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A decade of excellence.

No Boundaries - the seemingly Pearl Jam curated disk. I bought this probably for the Oasis track, which I've since acquired on single. There's really no other reason to keep it. The Neil Young song is good, but I think it would've worked better in a recorded version as opposed to the live version featured here. Highlights: Bush - Come Down, Ben Folds Five - Leather Jacket, The Wallflowers - Used To Be Lucky

No Doubt Why I bought this album is beyond me. Really a terrible album, I thought, though perhaps my disdain for Gwen Stefani's solo career has something to do with that. Highlights: Sometimes, Paulina, Brand New Day

No Surprises CD 1 features to stand out B-Sides, the quiet Piano piece How I Made My Millions and the MPIE Rocker, Palo Alto. CD 2 features live cuts of Airbag and Lucky from Berlin and Florence, respectively.

North Overall, kind of whiny, but really not bad at all.

North Atlantic Drift I bought a OCS album second hand at Disc Replay once. The guy asked if I was really buying it, and informed me that he never really cared for them. I don't see really anything wrong with them. Of course, I also think it was the other album I have of theirs, so maybe it's bad, who knows.

Novocaine for the Soul A nice little single. I could've done without the live track, but other than that it was pretty good.

Ocean Colour Scene This is the one that guy seemd to question my sanity on. Again, I really don't think it's that bad... though I do prefer North Atlantic Drift. It's really not terribly different from Blur. More synth perhaps, but that's almost never a bad thing.

Octopus An all right album, I only got it because it was a penny... can you really argue with that?

OK Computer So on wikipedia, in the coldplay article, it actually compares Parachutes to The Bends and OK Computer era Radiohead. I about vomitted. Bends > OKC >> A Rush of Blood To The Head > Parachutes

On Your Shore Small sampler of the full album.

One Quiet Night Remember the 7Up online auction thing? That's where I got this. A nice relaxing Jazz guitar cd.

Origin of Symmetry So I supported Muse and bought this album when it was an import... only to have it released stateside 3 months later. amused I was not, though, it's still a really good cd.

Screw this crap, I'm going home.

1. Ensemble by Alain Morier
2. One Quiet Night by Pat Metheny
3. Momentum by Steve Hackett
4. Koeln Concert by Keith Jarrett
5. Dummy by Portishead
6. Scenes by Michael Galasso

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. First, it makes me feel, every time I listen to it, as if Pat were here next to me playing his guitar, in an off-handed kind of way, like he didn't know it was being recorded. The notes just follow each other as if they were waiting each one in a long long line, patiently waiting each for their turn. All there is is one baritone guitar. And my heart bloats up with sound and smiles a sad little smile.One Quiet Night