A 14 track promotional CD from a Houston radio station. At the time of release, most of these were emerging artists. Doesn't make for a bad retro mix tape, though, particularly if you listened to this station at the time (which my wife and I did). If I recall correctly, the station's tagline in 1995 was "Hits without the hype!" which is an oxymoronic tagline - hype that claims no hype.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Tracks, with Billboard chart peaks:
| Artist | Title | Pop | Rock | |
| Waterlillies | Never Get Enough | - | - | ✔ |
| Toad The Wet Sprocket | Fly From Heaven | - | - | ✔ |
| The Wolfgang Press | Going South | - | 33 | |
| Blues Traveler | Run-Around | 8 | 13 | ✘ |
| Portishead | Sour Times | 53 | 5 | |
| Jeff Buckley | Last Goodbye | - | 19 | ✔ |
| Letters To Cleo | Here And Now | 56 | 10 | ✔ |
| The Flaming Lips | Turn It On | - | - | |
| Duran Duran | Thank You | - | - | ✘ |
| Dave Matthews Band | What Would You Say | 22 | 5 | ✔ |
| Deep Forest | Marta's Song | - | - | ✘ |
| Sleeper | Delicious | Pop | - | ✘ |
| Massive Attack | Karmacoma | - | - | ✔ |
| The Murmurs | Carry Me Home | - | - |
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: This sampler got some playing time on a trip to the beaches of South Padre Island in 1995. Also got me hooked on Dave Matthews Band for the next decade or so.
Watch my site for an upcoming post on a radio station sponsored album. It was a fundraiser for a local AIDS charity circa 1992 although there is no date anywhere on the disc or liner notes. A little more in the soft hits vein - think Vanesa Williams and Bette Midler. The station billed itself as "The Cloud" back then.
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