The Wallflowers

[bluewillowtree]

After a conversation about the Wallflowers first, self-titled album, W. discovered that he owned it and lent it to me. I loved this album in high school, but the tape crapped out ages ago, so I hadn't heard it years.

It's fantastic, so much better than Bringing Down the Horse, the album for which they are generally known. I don't mind that one at

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[atomgal]

So glad you're liking it! Some of that description makes me actually want to check it out too.

Good luck with your music-updating quest. Mine is going okay, but I was very disappointed that iTunes only has a handful of Blake Babies songs. How could they not have "Swill and the Cocaine Sluts"? That's the best title ever. *sigh*

[bluewillowtree]

Yes, that was always my favorite Blake Babies title, too, although while I like the song a lot, it doesn't quite live up to that title - what possibly could?

I wonder if Nicely, Nicely ever even came out on CD? If so, it seems like something you could find cheap on Amazon or eBay, but as with most used CDs, you'd probably end up paying more in shipping than you would for the actual CD. I'd like to pick up Earwig, too, and maybe Innocence and Experience, which is a compilation but has alternate versions of a few songs. So, we should really plan another used-CD-hunting expedition one of these weekends.

[atomgal]

That would be fun! Is the place in Pompton still open at all?

I think I saw Innocence & Experience on iTunes, but i don't know about Nicely, Nicely. The Amazon marketplace is also good for that sort of thing - i got Sunburn there for $2.37 or something crazy. Whatever it was, it was loads cheaper than it would have been to download the songs. Same thing with an old Hoodoo Gurus disc i found.

[bluewillowtree]

Yes, I think it's just closed Sundays, or maybe we just got there too late that day. I'll ask joeyjojo to swing by for recon.