badly-phrased q bcs I am hungover and preoccupied, sorry!

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

alexmacpherson says on his LJ that the Tori Amos album might make his top 5 albums of the year list, but "suspect[s] this is only because it's her". I thought this might be an interesting idea to bat about.

- have you ever bought a record by your favourite act KNOWING that it was going to be a bit crap, but "because it's them" had to have it? I guess this is a question really about dissecting yr loyalties - for example, I buy every album that Kristin Hersh makes. The last few haven't, if I'm honest, been all that good (though the most recent "Learn To Sing Like A Star" has some truly outstanding stuff on it) but I just sort of feel I OWE her for making some of the most important records in my life, and for being amazing generally. And because she has kids to support and is one of the few people around whose work quite literally IS their life, if you see what I mean, and I think she works hard and is dedicated in a way that, for example, Girls Aloud don't SEEM to (note I say SEEM to, I'm sure they work very hard etc etc). My Kristin-love does not extend to buying 50FootWave records though :(


- at what point do you STOP putting up with sub-par offerings? I bought every REM record up to "Monster" (haha I remember being off school that day and walking up to Woolworths to buy it on cassette even though I thought "What's The Frequency, Kenneth" was a bit sh1t). I tried and tried but really couldn't get into it (tho again, there were a few good tracks). The next time they released an album I didn't buy it and haven't bought one since - I don't know if they lost their magic, or if it was me that had changed, or what!

- who (if anyone) will you always ALWAYS buy every single record by, even if they release a Cliff Richard covers album?

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I'll buy any old sh1te that Elastica release :)

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

I knew you were going to say that :)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! Excellent questions tho Ktee, I shall now try and answer them properly:

1. Most recent example is probably the Underworld album, although I didn't *know* it was going to be a bit crap, I just assumed it would be good as all their other albums were! Due to lack of £££ when I was younger it was always quite rare that I'd buy an album I'd heard fewer than 2 tracks off already, so nasty surprises didn't happen very often (way more often the unheard album turned out amazing!).
2. I like to think I judge each album on its merits! Though I won't be buying more Underworld albums in a hurry.
3. As well as Elastica I used to be quite Radiohead completist (yes yes I know) but I totally haven't bothered getting In Rainbows yet. Actually if they did a Cliff Richard covers album that would be AWESOME TO THE MAX.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

2. Or any Skunk Anansie albums. Luckily they split up after their last (shit) album.

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

Why didn't they split up after their first (shit) album, etc