What albums do I need to add to my collection?

C'mon, you know you've got suggestions.

Gawd, I'm bored. Just waiting for my friends to get off work.

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Anything by Rush....

Young Fresh Fellows: The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest & Topsy Turvy ? (circa 1985ish)

Sample linky in ALE

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Anything by Rush....

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Ditto, or Yes, or PF.

The entire Nana Mouskouri catalogue.

1964 Favorite German Christmas Songs Polydor
1969 Nana Mouskouri Sings Over & Over Polygram
1970 Song for Liberty Mercury
1971 Turn on the Sun Verve
1979 Roses & Sunshine Verve
1984 Nana [1984] Mercury
1984 La Dame De Coeur Mercury
1984 Nana Mouskouri Polydor
1985 Ma Verite Polydor
1986 Alone Polydor
1986 Tu M'Oublies Polydor
1986 Why Worry Polydor
1987 Nana [1987] Verve
1987 Par Amour Verve
1988 The Magic of Nana Mouskouri Philips
1988 Tierra Viva Mercury
1988 Je Chante Avec Toi Liberte Mercury
1989 Noel Polydor
1989 German Christmas Songs PolyGram
1989 Konzert der Gefuehle [live] Universal/Polygram
1990 Oh Happy Day Philips
1990 The Classical Nana Philips
1991 Libertad PolyGram
1992 Adieu Angelina Alex
1993 Falling in Love Again: Great Songs from the ... PolyGram
1993 Nuestras Canciones Philips
1994 Concierto En Aranjuez Philips
1994 Nuestras Canciones, Vol. 2 Philips
1995 Dix Mille Ans Encore Musicrama
1995 Recuerdos, Vol. 1 PolyGram Latino
1995 Recuerdos, Vol. 2 PolyGram Latino
1996 Nana Latina Polygram
1997 Return to Love Polygram
1997 Christmas with Nana Mouskouri Polygram International
1998 Hommages Polygram International
1998 Alles Liebe Philips
1998 At the Albert Hall [live] Polygram Italy
1998 Athina Mercury
1998 Ballades Polygram Canada
1998 Cote Sud Cote Coeur Philips
1998 Du Und Ich Mercury
1998 Hollywood Polygram International
1998 Lider die Liebe Schrei Polygram Germany
1998 Nana's Book of Songs Mercury
1998 Concert for Peace [live] Polygram
2000 Nana Mouskouri in New York Philips
2002 Un Bolero por Favor Mercury
2002 Fille du Soleil Mercury
2003 Ode to Joy Universal
2003 Nana Swings Universal International
2003 Christmas Album Philips
2004 Nana un Canadien Errant Universal
2004 Boleros Canciones Recuerdos Universal International
2004 Live at Herod Atticus Universal International
2006 I'll Remember You Classics
2006 Moni Perpato Mercury
2007 Chants de Mon Pays Universal
2007 Gloria Eterna Universal
2007 I Endekati Entoli Universal
2007 No. 1 Universal
2007 Oi Mythoi Mias Gynaikas Universal
2007 Resital 70 Universal
2007 Taxidiotis Universal
2007 Tragouda Hatzidaki No. 2 Universal
2007 Tragouda Hatzidaki Universal
2007 Solo Boleros Universal Latino

The new White Stripes on vinyl is fantastic sonically and musically.

Also, I've been wanting that Sundazed reissue of Link Wray's Jack the Ripper album, so you could just but that and then send it to me.

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The entire Nana Mouskouri catalogue.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=NANA|MASKOURI&sql=11:hife xqw5ldhe~T2

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And I thought I was being facetious :lol:

...Spoon or the Decemberists.

You can thank me later.

Swish

Bob Log III.

Here's the video for Clap Your Tits.

NSFW.

You're welcome.

Thanks for posting on Nana. I'm missing that one she did in 1990, Oh Happy Day. Hope I can still get it.

Estradasphere- Palace of Mirrors

All instrumental Klezmer metal with touches of spaghetti western and 60s and 70s lounge from ex-members of Mr. Bungle.

Album of the year for me so far, but I'm weird that way.

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The new White Stripes on vinyl is fantastic sonically

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You must have good drugs

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and musically.

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Best album they've done since White Blood Cells. "Catch Hell Blues" is great in spite of being a total "In My Time Of Dying" rip off.

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Anything by Rush...

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Silly me, I assumed it wasn't necessary to point out I'm not into anything that sucks ass :D

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Estradasphere- Palace of Mirrors

All instrumental Klezmer metal with touches of spaghetti western and 60s and 70s lounge from ex-members of Mr. Bungle.

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Sounds interesting and worthy of investigation. Thanks!

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Cool, I'll check it out once that other ALE starts wearing away ;)

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...Spoon or the Decemberists.

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Kill The Crane Wife?

Do you have any Gordian Knot or Ozric Tentacles? Some one hear mentioned Ozric in a post way back, I checked them out and they are one of the coolest things I've found in a long time. Try Spirals in Hyperspace.

I also really got into the Norwegian Metal with my favs being Tristania and Nightwish

I really enjoyed the discovery of Blackmore Night, if you aren't already into them, you might try their DVD, Castles and Dreams, it's very good. Candace is easy on the eyes and it's entertaining to watch Ritchie at work on the stringed instruments.

If you also enjoy an acoustic type sound occasionally Patty Griffin or Mindy Smith

I recently picked up an album by Gigi who is an Ethiopian artist, I guess they label this as World music. I thought it was pretty good. Interesting rythyms and instruments, some of the songs include some horns. The vocal style may be hard to get used to.

I bought my first mp3 player and have been building my library. It's fun to go back to those old albums you haven't had out in awhile like Gary Moore or Driving & Crying or WASP. I ended up with a pretty good representation of 80's hard rock from back in the day.

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Do you have any Gordian Knot or Ozric Tentacles? Someone here mentioned Ozric in a post way back, I checked them out and they are one of the coolest things I've found in a long time. Try Spirals in Hyperspace.

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I have (a burned copy) of Strangeitude lying around here somewhere.

For some reason I've been on an alt-country trip lately athough I did break out Slayer's South Of Heaven yesterday once the alcohol started kicking in. Funny how that works :)

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Young Fresh Fellows: The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest & Topsy Turvy ? (circa 1985ish)

Sample linky in ALE

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That's not bad. Kind of a Violent Femmes meets The Vibrators sound. Me likey.

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Bob Log III.

Here's the video for Clap Your Tits.

NSFW.

You're welcome.

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I think I saw that on a christian music video show once.

Let us know what you do get.


And, the Bob Log III is fun. I keep meaning to pick up a copy of Log Bomb. See him live if you get the chance and when you go, have a glass of Boob Scotch.

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For some reason I've been on an alt-country trip lately athough I did break out Slayer's South Of Heaven yesterday once the alcohol started kicking in. Funny how that works :)

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Have you heard Kathleen Edwards or Ray LaMontagne? You might enjoy either or both of them.

Luke Doucet is someone that you should definately check out as well.

My obsession lately has been with Morphine. Especially that great second disc from about 1993 on Rykodisc. Pretty big seller at the time I think, at least for an indie. You just don't hear this kind of sax-fueled, bluesy rock very often. Very unique, without the normal sound of guitars crunching all over the place. And Sandman's great voice. Really makes it almost sound like a jazz trio when it gets down and skronky, but definitely rocks. From AMG ...
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With their cult following growing, Morphine expanded their audience even further with their exceptional 1994 sophomore effort, Cure for Pain. Whereas their debut, Good, was intriguing yet not entirely consistent, Cure for Pain more than delivered. The songwriting was stronger and more succinct this time around, while new drummer Billy Conway made his recording debut with the trio (replacing Jerome Deupree). Like the debut, most of the material shifts between depressed and upbeat, with a few cacophonic rockers thrown in between. Such selections as "Buena," "I'm Free Now," "All Wrong," "Candy," "Thursday," "In Spite of Me" (one of the few tracks to contain six-string guitar), "Let's Take a Trip Together," "Sheila," and the title track are all certifiable Morphine classics. And again, Mark Sandman's two-string slide bass and Dana Colley's sax work help create impressive atmospherics throughout the album. Cure for Pain was unquestionably one of the best and most cutting-edge rock releases of the '90s.
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Picked up a bunch of odds and ends lately that I've wanted for awhile ...

Richard Buckner: Meadow (love this guy, all the way back to the Bloomed debut. Nice band on this one, and always great songs and voice, no radical departure, just classy, folksy, country music)

Richmond Fontaine: Thirteen cities (ditto above, had a Swish Daddy demo for awhile now, but got the real deal from his deepdiscount hangout, those dusty story-based songs of singer Willy Vlautin always take me away. Recorded in Arizona with members of Calexico, the americana.uk site gave it a way over the top 10/10 ... "We live in a world of hyperbole and exaggeration which is a pity because when this album is called a masterpiece, such words lose some of their effect. But a masterpiece it is – daring, adventurous, literate, and consummate.")

Electrelane: No Shouts No Calls (love these Brighton ladies, especially with Steve Albini at the recording console, but on this one they stayed in Europe and Albini stayed in Chicago, but no complaints here. Some of the VU and Krautrock and Feelies influence falls away for some great pop sounds, and again, no complaints. Great record, by one of the best rock bands making music right now.)

The National: Boxer (what can you say when a band hits all the right spots, and does it with such class and flair? Immediately understated, but highly rewarding in the end. Keeps alive what I've always loved about the Joy Division meets Leonard Cohen vibe I rediscovered in those first couple Tindersticks records, and Sixteen Horsepower, and other favorites.)

Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha (had a freebie for quite awhile now, from an Autumn place, and easily became one of my favorites of the year, so had to get the real one - Andrew Bird is one of the most special songwriters I know of today, and this is one of his best)

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (only heard, but never had a copy, until now. Classic stuff. This is the longer Nonsuch reissue from the late 90s. Easy 10 out of 10 on any of today's rating scales. Mind shifting, yet accessible avant garde post rock music - but from the 70s. Not like Pink Floyd psychedelia - think more like Tortoise, and Rachel's, very repetitive, but that's the beauty, kind of like some of the modern day electronica trance composers in that regard, but with all "real" sounds)

Fridge: Happiness (right up there with that great Manitoba "Up In Flames", and Hood "Cold House", and Notwist "Neon Golden", but this post rock is instrumental like Mogwai, although not like Mogwai.)

Rex: C (all things revolving around Red Red Meat and Califone and that whole Chicago family of bands will ultimately be mine. Call it a disease, but it makes me happy )

Morphine: Cure for Pain (all things revolving around Sixteen Horsepower and Woven Hand and that whole family of Denver areas bands will ultimately be mine. Call it a disease, but it makes me happy )

Cat Power: The Greatest (skipped at the time last year, cause Moon Pix will always be my favorite, and I do kind of miss the wreckage, but I do still love Chan, and that voice works great in this setting too, even if not like it does on You Are Free or Moon Pix)

Palace: Viva Last Blues (Will Oldham is a long time favorite, picked up this on vinyl way back in the mid 90s, and it's still probably my favorite, another great Albini recording, but the turntable has been in mothballs for awhile due to moves, and I really needed to hear it again, and only $5.99 for the CD of a truly understated classic of the 90s - no brain needed for this buy, gawd, I might be able to listen to Will's creaky old ramblings all day long)

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:Yawn: Nana Mouskouri ??? ... :crazy:

Here's a few that have treated me right over the last week:

The National~Boxer
Tom Waits~Mule Variations What is he building in there?
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World Psychedelic Classics #3 on David Byrne's Luaka Pop label

If you're feeling very metal, or at least kinda sullen and etchy metal you might want to try planesmistakenforstars.

I picked up a nice copy of von Karajan/BPO's Mozart'sSymphonies #38 & #39 on Deutsche Grammophon if your so inclined.

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So maybe some polka music would have been a better suggestion?

http://www.polkacide.com/sounds.html

perhaps it's time to revisit your inner HENDRIX,

as I have done lately...

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So maybe some polka music would have been a better suggestion?

http://www.polkacide.com/sounds.html

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Yey, Frankie, (RIP) ...
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Yey, Frankie, (RIP) ...
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... Li'l Wally Ostanek, (also RIP) ...
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Richmond Fontaine: Thirteen cities (ditto above, had a Swish Daddy demo for awhile now, but got the real deal from his deepdiscount hangout, those dusty story-based songs of singer Willy Vlautin always take me away. Recorded in Arizona with members of Calexico, the americana.uk site gave it a way over the top 10/10 ... "We live in a world of hyperbole and exaggeration which is a pity because when this album is called a masterpiece, such words lose some of their effect. But a masterpiece it is – daring, adventurous, literate, and consummate.")

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I don't know about a masterpiece but I do like it and it grows on me a little more every time I listen.

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Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha (had a freebie for quite awhile now, from an Autumn place, and easily became one of my favorites of the year, so had to get the real one - Andrew Bird is one of the most special songwriters I know of today, and this is one of his best)

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Album of the year (so far) for me.

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Cat Power: The Greatest (skipped at the time last year, cause Moon Pix will always be my favorite, and I do kind of miss the wreckage, but I do still love Chan, and that voice works great in this setting too, even if not like it does on You Are Free or Moon Pix)

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Much to my surprise this has grown on me. "Love & Communication" is just great. Maybe seeing her perform many of these songs on Austin City Limits made me appreciate her more. I still think You Are Free is a snoozefest (except for "He War"), however.

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Palace: Viva Last Blues (Will Oldham is a long time favorite, picked up this on vinyl way back in the mid 90s, and it's still probably my favorite, another great Albini recording, but the turntable has been in mothballs for awhile due to moves, and I really needed to hear it again, and only $5.99 for the CD of a truly understated classic of the 90s - no brain needed for this buy, gawd, I might be able to listen to Will's creaky old ramblings all day long)

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Don't have any Palace but am a big fan of this:

Swish wins!

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Don't have any Palace but am a big fan of this: (insert picture here, because we'd all rather look at images of CD covers than talk about the music)

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I don't really understand what his intent was with that record, although the idea of an artist revisiting some of his most loved songs a few years later does have a certain appeal. Many do it in concert all the time, changing it up to keep interest. Dylan is one that comes to mind, always changing around his songs, sometimes making it hard to even know what he's playing unless you catch a lyric. I have a copy someplace, but it just seems that his original versions were so much better, so I've never really listened to it much. Viva Last Blues is pretty special, one of those records that has grown quite a bit in stature with me personally over time, and also with many music critics, it seems. Such a nice recording too.

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Cat Power: The Greatest (skipped at the time last year, cause Moon Pix will always be my favorite, and I do kind of miss the wreckage, but I do still love Chan, and that voice works great in this setting too, even if not like it does on You Are Free or Moon Pix)

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Much to my surprise this has grown on me. "Love & Communication" is just great. Maybe seeing her perform many of these songs on Austin City Limits made me appreciate her more. I still think You Are Free is a snoozefest (except for "He War"), however.

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Yea, saw some of that Ausin show. She's got a weird charm. Saw her once a few years ago and she was pretty on that night, though still kind of jittery. Could probably fall in love with her. Bet they had fun making this record. I know it hasn't always been fun for her in the past. You Are Free is still one of the best of the last few years, so just goes to show you still suck ass :)

Hi Slosheroo,

Here's a few releases that I have purchased recently and recommend (I am not stating that these are masterpieces just that they are enjoyable):

Kings of Leon -- Because of the Times (LP)
Golden Smog -- Blood on the Slacks (LP)
Arcade Fire -- Neon Bible (LP and CD)
The Sea and Cake -- Everybody (LP)
Secondhand Serenade -- Awake (CD) -- may not be your cup of tea
Macy Gray -- BIG (CD)
Mary Chapin Carpenter -- The Calling (Closer and Closer Apart is worth the price of admission; CD)
I'm From Barcelona -- Let Me Introduce My Friends (This is a fun, enjoyable CD!)
Bon Jovi -- Lost Highway (Their reoccurent message about aging strikes home; CD)
Wilco -- Sky Blue Sky (LP and CD...one of the best releases of 2007)
White Stripes -- Icky Thump (LP; mastered by Steve Hoffman)
Damien Rice -- O (I just discovered this 2003 release)
Warren Zevon -- Preludes (not particularly well recorded but some wonderful gems)
Modest Mouse -- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (LP)
Low -- Drums and Guns (LP; very eerie and disturbing but hard not to listen to)
The Polyphonic Spree -- The Fragile Army (LP; this Dallas group does us good).

Keep us posted on what you buy and enjoy. Or not enjoy. :0

One word of advice: Twang.

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One word of advice: Twang.

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Wha'cha think of James McMurtry & The Heartless Bastards? More rock than twang but still at least there is some twang in there. I only have the Sugar Hill comp and me thinks I need some of the albums proper. I also need that sophomore Holopaw album.

I'm liking the new Spoon. Kind of a raunchier version of Kill The Moonlight, though no where near as punky as A Series Of Sneaks. Most of the songs are piano-driven.

NP: (Sunday morning music)

Not familiar with McMurtry at all. Saw Heartless Bastards open for Lucinda a couple months ago. Fortunately, their set was short- I was ready to go out to the lobby bar to wait them out when they ended their set. Pretty awful, at least live. The chick that sings and "plays" guitar was...uhhh...amateurish, at best. Maybe it was stage fright or something. Bottom line for me is they were a trio that never seemed to all be playing the same song at the same time.

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Always loved that "Sixty Acres" song, the one about his grandma dying, and leaving him a piece a crap parcel that he could maybe grow corn on, but he hates farming, and his cousin got the pot of gold piece of land ... "looks like a Wal-Mart waiting to happen" :)

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That's not bad. Kind of a Violent Femmes meets The Vibrators sound. Me likey.

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Much less serious, though. Wiki has a terse write up. As one page put it, "they're probably more respected than known." You got PM with links.

Howz about trying The Maccabees - Colour It In, really good debut album from a UK band.

Failing that go for The Go Find - Stars On The Wall, or Kings Of Leon -Because Of The Times, there's a new one from The Editors too which is ok.

Cheers
Mike

You REALLY need this one to quench the polka afterburn:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lostame...7594204123124/

I'd go with some of these recent ones to add some zing to your music collection and, of course, your summer:

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Liars - Liars

Aereogramme - My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go

Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound

Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog

Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger


The White Stripes' latest is great driving music, whereas the Aerogramme is great in a PInk Floyd kind of way......... the others, I'm sure you already know about.

Let us know what you end up with,

audiobill

I think I remember you saying one time that Car Wheels was the only Lucinda Williams you owned. I recommend exploring her albums, all of which are available on vinyl.

Also, mebbe some:

Red House Painters.

Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter

Handsome Family

Doc Watson

John Hiatt

I could go on, but that's enough twang.

JD