Ever bought an album strictly based on a printed review?

[mac56]

Ever been completely happy with the album as a result?

It's happened to me three times: "Frontier Days" by the Del-Lords, "The Rose Of England" by Nick Lowe, and "Where Are All The Nice Girls?" by Any Trouble.

How 'bout you?

[jpgray]

1. I've bought several based on what these two guys think

http://starling.rinet.ru/music/index.htm

http://www.markprindle.com/

One is a highly pretentious Russian guy and the other is incomprehensibly hilarious, but once you know what they're good at noticing quality in, they're both pretty good album guides.

[NMMNG]

2. I bought one based on the description in my club catalogue

Belle and Sebastian's Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant. The first time I listened to it I was thinking, "This stuff is too weird, even for me", but after a few more tries it grew on me and it's one of my favorites now.