Mar 20 2025
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Nurture
Porter Robinson
I really hated this. The vocal effects were so annoying. The songs were so earnest and trying to sound epic but it's just reeks of garage band presets to me.
1
Mar 21 2025
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The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot
No thanks you. This was like all rock bands smushed together to make some incredibly bland.
2
Mar 24 2025
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Emotional Mugger
Ty Segall
I enjoyed this, it was varied and interesting. Can't say I'd listen over and over but definitely fun.
4
Mar 25 2025
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Come On Come On
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Didn't mind this. It was varied enough and some good lyrics but a bit too much mum music
3
Mar 26 2025
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Big Thief
A beautiful album, I love it. I love how it's clearly Big Thief style but they really tried some newer experimental stuff and sounds in this one. Great choice.
5
Mar 27 2025
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10,000 gecs
100 gecs
Thank you, I hated that so much.
Now and again it would do something that sounded like it had the potential to be good. Frog on the floor was okay and did some okay bits. I got my tooth removed felt a bit ska and fun but the vocals were so grating. Whole thing sounded like an A-level students just getting drunk on effects and trying whatever the hell they like.
1
Mar 28 2025
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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
Great album, I love it. Favourite song is Depreston, it really gets me going that one.
5
Mar 31 2025
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Cleopatra
The Lumineers
This was okay. The vocals annoy me but I guess it's just not my thing, doesn't mean it's bad. Overall it all sounded fairly the same.
3
Apr 01 2025
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Sing To God
Cardiacs
I didn't hate this. I nearly did, but I found some of the music was really good. Didn't really mix with the lyrics but generally it was interesting.
3
Apr 02 2025
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"Awaken, My Love!"
Childish Gambino
This album is such a belter. It's so catchy and imaginative, really love it.
5
Apr 03 2025
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Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
The Dear Hunter
I found this all a bit meh. I hated the album cover, but that's by the by, it was generally just a bit flat for me, but I also couldn't really find a reason to dislike it either.
3
Apr 04 2025
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Madvillainy
Madvillain
I really liked this.
4
Apr 07 2025
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Fuzz
Chucklehead
This was great fun. Not sure I'd listen to it again but I can imagine seeing this band at a festival and absolutely loving it.
4
Apr 08 2025
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Re
Café Tacvba
I didn't really hate this but it was quite all over the place, didn't really know what to make of it.
2
Apr 09 2025
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L'autre...
Mylène Farmer
I liked this, it was pretty cool and reminded me of bits of other artists.
4
Apr 10 2025
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Bloody Kisses
Type O Negative
I can't say I hated this but I just found it quite boring.
2
Apr 11 2025
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Hadestown
Anaïs Mitchell
Now I love this album. I've seen the show 3 times and I really like Anais Mitchell. However, I can imagine this is hard to enjoy without context.
But overall, I first heard this in 2011 way before the broadway version was done and I loved it. The music is so good, great story telling, great vocals. Big fan of Anais Mitchell.
5
Apr 14 2025
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Poesía Básica
Extrechinato y Tu
I liked this a lot. Great fun!!
4
Apr 16 2025
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Sublime
Sublime
Well I absolutely love this album. Listening to this album as a kid lead to some many bands that I love. Sublime were such a great starting point for me getting into ska and punk etc. This album has some absolute classic bangers but also some great deeper cuts. There are so so many bands that I love that were influenced by Sublime.
5
Apr 17 2025
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King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
King Tubby
This was fine, a bit repetitive but good background music.
3
Apr 18 2025
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Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Primus
Ermm, I know Primus but I find them hard to enjoy. It's neither side of the comedy/serious side for me to understand if I'm honest.
3
Apr 21 2025
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Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
I really liked this. Good old rock 'n' roll but didn't felt cliche.
4
Apr 22 2025
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Ultra Blue
Hikaru Utada
This was quite fun, I enjoyed listening to it sure but I can't imagine I'd go back to it
3
Apr 23 2025
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Music For People In Trouble
Susanne Sundfør
This was nice but I got a bit bored.
3
Apr 24 2025
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Songs Of A Lost World
The Cure
This is a banger, a real soundscape, I loved it.
5
Apr 25 2025
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The Great Outdoors Jam
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
I really enjoyed this. This would be absolute perfect late night festival party vibes, real good.
4
Apr 28 2025
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The Hazards of Love
The Decemberists
I generally say I like the Decemberists but I definitely don't love that. I felt this album was a bit all over the place. It has some fantastic bits but it wasn't cohesive enough for me
3
Apr 29 2025
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Night Drive
Chromatics
I really enjoyed this. Good fun. It did sound a little simple in places and it reminded me of what the kind of thing everyone starts making when they Garageband or Ableton but it was cool.
4
Apr 30 2025
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Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!
Gotcha!
Ermmm, this was okay. It was quite varied and interesting but I can't say it was that good.
3
May 01 2025
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Somewhere In The Between
Streetlight Manifesto
I absolutely adore this album. It was a proper formative album for me. I was massively into this as a teenager and I still love it. I do think it holds up really well. Streetlight are a very good group of musicians, they make ska punk but with proper musical style. The basslines are so good, the music changes rhythm all the time, lyrics are fantastic. It feels a shame to me that they can get banded together with Less Than Jake and Reel Big Fish (who I do also love), but they are completely different.
5
May 02 2025
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Please Don't Take Me Back
Martha
I bloody love this album. In fact, I was wearing my Martha tshirt whilst listening.
I don't know what it is about Martha but they really get me going. I think their lyrics and style just fit my demographic perfectly. It's that style of grown up po-p-punk, emo indie and taking that same style and feeling but it's grown up with the audience,
5
May 05 2025
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22, A Million
Bon Iver
I'm really that big a fan of Bon Iver. I can see why this is good though, it's very imaginative and varied and what not. But for some reason it doesn't click with me. Also I've always found the song names really up themselves, get a grip.
4
May 06 2025
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Come And Get It
Rachel Stevens
Okay that was surprisingly good. It wasn't all brilliant but it was pretty good. It felt very Kylie or Sophie Ellis Bextor. I imagine that's the kind of thing they were trying to get on board with at the end.
I especially enjoyed the lyric 'I'm going to stand the test of time'. Sorry Rachel, you didn't, unless you meant appearing on this challenge.
4
May 07 2025
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Enema Of The State
blink-182
This is a banger of an album, really takes me back.
5
May 08 2025
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Bob Mould
Bob Mould
This was okay. It was quite forgettable. He sounds like Michael Stipe.
3
May 09 2025
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Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie
People bloody love Death Cab for Cutie. I understand why but I just found this quite wet. It was all very similar too. But it didn't annoy me.
3
May 12 2025
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A Salty Dog
Procol Harum
This was cool. I really liked the blues tracks, they were great
4
May 13 2025
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Boxer
The National
Oh yes one of my favourite albums. Absolute banger in my opinion, really atmosphere, great lyrics, lovely sounds, banging.
5
May 14 2025
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Human Racing
Nik Kershaw
This was eye-wateringly bad. Complete dross. Terrible lyrics, horrible sounds. I guess the only redeemable thing was his voice isn't bad. This is 80s landfill music and deserves to stay on the landfill in my opinion.
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