The Listening Queue
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.
- 77 Karat Gold – Wannafunkwitu
- Aim – Hinterland
- Alien Ant Farm – ANThology
- 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
- Arctic Monkeys – AM
- Arctic Monkeys – Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys
- Artful Dodger – It’s All About The Stragglers
- Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
- 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
- Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
- 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
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Nice
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Abraca Jobim
- Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded
- 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 – Dos
- Guns N’ Roses – G’N’R Lies
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- New Order – The Best of
- Nine Days – The Madding Crowd
- Noah and the Whale – Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
- One Day As a Lion – One Day As a Lion
- The Pasadena’s – The Greatest Moments
- Paul Robeson – The Voice of the Mississippi
- Paul Weller – Illumination
- The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia
- Pink Floyd – Echoes
- Placebo – Sleeping With Ghosts
- Plan B – The Defamation of Stirling Banks
- Primary – 2
- Pulp – Countdown 1992-1983
- Robert Lester Folsom – Music and Dreams
- Robert Wyatt – Flotsam Jetsom
- She Keeps Bees – Dig On
- Sigur Ros – Takk…
- Skunk Anansie – Paranoid and Sunburnt
- Sleeper – The It Girl
- Spin Doctors – Pocket Full of Kryptonite
- Staind – Break The Cycle
- The Strokes – Angles
- 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
- Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – Anthology
- TRF – Hyper Mix 4
- 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 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
- Way Out West – Way Out West
- Willy Mason – Where The Humans Eat
- Zebrahead – Broadcast to the World
- The Zutons – Who Killed… The Zutons