Purchase log, 2026-02-10

[Do As Infinity - Reborn]

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New releases

CD
  • Do As Infinity, Reborn

Catalog

CD
  • Tanimura Yumi, Hear
  • Rufus Wainwright, Milwaukee at Last!!
  • Sting, Demolition Man
Files
  • Dave Hawkins, Half Alive EP
  • SYML, The Vashon Sessions
  • Ta Mara and the Seen, Ta Mara and the Seen

Reissues

Vinyl
  • ZARD, Golden Best ~35th Anniversary~

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Purchase log, 2026-02-03

[Prince - HITnRUN Phase Two]

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

Catalog

CD
  • David Bowie, Diamond Dogs
  • David Bowie, The Man Who Sold the World
Vinyl
  • U2, No Line on the Horizon

Reissues

Vinyl
  • Prince, HITnRUN Phase Two

Purchase log picks, fourth quarter 2025

[Geese - Getting Killed]

Tiffany Poon, Nature

Tiffany Poon takes a geographical turn focusing on French composers for her second album, Nature. The care she brought to Diaries Schumann shows up here as well.

Hooverphonic, The Magnificent Tree

For the longest time, I thought the only thing I needed from Hooverphonic was their cover of “Shake the Disease” on the tribute album For the Masses. I was wrong.

Miguel, CAOS

The title of this album is an apt description for the songs therein, but they don’t get too out of hand to lose focus.

Rosalía, LUX

The orchestrations on this album are phenomenal, but I think Rosalía could study Shiina Ringo’s Karuki Zaamen Kuri no Hana for a lesson on how to keep ambitions in check. This album would be more impactful with a short running time.

Black Country, New Road, Forever Howlong
Geese, Getting Killed
National of Language, Dance Called Memory

I’ll admit I had to do some fourth quarter catch-up on these albums, so they’re indelibly tied in mind due to context-switching. In the case of Forever Howlong and Getting Killed, these albums flex ambition that wouldn’t sound out of place next to a Shiina Ringo or Naked City album, just a bit tempered. Dance Called Memory, meanwhile, evokes an age familiar to anyone who grew up in the Reagan years.

As much as I liked these albums, I didn’t discover them early enough in the year to dislodge the favorites I’ve already ranked. I was also listening to Dijon’s Baby, which did manage to break into the year-end list. Getting Killed garnered a lot of acclaim, but I perceive it as a less-fun version of Parquet Court’s Wide Awake!

Tortoise, Touch

I bet this album might have also ranked higher on the Favorite Edition 2025 list if it had just come out slightly earlier in the year.

Additional picks listed in the Favorite Edition 2025 Catalog list:

  • Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska ’82
  • Kaji Meiko, Yadokari

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By the numbers: 2025

[Olivia Rodrigo - Live from Glastonbury]

In the past, I would try to write about every album I encountered. These days, I listen to a lot of stuff, but I’ll only post an entry if something sparks a memory.

As these statistics demonstrate, I’m leaving a lot out of this blog.

First and last purchases of the year

The first and last purchases of the year are determined by the date of order. Pre-ordered items not yet shipped have already been taken into account.

  • First purchase: Sigur Ros, Inni on CD.
  • First purchase of a 2025 release: Sam Amidon, Salt River on CD.
  • Last purchase of a 2025 release: Olivia Rodrigo, Live From Glastonbury on CD
  • Last purchase: Wayne Horvitz, Simple Facts on vinyl.

Purchases by format

FormatNew releaseReissueCatalogTotal
7-inch0000
10-inch1203
12-inch2103
Blu ray0101
CD Single0000
CD5634270360
CD-R0000
Downloads1314027
DVD0011
Vinyl3053121204
Total items bought102105392599

Definitions

New release
Initial release within the calendar year.
Reissue
Originally released prior to the calendar year but reissued within the calendar year.
Catalog
Initial release prior to the calendar year.

Top catalog release years

YearNumber of items purchasedYear-over-year change
199522New!
200521New!
199820New!
199320New!
202419New!
199418New!
200417-2
200117-1
200016New!

Top artists

Single titles purchased in multiple formats are counted individually.

ArtistNumber of items purchased
SYML11
Sting9
John Zorn8
Eponymous 47
k.d. lang7
Wayne Horvitz7
Bruce Springsteen6
Public Image Ltd.5
Sigur Rós5
Thievery Corporation5

Notes

  • SYML has fully embraced the notion of releasing a steady stream of music to placate the streaming overloads.
  • I show up as Eponymous 4 because of a reissue campaign I started in 2023, and it’s picking up pace.
  • John Zorn held out on streaming for the longest time, but now that Tzadik release appear on streaming, I can figure out which of his numerous releases I want to own physically.

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Purchase log, 2025-12-23

[Royal Wood - Dear John]

I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.

New releases

Vinyl
  • Royal Wood, Dear John
  • Ty Herndon, Thirty, Vol. 1

Catalog

CD
  • Aaron Jay Kernis, Love Scenes
  • Ben Goldberg, Speech Communications
  • David Soldier, Romance from the Second Line
  • Michael Gordon, Light Is Calling
  • Soldier String Quartet, Sojourner Truth
Vinyl
  • John Zorn, The Gentle Side
  • Philip Glass, Soho News
  • Royal Wood, Memory Lane
  • Sigur Rós, Von
  • The Cramps, Stay Sick!
  • Wayne Horvitz, Simple Facts

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