I'm gonna download an album...which one should it be?

[bobbobbins]

help me pick, i want somethin i'd like, but that i haven't heard before. I'm pretty open as long as its decent music...if you have to ask whats decent music..then you probably can't help me out.

Lay the suggestions on me.

[theorist]

1. Tool's Undertow.

Unless you have it already, of course. Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection is another one most people don't seem to have.

[bobbobbins]

8. Have and love both of them

[WindRavenX]

2. The Postal Service

"Give It Up" or The Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots"

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds"

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000025CO/102-5255553-0139364?v=glance

[tridim]

4. I've been trying to DL Beck's new 'leaked' album for awhile now.

'Guero'.

It's propagating quickly.

[WindRavenX]

5. oooo

Details. What style is he on now? :o

[tridim]

7. Apparently it's back to the Odelay style

I've heard that the leaked album isn't the final mix, so I'm reserving judgment until I hear the real thing.

Mutations and Sea Change are my favorite Beck albums, so I'm actually a bit upset that he's ditching that style. Oh well, I'm sure he'll return to it soon enough.

[ornotna]

6. The King - Gravelands

It's, um, very different. Different is good.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/k/king/gravelands.shtml

[bif]

9. Joy Zipper

My latest favorite group.

[leftofthedial]

10. Mark Selby's _Dirt_

on Vanguard

[dean_dem]

11. Something by Metallica just to piss them off...

Because Lars is so cute when he's angry. }(

[LiberallyInclined]

12. Moose- High Ball Me!

Best. Albumn. EVER.

bar none...

you can sample it here:

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1072516,00.html



How how how can bands as excellent as Moose get passed over? High Ball Me was on the shelf for no less than a couple years before finding a label (in this case one in the U.K. and two in the U.S.) to release it, with four years passing since their last full-length. And guess what? It's another dazzling, fearless pop record -- everything the House of Love wanted to do but couldn't -- with a sense of humor, no less. Following a mood-setting curveball intro, the driving "I Can't Get Enough of You" is the most straight-ahead thing they've done to date. Not simple by any means and still certifiably Moose, chase-scene bongos and an almost Mould-like guitar line carry along, with a spaghetti western/Dick Dale-style second guitar to offset it. There are enough neat production flourishes to provide newly discovered nuances after many plays: handclaps here, a violin there, a well-placed shading of synth every now and then. And as with any of Moose's records, you'll have a new favorite with each batch of listens. You might have "Keeping Up With You" stuck in your head for a stretch (Lush's Miki Berenyi takes a break from tending garden for some lovely backgrounds), and then "The Only Man in Town" may reign supreme over your turntable for another stretch. The rich, soothing voice of Russell Yates is the icing on the cake, like Guy Chadwick without the bitterness. Yates and K.J. McKillop have reached dizzied heights as a songwriting duo here, stringing together a varied deck that hangs together as their easiest flowing 40 minutes. The country influences appear to be phased out in favor of more nods to the likes of Hazlewood and Nilsson, but Moose is smart enough to not be too obvious about it. Nurse Ratched's droll intonation of "medication time" at the onset of the record's intro is fitting -- High Ball Me is sweeter than a teaspoon of orange Triaminic. It's truly a backwards time in music when golden records like this have difficulty finding a way to be released. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

[bobbobbins]

13. Very cool...I'll check it out right now

[LiberallyInclined]

14. you won't be disappointed.