![[ABBA - Voyage]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ABBAVoyage2021277682B504_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: abba, elliott carter, isis, meghan trainor, michael nyman, oakenfold, purchase log
![[The Cars - The Cars]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/TheCarsTheCars1987277856_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: aretha franklin, everything but the girl, ice cube, madonna, paul young, philip glass, purchase log, soundtrack, spice girls, starship, the cars, torche
![[Spandau Ballet - True]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SpandauBalletTrue1983175416_f.jpeg)
Duran Duran makes it a point to make each album sound distinctive, but that’s often meant the band would run away from the fundamentals which made them famous. FUTURE PAST, as the title indicates, finds the band embracing its past while still facing forward. Generations of bands in their wake is proof enough they were onto something enduring.
Adam Neely said his goal was to be the Neil deGrasse Tyson of music theory education, and I say, he already is. But he can also write. If you had to file Perihelion in a section of a record store, jazz would be as a good a fit as any, but it wouldn’t be a complete descriptor of what Neely and drummer Shawn Crowder do.
One Touch has grown on me over the last year, and the previously unreleased demos on this deluxe edition would have fit well on the album proper. I didn’t even mind the remixes on the second disc.
I picked up this album on vinyl a long time ago, but I hadn’t really listened to it since. So I gave it a few plays on Spotify and grew to like it enough to want it on CD.
ZARD has always existed on the periphery of my Japanese music fandom. I had a sense they would be too mainstream J-Pop for me. This compilation showed up in the thrift store, and yes, it’s quite mainstream J-pop but not cloyingly so.
I couldn’t really get into Billie Eilish’s second album, but I really like the one her brother made.
Tags: duran duran, finneas, picks, purchase log, spandau ballet, sugababes, sungazer, zard
![[John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Live in Seattle]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/JohnColtraneALoveSupreme2760920NCC_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: a taste of honey, carlos paredes, duran duran, finneas, goldfrapp, howard jones, hugh laurie, jack wagner, john coltrane, johnny cash, kylie minogue, makaha sons of niihau, meat puppets, purchase log, robbie williams, tokyo jihen, vanessa williams, vast
![[Res - How I Do]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ResHowIDo2001276622_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: brothers johnson, craig armstrong, electric light orchestra, eurythmics, fishbone, hirosue ryoko, john zorn, marvin gaye, muse, purchase log, res, sinead o'connor, soundtrack, spandau ballet, styx, sufjan stevens, sugababes, the art of noise, the b-52's, tyler the creator, yamataka eye, zard
![[MONO - Pilgrimage of the Soul]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/monoPilgrimageOfTheSoul.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: bela bartok, godspeed you black emperor, johannes brahms, kesha, luther vandross, mono, pierre henry, purchase log
![[Explosions in the Sky - Big Bend]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ExplosionsInTheSkyBigBe274174CQPN_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: bt, dixie chicks, explosions in the sky, george winston, kelly clarkson, lukas foss, olivia newton-john, paul van dyk, purchase log, sasha, shadowfax, vanessa williams, various artists
![[Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/NeYoYearoftheGentleman274072_f.jpg)
In addition to being an impeccable song curator, Emmylou Harris attracts top notch talent to her bands. The Nash Ramblers was one of her best groups, as evidenced by this set of Harris set list standards, refracted through a bluegrass lens.
Ne-Yo pops up on New York Times crossword puzzles regularly because of his vowel-friendly moniker. I picked up this disc from the thrift store based solely on that recommendation. Turns out, he’s a mighty fine singer.
I picked up this album alongside Old 97s’ Too Far to Care when I wanted to find out what this “alt-country” thing was all about. I liked them both, but I played Too Far to Care a lot more. I eventually let Strangers Almanac go when cash got tight. I picked it up again from the thrift shop because I’ve been hankering to hear “Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart.” I’m not interested in Ryan Adams beyond this album, but Strangers Almanac did turn me into a Caitlin Cary fan.
I couldn’t get into Nowhere Now Here, but the more extroverted sound on Pilgrimage of the Soul is a departure for the band I more than welcome.
Le Mystère de Voix Bulgares was a nice gateway into Bulgarian folk music, but this Nonesuch Explorer Series album goes further. Yes, there is choir music here, but it shares space with other forms of Bulgarian folk music.
“Stomp!” was the big hit from this album, but the rest of it is also tight.
I didn’t realize how much my brother played this album in his car. I could actually hum or sing along to many of the tracks on this soundtrack compilation, and I’m not a big fan of any of these bands.
Tags: brothers johnson, emmylou harris, ensemble of the bulgarian republic, mono, ne-yo, purchase log, soundtrack, whiskeytown
![[Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/RobbieWilliamsLifeThrua275450_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: britney spears, brothers johnson, cee-lo green, ensemble of the bulgarian republic, garbage, jon kimura parker, m-flo, perfume, purchase log, robbie williams, rolling stones, sarah mclachlan, the replacements
![[sungazer - PERIHELION]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SungazerPerihelion.jpg)
YouTube musicians Adam Neely and Shawn Crowder finally unveil their debut album after a pair of EPs.
This album was wildly successful at the time, buoyed by a nascent promotional tool called the “music video.” The deluxe edition of Physical includes one of the first video albums produced by a pop artist. Sorry, Beyoncé fans.
In the UK, this deluxe edition of the Girls’ debut album is accompanied by five color vinyl reissues, each featuring a member the group. I’d probably opt for the Mel C one, but I already have this album on LP.
Jason Isbell makes good on his promise to record a cover album of Georgia artists if the run-off election in January 2020 sent a pair of Democrats to the Senate.
National Album Day in the UK looks like Record Store Day Lite from a distance, but this year’s focus on women artists has some nice reissues in the pipeline. Honestly, Fever should just be perpetually available on vinyl. Every special pressing sells out fast and fetches exorbitant prices on Discogs. I have So Far on CD from when it was first released, and it’s an excellent compilation.
I would have preferred a vinyl reissue of Satellite Rides, to be honest.
Tags: jason isbell, kylie minogue, looking ahead, olivia newton-john, sinead o'connor, spice girls, sungazer, the old 97s