Road Trip Music: Create a Soundtrack for Your Trip

Selecting the right road trip music is part of the fun of planning your journey. Depending on how much you love music, you may find yourself looking forward to the songs you'll listen to as much as the sights you expect to see.

That's not unusual. For many of us, a long car trip is one of the few chances we'll get to listen to disc after disc without the interruption of work, phone calls, and family responsibilities.

Of course, not all music is equally suited to the car. Some albums are too loud and distracting to be good driving music. Others have too many dynamic contrasts and will force you to adjust your stereo volume constantly - creating a hazard.

And then there's the issue of car stereos. What are the best models? Where can you find the best bargains? What's the best way to bring your digital music collection with you on your road trip and hook it into your car stereo?

When it comes to tunes for the car, everyone has an opinion. We hope ours are helpful to you.

Best driving music. Here are some thoughts about the genres of music best suited to the car stereo.

Road trip songs. If you like listening to songs that are actually about drivin', journeyin', and the open road, check out this list.

Buy a car stereo online. Here's how to get around the fact that you can't ear-test a car stereo that you buy online.

Read these pages, and then start burning CDs or loading up your iPod for your next road trip.