![[Café Tacuba - Avalancha de Exitos]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CafTacubaAvalanchaDexi55189_f-300x295.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.
1996 was my final year in college, a year before I would earn the kind of disposable income that would go into building a music collection. While the Favorite 10 of 1996 remains mostly unchanged, the extended list includes many more discoveries I couldn’t afford to hear at the time.
- Soundtrack, William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
- Värttinä, Kokko
- Soundtrack, Robotech Perfect Collection
- Asylum Street Spankers, Spanks for the Memories
- Various Composers, Gay American Composers
- Original Cast Recording, Rent
- Marilyn Manson, Antichrist Superstar
- Everything But the Girl, Walking Wounded
- Shawn Colvin, A Few Small Repairs
- Robin Holcomb, Little Three
Other favorites from the year:
- Midnight Oil, Breathe
- Dead Can Dance, Spiritchaser
- Emmylou Harris, Portraits
- Kronos Quartet, Howl USA
- UA, 11
- Yen Town Band, Montage
- Neutral Milk Hotel, On Avery Island
- Aphex Twin, Richard D. James Album
- Weezer, Pinkerton
- Sleater-Kinney, Call the Doctor
- Clannad, Lore
- Café Tacuba, Avalancha de Exitos
I could actually add more titles from Wilco, Helmet, Gillian Welch, DJ Shadow and Amuro Namie to the extended list, but I haven’t lived with them as long as the ones I’ve already added.
I owned the Richard D. James album at one point. It was a promo from the student newspaper, but I was such a neophyte with EDM that I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. As it turns out nobody could really make heads or tails of it.
The original extended list didn’t include Lore because it had already fallen victim to a collection purge. I rediscovered the album after the death of Padraig Duggan.
Avalancha de Exitos was the first album by Café Tacuba I would encounter, but I wouldn’t purchase it till many years later. I borrowed it from a friend and liked it. But I stayed away from it because it’s a cover album of music of which I had no reference.
Tags: aphex twin, asylum street spankers, cafe tacuba, clannad, dead can dance, emmylou harris, everything but the girl, favorite edition, kronos quartet, marilyn manson, midnight oil, neutral milk hotel, rewind, robin holcomb, shawn colvin, sleater-kinney, soundtrack, ua, various composers, varttina, weezer, yen town band
![[Sasagawa Miwa - Houjou]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BEST03182018197386LYUJ_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.
New releases
CD
- Christine and the Queens, Chris
- Sasagawa Miwa, Houjou -BEST ’03~’18-
Files
- Wayne Horvitz, Those Who Remain
Catalog
CD
- Alice in Chains, Dirt
- Chris Isaak, San Francisco Days
- David+David, Boomtown
- Dwight Yoakam, This Time
- Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake
- Lyle Lovett, The Road to Ensenada
- Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless
Vinyl
- Adele, 21
- Alban Berg, Wozzeck (Pierre Boulez, Paris National Opera)
- Everything But the Girl, Eden
- Iron and Wine, The Creek Drank the Cradle
- Weezer, Pinkerton
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Great String Quartets (Amadeus Quartet)
- Soundtrack, Agnes of God
Tags: adele, alban berg, alice in chains, chris isaak, christine and the queens, david+david, dwight yoakam, everything but the girl, iron and wine, lizz wright, lyle lovett, purchase log, sasagawa miwa, thomas dolby, wayne horvitz, weezer
![[Diana Ross - Diana]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DianaRossDiana198061812_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.
New Releases
Vinyl
- Steve Reich, Pulse / Quartet
Catalog
CDs
- Diana Ross, Diana
- Everything But the Girl, The Language of Life
- Miles Davis, In a Silent Way
- Prince, The Gold Experience
- Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners
- Thelonious Monk, Monk’s Blues
Reissues
Vinyl
- SUPERCAR, ANSWER
- SUPERCAR, HIGHVISION
Tags: diana ross, everything but the girl, miles davis, prince, purchase log, steve reich, supercar, thelonious monk
![[Steve Reich - Pulse / Quartet]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/steve-reich-pulse-quartet-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.
New releases
CDs
- Rhye, Blood
- Steve Reich, Pulse / Quartet
Catalog
CDs
- Dwight Yoakam, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
- Erykah Badu, Baduizm
- Everything But the Girl, Everything But the Girl
- Everything But the Girl, Love Not Money
- Everything But the Girl, Acoustic
- Minor Threat, Complete Discography
- Puya, Unión
- Roxy Music, Avalon
- Son Volt, Straightaways
- The Butchies, Population 1975
- X, Los Angeles
- Wilco, A Ghost Is Born
Vinyl
- Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True
- Drive-By Truckers, American Band
- Wilco, A.M.
- Zoobombs, Let It Bomb
Tags: drive-by truckers, dwight yoakam, elvis costello, erykah badu, everything but the girl, minor threat, purchase log, puya, rhye, roxy music, son volt, steve reich, the butchies, wilco, x, zoobombs
![[The Replacements - The Twin/Tone Years]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-replacements-twin-tone-years-300x300.jpg)
During the summer, everyone is touring, or gearing up for the fall release schedule. So there’s not much to seek out over the next few months. I do find it surprising that news about fall releases has been pretty scant.
Shiina Ringo, “Nagaku Mijikai Matsuri / Kamisama, Hotokesama”, Aug. 5
Is another album on the way? This single would be the third Ringo-chan has released since her last studio album, Hi Izuru Tokoro.
The Replacements, The Twin/Tone Years, Aug. 11
The Rhino-era albums have already undergone the vinyl reissue treatment, and the exorbitant prices for the Twin/Tone albums on the collector’s market certainly demonstrate a demand. So this set has been a long time coming.
Georg Holm, Orri Páll Dýrason, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Kjartan Holm, Circe, Aug. 28 (digital), Sept. 11 (physical)
Two members of Sigur Rós, plus the band’s touring guitarist team up with composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson for a soundtrack to a BBC documentary.
Everything But the Girl, Walking Wounded (Deluxe Edition), Sept. 11
The Salvo label in the UK finishes a reissue campaign of Everything But the Girl’s studio albums with Walking Wounded and Temperamental. I’m sticking with just Walking Wounded because Temperamental doesn’t age very well.
Duran Duran, Paper Gods, Sept. 11
All You Need Is Now restored my faith in the band after a long time meandering in the wild during the W. Bush era. The lead-off single from Paper Gods has enough Nile Rodgers to cue some Notorious nostalgia. The artwork, though, is the laziest I’ve seen on a Duran Duran album. Even Red Carpet Massacre showed more effort.
Janet Jackson, Unbreakable, Oct. 2
I didn’t realize how much I missed Janet till she announced her return. I have no idea what seven years has done for her music, and I kind of don’t care.
Henryk Górecki, Symphony No. 4, Oct. 16
Górecki passed away before he could complete his fourth symphony, but a piano score with detailed annotations allowed his son Mikolaj to orchestrate it. Nonesuch is going ballers with this release by also reissuing the Symphony No. 3 on vinyl and compiling a box set of Górecki’s works recorded by the label. Let’s just call Oct. 16 Górecki Day.
Tags: duran duran, everything but the girl, henryk gorecki, janet jackson, looking ahead, shiina ringo, sigur ros, the replacements