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Whilst I've been aware of Robyn for a long time, I don't really know much about him or his work.
I bought this on one of many trips to an indoor market stall in Exmouth, probably as part of a 3 for £20 deal (3 for £10 for s/h CDs, but this one was new). It's blessed with a number of musicians I like, including Peter Buck as part of "the Venus 3", with Ian McLagan and Kimberley Rew (Katrina and the Waves) guesting on a few of the tracks. For some reason it's catalogued as "weird but wonderful" in my head, but musically it's less weird than I'd remembered (some of the lyrics are amusingly odd, perhaps that's what I'm remembering).
CD#11 The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
There are times where I like the idea of The Flaming Lips more than I like The Flaming Lips, the music and vocals are both happy to play with atonality, which I don't mind, but when there's a lot of it I do find it a bit much. This has their version of Plastic Jesus on it, so all is forgiven.
CD#12 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
There's an awful lot of Bob that I like, but for me this isn't his finest hour. There are some good songs but on some his vocal is full of quiet/loud moments and weird phrasing that takes a little away from what could have been. You couldn't say he didn't put any effort in but I'd like it more if it could have been pulled back a touch.
My LPs and cds are sorted but need to do the same with singles and tapes.
I've then got a couple of vertical stands near the CD player that I keep the things the kids and my wife like most on - one holds about 60 and the other about 120. Both are full, and there are about another 20 that haven't been sorted yet, so I have... roughly 1800 CDs. Expansion beyond 2000 will involve some decisions, yes... although I joke about buying another bookcase there isn't really room, so I'll probably relegate some of them to boxes in the loft. I have a lot of things like Now and dance compilations that I'm unlikely to ever listen to on the physical CD so that's OK.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The B&Q units look like the top right and left bits of this structure:
IKEA shelves look like this:
though I haven't got them quite as upright as that
I said maybe.....
CD#13 Jane Taylor - Montpelier
An album of variety, Jane has a strong and sometimes idiosyncratic voice and a nice collection of songs.
Some songs she backs herself on guitar or piano, others have the addition of variety of different musicians including one with just her vocal and double bass. I've not heard this for years but it deserves better than that.Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
CD#14 World Party - Private Revolution
Essentially a Karl Wallinger solo album, the first few tracks shout 80s ! at you in terms of its sounds and production, though it settles down a little later on. I bought it originally to be able to hear Ship Of Fools and that's far and away the stand-out track for me, though there are one or two others that catch the ear too.
CD#15 XTC - Mummer
This is the first CD on the list which I already owned on vinyl when it was bought - I still have all my vinyl, LPs and singles, and those that aren't duplicated on CD might end up as a Playing All My Vinyl LPs blog if I get to the end of this one ;O) While I'm a huge fan of XTC and have all their studio albums they did lose something for me over the span of their recorded output, having said that this is a good one.
CD#16 Elvis Costello - When I was Cruel
I loved Elvis Costello for years, but ran out of steam a bit after Spike (11/12 great albums though, so not too shabby) and didn't seek out any of his new material for a long time. Since then I've picked up bits and pieces but not heard anything to blow me away like he does at his best. I must confess I bought this a few years ago but this is the first time I've listened to it all the way through.
Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas are there but no Bruce Thomas (one of my favourite bass players), and the bass is less prominent than my favourite EC songs, though there are one or two moments where it's possible to think he might be playing. It's not a dreadful album but the best bits are those that remind me of the really good ones.
CD#17 Silver Sun - Silver Sun
The Beach Boys crossed with The Toy Dolls - need I say more ? Brilliant.
Bonus points if you can make any sense of the lyrics to Lava.
CD#18 Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
I bought this because of a glowing review in the Guardian weekend magazine and I've listened to it twice since then. It's not awful, it's just not much of anything really, you could have it on in the background at a dinner party (I imagine, I'm not one for dinner parties) without it being too obtrusive, which is not a great reason for its existence ;O)
CD#19 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
When a lot of my classmates were listening to Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rush et al., I was listening to The Clash, Sex Pistols and The Jam. For many years my favourite Led Zep song was D'jer Mak'er from Houses of the Holy, but a few years ago I picked up the first four Led Zeppelin albums in an attempt to see what all the fuss was about. I do like them, but they're not going to be anywhere near the top of any list I might make.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I saw them as a vocalist/guitarist duo (there's added bass and vocals on the CD) at The Silver Moon in Hitchen when I was gigging as the bass player in a duo called Cloudy, and at the time I was very much into buying CDs from acts wherever possible (though within reason, we did see some acts that I felt it best not to encourage ;O) ) and they were very good. IIRC it was the night that we were the last act on for an evening in a room that had been packed for all the locals before us . . . we played to two or three people. Nevertheless this CD is definitely worth a listen.
CD#21 Toyah - Sheep Farming In Barnet
Before the more mainstream pop of I Wanna Be Free there was Toyah the band, which was much more interesting. Like a lot of people I found them through a performance (Danced) on Shoestring, bought this album and a couple of singles before it all went a bit rubbish. I still love this album.
CD#22 The La's - The La's
Like those who around the time of its release also bought A Brief History Of Time and only got about a third of the way through, I bought this album because of That Song, only to find the rest of the album was a bit rubbish. I have listened to it once or twice since then and my conclusion now is not so much that the rest is rubbish but that That Song is so different in style, performance and production to the others it makes the rest of the album feel like something recorded in another studio at another time, with other musicians. It is a bit rubbish though. ;O)
CD#23 Shack - H.M.S. Fable
I doubt I'd buy this album if it was released now. Not because it's particularly bad, there are some very listenable tracks though maybe the vocals are a little weak in places. I bought it because at the time I heard about it that was the only way of finding out if the glowing review was something I agreed with. As it turned out I listened, shrugged and thought "that was ok" and put it away, never to be heard again. Now I'd listen to a couple of songs on YouTube, shrug and think "that was ok" and that would be it.
2 things .
1 . I'm loving this thread and finding great "new" music via Spotify , thank you Paul .
2 . you are both wrong about "The La's"