In the spirit of dantheman’s thread about DVDs, I figured the “more music, less film” people needed a place to spout off about their goodies. I’ll only go on and on about those that I’ve listened to at least 4 or 5 times already.
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Global a Go-Go
I wasn’t terribly familiar with these fellows, Joe’s last band, but this CD is solid gold. Unusual as all hell, but awesome stuff.
The Clash - London Calling
I had the Clash’s first album and liked it, but with this one I finally see why they are considered legends and why this album is in every “Top 100 of all time” list.
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Armed Forces
Again, I had Costello’s first two albums (I like My Aim is True better than This Year’s Model). This one wasn’t a big departure from those, but it’s another solid record.
Pinhead Gunpowder - Jump Salty
Kind of an obscure band. I love this record, though. Melodic and calm where it needs to be, but brash and hard overall.
The Beta Band - The 3 E.P.s
Woo, this was an odd disc. I’m not sure whether I love it or whether I’m not understanding it.
Others: Common Rider - This is Unity Music
Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Pinhead Gunpowder - Goodbye Ellston Avenue
The Pietasters - Turbo
Yello:
-Eye
-1980-1985: The New Mix In One Go
-Zebra
-Stella
-One Second
-You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess
As a huge Yello fan, it was great to snag these six CD’s. I also picked up a half-dozen Yello LP’s, for collection’s sake (and my buddy just got a turntable, so I’m golden, baby).
Weakerthans - Fallow
Death Cab For Cutie - Something About Airplanes
Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
Bad Brains - I Against I
Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth
Postal Service - Give Up
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Blur - The Great Escape
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Rapture - Echoes
I love 'em all, but the Minutemen CD is probably the best, followed by Sigur Ros and The Shins.
The digitally remastered original cast recording of Gypsy!
The digitally remastered original cast recording of Mame
The cast recording of the 2003 Bernadette Peters revival of Gypsy!
Jet - Get Born - has that “1-2-3 Tell Me How it’s Gonna Be…” song on it from the Apple iTunes commercial. Great great rock album - a cross between AC/DC and Bachmann-Turner Overdrive.
New Pornographers - Electric Version. Great Power Pop.
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - worth it for Hey Ya and I Love the Way you Move, but both CD’s have other great stuff, too. Andre 3000’s the Love Below is all over the place - in a good way. Somebody loved Prince when they were younger, that’s for sure.
Big Star - 2 Albums on 1 CD - from 1972/73. I already put up a thread on this. Easily the best CD I have heard in 10 - 15 years. The Beatles from Rubber Soul meet the Byrds with a dash of Southern boogie thrown in. Buy it immediately.
A few others (a Dylan collection, and Simon and Garfunkel collection, Joni Mitchell’s Blue). It has been a good music month.
Yes The Yes Album Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express Truth, Closer To It Camel Mirage, The Snow Goose Climax Blues Band FM/Live Deep Purple Purpendicular FM Black Noise Ten Years After Cricklewood Green
Excelsis: A Dark Noel. It’s a goth Christmas CD, consisting of big name goth bands covering Christmas carols. A couple are not good (although to be fair, there’s only so much you can do with “Little Drummer Boy”), some are OK, but most of them are hauntingly beautiful, and a welcome change from the upbeat, peppy pablum that we have to listen to these days.
Four CDs by Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga including Nuestra Historia which I recommend. Doug Sahm’s Juke Box Music and The Last Real Texas Blues Band . . . much thanks to my sister-in-law. Built to Spill’s Keep it Like a Secret and Panjabi MC’s Mundian To Bach Ke (not the one with Jay-Z) have some really good stuff besides the well-known singles and I’m glad I got them.
Mr2001 - thanks for mentioning the No Doubt CD, I’ve been gone for a while and hadn’t heard about it.
