The Chemical Brothers - Surrender

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David Bowie - Earthling

When @buffyleigh was going through the entire Bowie discography and she came to this album I realized I had never really listened to it. Outside of the “hit” (I’m Afraid of Americans). So I listened to it once through on YouTube and knew I wanted it on vinyl.

I seem to remember it was sorta written off as Bowie trend hopping—NIN, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy. But Bowie has always been someone who has absorbed the zeitgeist and made it his own. This album has held up incredibly well. While you can hear those late 90s influences, it doesn’t sound dated at all.

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Gang of Four - Songs of the Free

Going with some deep cut Gang of Four. This is a favorite of my partner; a record from her teen years that she shared with her dad. Is there nostalgia for this era of GoF? This record seems so overshadowed by the first 2 records, and fans at the time were very critical of the more slick production. (I know because I was one.) But, damnit, it's a really good record in retrospect. Great lyrics, a cool fusion of post-punk and club music.

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Shriekback - Oil and Gold

Another trip down memory lane with this recent score from Turn It Up! in Brattleboro, #Vermont. This was in heavy rotation when I lived with my brother and his wife in Boston. It was a record we could all agree on. Even saw Shriekback on this tour I believe. Holds up well. The drum production is very 80s. But in hindsight they were very much ahead of their time. The UK band that did the Sopranos theme, Alabama3 (or A3 as they were sold in the US), essentially lifted this whole vibe for their blues/gospel/edm mashup; the vocal style is almost 1 to 1. Also big choruses sung by a choir of people would define a lot of post-90s music.

On a vinyl collecting note, while some collectors like keeping on shrink wrap, especially if there are “hype” and/or record store price stickers on it. I’m not one of them. If it’s an interesting hype I may try to transfer it to a poly outer sleeve. Record store pricing stickers, meh. But this. Sounds was a shop I frequented a lot—*a lot*—in the 90s. At that time I was buying CDs, but still a lot of nostalgia in that sticker.

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