The Vinyl Countdown # 1761

The XX, XX (2009)

I wasn’t that much of a fan at first – well, I just didn’t get the buzz. To me The XX sounded okay, but nothing special. But I bought the vinyl because a) my wife was really digging the album and b) I liked the LP packaging. It also made me sit down with the record, to take it all in. Vinyl will do that. It’s one of the selling points …