what was the last cd you bought?

On An Island, David Gilmour; kind of a family album of an album; he's obviously got the Floyd out of his system. It's a completely uncommercial* mood album, no rockers, lyrical meditations on love, his wife & children and a general feel of contentment (artwork inside is derived from photos of a Greek island family holiday). His guitar solos even have a relaxed, first-take vibe.

It's up to Roger now to be miserable!

*I just looked the album up on Amazon.com and, amazingly, it's #1 in sales at the moment!

Just arrived from the UK today and playing now for the first time.

Arrived today from Germany.

LUNASA - Se bought from Mulligan Record Shop

Ops!
It's the CD i'm listening right now!

Nucleus - Elastic Rock/We'll Talk About It Later

Chris N

Neko Case 'Fox Confessor Brings The Flood'. Petentious title, decent songs, terrible production with vocal ruined by the reverb knob turned up to max.

Bruce

A triple-buy:

Liars - Drum's not dead. Hmmm... some songs sound really good and some... don't.
The Concretes - In Colour. Really good on the first and second listen. Hope they won't fade.
Donald Fagen - Morph the cat. Pretty boring stuff really. But I am determined to give him a shot so I will try to listen to him some more.


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Regards,
Jacob

Whiteflyer

How do you rate the Jenny Lewis album. A friend of mine has tickets to see them at the Sage in Gateshead.

Good for a listen on

http://www.myspace.com/lewiswithwatsons

Sounds pretty good.

Cheers
Richard

Very impressed by the Jose Gonzales album

Wandered into HMV, Windsor, only to find they were having a sale! Made visiting my mother less tragic.

Got Jack Johnson for the wife, full price, extended version. For me I got Goldfrapp - Supernature and Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the arab Strap for £ 6.99 each. Bargin.

Jono

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Posted Sat 25 March 2006 16:56
Whiteflyer

How do you rate the Jenny Lewis album. A friend of mine has tickets to see them at the Sage in Gateshead.

I am really poor at writing reviews, so I will not try Just to say I had not heard of Jenny Lewis or any songs by Rilo Kiley, but the Jenny Lewis CD was recommend on anther forum (KT Tunstall).

I really like the album even her cover version of Handle With Care is very good and i dont normally like coverd songs.Since I got the album I have bought tickets to her gig at the Lowry in Manchester so it must sound fine to me.

I think the Jenny Lewis is pretty good, her voice is a very splendid thing although a few songs are a little 'slight'. Try also Mark Lanegan/Isobel Campbell:Ballad of The Broken Seas, which is better still. Has a similar gospel/country feel although a bit darker.

bruce

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Originally posted by Sicey:
Very impressed by the Jose Gonzales album

Just look for this EP!
Junip - Black refuge

Vittorio Grigolo " In the hands of love". I actually bought this for my wife but after hearing it I think he has a stunning voice and being a young talent I look forward to more albums in the future.

Basement Jaxx - The Singles. £3.97 from Woolies seemed to good to pass up
Queen - Live at Wembley double CD also £3.97 as above.(For SWMBO).

Howard

Thanks for the tip

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

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Originally posted by Sicey:
Very impressed by the Jose Gonzales album

Just look for this EP!
Junip - Black refuge

This is a great chillout album with lovely vocals!!


Purchased and signed by the man himself at last weeks concert

Laurent Garnier - "Early Works"

Oh and Jack Johnson - "In Between Dreams" - load of dross. Bought after hearing a couple of trax from the radio.

On Wednesday I got

Coming this weekend

Whiteflyer-tell me about the Rilo Kiley. I've 'More Adventurous' and 'Execution Of All Things' but thought the latter was a bit weak which stopped me going further back. I do like 'Rabbit Fur Coat' though.

Recent purchases with mixed results.

Toumani Diabate Symmetric Orchestra; 'Boulevard D'Independence'. Good upbeat stuff. Bit like Orchestre Baobab.

Josh Rouse: 'Subtitulo'. Short, sweet and mellow but a bit forgettable.

Belle And Sebastian: 'The Life Pursuit'. First foray into B+S and seems fine. Any suggestion for what next?

Calexico: 'Garden Ruin'. Pretty different to what has gone before, excellent at times, but patchy really. The rockier tracks are fine but some tracks sound very AOR and the dusty border-country sound has all but gone. It is improving with familiarity but still a bit of a let down.

Willard Grant Conspiracy: 'Let it Roll'. The last album is still a huge favourite of mine but despite trying really hard to like it this one still sounds like a stinker. Plodding, predictable acoustic tracks and raucous unimaginative rockouts. 2 or 3 tracks at most remind you of why you loved 'Regard The End'. I'm gutted.

Bruce

Can I suggest we do our best on this thread to write a bit of a review rather than just posting a list, especially of new music. It makes the thread far more useful for people (like me) who like to stretch their horizons with new stuff.