Ya ever pick up a random CD of a artist or band you were not too familiar with and bought it based on the promo sticker?

I used to do it a lot, but quit after getting burned one too many times.

I use to like the band Clinic, but outgrew the CD's I had and eventually sold em of.. Yesterday I was puttering around Virgin, and saw their new one 'Visitations'....

The sticker read ... "70's horror movies, desiccated blues riffs, pagan sounding folk and even psychobilly..both spooky and compelling... 4/5 UNCUT"

that was enough for me to give the CD a try. About to put it on....Hope it doesn't dissapoint.

Did it on Monday.

"Featuring Guru, Donald Byrd, ..."

I know I've done it a bunch of times, but my brain is shot and I can't think of any right now.

As for that Clinic album, I don't like it. But don't take my word for it.

Clinic has a new album out and no one told me?

Did that for a band called Pigeonhed.
Described as (to my memory): "Somewhere between Prince and Soundgarden."

Was never a big Soundgarden fan, but the Prince thing got me. Loved it at first, but have since grown pretty tired of it.

I loved Pigeonhed.....Well anything that Shawn Smith does really..

was this their first record? it does sound rather dated...

but the second one, with the 'semi-hit' on it, is still alright.

Watch yo' mouth, boy! Your name is Toby!

Eyes Adrift (pretty sure it was their only album)

the sticker said something like
"featuring members of Meat Puppets, Nirvana, and Sublime"
....i was all like 2/3 aint bad

god damnit

"AS HEARD ON THE OC!"

"get 4 additional pictures on your myspace!"

I do this only when in the $1 bin.

Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics (when I was 10)

I think it was the second one.

When I used to peruse the cut-out/promo bin in college, I did this all the time. A few that I remember:

The National
Fugu
Simian

I usually had a pretty good batting average when it came to picking out stuff blind by either the description or album cover in this bin.

If I remember correctly from the tracklist, that was the worst CD ever made.

yea... i lied i didn't actually buy it...
bummer for those that did though.. now that pictures aren't limited like that

Yup...used to do it all the time when I was younger and there was no internet or music on TV to hear new stuff. A shop I used to go to always had stickers with little descriptions of the records on them, and I picked up a crapload of stuff that way.

Not so much anymore as I more often than not wait and sample something online before buying. Last time I remember buying unheard was based on a sticker comparing the album to Massive Attack's Teardrop on a cover that looked like a picture from Where The Wild Things Are. So, I figured, it was under 10 bucks and they're getting compared to a favorite band of mine and the cover's looking like a great kid's book, so why not? Album was Dusted: When We Were Young, and this was probably 5 years ago and I still listen to it and enjoy it, so sometimes things do work out.

I do this a lot.

I like the Clinic album a lot, but I haven't heard any of their other stuff, so I don't have anything to compare it to.

What album was it?

I never do this but I used to buy cd's all the time in the 90's if it had a cool cover.

I think people should have stickers like these directly on themselves. It would sure make dating a lot easier.

featuring "daddy issues" and "ass hair"

I'm more apt to do this when it says "Your price: 99 cents. Like New. Seller has a 99% customer satisfaction rating."