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Wed Jan 13 2021
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Very English. Revisit when in a Billy Bragg mood.
3
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Thu Jan 14 2021
Play
Moby
Sounds very 90s, not that that's a bad thing. Machete and Bodyrock used to be my jams. I wish it would pick a lane between pop/big beat and poppy ambient, though. It's uneven. Rerelease as two EPs.
4
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Fri Jan 15 2021
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Own it, love it. Listened to Innervisions instead, because I don't own it (yet). Both are 5. Stevie is God.
5
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Sat Jan 16 2021
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
The funk bangers are fantastic, but it's weighed down with too much pop schmaltz. 1 star deduction just for "She's Out Of My Life" - absolute fucking garbage.
3
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Sun Jan 17 2021
Bad
Michael Jackson
I'm not listening to two Michael albums in a row. I'll assume it was a 3.
3
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Mon Jan 18 2021
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
I can't stand Sufjan.
1
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Tue Jan 19 2021
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Absolute classic.
5
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Wed Jan 20 2021
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Solid roots reggae. Worth revisiting.
4
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Thu Jan 21 2021
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Side A is dull; side B is mostly interesting except for "Man on the Moon". Pop R.E.M. is boring; can't imagine this holds up for anyone but gen-xers.
3
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Fri Jan 22 2021
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Less than timeless, but extra credit for the excellent production - sounds great for early '66.
4
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Sat Jan 23 2021
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Poetry. Up there with Dylan's best.
5
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Sun Jan 24 2021
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Undeniably important, but hair metal sucks and Axl's voice is annoying.
3
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Mon Jan 25 2021
Dummy
Portishead
5
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Tue Jan 26 2021
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
5
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Wed Jan 27 2021
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
The Urge did it better.
3
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Thu Jan 28 2021
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
5
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Fri Jan 29 2021
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Good guitar work from Johnny Marr, but Morrissey is (a) a fascist, and (b) a smug-ass prick
2
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Sat Jan 30 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
5
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Sun Jan 31 2021
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Mon Feb 01 2021
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
James Murphy got it honest.
4
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Tue Feb 02 2021
The Clash
The Clash
Imagine hearing this in '77...
4
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Wed Feb 03 2021
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Really expected to like this, but it's like the boring parts of Steely Dan and Fleet Foxes had a baby.
2
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Thu Feb 04 2021
Live!
Fela Kuti
Heady jamz!
4
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Fri Feb 05 2021
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Nope.
2
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Sat Feb 06 2021
The Band
The Band
Didn't listen, but have listened.
5
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Sun Feb 07 2021
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Takes a while to get rolling. Missy is a mediocre rapper at best, but it's about the big picture here. Great beats from Timbaland. Never knew that line in "Work It" was a callback to "Izzy."
4
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Mon Feb 08 2021
Parklife
Blur
4
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Tue Feb 09 2021
1984
Van Halen
Had none of what made VH good.
2
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Wed Feb 10 2021
New Forms
Roni Size
Not a DnB fan, apparently.
1
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Thu Feb 11 2021
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
5
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Fri Feb 12 2021
Low-Life
New Order
Solid! Roots of early NIN, obvs.
4
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Sat Feb 13 2021
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
An absolute classic. I love how Lemmy just always sounds like he's trying to take a poop.
5
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Mon Feb 15 2021
Let It Be
The Replacements
1st half is just ok aside from "Androgynous." 2nd half saves it. Important record, but a weird one.
4
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Tue Feb 16 2021
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Knockoff Dylan/Springsteen. Boring.
2
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Wed Feb 17 2021
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Eh.
3
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Thu Feb 18 2021
Protection
Massive Attack
Bit of a late night record. Not as good as Mezzanine but pretty close.
4
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Fri Feb 19 2021
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Not great, but interesting. If Van Morrison and Dan Hicks got blasted together and made a record, I imagine it would sound something like this.
3
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Sun Feb 21 2021
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Iggy makes a Bowie album. Fascinating.
4
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Mon Feb 22 2021
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Thanks but no thanks.
2
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Tue Feb 23 2021
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Still slaps.
5
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Wed Feb 24 2021
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
This owns. I always thought Alice Cooper was just a gothy joke, like Elvira.
5
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Thu Feb 25 2021
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
3
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Sat Feb 27 2021
Revolver
Beatles
5
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Sun Feb 28 2021
...And Justice For All
Metallica
5
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Mon Mar 01 2021
Crazysexycool
TLC
I didn't remember it being this horny. Aside from waterfalls, just not that interesting
2
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Tue Mar 02 2021
Homework
Daft Punk
5
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Wed Mar 03 2021
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
Right, so... the Decemberists.
4
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Thu Mar 04 2021
Make Yourself
Incubus
Inferior to S.C.I.E.N.C.E. and Morning View, but still holds up.
4
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Fri Mar 05 2021
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Haters gonna hate. Sure, he's a fake and a piece of shit, but this is a great record.
5
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Sat Mar 06 2021
Abbey Road
Beatles
5
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Sun Mar 07 2021
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
3
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Mon Mar 08 2021
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Good booty indeed.
4
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Tue Mar 09 2021
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Now this is some grade-A power pop.
5
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Fri Mar 12 2021
Pretenders
Pretenders
Eh.
2
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Sat Mar 13 2021
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Fuck yes
5
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Mon Mar 15 2021
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
5
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Tue Mar 16 2021
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
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Fri Mar 19 2021
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
5
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Tue Mar 23 2021
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
There's lots of bad Elvis. This is good Elvis.
4
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Sat Mar 27 2021
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
5
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Sun Apr 04 2021
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
5
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Tue Apr 06 2021
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
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Fri Apr 09 2021
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Sat Apr 10 2021
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
4
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Mon Apr 12 2021
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
5
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Tue Apr 20 2021
All Directions
The Temptations
4
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Thu Apr 22 2021
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
A classic. I always forget how eclectic this record is, and how many instrumentals it has.
5
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Tue Apr 27 2021
Boston
Boston
5
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Thu Apr 29 2021
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
4
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Tue May 04 2021
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
4
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Fri May 07 2021
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
5
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Mon May 10 2021
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
5
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Fri May 14 2021
2112
Rush
4
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Fri May 21 2021
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
5
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Wed Jun 16 2021
Being There
Wilco
Not my favorite Wilco record, but top five for sure. Definitely too long, though.
4
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Thu Jun 17 2021
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5
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Mon Jun 28 2021
Eagles
Eagles
3
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Wed Jul 07 2021
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
I own it. Birdland is a bop but the rest is just fine. The schmaltzy side of fusion just isn't for me.
3
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Thu Jul 08 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Stone cold classic. WU TANG CLAN AIN'T NUTTIN TO FUCK WIT
5
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Tue Jul 13 2021
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Wed Jul 14 2021
Disintegration
The Cure
4
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Thu Aug 19 2021
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
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Thu Sep 09 2021
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
An absolute classic.
5
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Fri Sep 10 2021
Tommy
The Who
4
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Sat Sep 11 2021
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
5
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Tue Sep 14 2021
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
The covers are fantastic, but for the album cuts, I prefer the studio versions.
4
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Wed Sep 15 2021
The Stranger
Billy Joel
5
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Fri Sep 17 2021
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
5
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Sat Sep 18 2021
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
5
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Wed Jan 12 2022
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
It's always amazed me that a band named after a dildo could be this milquetoast. I mean, it's good, intelligent pop-rock, but with very little of the jazzy weirdness that made Aja/Gaucho era Dan so great.
3
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Thu Jan 13 2022
The Joshua Tree
U2
3
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Sat Jan 15 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
Hair metal's not really my thing, but what a classic guitar record.
4
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Tue Jan 18 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
5
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Wed Jan 19 2022
Dookie
Green Day
5
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Thu Jan 20 2022
The Blueprint
JAY Z
Other than the singles, boring beats and boring lyrics.
2