Some old English albums-Any worth getting?
 

I've recently started to listen to English music again and as I was strolling in HMV the other day several old CDs were on a Christmas discount. Now, I've only heard the singles from these albums years ago and liked them, but not sure how the album tracks fare as an overall album.

Any insight on how the songs on these albums are?

Garbage - Garbage
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No doubt - Tragic Kingdom
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I liked the singles, 'Spiderweb', 'Just a girl' and 'Don't speak'. But found 'Sunday morning' abit bland, haven't heard the rest.

JEWEL - Pieces of you
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Again, I like the 3 singles 'Who will save your soul', 'You were meant for me' and 'Foolish games'. Love her voice but haven't heard the rest, although I hated her later 'Intuition' song. o_O'

No doubt is good.
But shes just.
Ugh i donno.

tragic kingdom is very good. it is a must buy. garbage is also ok, if you have 99 dollars to spare then get it. i dont know about jewel..she is not my taste

$99?

I've got all three of those... Garbabe is pretty good, Tragic Kingdom is one of those classcs that you just HAVE to have, it's also a just such a great album, and I love Peices of you but it really has to grow on you... I remember buying it when I was 14, and it took about 5 years for me to appreciate. But now I still listen to No Doubt and Jewel all the time. Garbage... try Version 2.0 instead, I found it better.

Hey! While you're nostalgically going through a cool mid-90's phase, go get some Bush! Bush rocked. Oh! And Our Lady Peace, Naveed. Oh! And silverchair, Frogstomp! Man... '95 was the best year for music.

i have the lastt 2, ib ought them a long time ago. tragic kingdom is the best album from no doubt, imo. there are some other great songs that should have been singles, but i'm not sure how you'd like it (since i liked sunday morning). i don't know about garbage, but jewel is alright. my sister bought this one. there are good ones, but the cd bored me. not bad at all, just not my style. if you like jewel a lot, this is a pretty good buy.

Tragic Kingdom is a brilliant CD, although it strays a bit, stylistically. It wasn't really what I expected after hearing a bunch of the singles. Nevertheless, a great album with some very good songs.

As for Pieces Of You, I wouldn't really know. I've never been into the old Jewel-music, although I totally love 0304, yes, the album that includes Intuition. It's a genius pop-album, better than Tragic Kingdom, basically the best American pop album I have in my collection.

Not too hot on Garbage myself, so I won't give an opinion on their music.

Tragic Kingdom is probably No Doubt's best work, I adore No Doubt and Gwen Stefani so I'd say this is a great buy but also Garbage's album is pretty cool...so I'd say between those too.

Garbage is one of my favourite albums, there's not a bad track on it. Only Happy When it Rains and A Stroke of Luck are brilliant. Ten years later I'm still listening to the CD.

Tragic Kingdom is No Doubt's best and worth buying, even though for me it doesn't have quite the same staying power as Garbage. Kingdom has classic singles and the other tracks are good enough.

definitely get Tragic Kingdom!!

Thanks for the comments, maybe I'll pick up Tragic Kingdom before the Christmas sales ends. :P

I'll say No doubt, am just a girl quite a good song and don't speak a classic ;)

any Madonna album is good. I still enjoy Alanis Morsette - Jagged Little Pill

Jaggid Little Pill isn't on discount...infact, it's even more expensive than new CDs. :(

Well, if we're going to suggest a bunch of other artists, be sure to check out Fiona Apple. She's brilliant. And a big influence on Shiina Ringo.

K, HMV has sales all year round. there is a christmas sale then a new yaer sale then an easter sale then summer sale then bargain month then who knows what. you dont have to rush. and in addition, if you wanna buy cds, there are many small shops which offer cds for much cheaper than in hmv. $80 is the norm for cd prices in wanchai.

I know, but I don't live in HK and am not going back anytime soon. x_x' And it's HMV Australia I'm talking about though. (Speaking of which, why doesn't HMV HK has it's own website!?)

I just noticed No doubt has a single collection, would that be a better buy for someone who is very broke?

K i have always thought you lived in hong kong o_O

in that case you should be downloading off the internet instead of buying??? j/k

get tragic kingdom and garbage. they are good.

If I were living in HK there wouldn't be a problem since all the CDs are cheap! :D

Or I'll just shop at all the nice 2nd hand stores.

Such old albums doesn't seem easy to find to DL anyway.

The Singles Collection is a good buy, I have it too. Nice collection of songs.

And, I'll say this again, try Fiona Apple. Really.

Okay, I'll try to find some Fiona Apple, what is she like?

I went into an English 2nd hand records store today, the items are NOT cheap. -_-

She's a big influence on Shiina Ringo. I guess they're somewhat alike, but Fiona Apple's music is a tad more laidback. I'll upload some of her songs tonight.

I uploaded four of Fiona Apple's songs here, enjoy!

Thanks sxesven! I'll try them out and tell you what I think of them later.

fiona apple, isn't that the yodeller that sung "who will sa-ave your soul"

especially ray of light or music i think, i like them both, i dont think is related, but when me and my one friends were listening to utada, we both agreed that utada reminded us of madonna

Didn't JEWEL sing 'Who will save your soul'?

not sure.. APPLE, JEWEL, they're all the same to me .. (aka, i don't listen to them)

no no no!!!

all these albums are so easy to find on dc!!!!! i guarantee that you can get them on dc!!!

yes DC++, ayumihamasakisekai.no-ip.org

all right.. you must think i'm some weirdo.. but I suggest buying one of The Beatles CDs... Lucy in the sky w/ diamonds was a really good song =D

I've heard HYDE's "Lucy in the sky w/diamonds", I heard people said he killed the song. :P

I'll just borrow my dad's I guess if I wanted to listen to The Beatles. :P I don't think it's weird though, I know lots of young people listen to them too because they're a classic.

Hm...I dare not return to my native language's music. It's so horrible now. But yes, there are some good old ones. :)

Yes she did. And who did she have a big influence on? Was it YAIKO? I remember one artist really liked her. But who?

No! It was Oni! I think it was after she heard 'You were meant for me' I think. Nice song.

Remember Incubus? And I Mother Earth during that period they were cool after Edwin left? And... I'll love Matthew Good Band till the day I die...

oh meh god.. i have that version XDD i dont' think Hyde killed it... he just doesn't have the accent XDDD lol

*cough*

Sky..the older version with the two guys only
and also
Sixpence(sp?) non the richer is also good
Kiss Me is still their best song imho

If you don't mind the wait, I could purchase them for you at Best Buy. Tragic Kingdom is like US$13.99, which is cheaper than the $16.43 that HMV.com.au. Pieces of You is $14.99, while $23.58 at HMV. Garbage is also $14.99, while $17.15 at HMV. So, I could get you a better deal, unless the sale prices aren't listed. However, the trust issue comes into play. But I do have a 100% rating on eBay. Shipping is also a factor. So, whether you do want me to get them for you or not, just ask.

Nah, don't worry about it Chuck. Since the prices listed on HMV.com.au aren't accurate, they're different in the actual store. They're actually
Tragic Kingdom- $12.99AUD (Saw it for $9.99AUD elsewhere yesterday)
Garbage- $12.99AUD
JEWEL- $9.99AUD

So ya...thanks for the offer though.

Okay. I say buy Tragic Kingdom. But I'm not really sure. Do what you want. :thumbsup

Go with the No Doubt, they ROCK

I got all those at the time they came out (back when i actually bought cd's because I had no idea what downloading was :P)

They are all good for their time, but I would rather download then, rather than buying them now...

garbage are freakin rad, althou id agree that [version 2.0] is probably their best album so far, im looking forward to [bleed like me]..

the only no doubt cd i own is the greatest hits one, althou gwen stefanis solo effort [love angel music baby] is pretty cool yo...

its amazing this thread is still getting responses. i guess the sale is already over? and k, what have you bought in the end?

In the end...I brought none of those, I'm broke. But the sale goes til Christmas I think.

I did get U2's 'How to dismantle an atomic bomb' CD+DVD, but then that's a new CD.

And I'm still looking for Alanis Morrisette's 'Jagged Little Pill', every store I've seen it has it priced way higher than new CDs......

k, i hope you can find and download those albums on the net then :)