You, my reader, are going to pick an album for me to review each month. It is really simple…first, I will give you 5 albums to choose from and second, you will tell me which one of those you would like to see reviewed on the site. See…simple! Now, if you want to cast more than one vote, comment on the Twitter and Facebook post and you could get up to 3 votes on your favorite pick.
There are a few simple rules I have put in to place in my selections. They are…
- One has to be a new release (within the last month)
- One has to be one I have never heard before (new releases don’t count for this one)
- One has to be from a genre I don’t normally listen to at all or very often
- And the last two are choices from my collection that I haven’t reviewed before
What are the 5 albums you ask? Funny you should ask because I have those right here…
New Release – Skillet – ‘Dominion
Never Heard Before – The Strokes – ‘This is It’
Not My Normal Genre – Drive-By Truckers – ‘Decoration Day’
From My Collection – Blue Oyster Cult – ‘Fire of Unknown Origin’
From My Collection – Royal Blood – ‘How Did We Get So Dark?”
Let me know which one you would like to see and sometime in February, I will post a review of the album that gets the most votes. You have one week to decide and from there I will start listening to the album and do a review.
Thanks for participating!!
Blue Oyster! Blue Oyster! Blue Oyster! The 1981 show was great fun because of albums like that one.
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Still only counts as one no matter how many times you say it, unless you say it Twitter and Facebook!!
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The Strokes!
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Thank you for playing!
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Make this The Strokes!
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Will do. Thanks for playing.
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Blue Oyster Cult is the only band out of the available options that I’m familiar with. Not that I’ve heard much from them, but I know who they are, so I vote for the Blue Oyster Cult album!
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That works. Thanks for playing.
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No problem!
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the American Led Zeppelin, Blue oyster cult
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I have never heard of Royal Blood so I am interested in learning more.
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If it doesn’t win, worth checking out!! It is quite awesome!
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Is that what they are called. Interesting. Thanks for playing.
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listening to the Strokes now..
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I guess that still counts as a vote!
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Drive By Truckers need to get on the board. So thats my vote. Heard the name but have never heard em!
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I like the choice, I don’t know if it will win, but excited if it does to try them out myself.
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A very tough choice between a few. In the end I gotta go with The Strokes.
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Sounds good. Thanks for playing.
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I’m curious of the Royal Blood.
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Good choice!! Thanks Mike!!
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I bought Typhoons not long ago. My vote is for Royal Blood. They seem to be an “IT” band these days.
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I think they are in a “IT” band. I’ve pretty much liked everything they’ve done so far.
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Gotta vote for The Strokes. “Is This It” is one of my very very favorites of the 00s.
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Popular choice. Thanks for playing. If it wins, I will be excited to tackle it.
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Drive By Truckers.
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Thank you for playing. DBT has been counted!
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This is a tough one, but I’ll go with The Strokes.
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Nice! I have counted. Thanks Jeff for playing.
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since there isn’t separate questions section here.
Do u keep up with your collection? Do u go over it from time to time? what makes u pick the ones u choose from your own collection to this monthly review?
I use shuffle a lot, I mean a lot. Today it gave me The Throbs – The Language Of Thieves And Vagabonds. Didn’t dig it much anymore. But then Britny Fox Bite down hard came on and I was reminded that I used to love Britny Fox. How often do u run into forgotten pearls in your own collection?
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I try to keep track of the collection. I am a little behind but most of it is on Discogs. And yes, I will go through it when I am updating discogs which I need to do soon. When picking the two from my collection, I just scan through it and wait for something to speak to me or one I might think would be fun to review. And all the time, I will remember one pull it out and give it tons of spins.
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The Stroke My Penises – This Is My Penis.
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Ok. The Strokes it is.
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They need more phallic album covers.
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I have a feeling I know what you are going to say about The Strokes, so I’m going to give them my vote only to see if I’m right.
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I don’t have any idea what I’ll say as I don’t really know anything about them. But we will see.
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Cult. Interesting to hear what your ears pick up.
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Perfect. I will add to the count.
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Royal Blood
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Counted! Thanks for playing.
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I’m gonna say Drive-By Truckers.
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Okay, say it!! And counted. Thanks
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Sweet!
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