CONFESS!!! Last really great album you bought!

[LynneSin]

Well album, digital download, cd - however you do your music.

Now that 'Crazy, Stupid Love' is on heavy rotation on HBO I swear I watch it just to see the ending because I loved the song they close with. So last night I finally looked it up and it was done by this Australia band called The Middle East. Song is called 'Blood'

So I went to Amazon.com and opted to NOT download the soundtrack. Most of the stuff on there either I had or didn't really want. Just that one song. So I looked up the band and found the album it was on was $5 (it only has 5 songs).

What an amazing album! Been listening to it constantly. The album is called "The Recordings of The Middle East".

The band is kinda a lo-fi grooviness with some amazing harmonies. Really great stuff.

SO.....

What was the last good album you bought?

[pipi_k]

1. Second favorite

My second favorite band after Led Zeppelin is Boston.

So I bought their "Third Stage" album (have the other two)

I love them for their harmonies.


Their song "Hollyann" reminds me of my youth and makes me cry

[HopeHoops]

2. Damn. It's been so long that I really don't remember.

[nolabear]

3. Alabama Shakes.

Whooee that woman can SANG!

[LynneSin]

4. I saw them live in concert last year

Fell in love with the band on the spot. I described them as the Black Crowes if they replaced their lead singer with Janis Joplin.

Thing is they opened for North Mississippi All-Stars and honestly I thought Alabama Shakes was much better.

[dawg]

5. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife

Not for everyone, I guess. But I really love this album.

[LynneSin]

6. That's one of those albums I bought when Amazon had it on sale

Because I like their other album "The King is Dead"

I think I'll listen your choice now!

[dawg]

8. It helps to be familiar with the old folk tale of the Crane Wife.

I read up on it on Wikipedia, and knowing what it is about helps to make sense of the three "Crane Wife" songs. I also understand that "The Island" is loosely based on William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". But who cares. How could I not love an eleven minute prog-rock epic with a subsection titled "You'll Not Feel the Drowning"?

[MicaelS]

7. Adele - 21

Simply fabulous album, especially Set Fire to the Rain.

[Madison Blue]

24. Shocked by how great Adele is, but

I'd say 19 over 21.

[RevStPatrick]

9. A couple of months ago, I watched this documentary...

Scott Walker - 30th Century Man

Here's the trailer:

He was in the Walker Brothers in the 60's and since then, he's made just a few albums.
His music is so weird and haunting, that I bought "The Drift" on iTunes.

Here are a couple of his songs, so you get an idea:

From the Walker Brothers in the 70's, when he started getting really weird:

Before that, I believe the last full album I bought was The Beatles Love album:

Just because...

[Bucky]

16. Thanks for posting that Beatles video. It made my day.

[Rambis]

10. "Threads" Ruth Notman

Her live

[OriginalGeek]

11. Napalm Death - Utilitarian

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Album? "Let It Be" by the Beatles in 1970.

[LynneSin]

18. Did you even READ my thread

I said whatever medium you purchase - Albums, CDs, Digital, etc etc etc

[Bucky]

13. Willie Nelson - Stardust

[MiddleFingerMom]

23. I love Willie -- and that's probably my favorite album of his.

[hifiguy]

14. Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard 's

Vielen Dank triple CD

CyberTrance presents Ayu 2 - Ayumi Hamasaki Trance Remixes

[Arugula Latte]

15. If you like "Blood" you might like this song, "Teardrop," by Jose Gonzalez:

[stuntcat]

25. :heart: him

[Bertha Venation]

17. kd lang, Hymns of the 49th Parallel

[graywarrior]

19. Immortal Beloved soundtrack

Needed it for an assignment to post at YouTube.

[Wait Wut]

20. Diablo Swing Orchestra...

...but, I don't remember the name of the album/CD/whatever. It's the second one I've bought.

[hibbing]

21. The People's Key - Bright Eyes

Hi,
Their work varies, this is one of their more accessible albums, whatever that means. Plus between some songs it has this funky guy talking.

Peace

[ohiosmith]

22. I think a Julie Cruise CD in the 80s.