# Your favourite CD no one has ever heard of **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067 "2001-11-07T22:34:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/21 "2001-11-08T03:50:56Z")
Quilombo by **Steroid Maximus**. Steroid Maximus is J.G. Thirwell, better known as Jim Foetus. How to describe the music? All-instrumental, industrial big band, psycho-jazz. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/22 "2001-11-08T03:52:49Z")
\Crack the Sky\ - Crack the Sky One listen to “I Don’t Have A Tie” will have you hooked on this band. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/23 "2001-11-08T04:03:45Z")
West Coast Pop Art Expieramental Band Any one heard of them? No? I didn;t think so. They are an old 1960’s hippie band from San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/24 "2001-11-08T04:07:57Z")
**Azure Ray** by Azure Ray. Goodness, this is the best CD ever. “Displaced” is one of my most favorite songs, and the whole thing is wonderful. The lead singer has an incredibly beautiful, haunting voice. You can listen to some samples [here](http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1906184755/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=AZURE+RAY/itemid=1302266). ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/25 "2001-11-08T04:09:58Z")
Pickles! I hate that. It’s really not my fault. It keeps adding in spaces that I didn’t type in the url. Anyway, here it is: [http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1906184755/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=AZURE+RAY/itemid=1302266](http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1906184755/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=AZURE+RAY/itemid=1302266) ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/26 "2001-11-08T04:54:31Z")
“Blame Everyone” by Grand Theft Audio. A song from it is in Gran Turismo 3, which is how I heard of them. A pretty cool rock/techno CD–great to drive to. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/27 "2001-11-08T05:57:40Z")
I’d have to say _Bilingual_ by the Pet Shop Boys. Of course we’ve heard of the Pet Shop Boys but for some reason _Bilingual_ seems to be rare in North America. As are _L’autre_ and other albums by Mylène Farmer: the love and joy of the Montreal gay community and completely unknown elsewhere on the continent. ---
**Author:** ![Ironblayde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f14d63/32.png) [@Ironblayde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ironblayde)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/28 "2001-11-08T06:54:32Z")
[Dragon’s Kiss](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000106K/qid=1005202420/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_7_3/107-9187986-1644550) by Marty Friedman. He was the lead guitarist for Megadeth for a number of years, and his solo albums are simply amazing. This first one is quite a bit heavier than the others (his later albums are in a whole different genre), but they’re all fantastic. Definitely worth checking out. ---
**Author:** ![Tamealien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Tamealien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamealien)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/29 "2001-11-08T09:07:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > **The Mathematician’s Air Display by Pekka Pohjola.** I’ve heard of him! Used to play bass with Wigwam. And I’ve also heard of Laika and the Cosmonauts. Other Scandinavian stuff I’ve got and like **Värttinä** - _Ilmatar, Vihma_ **Gjallarhorn** - _Ranarop_ **Annbjørg Lien** - _Baba Yaga_ **Lena Willemark** - _Windogur_ And by an Italian jazz musician **GianLuigi Trovesi** - _Round About a Misummer’s Dream_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/30 "2001-11-08T09:54:04Z")
_Cellobotomy_ by **Gideon Freudman** – one man, one cello, a recording studio and too much free time. _Nothing But Blood_ by **This Mortal Coil**. I’m convinced that this is one of those bands that lots of people in a very small subculture know about, and that I just haven’t met any of them yet. ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/31 "2001-11-08T11:14:48Z")
**[Fetish](http://www.fetish.org.za)** - _Shade of A Ghost_,_So Many Prophets_ **[Not My Dog](http://www.wolmer.co.za)** - _Dogumentary_ **Dorp** - _5 Steps Off The Pacemaker_ BTW these are all South African bands so I’m pretty sure no one else on this board has heard of them. However they’re all excellent and check out Napster/Audiogalaxy/webistes-listed-above and maybe you’ll be able to get a few mp3’s of theirs. Fetish is ambient rock (think Portishead), Not My Dog are hardcore/punk and Dorp are ska just in case you were wondering. ---
**Author:** ![jinty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jinty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/32 "2001-11-08T13:05:05Z")
More Japanese bands: Sekiri, “Take me to Sekiri”. Melodic girl-punks. Very nice. Cibo Matto, “Stereotype A”. Imagine Beck’s “Odelay” done by 2 accomplished Japanese women musicians, and you’re about there. Love this album. ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/33 "2001-11-08T13:51:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tajiri \* > \*\*“In the Aeroplane over the sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel. Outstanding CD. \*\* I have this CD. Very, very good stuff. I submit “Smoke Machine”, by Chocolate USA. Chocolate USA is the old band of one of the members of Neutral Milk Hotel, Julian Koster. NMH is very much Jeff Magnum’s band, but when you hear “Smoke Machine”, you’ll know why they wanted Julian onboard. (Unless you hate whiny voices.) ---
**Author:** ![moodtobestewed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@moodtobestewed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moodtobestewed)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/34 "2001-11-08T13:59:06Z")
“World of Fireworks” by Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks. I guess LJM would be classified as “neo-cabaret.” In concert they do a cover of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, complete with cue cards, in German, for those wishing to sing along. Gotta love a band where the low end is furnished by a tuba. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/35 "2001-11-08T14:04:14Z")
**Return to the Center of the Earth** by Rick Wakeman, a revisiting of the themes of his **Journey to the Center of the Earth** album. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/36 "2001-11-08T14:04:36Z")
**Deltron 3030**. You take the freshest free style hip hopper Del, add one of the best DJs with Dan the Automator and a few cuts by Kid Koala, and you get this space aged hip hopera. And everybody thinks I just like metal. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/37 "2001-11-08T14:32:11Z")
I forgot to add: anything by **Jonathan and Darlene Edwards**. From the [cover photos](http://www.counterpoint-music.com/specialties/jdedwards.html) to the [interview](http://www.corinthianrecords.com/intv.htm) in the booklet to the _highly individual_ interpretations of popular songs (everything from “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” to “Stayin’ Alive”), their unique approach to musical performance stands out quite distinctly. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/38 "2001-11-08T14:45:39Z")
I am not typically inclined to pure pop, but a couple of great but not well known CD’s include **Utopia Parkway** by Fountains of Wayne - great, catchy music, thoughtful lyrics - addictive (you have to hear “Red Dragon Tattoo” then you’ll understand) **Bubblegun** by the MerryMakers - a Swedish band produced by one of the guys from the old SF pop band Jellyfish - great, catchy pop - “April’s Fool” is the best track - think Rubber Soul-era Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/39 "2001-11-08T14:47:46Z")
_The American_ by [Martin Sexton[ur]. And, since others have done it, I’d like to take this chance to promote my friends’ band, [url=“[http://www.betwixtandbetween.com/](http://www.betwixtandbetween.com/)”] Betwixt & Between]([www.martinsexton.com](http://www.martinsexton.com)). ---
**Author:** ![ignatius\_reilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/db5fbb/32.png) [@ignatius\_reilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatius_reilly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067/40 "2001-11-08T14:53:16Z")
I have four more for you… “1990” by Daniel Johnston. “There’s Nothing Wrong with Love” by Built to Spill. “Furnace Room Lullaby” by Neko Case & Her Boyfriends. “Through the Trees” by the Handsome Family. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-cd-no-one-has-ever-heard-of/92067.md?page=3)