Last two CDs you bought

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:24 am

What are the last two CDs you bought, why do you like them or dislike them, and would you reccomend them and if so why?

Just curious...

The last two I bought were:

Tori Amos, Boys for Pele

and

Dead Can Dance, Toward the Within

I'm still getting used to them.

Ro3b · Post by **Ro3b** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:38 am

I love them both.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:52 am

I seldom buy just two CDs. I save up and buy a whole bunch at once. My latest purchase was:

David Power - Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín - Excellent
The Raineys - More Excellent
Breda Keville - The Hop Down - Extremely Nice
Sarah & Rita Keane - Once I loved - Classic
Various - Travellers and Fellow Travellers - So-So

Why? Cuz I like to.

djm

rh · Post by rh » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:09 am

I mostly download music now, and listen to it on my laptop or iPod. I did buy an actual CD recently though:

and my last downloaded CD was

both of which i enjoy very much.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:22 am

I think my last two were that Seamus Egan CD and that Cathal McConnell CD. It's been a while since I bought a CD, though, so I could be wrong.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:36 am

Amos Lee's Shout Out Loud. Nice pop-blues.

And one by a lady's Acapella group at UNC-Chapel Hill, called the Loreleis. I love those gals.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:59 am

Agua Clara--a Peruvian group who were playing in NYC Penn Station last time we were there. Like.
A couple of Jazz cds from Whole Foods Market which I stuck in esposo's Christmas stocking. Pretty good.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:21 am

Portland by Kevin Burke & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (RIP)
Even though it took me a few listens to get past the excess amounts of reverb,
this is fantastic music. Top notch. It's had a lot of play time since I bought it a month ago.

Orphans by Tom Waits
Wow. This just blew my mind, absolutely brilliant. With 16-20 tracks
on each cd of a 3-disc release, it took me a while to get through
it all but I just love the different things he's done here.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:32 am

Have you forgotten? Tom Waits for no-one.

djm

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:41 am

Idlewild - Make Another World

Great return to noisy pop form from this Scottish indie band. Last few albums were a bit folky and subdued (but still great in my opinion), but this time the distortion pedals are back and the songs are faster.

Alasdair Roberts - Amber Gatherers

Took a couple of listens to get into this and it wasn't as immediate as his previous album (a collection of murder ballads), although this one is certainly a happier time. Once it gets going though it's superb. He's one of the best contemporary young folk singers around just now and certainly is a lot more worthy than some of the bland acoustic rubbish that's being hailed in the mainstream press recently.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:43 am

Oh, Tom Waits for me

I forgot about the CD I bought on St. Pat's day. There's a local musician here named Billy "the Reverend" Brett.

He's a fantastic musician (mostly plays mandolin but I've seen him on bass and harmonica too) and has a really unique bluesy voice. He just released a solo album after the group he was with for 8 years split (they were a great group and I was sad to see them split). It's an interesting mix of folk music and he is donating the proceeds to the Phoenix Childrens Project... you should buy it and help the children!
http://cdbaby.com/cd/billybrett

chas · Post by **chas** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:48 am

Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris

Faster than the Speed of Life by Mars Bonfire

I had lost all hope of finding a CD of the last one. I paid about $10 for a used record of it in the 80's, and the record was not in great shape, but it's an amazing album. He was the guitarist of The Sparrow, the precursor to Steppenwolf, and wrote Born to be Wild. (That's how much of a Steppenwolf fan I am.)

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:08 am

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:37 am

chas wrote:Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris

I've been wanting that one. The next time it comes up on eBay for cheap, I'm getting it.

LimuHead · Post by **LimuHead** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:00 am

Woodbridge Flute Choir - "Passages"

Laurel Zucker - "Handel's Flute Sonatas"

Both are good albums. If you like that sort of thing!