Albums With A Cult Following -- You and Only You

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?

I seem to be the only person in the world who still wonders about The Shanks "Brang" CD. You'd think the Fall-und-art influence would have roped in...somebody else.

Kiss: The Elder
Oasis: Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants
Merrymakers: No Sleep Til Famous.

Kiss: The Elder

You'd be wrong there.

Dare I invoke this again, but I went on a pilgrimage to find the Elder door, and I found it. East 86th off Park Avenue towards Lex, if you give a fuck.

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Hahaha okay that is beautiful.

Knew you'd appreciate it.

The Dandy Warhols - Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars

I am the truly earless

chronicle of the black sword - hawkwind

Lewis Furey S/T? anyone?

Repulse Kava - Flow Gently Sweet Alpha
Expando Brain - Mother Of God! It's Expando Brain

The Gospel According To the Meninblack by The Stranglers.

.... though I'm probably not entirely alone there.

i will go to bat for the crash test dummies' "give yourself a hand" any day of the week

^^^I will go to bat for "A Worm's Life"!

Well, the last 4 tracks.

i've only ever heard that one once, when it first came out, and it didn't do much for me. will have to check it out again.

It's a really surprisingly underrated album, I think it and The Chemical Brothers' "We Are The Night" were my two "gosh I actually dig this shit" choices from the RYM all-time bottom 1000 records

lol @ my turn of phrase tbh

have you heard "give yourself a hand?" it's probably rated even lower. but i love it, it's great night driving music.

Ooh, I got one. Despite the fact that seemingly every sentient being in the free world thought the debut album by Birdland was a steaming pile of dung, I quite like several tracks on it.

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Not heard GYAH but it is on Spotify so I guess my evening's sorted

First 8 tracks of AWL vary from ok to excellent (especially the title-track and maybe He Liked To Feel It, My Enemies t a stretch), but the last four are where it kicks off: a miniature suite of utterly differing, riveting little diamonds

"he liked to feel it" was such a bad choice of a first single. way too similar too MMMM MMMM MMMM lyrically. the first line is "there was a boy" fercrissakes.

I don't think they ever released 2 Knights And Maidens as a single, which was a terrific oversight imo

that's a good song. that whole album is really solid, to me.

Best song on A Worm's Life is obviously An Old Scab (which is mighty and moving), but picking just one off GSHF is much harder. I can probably narrow it down to God Shuffled His Feet, I Think I'll Disappear Now, How Does A Duck Know? and 2 Knights And Maidens, all of which are great in ways I can't quite explain (beyond 'alchemy')

Listening to AWL right now and those first 8 tracks are just fine tbh, really do give it another go :)

GSHF could possibly use a poll, and I don't say that about many albums

Have narrowed it down to title-track and 2 Knights fwiw but I'm Bimblin' so stfu

Robbie Fulks' "Couples in Trouble" is an amazing, wide-ranging album that sounds like very little else he's recorded. I wish he'd kept using this more eclectic style on more recent albums because from the sound of this album, he could do any style he set his mind to.

Ooh, I got one. Despite the fact that seemingly every sentient being in the free world thought the debut album by Birdland was a steaming pile of dung, I quite like several tracks on it.

― Alex in NYC, Saturday, 13 June 2009 23:38 (Yesterday) Bookmark

I once worked with a guy who, after finding out I didn't really care for punk, gave me a 2 hour lecture on this band and then ripped me a copy of this. Not like the Ramones or the Damned or whoever people actually like - for him the genre was all about Birdfuckingland.

That's a bit ridiculous.