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Every CD I own . . .
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CD#135 Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Their last studio album, apparently "the recording process has long been described as one of the most arduous and prone to control freakitude ever." though you wouldn't know it to listen to the resulting music.
CD#136 Cocteau Twins - Milk And Kisses
Another last studio album. It was never going to usurp Treasure as my favourite Cocteau Twins album, but it's still pretty good.
CD#137 Public Image Ltd. - Public Image: First Issue
This is certainly ground-breaking in terms of the post-punk landscape but I bought it (the original vinyl rather than this CD) having heard the single Public Image, and as far as I can recall I was mostly disappointed. My favourite track is probably Fodderstompf, which the drummer described as “Not even a song just a wank, ripping off our fans. It still turns my stomach thinking about it.”
I said maybe.....
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I love the Colour of Spring too.
Three of my favourite albums of all time.
CD#138 Etienne Mbappe - Misaya
Another bass player discovered via Steve Lawson and Myspace, another album where not understanding the words doesn't spoil the experience whatsoever.
CD#139 Queen - A Day At The Races
I've got a few albums bought because I didn't really have much by a particular band or singer and thought I ought to buy some, and in this instance I picked up this and News Of The World.
There are some Queen songs that I love (Somebody To Love is most definitely one) and a lot that I'm fairly indifferent to, but while they don't really grab me they're worth another listen.
CD#140 Counting Crows - Somewhere Under WonderlandFor some reason I didn't rush to buy this despite loving the first song I heard from it (Palisades Park, great video too) but finally here I am. There are a couple of other songs that jump out on first listen but it might take a few more listens before I decide where it sits.
It's ok, but it's no August And Everything After.
CD#141 Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
I've had the first and sixth Talking Heads albums on vinyl for years, so it was about time I bought something else, I may well buy some more before the year's out.
CD#142 Juliet Turner - Live
Some live albums are just to eke out a little more cash from fans, some are pretty ropey and others are something special.
This is something special, not just because it's not far off a greatest hits album, not just because there's enough background sound between songs to make you feel you're part of an intimate night of live music, but because the musicians are fantastic and the arrangements are different enough from the originals for it to feel like something new, and that's before you get to the superb songs and the glorious individuality of Juliet's singing.
CD#143 Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood and Chocolate
For me this is the last great album recorded with the Attractions. There are two more but I've only heard one, so it's possible I might be wrong.
CD#144 Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
This is why listening to all my CDs was a good idea - I'd forgotten all about this and it's really good.
CD#145 Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop
I'm not a huge Jeff Beck fan, but I bought this to see if I'd change my mind. There might be something he's done that I'd like but this isn't it. It's well played, just not my thing.
CD#146 Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Even people who like Radiohead don't all rate this album highly, but I like it a lot.
CD#147 Counting Crows - Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation)
Another Counting Crows album I've hesitated about buying, even though I've listened to (and enjoyed) two of the songs recorded here (performed live) on YouTube a number of times.
It's an album of cover versions, some by artists I've heard of (Big Star, Travis, Fairport Convention) and some I know nothing about (Pure Prairie League, Dawes, Coby Brown) and it's not so surprising a thing to do as it might be as the band regularly play covers live.
Conversely, it's hard to go right with Jeff Beck - genius player - but a whole album of 'stunt' guitar is a big ask for me.
The Ronnie Scott's live DVD is probably the best way to enjoy him - seeing how he controls the guitar is somehow part of the spectacle.
There's a lot of Richard Thompson and I may never catch up. I'd agree about Jeff, my various attempts to like him usually can't get past about three songs but I've enjoyed the Ronnie Scott's film.
There are 22 studio abums - that only took me six days
I've got six of them, including two of the six he did with Linda.
. . . I should buy more !
Day 36
CD#148 Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
CD#149 Chris Thile - How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
CD#150 Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed The Fish ?
CD#151 Ruth Theodore - Wormfood
Day 37
CD#152 The Ruts - Something That I Said
CD#153 The Finn Brothers - Everyone Is Here
CD#154 Be Bop Deluxe - Live! In The Air Age
CD#155 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
CD#156 Jonatha Brooke - Live In New York
Day 38
CD#157 Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
CD#158 Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
CD#159 Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals
CD#160 Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
Day 39
CD#161 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
CD#162 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
CD#163 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
CD#164 Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Almanac
CD#165 Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Day 40
CD#166 P.I.L. - Metal Box
CD#167 Juliet Turner - Burn The Black Suit
CD#168 Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
CD#169 The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
CD#170 Therapy? - Troublegum
Day 41
CD#171 Radiohead - The Bends
CD#172 Taj Mahal - Mo' Roots
CD#173 The Zutons - Tired Of Hanging Around
CD#174 Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Day 42
CD#175 Gail Ann Dorsey - I Used To Be
CD#176 Bellowhead - Matachin
CD#177 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Day 43
CD#178 The Jayhawks - Music From The North Country
CD#179 Rogue State Circus - Songs From The Sea Of Serenity
CD#180 Echo And The Bunnymen - Evergreen
CD#181 Chyco Siméon - Finally
CD#182 The Story - Grace In Gravity
Day 44
CD#183 Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream
CD#184 The Congos - Heart Of The Congos
CD#185 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step
CD#186 The Incisors - Demos/We All Have Stories
CD#187 Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Day 45
CD#188 Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer
CD#189 Split Enz - True Colours
CD#190 The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
CD#191 Moses - The Swimming Zoo
CD#192 The Monkees - The Definitive Monkees
Day 46
CD#193 Eva Cassidy - Songbird
CD#194 Julia Nunes - Settle Down
CD#195 Marcella Detroit - Jewel
CD#196 Meshell Ndegeocello - The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams
CD#197 Invocal - Uneven Keel
CD#198 Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
CD#199 R.E.M. - Monster
Day 47
CD#200 Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
CD#201 XTC - The Big Express
CD#202 Jonatha Brooke - Plumb
CD#203 Jennifer Kimball - Oh Hear Us
CD#204 Fela Kuti - Music Is The Weapon
Day 48
CD#205 John Watts - Ether Beep Start
CD#206 Catherine Maclellan - Dark Dream Midnight/Water In The Ground
CD#207 Liam Dullaghan - Making History
CD#208 Marillion - Script For Jester's Tear
CD#209 Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line
Day 49
CD#210 R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-fi
CD#211 Matt & Kim - Grand
CD#212 Blur - 13
CD#213 Silver Sun - Neo Wave
CD#214 Steve Lawson & Theo Travis - For The Love Of Open Spaces
CD#215 Radiohead - Ok Computer
Day 50
CD#216 Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
CD#217 Gil Scott-Heron - Ghetto Style
CD#218 The Elected - Me First
Day 51
CD#219 Juliet Turner - People Have Names
CD#220 The Smiths - The Smiths
CD#221 McAlmont & Butler - Bring It Back
CD#222 Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
CD#223 Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Day 52
CD#224 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
CD#225 Presumed Innocent - Where Clouds Cried Acid Tears
CD#226 The Mavericks - Trampoline
CD#227 Rush - Feedback
CD#228 Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
CD#229 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Day 53
CD#230 Syd Barrett - Barrett
CD#231 The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
CD#232 Extreme - II: Pornograffitti
CD#233 Jonatha Brooke - Careful What You Wish For
CD#234 Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
CD#235 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
CD#236 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
CD#237 Fairport Convention - What We Did On Our Holidays
CD#238 Steely Dan - Aja
Day 54
CD#239 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
CD#240 Pink Floyd - Meddle
CD#241 The Who - Who's Next
CD#242 Cheap Trick - The Greatest Hits
Day 55
CD#243 R.E.M. - Up
CD#244 Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts
CD#245 Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Day 56
CD#246 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
CD#247 Supergrass - I Should Coco
CD#248 Suede - Dog Man Star
CD#249 Tich Vango - As The Crow Flies
Day 57
CD#250 Kris Delmhorst - Five Stories
CD#251 David Bowie - Heathen
CD#252 Sam Brown - Box
CD#253 Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
CD#254 Roy Harper - Stormcock
CD#255 The Jam - The Gift
CD#256 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Day 58
CD#257 Joni Mitchell - Hejira
CD#258 Little Monkeys - Live at the Marquee
CD#259 Marcus Miller - Silver Rain
CD#260 R.E.M. - Reveal
Day 59
CD#261 The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates - King Of America
CD#262 Thelonious Monk - Monk's Moods
CD#263 The Vapors - Turning Japanese (The Best Of The Vapors)
CD#264 Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds
Day 60
CD#265 Pink Floyd - Animals
CD#266 Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention
CD#267 Black - Wonderful Life
CD#268 Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
CD#269 Show Of Hands - Roots: The Best Of Show Of Hands
CD#270 Various - Now That's What I Call Northampton Vol 1
CD#271 Moses - Golden Flatts
Day 61
CD#272 Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
CD#273 Pink Floyd - The Wall
CD#274 Monsieur Pantin - Ma Rosalie
Day 62
CD#275 Gram Parsons - GP/Grievous Angel
Day 63
CD#276 Placebo - Placebo
CD#277 XTC - Go 2
CD#278 Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
CD#279 Marillion - Fugazi
CD#280 Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
CD#281 Travis - The Man Who
Day 64
CD#282 Blondie - Parallel Lines
CD#283 Beth Orton - Central Reservation
CD#284 Blur - Parklife
CD#285 Pixies - Wave Of Mutilation (Best Of)
Day 65
CD#286 Jonatha Brooke - Ten Cent Wings
CD#287 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
CD#288 Buckcherry - Time Bomb
CD#289 Gene - Revelations
Day 66
CD#290 R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction/Reconstruction Of The Fables
CD#291 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon By Bus
CD#292 The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse
CD#293 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
CD#294 Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Day 67
CD#295 Stiff Little Fingers - Get A Life
CD#296 Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
CD#297 XTC - Nonsuch
CD#298 Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo
Day 68
CD#299 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
CD#300 Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces
CD#301 Suede - Suede
Day 69
CD#302 Joni Mitchell - Blue
Day 70
CD#303 The Clash - London Calling
CD#304 Deacon Blue - When The World Knows Your Name
CD#305 R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
CD#306 Steely Dan - Katy Lied
CD#307 Mull Historical Society - Loss
Day 71
CD#308 Fischer-Z - Fish's Head
CD#309 Thomas Leeb - Upside Down
CD#310 Nirvana - Nevermind
CD#311 Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
CD#148 Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
In the last 12 years I've been to a lot of acoustic nights, if Elliott had been the feature act at any of them I would have considered him better than many I've heard, but I doubt I'd remember much about his set the next day.
CD#149 Chris Thile - How To Grow A Woman From The Ground
A side project from Nickel Creek's Chris Thile, mixing originals and covers from a range of acts, from The White Stripes to Willie Dixon.
CD#150 Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed The Fish ?
Another "they're/he's supposed to be good, I suppose I could buy something and see", I bought The Hour Of Bewilderbeast at the same time. It's better than I remember it being.
CD#151 Ruth Theodore - Wormfood
Bought because I liked the sleeve design, I'm a particular fan of CDs not in the usual hard plastic case.
CD#152 The Ruts - Something That I Said
This is a Best Of album and I love half of it - they were, for me, a little hit and miss.
CD#153 The Finn Brothers - Everyone Is Here
Tim (and for a while, Neil) Finn from Split Enz and Neil (and for a while, Tim) Finn from Crowded House.
CD#154 Be Bop Deluxe - Live! In The Air Age
A live album, featuring song from their first three albums plus a couple of older songs.
CD#155 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
What a band, ridiculously earnest lyrics yet sometimes gloriously silly, sublime guitar playing and cool hair. Four albums in four years . . . and done.
CD#156 Jonatha Brooke - Live In New York
Like the Juliet Turner Live CD this is far more than a live Best Of - my copy included a DVD of the songs on the CD - this is a recording that can hold its head up high in comparison with any of her studio albums and in some ways it far exceeds them. I was lucky to see Jonatha live at The Stables (with another musician I love to hear, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass) but even that night pales in comparison to this.
CD#157 Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
I can remember hearing There's No Other Way on the radio but Blur mostly passed me by until Parklife came out. I bought this fairly recently but didn't really take much notice of it, though their performances of For Tomorrow and Chemical World at the Hyde Park gigs in 2009 are two of my favourites.
CD#158 Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Bought as part of the four free CDs from Britannia Music. While it's not chock full of hits, it's a lot better than I remember.It
CD#159 Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals
20 years old now, still fun.
CD#160 Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
I used to listen to this a lot but haven't heard it for quite a while, so it's nice to catch up.
CD#161 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
As far as I can recall I only have Uprising on vinyl, but a splurge in recent years has filled in all the gaps from Catch A Fire onwards, great stuff.
CD#162 The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Recorded in 1972 - released in 1976, two years after the band had split up.
CD#163 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Although this was written and recorded after Born To Run it's always felt more the other way round to me.
Some classic songs on here though it's not as complete as some of the others for me.
CD#164 Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - Almanac
Bought on a whim in Exmouth, wiki says Emily's an Australian based in the UK and The Red Clay Halo are a trio of multi-instrumentalists, together they've made four albums and this is the third. It's very nice indeed.