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Purchase log, 2020-09-01

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

Mandy Barnett, A Nashville Songbook

Vinyl

John Wesley Harding, The Man with No Shadow

Catalog

CD

Julius Eastman, Unjust Malaise
Steely Dan, Aja

Vinyl

Charlie Puth, Voicenotes
John Coltrane, Coltrane
L7, Bricks Are Heavy

Reissues

Vinyl

Ben Watt with Robert Wyatt, Summer Into Winter
Guided By Voices, Hold on Hope EP
Krzysztof Penderecki / Don Cherry, Actions
Robyn, Robyn
Throwing Muses, Purgatory / Paradise
Tyler, the Creator, Cherry Bomb
U2, 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
Various Artists, Studio One Rockers

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Purchase log picks, August 2020

Charlie Puth, Voicenotes

A Subway TV ad introduced me to Charlie Puth. And I haven’t been able to stop playing this album since.

Mandy Barnett, A Nashville Songbook

Barnett released “It’s Now or Never” as a single, and I can’t say I was a fan. I even made an uncharitable prediction about whether this album would work. Then I heard it in full, and the song selection is impeccable — “The End of the World”, “Love Hurts”, “I Love a Rainy Night”. Perhaps the apex of this songbook is “The Crying Game”.

The Streets, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive

Mike Skinner’s first two albums loom large, but this return after a nearly decade absence stands up to that legacy.

The Chicks, Gaslighter

A friend of mine had an extra copy, so I took it. It’s my first ever (Dixie) Chicks album. If I get curious enough, I can pick up Fly or Wide Open Spaces from the thrift shop.

Julius Eastman, Unjust Malaise

Julius Eastman was post-minimalist at a time when his minimalist colleagues were still minimalizing.

Robyn, Robyn

Robyn > Kylie > Madonna.

Tags: charlie puth, dixie chicks, julius eastman, mandy barnett, picks, purchase log, robyn, the streets

Purchase log, 2020-08-25

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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.

Catalog

CD

Benjamin Gibbard, Former Lives
Cocteau Twins, Garlands
Communards, Red
INXS, The Swing
Madness, Madness
Passengers, Original Soundtracks 1
Robyn, Robyn
Robyn, Body Talk, Vol. 2
Sinéad O’Connor, The Lion and the Cobra
Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses

Reissues

Vinyl

Guided By Voices, Alien Lanes
PJ Harvey, Rid of Me

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Purchase log, 2020-08-18

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

Dixie Chicks, Gaslighter
The Streets, None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive

Catalog

CD

Astor Piazzolla, Tango: Zero Hour
Cause and Effect, Innermost Stations
Cause and Effect, The Sunrise EP
Living Colour, Pride
Marshall Crenshaw, Marshall Crenshaw
The Crystal Method, Vegas
The Sundays, Static and Silence

Vinyl

Heart, Greatest Hits / Live
Soundtrack, Avenue Q

Tags: astor piazzolla, cause and effect, dixie chicks, heart, living colour, marshall crenshaw, purchase log, soundtrack, the crystal method, the streets, the sundays

Purchase log, 2020-08-11

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

Inventions, Continuous Portraits

Vinyl

Duran Duran, Diamond of the Mind Live 2011

Catalog

CD

Arcade Fire, Reflektor
Charlie Puth, Voicenotes
Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca
Don Dixon, Most Girls Love to Dance But Only Some of the Boys Like to
Fishbone, Set Up the Booty Right: Bonin’ in the Boneyard
John Zorn, Taboo and Exile
Ride, Carnival of Light
Ride, Tarantula
T. Rex, Electric Warrior (Special Edition)
The Roots, undun

Tags: arcade fire, charlie puth, dirty projectors, don dixon, duran duran, fishbone, inventions, john zorn, purchase log, ride, t. rex, the roots

Purchase log, 2020-08-04

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

Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Catalog

CD

Guided By Voices, Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
Peter Gabriel, Passion (Remastered)
The Replacements, Hootenanny! (Remastered)
The Roots, How I Got Over

Tags: fiona apple, guided by voices, peter gabriel, purchase log, the replacements, the roots

Purchase log picks, July 2020

Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters

The amount of acclaim surrounding this album made me think it might overcome my general ambivalence about Fiona Apple. And yes, I like it. Is it the weirdest album I’ve ever heard? Not by a long shot. But any artist aiming to make their own Karuki Zaamen Kuri no Hana is fine by me.

Les Rythmes Digitales, Darkdancer

At the time of its release, Darkdancer drew comparisons to’80s music. I didn’t hear it, but in retrospect, I still had a lot to learn about the decade up in which I grew. I gave up this album when cash got tight, but I welcomed it back with a purchase at the thrift shop.

Post Malone, Hollywood’s Burning

I picked up this album from Goodwill for $2. I see the youth mentioning him a lot, so I wanted to find out why. I found myself liking it more than I expected.

Nakamori Akina, AKINA BOX, 1982-1989

I downloaded this boxed set from the Evil Sharing Networks months back, but the pandemic gave me time to take a deep enough dive that I dropped a non-trivial amount of cash to own it outright. I used birthday money.

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