Saturday, April 30, 2011

the cure -- disintegration

1989

Disintegration is the eighth studio album by English alternative rock band The Cure, released on 1 May 1989 by Fiction Records. Nearing the age of thirty, vocalist and guitarist Robert Smith felt an increased pressure to follow up on the group's pop successes with a more enduring work. In spite of the record label's fears that the album would be "commercial suicide," Disintegration became the band's commercial peak. It charted at number three in the United Kingdom and at number twelve in the United States, and produced several hit singles including "Lovesong", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. Disintegration remains The Cure's highest selling record to date, with over three million copies sold worldwide. Disintegration was also a critical success, being placed at number 326 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Friday, April 29, 2011

elvis presely -- elvis presely

1956

Elvis Presley is the debut studio album by Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, March 1956. The album spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock 'n' roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts. It also has the distinction of being the first million-selling rock 'n' roll album. In 2003, it was ranked number 55 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

palace music -- arise therefore

1996



Arise Therefore is the fourth studio album of Will Oldham. The album's packaging does not include the artist's name. It has been considered both a Palace release and a Will Oldham release. The album features David Grubbs, Ned Oldham, and a Mayatone drum machine credited as "Maya Tone". It was recorded by Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

timber timbre -- timber timbre

2009




Timber Timbre is the third record from Timber Timbre, released January 13, 2009 on Out of This Spark in Canada. It was later rereleased on June 30, 2009 in both Canada and the United States, considered to be a successful followup to the smaller scale previous LPs which garnered a minute but faithful following. Toronto's Eye Weekly called the album 'the spookiest disc of the year, and the best. For the week of Halloween 2009, the album was released for free from the band's website.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

the new strokes album

took me a while to enjoy, but now i can't stop listening to it.

2011





Angles is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band The Strokes, released on March 18th, 2011 in Australia; March 21st, 2011 in the UK; and March 22nd, 2011 worldwide. It is their first album since First Impressions of Earth (2006), their longest gap to date between studio albums.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

roy orbison -- in dreams

1963





In Dreams is a Roy Orbison 33 1/3 record album from Monument Records recorded at its studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee and released in 1963.
This was Orbison's fourth album on the Monument label, named for the hit 45rpm single. In 2004 Rolling Stone named the song "In Dreams" one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

o.children -- o.children

2010


London-based band who have just released their debut self-titled album on Deadly People Recordings.

O. Children are Tobi O’Kandi (singer and main songwriter), Andi Sleath (drums), Gauthier Ajarrista (guitarist) and Harry James (bass). O. Children take their name from a song by Nick Cave.

Debut single Dead Disco Dancer was released in August 2009 and Ruins in April 2010.

O. Children released their debut album on July 12th.