Day 2

We had a long weekend so I decided to make the most of it by trying to feed more CDs to the lil ripper. I managed to load the following discs:

Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart
The Cribs - Self Titled
Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story
Mr Scruff - Keep It Unreal
Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Hal - Self Titled
Def Leppard - Slang
Def Leppard - Vault
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
James Iha - Be Strong Now
Jarvis Cocker - The Jarvis Cocker Record
Kasabian - Empire
Kasabian - Self Titled

A couple of quick notes about some of the above. I must confess that I am a sucker for nice packaging so I do go out of my way to get the deluxe/limited edition version of an album if one is released. Maximo Park did a nice job with the packaging on their third album (which came bundled with a dvd of their gig at Newcastle Arena) although I thought the music was less memorable (as compared to their first two albums). Here is a shot of the album:

Another album with some pretty neat packaging/artwork is the "Agony & Irony" album by Alkaline Trio. Now, I have to confess that I was not a big fan/follower of their music. I knew they were a hardcore punk outfit but when I came across this album in the Gramophone store at the Cathay going for 9 bucks it was a no brainer. To be honest, the music is not bad. I am aware that this is one of their "poppier" albums and having done some reading up about the band on the internet, it is pretty clear that this album led to divided opinions about whether the band was evolving in the right direction or simply selling out and going commercial. For me, I not fussed as long as the music is good/melodic and this is a nice one to crank up when you're behind the wheel!

The last album I wanna mention is "Keep It Unreal" by Mr Scuff. This is an insanely fun, groovy and sexy album. I can't help but bounce/nod to the beats whenever I listen to this on my headphones. This is the 10th anniversary remastered edition which comes with an additional disc of previously unissued tracks. Plus the artwork is super cool. The lil cartoon fellas are cute as hell ...

Anyway, it's getting late so I'm gonna wrap things up for today. At the end of this entry, the count is:

41 albums
460 songs

Onwards and upwards! ...