What's the last CD you bought?

[mvd]

I gave in and bought Hilary Duff's self-titled CD at iTunes for the lower $9.99 price. I must say she's made a nice transition from really bubblegum pop to pop and rock. Though it isn't exactly up to the level of pop/rock stars such as Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton, The Corrs, The Rembrandts, Evan and Jaron, and The Donnas. Hilary's CD gets a B-, which is a whole grade improvement from the C- of Metamorphosis. Hilary's voice would normally drop it a little more, but I thought the CD is more enjoyable than a C+.

So what CD did you most recently buy?

[shaolinmonkey]

1. American Idiot. Green Day.

[mvd]

19. That is one of my top 10 CDs of the year so far

It's great how they retained their sound without being in a holding pattern!

[ronzo]

68. me too.

:toast:

[Ladyhawk]

89. me three. :) eom

[redqueen]

2. Tom Waits - Real Gone

PH Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Roky Erikson - All That May Do My Rhyme
Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum

Those are the most recent.

[Tempest]

28. Tom Waits in "Coffee and Cigarettes"

Coffee and Cigarettes is a series of situation viginettes shot in black and white.

Tom Waits is in one with Iggy Pop.

There's a good one with Alfred Molina & Steve Coogan, and another one with Bill Murray that's real funny.

I recommend it.

[daddybear]

3. Moulin Rouge

for my daughter who LOVES that movie. (Just got it today in fact!)

[On the Road]

4. Steely Dan, "Everything Must Go"

[4_Legs_Good]

5. Radiohead stuff

I picked up 3 Radiohead (Hello Computer, the one with the dummy thing on the cover and hail to the Thief) CDs after buying Kid-A after someone here in the lounge said they sucked, and I figured I better find out for sure.

So far I'm impressed!

david

[redqueen]

6. I think the one with the dummy is The Bends

Amnesiac is good too. :)

[4_Legs_Good]

12. That's right, the Bends...

I'll check out Amnesiac once I've become familiar with these. I've had Pablo Honey for a decade. I love Creep, but never got much into the rest of the album. I'll have to give it another go.

david

[Tafiti]

25. Blasphemy!

Who would say Radiohead sucks?! Radiohead is brilliant stuff. Yes, "the dummy" one is The Bends, and it's OK Computer, not "Hello". OK is timeless, a great transition album from The Bends to Kid A. "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and "Let Down" are amazing. There are some good tracks on Pablo Honey, too, like "Creep" (of course), "Anyone Can Play Guitar", and "You".

[4_Legs_Good]

39. :) There was a big thread here maybe 2 weeks ago...

Thanks for the clarifications on the album names. I'm still new to it.

Kid-A really impressed me in the fact that it took some chances and explored some new ground which is so uncommon these days.

I wonder how they would be live...

david

[Tafiti]

40. Well, I know a little about that...

...'cause I've seen them twice - once in Cuyahoga Falls, OH in the summer of 2001 and again in Chicago last summer. If you ever get a chance to see them live, jump on it. It'll give you an even better appreciation for their music. They are absolutely incredible live.

I agree about Kid A - I was instantly addicted the first time I heard it. Bands like Radiohead, and albums like Kid A, just don't come around too often.

[Wat_Tyler]

7. I bought I heart Serge - Electronica Gainsbourg and was given the new REM.

I wouldn't have bought it, but on repeated listening it is considerably better than I'd been warned. Say 7.5 out of 10.

[tigereye]

47. I bought that new REM despite warnings

hoping it would be good, or biting, or anti-War or something. My reaction to one listen was that Mssr. Stipe needs to get his head out of his navel and get back to reality. He should quit whining and start bitching again. That boy has been in therapy too long!

Steve Earle's latest on the other hand, was just what the Dr. ordered.
F--- the FCC and The Revolution Starts Now. Mr. Stipe needs some schoolin' from Steve.


there's my little Friday rant.

Hey Wat. Wat exciting bombshells have gone off in here today?

[Blue Gardener]

8. Christmas CD's are out now

So had to get the new Mannheim Steamroller, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra today at Target.

[Kire]

9. Velvet Revolver

I had to, they wouldn't let me download it on iTunes.

And when I try to copy it, it comes out all twisted.

[name not needed]

10. Interpol - Antics

[AbbeyRoad]

78. That's my most recent CD too

[Kellanved]

11. recently?

Die Ärzte "Deine Schuld"
Rammstein: "Amerika"
Beatsteaks: "Living Targets"
Die Fantastischen Vier : "4: 99"






Three of these turned out to feature a copy-protection... :puke:

[flamingyouth]

13. Sahara Hotnights - Kiss and Tell

[mvd]

24. Hi, flamingyouth

I have a lot of CDs on my wish list, both already released and upcoming. I'm interested in this CD. Is it good?

[flamingyouth]

36. Yeah, they're great!

You should check them out! :D

[mvd]

37. Thanks for the recommendation!

:hi:

[auburngrad82]

14. Cecilia Bartoli- If You Love Me

18th Century Italian Songs

Beautiful

[sam sarrha]

15. Inigma and a 4 tape set Buddhism with an Attitude

[tcfrogs]

16. Jackassolantern - a new live CD from Widespread Panic

Cover songs from their Halloween shows of the past.

[Parche]

17. CD

Vanessa carlton cant sing at all....she is horrible



beatles

[Kikosexy2]

18. Uggghh!...

Cheesey, Bush-loving, bubble-head dreck singer--Hillary Fluff! A guilty pleasure in 10 years just like Justin and Britney---ewww! Last CDs I bought and recommend--Joss Stone--awesome R&B soul from a British white chick and 17 at that--very good (Dusty Springfield comes to mind). And for those swinging 60s children like me got Brian Wilson's "Smile"--bold, beautiful and I need to drop some LSD and listen to both "Smile" and The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper". Aaaaahh--those were the days!

[mvd]

21. I didn't think I'd like it either, but I gave it a chance

I'm able to admit it's not bad. I haven't seen anything about her being Bush-loving, and she has a nice, positive personality IMO.

[Kikosexy2]

27. Corny...

fluff-weight--but hey, we had The Carpenters, The Partridge Family, Olivia Newton-John, et al. They're fun to listen to and have good laughs and fond memories.

[mvd]

33. Yep, not all music has to be deep

Though even Hilary's lyrics are a bit better. The Carpenters are also good. Not really a Joss Stone or Olivia Newton-John fan - sorry.

[asthmaticeog]

20. Einsturzende Neubauten,

"Strategies Against Architecture III." I'm a couple of years late on picking it up, but I'm glad I finally did. It documents the ten-year phase of their long career where they transitioned from an assaultive, chaotic experimental noise group to a more pensive, brooding sound. They've kept up with making their music with implements that aren't traditionally considered instruments though (most notoriously the power-drills rigged to a shopping cart on their seminal song "Abfackeln"), and also rotated out some significant band members, and also lost a collaborator to death. Given all the turmoil, this collection distills an incredible body of work. A+

[Forkboy]

46. EasterSunday NewButton is awesome!!!

I love their stuff.I must have played Tabula Rasa a 1000 times when it came out.

[tigereye]

48. y'know asthmatic,

you write like a music writer... That's pretty good.

[asthmaticeog]

61. Shhhhhhhh!

I used to be one, tiger. Keep it on the downlow, though, OK? I'm not proud of it. They're such a pitiful breed...

[Fenris]

22. "The Garbage Dump Tapes" by the Barracudas was given to me..

Excellent stuff. It's a crime that they were never well known. I give it 16 Flaming Heads of Tipper Gore out of 17 and a half.

[Wat_Tyler]

26. High praise!

I may have to check that out.

[Fenris]

29. Terrific 80s Rickenbacker rock.

They're no Rembrants, though.

[flamingyouth]

31. Oh man, you'd love them

Excellent stuff, dear.:thumbsup:

Also check out "Drop Out With the Barracudas." London's greatest surf band! :D

[Wat_Tyler]

32. Will do.

[asthmaticeog]

35. That's out on CD?

What brilliant micro-label do I have to write a thank-you note to for reissuing that?

*jangle jangle jangle*

[XNASA]

23. Secret Machines - 'Now Here is Nowhere'

I give it a 3.5 out of 5.

[Tafiti]

30. "Spirits All Around Us" - John Brown's Body

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

34. David Bowie greatest hits collection

[Kikosexy2]

41. Rebel..Rebel...

Hot Tramp I love you so!! Excellent!

[benburch]

38. R.E.M. "Around The Sun"

Deluxe edition...

[donheld]

50. R.E.M. "Around The Sun" for me too

but the regular version

[4_Legs_Good]

58. is it good? Saw REM in Santa Barbara last night

Great show, if a little shorter than I would have liked.

There's a 10PM curfew at the SB County Bowl, and usually groups go right up to it (but NEVER over). REM quit around 9:45

david

[catzies]

102. Wasn't it a good show? I was there too with my daughter.

I went the night before to the Greek with my cousin. That was fantastic because of the high opening-night energy.

[Tom Kitten]

42. 3 this week

Teenage Shutdown: The World Ain't Round, It's Square! (various artists, 60's garage rock...this is a great compilation!)
Listen and Learn with Vibro-Phonic (various artists, kinda loungey and surfy)
The Pandoras Stop Pretending (a remastered cd by Rhino, it sounds great!)

[sundog]

43. Miguel Migs - "24th St Sounds"

[Peachhead22]

44. Gov't Mule: Deja Voodoo

Excellent CD. Although not their best.

[ghostsofgiants]

45. I actually don't remember.

It was either Head Automatica "Decadence" or Sparta "Porcelain".

Two modern punk classics in my opinion.

[jpgray]

49. I think you're the anti-me when it comes to musical tastes

If we were ever brought together to discuss music the universe would fold in on itself.

[mvd]

52. Well, we might find common ground

I now have CDs by everyone from Hilary Duff to The Beatles to PJ Harvey. :hi:

[jpgray]

53. No. None. I can feel the lappings of creation rupture at this very moment

:P

[mvd]

54. LOL - if you say so

:-)

[Forkboy]

51. Just a couple

Frontline Assembly-Reclamation

A collection of tracks from 89-95.I had a few of the tracks already but this has a different mix for one of them.Still one of the best industrial acts ever,though the early tracks are starting to show their age,especially when compared to some newer acts.
B-

Pig Destroyer-Terrifyer

Holy fargin crap!It doesn't get any more brutal,aggressive and plain old COOL than this.Lighting fast riffs scrunched in between screaming vox and blitzkrieg drumming.It's 2 cd's.The first one is 21 songs like I decribed above.The second one is one long "song" (33 minutes) that is just a story,recored in Dolby 5.1 Surround even!.Instead of the brutality of disc one this one ventures into slower,ambient Fantomas-like territory.
Disc 1 gets an A+
Disc 2 gets a B-

Pig Destroyer is most definatly NOT for the faint of heart or unadventurous.If you absolutely need something to get rid of the in-laws or drive your spouse to divorce,this is it.Other than that I wouldn't recommend them to anybody.Seriously. :D

[Susang]

55. Scissor Sisters, Eszter Balint and The Dresden Dolls

What can I say, I just love depression with my camp! :P

[sangh0]

56. The last CD I bought was .......a big mistake

Outkast's double CD.

[rocktop15]

57. Steve Earle "The Revolution Starts Now"

Great anti-war, anti-Bush CD. Earle's song "F the CC" is great!

Steve introduced Michael Moore Saturday in Nashville. He is a hardcore liberal. I love the guy!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

105. Yeah, that is a great cd.

I'm not a country music fan at all (in fact I despise it), but Steve's stuff is definitely not your typical country.

[Kat45]

59. Jet. n/t

[Heyo]

60. Last CD I bought...

... was a long time ago. I believe it was 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin'

I don't give the RIAA my money. I download. (proudly)

Heyo

[Beware the Beast Man]

62. "Plasticine Nightmare" by the Incredible Bong Hits

Crazy, fuzzed-out Texas trip-rock....best disc in their repertoire.

[Merrick]

63. The new Neurosis, Ministry, Interpol, Cradle of Filth

[Forkboy]

69. What do you think of the Neurosis CD?

I've never felt one way or the other about them before but the new one is easily my pick for CD of the year so far.It just kept growing on me and growing on me.I really like that they dropped the old vocal approach for a more subtle style."Bridges" is both the heaviest and the softest song in years :)

[Merrick]

71. I like it for the same reasons

Its much more mello and moody than their older stuff (though they have been gradually evolving in this direction), and I do like it, but not being averse to the more agressive/abrasive style that characterized their previous records, I dont think its their best. I'd probably have to go with Times of Grace or Enemy of the Sun for that honor. However, since they're one of my favorite bands, its sort of like a Beatle fan saying he'd choose the White Album over Sgt. Pepper and Revolver.

Bridges is awesome. I also really like No River to Take me Home. I'm seeing them nov. 6 at the troubadour in LA. first time they've been around in 3-4 years.

[Forkboy]

75. I'm hoping they'll play in the Boston area soon

I like abrasive stuff (listening to Pig Destroyer as I type!),but I think the newer stuff just works a little better for them.I've been listening to Enemy of the Sun a lot more since the new one came out and I'm starting to appreciate it more and more.You can see a definate progression from Cd to Cd (Souls at Zero seems a LONG time ago :) ).

Hope you have a great time at the show!

[GOPNotForMe]

76. The new Interpol CD is great!

[GOPNotForMe]

77. Pulp - "Different Class"

SO. GOOD. As far as '90s Britpop goes, they are superior to Blur and Oasis in my opinion.

EDIT: Oops, didn't realize I was posting to your comment and not the original one!

[AbbeyRoad]

83. "Different Class" is an incredible album

I love Jarvis Cocker's swagger. I'm an Oasis fan too. I saw that documentary "Live Forever" about 90's Britpop. There is some pretty interesting and funny commentary in there from Jarvis and the Gallaghers. It made me a bit nostalgic.

I like these lyrics from "Mis-shapes":

"Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits. Raised on a diet of broken biscuits, oh
we don't look the same as you, we don't do the things you do, but we
live around here too. Oh really. Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits, we'd
like to go to town but we can't risk it, oh 'cause they just want to keep
us out. You could end up with a smash in the mouth just for standing
out. Oh really. Brothers, sisters, can't you see? The future's owned by
you and me. There won't be fighting in the street. They think they've
got us beat, but revenge is going to be so sweet. We're making a move,
we're making it now, we're coming out of the side-lines. Just put your
hands up - it's a raid yeah: We want your homes, we want your lives,
we want the things you won't allow us. We won't use guns, we won't
use bombs, we'll use the one thing we've got more of - that's our
minds."

[Wat_Tyler]

92. Good, but not their best. This is Hardcore is considerably better.

Of course, it needs to be pointed out the Britpop was an atrocity.

[GOPNotForMe]

93. I enjoyed "This is Hardcore"

Just not as much as "Different Class." And Britpop was considerably better than most pop in the US in the '90s.

[Wat_Tyler]

96. Nah, see people only remember the good. Let's look at the bands.

Cast - dreadful
Menswear - worse, probably the worst
Sleeper - woeful
Ocean Colour Scene - pitiful
Elastica - occasionally good, massively derivative
Oasis - massively derivative
Blur - good, but they knew it, therefore cocky.
Suede - lousy singer with a fantastic guitarist, later lousy singer with derivative guitarist.
Pulp - good.
Lush - floundering shoegazers desperately trying to latch onto the current trend.
Shed 7 - terrible
I've probably forgotten a few. I hope so. History certainly has.

[Fenris]

I knew a girl who was obsessed with Ocean Colour Scene

She also thought that the British did blues better than Americans. She was a stupid twunt if there ever was one. Which is why I dated her.

Oasis reminds me of music for hooligans that was somehow absorbed into the mainstream. The Gallagher brothers are snotty little bastard who take themselves more seriously than anyone else does.

Pulp, however, is terrific.

[Wat_Tyler]

103. Ocean Colour Scene - mithering on a colossal scale.

[flamingyouth]

104. You can rest assured that I'm not obsessed with Ocean Colour Scene

Just thought I'd clear that up for you. :)

[ikojo]

64. The soundtrack to Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back

I bought them the same day I bought the Star Wars box set....

[KoKo]

65. Annie Lennox "Medusa" a new 2 part CD.

It's great..if you like her music. New renditions of "oldies" when she was with "Eurythmics and new stuff. Kind of fits the times we live in, for some reason..with me, anyway.

[Edwardsgroupie]

66. Joni Mitchell's greatest hits

She has a liberal conscience and a voice like an angel

[Edwardsgroupie]

67. Anybody here buy 'Smile' yet? (Brian Wilson's lost album)?

[Ivan Sputnik]

70. Yes!

And I'm glad I did. A quirky pop masterpiece. :)

[no name no slogan]

100. OH yeah! Saw the North American Premiere live show, too!

It was really quite amazing! Go see it if you get the chance, you won't regret it!

Especially cool was the first 1/2 hour of the show, which was an "unplugged" set of early Beach Boys tunes, with the ENTIRE band singing! There were at least eight voices on some of the songs, and the harmonies were nothing short of earth-shattering.

[Lefteous]

72. Richard "Humpty" Vission - Big Floor Funk

BTW, I have a friend who is a Duff fanatic. We actually celebrated her b'day with cake and a viewing of her concert DVD. I felt a little awkward when they wanted to sing "Happy Birthday". :wtf: Anyhoo, electronic music is more my thing.

[Paul Hood]

73. Underdog Victorious by Jill Sobule. n/t

[Kenneth ken]

74. Johnny Cash

American Recordings & Unchained. Both pretty good on the first listen.

[ButterflyBlood]

79. Knapsack - Silver Sweepstakes

fucking great.

[Crewleader]

80. Rod Stewart

The Great American Song Book and Volume II.

Which I love listening to him singing those classics from yesterday. I bet he didn't imagine he'd be singing those when he was rocking in the 70s' which I loved his style then and now.

"It Had To Be You"..."

from volume II..."As Time Goes By"...

Hello MVD! :hi:

[mvd]

99. Hi, Crew!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are doing well. :hi:

[flvegan]

81. Green Day, "American Idiot"

[bikebloke]

82. Mariza's "Fado em mim"

Nice sound. I don't care if I can't understand Portugese.

[no name no slogan]

97. With Fado, it doesn't matter

Same goes with Flamenco, too. My Spanish sucks, but the music/emotion is enough! :)

[UpsideDownFlag]

84. people still buy CD's? i've been downloading and burning for a loong time

nt

[TroubleMan]

85. I have many, many gigs of downloads, but if it's good I buy the cd.

Anita Baker's new album I downloaded before it was even released, because I wanted to hear it. I knew it was going to be a 10 out of 10 and she didn't disappoint me. I have to buy it to support her.

I downloaded Akon's cd, because I heard a few songs that I liked. I was very impressed by it, so I bought it. I know he's an up and coming artist, and if he doesn't get a lot of sales, they won't let him make a 2nd cd. It was a very deep cd. He talks about trying to get a job and live out your life after being in jail and being a felon, and how hard it is to do. I've lived through exactly what he's talking about, so his lyrics went right to my soul....I had to by it.

My last two buys before that were the lastest Alicia Keys and Al Green cds.

[Maestro]

86. Lamb of God

It is speed metal. I use it to work out my frustrations plus it scares freepers and fundies.

http://www.lamb-of-god.com/ashes2/

[huntsvilledem]

87. I would laugh at you..

... if I didn't own 2 spice girls and 1 britney spears CD :P

[Queen Jane]

88. Decemberists - Her Majesty The Decemberists (nt)

[grannylib]

90. Roxy Music "Avalon." Next on the list is Incubus, "A Crow Left of the

Murder." I love those guys.
I need to keep on replacing my old vinyl collection as well; REALLY need to hear Bowie's "Scary Monsters." Been way too long.

[sundog]

91. Just got Ozric Tentacles "Jurassic Shift" & St Germain "Tourist"

both used, good buys

[AlFrankenFan]

94. An oldie kinda..I finally found John Cougar Mellencamp's "American Fool"

I love the last song, "Weakest Moments". It also merits two of his best, Jack and Diane and Hurts So Good.

By the way, what the fuck is "bubblegun pop"??? :shrug:

[St. Jarvitude]

95. just two days ago, Chutes Too Narrow by The Shins

Planning on buying Oh, Inverted World as soon as I find myself with a wad of cash. I was torn as to which I should buy because I heard samples from both albums but I went with the newer CD (usually a good bet with out-of-mainstream bands)

[no name no slogan]

98. Brian Wilson's "Smile", Modern English's "After the Snow", and...

-- Wire's "Wire on the BOX:1979" (live CD/DVD from German TV),
-- Paco del Pozo's "Vestido de Luces" (young flamenco cantaor/singer, doing it "old school"),
-- Ketama, "Toma Ketama" (recent CD by early "Nuevo Flamenco" innovators.

I tend to by CDs only a few times a year, and I tend to buy in bulk.

[AlbertoMo83]

101. Mos Def

The New Danger :smoke: :bounce:

[Maddy McCall]

106. Old 97s, LL Cool J, Dean Martin

Eclectic mix, no doubt. :-)