i do this all the time, just bought Freestylers, all songs are pooh apart from "push up" which is ace. gotta learn to buy singles!

Yeah, I tend to buy those Cream compilation sets because I heard a song I like on the advert for it, but I can't remember the name of the track.

Or learn to Download Natalie.. From Legal sites of Course :suspect:

I once bought a coral album for the single dreaming of you.

Not a brill album.... :(

Sometimes you get lucky though, I bought the Jet album 'Get Born' on the strength of the song Are You Gonna Be My Girl, it's a great album :thumbsup:

my collection huge all always have to take all my cds into car - its a bugger, my computer at home not technical enough to download music and i dont agree with it anyway. like having proper cds. and spending a blooming fortune for 4mins of grooves HEHEHE

I've bought loads of albums and singles blind without hearing anything off them . This is either to do with the label they're on or sometimes just to do with the look of something. Often it comes up trumps.

The internet has eradicated the need for this…but hey, it was fun. There's quite a lot of stuff I'm into that I may never have heard if I hadn't gone with instinct.

Of course if yr in a decent record shop you can always ask to listen to something and skip thru' the tracks.

just got fabulous new one, cos i like pharell - the whole cd pants! gees i think im losing my touch at good taste

I bought Snow Patrol's album on basis of hearing Run and its never off my CD player.

I used to do this all the time, before the invention of the internet and BBC6, and discovered some fantastic music e.g. the Pixies, Portishead, Mansun, Radiohead ... even U2 in the early 80s.

And, Ianmitchell, we also bought the Jet cd on the strength of that single, and I was disappointed with it! Can't please everyone.:D

Originally posted by Longshanks
And, Ianmitchell, we also bought the Jet cd on the strength of that single, and I was disappointed with it! Can't please everyone.:D

lol that's very true.

Are You Gonna Be My Girl is a great song.

The album (Get Born) itself, in my view, has 4 songs that aren't really noticeable (i.e. that you'd like to skip track)

The rest is easily listenable with tracks like Rollover D.J., Cold Hard Bitch and Lazy Gun to standing out

:thumbsup:

Originally posted by ianmitchell
lol that's very true.

Are You Gonna Be My Girl is a great song.

The album (Get Born) itself, in my view, has 4 songs that aren't really noticeable (i.e. that you'd like to skip track)

The rest is easily listenable with tracks like Rollover D.J., Cold Hard Bitch and Lazy Gun to standing out

:thumbsup:

I am so comign from the other direction on that. That song lead me to believe that Jet were a very average to poor band, who thought they could write a good song based on one riff. But when I heard some of the album I was pleasantly surprised. (I still don't think they are that good mind)

I don't normally buy albums after hearing one single. I usually like to hear a couple of songs by the band/artist before buying the album. Unless they're one of the many bands whose music I already like in which case I buy their new albums as soon as they come out.

However, I did buy Papa Roach's "Infest" album after only hearing the single "Last Resort". I love the album so I did OK there!

I think that buying the singles is a bit of a rip off which is why I wait to see if I like anymore of the band/artists songs and then decide whether to buy the album or not. I prefer getting more songs for my money!

i bought jamie cullum for one song, but fell in love - hes ace! i was well impressed

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
i bought jamie cullum for one song, but fell in love - hes ace! i was well impressed

Pardon me ignorance here... But WHO :confused:

hes a young lad who sings frank sinartra, dean martin type songs and he plays piano but hes dead funky-youd like him

he also did a fab version of "frontin'"

I got Believe by Disturbed because I heard one of the tracks in Corporation , Saturday night..!

\m/ \m/

you must be disturbed to go to corp on a sat!:hihi: joking! i used to do that with gatecrasher many moons ago:(

Deejay - he looks like Gareth Gates! Only know this because I saw him on Children In Need the other night... if it hadn't have been for that, I would have been in the dark too mate x

Angel x

Cheers Angelgirl.. I think I know who you mean...

I think..

*sigh*

ps is he the guy who sings cover songs ??

I remember buying the first Sleeper album on the strength of 'Inbetweener', and it was terrible! They had it in Fopp for about £3 not long after...

i once bought one of those tacky love albums cos it had piano in the dark by brenda russell on it

anyone got jamie cullums? hes ace! and a cutie!

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
anyone got jamie cullums? hes ace! and a cutie!

has he come from Pop Idol or something similar? Does seem to do a lot of covers swhen i've heard him...? Though i'm sure he's ace (not sure about the cute though!)

no not pop idol or anything like that, although very young. hes jazz singer, does dean martin bit of frank etc... hes trying to bring it mainstream so we can all learn to love;)

I do this all the time, i think it is better value for a full cd than the single price and i usually find another couple that grow on me after hearing them a few times.

well, sounds like he's already got you hooked :)

remember he did some duet at the Brits that went down well, maybe he will be the new Frank... more likely the next Aled Jones though... :P

i was like that with usher, daniel benningfield, justin and lots of rnb ones. used to skip thru, but then i forget and actually listen to them thru and theyre cool. you gotta buy strictly rhythm its the bestest cd ever:-
Aly-us - follow me
barbara tucker - beautiful people
south street prayer - (who) keeps changing your mind
and my fave- new vision - just me and you

Only done it once. Went out and bought Goldfrappe's Black Cherry and Felt Mountain on the same day on the strength of hearing 'Strict Machine'. I wasn't dissapointed at all and absolutely love 'em!!

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
my collection huge all always have to take all my cds into car - its a bugger, my computer at home not technical enough to download music and i dont agree with it anyway. like having proper cds. and spending a blooming fortune for 4mins of grooves HEHEHE

Of course it is...

go to www.winmx.com or Limewire - Google it. Or if you don't want your IP address revealed go to a newsgroup (NewsLeecher)... the only thing that is stopping you is a CD Buner - which can be picked up for around 25 quid

Alex

I bought Last Nite on the basis of The Strokes.

Alex

Originally posted by amhudson119
I bought Last Nite on the basis of The Strokes.

Alex

Thats a really good album- better than their second one.

Agree - that's a fantastic album and the second one was good but not as great.

I think it depends what you liked the one song for.

If you thought it was original sounding, and you thought the musicianship was high quality, yes, go ahead and buy the album.

If you just thought it was a bit catchy, then probably a good idea to get a bit more evidence before buying the album.