50 CDs in 2011

[Fourthisto]

Will you guys just post your damn CDs?  I get it, they suck.

So be it.

1) Future Islands - In Evening Air
2) the Joy Formidable - the Big Roar
3) Magnetic Man - s/t
4) Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
5) De/Vision - Popgefahr
6) the Drums - s/t
7) the Chemical Brothers - Further
8 ) Warpaint - the Fool
9) Titus Andronicus - the Monitor
10) the Pains of Being Pure at Heart - s/t
11) Califanes - La Historia
12) Clan of Xymox - Medusa
13) Bauhaus - 1979-1983
14) Daft Punk - Tron Soundtrack
15) Witness - Before the Calm
16) Swervedriver - Raise
17) Fluke - Six Wheels on My Wagon
18) the Red Elvises - Shake Your Pelvis
19) Dat'r - Turn up the Ghost
20) Growing - All the Way
21) Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - Horses in the Sky
22) Deerhoof - Vs. Evil
23) Say Hi - Um, Uh Oh
24) Delphic - Acolyte
25) El Guincho - Pop Negro
26) Basia Bulat - Heart of My Own
27) La Sera - s/t
28) Covenant - Modern Ruin
29) Cut Copy - Zonoscope
30) Radiohead - King of Limbs
31) Washed Out - Life of Leisure
32) School of 7 Bells - Disconnect from Desire
33) LCD Soundsystem - London Sessions
34) Native - Wrestling Moves
35) No Age - Everything in Between
36) Philip Selway - Familial
37) Lindstrom - It's a Feedelity Affair
38) Pole - Steingarten
39) Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
40) Roky Erickson with Okkervil River
41) Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
42) Buffalo Killers - s/t
43) Eluvium - Copia
44) Fennesz - Black Sea
45) the Sword - Gods of the Earth
46) Suicide - American Supreme
47) Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
48) Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys
49) Half Dreaming - Asian Shoegaze Compilation
50) Gliss - Devotion Implosion
51) Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light
52) Malachai - Ugly Side of Love
53) Akron/Family - Totem : Improv Series
54) Eisley - the Valley
55) Hurts - Happiness
56) Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
57) Yuck - s/t
58) Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
59) Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence
60) Gavin Friday - Peter and the Wolf
61) These United States - Everything Touches Everything
62) the Dears - Degeneration Street
63) Those Dancing Days - Daydreams and Nightmares
64) the Cave Singers - No Witch
65) Pseudo Six - s/t
66) the Apes - Street Warz
67) Echostar - Sola
68) the Raveonettes - Raven in the Grave
69) Tamaryn - Led Astray, Washed Ashore
70) R.E.M. - Collapse into Now
71) the Move - Remastered Collection
72) Seven Saturdays - the Snowflakes that Hit Us Became our Stars
73) Thee Oh Sees - the Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending a Night in
74) Xymox - Phoenix
75) the Kills - Blood Pressures
76) Zola Jesus - the Spoils
77) Pete International Airport - s/t
78) Michael Vernusky - Blood that Sees the Light
79) Obits - Moody, Standard and Poor
80) Kaki King - s/t
81) Papercuts - Fading Parade
82) Ride - Live Light
83) Wye Oak - Civilian
84) Winterpills - Tuxedo of Ashes
85) Figurines - s/t
86) the Hidden Cameras - Origin : Orphan
87) Har Mar Superstar - Dark Touches
88) the Sky Drops - Bourgeois Beat
89) the Sky Drops - Making Mountains
90) Brian Eno - Apollo
91) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
92) Spindrift - Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1
93) the Lonely Island - Turtleneck & Chain
94) Asteroid No. 4 - Honeyspot
95) Little Scream - the Golden Record
96) Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
97) Handsome Furs - Sound Kapital
98) the Weeknd - House of Balloons
99) the Word Alive - Deceiver
100) the Love Language - Libraries
101) Fungi Girls - Seafaring Pyramids
102) Tijuana Panthers - Max Baker
103) the Fresh and Onlys - Secret Walls
104) the Fresh and Onlys - August in My Mind
105) Viva Voce - the Future Will Destroy You
106) Cloudland Canyon - Lie in Light
107) Asteroid No. 4 - These Flowers of Ours
108) the Black Hollies - Softly Towards the Light
109) Slow Six - Tomorrow Becomes You
110) the Antlers - Burst Apart
111) Crystal Stilts - In Love With Oblivion
112) Be Forest - Cold.
113) the Greenhornes - ****
114) Swans - Various Failures
115) Slowride - C/S
116) And So I Watch You From Afar - Gangs
117) Bass Drum of Death - GB City
118) Battles - Glass Drop
119) the Blue Angel Lounge - Narcotica
120) Crash City Saints - Glow in the Dark Music
121) O. Children - s/t
122) the Fresh and Onlys - Grey-Eyed Girls
123) the Radio Dept. - Passive Aggressive
124) the Horrors - Skying
125) Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
126) Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
127) Wild Nothing - Gemini
128) Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum
129) the Black Hollies - Crimson Reflections
130) A Weather - Everyday Balloons
131) Casiokids - Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar
132) Sweetapple - Love & Desperation
133) Ancestors - Of Sound Mind
134) Quest for Fire - s/t
135) Black Math Horseman - Wylit
136) Epic45 - England Fallen Over
137) Jonny - s/t
138) Etienne Jaumet - Night Music
139) Floating Action - s/t
140) Other Lives - Tamer Animals
141) Weird Owl - Build Your Beast a Fire
142) the Features - Wilderness
143) Peaking Lights - 936
144) Stick Figure - Smoke Stack
145) Kat Smo - Streets of Detroit
146) Carbon Based Lifeforms - 23
147) Wild Beasts - Smother
148) Holy Ghost! - s/t
149) the Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Belong
150) I Am Kloot - Play Moolah Rouge
151) Kings of Convenience - Versus
152) Craft Spells - Idle Labor
153) Echo & the Bunnymen - the Fountain
154) Various - Psychedelica Volume 2
155) Various - Psychedelica Volume 3
156) Ulrich Schnauss - Missing Deadlines
157) Bleed Stone - Nostalgic
158) Azari & III - s/t
159) Wolf Ram Heart - Betrayal of Hearts
160) Little Dragon - Ritual Union
161) Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder
162) Balam Acab - See Birds
163) Wooden Shjips - West
164) Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
165) Esben and the Witch - 33
166) the Naked and Famous - Passive Me, Agressive You
167) the Autumns - the Angel Pool
168) the Heavy - the House that Dirt Built
169) Bobb Trimble - the Crippled Dog Band
170) Beirut - the Rip Tide
171) Brian Jonestown Massacre - Your Side of Our Story
172) Cat's Eyes - s/t
173) Damon & Naomi - False Beats and True Hearts
174) Fool's Gold - Leave no Trace
175) M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
176) Natural Yogurt Band - Tuck in With...
177) the Envy Corps - It Culls You
178) Yellow Ostrich - the Mistress
179) Breathe Owl Breathe - Ghost Glacier
180) Breathe Owl Breathe - Magic Central
181) Shlohmo - Bad Vibes
182) Plaid - Scintilli
183) GIVERS - In Light
184) Esben and the Witch - Violet Cries
185) Hess is More - Hits
186) My Gold Mask - s/t
187) My Gold Mash - A Thousand Voices
188) Tammar - Visits
189) Tammar - Live at the Observatory
190) Cassettes Won't Listen - Animal Ox
191) Bjork - Biophilia
192) Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner in the Dark
193) True Widow - s/t
194) True Widow - As High As the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
195) They Might Be Giants - Join Us
196) Real Estate - Days
197) Amazing Electronic Talking Cave - Ragged Strings
198) Zola Jesus - Conatus
199) Radiohead - TKOL RMX
200) We Are Augustines - Rise Ye Sunken Ships
201) Destroyer - Thief
202) Gardens & Villa - s/t
203) Mike Doughty - Yes and Also Yes
204) the Nightwatchman - World Wide Rebel Songs
205) WU LYF - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
206) Bon Iver - s/t
207) Beach Fossils - s/t
208) I Break Horses - Hearts
209) Ganglians - Still Living
210) Minks - By the Hedge
211) the Sight Below - It All Falls Apart
212) Phantogram - Nightlife
213) Exitmusic - From Silence
214) Blue Daisy - the Sunday Gift
215) Spindrift - Songs from the Ancient Age
216) Youth Lagoon - the Year of Hibernation
217) A Winged Victory for the Sullen
218) Hooray for Earth - True Loves
219) Justice - Audio Video Disco
220) Kasabian - Velociraptor!
221) Melt-Banana - Bambi's Dilemma
222) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - s/t
223) Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble - Mr. Machine
224) Big Black Delta - BBDEP1
225) Ladytron - Gravity the Seducer
226) Psyilocybin Sounds Vol. 1
227) Psyilocybin Sounds Vol. 2
228) Psyilocybin Sounds Vol. 3
229) Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour
230) Cosmin TRG - Simulat CD
231) Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor - s/t
232) the Solar System - Drawing a Blank
233) Plasticstatic - Reverse
234) Mirror Mirror - s/t

More to Come...

[Jen]

More to Come...

Dun dun duuun.

[Nate]

I can't imagine how many CDs Four has.  We should take bets (if betting were legal, of course).

[Fourthisto]

It's not as vast as it once was, I've probably sold a couple thousand in the last year... that being said, I have a few thousand unsellables.

[Butter]

1. Klaxons - Surfing the Void
2. Girls - Broken Dreams Club EP
3. Smith Westerns - Dye it Blonde
4. Tapes 'n Tapes - Outside
5. Tennis - Cape Dory
6. The XX - s/t
7. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
8. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Tao of the Dead
9. Radiohead - The King of Limbs
10. Gil Scott-Heron/The XX - We're New Here
11. REM - Collapse Into Now
12. The Strokes - Angles
13. La Sera - s/t
14. Yuck - s/t
15. Vivian Girls - Share the Joy
16. John Vanderslice - White Wilderness
17. Black Tambourine - s/t
18. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
19. Here We Go Magic - The January EP
20. Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
21. Panda Bear - Tomboy LP
22. The Kills - Blood Pressures
23. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two
24. Tune-Yards - Whokill
25. The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
26. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
27. Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact
28. Toro Y Moi - Underneath the Pine
29. TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
30. Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
31. The Antlers - Burst Apart
32. Wild Beasts - Smother
33. Battles - Gloss Drop
34. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain
35. Bon Iver - s/t (2011)
36. Chad VanGaalen - Diaper Island
37. Cold Cave - Cherish the Light Years
38. Cults - s/t
39. Washed Out - Within and Without
40. Neon Indian - Era Extrana
41. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
42. Das Racist - Relax
43. Mates of State - Mountaintops
44. Ladytron - Gravity the Seducer
45. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
46. CANT - Dreams Come True
47. The Field - Looping State of Mind
48. Fool's Gold - Leave No Trace
49. Beirut - The Rip Tide
50. The Drums - Portamento
51. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - s/t
52. Little Dragon - Ritual Union

53. Atlas Sound - Parallax
54. Twin Sister - In Heaven
55. Real Estate - Days
56. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

[Cockney Rebel]

1 ● Ultravox! - Ultravox!
2 ● Ultravox! - Ha! Ha! Ha!
3 ● Ultravox! - Systems of Romance
4 ● John Foxx - Glimmer
5 ● The Zombies - Oddesey & Oracle (30th Anniversary Edition)
6 ● Scott Walker - The Collection
7 ● Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
8 ● Various - World Psychedelic Classics 3: Top Funky Fuzzy Sounds West Africa
9 ● Various - Ain't it Hard: Sunset Strip '60s Sound of Viva Records
10 ● Various - Dancehall '69: 40 Skinhead Reggae Rarities
11 ● Jonny Trunk - Jonny Trunk's Scrapbook
12 ● Jonny Trunk/Various - Dirty Fan Male: Genuine Letters Written to Porn Stars
13 ● Tommy Steele - The Very Best Of
14 ● Jim Dale - Meet Jim Dale/This is Me (2 on 1)
15 ● Robbie Robertson - How to become Clairvoyant
16 ● Paul Simon - So Beautiful, So What?
17 ● The Stairs - Mexican R&B
18 ● Secret Affair - Time For Action: The Very Best Of
19 ● Creation - Our Music is Red with Purple Flashes
20 ● Chris Farlowe - Out of Time
21 ● Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Part of my Past
22 ● Le Fleur De Lys - Reflections
adding
23 ● The Silver Seas - Starry Gazey Pie
24 ● The Silver Seas - High Society
25 ● The Silver Seas - Château Revenge
26 ● Rival Sons - Pressure & Time
27 ● Rival Sons - EP

[Bubba McBubba]

Have not done much music buying since I came back from Toronto in late October, but here are some of my recent purchases:



I am a casual Calexico fan and, since I have found even their best albums to have some filler, I was not about to pull the trigger on a $125 box set of 12 LP's of material originally only available on CD-R's sold at their shows.  Actually, it appears that set has sold out and has now started circulating on the second-hand market starting at $400.  Geez.

At any price point, I'm glad I instead sprang for the single disc compendium of selections from the set.  This collection simultaneously gives the impression the box is better than I thought it might be while indicating it is mostly filler.  Either way, this sampler plays through like most of the band's albums and is, on the whole, better than most of their catalog.

I would recommend this to fans and the curious, but it still didn't leaving me wanting more (let alone 12 LP's)



Only know about this band as result of a 3 disc Harvest Records comp I bought awhile back.  I bought that comp, and continue to explore the label's roster, because I think there's going to be another Syd Barrett or Kevin Ayers.  That hasn't happened, but I have discovered some music of interest that is new to me, such as "Parachute" by The Pretty Things.

I enjoyed the Barclay James Harvest tracks on that comp enough to spring for this five disc collection of their entire output for the label, including previously unreleased studio material and recordings made for radio.  Largely, I bought this because the price was right ($23 after shipping, through an independent retailer on Amazon).

First off, the collection could use a much more substantial booklet than the slight piece included here.  I gladly would have paid up to $10 more for more background on the band, their place in the scene at the time, and notes on recordings.

And that context probably would have me more interested in the material here.  The first disc is pretty strong, as it is mostly pastoral psych/baroque pop in the vein of "Oracle & Odysey".  Mind you, this material is not that good, but it is in a style I enjoy and I keep thinking I have tapped that vein dry.

But after that first disc, the tracks seem to just keep getting longer without really going anywhere.  The booklet, and the web resources I use, describe the band as "prog rock".  For me, that genre usually means interminable noodling, for which I have very little tolerance.  Strange, but this band usually just plays on largely without soloing.  It is a slightly odd beast, but the lack of noodling did not make me more appreciative of songs that are still 8 to 11 minutes long.

Barclay James Harvest turns out to be a very competent band, but one that doesn't seem to have a personality of its own.  Kind of like a really solid bar band or the great many Nuggets bands that further exploration revealed to only have one or two great tracks.

Maybe those additional tracks will grow on me, but I suspect I will tire of this set before that might happen.  All said, I'm glad to have this set for the material I enjoy on it so far.  But it could have had better accompanying booklet, and the enjoyment I have experienced is coupled with the low price for this volume of material.





I still need to get the remaining two sets of the JAMC reissue campaign, but I can say from what I have so far that this is a slam dunk.  Each set is a double digipack housing two CD's, a DVD and booklet.  

First there's the booklets.  These things are significant in length and depth, most of them around 24 - 28 pages and packed with surprisingly candid interviews with band members.  Funny how you only ever get the "real" story about a band or a movie after a significant amount of time has passed.  The interviews in these liner notes are frequently laugh-out-loud-funny and even occasionally bittersweet.  Accompanying these interviews are a great many photographs, press clippings and single artwork.  

Each of the CD's in these sets are filled to capacity with B-sides, alternative versions, remixes, live and even interview tracks.  Unfortunately for most JAMC fans, they have already purchased most of these tracks before on original singles or previous B-sides comps (of which the band already had three single disc--with two different versions of one of these for the UK and Japan--and a 4 disc collection).

In a perfect world, this material would first be compiled here, as the tracks really belong with their associated albums and the liner notes have very good tack annotation.  Also, this release of "Psychocandy" marks the first time the infamous would-be-b-side "Jesus Fuck" has been released.  The track is deeply awful but, still, it is hard to believe something this legendary would not see the light of day until now.

Rounding out the sets are the DVD's that include all period videos (with the exception of the U.S. version of "Far Gone & Out", left off per the band's request), as well as some TV performances and interviews.  I don't usually care for live performances, but I was greatly amused by a moment in their performance on the Jools Holland show when Jim throws a mic after discovering it has been muted and then apparently kicks or punches the camera currently showing William soloing.  There's also moments of sly humor in their TV interviews, such as when the brothers talk about not wanting to be famous, and are so unknown that they do not know each other or even themselves.

Not for more casual fans, but essential for those who want to dig keep into the band's catalog.  Alas, the multiple earlier incarnations of this material often reeked of cash grab, whereas these are obviously a labor of love.  All is forgiven, as these packages are of the caliber Rhino used to produce back in its prime.  And, go figure, there is a Rhino logo on the backs of these sets, although there is no other indication of their involvement.

[Cockney Rebel]

BMcB... An early Harvest 'gem' act IMHO was The Edgar Broughton Band - one of my early teen faves for certain. Check out their "Sing Brother Sing".

[euro60]

As a recent transfer from the WOXY boards, just suffice it to say I've bought over 100 CDs this year so far. Too many to list... But I'll join the fun for the "50 CDs in 2012" list 

[Nate]

Bubba, I feel your pain on the ebay sellers who jack up the prices on rare and OOP material.  I see tons of this with Pearl Jam's stuff that's sold only to fanclub members.  There was a special 3-disc edition of the PJ20 movie that came out a few months ago.  DVD sold for $60, Blu-Ray for $75.  It sold out, now you can't find a copy on ebay for less than $200.  It happens when they release vinyl, bootlegs.  I know there are people who specifically buy from the Ten Club just so they can flip it later.  In a capitalist society, it's their right to do, but...I'm not a fan of that.  Pardon the pun.

[Jen]

I will have to go and research what else I purchased this year but just got back from Shake It, left with my wallet a little lighter...


CD Haul by Angelskiss31, on Flickr

Erasure-Tomorrow's World (New)
The Jayhawks-Mockingbird Time (New)
Horray for Earth-True Loves (used)
Andrew Bird-Armchair Apocrypha (used)
Beirut-The Rip Tide (new)
INXS-Kicks (used)
UNKLE-Where Did The Night Fall (new)
R.E.M.-Dead Letter Office (used)

[Cockney Rebel]

I keep forgetting about that UNKLE album  - I must see if it's on Spotify next time I go there. The guys a funking genius

[Jen]

I keep forgetting about that UNKLE album  - I must see if it's on Spotify next time I go there. The guys a funking genius

Went to Amazon to grab the artwork for iTunes because for some lame reason it didn't import in and I found this follow up release. Trying to decide if I should be pissed off or not because I bought the CD album for 11.99 but I could have saved a few bucks and almost doubled my listening pleasure with 14 more tracks. Probably will still download this because it is pretty good. Nice to hear Joel  Cadbury from South again.

[Kwyjibo]

1. Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
2. One Eskimo - S/T
3. The Frames - Fitzcarraldo
4. Steve Burns + The Struggle - Deep Sea Recovery Efforts
5. Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
6. Metric - Fantasies
7. The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
8. The Perishers - Victorious
9. Despicable Me (Soundtrack)
10. Pete Yorn - Back and Forth
11. Rocky Votolado - The Brag and Cuss
12. Dick Prall - Inc. (EP)
13. Guster - Easy, Wonderful
14. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
15. Adele - 21
16. Hanson - Shout It Out
17. Percy "Thrills" Thrillington (Paul McCartney) - Thrillington
18. Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces
19. "Weird" Al Yankovic - Alpocolypse
20. Sons of Sylvia - Revelation
21. Palmdale - Get Wasted
22. Palmdale - How to be Mean

23. Muppets: The Green Album - Picked this up on Amazon yesterday for $4.99 (mp3 download).  It's a mixed bag but some of it is fantastic making the full album worth $5 at least.  Highlights are the weird OK Go version of the theme song, the Weezer/Hayley Williams (whoever that is) version of Rainbow Connection, and the Alkaline Trio version of Movin' Right Along.  Andrew Bird's Bein' Green is pretty fantastic, and as much as I wanted to hate it, because it was Matt Nathanson, the cover of I Hope that Something Better Comes Along is very good.  The clear winner for me though, and Cuddlyevil will appreciate this, is My Morning Jacket's take on Our World from Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas.  I'm on the fence about Rachel Yamagata's I'm Going to Go Back There Someday.  This is one of my favorite Muppet songs, actually one of my favorite songs in general, so I want to like it but I'm struggling with it.  The original is undeniably low key as is Yamagata's version but her's is downright doleful which would be okay on it's own yet it has some weird whimsy thrown in that seems out of place.  The melancholy harmonica parts that make the original great, in my opinion, are completely absent.

On the other side of the coin there are some real stinkers on here as well.  Amy Lee's Halfway Down the Stairs and Brandon Saller's Night Life do nothing for me, but this could have more to do with not remembering the songs.  Why The Fray bothered wasting studio time recording Mahna Mahna I do not understand, they simply could have taken the original to Kinko's if they wanted a carbon copy.  

Airborne Toxic Event and Sondre Lerche turn in okay tracks with Mr. Bassman and Night Life respectively but the original material here isn't nearly as strong as the rest of the album so those two songs end up being kind of meh almost by default.

Overall I would recommend it if you can get it at a good price like I did.  Fans of the show will enjoy most of the album at least.  And while I would skip most anything Weezer does these days, and I'm not a huge fan of OK Go, and don't care for the The Fray or Matt Nathanson at all, the material and spirit of the album trump my feelings for them and they actually deserve credit for doing the material justice.

Did I really just spend that much time reviewing an album of Muppet covers?  Must be the week before a holiday.

[Nate]

1. Pearl Jam - Dissident (3 CD set of a live show they did in 1994).  I had this at one time when it came out, but sold it in a tragic mistake where need for money outweighed the cool rare CDs in Nate's collection.  Thankfully, I spent only about $10 more than what I originally paid.
2. Syl Johnson - Complete Mythology (itunes)
3. Cowboy Junkies - Demons (website.  I know Vic Chesnutt is an acquired taste, but I can't think of a better way to get acquainted with the power of his music than this CD.  Margo Timmon's voice is PERFECT for his lyrics, and I loved this from beginning to end.  Highly highly highly recommended!
4. Pearl Jam - Live At Benaroya Hall (amazon).  I'm on a Pearl Jam kick as of late.  Sue me.
5. Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps (subpop.com)
6. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs (website)
7. Buffalo Tom - Skins (website).  I need to spend some time with this.  Didn't hit me on first listen.
8. Conan O' Brien And The Legally Prohibited Band - Live At Third Street (itunes)
9. James Vincent McMorrow - Early In The Morning (itunes)  For fans of Bon Iver and Iron & Wine
10. Pearl Jam - Vs./Vitalogy Super Deluxe box set
11. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Here We Rest (itunes)
12. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (amazon)
13. Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (amazon)
14. David Bazan - Curse Your Branches (itunes)
15. David Bazan - Strange Negotiations (itunes)
16. Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong (itunes)
17. The Book of Mormon original soundtrack (amazon)
18. Le Butcherettes - Sin Sin Sin (itunes)
19. Rave on Buddy Holly - Various Artists (amazon)
20. Tim Easton - Since 1966 Vol. 1 (itunes)
21. Live From Nowhere Near You Vol. 2
22. Bon Iver - s/t (amazon)
23. Joey Ryan & The Inks - Well, Here We Are (itunes)
24. Joey Ryan & The Inks - Dennis Lane (itunes) - If you like well-crafted pop songs, this is an artist you should check out.
25. The Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (deluxe edition - itunes)
26. Gary Clark, Jr - The Bright LIghts EP (itunes)
27. Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle (deluxe edition - amazon)
28. Bedtime With The Beatles (won't be long now...)
29. Prince - Emancipation*
30. Wilco - The Whole Love
31. Patches & Gretchen - I Steal Carrots
32. Pearl Jam - PJ20 soundtrack
33. Van Hunt - What Were You Hoping For (amazon)
34. Wild Flag - s.t (amazon)
35. Patton Oswalt - Finest Hour (amazon)
36. Still Corners - Creatures Of An Hour (amazon)

37. Surprise Your Pig - A Tribute to R.E.M. (amazon CD)
38. Fountains of Wayne - Sky Full Of Holes (amazon)
39. Deer Tick - Divine Providence (itunes)
40. Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire (itunes)
41. Pearl Jam - Toronto 9.11.11 (google music store)
42. Live Current Vol. 7 (MPR)
43. Middle Brother - s/t (itunes)
44. Alabama Shakes - EP (bandcamp)
45. London Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven's Complete Symphonies (itunes - $5.99 right now!)

So close...first time since 1994 I didn't break 50.