Albums With A Cult Following -- You and Only You

And me, as I've repeatedly wibbled on ilm about. That Kev Hopper homepage is indeed pretty interesting.

I would never deny the power of appearances.

I don't know anyone that's heard Toulouse's New Points, New Lines, but I have it and love it. I've read about two people on ilX who were searching for it, but I don't know if they ever acquired it. I can't find The Way the City Stretches at all, though...

My longtime cult record is the eponymous, lone release by Orchestra Luna. In fact, I've been meaning to start their own thread, for ILMers to recommend me anything that sounds like their prog-meets-showtunes record.

Must be loadsa peeps here who know (and love) it well enough, I believe.

6x -- Thunder Bomb Atlanta-based band (I think) on Daemon Records, yer basic pop-punk with girly vox but more sprightly and tuneful than a good many. "I'm So Tired" in particular is a song I can listen to over and over. But then, I'm a sucker for the girly pop-punk.

ILXers knowing of its existence is unquestioned - 'twas quite heavily hyped, same as the Cale/Lou Reed "Drella" thing. As for loving it...who knows? Man, I useta see that Eno/Cale record EVERYWHERE, in the racks in every single store back in '90. Which could conceivably have meant that they (the retailers) never sold any of 'em to paying customers - except just the one to Alfred! So maybe he really is an army of one.

I remember people being very dismissive of them at the time and me being at an impressionable NME reading age, having to hide the love a little. But I was going through some old tapes the other night, and found this one out again. Their later stuff dropped off pretty quickly, but this was rather lovely. Can't believe he ended up writing songs for Robbie Bloody Williams.

Sir Shina Adewale and Superstars International's first record is one of my favorites. They were a '70s Nigerian juju band formed by Segun Adewala and Sir Shina Peters.
http://africanmusic.org/artists/adewale.html

I haven't met anybody who loves this 90's industrial, at least not any more: "Engine" by Die Warzau and "Concentration" by machines of Loving Grace.

-- chris besinger (fakefak...), March 1st, 2005.

I used to have that one, and liked it okay, but didn't play it enough to keep it. It's good to see someone does, though, because I remember it being pretty neat.

my band played a show a few months ago with a band called special pillow, fronted by a guy named dan cuddy who used to be in hypnolovewheel, and they were pretty great, in a kind of vaguely americana-ish psych kind of way. i should've picked up their cd but i didn't.

Revive!

I was thinking about this thread (and a few others) over the weekend while playing a CD by Hypnotic Clambake. Obscure enough that they could have gone in the "I have never heard this band that begins with the letter H" thread, or maybe a worst name thread, or maybe that great "I own every record by... what was I thinking?" one Mr. Seward started.

I do own all 6 CDs by this Boston (now New York) band, despite the fact that I have only seen them live once, so they are not friends, or locals whom I see once a month, just a band whose self-released music is pretty cheap on amazon or ebay, and which I liked enough to gather the whole set.

Their genre: accordion and horn-driven klezmer-rock hijinx, similar to Brave Combo, with a penchant for smartass lyrics that probably put them much too close to Weird Al or They Might Be Giants for the average ilxor.

So tell me more about a wide, weird swath of discs in your (and probably ONLY your) collection!

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First google hits for this one include myspace, artistdirect, geocities, and angelfire.

xp: Man, I find myself singing "Niagara Falls" about once a month! I only saw them once, but they jumped off the stage and led the audience in a conga line through the streets of Baltimore at 1 in the morning.

Other than my sister, I'm the only person I know who worships Too Much Joy, but I understand that there are still fans out there somewhere.

This Is The Thread Where I Tell The World How Much I Love *Karen Alexander* And Her Album *Voyager*.

I find myself singing "Niagara Falls" once a month too -- may band covers it!!

I remember seeing Best Kissers when I lived in Seattle in the 90s, can't recall a thing about them.

My band, obviously.

I would say that too, but my drummer is really into our old band as well.

long gone LA slightly shoegazey band Night For Us ... Full disclosure, I once subbed on bass for them, and helped out with their first album.

hmm, guess i'm not the only one: http://www.la-underground.net/2007/07/los-angeles-sort-of-remembers-night-for.html

best kissers in the world

Picking Flowers For!
I probably own the album as well but I can't recall any of their other songs. But Picking Flowers For was *such* a great song.

Too Much Joy's Trouser Press review sounds intriguing, and the Karen Alexander review is exactly what I'm looking for. Who do you LOVE?

Okay, another one: Reptile Palace Orchestra, sort of the Three Mustaphas Three of Madison, Wisconsin. From Turkish and Macedonian dance songs to "Little Wing" and "Cosmic Slop." Chanteuse in an evening gown and violinist with psychedelic FX aplenty. I own all 5 CDs, plus a live boot. (Collecting live shows: one way you can always spot a too-far-gone cult member.)

Love Jones - Here's to the Losers

Had that album for a while -- can still hum the title track.

I know others also revere A Little More Haven Hamilton, Please by June & the Exit Wounds, but they sure don't show up 'round these parts...

Has anyone heard "I, Thighpaulsandra" yet?