The sound of a ladder

"Is that your music, or someone banging about with a ladder in the gardens?"

Ascoltare – Fatty Parts For A Good Match

"A picture disc? Is this something from the eighties?"

"I just thought everyone gave up on them after that."

"Are they German?"

"Oh OK, I thought it might be someone you knew."

Ekoplekz - Intrusive Incidentalz Vol 1

"Really? Okay, good; I thought it was the boy trapped under the rocking chair..."

Hacker Farm - Home Taping Is Killing Music

"So it's sounded through the wall like you've been listening to: cows, a wild beast and the sound of wind?"

Keitg Fullerton Whitman / Alien Radio

"Not going to make the world a happier place though, is it?" - the KFW side.

"This is better; like inside the head of a cbeebies presenter" - the Alien Radio side.

Mark Fell - Manitutshu

"OK, this is going to have to stop in a minute... OK, this needs to STOP NOW."

The Lemon Kittens

"The hosptial hurts the girl? What is this? [...] When's it from? [...] Oh well that's more forgiveable then I guess. [...] Ok, bored now."

Xylitol

"Sounds like too many people, all trying to talk at once, while someone else tries to learn to play their instruments in the background"

Coil - Winter Solstice: North

"Not exactly Christmassy though is it?"

Technically this is a bit of cheat, being one of my students' comments, rather than my wife but I think it fits in well here, regardless...

Gallon Drunk - Some Fools Mess

"The cover is less messy, I suppose. But the ducks are distracting."

Cyclobe - Wounded Galaxies

"There must be an ulterior motive, other than music."

Tony McPhee - The Two Sides Of Tony (T.S.) McPhee

"This is dreadful. It sounds like two six year olds with a theremin and a keyboard."

Galaxy 500 - Today

'Would have it's head pushed down the toilet if it was at school.'

Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

'Not as big or clever as they think they are.'

You Made Me Realise

"It put me off a bit."

V/A - Cheap and Nasty Vol. 1

"We need to talk"

King Midas Sound - FACT mix

"I'm not being funny mate, but if you're feeling knackered and rubbish - this really isn't going to help."

The Birthday Party - Hits

'no misses, 100% killer'

Zero - Charles Seife

'mathematical porn'

Janet Kay - Silly Games

"Is all this high-pitched stuff going to carry on for much longer?"

Robert Pirsig - Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

"Doesn't exactly do what it says on the tin."

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

"It's been stitched together in the studio? How did they work out which bit was good?"

Terminal Cheesecake - King Of All Spaceheads

"What the fuck is this? [...] Well can you turn it down a bit?"