Picked up a really eclectic mix of stuff in the last two weeks: Quincy Jones'
Mellow Madness and
I Heard That!, Bruce Cockburn's
Humans, Paul Young's
No Parlez, Frank Zappa's
Weasels Ripped My Flesh, David Bowie's
Space Oddity, Larsen/Feiten Band's self-titled debut, Elton John's
Rare Masters, Brian Eno's
Another Green World and
Wrong Way Up (with John Cale), Miami Sound Machine's
Primitive Love, Gene Pitney's
Greatest Hits of All Time, Karla Bonoff's first two albums, Herbie Hancock's
Secrets, Madonna's self-titled debut, Roberta Flack's self-titled '78 album, Arcadia's
So Red the Rose, XTC's
Apple Venus Vol. 1, Cat Stevens'
Izitso and
Footsteps in the Dark, a Morrissey best-of, Beck's
Mutations and
Midnite Vultures, Abba's
Arrival and
Super Trouper, Agnetha Faltskog's
Wrap Your Arms Around Me, King Crimson's
Discipline, a 3-CD Rhino box of Bacharach-David covers, The Band's
The Last Waltz, Luther Vandross' double-disc first hits compilation, Jean Michel Jarre's
Equinoxe, Queen's
A Night at the Opera, the first two Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam albums, Rickie Lee Jones'
Pirates, etc. Like I said, it's a pretty eclectic mix of stuff!
Haven't really blown as much money as it sounds like! - nearly all of these are ones I picked up either on vinyl or CD for $1.00 or less at book sales in the area. (Also simultaneously found a signed copy of Shania Twain's autobiography at one of those sales, too!)
Mostly been listening to older releases lately. Been having a lot of trouble finding new releases this year to warm up to, even the ones from artists I normally like. The new Santana, I agree, is really disappointing. Just listened yesterday to the new one from Elton John, but it's similarly really disappointing, unfortunately; he and his band still sound good, but it's hard to not get the feeling that the songs themselves were written in a hurry, as if they realized an hour before they started recording that they still hadn't written anything. Has anybody else heard that album and had the same reaction? I got Vince Gill's newest at the same time, though, and that one is actually fairly good, so that made up for it. Anyone here have any 2016 releases to recommend? Sure seems like it's been a really lackluster year for music so far. (Certainly as far as albums go, anyway. I have heard a few singles I've really enjoyed, though, like St. Lucia's "Dancing on Glass" and Mayer Hawthorne's "Love Like That." Haven't heard the parent albums to either of those yet, though.)