I just had to copy and make some slight alterations...

We had this thread for 2006, so let's revive him for this soon ending year.

Which - new released - albums have you bought in 2007?

New released?

Therefore the new albums from Kristin Hersh, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Tegan and Sara, and Amy MacDonald come immediately into my mind, also a bonus CD from Lisa Germano.

I remember I bought this year...

Queens of the Stone Age - era vulgaris
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (bought weeks ago, but it has not arrived yet)

I hope I haven't forgotten one...

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So do you think it was a rather good/bad/average year (for you) concerning the releases?

between good and average

I can remember this new released ones:

Norah Jones - Not too late
ATB - Trilogy
Mary Chapin Carpenter - The calling

And thats also the order I bought them.

2007 releases i now have in my collection

Coparck - 3rd album ...great pop songs by a Dutch band
Crowded House - Time on Earth ....takes a while to get into
Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve ...simply stunning record
Devastations - Yes U...Australian band who deserve a bigger audience
Fink - Distance and Time...contender for album of the year
Gravenhurst - Western Lands....i play this everyday
Emily Haines - Knives don't have your back...Some lovely stuff but i can't quite get into it
Kristin Hersh - Learn to sing like a star....good but not her best
Husky Rescue - Ghost is not real ....I love this record
Nina Hynes - Really really do...she's back with another fantastic album...
Interpol - Our Love to Admire ....not bad but not as good as first record.
Klima - Klima...French artist living in London..this is really nice album
Emma Pollock - Watch the fireworks...ex Delgados member's debut solo record. It's ok but i was
a bit disappointed
Rasputina - Oh Perilous World....words can't describe how much i love this band.
Lou Rhodes - Bloom....no singer makes me cry more.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen...Damon Albarn just gets better and better
Tiny Vipers - hands across the ocean....a recent purchase...still getting used to it.
UK States - Psychogeography....my mate's album.
Wheat - Everyday i said a prayer.....some wonderful stuff but overall feel is
disappointing compared to previous albums.
Wir Sind Helden - Soundso....I want to marry the singer
Zita Swoon - Big City...this band go from strength to strength.

She is already married!

i know and i've seen the baby

oh you would love to marry the singer? I think I know how you feel!

I have this 2007 Releases

James Blunt - All the lost souls
Katie Melua - Pictures
Delta Goodrem - Delta
Wir sind Helden - Soundso
Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1/3

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Oh, may I join your "a bit unlucky in love with a famous singer - club", guys?

New release albums:
Hm, have to think....

Tori Amos - American doll posse
Runrig - Everything you see
ATB - Trilogy
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Melissa Etheridge - The awakening
Agnès Milewski - Pretty boys and ugly girls (to be true I didn't buy it but won it in a chat)

Is Lou Rhodes any good ?


I guess I buy 2 cd's ... a week.

I love her I am going to see her twice in March in one weekend. Can't wait

Three weeks left in 2008 and maybe some of us consider to buy still one (like me, I haven't bought the new one by Filter yet) or seven new albums, but just like every year:

Which new releases did you buy in 2008?
Surprises and disappointments?

I did buy lots of 90's music this year...

Music bought in 2008:

* Cat Power
* Cocorosie
* PJ Harvey
* Heather Nova
* Hello Saferide
* Herbstrock
* Liz Phair
* Kate Nash
* Patti Rothberg
* Regina Spektor
* Ruby
* The Breeders
* The Kelley Deal 6000
* Tracy Bonham

That's all ?

I buy 1 or 2 new albums a week...

Well, it's the quality that counts, not the quantity.

Well, in spring, I have bought 20 albums and singles on one single day...

Currently, I'm thinking about buying something from
* Juliana Hatfield
* The Dresden Dolls
* more from Liz Phair

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Only the new releases? Okay:

Surprises:
"David Bowie - Live at Santa Monica '72"
"Vasco Rossi - Il Mondo che vorrei"
"Étienne Daho - L' Invitation"
"Heather Nova - The Jasmine Flower"
"Alice Cooper - Along came a Spider"
"Grace Jones - Hurricane"

Disappointment:
"Keane - Perfect Symmetry". I really love the first two albums and I listen to them regularly, but I must admit that their new album confuses me a bit. I don' t really like it.

I'm trying to remember all I bought this year:

Candlebox - Into the Sun
Candlebox - Alive in Seattle
Amy MacDonald - This is the Life
Heather Nova - The Jasmine Flower
Portishead - Third
Tocotronic - Kapitulation

As always I've got the feeling I have forgotten some...

Another average year, I guess. Heather's album was a very nice surprise. And as I said already, the new album by Filter ist still on the to-buy-this-year-list...

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Didn't you buy the Amy album as well?

Sure, but already in 2007.

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Yeah? Was it released that early? Or did you get it through "dark channels"?

No dark channels. It was indeed released in 2007 already, even in Germany. I bought a copy in November 2007 in a German "media market" store, and a few days later online the UK version with a bonus track as well. Then I gave away the German copy for a friend. The copy I do own now is the UK version.

Oh, so obviously it should drop out of my "new releases" list.
Well, I bought it in ...eh... September or October this year. Better late than never...