I had the exact same thought yesterday
I was in HMV and I realised that the fun of seeing if a particular album you'd wanted for ages happened to be there. Everything being so available lessens the experience somewhat.

However I did hit gold yesterday, I found Land Of Rape And Honey by Ministry. Unfortunately the CD was fucked and the sound was all wrong so I had to take it back.

Although this week Nine Inch Nails have released their first really good album in years, and I can't wait for it to be delivered, even though I've got all the mp3s already. Physical goods just feel better.
(Eukanuba, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 18:46, 1 reply)

The problem you have with Land Of Rape and Honey' isn't the Cd being fucked..
...it's more that it's shit. It sounded fucking dated in 1993 for fuck's sake.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 18:57, closed)

I won't argue with that
It's just that when I was 13, my cousin played me some new and exciting music. One was Fixed by NIN, and the other was the Ministry CD.

Most Ministry is either awful 80's electro or far-too-fast-and-abrasive industrial thrash, the late 80s were almost their sweet spot.
(Eukanuba, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 19:26, closed)

They went downhill after Broken.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 20:04, closed)

Wah wah wah
I am suitably upset by your disparagement.
(Eukanuba, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 20:18, closed)

I don't actually have any real opinions, I'm being lolprovocative
Tell me what you think their best work is
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 20:23, closed)

So I suspected
But I'll bite. Either The Downward Spiral or The Fragile. Broken's pretty damn good, it wasn't until I listened to it on acid that I realised just how well-produced it is, a good fifteen years after I'd first heard it.

The new one's called Hesitation Marks and so far it seems that it might be on a par with TDS/TF, but time will tell. You should have a listen to it, it's surprisingly accessible.
(Eukanuba, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 8:57, closed)

I quite liked The Slip
It had the energy of their MOTP-era material
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 10:58, closed)