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lufe02's top albums (overall)
1. Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again (4950) 2. Demi Lovato - Don't Forget (2704) 3. Demi Lovato - Don't Forget [Deluxe Edition] (2131) 4. Ashley Tisdale - Guilty Pleasure (2019) 5. Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Video Version) (1362) 6. Aly & AJ - Insomniatic (794) 7. Demi Lovato - Demo (747) 8. Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong (688) 9. S Club 8 - Sundown (599) 10. Demi Lovato - iTunes Live from London (532) 11. Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (526) 12. Katy Perry - One Of The Boys (508) 13. Britannia High Cast - Britannia High (498) 14. The Cast of "High School Musical" - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Audio + Video) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (488) 15. Britney Spears - Circus (483) 16. Uh Huh Her - Common Reaction (478) 17. Nadia Oh - Hot Like Wow (476) 18. Lykke Li - Youth Novels (442) 19. Lady GaGa - The Fame (410) 20. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You (384) 21. Black Eyed Peas - THE E.N.D. (THE ENERGY NEVER DIES) (381) 22. Amy Winehouse - Frank (378) 23. Hannah Montana - Hannah Montana 3 (367) 24. Taylor Swift - Fearless (364) 25. Hannah Montana - Hannah Montana: The Movie (363) 26. Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (357) 27. Jordin Sparks - Jordin Sparks (324) 28. Vanessa Hudgens - Identified (320) 29. Jordin Sparks - Battlefield (298) 30. High School Musical Cast - High School Musical (295) 31. Miley Cyrus - Breakout (283) 32. Natalia Lafourcade - Hu Hu Hu (275) 33. Glee Cast - Glee: The Music, Volume 1 (271) 34. Ashley Tisdale - It's Alright, It's OK (271) 35. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Trip the Light Fantastic (261) 36. Various Artists - Camp Rock (255) 37. Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron & The Cast of "High School Musical" - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Audio + Video) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (250) 38. Demi Lovato - This Is Me (Acoustic Full Version) - Single (248) 39. Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer (247) 40. Jennifer Lopez - The Singles Collection (244) 41. Demi Lovato - Sonny With A Chance (235) 42. Cartel - Chroma (227) 43. Joss Stone - Introducing Joss Stone (220) 44. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (213) 45. Miley Cyrus - Hannah Montana: The Movie (212) 46. Demi Lovato - All Wrapped Up! (212) 47. Hannah Montana - Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (206) 48. Ashley Tisdale - Degree Girl OMG! Jams (202) 49. Vanessa Hudgens - V (202) 50. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (199)

jasper-d's top albums (overall)
1. Skid Row - Skid Row (614) 2. CRASHDÏET - Rest In Sleaze (525) 3. KISS - The Very Best Of Kiss (406) 4. Murderdolls - Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (399) 5. Skid Row - Slave to the Grind (348) 6. Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore Superstar (345) 7. Vains of Jenna - Lit Up Let Down (340) 8. Blackrain - License to Thrill (315) 9. Equilibrium - Sagas (295) 10. Equilibrium - Turis Fratyr (278) 11. W.A.S.P. - Inside the Electric Circus (274) 12. Blitzkid - Trace of a Stranger (266) 13. Blitzkid - Five Cellars Below (255) 14. Sister - Sister (241) 15. The Texas Drag Queen Massacre - Skele-Tunes (236) 16. Skid Row - Subhuman Race (230) 17. Hardcore Superstar - Dreamin' In A Casket (229) 18. Mötley Crüe - Greatest Hits (214) 19. W.A.S.P. - Helldorado (192) 20. Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (180) 21. Shotgun Messiah - Second Coming (180) 22. Death - Scream Bloody Gore (172) 23. Exodus - Tempo of the Damned (166) 24. Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet? (160) 25. Various Artists - Suicide Season (157) 26. Vader - The Ultimate Incantation (155) 27. Misfits - American Phsycho (153) 28. The 69 Eyes - Motor City Resurrection (153) 29. Macabre - Behind the Wall of Sleep (147) 30. Peppermint Creeps - Cover Up (143) 31. Hanoi Rocks - This One's For Rock'n'roll - The Best Of Hanoi Rocks 1980-2008 (140) 32. L.A. Guns - Tales From the Strip (138) 33. Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll (134) 34. Aiden - Conviction (130) 35. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (130) 36. Marilyn Manson - Eat Me Drink Me (127) 37. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction (123) 38. Hardcore Superstar - Beg For It (122) 39. W.A.S.P. - Dominator (122) 40. Death - Symbolic (Remastered) (122) 41. Mötley Crüe - Saints Of Los Angeles (120) 42. Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood (114) 43. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague (111) 44. Legion of the Damned - Feel The Blade (111) 45. Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup (109) 46. Mista Min - Mista Min (107) 47. Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings (106) 48. Obituary - Xecutioner's Return (103) 49. Michael Giacchino - Lost: Season 4 (103) 50. Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk (DVD) (102)

Slofox78's top albums (3 months)
1. Tactical Sekt - Geneticide (35) 2. Various Artists - All My Monsters [VA] [2009] (34) 3. half rainbow - holy food [2009] (32) 4. Analogue Brain - Electroshock (29) 5. Introsleep - Milkiway [2009] (29) 6. Die Sektor - To Be Fed Upon (28) 7. Tactical Sekt - Burn Process (26) 8. Negative Format - Cipher Method (26) 9. X-Fusion - Vast Abysm (26) 10. Heimataerde - Kadavergehorsam (23) 11. Viirt - Walk With An Angel [2009] (22) 12. Heimataerde - Unter Den Linden/Vater (22) 13. Decoded Feedback - Combustion (22) 14. Trümmerwelten - Digitale Gewaltorgien (21) 15. Amduscia - Madness in Abyss Disc 1 (21) 16. BLODEUWEDD - Создатель [2009] (21) 17. IC 434 - Bacteriate (20) 18. Leæther Strip - Haervaerk (20) 19. Lola Angst - Schwarzwald (20) 20. Acylum - The Enemy (19)

Jorgepolog's top albums (overall)
1. The New Pornographers - Challengers (104) 2. Clark - Totems Flare (95) 3. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum end (69) 4. Massive Attack - Collected (58) 5. Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da (57) 6. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (55) 7. Various Artists - Pi Soundtrack (55) 8. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (53) 9. Portishead - Dummy (53) 10. Kryptic Minds - One of Us (44)

tazleser's top albums (overall)
1. Moby - Play (19) 2. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (19) 3. Gorillaz - Demon Days (17) 4. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (16) 5. Fehlfarben - Monarchie und Alltag (Edition 2000) (15) 6. Nirvana - Nevermind (15) 7. Moby - Last Night (15) 8. Portishead - Third (15) 9. Die Fantastischen Vier - Fornika (15) 10. Muse - Absolution (14) 11. Placebo - Meds (13) 12. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (13) 13. Goldfrapp - Supernature (12) 14. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby (11) 15. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (10) 16. Portishead - Dummy (7) 17. Lily Allen - Alright, Still (6) 18. Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1 (disc 2: HIStory Continues) (6) 19. Daft Punk - Homework (6) 20. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow (5) 21. Der Plan - Perlen ... (5) 22. The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing (5) 23. Sugababes - One Touch (5) 24. Destiny's Child - Survivor (5) 25. Cabaret Voltaire - The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord (5) 26. Fad Gadget - The Best of Fad Gadget (5) 27. The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night (5) 28. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft - Alles Ist Gut (5) 29. Dragonette - Galore (5) 30. Tool - Ænima (5) 31. Christina Aguilera - Stripped (4) 32. Queen - Greatest Hits (4) 33. Fatboy Slim - Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (4) 34. The Cure - Greatest Hits (4) 35. Palais Schaumburg - Kinder Der Tod (4) 36. Fischerspooner - Never Win (Benny Benassi Remix Edit) (4) 37. Wir sind Helden - Die Reklamation (4) 38. Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts Grey Flowers (4) 39. Placebo - Infra-red (4) 40. U2 - The Best of 1980-1990 (4) 41. Yazoo - Only Yazoo: The Best Of (4) 42. Juno Reactor - Odyssey 1992-2002 (3) 43. Various Artists - OE3 Greatest Hits Vol. 34 (3) 44. KoЯn - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (3) 45. Tom Tom Club - Tom Tom Club (3) 46. To Kool Chris - Absolute Dance (3) 47. Camouflage - Voices & Images (3) 48. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (3) 49. SPK - Auto Da Fe (3) 50. George Michael - Ladies & Gentleman (3)

Playlist:
Junk Culture - That's Not Me
Basement Jaxx - Raindrops
Teleseen - Black Monday feat. Jah Sight
João Orecchia - Play Pretend
Zoot Woman - Memory
Gossip - Men In Love
Cold Cave- life magazine
The XX - Islands
Azeda Booth - Fiji Inn Hearts (This song comes of Tubtrek, released on Absolutely Kosherand available for free download)
You Say Party! We Say Die! - Dark Days
Proem - Rules Are Meant to be Broken
Gus Gus - On The Job (This is another awesome release from the Icelandic trio. 24/7 is their first release on the German Kompakt label)

Things I'm Excited For:
I've been listening to this CD called Six Records Breaks Your Heart Again. It was released back in 2002. It features 18 awesome IDM tracks from a pretty good musical range. Most of the artists I haven't heard of but no mind that, the album is fantastic. Some of the "bigger names" - aka names I recognize - are Venetian Snares (appearing under the moniker Senetian Vnares), Miles Tilmann, Setzer (whose collaborated with bands like Kettel) and Proem.

New Releases November 9th, 2009 - November 15th, 2009:
November 11, 2009: Viewer - White Noise (Stopstart)
November 13, 2009: Various Artists - 10 Years of Bpitch Control (Bpitch Control)

I'm planning to use this Journal Entry to log all the new interesting bands/music I come across in the media/radio etc to research at a later time. If anybody has an pointers or advice on tracks/albums/bands please do let me know or make a comment.

Q December 2009



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Random Recommended Albums



2562 debut album entitled “Unbalance”
(Rated at 3/5)
Described as “Dubstep from Holland. Dam good, you might say.”
Recommended track to download…..”Lost”
http://www.myspace.com/2562dub



The Antlers new album entitled “Hospice”
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Described as “Sweeping bedside epic from Brooklyn indie-Rock trio.”
Recommended track to download…..”Atrophy”

http://www.myspace.com/theantlers




Beak> new album entitled “Recordings 05/01/09>17/01/09”
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Described as “Portishead mainman’s two week Krautrock experiment.”
Recommended track to download…..”I Know”
http://www.myspace.com/beak2009




Japandroids new album entitled “Post Nothing"
(Rated at 3/5)
Described as “Canadian pair do “loud ans shouty” with aplomb”
Recommended track to download…..”Wet Hair”
http://http://www.myspace.com/japandroids



Local Natives new album entitled “Go Hard”
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Described as “Los Angeles art-poppers. Rightly much tipped”
Recommended tracks to download…..”Camera Talk”
http://http://www.myspace.com/localnatives



Luciano new album entitled “Tribute To The Sun”
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Described as “Swiss-Chilean DJ/producer pushes the techno envelope”
Recommended tracks to download…..”Africa Sweat”
http://www.myspace.com/luciennluciano



Rain Machine new album entitled “Rain Machine”
Rated at 3/5
Described as “TV On The Radio guitarist Kyp Malone Flies solo”
Recommended tracks to download…..”Winter Song”
http://www.myspace.com/rainmachinemusic




Various Artists new album entitled “Solar Life Raft”
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Described as “Invigorating mix from hip Brooklyn duo DJ Rupture and Matt Shadetek”
Recommended tracks to download…..”For The Souls”
http://www.myspace.com/deejayrupture

Other albums mentioned that look interesting



The Bloody Beetroots debut album entitled “Romborama"
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Recommended track to download…..”Word Problems”
http://www.myspace.com/thebloodybeetroots



Point B new album entitled “Suicide Beauty Spot"
(Rated at 3/5)
Recommended track to download…..”Dirt”
http://www.myspace.com/pointbmusic



Various Artists new album entitled “A MONSTROUS PSYCHEDELIC BUBBLE EXPLODING IN YOUR MIND VOL 2"
(Rated at 4/5) Q RECOMMENDS
Recommended track to download…..Friends of Dean Martinez - "Dusk"
http://www.myspace.com/amonstrouspsychedelicbubble

The Observer Music Monthly November 2009

To view the online version of this months Observer Music Monthly check the following link;

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/musicmonthly

Random Recommended Albums



Blakroc new album entitled "Blakroc ".
(Rated at 4/5)
“Wisely, Blakroc – a rough'n'ready project comprised of white blues duo the Black Keys and a roster of MCs, including the RZA, Mos Def and, from beyond the grave, Ol' Dirty Bastard – take things right back to basics. The premise is simple, but effective. The Black Keys knock out a lo-fi riff, the rappers strut about, sticking to the themes that have preoccupied both bluesmen and MCs throughout the years, notably sex, heartbreak and cash. Star turns include Ludacris and ODB leering all over Coochie, and R&B singer and former Missy Elliott protégée Nicole Wray swaggering through Done Did It, with help from Baltimore newcomer NOE, whose Jay-Z impression is so spot-on he could well be the hip-hop Alistair McGowan. The loose, spontaneous nature of the exercise means there's the odd dud, but there are far more hits than misses. The result? A dead concept is temporarily revived.”.
Full review here
Recommended track to download..... ‘Done Did It’
http://www.blakroc.com



Ben Frost new album entitled "By The Throat".
(Rated at 4/5)
“Australian-born, Reykjavik based Ben Frost seems to be aiming for the common ground between Bjork at her most crystalline and Metallica at their most monolithic”.”.
Recommended track to download..... ‘O God Project Me’
http://www.myspace.com/theghostofbenfrost



King Midas Sound new album entitled "Waiting For You".
(Rated at 4/5)
“Don’t be afraid producer Kevin Martin has exchanged the thundering new school dancehall he records as the Bug for a more mellow, user friendly, modern dub sound, plus a brand new alias.
Recommended track to download..... ‘Cool Out’
http://www.myspace.com/kingmidassound

mynameis_xmitch's top albums (overall)
1. Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd. (1072) 2. Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre (908) 3. Say Anything - ...is a Real Boy (799) 4. 3OH!3 - 3OH!3 (662) 5. Forever the Sickest Kids - Underdog Alma Mater (656) 6. The Academy Is... - Almost Here (637) 7. 3OH!3 - Want (573) 8. We The Kings - We The Kings (532) 9. The Academy Is... - Santi (527) 10. Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (489) 11. Four Year Strong - Rise Or Die Trying (486) 12. Cobra Starship - While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets (413) 13. Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High (401) 14. Envy on the Coast - Lucy Gray (372) 15. Foxy Shazam - Introducing (365) 16. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (359) 17. This Is Ivy League - This Is Ivy League (351) 18. All Time Low - Put Up Or Shut Up (336) 19. Dance Gavin Dance - Downtown Battle Mountain (330) 20. Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux (330) 21. Chiodos - All's Well That Ends Well (329) 22. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (328) 23. All Time Low - So Wrong, It's Right (327) 24. Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (323) 25. Pierce the Veil - A Flair For The Dramatic (319) 26. Blaqk Audio - Cexcells (317) 27. The Beatles - 1 (316) 28. Kanye West - Graduation (313) 29. Say Anything - Baseball (290) 30. Mayday Parade - A Lesson in Romantics (283) 31. Powerspace - The Kicks Of Passion (283) 32. Mindless Self Indulgence - If (266) 33. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five (264) 34. Various Artists - Punk Goes Crunk (263) 35. Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings (257) 36. You, Me, and Everyone We Know - Party For The Grown And Sexy (254) 37. The Hush Sound - Like Vines (254) 38. All Time Low - Nothing Personal (253) 39. The Used - Lies For The Liars (252) 40. A Day to Remember - For Those Who Have Heart (247) 41. Say Anything - Say Anything (247) 42. Scary Kids Scaring Kids - The City Sleeps in Flames (242) 43. Kanye West - Late Registration (222) 44. I See Stars - 3D (216) 45. A Day to Remember - Homesick (212) 46. Rise Against - The Sufferer & The Witness (209) 47. Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave (208) 48. Panic at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (202) 49. Saosin - Saosin (201) 50. We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor (199)