![[Sigur Rós - ÁTTA]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SigurRsTTA2023318179NPJ6_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: annie lennox, natalie merchant, purchase log, sigur ros
![[Soundtrack - TV Anime BLEACH]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/TVAnimationBLEACH.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: billie holiday, david garza, don caballero, explosions in the sky, fairport convention, john coltrane, kenny chesney, madonna, natalie merchant, purchase log, sigur ros, soundtrack, spice girls, steve reich, the beatles, the human league, utada hikaru
![[Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/KylieMinogueImpossiblePrincess.jpg)
This album was definitely rushed to capitalize on the Spice Girls’ fame, so you wouldn’t be faulted for perceiving it as Spice the Sequel. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
For a 2002 album, Yoshimi definitely deserved its spot on critics’ year-end lists, but next to The Soft Bulletin, it didn’t quite satisfy the same itch.
I’m getting this deluxe edition because I’m a fan of the band, but I don’t really like this album.
We’ve already had a tribute album, so let’s see what a remix album yields.
Impossible Princess was never released in the US, but at least you can stream it now. For its 25th anniversary, the album gets a vinyl reissue. I’m hoping it’s not going to be as difficult to acquire as Fever vinyl reissues.
Death Cab for Cutie already released this deluxe edition digitally, and the vinyl edition is essentially the only physical version of this reissue. As a compact disc devotee, I’m disappointed, but if the enclosed download code gives me access to the Bandcamp FLAC files, I can get over it.
For the past few years, Record Store Day Black Friday hasn’t been as financially ruinous as the main spring event, but this year, I’ll be braving the crowds for Duran Duran, Marshall Crenshaw and the Dead Milkmen.
I remember learning about the release date of this album back in 1992 and thought there would be a big push to promote it. Then I forgot about it. Evidently, so did Tommy Boy. It’s a rather underrated album.
Yes, I subscribed to Hulu just to catch BLEACH: Thousand Year Blood War. And yeah, the moment this title was announced, I put in a pre-order.
Tags: death cab for cutie, information society, kylie minogue, looking ahead, shiina ringo, sigur ros, soundtrack, spice girls, the flaming lips
![[Soundtrack - Death Note]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/VariousArtistsSoundtracks22993687XM_f-254x300.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: billie eilish, clipse, duffy, gary numan, kronos quartet, metallica, purchase log, sigur ros, soundtrack, tlc
![[Solange - When I Get Home]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/SolangeWhenIGetHome210909OQVY_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: andrew lloyd webber, band of susans, john cage, john coltrane, led zeppelin, purchase log, radwimps, sigur ros, solange, the beatles
![[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
![[Fugazi - The Argument]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FugaziTheArgument2001185734_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.
As I mentioned in the original entry for the 2001 list, 75 percent of the year was actually really decent, especially where music was concerned. The Favorite 10 from that year remains unchanged.
Other favorites from the year:
Like 2002 and 2003, the extended list for 2001 overruns with quality stuff, and I’ve only added to it.
I got Gillian Welch’s Hell Among the Yearlings as part of a gift bag from a Waterloo Records holiday party. I didn’t get around to listening to it till about 15 years later, and I had to play catch-up.
I’ve known about Low for years, but I didn’t hear them till MONO shared a bill with them in concert.
The annual Friends of the Library Book Sale hooked me up with Fugazi’s End Hits for $1, so I sought out The Argument to round out my collection. I vaguely remember the news of Fugazi’s hiatus upsetting my Waterloo coworkers. I hadn’t yet jumped on the bandwagon.
Tags: aco, bloodthirsty butchers, cocco, death cab for cutie, ex-girl, favorite edition, fra-foa, fugazi, gillian welch, guided by voices, hajime chitose, kicell, low, missy elliott, mono, onitsuka chihiro, quruli, res, rewind, rufus wainwright, semisonic, shea seger, sigur ros, soulsberry, the brilliant green, the shins, utada hikaru
![[Yore - EP1]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/YoreEP12018197839W4UX_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: dwele, fastball, purchase log, sigur ros, utada hikaru, x, yen town band, yore
![[Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AntonyandtheJohnsonsIAm30497_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.
I remember not being much impressed with 2005. So much so, I made a half-arsed attempt at a Favorite Edition list and didn’t even call it such. It’s taken a lot of sifting to arrive at the present form of the list.
Other favorites of the year:
The list goes through much shuffling due to some late discoveries. I didn’t pick up Anthony and the Johnsons till 2006 and Ann-Sally much later. BLEACH wouldn’t be appointment viewing till the following year.
The extended list gets pared down a lot. Fuji Fabric, Sasagawa Miwa and toddle make room for Grizzly Bear and Levi Kreis.
I was so desperate to find entries, I included catalog titles from Gang of Four and John Zorn. In hindsight, that was the signal my priorities were starting to shift.
Toward the end of 2005, I relaunched this site as a traditional blog instead of the interactive zine it had been. My interest in Japanese popular music started to wane, and I reached an age where the music of my youth was being reimagined — some would say misinterpreted — by up and coming bands.
2005 marked the beginning of the end of Musicwhore.org ver. 1.0.
Tags: ann-sally, antony and the johnsons, bob mould, duran duran, enya, favorite edition, grizzly bear, kate bush, kawai kenji, levi kreis, madonna, rewind, sigur ros, sleater-kinney, yorico
![[Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BloodOrangeCupidDeluxe2110207_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.
I relaunched this site in early 2014 to focus more on discovering catalog music than newer artists. As a result, I didn’t get a chance to revise the Favorite Edition 2013 list after I discovered a number of critical favorites.
Other favorites from the year:
Jason Isbell had caught my eye with the stark but stunning cover of Southeastern, but I didn’t follow up on that fascination till well into 2014. Nor did I make the connection between Blood Orange and Solange till after 2013 had passed.
Isbell and Blood Orange bumped Johnny Hates Jazz and TV Mania, while Rhye and Kanye West nearly crack the Favorite 10.
I dug The College Dropout, but West can teach Billy Corgan lessons in being insufferable. Yeezus, though, sounded like an indie rock record, so I could overlook the man and focus on the art. I wouldn’t cut him that slack nowadays.
Ty Herndon came out of the closet in 2014, and he was cute enough for me to take a listen to his greatest hits collection, This Is Ty Herndon. I ended up liking it more than I expected, mostly because I really can’t stand country radio.
Lies I Told Myself shows up on this list because it sounds way more confident than anything on This Is Ty Herndon.
Tags: blood orange, emmylou harris, favorite edition, hem, james blake, janelle monae, jarell perry, jason isbell, johnny hates jazz, kanye west, leo imai, patty griffin, res, rewind, rhye, rodney crowell, sam amidon, sigur ros, tv mania, ty herndon