Please contribute your new album purchases to this thread. I've wanted to start a thread for quick reviews of albums you've just bought for quite some time, and as I have nothing better to do for the next few minutes, here goes: Portishead - "Roseland NYC Live" I'm kind of ashamed to admit I didn't own this album previously. Portishead's first release, Dummy, is one of my very favorite albums. However, their self-titled second release didn't hit the spot for me when it came out, and I put buying the live album on the back burner about 7 years ago. I finally got around to buying it today (partially due to the news about the forthcoming Portishead album), and boy, was I missing out. Six of the 11 songs are from their second album, and though that disc is still vastly inferior to me compared to Dummy, the symphony orchestra really enlivens the tracks. The opener "Humming" is vibrant and alive and uses the string section the best of all the songs. My favorites were still the Dummy tracks, but the whole thing is a mellow dream. . I'd give it 4 out 5 stars. Brian Eno - "Here Come the Warm Jets (Remaster)" I generally have great bile for glam rock - Hedwig and the Angry Inch is one of my most-hated movies of all time - but Brian Eno transcends glam due to his exceptional production chops. And his work isn't even really proper glam rock - the work on his early pop albums sounds closer in terms of production value to that of a more focused and song-driven Can than to David Bowie of the same era. Eno really made his mark with the Ambient series, and as a producer for U2, but this Warm Jets turns out to be a very good rock album with a glammy twist. Songs like "Baby's On Fire" and "Driving Me Backwards" meld great production values with what you'd expect from an early 70's record. I'd still rather listen to Music For Airports, but Eno shows he's able to get across as a rock star, too. I'd give it 4 out 5 stars as well. (added tag --1992)