What are the last 5 CD's you got rid of?

• Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty. Just a foul, stinking piece of whining crap. Now an instrumental version of Hello Nasty....
  
• Bryan Ferry - Mamouna. Sometimes you can be too smooth.
  
• Gomez - Bring it on. What was I thinking of?
  
• Nelly Furtado - Whoa!Nelly. One song does not make an album.
  
• Now that's what I call music 21. Queen, The Shamen, the Cure, Wet Wet Wet. 92 wasn't a vintage year.

A live Linton Kwesi Johnson CD. Because I didn't like it. His vocals didn't mesh with the instrumental/electronic accompaniment.

"Patty Waters Sings" because no matter how great it's supposed to be, I couldn't get into her screaming.

Simon Shaheen "Turath" because I find his oud playing bloodless. (He needs to go back and listen to what Mohammed el-Qassabji could do with that instrument.)

Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi's 2nd CD (sp?). At first Chuck Eddy had me fooled into thinking this was something worthwhile, but it doesn't quite work for me now that I am over the initial sense of surprise at this particular fusion of styles.

I'm about to send off La India's "Sola," because although there are some nice melodies in some of these songs, the heavy-handed production crushes any value in them. (Bring back Eddie Palmieri as her producer.)

that cd blows

All bar eno: all good records but unoriginal and hardly essential, am getting very ruthless since 'good tunes' are not enough. Godspeed e.p. is not enough of a step up from their very nice debut, which I still have.

Eno: Not arty enough, though I really love another green world.

Using the money for more Cecil taylor and anthony braxton and Xenakis.

- SO RED THE ROSE by Arcadia - Don't really know why or how I got it in the first place, but I held onto it for ridiculous archival/joke purposes for a while...only it never seemed funny. Despite contributions from various Durans and Dave Gilmour (!), it's largely unlistenable and yawnsome. Sold it to a frothing Duranie who'll doubtlessly get more enjoyment out of it than I.

- DUST by the Screaming Trees. Because they make me yawn.

- CALL THE AMBULANCE BEFORE I HURT MYSELF by Hilt - Because Skinny Puppy side-projects (let alone "industrial" in general) hasn't aged well at all. Guest backing vocals from that woman out of the appropriately-named Caterwaul don't help the proceedings. Sold it to a fellow member of the Gathering (the Killing Joke list) with even more dubious taste than myself. Bye bye, Hilt.

- NU-CLEAR SOUNDS by Ash - Just because I never listened to it, and can't be bothered with them now. Their first album's alright (but even that may be bound for the "to sell" pile.)

Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Sonic Youth - Made In USA
Sonic Youth - Silver Sessions
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
Live Skull - EP with "Mr Wrong" and Snuffer at the same time

I thought it would be easier to continue liking Sonic Youth if I didn't have to see these in my collection everyday. And they pay better money for these than for the other things I tried to sell them (e.g. Jon & Vangelis).

Gah.

I should point out that I never get rid of CDs, I just vacillate endlessly on whether to buy certain ones, partially forget that I ever wanted said item and then, finally, allow helpful posts like Curt's to make up my mind for me.

i probably only got about $5 for each of these at Ameoba

Record-store person: "Sure, they're 50 cents each."

Me: "But your bargain rack CDs are 50 cents, too, and most of them are in perfectly good jewel cases."

Record-store person: shrug.

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So, I picked three by bands I'd never heard of, based on promising cover art/song titles/etc. I gave them each one spin at home but ended up throwing all three in the garbage (wouldn't have any trade-in value if the best shop in town for trade-ins was selling them for 50 cents). Two of them I don't even remember what they were, but the third was New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Pigeonhole, which I now regret not giving a little more time, having read several positive critical opinions in the meantime. It's gone, in the garbage.

:-( Well, grab another one if you can find it.