Cat Power - Sun

[cobl04]

This is why you should shop at JB HiFi!

Hope you're okay joyful

 

[lazarus]

Despite their online availability tool saying they had it earlier today, they didn't have a single copy.

Who's the tool now?

 

[joyfulgirl]

That sucks. I went to a Best Buy close to work on my way home. Despite their online availability tool saying they had it earlier today, they didn't have a single copy.

I had no luck either. I knew I should have pre-ordered it online last week.

Hope you're okay joyful

Thanks. Me, too. :selfhug:

 

[u2popmofo]

Just finished listening to this on Spotify for the first time. I want a CD now, why has Best Buy forsaken me?

 

[Danny Boy]

I should go to my local Best Buy just to make sure they still have a CD section. I haven't been in there in months and it had definitely shrunk the last time I went. There's still a FYE megastore about half an hour away, and every time I pass by I half expect to see a "store closing" sign. If FYE ever went under I would have to make a pilgrimage to Seattle every time I wanted to buy a CD.

I think I've probably bought more albums from iTunes/Amazon than on CD this year anyway. Part of me thinks I should just say screw it and sign up for Spotify premium.

 

[u2popmofo]

Spotify just doesn't have stuff when I want to hear it. Perfect example is today's releases. Of the following 5 new albums I want to hear, they only had 2 in full:

Cat Power - full
Dan Deacon - full
Animal Collective - partial
Jens Lekman - not on Spotify
Mono - not on Spotify

 

[corianderstem]

I was going to buy this on the way home, but I went to the gym instead.

Will try again tomorrow.

 

[bollox]

The CD section at Best Buy is so depressing nowadays. Reminds me of the tape section there 15 years ago. Actually, Best Buy in general is kinda depressing.

 

[lazarus]

Scumbo sounds like he's just hours away from slipping over to the dark side.

Spoiler

 

[joyfulgirl]

I forgot to mention that while not only could I not find Sun, I could not find even a Cat Power section at Hastings. They did, however, have a section for a band called The Catheters.

 

[Salome]

made it halfway through the album
but nothing really grabbed me

 

[bollox]

Pitchfork didn't have the sack to give this BNM, positive review but an arbitrary 7.9 score. Boo-urns.

 

[u2popmofo]

Popmatters gave it a 6 out of 10 today.

 

[lazarus]

That's insanity.

 

[u2popmofo]

Best Buy close to my house had it, can't complain about $7.99 for a new album..

 

[joyfulgirl]

Thanks for that tip, mofo. I thought my local store no longer carried CDs but I just called them and they have it.

 

[u2popmofo]

Glad to hear it.

I like Silent Machine quite a bit.

 

[cobl04]

Pitchfork didn't have the sack to give this BNM, positive review but an arbitrary 7.9 score. Boo-urns.

I read once that they hand our BNMs to albums that supposedly will appeal to new listeners of the artist; hence I thought this was a shoo-in for BNM.

One of my few complaints is I could do without the final three minutes of Nothin But Time, once it's already faded out.

 

[lazarus]

That review reads better than a 7.9.

 

[u2popmofo]

The Popmatters review reads better than a 6 as well. I don't understand reviewers.

 

[cobl04]

And yet I've read 8.5 reviews that read like 5.5s.

 

[lazarus]

King Of Limbs?

(I don't remember if that was an 8.5)

 

[u2popmofo]

It was a 7.9 as well.

 

[joyfulgirl]

One of my few complaints is I could do without the final three minutes of Nothin But Time, once it's already faded out.

I love the last three minutes. But I like repetition (when it's good). The first time I heard it as it started to fade I was thinking, noooo, not yet, but I did not expect it to fade back in.

Did not make it to Best Buy today.

Forget the silly reviews, guyz.

Spoiler

Although I will say that I actually agree with most of the Pitchfork review except I love the record.

 

[corianderstem]

On first listen, I really, really like this album.

 

[deep]

my dog seems to like it

but I still can't get her to wear a cat power t-shirt

 

[u2popmofo]

Cat Power - Sun | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes

 

[lazarus]

Right now I'm feeling like those rabid Batman fans who threatened violence against critics who gave The Dark Knight Rises less than stellar reviews.

 

[cobl04]

That's a cobbler review, except slightly more eloquent.

 

[joyfulgirl]

That is ridiculously hostile for a record that to me is so easy to enjoy.