LAST 5 CD's/ALBUMS/COLLECTIONS YOU HAVE PURCHASED

[electracoyote]

Considering what a rebound the "single" has had in this era of individual track downloads, for those of you who still feel compelled to purchase an entire album's worth of songs from an artist or label, please share the last 5 albums/CD's/collections you purchased. I'll start (there are 7 because that's how many are on the stack I'm looking at, all purchased this month):

Poplife David Guetta (Techno/Dance/Pop)
Greycourt Lightning Bill Perry (Blues)
Chickenfoot Anthony, Smith, Satriani, Hagar (Rock)
CHHR2 Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain (Bluegrass)
Millie Jackson: 21 of the Best (1971-1983) (Soul/R&B)
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration Various Artists (Soul/R&B)
Off The Wall Michael Jackson (R&B/Pop) (Can't believe this was missing from my collection. Now I have them all.)

(If it's not asking too much, please try to put a genre or category to each selection on your list. Thank you!)

[RHFusillo]

My eMusic credits reloaded yesterday, so I downloaded the following:

Sly & the Family Stone -- Anthology
Bruce Springsteen -- Nebraska
Patti Smith -- Horses
Sonic Youth -- The Eternal
Minutemen -- Double Nickels On The Dime
The Kills -- Midnight Boom

[Aenima]

im sure i have bought more since or during the time of this

1.Emery - In Shallow Seas We Sail
2.Protest the Hero - Fortress
3.Closure in Moscow - First Temple
4.Thrice - Live at the House of Blues
5.Taking Back Sunday - New Again

[nad]

Screw singles. Albums are vastly superior in every possible way.

John Coltrane - Ascension
Edge of Sanity - Infernal
VNV Nation - Of Faith, Power, and Glory
Acid Witch - Witchtanic Hellucinations
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

[ugly_bassplayer]

1-J Dilla:Jay Stay Paid (Hip hop)
2-Miles Davis: Pangea live in Japan (Jazz)
3-Sam Rivers: Dimensions & Extensions (Jazz)
4-John Coltrane : Complete Africa brass sessions (Jazz)
5-A tribe called Quest: Peoples instinctive travels.....(Hip Hop)

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by nad

Screw singles. Albums are vastly superior in every possible way.

If you got the right kind of artist, ain't it the truth?

[p0werslav3]

Hitsville USA, Vol. 1: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

[Joe Gress]

Most Recent:

Strange Cousins From the West - Clutch
Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King - Dave Mathews Band
Leagalize it - Peter Tosh
White Lies for Dark Times - Ben Harper and the relentless 7
Wavering Radiant - ISIS

[ugly_bassplayer]

Originally Posted by joeinsprings

Most Recent:

Strange Cousins From the West - Clutch
Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King - Dave Mathews Band
Leagalize it - Peter Tosh
White Lies for Dark Times - Ben Harper and the relentless 7
Wavering Radiant - ISIS

+1 That Peter Tosh album is KILLER

[Joe Gress]

I like it.

[beggar98]

Tonic- MMW
Radiolarians II- MMW
Piety Street- John Scofield
Sunday at the Village Vanguard- Bill Evans Trio
Zaebos: The Book of Angels, Vol. 2- MMW

[DoomandHeavy]

Bat Out of Hell 1- Meat Loaf
Defenders of the Faith- Judas Priest
Metal on Metal- Anvil
Hoping to pick up some more this weekend!

[Barkless Dog]

Charles Spearin The Happiness Project
Dir En Grey - The Marrow of a Bone
Otep - The Ascension
Wilco- self titled
Vamps - Hyde's new project Self titled

[gweimer]

The Tubes - Now and Then ('70s/'80s rock)
The Tubes - compilation CD of some sort ('70s/'80s rock)
Todd Rundgren - Arena ('70s/'80s riff rock)
Ben Harper & Relentless7 - White Lies for Dark Times (indie pop/rock)

can't think of the fifth, it's been so long...

[Noak2]

Samla Mammas Manna-Måltid
Premiata Forneria Marconi-Per un Amico
Soft Machine-Fourth
Caravan-In the Land of Grey and Pink
Peter Gabriel-2

[Jim Nazium]

John Coltrane, Giant Steps (a classic - how could I not own this one?)
Jane Monheit, Come Dream With Me (I <3 her)
Jane Monheit, Never Never Land (I <3 her)
Chick Corea, Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (brilliant, but somewhat difficult listening)
Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted (just kidding)

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by gweimer

The Tubes - Now and Then
The Tubes - compilation CD of some sort
Todd Rundgren - Arena
Ben Harper & Relentless7 - White Lies for Dark Times

can't think of the fifth, it's been so long...

If you're a Tubes fan, or just getting into their catalog, you REALLY need Love Bomb if you don't already have it.

How's the new Rundgren? (He produced a few Tubes albums.)

[electracoyote]

Originally Posted by Jim Nazium

Kelly Clarkson, All I Ever Wanted (just kidding)

Hey, I fessed up to Off The Wall! There's a reason why Kelly Clarkson sells CDs, and it can't all be obsessed 14-year-old girls.

BTW, I'm seeing a few classics in these lists that I can't believe are missing from my collection.

[gweimer]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

If you're a Tubes fan, or just getting into their catalog, you REALLY need Love Bomb if you don't already have it.

How's the new Rundgren? (He produced a few Tubes albums.)

Arena is decent (I got it when we saw him here a few months back). It's pretty standard stuff, but not the pizzazz of Utopia. One song could actually be done by KISS with no problems. Prairie Prince is his drummer these days. Some of the old Tubes stuff could pass for Utopia with quirky lyrics.

[Ben Lesser]

Last five?

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Dr. Dre - 2001
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band - s/t
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever

A bit of a diverse collection, but that's the best way to do things. All of these were on vinyl, because I've just started collecting (well, since January), and am looking to build it up to 50 albums by the end of the year.