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Monday, July 18, 2011

Collection: Phil Collins

Why does everybody hate this guy?

Vinyl is not included on the List

ALBUM: Face Value

FORMAT: Vinyl

Collection: Blink-182

The List: #304

ALBUM: Dude Ranch

FORMAT: CD

The List: #146

ALBUM: Enema of the State

FORMAT: CD

The List: #339

ALBUM: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

FORMAT: CD

The List: #250

ALBUM: Neighborhoods

FORMAT: CD

Final collection update for a while

I haven't posted in a bit, despite having bought a bunch of pretty sweet pieces.

While on a trip to Pittsburgh, I stopped by a record store to browse for some CDs that I couldn't find anywhere else; I think I made off like a thief, nabbing Radiohead's Com Lag (2plus2isfive) EP, and three singles by the Foos: Generator, Low, and Times Like These.

At Best Buy last week, I bought In Your Honor by the Foos and the Sun Giant EP by Fleet Foxes, on the recommendation of an employee.

And on Friday, I decided to kill my music purchasing for a while, and went out with a filled hole in my collection: Radiohead's Amnesiac. I've been unsure about buying this for a while, since it seems to be the most-hated Radiohead album since Pablo Honey, but for what I have in mind to keep myself from buying, having it felt essential. Oh, I also picked up a (hopefully rare) 2-track EP by Pearl Jam featuring Neil Young, the Merkinball EP, released as a companion to the Neil Young feat. Pearl Jam album Mirrorball. Strangely, despite not having a title track, it's considered a single.

I'll get to my plan in another post; right now, I'm going to update the artist pages which need it.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Collection: Beach Boys

The List: #669 & #670

ALBUM: Today & Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!!)

FORMAT: CD

The List: #65

ALBUM: Pet Sounds

FORMAT: CD

RATING: 84%

The List: #256

ALBUM: The SMiLE Sessions

FORMAT: CD

Update 7/3

Went to Best Buy, and couldn't resist picking up some goodies.

Found Death Cab's Open Door EP, Radiohead's The King of Limbs, and I kicked off my Beach Boys set with what's probably their most acclaimed album, 1966's Pet Sounds.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Collection update. June 29th

As you all might expect, I've been doing some buying lately. While garage-saling and secondhanding in Illinois, I picked up an American copy of the Hard Day's Night soundtrack and Pink Floyd's debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, both on vinyl, and Pearl Jam's "Not For You" single on CD.

And today, I went to my favorite record store and bought a trio of Coheed and Cambria albums (only two are sequential, but from what I can tell so far, the story isn't really in the lyrics anyway). In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth is OK, but I don't really see what's supposed to be "prog(ressive)" about the music. It sounds just a step or so above modern rock, with the only major difference being the subject matter of the lyrics.