![[Emmylou Harris - Stumble Into Grace]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/EmmylouHarrisStumbleInto22575_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: eluvium, emmylou harris, painkiller, purchase log, randy travis, tracey thorn
![[Riz Ahmed - The Long Goodbye]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RizAhmedTheLongGoodbye262258VF3P_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.
These albums were previously purchased as MP3 downloads and upgraded to FLAC.
Tags: adam neely, bjork, duran duran, eluvium, george walker, heiner goebbels, ikara colt, kronos quartet, marilyn manson, purchase log, riz ahmed, shaprece, steve reich, sungazer, talitha mackenzie, test pattern, the darkness, tone loc, tv mania, wayne horvitz
![[Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/KeithJarrettTheKlnConce194139_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, cabaret voltaire, eluvium, johann sebastian bach, keith jarrett, mono, purchase log, robbie dupree, siouxsie and the banshees, yo la tengo
![[Sam Sparro - Boombox Eternal]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SamSparroBoomboxEternal-300x300.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: ciccone youth, dj krush, eluvium, gabby pahinui, kendrick lamar, purchase log, sam sparro, soundtrack, the roots
![[Freedy Johnston - This Perfect World]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FreedyJohnstonThisPerfect231322_f-300x296.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: andrew norman, babymetal, bronski beat, eluvium, freedy johnston, gossip, guns n' roses, mc solaar, philip glass, purchase log, roberta flack, solange, the alarm, the album leaf, the faint
![[Amanda Shires - To the Sunset]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AmandaShiresTotheSunset213520_f-300x300.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: amanda shires, charles ives, colin mcphee, cypress hill, eluvium, florence + the machine, franz schubert, funkadelic, kansas, ladytron, living colour, michael jackson, purchase log, re-flex, soundtrack, the temptations, the the
![[Eluvium - Pianoworks]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/EluviumPianoworks2019207534M705_f-300x300.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: anthony braxton, arnold schoenberg, bill laswell, charles mingus, david del tredici, dolly parton, eluvium, go-go's, guided by voices, israel kamakawiwoole, mono, nakamori akina, olivier messiaen, purchase log, robert palmer, shiina ringo, skeleton key, soundtrack, the highwaymen, world's end girlfriend
![[Shiina Ringo - Sandokushi]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/shiina-ringo-sandokushi-300x296.jpg)
I had high but cautious hope for 57th and 9th. That will learn me.
This album adds six new tracks to the seven already released in various downloads and singles. Does anyone else get the sense Ringo-chan is phoning it in? I would think a 20-year anniversary would warrant a big reissue campaign in addition to a new album.
The deluxe edition vinyl release of this new album of piano works includes a sheet music book of Eluvium’s keyboard works.
Rebel Heart turned out better than I expected, but that seems to be the exception than the rule in recent years.
This compilation brings together demos of songs Prince wrote for other singers. I wonder if in the distant future we’ll hear The Family with Prince’s vocals.
I like Sigur Rós, and Ágætis byrjun is a fine album. I’m not sure I love it enough for 4-CDs or 7-LPs.
I hesitated on getting James Blake’s latest album till I found an unopened copy at the thrift store for $3. It’s turned out to be one of the better releases of 2019.
Tags: eluvium, james blake, looking ahead, madonna, prince, shiina ringo, sigur ros, sting
![[Madvillain - Madvillainy]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/MadvillainMadvillainy2004167285_f-300x300.jpg)
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
The first half of the 2004 list has remained unchanged. The last half has undergone extensive revision.
Other favorites from the year:
A lot of these revisions are retrospective. I listened to SUPERCAR’s ANSWER when it was reissued on vinyl, and I didn’t find the album as engaging as I originally thought. I’ve come to like Hot Fuss more as time has passed, and I don’t feel as much attachment to Van Lear Rose.
My growing appreciation for hip-hop means Madvillain and The Streets knock Quruli’s Antenna off the list entirely.
I’m still a bit skeptical about keeping Mindy Smith in the Favorite 10, or bumping STRAIGHTENER into the upper echelon. I picked up Pinback’s Summer in Abaddon from Goodwill out of curiosity, and I have a sense that in short time, it will nudge Smith or STRAIGHTENER down to the extended list.
As we go further back to the start of the Aughts, the extended list grows longer. A lot of great music came out at the start of the century. If the Internet hadn’t splintered the mass market, it might have been a galvanizing golden age of popular music.
Tags: arcade fire, asian kung-fu generation, bonnie pink, dylan rice, eluvium, favorite edition, fuji fabric, kanye west, kicell, loretta lynn, m-flo, madvillain, mindy smith, pinback, rewind, sacha sacket, scissor sisters, straightener, supercar, the butchies, the killers, the streets, zazen boys
![[Sturgill Simpson - A Sailor's Guide to Earth]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SturgillSimpsonSailorsGu144472NGPT_f-300x300.jpg)
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
The 2016 list has actually undergone a revision, so this list consolidates the two entries, with some slight changes.
Other favorites from the year:
The 10 favorites remain the same, while Utada Hikaru and Ty Herndon get bumped down. ANONHI, Pixies and De La Soul get bumped off completely.
I included Pixies because Head Carrier was an improvement over Indie Cindy, but it wasn’t stellar enough to hold onto its position. Albums by ANONHI and De La Sol were good, but over time, they couldn’t hold onto to their status as favorites.
As I mentioned before, lists from this decade probably won’t see much shifting, as my focus continues to move to exploring catalog. Most of the 2016 releases I bought after the year had passed were vinyl issues.
A Bruce Springsteen compilation accompanying the release of his autobiography did set me on a course to explore his earlier albums.
Tags: a tribe called quest, blood orange, cocco, colin stetson, drive-by truckers, eluvium, explosions in the sky, favorite edition, henryk gorecki, john adams, mono, perfume, rewind, santigold, shaprece, shawn colvin, solange, steve earle, sturgill simpson, ty herndon, utada hikaru