Oldfield's QE2 on YouTube for a quick fix -- talking about it made me need to hear it nao.

:D:D:D:D

Orenda Fink - Invisible Ones

Oldfield's QE2 on YouTube for a quick fix -- talking about it made me need to hear it nao.

:D:D:D:D

I seem to have started something.

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (MoFi)

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (MoFi)

What, no QE2?

Seriously. I must never have heard Celt on the O2 before.

Bwaaaaaaaaaht?

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

40th Anniversary Edition

DVD 96/24 Stereo mix

Is there any album in the universe which has such a giant gulf between how good it is to listen to and how shit its cover art is?

Indeed

Just finished listening to

Donald Byrd The Cat Walk 24/96 needledrop

and

Pearl Jam Ten redux 24/96 ND

Is there any album in the universe which has such a giant gulf between how good it is to listen to and how shit its cover art is?

Pet Sounds or QE2?

Is there any album in the universe which has such a giant gulf between how good it is to listen to and how shit its cover art is?

I have two versions of QE2 on vinyl when the record came out, and the only difference between the two is the cover art. The merkin version is glossy, but without the porthole cutout, the British version (which, to my mind, is superior), is matte and has the cutout.

So I'd have to say yes.

Mike Oldfield, The Killing Fields

Is there any album in the universe which has such a giant gulf between how good it is to listen to and how shit its cover art is?

I remember going through my parents' CD collection as a kid in middle school and thinking, "What the hell, I don't want to listen to some kids' cd."

How wrong I was.

Snowy White -- White Flames

Katie Melua - Piece By Piece

This is a seriously awesome soundtrack.

Katie Herzig - Apple Tree

Ani Difranco - Red Letter Year

DAVID TORN / TIM BERNE / CRAIG TABORN / TOM RAINEY - Prezens

ECM

Imogen Heap -- Ellipse

First listen. Nice.

'Til Tuesday -- Everything's Different Now

Aimee Mann!