The Last Album You Bought Or Were Given?

Bought Doves, Leisure Society & Bat For Lashes yesterday.

Doves is fantastic on first couple of listens, fave album of 09 to date. There's no real progression from previous albums but they've got a winning formula so why change?

Not had chance to listen to other two yet but I'm going on hols on Thursday so I've loaded them onto the ipod

Just received in post this morning from Amazon, Kingdom of Rust by the Doves

Very impressed ...not heard much of them before.

Hmm...let me think.... I think it was Midlake's "Van Occupanther" I bought a few weeks ago at my local recordshop. I ordered also Mogwai's "Zidane" soundtrack but it hasn't arrived yet...
I might order Doves new one next or download it at itunes or similar...

I've just 'borrowed' a few albums (about 40) from my Bro in law. That'll give me plenty to be getting on with. I now have a wide range of stuff to investigate from Modest Mouse and The Raconteurs through to Captan Beefheart (I've never heard Trout Mask Replica before.It's utterly bonkers) and Bob Dylan via (amongst others) I Am Kloot, White Stripes, Joy Division and Phillip Glass.

Tonight - Franz Ferdinand
Annie Lennox's new Greatest Hits package - can't remember the title
Lesley
Have't listen to either yet so can't comment but I like the "No You Girls" single so I'm hoping it's going to be good, and Annie's a true DIVA so I know I shan't be disappointed.

DOVES - Lost Souls

Stephen Fretwell - Man on the Roof

Lesley Gilks wrote:

Tonight - Franz Ferdinand
Annie Lennox's new Greatest Hits package - can't remember the title
Lesley
Have't listen to either yet so can't comment but I like the "No You Girls" single so I'm hoping it's going to be good, and Annie's a true DIVA so I know I shan't be disappointed.

Tonight's a great album, you won't be disappointed, and Annie is a legend.

Doves - Kingdom of Rust, just wow!

Kings Of Leon- Only By The Night

Tailfly wrote:

Kings Of Leon- Only By The Night

Outstanding album...really love that one!

Just downloaded Welcome To My World, by Daniel Johnston...got interested in him after watching a doc about him on DVD recently.

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots.

This is the first album I've bought by them - really enjoying it.

ticky wrote:

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots.

This is the first album I've bought by them - really enjoying it.

Ooooh, ticky, I so love the Flaming Lips! Yoshimi's awesome, and it is one of my favorites of theirs (other one would be The Soft Bulletin).

ChrissieInFL wrote:

ticky wrote:

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots.

This is the first album I've bought by them - really enjoying it.

Ooooh, ticky, I so love the Flaming Lips! Yoshimi's awesome, and it is one of my favorites of theirs (other one would be The Soft Bulletin).

I've heard that's meant to be their best one, so it looks like that'll be the NEXT album I buy!

ticky wrote:

I've heard that's meant to be their best one, so it looks like that'll be the NEXT album I buy!

Yeah, you really should...I bet you'll love it! If you ever get a chance to see them live, make sure to go. They are so much fun to see in concert!

A friend of mine just lent methe new Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and I plan ongiving it a listen later. The single (Zero) is good, so I'll see how the rest sounds, even though I'm not a major fan of theirs.

Strangley enough the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is the last album i bought !

(p.s Cheers for your playlist work Chrissie, I haven't been on much and didn't notice before)

The Bends - Radiohead

A recent convert to them. This seems one of their most assessible on first listen.

yesman wrote:

The Bends - Radiohead

A recent convert to them. This seems one of their most assessible on first listen.

Pablo Honey is accessible as well but nowhere near as good as The Bends. OK Computer is pretty accessible too. Anything after that is errrrrr.............challenging.........but definitely worth the effort.

Hotblack wrote:

Pablo Honey is accessible as well but nowhere near as good as The Bends. OK Computer is pretty accessible too. Anything after that is errrrrr.............challenging.........but definitely worth the effort.

Really impressed with The Bends. OK Computer took a few listens to really "get it" . Bought "In Rainbows " quite recently which I found to be somewhere in between in terms of accessibility .All are excellent though. May well venture into the more "challenging" ones soon !!!

Augie March - Sunset Studies

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Augie March - Sunset Studies

Good to see another Augie March fan

I've just got hold of a blast from the past, Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith by Roy Harper, and am wondering why it's been so long since I listened to this wonderful album.

Glendarian wrote:

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Augie March - Sunset Studies

Good to see another Augie March fan

I've just got hold of a blast from the past, Come Out Fighting Genghis Smith by Roy Harper, and am wondering why it's been so long since I listened to this wonderful album.

I saw Nick Harper (his son) at Trowbridge Festival last year - what an incredible guitarist.

Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plagued Lovers

The Virgins

Not sure yet !!!

The Watch - Primitive
Progressive Rock very much like early Genesis and Marillion with Fish. Been at the concert of them yesterday and it is so amazing how close to young Gabriel the singer sounds!