August 16th, 2008

[HeuristicsInc]

Okay, so just for fun I did my statistical analysis. The 5-year period that contains the most CDs in my collection (going by publication date of CD) is 1995-2000. Probably related is the fact that I finished grad school in 1997 and had a lot more spending money for said CDs, so don't take that as evidence of much
Interesting, though, anyway.
-bill

[Hoblit]

Okay, so just for fun I did my statistical analysis. The 5-year period that contains the most CDs in my collection (going by publication date of CD) is 1995-2000. Probably related is the fact that I finished grad school in 1997 and had a lot more spending money for said CDs, so don't take that as evidence of much
Interesting, though, anyway.
-bill

That has a LOT more to do with it than anything. Think about it. THEN think about how many albums or mp3s you download compared to what you'd spend on CDs these days. Your CD collection does not hold as a fair or current statistic for what 5 or 10 year period when music was better or worse.

[roymond]

Okay, so just for fun I did my statistical analysis. The 5-year period that contains the most CDs in my collection (going by publication date of CD) is 1995-2000. Probably related is the fact that I finished grad school in 1997 and had a lot more spending money for said CDs, so don't take that as evidence of much
Interesting, though, anyway.
-bill

Do (did) you typically purchase current releases?

[Niveous]

I keep looking at this thread and shaking my head. For me, it doesn't matter the year, there's always something for me to enjoy.

2008 has a lot of great stuff. You just have to look. In the words of one of my co-workers: "Don't be an oldhead".

[HeuristicsInc]

That has a LOT more to do with it than anything. Think about it. THEN think about how many albums or mp3s you download compared to what you'd spend on CDs these days. Your CD collection does not hold as a fair or current statistic for what 5 or 10 year period when music was better or worse.

Huh, I thought that's what I was saying
I buy very few current releases these days. For whatever reason. But I do buy a lot of things direct from the artists!
As Niv says, good music in all eras, bringing me back to my first post in this thread.
I think my favorite releases for 2008 so far are Blue Man Group's live Megastar CD and Nine Inch Nails Ghosts.
I should get that new Beck album tho. The one song is quite good.
-bill

[Spud]

I am with Bill. I very rarely buy new releases, except from the artist themselves. Apart from those, my most recent CD purchases are as follows:

Crash Test Dummies: A Worm's Life (1996)
R.E.M.: Monster (1994)
Toad the Wet Sprocket: All I Want (1991)
Barenaked Ladies: Stunt (1998)
The Adult Film Stars: The Doubleheaders (2006)

(release dates, not purchase dates)

[Hoblit]

Oh, my bad...

My last CD purchase was probably at a used CD store...but my last new release purchase was probably a CAKE cd. Maybe it was that Incubus one...I can't remember for sure. Either way, been a while.