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I've decided to go back and revisit some CDs that I'd only listened to once or twice an a mostly vain attempt to prove to my wife that yes, I DO listen to all of them. One of the CDs I brought to work today is a 2CD compilation called _Dream Injection 2_ that has a very unfortunate-looking cover. (Think "girl with too much make-up wrapped with gold bandages then photographed through a filter to make her look mysterious and shiny".) I remember buying because of the names on the back (Orbital, Aphex Twin, Autechre, mu-Ziq, Finitribe, Download, Speedy J, Kenny Larkin, etc), but only played once or twice because it's largely trance-and-ambient and when I bought it I was looking almost exclusively for jungle/drum 'n bass. THIS CD IS AMAZING. Well, CD1 is, at least. I feel like an idiot for ignoring it for 5 years.

What CDs do you have in your collection that you neglected for years before discovering that you loved them? How did you rediscover them? Did the love affair wear off, or are you still hot about them?

― Dan Perry, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nada Surfs Hi Lo . I bought it for popular and it is the best fuck you snobbish new yawk prep school johnathon fire eater pop

― anthony, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I still maintain that "Popular" was one of the best singles to come out that year. Others may disagree.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am doing a lot of rediscovering at the moment. So far 3 amazing albums are Thomas Koner -- Nuuk (from the Big Cat _Driftworks_ box set); 0 (one of those zeroes with a line through) -- can't remember the title; Porter Ricks & Techno Animal -- Symbiotic (?). The last in particular I bought at a point where I wasn't listening to much electronic music, and I may never have listened to at all... but have rediscovered with much joy now I'm in the mood for it again.

― alext, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

They nada so popular any more.

― Andy K., Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, Andy... (shakes head)

― Tim, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Your "twee fucker" joke was much better, Andy.

My music collection could qualify as one big "Wow, I didn't know I had THAT!" epiphany. For instance, I just recalled the presence of the 1st Scissor Girls album AND the latest Wolf Eyes LP in my stacks, two records that deserve more of my love and affection. I'd list more, but I don't want this thread to turn into another Jay-Z/Nas tome.

― David Raposa, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But Dave, I do!

I think the thing that surprised me the most about this compilation is the Speed J track. I think that "The Wicked Saw" is one of the greatest tracks ever, but everything he's done since then has put me off (PARTICULARLY "Pullover" and "Something For Your Mind"). The track on here, "The Oil Zone (Edge Of Motion mix)" is utter brilliance. The slow, menacing opening that creeps step by step into a nightmarish swirl of bass rumbles and synth stabs that grows into a lushly sinister brew that you can't help but nod your head to. Then, when the track blossoms into a major key... Actually, now that I listen more closely, the track is constructed like a slower, brooding version of "The Wicked Saw", which probably explains why I like it so much. Some artists can use space in their music to create urgency and longing that heightens the track; Speedy J can't, IMO, so it's only when he goes into full-bore lush mode that his songs work for me.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think because I have so many damn CDs that I've been rediscovering things all the time! The advantage of my AMG work is that I've sort of been forcing myself to trawl the archives and listen to everything. And it's been very good fun! Recent rediscovered fun would have to be a lot of the Laibach stuff...

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

as well the prinicpal of the high school where the video was shot filed a complaint somewhere becaue the video was too homoerotic , popular that is nad htey got the idea for the song from a 18th century french ettiqutte text.

― anthony, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

PIL - second edition/Metal Box. I put on headphones and realized it sounded much better. The love-affair hasn't made me revisit That What Is Not (yet).

― helenfordsdale, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I discovered that I liked Lloyd Cole's self titled album and The Clash's Combat Rock better after a few years of not listening to them. They aged like fine wine.

― Lord Custos, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dan I don't know if you know Speedy J's "Ginger" but it does just what you describe.. a background of relaxed tension, a hint of menace, which begins slowly to roil and gnash, and eventually builds to an explosion in a major key whose afterglow lasts for a good minute or two to close out the song. V. sexy!

Popshotter: Scissor Girls = ROCK. I don't remember if I've shared this but I saw them play at someone's apartment in Chicago and the lead guitarist played her guitar with an old-fashioned bell alarmclock - that kept going off - instead of a pick!

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Tracer: You lucky duck. I saw Az & Co. as Bride of No No in late 2000; they were wearing those matching mummy/surgical mask/Iranian outfits, and fighting the good fight. Took @ lot of pictures at that show (which were in a roll of film in a backpack stolen from me a couple of weeks after that, damn it).

Another addition to this list: PROLAPSE! I almost forgot they existed.

― David Raposa, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sorta different, but I was in a record store the other day, and this awesome free jazz song was playing. It kept getting better and better, and I had to ask the guy what was playing. He said "Coltrane... 'Ascension'... Impulse" and I thought to myself "Hey, I have this on The Major Works of...!" thanked him and left the store, happy that I had this great music waiting to be played when I got home.

Of course, two days later, I still haven't gotten around to listening to it.

― Vic Funk, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Andrew Bird/Bowl of Fire's Swimming Hour, which I didn't respect so much at first, but now months later have given a few spins and decided I like quite a bit. I originally thought versatile and maybe kinda facile, but now I think just versatile and fun.

― Tom Hunter, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ween - The Mollusk Red Scare - People Die Everyday

― Brock K, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't know if this counts but I owned the Red Hot Chili Peppers''BloodSugarSexMagic' two years before I knew that "Under the Bridge" was on it.

― dave q, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Do the Red Hot Chilli Peppers mean for people to think they have sex with each other after gigs?

― Ronan, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You mean they don't?

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

this scenario happened to me with Pulp's His 'n' Hers; I admit I listened to it much more after Different Class came out. I guess it wasn't years but I'm not sure I ever actually listened to it when I initially bought it. Oh yeah, I liked the Trash Can Sinatra's I've Seen Everything when it first came out, I didn't listen to it for quite a few years, now it's pretty much my favorite album...

― g, Monday, 14 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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