Your CD Wishlist

[murlough23]

Yeah, it's another list thread. Sorry. But I thought it might be helpful to list CDs that we are interested in actually buying, just on the offchance that someone else here has a copy they'd like to get rid of. Not that I can't find a lot of this stuff cheap on Amazon or Half.com, but if I can help one of you to get something off your hands that you don't want, that's worth a few extra bucks.

So, here's what I want:

Really Want to Get My Own Copy Soon:
Bjork - Volta
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Wavorly - Conquering the Fear of Flight

Nice to Have, But I Can Wait for a Reasonable Price (preferably under $10):
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Men
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
Downhere - Wide-Eyed and Mystified
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Five Iron Frenzy - Electric Boogaloo
Sara Groves - Station Wagon
Joe Henry - Tiny Voices
The Innocence Mission - Birds of My Neighborhood
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
Iron & Wine/Calexico - In the Reins EP
Ron Sexsmith - Time Being
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
Derek Webb - The Ringing Bell
Matt Wertz - Everything in Between
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood

Will Only Buy If It's Dirt Cheap (i.e. less than $5):
All Together Separate - Unusual
Chevelle - This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In
Chevelle - Vena Sera
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Everyday Sunday - Stand Up
The Fiery Furnaces - EP
Sara Groves - Add to the Beauty
Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
The Juliana Theory - Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat
Mat Kearney - Bullet
Toby Mac - Portable Sounds
Model Engine - The Lean Years Tradition
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z
Newsboys - Go
Charlie Peacock - Love Life
Plus One - Exodus
John Reuben - Hindsight
Sanctus Real - Fight the Tide
Stabbing Westward - Stabbing Westward
Starfield - Beauty in the Broken
Superchic[k] - Karaoke Superstars
Superchic[k] - Last One Picked
Rob Thomas - Something to Be
Train - Drops of Jupiter
U2 - Boy
Sean Watkins - Blinders On
Derek Webb - Mockingbird

Will Buy on the Spot as Soon as It Comes Out:
Caedmon's Call - Overdressed
David Crowder Band - Remedy
Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic

[dgp11776]

Wavorly - Conquering the Fear of Flight

I was happy to see you liking this album.  It has grown on me little by little into one of my favorite debuts of the year.  "Tale of the Dragons Defeat" is probably the best song on the albums.  The strings, the time signature changes, the frantic drumming at the end, and sudden stops and starts make it a real standout.  I also love "Madmen" (especially with that awesome orchestral lead-in), "Summer Song" (one of the best love songs I've heard in awhile), and "Praise and Adore" (my favorite "worship song" of the year).  All in all, an album that has me excited about their future.

[murlough23]

I was happy to see you liking this album.  It has grown on me little by little into one of my favorite debuts of the year.  "Tale of the Dragons Defeat" is probably the best song on the albums.  The strings, the time signature changes, the frantic drumming at the end, and sudden stops and starts make it a real standout.  I also love "Madmen" (especially with that awesome orchestral lead-in), "Summer Song" (one of the best love songs I've heard in awhile), and "Praise and Adore" (my favorite "worship song" of the year).  All in all, an album that has me excited about their future.

I hadn't even heard a lick of their music before downloading their album - I simply read a positive review on CT and it sounded like my kind of thing. (Not sure where they got the Killers comparison, though.) I really like how these guys can come up with a pretty string interlude that mimics the guitar riff or vocal melody from the song that follows or precedes it. They rock, too. I do have difficulty telling some of the songs apart, but that's become less of an issue over time.

My personal favorite is "Summer Song", for sentimental reasons, but I wouldn't point to that one as a place for someone else to start. "Tale of the Dragon's Defeat" and "Madmen" are among my favorites as well, and I also really like "Part One" and "Forgive and Forget". In terms of artistic accomplishment, though, that closing suite (the interlude before 'Dragon's Defeat" up through the end) is tough to beat.

I detest "Praise and Adore". It's so cliche, it doesn't fit in with the album at all on a musical level, and it sounds like a cheap gambit to get Christian radio to play a song from album they otherwise wouldn't touch.

NP: "On Your Side", Luna Halo

[dgp11776]

I detest "Praise and Adore". It's so cliche, it doesn't fit in with the album at all on a musical level, and it sounds like a cheap gambit to get Christian radio to play a song from album they otherwise wouldn't touch.

I actually like it for the one line, "and some live without it."  While simple, that's a really powerful phrase to me.  Seeing the wonder of God in the world and in my life, sometimes it really is baffling to think that some live without it.

[murlough23]

I actually like it for the one line, "and some live without it."

There's a whole rest of the song, you know. And that's to say nothing of the generic music.

While simple, that's a really powerful phrase to me.  Seeing the wonder of God in the world and in my life, sometimes it really is baffling to think that some live without it.

The song doesn't really go into any sort of insightful depth on the topic, though. Any Christian artist can state truth; it takes talent to state it in a creative way.

[dgp11776]

Well, I guess I'll just sit across the country and be in disagreement.  And we'll both go home and live our lives anyway!   

I feel the same way about this song as I do "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" by Jars of Clay.  They don't go into any great detail about why His blood hasn't failed them, but it is still powerful.  Sometimes, I like to fill in the blanks with my own experiences, and these two songs are examples of that.

[murlough23]

Well, I guess I'll just sit across the country and be in disagreement.  And we'll both go home and live our lives anyway! 

Not that it would be any different if you lived next door to me, but OK.

I feel the same way about this song as I do "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" by Jars of Clay.  They don't go into any great detail about why His blood hasn't failed them, but it is still powerful.  Sometimes, I like to fill in the blanks with my own experiences, and these two songs are examples of that.

It's kind of like how I feel about "Summer Song". That's a fairly vague love song that just happens to be really pretty and hit my special sweet spot; for most folks, it might not do much for them. There's a difference between what we're drawn to personally and what we can defend critically. I don't think "Praise and Adore" is defensible in the latter sense. "Jesus' Blood" might be, given the piece that the Jars of Clay version was based on and its history, and how it is given context by the songs around it on the album (same thing with "Sing", which gets slagged by some Jars of Clay fans, but which I really like). I still hate it, but I get its reason for being there. "Praise and Adore" is just out of place, though. It belongs on a MercyMe album or something. it's really jarring, nestled in between some fairly solid rock songs (the other ballads kind of are, too, but since those are better songs, I don't mind so much).

[bloop]

I share dgp's liking for "Jesus Blood", simple as it is.

[murlough23]

I share dgp's liking for "Jesus Blood", simple as it is.

Now there's a "WTF?"-worthy statement if I've ever seen one.

10 bucks says you won't like "Praise and Adore".

[bloop]

I like it in much the same way as I like some older simple hymns.  It's profound on reflection, but not in itself.

[murlough23]

I like it in much the same way as I like some older simple hymns.  It's profound on reflection, but not in itself.

Fair enough. Which is why something like "Jesus' Blood" would never work as a radio single.

Now, if such a song was your first radio single from your debut album, what would that lead people to believe about your band?

(This is actually the crux of my problem with a lot of modern worship songs. When just played casually with the focus on the song itself, they can become trite and lose meaning. But I find that I warm up to a great many of them when they start to get incorporated into Sunday services. That's helped me out with about 10 different Chris Tomlin songs - many of which I like, but still wouldn't want to hear on the radio adnauseum.)

NP: "Rocket", Mae

[plvarona]

Actually, I was very curious as to what was so good about Wavorly's album in the first place.  I'll admit the only song I had heard from them was "Praise and Adore" and I immediately dismissed them as just another cookie cutter worship rock band.  (Murlough, I think that in a way answers your last question.)  I'm glad to hear the rest of their album is nothing like that.  I also went to their myspace page earlier today, listened to "Madmen" and actually liked it, so I'll give them another chance.  However, that blah first single did cause me to write them off prematurely.

[cowdude]

CD's I'd like to get fairly soon:
Iron & Wine, Women King
Of Montreal, The Gay Parade
Over The Rhine, Ohio
Over The Rhine, Films For Radio
Over The Rhine, Good Dog, Bad Dog
Over The Rhine, Drunkard's Prayer
Bob Dylan, Modern Times
Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan, Blonde On Blonde
Midlake, Bamnan And Slivercork
Neko Case, Blacklisted
The New Pornographers, Electric Version
David Crowder Band, A Collision

CD's I will buy on their release day:
Iron & Wine, The Shepherd's Dog

CD's I have but do not listen to and would be willing to sell and/or trade if they show up on someone else's want list:
Thrice, The Artist In The Ambulance
Evanescence, Fallen
The Futureheads, The Futureheads
Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse
Sonic Youth, Rather Ripped
Built To Spill, You In Reverse
The Fiery Furnaces, Bitter Tea
4th Avenue Jones, Stereo: The Evolution Of Hiprocksoul (promo)
P.O.D., The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown

[murlough23]

The Fiery Furnaces, Bitter Tea

That one's on my last, whaddya want for it?

[cowdude]

That one's on my last, whaddya want for it?

Oh, whatever seems fair to you. If you have something you're willing to trade that'd be cool. Or it's going for $7.00 used on Amazon, does that seem sound like a good price?

[murlough23]

Oh, whatever seems fair to you. If you have something you're willing to trade that'd be cool. Or it's going for $7.00 used on Amazon, does that seem sound like a good price?

As long as it's in good condition, sure. I'm assuming it would be since it's only about a year old.

Does Amazon charge so much shipping because that's what the shipping actually costs, or are they jacking it up a bit? 'Cause that's always the one downside to buying used stuff online.

[cowdude]

^I sent you a PM.

[plvarona]

Might as well throw in a post that's actually on topic.

Already Released, Want It:
Denison Witmer: Are You a Dreamer?
Wavorly: Conquering The Fear of Flight
Kendall Payne: Paper Skin
My Brightest Diamond: Bring Me The Workhorse
Matthew Perryman Jones: Throwing Punches in the Dark

Will Buy When It Releases:
Over The Rhine: The Trumpet Child (Actually pre-ordered it already.)
Caedmon's Call: Overdressed
Ryan Ferguson: Only Trying to Help

Already Released, May Buy if I Find it Cheap:
Chevelle: Vena Sera
Chris Rice: What a Heart is Beating For
Flatfoot 56: Jungle of the Midwest Sea
The Brothers Martin: self-titled
The Shins: Wincing The Night Away
Everyday Sunday: Wake Up!  Wake Up! (Would have to be very cheap, though.)

[Aaron]

I was disappointed with the Kendall Payne cd.

[starhawk]

The Brothers Martin: self-titled

I'd just download the six Ronnie-lead songs and skip the Jason ones at iTunes, and leave it at that.

[Aaron]

No way. Get the entire album.  Not all of Ronnie's tunes were great anyways.

[starhawk]

Not all of them are great, but the least of them is at least "good".  I can't say close to the same about Jason's contributions...I like "Get The Money", but I wouldn't spend money on it, heh.  The other three stink....

[Aaron]

Not all of them are great, but the least of them is at least "good".  I can't say close to the same about Jason's contributions...I like "Get The Money", but I wouldn't spend money on it, heh.  The other three stink....

I wouldn't say stink, but I wouldn't say his best work though.


I downloaded this before the album came out so I didn't even spend money on it.

[NinjaRob17]

The only Jason song I didn't like is "Opportunities", so...*shrug*