What Albums Did You Get For Christmas 2004?

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I got The Cure B-Sides Box-set "Join the Dots"! Yeah for Christmas!

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Saturday, 25 December 2004 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Animal Collective - Here Comes the Indian
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Can - Monster Movie
Nick Cave - Tender Prey
Nick Cave - Your Funeral...My Trial
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Frog Eyes - The Folded Palm
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Fugazi - In on the Killtaker
The Gris Gris - The Gris Gris
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (Box)
Nirvana - With the Lights Out (Box)
Panda Bear - Young Prayer
Pavement - Westing (by Musket and Sextant)
Psychedelic Furs - Psychedelic Furs
Replacements - Let It Be
Xiu Xiu - A Promise
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

― Michael Copeland, Saturday, 25 December 2004 19:07 (twenty years ago)

The deluxe 2-CD versions of the Go-Betweens' Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express and Tallulah.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Saturday, 25 December 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago)

I got The Cure B-Sides Box-set "Join the Dots"!

Absolutely brilliant, give whoever gave you that a shot of tequila and a fuck-off hug.

Oddly, I'm listening to The Glove's "Mouth To Mouth" as I type, although I didn't get it for Christmas. I did get the "Frank Black Francis" double CD thing tho, and on reflection I really ought to be listening to it now. D'oh.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Saturday, 25 December 2004 20:25 (twenty years ago)

My uncle got me some Pixies album1!!!!! It's stupid! He just keeps screaming and I hate it! Why didn't he give me the Now album I was asking foR?!??!?

― Niece (SeanC), Saturday, 25 December 2004 21:05 (twenty years ago)

(discovered my husband's niece has suddenly *acquired* taste: she wanted blue nile, cash and the like. wooha. much better than his nephew who was defending rammstein.)

The Feminine Complex (-> hoax or not, it's pretty good)
Grime Comp
ABC - Lex of Love
Soft Pink Truth latest record
MM Food (-> reminds me of Basehead's Play with Toys)

― stevie nixed (stevie nixed), Saturday, 25 December 2004 21:14 (twenty years ago)

what exactly is a 'fuck-off' hug?

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Saturday, 25 December 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago)

the Frank Black Francis CD is GRBT!

I like these tracks the best:
'Where is my Mind?'
'Levitate Me'
'Monket Gone to Heaven'
and 'Into the White'
but the re-does are all fun. Merry Christmas.

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Saturday, 25 December 2004 21:52 (twenty years ago)

Robert Forster- I Had a New York Girlfriend

― CL, Saturday, 25 December 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Rush - 2112
Hall & Oates - The Atlantic Years

― chaki in charge (chaki), Saturday, 25 December 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago)

I got some Grado SR80s

and these to listen to with them:

Jay-Z - Blueprint
Wedding Present - Seamonsters (remaster)
Pavement - Crooked Rain (remaster)
Jeff Buckley - Grace (remaster)
Lil' Jon - Crunk Juice
Snoop Dogg - R + gangsta
Sondre Lerche - Faces Down
Devin The Dude - 2 Tha X-treme
Cinerama - Va Va Voom

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Saturday, 25 December 2004 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Pavement - Wowee Zowee
PiL - Metal Box
The Cure - The Cure (signed by bassist)

― elwisty, Sunday, 26 December 2004 00:36 (twenty years ago)

Santana live 1993 from my father. "I know you didn't want us to get you any music but as soon as I saw it in the store I knew you'd love it". I love my father.

― essdot, Sunday, 26 December 2004 00:50 (twenty years ago)

a used copy of MTV uptown unplugged. (with jodeci's cover of 'lately'!!!)

― phil-two (phil-two), Sunday, 26 December 2004 01:24 (twenty years ago)

def leppard - hysteria (!)
trax records 20th anniversary collection (listening to this now)
dizzee rascal - showtyme (cause i just had the mp3s)

also planet of the apes and 2001: a space oddity scores

― artdamages (artdamages), Sunday, 26 December 2004 04:52 (twenty years ago)

Albert Ayler, Holy Ghost
Various Artists, Goodbye Babylon

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 26 December 2004 05:00 (twenty years ago)

Beat Happening - You Turn Me On (bought myself, for a dollar)
Mastodon - Leviathan
Oneida - Secret Wars
VA - Stones Throw 101
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm

Something tells me I'm going to be fun to sit next to on the plane tomorrow.

― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Sunday, 26 December 2004 05:07 (twenty years ago)

xpost:
Somebody gave you the Albert Alyer for Xmas, Michael? You are loved. For me:
Marc Bolan & T. Rex - 20th Century Superstar

which I asked for after reading the T. Rex thread here. So if I don't like it, I'm coming after y'all.

― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 26 December 2004 05:12 (twenty years ago)

Ernest Ranglin-Below The Bassline
Arthur Rubenstein-Chopin Nocturnes
James Brown-Motherlode
James Brown-In a Jungle Groove
Sun Ra-We Travel The Spaceways/Bad & Beautiful
Nina Simone-Live at the Village Gate
David Ruffin-The Ultimate Collection
Alex Cortiz-Magnifico!
Ray Charles-The Spirit of Christmas
Ronnie Hayward-The Lost Utrect Sessions
Ekkehard Ehlers –Plays
Stereo Deluxe One
Troubled Waters:Deep Soul from the Deep South
Mum-Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Was O.K.

― Phil Dokes (sunny), Sunday, 26 December 2004 05:36 (twenty years ago)

nas streets disciple
tv on the radio young liars ep
califone heron king blves
mobb deep infamy
big l lifestyles ov da poor & dangerous
weezer pinkerton

― rvssignonald's, Sunday, 26 December 2004 07:35 (twenty years ago)

Louis Armstrong - Hot 5's and 7's box set
Jem - Waking up

Still to visit my rellies so may be others.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 26 December 2004 11:36 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles - The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1

― John Fredland (jfredland), Sunday, 26 December 2004 12:22 (twenty years ago)

DFA Compilation #2
Vashti Bunyan - Another Diamond Day
Ornette Coleman Trio - Live At The Golden Circle, Stockholm
Belle & Sebastian - Fans Only DVD

― stew, Sunday, 26 December 2004 13:10 (twenty years ago)

Hymie's Basement
Castanets
Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came
Screamin Jay Hawkins
Oumou Sangaré - Oumou
Saul Williams - s/t
Mirah - To All We Stretch The Open Arm
...
..
.

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 26 December 2004 13:54 (twenty years ago)

My birthday is 12/17, so this is a combined list.

Joe Henderson, Page One and In 'n' Out and Mode For Joe and Inner Urge and Our Thing
Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue
Thelonious Monk, Monk's Dream and Straight No Chaser (the 1966 album, not the movie soundtrack)

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 26 December 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago)

Dialogue is great!

My wife gave me Cecil Taylor Nefertiti the Beautiful One Has Come CD.

― mcd (mcd), Sunday, 26 December 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago)

v/a, fahrenheit 9-11 soundtrack
snoop dogg(y dogg), doggystyle

+ whatever my dad got me, won't know for another week.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 26 December 2004 16:00 (twenty years ago)

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible:10th Anniversary Edition
Gretchen Wilson - Here For the Party

― Richard C (avoid80), Sunday, 26 December 2004 16:08 (twenty years ago)

Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon
Peter Murphy - Dust
Peter Murphy - Should the World Fail to Fall Apart
Peter Murphy - Unshattered
New Order - Substance
The Cure - Faith
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
This Ascension - Walk Softly, A Dream Lies Here

& I got the Mission UK's God's Own Medicine for my birthday last week

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 26 December 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago)

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (two copies)
The Pixies - Doolittle (replacing my broken copy)
Paul Simon - Graceland (I already have this)
The Who - Tommy
Green Day - American Idiot

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Sunday, 26 December 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago)

by way of gift certificates and cash moneys

LP:
red krayola - god bless the red krayola and...
biggie - ready to die (double)
wu tang - 36 chambers
matt valentine & erika elder - ragas and blues

CD:
six organs of admittance - compathia
nirvana - in utero
sonic youth - 1000 leaves
fahey - death chants, breakdowns and military waltzes
trojan dub box set (3CD)
can - monster movie (remaster)
can - soundtracks (remaster)
mississippi john hurt - complete 1929 Okeh recordings
parliament - mothership connection
the isley brothers - 3+3
henry flynt - you are my everlovin/celestial...
skaters cdr

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 26 December 2004 20:36 (twenty years ago)

the feminine complex -livin love
eternity's children -s/t
october country -s/t
the love generation -best of
yellow balloon -s/t
van dyke parks -song cycle

― reo, Sunday, 26 December 2004 23:47 (twenty years ago)

no CDs, but I did the DVD of This Is Spinal Tap.

― derrick (derrick), Monday, 27 December 2004 00:30 (twenty years ago)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Motion Picture Soundtrack - Various Artists

― earinfections (Nick Twisp), Monday, 27 December 2004 01:00 (twenty years ago)

The DFA Comp #2 yay for me

― mentalist (mentalist), Monday, 27 December 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Thomas Fehlmann, Lowflow

And jolly good it is too.

― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Monday, 27 December 2004 02:14 (twenty years ago)

Radiohead - Kid A
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
The Arcade Fire - Funeral

― sleep (sleep), Monday, 27 December 2004 02:22 (twenty years ago)

Saint Etienne, Travel Edition 1990-2005

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 27 December 2004 04:06 (twenty years ago)

My mother-in-law got me the new Neil Young greatest hits....somewhat inexplicably.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 27 December 2004 04:15 (twenty years ago)

with bonus dvd?

― chaki in charge (chaki), Monday, 27 December 2004 04:19 (twenty years ago)

gift certificate purchases:
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Hejira by Joni Mitchell
The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
A Collection by Anne Briggs

― youn, Monday, 27 December 2004 04:19 (twenty years ago)

I didn't ask for it, but my dad sent me Encore.

― Mike Dixn (Mike Dixon), Monday, 27 December 2004 04:24 (twenty years ago)

john lennon - acoustic
john lennon - rock'n'roll
the walkmen - bows + arrows

2nd year in a row that my mom has given me some sort of john lennon cd; that's what i get for taking interest in the one cd in her collection that i would actually want to listen to. said cd is the 'john lennon tribute: working class hero' - the flaming lips vers. of 'nobody told me' is cool & i actually like candlebox's vers. of 'steel and glass')

― 6335, Monday, 27 December 2004 04:42 (twenty years ago)

None, but I took full advantage of the xmas lull on my broadband...

― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Monday, 27 December 2004 10:09 (twenty years ago)

spoilt brat! I didn't get anything, my family refuses to give me cd's with christmas. Pft, sadists

― Rizz (Rizz), Monday, 27 December 2004 11:02 (twenty years ago)

mayer touch
annie anniemal
Ada - blondie
Dfa comp
mutant disco reissue
how to kil a dj pt 11
plus shitlaods of other stuff
&
27 prime 70'd reggae discs.

― bulbs (bulbs), Monday, 27 December 2004 11:14 (twenty years ago)

none! but i got the dvd of my name is nobody. pfft.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Monday, 27 December 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago)

forgot: neil young, greatest hits

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 27 December 2004 12:54 (twenty years ago)

The Cure 'Three Imaginary Boys' Deluxe Edition. Which was nice.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Monday, 27 December 2004 13:13 (twenty years ago)

I had to buy my own with $mas money, harumph.

v/a, Nuggets II box
v/a, Fabric 19 - A. Weatherall mix
Funkadelic, Motor City Madness comp

― haitch™ (haitch), Monday, 27 December 2004 14:37 (twenty years ago)

_spoilt brat! I didn't get anything, my family refuses to give me cd's with christmas. Pft, sadists_

Yeah, well I'm still 16 so it's one of my last year to get a lot of presents. Once I move out in a couple years, it will pretty much be over.

― Michael Copeland, Monday, 27 December 2004 14:57 (twenty years ago)

16? that means you have another 10 years of christmas presents left ;)

― Rizz (Rizz), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:18 (twenty years ago)

My wife got a fantastic double CD of opera arias packed with heavy hitters doing all of the great arias. I might steal it.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:22 (twenty years ago)

Wire - Pink Flag
The Bronx - s/t
The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
Snow Patrol - Songs For Polarbears

All bought for me off my wishlist. :-D

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:31 (twenty years ago)

I got the No Thanks: The 70s Punk Rebellion Rhino box. Yay me!

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:57 (twenty years ago)

mississippi john hurt - complete 1929 Okeh recordings

This is one of my very favorite CDs.

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 27 December 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago)

mylo, destroy rock n roll
the go! team, thunder lightning strike

― Michael B, Monday, 27 December 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago)

phil, i'm curious as to your fave of the joe henderson batch. not sure where to dip my toes first...

― abeta, Monday, 27 December 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago)

The Crooked Rain Crooked Rain remaster and John Fahey's Red Cross

Santa is so Awesome.

― j.m. lockery (j.m. lockery), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:11 (twenty years ago)

Peachtree Road, Don't Shoot me I'm only the Piano Player

― Dante, Der Führer (Sean3), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 05:58 (twenty years ago)

as of just tonight
one of my favorite things
of 2004:

hiromi's album
brain on telarc, trio jazz
slash electric funk

― Haibun (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 06:18 (twenty years ago)

The Beta Band - Heroes To Zeros

I gave my sister a list of about 6 wants and told her to get the cheapest. That was the Beta Band and set her back about £14. Hmm, don't you love Britain?

― Nick H (Nick H), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago)

The best of all Christmas CDs - Cash.

So far, I have only bought Glass Harp: Stark Raving Jams. Must prioritize CD list.

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Simon and Garfunkel Box Set
Simon and Garfunkel Live

― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago)

I got exactly none.
(And gave away eight as presents)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Gave away a number of discs as presents but only asked for (and received) one, namely that lovely Black Sabbath box. My sister, however, being very wise, got me a $50 gift certificate for Amoeba, a most thoughtful gift.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 16:55 (twenty years ago)

I didn't get any records for xmas, but I did get an Other Music gift certificate. I got the Where Will You Be Christmas Day and Studio One DJ's compilations. They are both really great.

― Matthew "Flux" Perpetua, Wednesday, 29 December 2004 20:13 (twenty years ago)

i really wanted the dylan bio. didn't get it

― kephm, Thursday, 30 December 2004 00:28 (twenty years ago)

some of these I bought with gift certificates...

"Song Cycle" - Van Dyke Parks
"Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys
"Tago Mago" - Can
"Forever Changes" - Love
"Vol. 1" - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
"5000 Spirits or Layers Of The Onion/The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" - The Incredible String Band
"Pink Moon" - Nick Drake
"Marquee Moon" - Television
"Real Life" - Magazine
"Holiday" - The Magnetic Fields

― W. Earl Piglet, Friday, 31 December 2004 00:53 (twenty years ago)

Bjork - "Medulla"
Frank Zappa - "Freak Out!"
Digiki - "Animals Don't Care: People Cook Digiki" (which is at this site for download.)
Adam Green - "Gemstones"

I've had the top two for a while now, from slsk. The Adam Green was a torrent download and at first it turned me off but I'm getting into it the more I listen.

― Adam Bruneau (oliver8bit), Friday, 31 December 2004 02:56 (twenty years ago)

Smile. Haven't listened to it yet, probably won't for months.

― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 31 December 2004 06:19 (twenty years ago)

what exactly is a 'fuck-off' hug?

It's when you go to hug someone, then knee them in the nuts just as they're sufficiently convinced they're about to be on the receiving end of a gesture of love. Then you nick their CDs.

:-)

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 31 December 2004 11:27 (twenty years ago)

ramones - s/t CD
ramones - leave home CD
ramones - rocket to russia CD
ramones - acid eaters CD
wipers - is this real/youth of america/over the edge 3xCD

Rock.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 31 December 2004 11:49 (twenty years ago)

kit, maybe you shouldn't listen to it for 35 years or so.

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 1 January 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

I'll record my own cover of the entire album based on the song titles, then get grumpy that the real thing doesn't live up to it.

― kit brash (kit brash), Sunday, 2 January 2005 00:06 (twenty years ago)

all these are greatest hits
inxs,tears for fears,icehouse,crowded house,culture club,human league,kiss,beatles,elvis,beach boys,britney,cher,kylie minogue.

my only other cd was abba "voulez vouz ( one of their most consistent cds)

― fernando, Sunday, 2 January 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

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