What was the latest cd release that you absolutely HAD to have?

I know Freeze Frame has evolved far from our originally 80's format, but its original appeal rests with those who want to hear the music they grew up with- music where we were the hip, the happening, the now, the targeted audience!

For me, I was going to say Soundgarden's SuperUnknown. That evolved from grunge yet more mature sound was IT, summer of '95. Saw them on tour that summer, great show, it was what was "it" then.

There was not another NEW cd I had to have until U2's All That You Can't Leave Behind. I had absolutely despised this, my favorite rock band, for the entire decade of the 90's. With this cd they were back! And the more I hear of How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, the more I like it. I think I'm going to get this cd too.

But yea, as far as NEW POP/ROCK goes, that's been it for about a decade. (Of course, being the jazz doc, that's a whole different story).