Albums that you shunned/sold/got rid of and later picked up again

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Green Day - Dookie

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

b-but why Jonathan?

i think we've done this before. this time, can we have some reasoning too.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 17:58 (twenty-three years ago)

sure:

THIS THREAD NOW REQUIRES LOGIC.

I thought it was a boring, commericial retread of early punk stuff. Now I see it as a catchy pop album. If we could have seen what "pop-punk" would become in 6 years...ugh.

― Jonathan Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 18:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Material Issue - International Pop Overthrow

Got rid of it sometime in the late 90's when I'd had my fill of power-pop and didn't listen to it much. Just picked it up again recently because, well...I was feeling nostalgic and I missed it.

― paul cox (paul cox), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 18:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Fripp/Eno - No Pussyfooting.

Luckily, the second time I got it from the library. Returned it promptly.

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 18:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Mercury Rev's "Deserter's Songs" -- and then I remembered why I sold it in the first place-- and sold it again! Faaaack! I hope that never happens again!

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)

cds I've sold and want back:
Brady Bunch: Sunshine Day
Rush: Presto
Queen: Miracle
David Bowie: Never Let Me Down

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 18:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Presto was my first Rush album back in 1989. You couldn't pay me to take it back now...

Actually, studying your list, I figure there's no way you're being serious.

― paul cox (paul cox), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 18:34 (twenty-three years ago)

No, actually I'm very serious. The reason I sold all them in the first place was because they are commonly thought of as bad. But I have often regreted not being able to listen to tracks from these albums. I'm just waiting to find them in used bins to pick them up again.

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 15 October 2002 19:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes. I think I was heavily into prog at the time and it was too conventional. I did like the "Sweet Jane" cover, though. I got rid of Alice Cooper's Love It To Death and Killer LPs because I was "too sophisticated" for that stuff, but I don't think I've re-bought (the cheap used copies never seem to appear). I have sold very few of my records over the years, no more than 10, probably. I usually figure if I liked it at one point, I may like it again, or I see myself in my 80s or 90s slappin' it on the turntable to get in touch with my younger self.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 00:58 (twenty-three years ago)

I tend not to sell albums, but I have sold and re-bought quite a few singles, including quite a few Sub Pop 7".

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 01:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I think I have bought and sold Slint's self-titled debut a couple or three times. In fact, I'm not entirely sure whether or not I own it right now. As much as I love Spiderland, the debut is very hit and miss for me--some songs I like, others I don't, and in neither case are my feelings strong enough to justify much passion either way. Perhaps part of my ambivalence comes from the fact that it seems like just a collection of formative tracks next to a (dare I say) visionary album like Spiderland.

― Lee G (Lee G), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 14:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I bought Jurassic 5's Quality Control (and gave it a positive write-up for City Pages, when I was a more enthusiastic lad), then sold it, then bought it again, then sold it again. I haven't bothered to look for it since (though I still like "Twelve").

― Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Broadcast's The Noise Made By People (thanks to ILM), although I listened to Work and Non-Work the other day for the first time since all this and realized it still puts Noise to shame.

― Curt (cgould), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

("I'd rather hear the end product of lots of elbow grease and relentless tweaking to perfection than the Jiffy Crunk ten-minute lazy-assed production jobs that McDonaldize so much mainstream rap." Oh boy will I get murdered for that.)

― Nate Patrin, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

David Bowie: Never Let Me Down
Yep. Nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be. The A-side is actually quite fun. A retread of earlier glories, I admit, but still fun.

― Lord Custos Alpha (Lord Custos Alpha), Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:18 (twenty-three years ago)

David Grubbs - The Spectrum Between
Descendents - Enjoy
Dag Nasty - the first 2 albums
Squirrel Bait - the first 2 albums
The Wipers - Alien Boy

― gygax!, Wednesday, 16 October 2002 15:28 (twenty-three years ago)

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