Best Ted Leo and the Pharmacists album?

[around the bend]

Hey FOT people.

I've been listening to Hearts of Oak and Shake the Sheets pretty extensively lately and I'm thinking that it's time for me to buy a new cd.  I want to more closely examine the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists catalogue.  Which one should I get next?

For what it's worth, I prefer Shake the Sheets between the two I currently know.

Thanks everybody!!!

[Dan B]

[A.M. Thomas]

Hey FOT people.

I've been listening to Hearts of Oak and Shake the Sheets pretty extensively lately and I'm thinking that it's time for me to buy a new cd.  I want to more closely examine the Ted Leo and the Pharmacists catalogue.  Which one should I get next?

For what it's worth, I prefer Shake the Sheets between the two I currently know.

Thanks everybody!!!

Buy them all.  Duh.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

RoboThomas is right.

[Steeley Chris]

RoboThomas is right.

Agreed. But get Tyranny... first. Immediately.

And don't discount tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists. If you don't like/get it, it's on you, not Teddy.

[A.M. Thomas]

RoboThomas is right.

Agreed. But get Tyranny... first. Immediately.

And don't discount tej leo(?), Rx / pharmacists. If you don't like/get it, it's on you, not Teddy.

Love this album.

[around the bend]

Thanks everybody!

[scratchbomb]

I would say it's a tie between Hearts of Oak and Living for the Living, but you can't go wrong with any of 'em.

[pmart]

And make sure you check out the Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead EP. It's a lot of just Ted and an electric guitar. Very very cool.

[Tom Scharpling]

This is a trick question.

The only criteria you need to follow is this:

Is Ted Leo on the TL/Rx album?

If the answer is YES, then it is the best TL/Rx album.

Simple, yes?

Tom.

[pmart]

And let us not discount Chisel. Chisel is some amazing stuff. 8am All Day might be one of my favorite records of all time...

[scratchbomb]

And make sure you check out the Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead EP. It's a lot of just Ted and an electric guitar. Very very cool.

Yes! Lotta good stuff on there. The solo "High Party" is hair-raising-ly good, and his version of "Dirty Old Town" is just as good (if not better) than the Pogues'.

[pmart]

Scratchbomb--

Yes!! It is better than the Pouges, and I also admit to LOVING that version of High Party (Bleeding Powers is pretty kickass also). Six Months in a Leaky Boat is amazing as well.

I was actually going to list them all...

The Treble in Trouble EP is also amazing --his version of the Jam's "Come Baby Come" is awesome.

I feel like such a fan boy...

I just really love when Ted does his solo thing with an electric guitar. I have an mp3 of him doing Dancing in the Dark at Brownies before they closed and it might be my favorite thing ever.

[A.M. Thomas]

Better than the Pogues?  Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

[pmart]

Can we agree to "less drunk than the Pouges?"