Va - Walt Disney Records Presents- Love Hits -1998- 1 May 2026

It wasn't a great album. It wasn't even a good album by critical standards. But it was our album. And for 72 minutes, it made the long drive home feel a little less lonely.

These songs are all performed by session singers or legacy acts. They aren't the "movie versions" necessarily; they are the "radio edits." They are sterile. They are produced. And yet, because we heard them on a discman while staring out the window of a moving car, they became real . Look closely at the metadata: -1998- 1 . Volume 1. VA - Walt Disney Records Presents- Love Hits -1998- 1

There is no "Reflection" (Christina Aguilera). There is no "Zero to Hero." There is no hip-hop or pop punk. This is an album exclusively about romantic love, produced in the pre-9/11, pre-streaming era of innocence. It wasn't a great album