessional
15. The Life - Mystic
16. Pain - Stereomud
17. Wonderboy - Tenacious D
18. Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja - lostprophets