The last album you bought...

eclectichoney

...and is it any good?

For me it's Tender Buttons by Broadcast

I think it's their best yet, which is saying sth as every Broadcast record has been notably good. Nice mix of warm electronica and gorgeous vocals. Can't stop listening to it... 4 stars out of five

keith_m

Yeah it's a great great album..I'd recommend it to anyone!!

Pacifico

Neutral Milk hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Its brilliant. Shame the band no longer exist

Creamy Goodness

ohh bit of an embrassing one, weezer - make believe.

hard to believe they are the same band i fell in love with from my brothers window95

Closing Doors

Bell X1's Flock for me too....buy it, buy it now!

whiskeyman

Cremo wrote:

ohh bit of an embrassing one, weezer - make believe.

hard to believe they are the same band i fell in love with from my brothers window95

I didnt think it was bad.

Just got "Jacksonville City Night" from Ryan Adams & The Cardinals.
A real delve back into country form for Ryan.
Interesting country style cover of "Always on my mind" on it.

Zaph

B-Sides & Rarities - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Not a huge fan but liked some Nick Cave and saw this going cheap on CD-WOW and thought it might be worth a shot. It's bloody brilliant, especially CDs 1 & 2. Well worth checking out.

Miguel_Sanchez

Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle

Haven't had a chance to give it a proper listen just yet but from what I've heard it sounds excellent. Yet to see if there's anything up to the par of Jezebel on it.

Creamy Goodness

whiskeyman wrote:

I didnt think it was bad.

Just got "Jacksonville City Night" from Ryan Adams & The Cardinals.
A real delve back into country form for Ryan.
Interesting country style cover of "Always on my mind" on it.

well the album was hyped up to be a mixture of the blue album and pinkerton (my two personal favourite albums of the ninties) on the bands website.

after the shambles that was maladroit i suppose i just wanted that to be soo true, instead we're giving these uninspiring songs like "beverly hills" , "we are all on drugs" and "my best friend" them songs are as cheesy as a block of edam. however it did have some parts that were brilliant but were fecked up by the mixing. compare "the damage in your heart" with the demo version on the enhanced cd part of the cd.
demo much better and dirtier which suits the song better.

anyways the last album i bought before that one would be idlewild's Warnings/Promises
which is a good solid album

Goodshape

Radiohead - Com Lag: 2+2=5 (LP).
Some good remixes and live performances. Bit short and probably not worth getting if you're not a fan, tbh.

Last album i 'got' (erm.. cough?) was Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Not that new (2002) but new to me and absolutely fookin brilliant.

lucernarian

Bell X1 - Flock. Got it yesterday after hearing some songs on Tom Dunne's show during the week. Remind me of Snow Patrol at times. And one other thing - buy immediately if not sooner!

John

Goodshape wrote:

Last album i 'got' (erm.. cough?) was Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Not that new (2002) but new to me and absolutely fookin brilliant.

If you like that I heartily recommend Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven and Slow Riot For A New Zero Kanada. Both are better than Yanqui UXO and are very deserving of your purchase.

Smurfpiss

Lets not forget f#A# infinity. an amazing album.
As for Flock... i might get it, wasn't that impressed with music in mouth.
last album i bought was alphastates - made in sand.
Tis quite good.

John

Smurfpiss wrote:

Lets not forget f#A# infinity. an amazing album.

I think it's their weakest album by far. But I only have the vinyl version, apparently the CD and vinyl have different songs on them, some overlap but not the same.

Ooly

The Chalets - Check In

it's really different & funky

Karlusss

The Cure - Pornography
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights.

Both guilt-buys having enjoyed illegally for ages.

John

Karlusss wrote:

The Cure - Pornography

Great album. Did you get the double CD version?

tj-music.com

That's the latest I bought. It needs a few spins before getting good but it is really good indeed.

pseudonym

sufjan stevens - (Come on feel the) Illinois(e)

Bought it after hearing nothing but good things about it. Its vast and expansive and takes a few lsitens but is starting to win me over. The first track is a really wuzzy, spacey song about a ufo sighting, theres a great little ballad about John Wayne Macy (i think), the serial killer, and a heartwrenching song about a girlfriend (i think) who dies from cancer. DOesnt sound very cheerful from that I know, but some of the songs are 7 minute epics with bells and stuff on. But I'll never manage to memorise the song names, a lot of them are several lines long.

Still tho, well worth it and will provide several hours of enjoyment. 4/5

Next album I'll get will probably be flock by bell x1.

county

the very best of the stone roses, class pure class

Karlusss

John2 wrote:

Great album. Did you get the double CD version?

Nope. Woulda cost money, I suspect, and not 7.99.

John

That's a pity, the bonus material is quite good.

HarryHoudini

I think mine was Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi....top top stuff...

elephamt king

John2 wrote:

That's a pity, the bonus material is quite good.

hmm, considers purchase...
i last bought:
pixies - sell out '04
bring me your tears- frank black
and
greatest hits - the smiths

COCK

feel by animal collective

raving good

Goodshape

John2 wrote:

If you like that I heartily recommend Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven and Slow Riot For A New Zero Kanada. Both are better than Yanqui UXO and are very deserving of your purchase.

Actually, I 'got' them all at once (had a 2mb cable connection for a while). They were mentioned in a thread on here alongside some other bands I like.. and with a name like "Godspeed You! Black Emperor" I figured they had to be checked out.

Think it's one of my best finds ever.. the kind of thing I'll gladly part with cash for when I have the opportunity.

johnny_ultimate

The Stone Roses for a fiver in HMV.
Although Garden State OST before that, and i literally havent stopped listening to it for the past four or five weeks.

Volvoboy

Harry Chapin's Danceband On The Titanic Double album LP

Its the cats slippers!!!

Scratch Acid

Over the weekend:

Funkadelic - Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow
Entombed - Wolverine Blues
Sunn 0))) - Black One

Badly Drunk Boy

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - B-Sides & Rarities (have only listened to one of the three CDs but I'm not disappointed. Just got it to complete my collection..)

Sigur Ros - Takk (Not completely blown away with it yet but it's not bad. A few more listens and I'll probably be more into it.)

missingtime

Louis XIV - The best little secrets are kept

Jimi-Spandex

The Concretes - Layourbattleaxedown

Not bad, I like the concretes and just wanted some of the b sides, the cover of the stones 'miss you' is quality.

orangerooster

Last album I bought was Yanqui U.X.O was totally blown away by how good it was. Gonna search out Slow Riot For A New Zero Kanada first cause I hear theres an amazing song with some guy talking about conspiracy theories on it. Do they play often and ever in Ireland?

Miguel_Sanchez

Godspeed play here ever so often alright. I saw them in the Ambassador in 2002 - not sure if they've been here since.

I would have loved to have seen them in the Roisin Dubh in Galway. They played there around 1999/2000 I think. Apparently they blew the place apart which I can well imagine.

More albums - just picked up Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. It's really good - haven't given it more than one listen yet but Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth is one of the best songs I've heard in a while.

John

orangerooster wrote:

Gonna search out Slow Riot For A New Zero Kanada first cause I hear theres an amazing song with some guy talking about conspiracy theories on it.

It's actually a recording they made of some poet ranting against the state, not really conspiracy theories. It's a great track but the other track on the EP is even better.

BNJT

London Calling - The Clash. Every bit as good as I heard it was supposed to be. And only €6.99 in Virgin...

Dublin's Finest

BNJT wrote:

London Calling - The Clash. Every bit as good as I heard it was supposed to be. And only €6.99 in Virgin...

A sound investment.

My last one: Elbow - Leaders of the Free World