newest additions to my cd collection

[Tommy BOO]

(just in case anyone cares!)

i bought quite a lot of new music during my trip, here are some of the most interesting ones and my comments!

super furry animals / phantom power
i had this one on DVD of course, with all the remixes and stuff, but i never listened to it that much since i can't play DVDs with my ordinary CD player (obviously!). i saw it for only £2.99 somewhere so i had to buy it! i'm starting to like this now, and 'sex, war & robots' is a top song.
if tears could kill, i'd be a long time gone...
beautiful and brilliant!

super furry animals / mwng
this one's great as well, even though i can't understand anything they sing (it's all in welsh language!) a really beautiful album, how did i survive the last four years without this? y gwyneb iau.

bravecaptain / all watched over by machines of loving grace
well i will still write more about this later, but i really like this new album. i still need to listen to it a couple of times though before i can say how much i really like it. i'm pretty sure i like this more than afm though which is a good thing of course!

electric soft parade / holes in the wall
not a bad album at all! i was expecting something much more basic and pop, but i like this. and they mention the mighty brave captain: martin carr in the credits! who's steve lamacq?

beach boys / pet sounds
ok, i bought this because everyone here said that it's the best album ever . well, it isn't. it's good, yes, but not that good. sounds very much like "forever changes" by love. which isn't a bad thing at all actually!

her space holiday / the young machines
i bought this in london just after their gig actually. i liked the live stuff so decided to buy this one. i had only hear this one song before... what was it called again... 'my girlfriend's boyfriend'. (?) i always liked that one though and it was very good to hear it live too. the whole album is quite nice and relaxing and very unique, so i like it, but there's a little bit something missing. still a very good album though, i'm glad i bought it even though it was quite expensive!

echo & the bunnymen / ocean rain
finally found this! i've listened to it three times now and i like it. if only i had heard about them many years ago... well i suppose it's never too late. this is some kind of a remastered version or something with some extra shit, it's very good!

graham coxon / happiness in magazines
the best of graham's solo albums so far, but still fails to impress me. don't get me wrong, i like this album. some songs on it are excellent, but some of those are a bit boring. after all that hype i expected it to be a bit better. but i'll still listen to this a couple of times before i make my final decision.

trashmonk / mona lisa overdrive
well, it was cheap so i bought it. i know nothing about the band to be honest. in fact i had never even heard of them before i saw this. they were on creation so maybe they're not that awful. haven't listened to it yet...

the bluetones / the singles
my friend always used to talk about them and i had none of their albums earlier, so i bought this. not bad.

and then i found this gem in some small second-hand record shop in london!
"welcome to the wonderful world of ed ball"
i only had the album "catholic guilt" and some singles before this, but i liked them a lot and melz had been talking about this. someone from here sent me the song 'manchester' as well and i loved it so i had to buy this. and i like it! i've been looking for this album for ages, so the strange thing is that i actually met ed ball two days before buying this album. spooky boo! he's ace by the way and looks very much like you think ed ball would look like.


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"Tommy Boo has played a pivotal role in my life. I've looked up to him since I was a kid and he has inspired every note of music I have ever written. The man is a fucking genius" -BC

[Guest]

steve lamacq is a dj on radio 1

[Kris]

I was right. You ARE rich.

My latest addition is Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan band.

First impression is it's good but relentlessly dark - and too samey to be truly great

Kinks
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"fashioned by the blade of a world that doesn't care,
feeling so removed, drifting thru stealing air then...
pause and think about it, try to move and shift the pain, but it's there you feel it kicking and you scream and feel alive."

[Tommy BOO]