Just Dance: Words to Live By (Video)

My Plan: The List

So, what is the plan I mentioned in my final collection update? I started a playlist of every full-length, EP, live album and single release (minimum two tracks) I own digitally or on CD, shuffled it by album, and I'm going through it one-by-one, giving each song its own rating, and rating the album based on the average of those ratings.  I'm doing this so I have something to focus on to keep me from buying CDs.

Collection: Fleet Foxes

The List: #179

ALBUM: Sun Giant EP

FORMAT: CD

RATING: 94%

The List: #295

ALBUM: Fleet Foxes

FORMAT: CD

The List: #284

ALBUM: Helplessness Blues

FORMAT: CD

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.

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.