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Woof	Date: June 10, 2004 @ 3:17 AM It's literally been YEARS since I've bought a commercially released album... not because I'm boycotting the RIAA, but because there just isn't anything being put out these days, that I like enough to pick up! I think that the newest commercial album I've purchased for my own listening, was Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells 2", which came out about ten years ago, or somewhere thereabouts... All of "the industry"'s heavy handed manipulation of artists' careers has made a lot of 'em generic and boring, IMHO.... and so, I've gotta ask, has anybody else found themselves in the same boat?
Dexter	Date: June 10, 2004 @ 3:36 AM I'm with you Woof. Most of what I buy these days is from the back catalogue. Bought 4 Bob Dylan albums last week. I do buy current stuff but it's so dispensable. I'll play it for the first few weeks after buying it then put it on the shelf to gather dust. It's artists like Dylan and Miles Davis who are rarely out of my cd player. Johnny Cash too. And that's because they focused on the music - not money and refused to follow trends, always reinventing themselves. When I'm not listening to those I'm here most of the time. There's more talent here than that commercial crap those money grabbing Svengali's keep pushing at us. TTFN.
Woof	Date: June 10, 2004 @ 3:41 AM Well, that's exactly my point! I mean, I've got a huge CD collection, but that's, like... the newest album in it, by date, that I really love! I miss the sense of adventure that used to come from CD shopping... nowadays it's so predictable...
robbydadrummer	Date: June 10, 2004 @ 6:29 AM i'm fortunate as being a prog rock/prog metal fan. the genre has been doing well underground the last 15+ years, so i find new bands to buy frequently... though i usually have to order it to get it in the store. my jazz collection has grown as well. other than that, the other bands i buy are almost always non-radio promoted that i have found out about online. i don't purchase near the amount i did back in the 80's though.
Intergalacti...	Date: June 10, 2004 @ 9:44 AM Last album I bought was hmm, eat Loafs greatest hits for three quid I havent bought a brilliant album since Weezer-The Blue album Well I have bgut thats one of my favourute albums of all time
andromedascar	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 8:07 AM the las album from diamanda galas
furiousBall	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 4:02 PM I'm with you Woof and rhthesinner, last albums I bought were Dylan's Blood on the Tracks and Blonde on Blonde.
ICF	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 4:35 PM Well concidering this thread says last greatest album you 'heard' im gonna say LOST PROPHETS! The next biggest thing to come, and right from where i live!!
Intergalacti...	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 4:40 PM They've had their time, and their album is just like every other band thats like them. OK I'll admit to liking one or two of their songs but I find them a bit borin now. I can think of a million better albums than that
ICF	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 4:45 PM I don't care - im one of those sad people that will listen to anything there and love it because i feel like it!!! And it was the last album i heard so therfore .... hmm my answers trailing off somewhere in the distance ... there was some meaning in there somewhere!! she looks shiftily and runs
Intergalacti...	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 4:50 PM Lol I'm nbot havin a go at you like what you want. Be yourself jaga I'm just puttin my opinion across thats all
ICF	Date: June 11, 2004 @ 4:53 PM "fairy nuff" to put it in your words - But then again you hate linkin park too and im sittin here with my brother at this moment rockin out to it an me sittin slowly nodding my head like a loser
Woof	Date: June 12, 2004 @ 3:15 AM Just to add a few more thoughts: The stuff that's being released today sounds fantastic. I've never questioned that. The production's all solid, and everybody hits the notes like they're supposed to... so in a sense, I guess you could say it rocks. What's lacking, I think, is those offbeat acts, who manage to get signed in spite of the fact that they might not be accepted. The "biz" simply doesn't take chances like that anymore... I mean yeah... we've got Marilyn Manson, but really that's kind of like Trent Reznor meets Alice Cooper. Cooper's first two albums sucked, but the label wasn't sure if there was something there or not, so they produced a third one that yielded "I'm Eighteen" as the bands' breakthrough single. Would such a thing be possible today? I doubt it... the first two albums don't go over, and the artist is dropped. So Cooper might've been an accident. Bowie sure released a lot of material that didn't sell, before he became a legend... And the trouble is, the old legends (The Stones, Aerosmith, Ozzy, etc...) are still considered prime properties by the labels today. Is that because they're sure a new release by any of 'em will sell a lot of units? And why will it do that? Probably because there's nothing that's new that's happened since they were in their prime. Rock's become redundant. Same old songs in new clothing... where are the fresh ideas? They've gotta be out there, but I doubt corporate management is paying attention. It seems to me, that the flailing music industry is holding on so tightly to the idea of repackaging ideas that have already been done to death, out of a sort of desperation to keep the cash flow coming... and the very thing that the listeners buy new music FOR... a sense of adventure and a sense of individuality... have become unimportant. And so, the RIAA's screaming bloody murder over filesharing, when it's actually their own fault (at least in part), that listeners aren't interested enough in the bands, to actually go out and buy the cd's, instead of just downloading 'em. Maybe... just maybe... a free download is all that the fans think that the band is worth. Maybe that's what pisses the RIAA off... I don't know... But I could be wrong...
Intergalacti...	Date: June 12, 2004 @ 9:55 AM I don't mind some of linkin parks earlier stuff it was just all the same: it would start off heavy Go straighyt into a long rap Have Chester sing a chorus another long rap naother chorus A bridge where chester either tries to scream or sound like Britney Spears Chorus Then some techno riff to end it
ICF	Date: June 12, 2004 @ 4:26 PM yeah i guess - i hate the more rapping songs of theirs but some of it is pretty decent.
bbranch	Date: June 13, 2004 @ 3:57 PM The other day I was thinking about what music defines this decade so far. I couldn't think of any popular band or artist that really personifies this. Are people going to remember the 2000s as the decade of boy bands, divas, rap metal, and rap? I sure hope not. Hopefully the 2000s will be remembered as the decade the industry died.
BedroomSessions	Date: June 13, 2004 @ 5:45 PM this is tough. some interesting albums, i will throw up however from the last 5 or so years. also i will rate them. consider the best albums to be 10/10 (eg. classic beatles albums, best led zeppelin albums, pixies surfer rosa, nirvana, pearl jam ten etc...you dont have to agree with those choices as awesome albums, just giving a guide!!) the mars volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (8/10) at the drive in - Relationship of Command (8/10) jamie cullum - twentysomething (8/10) finch (!) (9/10) mclusky - McLusky Do Dallas (9/10) some system of a down stuff is quality, im intrigued to hear the new album. and also the new slipknot record sounds good (ignore the reputation). 2 acoustic songs on there even! none of those, incidentally, are as good as jeff buckley, beatles, early metallica, pearl jam ten, pavement, pixies etc etc etc etc. its sad isnt it
sinai	Date: June 13, 2004 @ 7:45 PM much to my chargin i gotta admit that the last albumn ive heard and was really impressed by, song after song...was Crossbreed
Woof	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 3:45 AM I think the turning point might have been, when the signed artists started talking publicly about their "careers"... like it became more about the business, than an art form... And now I look at these people who are performing on a stage, and I think "it's that persons' job". Sort of takes the mystery and drama out of it, if you know what I mean... Well-behaved employees running about on a public platform, trying to entertain the masses... it sure isn't as earth shattering as social misfits being given a mic, which is what it used to be...
furiousBall	Date: June 14, 2004 @ 9:59 AM from Woof: What's lacking, I think, is those offbeat acts, who manage to get signed in spite of the fact that they might not be accepted. The "biz" simply doesn't take chances like that anymore... This is the majority of the problem I think. Think about some of the influential artists of the 60s and 70s, would they even get signed today? How would Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, or Jim Morrison fare on American Idol? Then again, would any of these artists be able to make the music they made back then given how much they reflected society? So has society just not the breeding ground of creative thought that it once was?....sorry, I'm digressing a bit. One of the things that I think has been most to blame for the decline in quality of albums artistically speaking has been the death of writting an album as a complete piece of work rather than 11-13 singles that all happen to have been recorded at the same time and share the same artwork.
Woof	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 12:52 AM Looks like we're on the same page, Van... When I read your comment, this picture popped into my head... Simon Cowell telling an auditioning Janis Joplin that her voice sounded like fingernails on a chalkboard... and what would "they" say about Joni Mitchell's jazzy articulations? Plus, in today's post-Janet-Jackson's-boob politically correct times, I doubt that any major label would want to touch The Mothers (or The Fugs, for that matter)... It seems to me, that they're just perfecting the production values on already charted territory. But how many times do you need to re-pave the same road?
Intergalacti...	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 10:40 AM Just imagine this decade bein namerd after Avril Lavigne I think this may be another heavy era the way things are goin certainly in Britain. Funeral for a Friend attacked pop-punk at the end of last century with their emo-punk/heavy-guitar melodic sound. I'm not a huge fan of F4AF but I recognise what they#'ve done for the industry and they've had some good songs. Their album was supposed to be tremendous. I agree with BS on Jamie Cullum's album and The Mars Volta for that matter. Great albums
Intergalacti...	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 10:41 AM Pointless Nostalgic was good by Jamie Cullum (his second album)
sqrlcub	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 12:55 PM I have found that most of the rock music out the big labels sound very similar to eachother. They could easily switch out the various musicians from all of the bands and still maintain an identical sound. Back in the 80's (yeah I know a long time ago) this started coming about but there was still room for the Cure's, U2's, and REM's out there. The bands that went against the total pop culture and the people loved it. They have since inspired countless clones, but that isn't important really. In rock music the labels want things to stay more the same. Innovation doesn't really seem to be part of the equation anymore. Right now, I try not to buy any big label bands, but I have really enjoyed the Be Good Tanyas. They are an old timey, all girl, folk/bluegrass band. I have heard more unusual, more creative, and other interesting sounds the farther outside of rock I have gotten. If you listen to my music you can probably hear some of the places where I get influences from...and none of them are rock anymore. It's not as if rock died. It has that feeling that as an anti-establishment genre, it became the establishment and they set their own rules. A new world order centered around small groups of people is not new, and it is not order.
YaBoyDrew	Date: June 15, 2004 @ 1:59 PM "Kanye West College Dropout" definitly on sum different shyt
Intergalacti...	Date: June 16, 2004 @ 7:05 AM Explain BlueGrass music? Oh and OK Computer by radiohead was a brilliant album a few years ago now though
BedroomSessions	Date: June 16, 2004 @ 7:58 AM bluesgrass is awesome. some of the players are so good, its something ive been meaning to get into. can anyone suggest any good albums? something quite melodic would be good. also, at last some comments which arent boring farts complaining about music, and actually naming some artists! get over it, times are changing, and there is still some good music around...even music that is inventive! you just have to look around a bit more!!
chrismacmanus	Date: June 16, 2004 @ 2:43 PM Bluegrass music, intergal.... Bit of a mix of Scottish/Irish music and american country, mainly from Kentucky. I spent a year in KY and heard some really good bluegrass, even the jams in the guitar shops after they closed were impressive. A lot of them really are superb musicians. I don't really listen to a huge amount anymore, but BS, something quite melodic would be Nickel Creek (they've got a few Radiohead covers in their live sets), they're a bit pop, but the mandolin player (Chris Thile) is unbelievable, you may also want to check out his solo album 'Not All Who Wander Are Lost'. The Gourds are another good band and also have some good covers such as Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, Snoop Dog's Gin and Juice and Neil Young's For the turnstiles. Good one on this site: http://countyfarm.dmusic.com/
BedroomSessions	Date: June 16, 2004 @ 8:02 PM nickel creek, thats the ones. my mate was spending ages trying to get me to listen to them before. must check them out
Woof	Date: June 17, 2004 @ 2:34 AM Thx for the tips, folks... will check these recommendations asap... After all, I still have hope... just not much, is all.. Intergalactic might've hit pretty close to where I've been at: "The year of Avril Lavigne"... aw sheesh I hope it's not that bad...
Intergalacti...	Date: June 18, 2004 @ 10:36 AM Nickel Crek are great. The best band I've seen with such limited instruments. Well no I don't mean it like that you know what I mean. With the insturments they have in the band its good. War Hero runs to the corner to die
sqrlcub	Date: June 18, 2004 @ 12:38 PM Country Farm is great here actually. You can also check out any Doc Watson compilation. He is more light bluegrass and does more folk so it will be easier to get into for those who are borderline not sure if they will like it. Typically bluegrass is like folk music played by prodigies. It is typically very fast but still follows the more folk instrumentation. Also, it typically sounds more old timey, especially when they do the big close harmony vocals. There is also a lot of crossover with general folksingers/musicians (not folk rock singers) and bluegrass. It's really a great and very rich genre. Pick up the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack to hear a hell of a lot of very good quality bluegrass.
chrismacmanus	Date: June 19, 2004 @ 11:08 AM Yup, the oh brother soundtrack is suprisingly good. One of the greats left out here is Bill Monroe - possibly the father of bluegrass
RandyEllefson	Date: July 19, 2004 @ 8:37 PM Evergrey - Recreation Day http://randyellefson.dmusic.com/
DeltaF86	Date: October 24, 2004 @ 10:58 PM I guess that I don't take music the same way as you guys do. To me, artists, commercial and otherwise, serve as: 1. A supplement to whatever emotion I am feeling at that time. 2. A means for me to experience more and help me along on my own music creation path. Even though I really like a few albums, none are "tremendus" to me. Maybe this is becasue what I truely like dosen't corespond to what I think I like? You decide. At any rate, I don't really care, life goes on and out of every bad thing comes a good thing.
mtjames	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 8:47 PM Anyone interested in bluegrass needs to check out the band Split Lip Rayfield. They're from Wichita KS, and seriously one of the best things to hit the bluegrass scene recently. www.splitliprayfield.com really really impressive musicians. and to answer the question, the last great album i heard would have to be Sufjan Stevens' Greetings from Michigan. Tom Waits' Real Gone was absolute genius as well.
Dexter	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 8:49 PM Organic Plante by Frances Plante-Scott
onewhodreams	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 8:54 PM Keane - "Hopes and Fears"
sinai	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 9:08 PM Motograter
justinother1	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 11:17 PM well,i had nick cave and the bad seeds "murder ballads" on,a little while ago. does that count???
wet1	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 11:18 PM Have hear this topic rehashed before. Still it has a good point. Corporate pop is what is being fed out for consumption to the public. Driven by Wall Street demands for what have you done lately in profit. Majors no longer take chances, no longer groom the artist over the long haul and are not interested the smaller money making but steady earners. So when was the last time you heard that "must have album"? What was the last album you remember that every album collector had to have to have a collection? Sgt Peppers? Rumors? Led Zepplin? Nothing comes to mind for recent works that comes anywhere on that horizon.
mdearing	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 11:29 PM Gary Moore - Power of the Blues Tenacious D recently anyway.
DaveWL	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 8:36 AM 2 recent albums popular in the UK but not sure if they’ve had an impact elsewhere. Both fresh, original and got me excited about music again. Franz Fernidand – Franz Fernidand - Brilliant guitar combo with such catchy classic rocking tunes. The highlight track – “Take me Out” a brilliant anthem of a song about a duel between two snipers. Amy Winehouse - Frank Fantstic contemporary Urban Jazz singer echoing influence of the greats such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fritgerald. Only 19 when she made this. Jazz with attitude and modern day relevance.
MCCUBED	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 6:18 PM SYSTEM OF A DOWN - STEAL THIS ALBUM
Intergalacti...	Date: November 30, 2004 @ 8:50 AM Dave Matthews Band-Everyday
Droquen	Date: November 30, 2004 @ 10:36 PM Green Day - AMERICAN IDIOT!!! WHOOOO Awesomeness
mdearing	Date: December 1, 2004 @ 3:44 PM Doyle Bramhall II - Jellycream
blacklieder	Date: December 2, 2004 @ 2:10 PM Musicology by Prince. You should be able to remember the songs off the album, and be pleasantly comforted by the memory. I remeber feeling that way about a lot of pop albums about ten years ago - Ricky Martin, N'Sync, NIN. But popular music has not changed much in the last decade. It's like music creativity has frozen in place, and the industry seems more concerned about money than artistry.
kredd	Date: December 3, 2004 @ 10:04 AM as i lay dying - frail words collapse. its been in my cd player for almost a year straight
johnnygnote	Date: December 3, 2004 @ 6:39 PM Todd Rundgren - Healing
nokeyah	Date: December 5, 2004 @ 1:09 PM I'd have to say Bad Boy Bill's "Bangin' The Box Volume 5" was the last good CD I actully bought in stores.
shadowself	Date: December 14, 2004 @ 12:34 AM Nice to see another Rundgren fan in here.
Hatsy	Date: April 3, 2005 @ 9:05 PM Tom Waits 'Real Gone' and like Sins earlier several Bob Dylan back catalogue cd's, apart from Waits bringing out this new record we buy mostly old stuff, second hand from stalls or new if we have to. On dmusic there are many artists from whom I would buy an album if it was available, including EarlyThomas, Sam Lozoff, Dream Out Loud, Gary Tucker, Bowwillie & Knightmoods, etc., etc., or of course if we had plenty of pennies that month
imemine	Date: April 3, 2005 @ 11:29 PM William Hung-"Inspiration"
SimonWaldram	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 9:55 AM 'The Milk Eyed Mender' by Joanna Newsom is pretty wonderful. Or how about 'The Violet Hour' by the Clientele?
Hatsy	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 1:36 PM Georgia Satellites 'Let It Rock' - Jackson Browne 'Naked Ride Home' - Jeff Buckley 'Grace' - Wishbone Ash 'Argus' - Ten Years After 'Ssssh' - The Who 'Tommy' - Thunder 'The Thrill Of It All' - oh boy opened a can of worms here
SimonWaldram	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 2:11 PM Mmm...worms
SimonWaldram	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 2:12 PM Sorry! Hey, what about Explosions In the Sky? Anyone here like them?
Hatsy	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 6:45 PM Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - 'Bavarian Fruit Bread' simply breathtaking acoustic album...anyone heard of em...
SimonWaldram	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 6:47 PM I never heard Hope's solo album, but I love Mazzy Star. Especially the 'Among My Swan' album
Veracohr	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 8:16 PM The last great new album I heard is the one I got just a few days ago. Infected Mushroom's new album "IM The Supervisor". They're one of the most unique electronic artists currently making music.
Hatsy	Date: April 5, 2005 @ 4:24 AM I only ever heard Hope Sandoval in this capacity but apparently Mazzy Star was great too must check that out. And while I'm here...again...Mother Station 'Brand New Bag' whoaahhh! Voice to die for
BOWILLIE	Date: April 5, 2005 @ 8:44 PM what about the greatest of all? sgt.pepper abby road good by yellow brick road dark side of the moon ...am i showing my age here?
imemine	Date: April 6, 2005 @ 12:01 AM Yes!
Hatsy	Date: April 7, 2005 @ 6:21 AM
alionsonny	Date: April 7, 2005 @ 4:01 PM Ok, let's be fair. Even though I agree, that the industry releases busloads of shite, there have been a few great releases in the past years. I dunno how far to go to the past, but I found the "Marshall Matters" and "The Eminem Show" by Eminem great. Also all recordings by R.E.M. are everything else than trash. If I go to the reggae-genre, there's good releases by the master "Lee Perry". Anne Clark also released a bunch of fine worx in the recent years. Not to mention all those regional artists like YUP , Zen Cafee, Kotiteolisuus from scandinavia. Yeah, there were many fine releases recently, but the majority of releases is simply crap, I agree. Greetz alionsonny
sinai	Date: April 7, 2005 @ 9:45 PM nearly a year later, and i still love that Crossbreed record
urmomlovesme	Date: April 9, 2005 @ 9:25 AM I agree wit treebone. hope sandoval is one of the greatest songwriters of our time and mazzy star is a super great band
AdamsGod	Date: April 10, 2005 @ 12:02 PM hmm.. last realy good album i heard was actualy the new "Infected Mushroom" cd.. its called, "I'm the supervisor" blew me the fuck away.
MindSculpture	Date: April 12, 2005 @ 11:57 AM Deadwing by Porcupine Tree...totally rocks!
gatorman295	Date: April 12, 2005 @ 7:31 PM Franz Ferdinand’s self-titled debut album, and the Zutons’ first album, “Who Killed...the Zutons.” I am actually a classic rock fan and more often than not buy albums (used!) from bands such as Supertramp, the Electric Light Orchestra, and Sparks.
onewhodreams	Date: April 12, 2005 @ 8:26 PM Sabse Bada Album A Pop/Dance/Middle Eastern style from India
Hatsy	Date: April 17, 2005 @ 2:35 PM Glen Hughes 'Songs In The Key Of Rock' - seriously out of this world
azhazhellfire	Date: April 18, 2005 @ 5:25 PM the last good album i stole was 100th window. I don't think, in my cd buying years i ever bought a cd i actually thought was legendary. sterophonics kicked some major ass but they weren't legendary. hmmmmm.
iOrbit	Date: April 20, 2005 @ 3:40 PM Hallucinogen's (Simon Posford's by far most succesful alias) two albums "twisted" and "the lone deranger". These two albums are legendary within the psychedelic trance scene.
BlackMage	Date: April 21, 2005 @ 10:20 AM I've heard lots of great albums. For example The Black Mages, lots of other metal and rock bands and specifically Helloween - Metal Jukebox. If you can't find any good albums, you're not looking hard enough.
iOrbit	Date: April 21, 2005 @ 10:37 AM "If you can't find any good albums, you're not looking hard enough." (I usually don't say this but it's the only thing I can think of): Word.
fedupwithriaa	Date: April 24, 2005 @ 11:37 PM The last great album I heard was The Beatles White Album... There are one or two great tracks on albums since then but no great ALBUMS
Devoidoman	Date: April 25, 2005 @ 8:01 PM Queens of the stone age - Lullabies to paralyze Heard the NIN one and that rocks. Can`t wait till Tool`s new album. Granted these are bands that have been around a bit. I can`t say I`ve heard a new act which really makes me run to the shops. We ain`t gonna get stuff like Nirvana or Mudhoney or anything anymore Tip:- If you haven`t heard them listen to THE MELVINS they are brilliant.
TheFearDrone	Date: April 26, 2005 @ 12:24 AM The last CD's I 're-purchased' were VanHalen 1 and Metallica's, Master of Puppets....just last month. Anyone who thinks either of these bands are still ripping, needs to listen to these particular albums again. Just two examples of albums that had that pre-commercial, feel. You can just hear it in the sound....back BEFORE songs were picked from writer pools, produced and assembled to please thier labels shareholders and nearly word by word, written to appeal to the mediocre, 'broad' demograhpic. Sorry,..ranting there. For the most part, independent music is the ONLY true expression of music as an art...true musics last frontier. Just listen to some of your favorite groups first albums....when they were hungry. You may end up just buying the earlier stuff...verses picking your brain as to what's worth buying these days. Great thread Woof!
southwing	Date: April 26, 2005 @ 10:21 PM Imagination - by Brian Wilson, I've always liked his voice, he keyed down to accomodate his aging voice, but very entertaining..........and commercial. But my all time favorite album is Journey To The Center of the Earth, Rick Wakeman
TameasDust	Date: April 27, 2005 @ 1:13 PM Rush 2112
warmguns	Date: April 28, 2005 @ 9:45 PM David gray's White Ladder was my last purchase, I bought it in 98 cause I needed change for the bus, and it was only $6.99 I had never heard of him before that, It's still one of my favourite albums,and I was telling my friends for years after that that it was great, and they were like"meh, it's okay" Then he became semi-famous with "Babylon" in 01 which came from White Ladder and my friends were like "Yeah thay david gray guy is great" Idiots.
Intergalacti...	Date: April 30, 2005 @ 1:40 PM Bowille you werent showing your age just your class and wisdom My Chemical Romance-Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Zapatique	Date: August 1, 2005 @ 12:57 PM The last album I bought...Kreator - Renewal, from the year 1992. Next up would be Testament - The Gathering from 1996. Not much is worth buying, and the albums that are are usually unavailable where I live. Plus I run out of money all the time...
Snoogans775	Date: August 1, 2005 @ 10:35 PM well, for as much shit I got about it from my musician buddies, I actually purchased "The Moon and Antarctica" by Modest m ouse, that's given me a lot of good times and good thoughts, but they got fucked up after they signed with the big dogs.
GreatGooglyM...	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 4:27 AM I've never bought commercial music (or does Metallica count?). The "most commercial" album I bought this year was probably Dream Theater's Octavarium.
Burnthand	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 4:34 AM "Cold Roses" by Ryan Adams... i love this album. 18 beautiful songs. You should listen to...and the last one I bought was Kathleen edwards last album
psypig	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 5:02 AM There's loads of great records being released. www.pitchshifter.com by pitchshifter is my current obsession - Breakbeat Punk-Rock from the good ol' UK. Futurist by Alec Empire - Swings from proper Punk-Rock to Electro/Industrial It Takes A Nation Of Tossers by M.C. Pitman - Old-skool Hip-Hop by a guy that works down a mine. Simply the funniest lyrics i've heard in ages! Chart music can be quite bad at times, but it's rare that a genuinely bad rock band will release a record. What isn't rare is people being arrogant and pretentious and proclaming 'I don't like their music, therefore they are shit.'
psypig	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 5:07 AM And just because something is on general release on a major label, that doesn't immediately render it 'shit' or a 'sell-out'. By the same token, if somethings released independently that doesn't immediately render it 'good' or a 'true expression of music'. (it's been a while since i've waded into a proper rant. i think i'm building up momentum... )
Dexter	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 6:19 AM "What isn't rare is people being arrogant and pretentious and proclaming 'I don't like their music, therefore they are shit..." For example I really don't like Oasis at all But I have to take my hat off to them for writing songs such as Wonderall which has edged itself into the public's conciousness including mine. I could sing it right now if anybody asked. I consider that a talent on their part that I am able to do that TTFN.
Dexter	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 6:24 AM If you want specifics Reveries by Opeth is a monumental acheivement
GeneHilbert	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 10:58 AM Return To Forever "Romantic Warrior"
GeneHilbert	Date: October 19, 2005 @ 11:00 AM Bonnie Raitt "Luck Of The Draw"
TameasDust	Date: October 20, 2005 @ 6:47 AM Stompin Tom Connors "To It and At It"
EvilPicnic	Date: October 20, 2005 @ 11:38 AM Well, of you like Tubular Bells 2, then you'll be pleased to know that there's a Tubular Bells 3, too... But of albums in the last 5 years: QOTSA's Songs For The Deaf is superb, as is anything by Muse.
EvilPicnic	Date: October 20, 2005 @ 11:39 AM 'if', dammit, 'if'. Not 'of'.
Alecs	Date: October 20, 2005 @ 9:40 PM Hmm...probably Vai's Real Illusions: Reflections
EtherEclectic	Date: October 21, 2005 @ 4:12 AM my last accual cd i bought was "nightwish - the wishmaster" but a few days ago i bought Rush's Vapor Trails off of ITUNES! damn Rush kicks ass!
GreatGooglyM...	Date: October 21, 2005 @ 10:25 AM "Hmm...probably Vai's Real Illusions: Reflections" That and DT's Octavarium.
EtherEclectic	Date: October 21, 2005 @ 7:23 PM DT's new one is really good

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