National Album Day - A DIS community experience

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#21

First album: Weezer - Blue Album & Nirvana - Greatest Hits (purchased at the same time)
Last album bought: The Fall - Extricate (second hand vinyl copy from a flea market)
Desert island album:The Radio Dept - Clinging To A Scheme
Last Album Listened to: Connan Mockasin - Jassbusters
2018 recommendation(s): Mary Lattimore - Hundreds Of Days / Milo - Budding Ornithologists Are Weary Of Tired Analogies (cheating I know but both of these albums need more mentions)

#22

My First: Michael Jackson - Bad (Cassette, 1989-ish) 8/10
My last: Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (CD, 2015) 9/10
My everything: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (CD, 2004) 10/10

My current: Paramore - After Laughter (Spotify, 2018) 9/10
My 2018: Let’s Eat Grandma - I’m All Ears (Spotify, 2018) 9/10

#23

First album: Robert Miles - Dreamland
Last album bought: Sleep Party People - Lingering Pt. II
Desert Island album: Old Amica - For A Second
Last album listened to: Babybird - The Lofi Albums
2018 recommendation: Setec - Atrial Flutters (or Raise Yr Hand If Yr Afraid)

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#24

First Album: Blur - The Great Escape
Last Album Bought: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake
Desert Album: Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Last Alum listened to: Anna St Louis - If Only There Was a River
2018 Recommendation: Sun June - Years

bonus little recommendation: Wished Bone - Cellar Belly

#25

First album bought: Blondie - Parallel Lines
Last album bought: St Vincent - MassEducation
Desert island album: American Music Club - California
Last album listened to: Amber Arcades - European Heartbreak
2018 recommendation- Saba - Care For Me ( on the basis that you all already know about the Low album)

#26

Blimey. That’s one gloomy island.

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#27

First bought: Neil Diamond - America
Last bought: Obaa Sima - Ata Kak
Desert: Augie March - Strange Bird
Last listened: Cat Power - Wanderer
2018: Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is My Reptile

#28

First album: Outhere Brothers - Party Album (Not even the cooler rude version)
Last album bought: Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
Desert Island album: Radiohead - In Rainbows/OK Computer can’t decide
Last album listened to: REM - Fables
2018 recommendation: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

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#29

First owned: Spice Girls - Spice/First bought: Gorillaz - s/t
Last bought: Brand New - Science Fiction :grimacing:
Desert island: The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is there
Last listened: Jeff Buckley - Grace
2018 rec: Mitski - Be The Cowboy

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#30

First album: Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Last album bought: John Grant - Love Is Magic / Daniel Brandt - Channels
Desert Island album: Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
Last album listened to: Cocteau Twins - Four Calendar Café
2018 recommendation: Kamasi Washington - Heaven And Earth

#31

First album: The Smurfs - The Smurfs Go Pop!

Last album bought: Christine and the Queens - Chris

Desert Island album: Radiohead - OK Computer

Last album listened to: Xiu Xiu - Knfie Play

2018 recommendation: Noname - Room 25

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#32

In my top 10 favourite albums

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#33

First album bought : Sash! - It’s My Life
Last album bought: Ancient Methods - The Jericho Records
Desert Island Album: Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
Last Album listened to: REM - Live at the Olympia
2018 recommendation: Container - LP

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#34

First album: Funeral for a Friend - Hours
Last album bought: Haiku Salut - There Is No Elsewhere
Desert Island album: Skies of Arcadia soundtrack
Last album listened to: XIII (Redux) - Dawnwalker
2018 recommendation: Lowering - Collapsule

I think a lot of VG soundtracks would fit the bill for a Desert Island album.

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#35

Is there a way to edit posts? Completely forgot I bought a physical copy of The Vaccines’ Combat Sports. Ah well

#36

First album home taped from a library copy with liner notes photocopied at work by my dad: Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell II
First album bought with actual money: The Lightning Seeds - Jollification
Last album bought: Rozi Plain - Joined Sometimes Unjoined
Desert Island album: Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You & I Will Beat Your Ass
Last album listened to: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
2018 recommendation: Phosphorescent - C’est La Vie

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#37

Was between this and Mitski for me, think Be the Cowboy only just pipped it as I’ve had more time with it

#38

on the grounds of variety, length, and quality; this is an extremely good shout

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#39

Yeah, my thoughts too! I figured that if you were going to only ever have one soundtrack for the rest of your life, you’d be hard pushed to combine these three factors to better effect.

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#40

First: seal s/t
Last: kacey musgraves - golden hr
Desert Island: D’Angelo - voodoo
Last album listened to: lcd - American dream
2018: kacey musgraves or if it has to be different, Burna Boy - outside