# Favorite new CDs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-new-cds/274620>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 13, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-new-cds/274620 "2004-11-13T23:40:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-new-cds/274620/21 "2004-11-14T05:10:34Z")

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Well, it isn’t new to me, but I have been listening to In the Aeroplane Over the Sea a lot lately. Not sure why, exactly.

I second the Garden State soundtrack. Umm… the new Bright Eyes EP isn’t SO bad - some of the better songs are upbeat with out all that damn pretense that infuriates me with Conor’s other attempts. Fiery Furnaces, Blood Brothers (again), The Artichoke (26 Scientests coming up - rejoice!), and hopefully soon I will be listening to Camper Van Beethoven’s new release. Good time for music, I say, although I would still like to be living in the '60s.

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**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-new-cds/274620/22 "2004-11-14T05:25:09Z")

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Ted Leo/Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak

Easily the best CD I’ve bought in the past couple of weeks (although I finally got _Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain_ this morning). “Where Have All the Rudeboys Gone?” was one of my favorite singles from last year, but I’d held off buying it because I figured the rest of the songs wouldn’t be nearly as good. The entire thing is fantastic, but the other singles “The High Party” and “Tell Balgury, Balgeary’s Dead” are high points. Good, catchy, smart guitar rock. And Ted Leo’s voice is awesome.

Earlier this week I got another album that had been on my wishlist forever - Luna’s _Penthouse_. I have a few of their other albums and I think they’re fantastic, but _Penthouse_ might be the best one.

A few other really great albums I’ve bought in the last month: Galaxie 500’s _On Fire_, Talulah Gosh’s _Backwash_, The Delgados’ _Universal Audio_, Barbara Manning’s _Under One Roof_, The Television Personalities’ _They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles_.

Not new to me, but I’ve also been listening to a disproportionate amount of Pulp and Franz Ferdinand recently.

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