# Best CD for Driving **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882 "2005-08-06T15:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/1 "2005-08-06T15:52:22Z")
Here’s the trick – it has to sound equally good when you’re sailing along, definitely going a wee bit faster than you should, _and_ when you’re stuck in a long, slow crawl. My nominee: Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, **Love Devotion Surrender**. It’s trippy and it totally soars. starting with the opening and its two screaming guitars, making it great highway music – but it’s also got serious content, making it worth meditating on when I’m stuck in traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/2 "2005-08-06T16:16:22Z")
My # 1: **UFO Tofu** , by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Even if I listen to it at home, if I close my eyes I can see the scenery moving past. **Running on Empty** , Jackson Browne. Self-explanatory. **Fleetwood Mac** , Fleetwood Mac. I don’t know why, exactly, but the mix of voices and song styles makes for a great car CD. It helps if you know all the words to the songs, too. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/3 "2005-08-06T16:50:09Z")
**ZZ Top** : Deguello. Don’t forget to turn it up! ---
**Author:** ![chefjef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@chefjef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefjef)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/4 "2005-08-06T16:52:35Z")
**Citizen Cope** - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/5 "2005-08-06T17:08:02Z")
The ones we used to just leave in the car were **The Sopranos** soundtracks (seasons 1 and 2). ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/6 "2005-08-06T18:12:22Z")
**Madonna** ’s _Immaculate Collection_ - I know every word to every song. It keeps me from getting distracted Either of **Garbage** ’s first two albums **Coldplay** ’s new one…_X & Y_ **Duran Duran** ’s _Seven and the Ragged Tiger_ I also have a collection of **Beethoven** ’s…uh, greatest hits, for lack of a better description…all done on piano. His “_Moonlight Sonata_” reminds me of my mom. She used to play it a lot when I was growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/7 "2005-08-06T18:14:48Z")
**SLAYER!** ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/8 "2005-08-06T21:12:02Z")
Anything by Isis, especially _Oceanic_ or _Panopticon_. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/9 "2005-08-06T21:13:28Z")
Deep purple _Machine head_ ---
**Author:** ![MadderMitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@MadderMitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadderMitch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/10 "2005-08-06T21:13:48Z")
Don Henley, _Boyz of Summer_ ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/11 "2005-08-06T23:04:15Z")
What could be better than [Car talk car tunes.](http://www.shamelesscommerce.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&productId=26025&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=1257) ---
**Author:** ![CateAyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CateAyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CateAyo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/12 "2005-08-07T02:38:43Z")
Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan or Buddy Guy. Anything by Santana. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/13 "2005-08-07T03:04:01Z")
Van Halen’s music was specifically made to drive fast to. But I can get into it when I’m driving slow too. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/14 "2005-08-07T03:05:24Z")
> [@Bomzaway](#): > > Van Halen’s music was specifically made to drive fast to. But I can get into it when I’m driving slow too. By the way, I’m referring to Van Halen with David Lee Roth. That fast driving sound left with Diamond Dave. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/15 "2005-08-07T04:24:09Z")
**The Piper’s Legacy** by Rob Crabtree. Good mix of piping tunes from a variety of traditions. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_Samaritan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/16 "2005-08-07T04:45:25Z")
Pink Floyd - Pulse ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/17 "2005-08-07T05:03:45Z")
Musically, I can’t think beyond three minutes, so all I have are single songs. My choices (depending on terrain): - _The Promised Land_, words and music by Chuck Berry, performed by Elvis Presley - _Going Mobile_, words and music by Pete Townsend, from “Who’s Next” by The Who ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cd-for-driving/315882/18 "2005-08-07T05:46:04Z")
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, etc Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone