damosuzuki said:

This is the first one of theirs I've heard and I'm hooked. Want to get them all now...It's like Beautiful South with lyrics that make sense!

Anxiety said:

Y'know, this album has been on my back-burner for ages. I bought Private Revolution when it was released and loved it, but for whatever reason it never seemed that critical that I buy this record. I've looked it over and set it back down in 2nd hand shops about a bazillion times over the years - Lord only knows how many duff albums I've bought in the last fifteen years that I chose over Goodbye Jumbo.

I've only played it a few times - first impressions:

• three wonderful, instantly gratifying pop songs - Way Down Now, Message in the Box and Take It Up. I’m not a demonstrative person: I don’t dance, I don’t jump around, I barely even crack a smile during the course of a normal day, but these three tracks make me play air guitar like a madman and bob my head up and down uncontrollably.
• A few slightly less loveable but still pretty darn good uptempo numbers.
• Shades of Prince abounding here. Listening to the drum machine on Show Me To the Top, and that (amazingly effective) falsetto on Ain’t Gonna Come… confirms that Karl Wallinger was definitely a big fan.
• Only criticism - maybe a few too many ballads/slow tempo numbers – good ballads, mind you, but perhaps a few too many. The pace on the 2nd half of the album felt slightly sleepy to me.
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MendesCity said:

I never would have made that connection in a million years, but now that you've said it, it seems all too obvious.

I love his voice - if you have any tolerance for alt-country, I bet you'd love that Scud Mountain Boys record.

1.The Future Of London Music-Dead Cities
2.Malice Mizer-Merveilles
3.The Smiths-The Smiths
4.Tori Amos-Boys For Pele
5.Ryuichi Sakamoto-Gohatto O.s.t

i just love ryuichi.and this is my favorite sound track..of all time.

damosuzuki said:

I love it...I'll defintely pick that one up next. Thanks!

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Green Day - American Idiot
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Kajagoogoo - White Feathers
Gwen Stefani - Love.Angel.Music.Baby. (The songs are in repeat in my head, but I can't find the CD in my apartment. Might have to burn another copy.)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Same thing applies. I just moved, so nothing can be found!)

Moonbeam said:

Vive la fête

I'm sorry, but to me this is the worst thing Belgian musicians have ever made without knowing theirselves that it's shite. I once went to a concert of them, plain horrible. Take a sniff lady, and concentrate on being a drug's addict.

Moonbeam said:

i just realized lately that i need a really good comp of '70s/moroder donna summer stuff..."on the radio" is one of my fave albums, but sometimes when you just wanna hear one song, it just doesn't cut it. is this one good?

01. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust




02. Lou Reed - Transformer




03. Pet Shop Boys - Actually




04. Blur - Blur




05. Ryan Adams - Demolition

MarieLouise said:

We'll just have to agree to disagree.

They're quirky, raw and fun. Plus, I'm a total 80s electro freak, so they appeal to my guiltiest pleasures.

Moonbeam said:

I wish you all the pleasure enjoying them. I guess your stereo is far away from mine anyway.

The guy (Danny Mommens) once asked me and my ex-boyfriend to have an orgy with him and his girl and some other people. I kindly refused.

ISN'T ANYONE LISTENING TO 'JOYCE'?!?!

Ive been playin these CDs in my car lately:





Judee Sill-Dreams Come True


I really need to listen to some new music.

IstenSzek said:

MarieLouise said:

out of '05

The Dissociatives
Beck - Guero
Paul McCartney - Chaos and creation
Coldplay - X&Y
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
Josh Rouse - Nashville
[Edited 8/30/05 13:11pm]

Moonbeam said:

rock stars can be so annoying.

Anxiety said:

I'm no authority on Donna Summer's material, and my version is the Australian version with a different tracklist. Regardless, it has acted as a fairly good introduction to her classic material for me.

On the other hand, apparently there is a double disc compilation called Gold that is more complete.

Here's the tracklist for my version:

1. Love to Love You Baby
2. Could It Be Magic
3. I Feel Love
4. Theme from the Deep (Down Deep Inside)
5. Love's Unkind
6. I Love You
7. Last Dance
8. Macarthur Park
9. Heaven Knows
10. Rumour Has It
11. Hot Stuff
12. Bad Girls
13. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
14. On the Radio
15. Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)
16. State of Independence
17. She Works Hard for the Money
18. Dinner with Gershwin
19. This Time I Know It's for Real

Bonus disc:

1. Love to Love You Baby (Original 12")
2. I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley mix)
3. Hot Stuff (Original 12")
4. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Original 12")
5. On the Radio (Original 12")
6. Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved) (Morales Classic Club mix)
7. That's the Way
8. Dream-a-lot's Theme (I Will Live for Love)

Anxiety said:

TOAD!

Not my current top 5 albums , but the last 5 albums I heard I really liked:

Green Day - American Idiot
Embrace - Out Of Nothing
Feeder - Pushing The Senses
Beck - Guero
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

endorphin74 said:

Yes! Classic!

endorphin74 said:

that's their last real good album.....it's been so long already! Damon was into Pavement back than and you can clearly hear that influence!!

abierman said:

This one has been a classic for me over the last 11 years! I still listen to it at least once every month, never grows old!

abierman said:

incredible how long it's been when you start thinking about it

I don't listen to music.