It’s the damned, dreaded listening queue.

Musical purgatory.

Below are all the records that I am actively* listening to. The queue works as a way for me to decide if something is good enough to be part of the collection of not. The queue is split across Spotify (for items I do not currently own) and Plex (for items I do currently own). There is no time frame on how quickly something should stay in purgatory, nor is there any specific order – although I should work oldest to newest.

To get out of purgatory a decision will be made. A positive decision is that the record gets moved into my collection, a nice little story will be written up about it in one of the many collection update posts on the website. If I haven’t already a physical copy of the release will be purchased. A negative decision is that the record gets deleted from the queue, and will be added to the list of records that failed the test. If I have a physical copy of the release then it will be listed for sale, sold via other means or if completely worthless, binned.

*by actively I mean, when I get a chance which could mean weeks, months even years – don’t hold your breath.

The List

Alphabetical order by artist – titles in bold are likely to have a decision made soon.

• 2Pac – 2Pacalypse Now
• 2Pac – Pac’s Life
• 77 Karat Gold – Wannafunkwitu
• Aim – Hinterland
• Aimee Mann – Whatever
• Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
• Alien Ant Farm – ANThology
• American Football – American Football
• Angelo Badalamenti – Music For Film and Television
• Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion
• Antony and the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
• Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy
• Aphex Twin – Druqks
• Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
• Arctic Monkeys – AM
  
• Arctic Monkeys – Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys
• Aretha Franklin – The Very Best Of
• Artful Dodger – It’s All About The Stragglers
• Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
• The Beautiful South – Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs
• The Benjamins – Art of Dissapointment
• Beth Orton – Comfort of Strangers
• Big Daddy Kane – Long Live The Kane
• Big Daddy Kane – Looks Like a Job For
• Biovac – Tuber
• Bird – bird
• Bjork – Debut
• Blink-182 – Cheshire Cat
• Blink-182 – Dude Ranch
• Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
• Blondie – Best of
• Boney M – The Greatest Hits
• BROCKHAMPTON – SATURATION II
• Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
• Buddy Guy – Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues
• Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us
• The Chemical Brothers – Exit Planet Dust
• Clarence Carter – This Is Clarence Carter
• The Corrs – Talk On Corners
• The Crystal Method – Tweekend
• Czecho No Republic – Tabinideru Junbi
• The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
• Dave Hum – Celtic and Bluegrass – 5 String Banjo
• David Bowie – David Bowie
• Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions
• Delays – Faded Seaside Glamour
• Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
• Dire Straits – Communique
• Dire Straits – On Every Street
• DJ Food – Solid Steel Presents [..] Now, Listen!
• Don McLean – American Pie
• Doves – The Last Broadcast
• Drive-By Truckers – Decoration Day
• Drugstore – White Magic For Lovers
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Nice
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Abraca Jobim
• Ella Fitzgerald – The Harold Arlen Songbook (Volume One)
• Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
• Feist – The Reminder
• Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords
• Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
• Garbage – Beautiful Garage
• George Benson – Breezin’
• Gesaffelstein – Maryland Soundtrack
• Glassjaw – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence
• Glasvegas – Glasvegas
• Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
• Goldlink – At What Cost
• Goodie Mob – Still Standing
• Green Day – Dookie
• Green Day – Dos
• Guns N’ Roses – G’N’R Lies
• Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion II
• Guru – Jazzmatazz Volume II: The New Reality
• Haley Bonar – Last War
• Honeyblood – Babes Never Die
• Honeycrack – Prozaic
• Ian Brown – Golden Greats
• Idealism – Rainy Evening EP
• Iggy Pop – Lust For Life
• Jack Johnson – All The Light Above It Too
• James Blake – Overgrown
• Jamie T – Panic Prevention
• The Jesus and Mary Chain – Automatic
• The Jesus and Mary Chain – Darklands
• The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
• The Jesus and Mary Chain – Stoned & Dethroned
• Jimmy Eat World – Static Prevails
• John Cougar Mellencamp – Dance Naked
• Jools Holland – Small World Big Band
• Joji – In Tongues
• Jungle Brothers – Done By The Forces of Nature
• Junior Boys – Big Black Coat
• Kanye West – Yeezus
• Kate Bush – The Sensual World
• Kate Bush – The Whole Story
• Kula Shaker – K
• Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Going Down
• Lamb – Fear of Fours
• Living Colour – Vivid
• Ludacris – Back For The First Time
• Ludovico Einaudi – In A Time Lapse
• Mac Miller – Watching Movies with the Sound Off
• Madonna – Like A Prayer
• Marissa Nadler – Little Hells
• Marissa Nadler – Marissa Nadler
• Metronomy – Summer 08
• Mondo Grosso – 何度でも新しく生まれる
• Neko Case – Hell On
• New Order – The Best of
• Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
• Nine Days – The Madding Crowd
• Noah and the Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
• NOFX – Punk In Drublic
• One Day As a Lion – One Day As a Lion
• The Pasadena’s – The Greatest Moments
• Paul Robeson – The Voice of the Mississippi
• Paul Simon – Graceland
• Paul Weller – Illumination
• Paul Weller – Stanley Road
• Pearl Jam – Vs.
• The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia
• Pink Floyd – Echoes
• Placebo – Sleeping With Ghosts
• Plan B – The Defamation of Stirling Banks
• Primary – 2
• Prince – The Hits 1
• Pulp – Countdown 1992-1983
• The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
• Radiohead – Kid A
• Rare Bird – Sympathy
• Robert Lester Folsom – Music and Dreams
• Robert Wyatt – Flotsam Jetsom
• Saint Etienne – Good Humor
• She Keeps Bees – Dig On
• Sigur Ros – Takk…
• Skunk Anansie – Paranoid and Sunburnt
• Sleeper – The It Girl
• Soundgarden – Superunknown
• Spin Doctors – Pocket Full of Kryptonite
• Staind – Break The Cycle
• Stephanie Kirkham – That Girl
• The Strokes – Angles
• The Strokes – Room on Fire
• Taking Back Sunday – Where You Want to Be
• Terence Trent D’arby – Introducing the Hardline
• Texas – The Hush
• This Is The Kit – Krulle Bol
• This Mortal Coil – It’ll End In Tears
• Thom Yorke – The Eraser
• The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Anthology
• TRF – Hyper Mix 4
• Underworld – Beaucoup Fish
• Various – Breaks, Bass and Bleeps
• Various – Compact Rock
• Various-  The Greatest Blues Show on Earth!
• Various – The Greatest Moments in Soul
• Various – Grosse Pointe Blank Soundtrack
• Various – Heartbreakers
• Various – Kerrang! The Best of 2007
• Various – Kerrang! The Best of 2002
• Various – Kerrang! Higher Voltage
• Various – Malcolm in the Middle Soundtrack
• Various – MOJO Presents Dream Forever
• Various – MOJO Presents Rumours Revisited
• Various – MOJO Presents The Dreamers
• Various – Music for the Rollcage Generation
• Various – NME Presents Hanging with the Strokes
• Various – The Playlist – September 2006
• Various – Stars of Las Vegas
• Various – Summer of Love
• Various – Take the A Train
• Various – Uncut 2003 – Hard Drive
• The Verve – Urban Hymns
• Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
• Virtual Self – Virtual Self
• Warpaint – Heads Up
• Way Out West – Way Out West
• Weezer – Make Believe
• Wilco – Being There
• Willy Mason – Where The Humans Eat
• Zebrahead – Broadcast to the World
• The Zutons – Who Killed… The Zutons