Latte and Music: Starbucks CD Collections and Releases

Starbucks has grabbed a niche market of coffee lovers and music enthusiasts with the launch of their signature CDs. Beginning in 2004, Starbucks broke ground with outselling all retail vendors of Ray Charles’ release. Their recent opening of HearMusic Coffeehouses in San Antonio, Texas, Santa Monica, CA, and South Beach, FL have created a new Starbucks experience by allowing visitors to listen to a variety of music from an interactive listening station, and burn their own personal CDs for purchase. Other locations are dispersed around Austin, TX, and Seattle, WA. If this new concept spreads nationally, we can expect more choices and a longer-than-expected visit to our local Starbucks!

Starbucks currently boasts Wi-Fi enabled coffee bars, a newly developed menu, and a summer introduction of the Banana Frapuccino. This year, you can listen and purchase to the following titles as part of the Starbucks Music experience. Click on the title to reach the CD’s website for music samples and descriptions from Starbucks:

THE LITTLE WILLIES
The Little Willies

CATCH THAT TRAIN!
Dan Zanes

CAFÃ?Â? CUBANA
Various Artists

YOUTH
Matisyahu

THROUGH THE YEARS
Tony Bennett

3121
Prince

WE SHALL OVERCOME: THE SEEGER SESSIONS
Bruce Springsteen

COMFORT OF STRANGERS
Beth Orton

RAINY DAY, DREAM AWAY
Jimi Hendrix

WORDS CAME BACK TO ME
Sonya Kitchell

PEARL JAM
Pearl Jam

EYE TO THE TELESCOPE
KT Tunstall

BLUE
Diana Ross

BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN
Ben Harper

THE MOTOWN SOUND
Holland Dozier

ME AND MY GANG
Rascal Flatts

GOT A FEELING CALLED THE BLUES
Various Artists

SAY YOU WILL
Jackie Wilson

3121
Prince

AKEELAH AND THE BEE – SOUNDTRACK
Various Artists

RIVERSIDE JAZZ
Various Artists

AMORE
Dean Martin

BROTHERHOOD
Isley Brothers

A TIME TO LOVE
Stevie Wonder

PORTAIT OF A LEGEND 1951-1964
Sam Cooke

FROM THE GROUND UP
Antigone Rising

I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
Various Artists

WILDFLOWER
Sheryl Crow

NO DIRECTION HOME: THE SOUNDTRACK
Bob Dylan

LIVE AT THE GASLIGHT 1962
Bob Dylan

TIMELESS
Sergio Mendes

POSSIBILITIES
Herbie Hancock

STATE OF MIND
Ra�ºl Mid�³n

ANCORA
Il Divo

I’LL TAKE YOU THERE
Various Artists

CARELESS LOVE
Madeline Peyroux

WHERE YOU LIVE
Tracy Chapman

CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD
Paul McCartney

A BIGGER BANG
Rolling Stones

XM SESSIONS VOLUME 1
Various Artists

ENDURING SOUL
Etta James

THE LIVING ROOM TOUR
Carole King

ZUCCHERO & CO.
Zucchero

WORLD ON A SWING
Louis Armstrong

VISIONARY SOUL
Ray Charles

AMBIENT LUXE
Various Artists

BY GOLLY, GET JOLLY!: A MERRY MIX FOR MERRYMAKING
Various Artists

HEAR MUSIC� PLAYLIST VOLUME 3
Various Artists

HEAR MUSIC� VOLUME 8: BETWEEN STORIES
Various Artists

YO-YO MA ARTIST’S CHOICEâÂ?¢ CD
Various Artists

HIGHER!
Sly & The Family Stone

DIFFERENT STROKES BY DIFFERENT FOLKS
Sly and the Family Stone

JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC
Alanis Morissette

IT’S TIME
Michael Bubl�©

UNDER HER SPELL
Aretha Franklin

THE BIG PICTURE
Various Artists

RAY CHARLES: ARTIST CHOICE� CD
Various Artists

HEAR MUSIC� VOLUME 7: WAKING
Various Artists

LIFTED: SONGS OF THE SPIRIT
Various Artists

THE ROLLING STONES ARTIST’S CHOICEâÂ?¢ CD
Various Artists

LUCINDA WILLIAMS ARTIST’S CHOICEâÂ?¢ CD
Various Artists