![[Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor2810853DZV_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: godspeed you black emperor, purchase log, the old 97s, the replacements
![[Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/RobbieWilliamsLifeThrua275450_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: britney spears, brothers johnson, cee-lo green, ensemble of the bulgarian republic, garbage, jon kimura parker, m-flo, perfume, purchase log, robbie williams, rolling stones, sarah mclachlan, the replacements
![[Tomosaka Rie - Cappuccino / Escalation]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TomosakaRieCappuccinoEscalation.jpg)
I haven’t really cottoned to Explosion in the Sky’s soundtrack work, but I’m hoping this release feels more like an album than a cue sheet.
At first, I thought this album was just a reissue of Live in Seattle, till I took a closer look at the title.
I wonder if John Green would be interested in reviewing this album.
The Replacements had, at best, a periphery influence on my teenage listening habits, and yet I’ve bought just about every deluxe edition of their albums. Clearly, I’m making up for lost time.
I’m ambivalent about this album. I had sold it for cash a long time ago, but I picked it up again from the thrift shop. I don’t know if it holds up well.
I can’t lie — I’m pretty damn excited about a new ABBA album in 40 years. The singles preceding the album sound like time hadn’t stopped for the quartet, and the world definitely came back around to them.
I guess I still care because there is a part of me that fondly remembers a younger Sting in various forms of undress.
The Ego Has Landed was one of my most played CDs of 1999, and it collected the best bits of Robbie Williams’ first two albums. About 20 years later, I would find I’ve Been Expecting You at the thrift store. So I have to say I’m very much tempted to drop cash on these vinyl reissues, even though I haven’t heard Life Thru a Lens in its entirety.
Japan actually has its own Record Store Day event that focuses on domestic releases, but it’s separate from Record Day, which happens annually in November. While Record Store Day focuses on independent retailers, Record Day in Japan looks similar to National Album Day in the UK, where larger retailers are involved with the festivities.
Past Record Days in Japan have included reissues of NUMBER GIRL, YEN TOWN BAND and a number of Studio Ghibli soundtracks. For me, AJICO is the biggest news coming out of this year’s crop, but I’m also immensely pleased to see Hatakeyama Miyuki’s Diving into your mind getting a reissue. The Tomosaka Rie 7-inch single pairs two of her biggest hits, “Cappuccino” and “Escalation”, the A-side written by Shiina Ringo.
Tags: abba, ajico, explosions in the sky, hatakeyama miyuki, looking ahead, r.e.m., renee fleming, robbie williams, sting, the replacements, tomosaka rie
![[Tokyo Jihen - Ongaku (Music)]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021268051QD2X_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: david lang, hoodoo gurus, julien baker, mark ronson, perfume genius, prince, purchase log, rage against the machine, robert palmer, sleater-kinney, tears for fears, the fixx, the flaming lips, the highwomen, the police, the replacements, the shins, they might be giants, tokyo jihen, u2, vast
![[Death Cab for Cutie - The Georgia EP]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DeathCabForCutieTheGeor258016YNWA_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: death cab for cutie, eponymous 4, heart, pizzicato five, purchase log, sam hunt, the national, the replacements
![[Keola and Kapono Beamer - Honolulu City Lights]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/KeolaBeamerKaponoBeamer249035_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: brandi carlile, cat power, cloud nothings, dj shadow, fiona apple, kapono beamer, keola beamer, mogwai, nas, prince, purchase log, simple minds, son volt, suzanne ciani, taylor swift, the beatles, the dismemberment plan, the replacements, wire train
![[Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FionaAppleFetchtheBoltC235408N0TH_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: fiona apple, guided by voices, peter gabriel, purchase log, the replacements, the roots
![[Johnny Hates Jazz - Wide Awake]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/JohnnyHatesJazzWideAwake-300x300.jpg)
SARS-CoV2. Silicon Valley companies would give their left tits to emulate the kind of disruption you’ve wrought.
The spring release schedule was slowly coming together when the virus shredded the calendar. Dates have always been subject to change, albeit never with this level of uncertainty.
Barnett has a wonderful voice that often has served unspectacular music, so the things that would sink this album are uninspired arrangements. A single of “It’s Now or Never” bodes none too well.
Magnetized was a favorite in 2013, so I’m looking forward to this long-awaited follow-up.
I’m actually going to settle for the remastered regular edition. I’m still waiting for any news on the Love Symbol album.
Does Sigur Rós even record albums any more? I know they’ve released collaborative projects, but what about a boring, traditional album with at least 10 tracks and a total running time around 40 minutes? No? I guess a Jónsi solo album it is.
I might check this one out, but I’m totally dropping cash on deluxe editions for Tim and Let It Be.
Intriguing though the idea of Kylie in Nashville may have been, I couldn’t actually bring myself to get Golden. In fact, I’ve passed over the last two albums. I’m hoping DISCO is not the third.
I had this album on CD, but I didn’t keep it. Then I downloaded it from eMusic. Why am I interested in this vinyl edition?
I nearly bought a bootleg version of this album on vinyl.
Tags: guided by voices, johnny hates jazz, jonsi, kylie minogue, looking ahead, mandy barnett, pj harvey, prince, the replacements
![[Hans Abrahamsen - Schnee]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/HansAbrahamsenSchnee-300x262.jpg)
In June 2019, I took the plunge back into music retail by volunteering at the Lifelong Thrift Store. This immediate access to the store’s CD stock has reshaped my listening habits. I bring back so many discs from my visits to the store, it’s rare that I’ll listen to something more than once. It makes finding new favorites a challenge.
This year was pretty slim on reissues. To be honest, I haven’t gotten through Massive Attack’s Mezzanine and Sigur Rós’ Ágætis byrjun.
Tags: ali wong, boston, easterhouse, favorite edition, hans abrahamsen, infomatik, janet jackson, kalapana, my bloody valentine, re-flex, rick springfield, robert palmer, roberta flack, the replacements
![[Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SturgillSimpsonSoundandF22161304K7_f-300x300.jpg)
Like Patti Smith’s Horses, Sound & Fury confounded me. I put the album on repeat, and each listen only heightened my confusion and fascination. Was this My Bloody Valentine reborn as a southern rock band? Was it ZZ Top making the electroclash album it should never, ever record? In the end, it’s just Sturgill Simpson applying his work ethic to fucking with our minds.
I don’t think I’ve heard Cocco scream with the kind of abandon she does on this album. It’s almost uncharacteristic now that she’s let a lot more sunshine into her music.
I didn’t realize how much I missed BBMAK till they announced their reunion, and this album does not disappoint.
Don’t Tell a Soul was the first Replacements album I ever bought, so I find the over-produced, slick sound comforting. That said, I really dig this original mix by Matt Wallace. Thing is, it would have totally tanked in 1989. Maybe in 1993, it would have made more sense. But not in 1989.
Do we really need to pay attention to any other former member of Sonic Youth?
I signed up for Netflix to watch the Sound & Fury anime. I might keep my subscription to watch Baby Cobra.
Kraftwerk strikes me as a band I ought to like, but so far, this album is the only one to connect.
I didn’t think I would like anything Prince recorded before 1999. I think I rather like this more than 1999.
Tags: ali wong, bbmak, cocco, kim gordon, kraftwerk, picks, prince, purchase log, sturgill simpson, the replacements