![[Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GossipStandingInTheWayO332485Y00C_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: bon iver, gossip, mana, purchase log, yellow magic orchestra
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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
![[The Replacements - Dead Man's Pop]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/TheReplacementsDeadMans221605I7RD_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: aretha franklin, dolly parton, dr dre, dusty springfield, elvis costello, goldfrapp, gossip, pinback, prince, purchase log, scissor sisters, sharon jones and the dap-kings, sturgill simpson, the b-52's, the replacements, tracey ullman
![[BORIS - PINK]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BorisPink2006191101_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.
At the time, SLOTH LOVE CHUNKS edged Utada Hikaru for the top spot of 2006, but Ultra Blue has proven far more durable. This list has gone through quite a number of changes.
Other favorites of the year:
I’ve known about Boris for as long as I’ve been following Japanese music, but I never made time for them until I picked up Pink at Goodwill for $2. Well, hell …
I wouldn’t have listened to the Roots or J Dilla at the time. Hip-hop had diversified to have its own underground, and that was just so much history that I wasn’t willing to unpack. I’ve only started exploring hip-hop with any seriousness in the last year.
Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson was quite the late discovery. I didn’t pick up Neruda Songs till 2008, but it quickly became a favorite, dislodging Ex-Boyfriends completely off the list.
When I was first introduced to ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, I dismissed them as “eastern youth lite”. The joke was on me — I don’t even own an eastern youth album anymore, and I’ve purchased ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION on vinyl.
Tags: aco, asian kung-fu generation, boris, envy, favorite edition, furukawa miki, gnarls barkley, gossip, hajime chitose, j dilla, lorraine hunt-lieberson, nick lachey, now it's overhead, rewind, sloth love chunks, the roots, tokyo jihen, utada hikaru, vola and the oriental machine
![[Cody ChesnuTT - Landing on a Hundred]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CodyChesnuTTLandingOnAH58620_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.
What I find most remarkable about the 2012 list is the number of albums listed under honorable mentions. The revised list has culled a lot of those titles. I probably listed so many because I didn’t feel passionate enough about any of them.
Other favorites from the year:
Cody ChesnuTT dislodges Scissor Sisters from the original list, and Frank Ocean jumps up a few spots. Otherwise, there are no remarkable changes.
If anything, 2012 has turned out to be something of a dud year. When I review my purchases in subsequent years, 2012 releases are scant, and most of the albums I bought that year only garner no more than a 3-star rating.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, asian kung-fu generation, cody chesnutt, duran duran, favorite edition, frank ocean, gaytheist, gossip, jeremy denk, oblivion dust, roomful of teeth, santigold, scissor sisters, solange, tokyo jihen, touming magazine, zazen boys