2004 album pool-what have you picked up to choose from?

[Jim Clark]

Slow day-stupid and time consuming thread but nothing else seems to be happening so why not? With only a couple of months to go, what albums are you going to be picking from when selecting your best of 2004? This of course is only a y-t-d thread so rankings are neither expected nor encouraged (unless Slosh is ready to go, of course!).

jc's 2004 CD’s so far:


1. Air-Talkie Walkie
2. Crystal Method-Legion Of Boom
3. The Cure-s/t
4. The National-Cherry Tree (ep)
5. Ella Guru-First Album
6. Morrissey-You Are The Quarry
7. Stan Ridgway-Snakebit: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs
8. Two Lone Swordsmen-From The Double Gone Chapel
9. The Libertines- s/t
10. The Mooney Suzuki-Alive And Amplified
11. JuniorBoys-Last Exit
12. Blonde Redhead-Misery Is A Butterfly
13. Electrelane-Power Out
14. Razorlight-Up All Night
15. Snow Patrol-Final Straw
16. The Killers-Hot Fuss
17. Franz Ferdinand-s/t
18. Interpol-Antics
19. The Legends-Up Against The Legends
20. Icon Of Coil-Machines Are Us
21. De/Vision-Six Feet Underground
22. Meow Meow-Snow Gas Bones
23. Trashcan Sinatras-Weightlifting
24. Fiery Furnaces-Blueberry Boat
25. I Am The World Trade Center-The Cover Up
26. The Faint-Wet From Birth
27. Starsailor-Silence Is Easy
28. Modest Mouse-Good News For People Who Love Bad News
29. Mission Of Burma-Onoffon
30. Secret Machines-Now Here Is Nowhere
31. Xiu Xiu- Fabulous Muscles
32. Lali Puna-Faking The Books
33. Moonbabies-Orange Billboard
34. West Indian Girl-s/t
35. KVLR-s/t
36. Headset-Space Settings
37. Felix Da Housecat-Devon Dazzle And The Neon Fever
38. Le Tigre-This Island
39. The Orphins-Drowning Cupid

Some good, some bad, certainly some ugly in there.

jc

[Davey]

We have a little overlap but you've heard a few more than me. I went ahead and pulled out a top 10, but some will surely go up and some will surely go down by the time I post it for real since I've barely listened to a couple that I can already tell are very good (such as the Joseph Arthur) and there's also a big group of about 6 or 7 that are all on the bubble and could easily move into the top 10 depending on my mood.

Top 10...

Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard**
Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The National - Cherry Tree EP
Old Canes - Early Morning Hymns
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands**
Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End
Honeydogs - 10,000 Years
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs


The rest of the story ...

Lali Puna - Faking The Books
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand**
Electrelane - The Power Out
Joseph Arthur - Our Shadows Will Remain**
The Libertines**
Junior Boys - Last Exit**
The Legends - Up Against The Legends**
Vetiver - Vetiver
Giant Sand - Is All Over The Map
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
David Kilgour - Frozen Orange
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
The Court and Spark - Witch Season
Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire
Carina Round - The Disconnection
Ash - Meltdown**
The Places - Call It Sleep
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
Mary Lou Lord - Baby Blue
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld**

** CD-R copy

[tentoze]

I'll need to defer a real response until I get home this afternoon and survey the pile but I see at least some of what will be on my list already here.......

[Jim Clark]

Junior Boys - Last Exit**



** CD-R copy

I know you haven't had much, if any chance to listen to this, but once you do I'd be curious to learn if you can reconcile the glowing reviews of this album (and there are many) to the actual product. The second half really takes off for me but frankly I don't really know what's going on here.

jc-who failed to annotate with **'s

[Stone]

I'll post my list tonight, as my list of 2004 releases is on my home computer. At the beginning of the year I told myself I'd buy less this year so I could get to know the albums I bought better. That lasted about 2 weeks I think.

[nobody]

Just wasted the last hour or so of my employers time trying to remember everything I've got from 2004, which turns out to be a ton by my standards, probably the most I can ever remember picking up in a single year. My wallet is very light and my wife not particularly happy about it, but it's been fun. May have to make 2 year-end CDs this year, one from vinyl and one from disc. Can't see myself picking up more than a couple more this year. Anyway, here's what I'm picking from this year...

Prince – Musicology
Beastie Boys – To the 5 Burroughs
Lali Puna – Faking the Books
The Hives - Tranasaurous Hives
<b>Social Distortion – Love, Sex, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Two Lone Swordsmen – From the Double Gone Chapel</b>
Neubaten – Perpetum Mobile
Kanye West – College Dropout
<b>Cee Lo Green – Is the Soul Machine</b>
Blonde Redhead – Misery is a Butterfly
The Cure
<b>Iron & Wine – Endless Numbered Days
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Sings Greatest Palace Songs</b>
McLusky – The Difference Between You and Me…
Deadalus – Of Snowdonia
Mum – Summer Make Good
Tiger Army – Ghost Tigers Rise
Reverend Horton Heat - Revival
Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush
RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
<b>Diplo – Florida
Libertines</b>
Nelly – Suit
Talib Kweli – The Beautiful Struggle
<b>Air – Talkie Walkie
Morrissey – You Are the Quarry</b>
Snow Patrol – Final Straw
Interpol – Antics
Franz Ferdinand
Legends – Up Against the Legends
Mooney Suzuki – Alive and amplified
Felix Da Housecat-Devon Dazzle And The Neon Fever
The Roots – Tipping Point
Tom Waits – Real Gone
Bjork – Medulla
<b>Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Funeral for a Friend
Savath & Savalas - Apropa't
Dizzee Rascal – Showtime</b>
Velvet Revolver
Wilco – A Ghost is Born
DJ Shadow: Live! In Tune and On Time
<b>The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose</b>
Lou Reed – Animal Serenade
Telefon Tel Aviv – Map of What is Effortless
Von Bondies – Pawn Shoppe Heart
<b>Martina Topley-Bird – Quixotic</b>
ISAN – Meet Next Life
cLOUDDEAD – ten
The Walkmen – Bows & Arrows

I bolded the ones that stuck out as I was typing this up. I'm still not sure who would make the final 10. I may move up some I didn't highlight on another day etc...

[Jim Clark]

Prince – Musicology
Beastie Boys – To the 5 Burroughs
Lali Puna – Faking the Books
The Hives - Tranasaurous Hives
<b>Social Distortion – Love, Sex, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Two Lone Swordsmen – From the Double Gone Chapel</b>
Neubaten – Perpetum Mobile
Kanye West – College Dropout
<b>Cee Lo Green – Is the Soul Machine</b>
Blonde Redhead – Misery is a Butterfly
The Cure
<b>Iron & Wine – Endless Numbered Days
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Sings Greatest Palace Songs</b>
McLusky – The Difference Between You and Me…
Deadalus – Of Snowdonia
Mum – Summer Make Good
Tiger Army – Ghost Tigers Rise
Reverend Horton Heat - Revival
Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush
RJD2 – Since We Last Spoke
<b>Diplo – Florida
Libertines</b>
Nelly – Suit
Talib Kweli – The Beautiful Struggle
<b>Air – Talkie Walkie
Morrissey – You Are the Quarry</b>
Snow Patrol – Final Straw
Interpol – Antics
Franz Ferdinand
Legends – Up Against the Legends
Mooney Suzuki – Alive and amplified
Felix Da Housecat-Devon Dazzle And The Neon Fever
The Roots – Tipping Point
Tom Waits – Real Gone
Bjork – Medulla
<b>Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Funeral for a Friend
Savath & Savalas - Apropa't
Dizzee Rascal – Showtime</b>
Velvet Revolver
Wilco – A Ghost is Born
DJ Shadow: Live! In Tune and On Time
<b>The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come for Free
Loretta Lynn – Van Lear Rose</b>
Lou Reed – Animal Serenade
Telefon Tel Aviv – Map of What is Effortless
Von Bondies – Pawn Shoppe Heart
<b>Martina Topley-Bird – Quixotic</b>
ISAN – Meet Next Life
cLOUDDEAD – ten
The Walkmen – Bows & Arrows

..

Sweet mother of jebus...

jc

[nobody]

Your list wasn't exactly short, ya know.

Let me know if there's anything on there you've been wanting to hear.

[audiobill]

I guess it's another year 3/4's done. Wow!!

My list of 2004 releases that I'm very familiar with and enjoying on a regular spin cycle are as follows:

Franz Ferdinand - S/T
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Dears - No Cities Left
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Kanye West - The College Dropout
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Gomez - Split the Difference
Mooney Suzuki – Alive & Amplified

There are many I have, yet, to hear; and many more that will be released in the next six weeks that also look as if they'll add more water to my shallow pool's water level in 2004.

Cheers,
audiobill

[Stone]

Unfortunately, many haven't been listened to much, and a couple haven't been listened to at all:

!!! - Louden Up Now
+/- - You Are Here
Adem - Homesongs
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In the Hands
Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
Beauty Pill - The Unsustainable Lifestyle
Beep Beep - Business Casual
Bjork - Medulla
Black Eyes - Cough
Black Heart Procession and Solbakken - In the Fishtank (11)
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
The Blue Nile - High
Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
Dead Kennedys - Live at the Deaf Club
Decahedron - s/t
Deerhoof - Milk Man
The Delgados - Universal Audio
Descendents - Cool To Be You
Destroyer - Your Blues
Eagles of Death Metal - Peace Love Death Metal
Electrelane - The Power Out
Espers - s/t
The Faint - Wet From Birth
The Features - Exhibit A
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Franz Ferdinand - s/t
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
The Good Life - Lovers Need Lawyers EP
Green Day - American Idiot
The Gris Gris - s/t
Sarah Harmer - All of Our Names
Juliana Hatfield - In Exile Deo
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Helmet - Size Matters
Hop on Pop - As Drawn By Ethan, Age 2
I Am the World Trade Center - The Cover Up
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Isis - Panopticon
Matt and Bubba Kadane - Music From the Film Hell House
David Kilgore - Frozen Orange
The Legends - Up Against the Legends
Ted Leo + Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
The M's - s/t
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Mastodon - Leviathan
Mclusky - The Difference Between Me and You Is that I'm Not On Fire
Mekons - Punk Rock
Microphones - Live in Japan
Mission of Burma - OnoffOn
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
The Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard
Travis Morrison - Travistan
Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
The New Year - The End Is Near
AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
Old Man Gloom - Christmas
On!Air!Library! - s/t
Pidgeon - From Gutter With Love
Planesmistakenforstarts - Up In Them Guts
Q and Not U - Power
Razorlight - Up All Night
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Every Night
Slackers - International War Criminal EP
Sluts of Trust - We are all Sluts of Trust
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
Social Distortion - Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll
Solex - The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Statistics - Leave Your Name
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Oh, My Girl
Tangiers - Never Bring You Pleasure
Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
TV On the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
John Vanderslice - Cellar Door
Walkmen - Bows & Arrows
The Waxwings - Let's Make Our Descent
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

[audiobill]

Unfortunately, many haven't been listened to much, and a couple haven't been listened to at all:

!!! - Louden Up Now
+/- - You Are Here
Adem - Homesongs
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In the Hands
Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs
Beauty Pill - The Unsustainable Lifestyle
Beep Beep - Business Casual
Bjork - Medulla
Black Eyes - Cough
Black Heart Procession and Solbakken - In the Fishtank (11)
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
The Blue Nile - High
Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral
Dead Kennedys - Live at the Deaf Club
Decahedron - s/t
Deerhoof - Milk Man
The Delgados - Universal Audio
Descendents - Cool To Be You
Destroyer - Your Blues
Eagles of Death Metal - Peace Love Death Metal
Electrelane - The Power Out
Espers - s/t
The Faint - Wet From Birth
The Features - Exhibit A
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Franz Ferdinand - s/t
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
The Good Life - Lovers Need Lawyers EP
Green Day - American Idiot
The Gris Gris - s/t
Sarah Harmer - All of Our Names
Juliana Hatfield - In Exile Deo
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Helmet - Size Matters
Hop on Pop - As Drawn By Ethan, Age 2
I Am the World Trade Center - The Cover Up
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Isis - Panopticon
Matt and Bubba Kadane - Music From the Film Hell House
David Kilgore - Frozen Orange
The Legends - Up Against the Legends
Ted Leo + Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
The M's - s/t
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Mastodon - Leviathan
Mclusky - The Difference Between Me and You Is that I'm Not On Fire
Mekons - Punk Rock
Microphones - Live in Japan
Mission of Burma - OnoffOn
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
The Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard
Travis Morrison - Travistan
Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
The New Year - The End Is Near
AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
Old Man Gloom - Christmas
On!Air!Library! - s/t
Pidgeon - From Gutter With Love
Planesmistakenforstarts - Up In Them Guts
Q and Not U - Power
Razorlight - Up All Night
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Every Night
Slackers - International War Criminal EP
Sluts of Trust - We are all Sluts of Trust
Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
Social Distortion - Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll
Solex - The Laughing Stock of Indie Rock
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Statistics - Leave Your Name
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter - Oh, My Girl
Tangiers - Never Bring You Pleasure
Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
TV On the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
John Vanderslice - Cellar Door
Walkmen - Bows & Arrows
The Waxwings - Let's Make Our Descent
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles


Hey, Stone.

My list is bigger than your list... sing it. My list is bigger than your list... sing it. And we're all going straight to hell. He, he, he, he, just kidding.

How could I have forgotten the Punk-rock opera of Green Day's "American Idiot" -- one of my faves of 2004. Doh.

[Slosh]

All of mine have been mentioned already except Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow which is fantastic. Highly recommended if you like the Shins (and I mean it :) )
Also Earlimart - Treble & Tremble which is currently in my top three and may even snag the number one spot.

Oh, I also have CD-Rs of Jim White - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See (which I will be purchasing ASAP) and Chris Whitley - War Crime Blues and that's pretty good as well but is too much like Dirt Floor and/or Weed so I feel no pressing need for a legit copy (hey, I wouldn't have bought it anyway so no sale lost).

And . . . . Davey's not kidding about that Pinback album. I'm sure it's not for everyone here but it is for many, no doubt.

NP: Rogue Wave - Out Of The Shadow

[nobody]

Forgot one that I really like and that I'm listening to right now...Old Crow Medicine Show...

Also forgot to mention the Necromantix and the Horrorpops.

May have forgotten more. Damn, I spent way too much this year. Gonna have to cut down...or start making more money.

What's really scary to me is there are still things I'd like to hear but haven't.

Funny, this board has really gotten me excited about new music coming out again. I used to love new stuff, but had kinda settled on turning up maybe one or two new groups a year at most, and just spinning old favorites or older music I just never picked up the first time around. Or grabbing new releases by old standbys.

[tentoze]

More or less:

American Music Club, Love Songs For Patriots
Joseph Arthur, Our Shadows Will Remain
Devendra Banhart, Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart, Nino Rojo
Norman & Nacy Blake, The Morning Glory Ramblers
Bonnie Prince Billy, Sings Greatest Palace Music
Born Heller, S/T
Earlimart, Treble & Tremble
Elf Power, Walking With The Beggar Boys
Espers/ S/T
Jeffrey Foucault, Miles From The Lightning
Ghost, Hypnotic Underworld
Giant Sand, Is All Over The Map
Jolie Holland, Escondida
Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days
Lambchop, Aw C’mon
Mark Lanegan Band, Bubblegum
Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
Magnetic Fields, I
Sarah McLachlan, Live Acoustic
That Modest Mouse one, whatever it's called
Mountain Goats, We Shall All Be Healed
A. C. Newman, The Slow Wonder
Old Canes, Early Morning Hymns
Ollabelle, S/T
Graham Parker, Your Country
Pedro The Lion, Achilles Heel
Jason Molina, Pyramid Electric Company
Stan Ridgway, Snakebit
Subdudes, Miracle Mule
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Oh, My Girl
Twilight Singers, She Loves You
Unbunny, Snow Tires
John Vanderslice, Cellar Door
Vetiver, S/T
Jim White, Drill A Hole In The Substrate…
Willard Grant Conspiracy, Regard The End

[Davey]

I know you haven't had much, if any chance to listen to this, but once you do I'd be curious to learn if you can reconcile the glowing reviews of this album (and there are many) to the actual product. The second half really takes off for me but frankly I don't really know what's going on here.
Yeah, I made a little mention of it in that "return of the soap opera" thread but it doesn't do that much overall for me yet. I have a hard time getting past the drum machines, but they do take off once in a while into Notwist territory and almost all is forgiven. Except that it doesn't happen nearly often enough to keep my interest level up. I'll be giving it more spins to see what happens - so far I haven't given it more than two listens, and one was kind of distracted. I tend to agree with your assessment at this point, although I'm not liking it even that much.

Gotta tell you though, you were right on target about the Calexico concert. Wow! Love it and it does sound great! Thanks a ton. Sloshy should download a copy of this or get his hands on it some way. Very nice.

[Troy]

Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.

[Dusty Chalk]

Action Action, Don't Cut Your Fabric to This Year's Fashion
Air, Talkie Walkie
Anti-Depressive Delivery, Feel. Melt. Release. Escape.
Auf der Maur
Ayreon, The Human Equation
Bad Religion, Empire Strikes First
Bark Psychosis, ///Codename: Dustsucker
Bjork, Medulla
Buckethead, Population Override
Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
Lori Carson, The Finest Thing
Crematory, Revolution
Crystal Method, Legion of Boom
The Cure
Dead Soul Tribe, The January Tree
Decree, Moment of Silence
Dykehouse, Midrange
Einsturzende Neubauten, Perpetuum Mobile
The Faint, Wet from Birth
Fiery Furnaces, Blueberry Boat
Franz Ferdinand
Friends of Dean Martinez, Random Harvest
Ghost, Hypnotic Underworld
Kayo Dot, Choirs of the Eye
Lali Puna, Faking the Books
Melvins/Lustmord, Pigs of the Roman Empire
Mnemic, The Audio-Injected Soul
Mouse on Mars, Radical Connector
Mum, Summer Make Good
Neurosis, Eye of the Storm
Nightwish, Once
Pan Sonic, Quiet City
Particle, Launchpad
Peccatum, Lost in Reverie
Ratatat
Real Tuesday Weld, I, Lucifer
Skinny Puppy, The Greater Wrong of the Right
Tears for Fears, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
Two Lone Swordsmen, From The Double Gone Chapel
Tom Waits, Real Gone (his best in years, IMHO)
Jim White, Drill a Hole in the Substrate and Tell Me What You See
White Willow, Storm Season
yelworC, Trinity
Zombi, Cosmos

...someone want to do quality control on me (make sure they're all 2004 releases)?

Haven't heard yet, and could possibly make my list as a result: Joseph Arthur, TV on the Radio, Stan Ridgway, Frameshift, Pain of Salvation

Already off the list: Helmet, Killers, Jack Dangers -- it's not that I don't like these,
they are just guaranteed not to make my year-end favourites list.
Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.Skip shower every other day, don't work, no wife.

EDIT: And I don't drink, so I save on beer money.

[KEXPMF]

Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.

I wonder the same things!!! I think they are all very wealthy people on here. haha.
It's too much.
But I'm glad there is so much great stuff out there. I just need a filter. That's why I love it when they make comps!! KEXP is my main filter. The morning show is like a 4 hour long brilliant comp cd of all of my favorite music every weekday.

[Jim Clark]

Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.


Probably worthy of a seperate thread? I'm thinking -yes.

jc

[Jim Clark]

EDIT: And I don't drink, so I save on beer money.

ditto.

jc

[tentoze]

Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.
A- I gots a cheap source locally. ;)

B- O. I'm 'posed to LISTEN to this stuff? I thought you hung them from the rear-view mirror.

C- See B.

D- See B.

Cheap bathroom system means you can keep up with the hygiene and spin tunes. Cheap work system resolves the next issue. Got rid of the wife after years of hearing nothing but *****ing about the music I played. It was well worht it- anybody complains these days, and they get reminded of where the door is.

[Stone]

Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

I work hard.

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

This is the big problem for me. I don't have the time to really digest everything, so by the end of the year I've typically really digested only a fraction of what I've got. But I do listen to everything and try to get to know as much as I can.

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

Another problem. I try to listen to older CDs along with the newer ones. Kinda whatever I'm in the mood for or whatever someone happens to be talking about at the time.

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

See pic of my dining room below.

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

No wife anymore, which helps not only with the time aspect, but also with the spending aspect. My on-again-off-again girlfriend and I don't spend enough time together to really count.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.

My dining room:

[tentoze]

Dang, Stone, THAT'S a dining room!

[Finch Platte]

My dining room:

Lots of space at the end, there. Is that where all the comps I've sent you used to be? :D

fp

[Mike]

This year I seem to have picked up more new releases than previous years, too much hanging around this site I guess. But I'm glad to say I didn't buy them all, it's hard enough buying stuff a couple of years old you missed first time around. So a big thank you to all those who provided - you know who you are. Here's mine just the artists in no particular order. I'm sure there are lots more but that's all I can think of right now.

Ash
Gomez
Jesse Sykes
Jesse Malin
The Stands
Mojave 3
The Killers
Morrissey
Modest Mouse
Snow Patrol
Razorlight
Scissor Sisters
The Ordinary Boys
N.E.R.D
Wilco
Keane
Air
Blue Nile
Mark Lanegan
Green Day
Libertines
The Earlies
The National
Jean Michel Jarre
Franz Ferdinand
The Legends
The Moonbabies
Willard Grant Conspiracy
Jolie Holland
American Music Club
REM
Embrace
Be Good Tanyas
The Thorns
Micah P Hinson
Graham Coxon

Cheers
Mike

[Stone]

Lots of space at the end, there. Is that where all the comps I've sent you used to be? :D

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Nah, they never make it to the shelf. I keep that space open in hopes you may someday send me something worthy of being shelved.

Seriously, I have another (smaller) rack with my comps on it, and another with my other CD-Rs. Yes, it really is a sickness.

[nobody]

Not to be a pain in the can, but I really want to know

A- How can you guys afford to buy so many CDs?

I'm always broke. I shop at Goodwill, drive a crappy car, live in a little apartment and spend all my money on records and beer. My wife thinks I'm insane and I've never grown up.

B- Where do you find time to listen to and digest so many new CDs?

I don't watch TV, so figuring 8 hours a day at work and 6 or so to sleep each day leaves tons of time. I have music playing pretty much all the rest of the time. I can easily listen to 2-3 things a day and usually more.

C- Where do you find the time to listen to the 40 CDs you bought LAST year . . . and the year before, et al?

See above.

D- where do you store them? The logistics of dealing with such a fast growing collection is staggering to me.

Storage is always a problem. Here is one of my latest solutions... <A href="http://forums.audioreview.com/showthread.php?t=7390">New Record Shelf</a>

I'm in the process of building another one, along with new shelving for CDs and books too. (The wife and I both have a disease when it comes to books)

I just can't imagine being able to stay on top of so much new music and still find time to take a shower, let alone actually work and spend tiome with my wife.

I'm lucky that wife is pretty into music too, not as much as me because she needs time to watch Cops and CSI, but she still likes a lot of stuff I get into too, although she's a little more traditionally hard rock oriented.

I think I bought about 8-10 2004 CDs this year . . . a lot for me.

Good questions. I'd like to hear other's answers.

And, Stone, your kitchen is most impressive.