What are the last 3 albums you bought?

[mvd]

Mine:

Katy Rose - Because I Can (she is a very promising artist with a more garage rock/symphonic/light alternative style than her peers. She doesn't have a great voice, but her voice is adequate and she can make it fit the mood of each song. Here's how Katy's album fares compared to some other pop/rock albums by females: )

Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper: A
Michelle Branch - Spirit Room: A
M2M - Big Room: A-
Avril Lavigne - Let Go: A-
Pink - Try This: A-
Katy Rose - Because I Can: A-
Fefe Dobson - self-titled: A-
Lucy Woodward - While You Can: B+
Pink - Missundazstood: B+
Mandy Moore - self-titled: B+
Stella Soleil - Dirty Little Secret: B+
Lillix - Falling Uphill: B+ (extra points because they often play their own guitar)
Angela Ammons - self-titled: B
M2M - Shades Of Purple: B
Rachel Farris - Soak: B-
Hoku - self-titled: B-
Nikki Cleary - self-titled: B-
Pink - Can't Take Me Home: B-
Britney Spears - In The Zone: B-
Mandy Moore - Coverage: C+
All of Britney Spears's others: C for first, C+ for next two
Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis: C-
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Barenaked: C-
B*Witched - Awake And Breathe: C-
Mandy Moore - So Real: D
t.A.T.u. - 200 Km/H in the Wrong Lane: D

Good Charlotte - The Young And The Hopeless (I used to write them off as Green Day/Blink 182 ripoffs, but they have good hooks and a little more of an 80s rock sound than the other two.)

Mindy Smith - One Moment More (Wonderful! Pure voice, non-cliched lyrics, and sparkling backgrounds. She does "Hard To Know" so well that I'd like her to include a couple more faster songs on her next album.)

[SaveElmer]

1. Here you go

Mary Fahl - The Other Side of Time
Alison Krauss - New Favorite
Great Big Sea - Sea of No Cares

[Redneck Socialist]

40. How did you like New Favorite?

I'd give it about a C using the original posters scale. I didn't think it measured up to most of her earlier albums. I did like Allison Krause and Union Station "Live" a lot though.

[mvd]

47. I have it and would give it an A

Excellent, but a ballad or two could have been left off. Now That I Found You: A Collection gets an A+.

[SaveElmer]

50. Really liked it - Give it an A

It did get slow in a couple spots...but really no weak entries on the album.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Music festival in Fez, Morocco

there were five CDs in the set.

[Must_B_Free]

3. All 3 Groundation

Hebron
Each one Teach one
groundation

[theemu]

4. That Tatu album is the best thing you have listed...

Really. It is.

[mvd]

5. Liked it at first, but it got worse with..

each listen.

[Dutch]

30. Definition of "travesty"...

Tatu's version of "how soon is now" :grr:

[KG]

6. splurged and bought 2

Rodney Crowell - Fates right hand - got me playing it loud! writing a production is great. makes me wanna check out 'Houston Kid'

and his ex-wife Roseanne Cash - Rules of Travel - so-so; production is a little muddy, writing uneven. a good duet with her dad.

[mvd]

8. Personally, I love Rules Of Travel

The Wheel is still better, but not much better IMO. I feel the production on Rules Of Travel is nicely alt-countryish rather than muddy, and her lyrics are bolstered by some songs she's had for a while.

[SiouxJ]

32. Oh god, The Wheel kicks ass over "Rules"

IMO of course ;-) :hi:

The Wheel is one of my desert island discs. I'd leave Rules back on the mainland ;-) .

[nostamj]

7. i have SO much music, i rarely buy anything

did get a great jazz/vocal CD: PAM TATE, Something Wonderful

she's an extraordinary artist and backed by a killer trio led by pianist Ted Firth.

I know her from the NYC cabaret scene...

beyond that, probably OCRs of Bernadette Peters' GYPSY and HAIRSPRAY...

[veganwitch]

9. they gave tatu a D???

pox on them!!!!

theyre not fanfuckingtastic but they are fun nonetheless.

[mvd]

10. That's what I gave them

So the pox is on me. :)

Sorry, my guilty pleasures are elsewhere.

[DS1]

11. Don't buy often, so...

Tool-Salival
Tool-Lateralus
Bill Hicks-Rants in E Minor

[asthmaticeog]

12. Way too indie for my own good.

No, screw that, indie rock kicks ass.

U.S. Maple - "Purple On Time"
The Spits - s/t
Oneida - "Each One Teach One"

That Spits record I maybe should have waited to find used - it's so much more Ramones-y than their singles, and I've already got plenty of Ramones albums, so no need for an homage band, thanks. The U.S. Maple and Oneida are pretty damn swell, though.

I also just got the new Mountain Goats single, which I'd love to gush about 'cuz it's a-fucking-may-fucking-zing, but you asked for albums.

[Colin Ex]

33. THE SPITS! HOLY SHIT!

Oh my GOD! I've never met ANYONE else who's heard of the Spits!

They played one of the last shows a local art space around here held before it closed. Their set was one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.

I fucking LOVED it.

-C

[peacefreak]

13. Three, huh?

O--Damien Rice
Cold Mountain Soundtrack (produced by T-Bone Burnett)
Just Because I'm a Woman--Dolly Parton Tribute

[Redneck Socialist]

41. If you liked Cold Mountain...

...check out "Songs from the Mountain" by Dirk Powell, Tim O'Brien and John Herrmann. It is old timey music inspired by the book. For a while it was sold as a "companion CD" packaged together with the book, but you can buy it separately.

[Odessey]

Now let's see

Soundtrack: The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
Sarah Brightman
Thomas Tallis: "Spem in alium" (a motet in 40 parts)

[Odessey]

14. Now let's see

Soundtrack: The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
Sarah Brightman
Thomas Tallis: "Spem in alium" (a motet in 40 parts)

[greendog]

15. Lucinda, RT, and Dawg

Lucinda Williams - World Without Tears

Richard Thompson - The Old Kit Bag

David Grisman - Hot Dawg

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. Mine...

quebec - Ween(2003): A- Still growing on me. Ween tends to do that. Gener and Deaner do it again with a consistently solid album. Missed them on tour, maybe this summer.

Streetcore - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros(2003): B+ Recorded part posthumously. They threw on some left-over tracks to fill out album. Feels thrown together. Not real partial to Joe's "Redemption Song".

Global A Go-Go - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros(2001): A I feel this is the strongest of the Mescaleros three Hellcat record releases. Good world-beat feel but still has "Clash" edginess. Just edges out "Rock Art and the X-Ray Style".

[JanMichael]

17. Latest? 1. Boots Riley and the Coup: Party Music. B+

2. Billy Bragg/Wilco: Mermaid Avenue I (Or II?). A-

3. RATM: Battle of LA. A

Yes there is a theme there.

[KG]

21. oh, i know, i know!

:)

[JanMichael]

23. Of course you do!

How has your weekend been?

[ronzo]

18. Heh.

The recent:
Audioslave
Disturbed
Bob James

[Terwilliger]

19. Bob Marley - Natty Dread; Sly & Robbie - Masters of Dub, and

Michael Franti and Spearhead - Stay Human

[ElsewheresDaughter]

20. Merchant's Tigerlily..Paul Simon's Central Park Concert...Andrea Bochello'

Tucany

[YellowRubberDuckie]

22. Evanescance, Norah Jones, Bare Naked Ladies...

I love that haunting Goth rock, I love Jazz and I love the improv style of Bare Naked Ladies. If you've never been to a BareNaked Ladies show, I recommend it, they're fun...
Evanescance A
Norah Jones A+
BareNaked Ladies A

Duckie

[mvd]

24. I have all three

My grades:

Evanescence - B
Norah Jones - A
Barenaked Ladies (newest album) - A-

I'll also give grades to the other two that I bought:

Good Charlotte - B
Mindy Smith - A

I'll try to get to a BL show. :hi:

Right now, I'm going back to the Super Bowl..

[CalebHayes]

25. Brand New - Your favorite weapon, Brand New - Deja Eentendu....

The Postal Service - Give up... The greatest music I have ever heard.

[MrSlayer]

26. Dew Scented, Led Zeppelin, Slayer

Dew Scented - Impact. Excellent Thrash Metal. A+
Led Zeppelin - How the West was Won. Live classics by the gods of Hard Rock. A+
Slayer - Soundtrack to the Apocalypse. Box Set with a lot of rarities. Awesome as usual. A+

[LWolf]

27. Greendale (Neil Young),

Educated Guess (Ani Di Franco)

If Eveolution is Outlawed,Only Outlaws will Evolve
(Jello Biafra)

[mrklixx]

28. My 3 (such as they are)

Entwine-The Treasures Within hearts
Helloise-Fata Morgana
Sirensong-TheCruelty of Children

[CShine]

29. Chet Atkins/Tommy Emmanuel, Dan Crary, North Mississippi All-Stars

Chet Atkins & Tommy Emmanuel - "The Day The Fingerpickers Took Over The World" (1997)

Dan Crary - "Bluegrass Guitar" (1970)

The North Mississippi All-Stars - "Shake Hands With Shorty" (2001)

[GumboYaYa]

49. "Shake Hands with Shorty," good choice.

I was really disapointed with "Polaris."

[Colin Ex]

31. Bought? Damn.

I got a bunch as gifts... and I got a few with an iTunes music gift certificate.

The last three I went to a record store and threw down cash money for were:

Yo La Tengo -- And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Yo La Tengo -- Summer Sun
Two Mogwai albums I got at the same time: Rock Action and My Father My King.

-C

[tigereye]

38. Patti Smith Land older and newer stuff

with great pictures

Joey Ramone Don't Worry About Me ( sniffle, version of What a Wonderful World is a tearjerker and my kid loved Mr Punchy.)

Mofones. The Mofones. Friends of mine from Pittsburgh. A bit like Luna, a bit like the B 52s, a bit like Lucious Jackson. Quite a combo.


PS up above, can't have too much Yo La Tengo!

[Red_Storm]

34. These......

Miles Davis Plays For Lovers - Miles Davis

I Can't Stop - Al Green

Life For Rent - Dido

[brainwashed_youth]

35. for me..

Tupac:Resurrection=B
Blink 182:Blink 182=A
Pink Floyd:The Wall=A+

36. The Power to Believe

by King Crimson

Kora Revolution -- Kaouding Cissoko
The Complete Jack Johnson sessions -- Miles Davis

[GOPisEvil]

37. Centro-matic, Elf Power and a Centro-matic/Vermont combined EP.

All at the used CD shop. Gotta love Cheapo!

[Redneck Socialist]

39. Hmmm...bought? Not sure, but...

I received "The essential Johnny Cash 1955 - 1983" and the recently remixed "Blood on the Tracks" for chistmas. I would give both of them an A.

CDs that I have purchased recently include:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, "Little Worlds" C-
The Waifs, "Sink or Swim" B-
The White Stripes, self titled B
Yonder Mountain String Band and Benny Galloway, "Old Hands" C
Tim O'Brien, "Traveler" A

[LynneSin]

42. My 4 last albums

only because I bought 2 at a time at 2 different times:

Billy Idol's Greatest hits
The Very Best of Jethro Tull
Damian Rice's O
Annie Lennox Bare

[tigerbeat]

43. last three i bought....

....
1. Welcome Interstate Managers - Fountains of Wayne
2. Cypress/Afoot - Let's Active
3. Every Dog Has His Day - Let's Active

someone unloaded their old let's active CD's at the hollywood amoeba. me luck out big time.

[Dogmudgeon]

53. Let's Active

Oh yeah ... 'luck' it is.

God day-im, has it really been 20 years since Cypress and Afoot were released?

--bkl
Every Word Mean 'Old'

[Az]

44. No one will have heard of these

Noir Soundtrack

War of the Worlds: Uladubula

Malice Mizer

I will be shocked if anyone has these.

[devilgrrl]

45. Joy Division - Permanent

The Cure - Greatest Hits
Telepopmusik - Genetic World

[noonwitch]

46. Lucinda Williams, Regina Carter and Sarah Brightman

All new cds.
Lucinda Williams-"World Without Tears" is a really great album. It rocks. The title song is visionary.

Regina Carter-"Paganini...After a Dream". Regina is a Detroit-raised jazz violinist. This recording was made in Italy, where she travelled to record/perform jazz on the Guanari del Gesu violin that belonged to Paganini and is the property of the city of Milan. The sound of this 400 year old instrument is amazing, as is the ability of the artist.

Sarah Brightman-"Harem". She's into the middle east, this time. It's sort of a musical tribute to "Arabian Nights", with some odd touches like "What a Wonderful World". It's her typical pop/classic mix, if you like that kind of thing.

[MissMillie]

48. My last 3

Freaky Styley - Red Hot Chili Peppers (it was a Christmas Present for my son)

I am Sam - soundtrack

Lost in Space - Aimee Mann

[kiahzero]

51. Foo Fighters - One by One ...... Godsmack - Faceless

Both excellent albums

[GumboYaYa]

52. Deacon John's "Jump Blues"

DJ is a throwback to the days when rock n' roll was invented. This album is a tribute to all the great jump blues that came out of Massimo's studio on Frenchmen in New Orleans. Some people argue that Rock n' roll was invented in that little studio. If you like jump blues or are a student of the history of rock n' roll this is a must buy CD.

"Mystery Street" by Johnny Vidacovich. JV is a drummer's drummer and this CD is in he tradition of great backbeat that marks JV's career.

James Booker Live - 2 CD set. James Booker is only the greatest rock n' roll pianist ever to live and I mean that. When he sat down at the piano it was like Ray Charles and Chopin sat down together and started playing at the same time. I defy any piano player to listen to JB and try to recreate the fingering he uses. It is not possible without years of work. This CD is a great compilation of some of Booker's live performances and is a must have for the boogie woogie piano fan.

[Dogmudgeon]

54. Three from Me

I think I got them in order, too ...

The Association - Just The Right Sound
Amy Rigby - Until the Wheels Fall Off
Françoise Hardy - La Maison Ou J'ai Grandi ("Tar and Cement")

--bkl