What 2014 releases did you buy?

[modrevolve]

Thinking about all these top album lists, I decided to go through my collection and list all the albums released in 2014 that I bought (doesn't count for reissues and such.

Based on what I spun the most this year, I guess my top records would be Honeyblood's self-titled and Ex-Hex "Rips" records. Top single goes to the band Heathers and their song Fear.

Albums
Allo Darlin - We Came From The Same Place (Vinyl and Cd)
Andre Obin Ways To Escape (Vinyl)
Be Forest - Earthbeat (Vinyl)
Bob Mould - Beauty and Rain (Vinyl)
Camera Obscura - 4AD Sessions (Vinyl)
Dentist (S/T) (CD)
Dum Dum Girls - Too True (Vinyl and Cd)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Meterorites (Cd)
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything (Vinyl and Cd)
Ex Hex- Rips (Vinyl)
Fear of Men - Loom (Vinyl and Cd)
Honeyblood (Vinyl)
Hurry - Everything/Nothing (Vinyl)
Interpol - El Pintor (Vinyl)
James - Le Petitie Mort (Vinyl and CD)
Johnny Marr - Playland (Vinyl)
Literature - Chorus (Vinyl and Cd)
Martha - Courting Strong (Vinyl and Cd)
Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business (Vinyl and CD)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Days of Abandon (Vinyl and CD)
September Girls - Cursing The Sea (Vinyl)
The Silence Kit - Watershed (CD)
The Standard Model - Transducer (CD)

Singles and Eps (all vinyl unless noted)
Bat For Lashes - Garden’s Heart
Cayetana - Hot Dad Calendar
Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes
Ex Hex - Hot and Cold
Fear of Men - Luna
Heathers - Fear
Heathers - I Know (The Wedding Present Tribute)
Honeyblood - Killer Bangs
Hurry - Oh Whitney
Meredith Sheldon - 2 (CD)
No Other - Option C
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Simple and Sure
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Abandonment Issue
The Pretty Greens - Jealous Waves (CD)
Psychic Teens - Face
Souvenir Stand - Surprise

 

[mozzalini999]

Here's my purchases for 2014. Some old but mostly new.

Most played is definitely Withered Hand's New Gods, with Morrissey trailing well down the list. WPINOYB is a great album, but not the best.

NEW MUSIC 2014

Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Midlake - Antiphon
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Wig Out At Jagbags
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Live From KCRW
Boy & Bear - Harlequin Dream
Maximo Park - Too Much Information
Morrissey - Your Arsenal (2014 remaster)
Martin Rossiter - Live At Bush Hall
Malcolm Middleton - Long, Dark Night
Withered Hand - Good News
Withered Hand - New Gods
Tripping Daisy - Tripping Daisy
Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Randolph's Leap - Clumsy Knot
Billy Bragg - Live At The Union Chapel
Eels - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett
Tuff Love - Junk EP
James - La Petit Morte
NME C86
Jack White - Lazaretto
Morrissey - WPINOYB
King Creosote - From Scotland With Love
James Yorkston - I Was a Cat From a Book
James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society
Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra- 39 Stephs
Khartoum Heroes - Khartoum Heroes
Twilight Sad - Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
Insect Heroes - Apocalypso
Malcolm Middleton & David Shrigley - Music and Words

 

[Anonymous]

nice with the mogwai. i dont think i bought much new music this year

 

[fredkocherpepsi]

Together Eurydice and I bought WPINOYB 5 times.

 

[Detritus]

My most spun album this year is To Be Kind by the mighty Swans. It is also my Album of the Year by a country mile.

My list of 2014 releases:

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business
Morrissey - Your Arsenal (Reissue)
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (Reissue)
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Johnny Marr - Playland
Ben Frost - Aurora
Xiu Xiu - Angel Guts: Red Classroom
Deerhoof - La Isla Bonita
FKA twigs - LP1
James - Le Petite Morte
Mogwai - Rave Tapes
Swans - To Be Kind
Swans - Oxygen EP
John Frusciante - Enclosure
Death in June - The Guilty Have No Pride (Reissue)
Young Fathers - Dead
Warpaint - Warpaint
Tycho - Awake

Edit: I forgot about my Record Store Day purchases:

Xiu Xiu - Unclouded Sky
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
Devo - Live at Max's Kansas City
David Lynch - The Air is On Fire
Joy Division - An Ideal For Living (Reissue)
Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic (Reissue)

 

[modrevolve]

I once had to buy Years of Refusal digitally like 8 times in order to get presale tickets for that tour..

Together Eurydice and I bought WPINOYB 5 times.

 

[Bluebirds]

Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business
Goat - Commune
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
The Pixies - Pixies
Honeyblood - Choker
Young Fathers - Dead (6 months before Mercury I hasten to add)
East India Youth
Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
Metronomy - Love Letters
Taylor Swift - 1989

thats about it. I'm to old to bother nowadays. I didn't buy the last one by the way. I think my favourite was Honeyblood to be honest

Heard good things about the Twilight Sad album is it worth purchasing?

 

[Chickpea]

This is making me feel like a really bad music consumer. All I buy these days are reissues. I've become very lazy with new music…

Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business (LP, CD)
Johnny Marr - Playland (DL)
Echo & the Bunnymen - Meteorites (DL)
Chrissie Hynde - Stockholm (DL)
The Roots - And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (DL)
Peter Murphy - Lion (LP)
James - La Petit Mort (DL)
Prince - PlectrumElectrum (LP)
Prince - Art Official Age (LP)
Interpol - El Pintor (DL)
Death In June - The Guilty Have No Pride reissue (LP)
Death In June - The Wall of Sacrifice reissue (LP)
Death In June - The Brown Book reissue (LP)
The Chameleons - Peel Sessions reissue (LP)
Tears For Fears - The Hurting reissue (LP)
Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair reissue (LP)
Morrissey - Your Arsenal reissue (LP, CD)
Morrissey - Vauxhall & I reissue (LP, CD)

 

[Belligerent Ghoul]

Great thread.

 

[ChicagoGuy]

Thinking about all these top album lists, I decided to go through my collection and list all the albums released in 2014 that I bought (doesn't count for reissues and such.

Based on what I spun the most this year, I guess my top records would be Honeyblood's self-titled and Ex-Hex "Rips" records. Top single goes to the band Heathers and their song Fear.

Albums
Allo Darlin - We Came From The Same Place (Vinyl and Cd)
Andre Obin Ways To Escape (Vinyl)
Be Forest - Earthbeat (Vinyl)
Bob Mould - Beauty and Rain (Vinyl)
Camera Obscura - 4AD Sessions (Vinyl)
Dentist (S/T) (CD)
Dum Dum Girls - Too True (Vinyl and Cd)
Echo and the Bunnymen - Meterorites (Cd)
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything (Vinyl and Cd)
Ex Hex- Rips (Vinyl)
Fear of Men - Loom (Vinyl and Cd)
Honeyblood (Vinyl)
Hurry - Everything/Nothing (Vinyl)
Interpol - El Pintor (Vinyl)
James - Le Petitie Mort (Vinyl and CD)
Johnny Marr - Playland (Vinyl)
Literature - Chorus (Vinyl and Cd)
Martha - Courting Strong (Vinyl and Cd)
Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business (Vinyl and CD)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Days of Abandon (Vinyl and CD)
September Girls - Cursing The Sea (Vinyl)
The Silence Kit - Watershed (CD)
The Standard Model - Transducer (CD)

Singles and Eps (all vinyl unless noted)
Bat For Lashes - Garden’s Heart
Cayetana - Hot Dad Calendar
Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes
Ex Hex - Hot and Cold
Fear of Men - Luna
Heathers - Fear
Heathers - I Know (The Wedding Present Tribute)
Honeyblood - Killer Bangs
Hurry - Oh Whitney
Meredith Sheldon - 2 (CD)
No Other - Option C
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Simple and Sure
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Abandonment Issue
The Pretty Greens - Jealous Waves (CD)
Psychic Teens - Face
Souvenir Stand - Surprise

Why does whether you bought a "vinyl" or "CD" matter? Vinyl, although nostalgic, sounds God-awful....

 

[Chickpea]

Why does whether you bought a "vinyl" or "CD" matter? Vinyl, although nostalgic, sounds God-awful....

It matters to me, at least when it comes to vinyl vs download (I don't own a CD player anymore). I put very little personal value on downloaded albums, even though I always pay for them. The lack of a tangible object is directly related to the amount of time and attention I afford an album. I don't even think of myself has owning the albums I didn't buy in physical form. I doubt I listened to any of them more than 2 or 3 times. It's psychological, yes, but it's real.

You need a better record player if you think vinyl sounds "god-awful," by the way.

 

[fredkocherpepsi]

The only CD player I have anymore is on the Macbook (which I never use) and in the car (which I also never use).

I own, I think, 4 cds: two by bands I was in, an autographed Foo Fighters cd, and the Your Arsenal reissue so that I could have the DVD.

 

[modrevolve]

There are plenty of Audiophiles out there would disagree with you..but to each their own.

Why does whether you bought a "vinyl" or "CD" matter? Vinyl, although nostalgic, sounds God-awful....

 

[modrevolve]

I also preordered the new Elbow at World Cafe Live cd and vinyl. A show I desperately wanted to go to but could not find my way in.

 

[ChicagoGuy]

I get what you mean by feeling the "ownership" of actually touching and feeling the physical product of a record, but I don't feel any less connected to the music just because I don't own a CD, cassette, or vinyl version of the product. I listen to most of my favorite music while in the car, walking around my neighborhood, or while working...vinyl just isn't practical for 99.9% of the places where I listen to my favorite bands....

I (frankly) think there's a "hipster" quotient connected to buying vinyl...music is music, regardless of the medium...There's no doubt, however that digital is FAR superior to vinyl. Facts are facts...

 

[Chickpea]

I get what you mean by feeling the "ownership" of actually touching and feeling the physical product of a record, but I don't feel any less connected to the music just because I don't own a CD, cassette, or vinyl version of the product.

Well that's you. I'm me. I work in print, and I care about tangible objects a great deal. I'm not interested in trying to convince anyone that they can't love a digital download, but I've been buying music in physical form for more than 30 years now, and the thing I can hold means nearly as much to me as the thing I can hear.

I (frankly) think there's a "hipster" quotient connected to buying vinyl...

Or maybe I just like records? We're not exactly talking about unicycle-powered pickle factories here.

There's no doubt, however that digital is FAR superior to vinyl. Facts are facts...

Enjoy your downloads then, I'm not trying to stop you! You asked why it matters to some, and I answered. That said, as Modrevolve mentioned, there are plenty of audiophiles out there would disagree with you.

 

[ChicagoGuy]

Well that's you. I'm me. I work in print, and I care about tangible objects a great deal. I'm not interested in trying to convince anyone that they can't love a digital download, but I've been buying music in physical form for more than 30 years now, and the thing I can hold means nearly as much to me as the thing I can hear.



Or maybe I just like records? We're not exactly talking about unicycle-powered pickle factories here.



Enjoy your downloads then, I'm not trying to stop you! You asked why it matters to some, and I answered. That said, as Modrevolve mentioned, there are plenty of audiophiles out there would disagree with you.

Ok..you win...I just was listening to the radio and they were debating "Vinyl vs. Digital" and the pro-vinyl girl made an EXCELLENT point...She asked the digital-phile, "Do you still use candles?...Because we have electric bulbs that work perfectly...That's how I FEEL about vinyl.."

Ok...I get it now...

 

[mozi'mapoet]

Woefully, only four albums this year...

World Peace Is None Of Your Business - Morrissey
Playland - Johnny Marr
La Petite Mort - James
Luminous - The Horrors

I bought The Horrors' album off the strength of their performance of "So Now You Know" on Jools Holland one evening in the summer. The rest of the album is average.

 

[nobody's_nothing]

All are vinyl unless noted. All of these are off the top of my head, I'm probably missing some.

Chelsea Wolfe - Pain Is Beauty, The Grime and The Glow, Apokalypsis

Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral

Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery (love this album still after all these years / wore it out, need new one)

Adalita - Adalita [Self-titled]

Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business (I wore it out), Vauxhall & I [re-issue], Bona Drag [original vinyl]

The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow [original Rough Trade vinyl]

Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail [original vinyl]

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Kicking Against The Pricks, Your Funeral... My Trial, From Her to Eternity [re-issues]

Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts Grey Flowers [re-issue]

Scarling - So Long, Scarecrow

The Cramps - Big Beats From Badsville

Jill Tracy - [whole discography - MP3]

The Birthday Massacre - Superstition, Walking With Strangers [Mp3]

The Birthday Party - Junkyard, Live 81-82, The Bad Seed / Mutiny [re-issues]

Bryan Ferry - Avonmore

Lucinda Williams - Where The Spirit Meets The Bone

Nancy Sinatra - Sugar [original vinyl]

Lee Hazlewood - Love & Other Crimes

White Hex - Gold Nights

Legendary Pink Dots - The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse [CD re-issue]

Daisy Chainsaw - Eleventeen [CD re-issue / special edition]

Veruca Salt - The Museum of Broken Relationships / It's Holy [RSD '45], American Thighs [vinyl re-issue]

 

[docinwestchester]

Not mentioned so far is Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes

http://www.thenewbasementtapes.com/info/

Amazing album!