![[Prince - HITnRUN Phase Two]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PrinceHITnRUNPhaseTwo20365432_f.jpg)
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.
![[Hajime Chitose - Kataritsugu Koto]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2023318140XBX0_f.jpg)
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.
Tags: dolly parton, hajime chitose, matthew sweet, purchase log, renee fleming, shadowfax
![[Ozomatli - Ozomatli]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/OzomatliOzomatli2025364730_f.jpg)
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.
Tags: damon and naomi, ghost, hamasaki ayumi, julia fordham, ozomatli, purchase log, toad the wet sprocket
![[Dmitri Shostakovich - Shostakovich Discoveries]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DmitriShostakovichShostako364643QAYI_f.jpg)
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.
Tags: dmitri shostakovich, osi, punch brothers, purchase log, thin lizzy
![[Geese - Getting Killed]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GeeseGettingKilled2025363250_f.jpg)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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:
Tags: black country new road, bruce springsteen, geese, hooverphonic, miguel, nation of language, picks, purchase log, rosalia, tiffany poon, tortoise
![[Bruce Springsteen - Tracks II: The Lost Albums]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/BruceSpringsteenTracksIi364459_f.jpg)
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.
Tags: bruce springsteen, prince, purchase log, texas, xtc
![[Olivia Rodrigo - Live from Glastonbury]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/OliviaRodrigoLiveFromGla363915_f.jpg)
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.
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.
| Format | New release | Reissue | Catalog | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-inch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10-inch | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12-inch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Blu ray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CD Single | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CD | 56 | 34 | 270 | 360 |
| CD-R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Downloads | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| DVD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinyl | 30 | 53 | 121 | 204 |
| Total items bought | 102 | 105 | 392 | 599 |
| Year | Number of items purchased | Year-over-year change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 22 | New! |
| 2005 | 21 | New! |
| 1998 | 20 | New! |
| 1993 | 20 | New! |
| 2024 | 19 | New! |
| 1994 | 18 | New! |
| 2004 | 17 | -2 |
| 2001 | 17 | -1 |
| 2000 | 16 | New! |
Single titles purchased in multiple formats are counted individually.
| Artist | Number of items purchased |
|---|---|
| SYML | 11 |
| Sting | 9 |
| John Zorn | 8 |
| Eponymous 4 | 7 |
| k.d. lang | 7 |
| Wayne Horvitz | 7 |
| Bruce Springsteen | 6 |
| Public Image Ltd. | 5 |
| Sigur Rós | 5 |
| Thievery Corporation | 5 |
Tags: cd collecting, vinyl collecting
![[Royal Wood - Dear John]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RoyalWoodDearJohn20253584083918_f.jpg)
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.
Tags: aaron jay kernis, ben goldberg, david soldier, john zorn, michael gordon, philip glass, purchase log, royal wood, sigur ros, soldier string quartet, the cramps, ty herndon, wayne horvitz
![[Clipse - Let God Sort 'Em Out]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ClipseLetGodSortEmOut354041_f.jpg)
I’m not going to dissect what brought me back to this album again and again. I just don’t have the vocabulary to analyze hip-hop the way I do with rock or classical music. But I know there was an emotional core to Let God Sort ‘Em Out that transcended the swagger intrinsic to hip-hop. Also, I just like hearing, “This is culturally inappropriate.”
Why is this album showing up on a 2025 list when it was released in late 2024? Because I had already locked up my 2024 list, and the physical release of the album happened in 2025. The bona fides of this album have already been well-established, and I have little to add to what’s already been said.
We heard both sides of the split between Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell this year, and as far as a listening experience is concerned, I throw my hat in with Shires. “The Details” is uncomfortably honest, and the determination that comes through these songs leaves an impression long after the album ends.
I just love the range of subject matter Childers tackles on this album.
Dmitri Shostakovich is the marquee composer in this collection, but he takes the least amount of running time. Rather, the focus centers on Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Concertino for Violin and Edvard Mirzoyan’s Symphony for Strings. Paired with Shostakvoich’s Adagio from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Censored Anthems would make for a fine evening at the concert hall.
“The White Light of the Morning” is magical realism rendered in song, and it pretty much epitomizes the album’s ethos.
Yeah, I’m still a sucker for a good new wave beat, but I wouldn’t call this hardcore.
I don’t think my teen-aged self would believe you if you told him one day, R&B artists would sound skronkier and noiser than your favorite downtown New York jazz artist.
Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson produced this album, and Isbell contributes some beefy guitar solos. Edwards descends from a line of singer-songwriters originated by Lucinda Williams, and Johnson and Isbell coaxed out some of Edwards’ strongest writing and singing to date.
Henki Skidu is the alias of Henry Koperski, a frequent collaborator of Las Culturistas’ Matt Rogers. He takes on the mic on this set of rustic folk-pop tunes. Like GNX, it was release a week before the end of 2024, so it was just easier to put this album on the 2025 list.
Tags: amanda shires, black country new road, clipse, favorite edition, geese, haim, henki skidu, ian niederhoffer, kathleen edwards, kendrick lamar, meredith monk, miguel, nation of language, parlando, patty griffin, ringdown, rosalia, syml, turnstile, tyler childers
![[Tortoise - Touch]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TortoiseTouch20253629224INR_f.jpg)
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.
Tags: caroline shaw, daft punk, elliott sharp, gabriel kahane, john coltrane, new order, olivia rodrigo, purchase log, ringdown, so percussion, soldier string quartet, tortoise