CDs!

[jlh]

So I took the day off from work today to get something important done, and as a reward for myself I'm going to buy some CDs with a 20% coupon I have for Tower Records. So the question is, what should I buy?

The list so far:

• U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
  
• The Vines, Winning Days
  
• Sam Phillips, A Boot and a Shoe
  
• Duran Duran, Astronaut
  
• The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
  
• Franz Ferdinand
  
• Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News
  
• Soundrack, Garden State
  
• Norah Jones, Feels Like Home
  
• Duncan Sheik, Daylight
  
• Aimee Mann, Lost in Space
  

Maybe The Killers as I do like that single a lot, and maybe The Donnas too. I'm thinking someone I know well will have Interpol and Death Cab so I'm letting them buy it. As you might see from the above, I like singer-songwriters and rock. I also like ambient music but I listen to that usually at work from an online radio station so I'm not sure I really need to buy any.

By the way: no best ofs please. First, because I got a big pile of them from my friend D; second, because they look backward and I am jonesing for new music right now; and third because old fashioned as this may be, I really believe in an album as more than just a random collection of songs but an artistic whole, and bands are more than just their singles. I only like best-ofs for older artists whose entire collection I'm never going to buy (like, Sir Elton or Lady Day or Zeppelin).

So, anything you've heard that you think I should give a try, or that I probably just forgot about?

Comments

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Franz is on the list already. I just got The Moon & Antarctica from D and I really loved it, which is why I was thinking of another Modest Mouse, less because of Float On. But maybe I'll get the record between the two.

So if I like "Somebody Told Me" I'll like the rest of The Killers?

[aegeus.livejournal.com]

Yes. That's the track I bought the album for, and the rest is just as good. When I first got it I thought it wasn't, but after repeated listens I'm actually liking other tracks more than Somebody Told Me. So yes, a good buy. :)

Also list price is $9.99, so cheap too.

[longtimegone]

Yeah. The Killers = Good.

I would give a more involved review, but I don't have the energy. <3