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Thu Jan 14 2021
...Like Clockwork
Queens Of The Stone Age
Good rocky thing, a few hits already known
4
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Fri Jan 15 2021
All Mod Cons
The Jam
nothing to rave about - clearly an influence on what followed but it's not blowing my trumpet
3
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Mon Jan 18 2021
The Specials
The Specials
Just totes amazeballs, sets the feeling for the rest of the day. The gloom of the setting, offset by the bounce in the feet - noice.
5
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Tue Jan 19 2021
Street Life
The Crusaders
more of an ep, classic disco, unlikely to even remember the band name though
3
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Wed Jan 20 2021
L.A. Woman
The Doors
perhaps unsurprisingly more bluesy than i'd have expected
4
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Thu Jan 21 2021
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
so, so meh. barely noticed it was on. i get that it must have been great at the time, and influenced lots, but it felt like a pale shadow
3
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Fri Jan 22 2021
Da Capo
Love
3
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Mon Jan 25 2021
Bossanova
Pixies
4
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Tue Jan 26 2021
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
2
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Wed Jan 27 2021
Country Life
Roxy Music
2
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Thu Jan 28 2021
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
didn't realise the title track was sooooo long...
4
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Fri Jan 29 2021
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
3
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Mon Feb 01 2021
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
3
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Tue Feb 02 2021
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Heavier than expected, been out of metal for loong time. Would def relisten
4
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Wed Feb 03 2021
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
annoying voice, and just boring music. not my bag :/
2
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Thu Feb 04 2021
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
probably good c&w, but not my cuppa
3
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Fri Feb 05 2021
Pink Flag
Wire
Good raw punk
4
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Mon Feb 08 2021
Live At Leeds
The Who
just couldn't get excited about it, tuned out fairly quickly
2
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Tue Feb 09 2021
Station To Station
David Bowie
impressed i didn't actually recognise station to station - clearly not a greatest hits album entry :D
3
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Wed Feb 10 2021
A Night At The Opera
Queen
Classic. Random weirdness and gold standard all-time greats.
5
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Thu Feb 11 2021
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Fine guitary noodling, but tails off to boredom
3
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Fri Feb 12 2021
Scum
Napalm Death
Metally. Has the silly you suffer on it.
3
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Mon Feb 15 2021
Teen Dream
Beach House
nice summery pop
4
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Tue Feb 16 2021
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
not in the mood :/
3
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Wed Feb 17 2021
Sister
Sonic Youth
I'm supposed to like this, but it didn't excite, didn't offend.
3
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Thu Feb 18 2021
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
4
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Fri Feb 19 2021
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
The basis is good, but tbh i find the click style jarring - just like the english mentioned in The Click Song ;)
3
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Mon Feb 22 2021
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
nice
4
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Tue Feb 23 2021
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
classic britpop origins album
5
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Wed Feb 24 2021
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
bit loungey and dul
2
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Thu Feb 25 2021
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
3
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Fri Feb 26 2021
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
probably technically brilliant, but just not fun to listen to.
2
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Mon Mar 01 2021
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Classic
5
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Tue Mar 02 2021
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
2
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Wed Mar 03 2021
Garbage
Garbage
One of the key britpop albums - loooove it
5
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Thu Mar 04 2021
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Very pleasant, would listen to again. Want to give it 3.5
3
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Fri Mar 05 2021
A Northern Soul
The Verve
Good, not greatest
4
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Mon Mar 08 2021
Kenya
Machito
Nice mambo-y latam vibes
3
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Tue Mar 09 2021
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
4
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Wed Mar 10 2021
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
3
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Thu Mar 11 2021
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Nice early r&r
4
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Fri Mar 12 2021
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
It's like... well, morrissey. ticks the boxes. another one i'd like to give 3.5
3
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Mon Mar 15 2021
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
hyper-condensed slice of rock and roll
4
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Tue Mar 16 2021
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
I just get Joni Mitchell - it just bores me... maybe needs more concentration that I possess
2
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Wed Mar 17 2021
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
ok follow up to holy bible, much more accessible but not so powerful.
4
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Thu Mar 18 2021
Diamond Life
Sade
nice, but a touch too loungy for my taste : 2.5
3
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Fri Mar 19 2021
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
no hate no love.
3
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Mon Mar 22 2021
Parachutes
Coldplay
I enjoyed this back in the day, though now it's hard to get rid of the image the band has now. A sort of brit-pop-rock-lite, nothing offensive - and recorded at Parr St.
4
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Tue Mar 23 2021
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
4
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Wed Mar 24 2021
The Stranger
Billy Joel
meh
3
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Sun Mar 28 2021
GI
Germs
4
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Mon Mar 29 2021
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
5
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Tue Mar 30 2021
Tapestry
Carole King
4
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Wed Mar 31 2021
Snivilisation
Orbital
nice
4
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Thu Apr 01 2021
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3
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Tue Apr 13 2021
Opus Dei
Laibach
industrial pomp. two versions of life is life are a bonus
3
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Wed Apr 14 2021
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
forgetable late 60s joni-mitchell-like
2
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Thu Apr 15 2021
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
You know what? This is actually pretty good. Another 3.5* candidate
3
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Fri Apr 16 2021
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
classic debut rock from clearly non-debut stock
5
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Sat Apr 17 2021
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
3
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Sun Apr 18 2021
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
3
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Mon Apr 19 2021
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
On the good side of ok, though a bit whiny
3
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Wed Apr 21 2021
Abbey Road
Beatles
4
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Thu Apr 22 2021
1999
Prince
3
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Fri Apr 23 2021
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Just a monumental: why? I'm sure the lyrics are fascinating and complex, the style wonderful and meandering - but man, that voice just grates on you after a while :/
2
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Sat Apr 24 2021
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
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Sun Apr 25 2021
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
It's no Brothers in Arms, but still perfectly good catchy nonsense
3
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Mon Apr 26 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
4
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Tue Apr 27 2021
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Really really good. Not sure how this rolled past me 10 years ago :thinking_face:
5
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Wed Apr 28 2021
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
4
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Thu Apr 29 2021
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
4
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Fri Apr 30 2021
Transformer
Lou Reed
4
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Sat May 01 2021
Technique
New Order
4
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Sun May 02 2021
Cut
The Slits
4
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Tue May 04 2021
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
4
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Wed May 05 2021
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
jazzy mc jazz. s'okay.
3
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Thu May 06 2021
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4
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Fri May 07 2021
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
5
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Sat May 08 2021
Parklife
Blur
5
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Sun May 09 2021
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
2
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Mon May 10 2021
The Visitors
ABBA
Feels like a grown-up version of ABBA, more contemplative, less fun. Which this is - less fun.
2
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Wed May 12 2021
LP1
FKA twigs
3
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Thu May 13 2021
White Ladder
David Gray
I'll never choose this, but totally appreciate the quality
4
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Fri May 14 2021
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
5
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Sat May 15 2021
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
3
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Sun May 16 2021
Arrival
ABBA
Such perfect 70s pop - the rhythms, harmonies, and just plain and simple fun.
5
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Mon May 17 2021
The Joshua Tree
U2
Starts off powerfully, but wanders off toward the end. 3.5
3
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Tue May 18 2021
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
All the edges feel worn away from U2 by the time this came out (pun not intended). Similar with later Coldplay, the initial originality has faded, leaving generic stadium pop rock. Some excellent tunes, of course, just... the overall package feels a little hollow.
3
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Wed May 19 2021
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
A&A were my first intro to punk - still as fun today
4
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Thu May 20 2021
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
One of the best of all time. Mix of styles, pacing, and just all round greatness.
5
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Fri May 21 2021
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Nice and pretty, but didn't deliver enough to stand out
4
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Sat May 22 2021
Vivid
Living Colour
3
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Sun May 23 2021
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Lovely jubbly. A proper piece of 'origins of rock'
4
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Mon May 24 2021
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
4
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Tue May 25 2021
OK
Talvin Singh
Just too many pan pipes :/
3
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Wed May 26 2021
Gold
Ryan Adams
big bag of meh
2
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Thu May 27 2021
British Steel
Judas Priest
4
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Fri May 28 2021
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
4
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Sat May 29 2021
Smash
The Offspring
Cracking
4
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Sun May 30 2021
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
3
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Mon May 31 2021
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Always love the voice and style - and Alison is a solid gold classic. Nice.
4
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Tue Jun 01 2021
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
3
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Wed Jun 02 2021
Slipknot
Slipknot
Much more varied, and smarter than I'd expected. Metal mixed with random techno, d&b - will relisten
4
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Thu Jun 03 2021
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Sort of like it, but sounds like a U2 tribute band who could do better.
3
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Fri Jun 04 2021
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
3
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Sat Jun 05 2021
The Poet
Bobby Womack
3
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Tue Jun 15 2021
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
3
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Wed Jun 16 2021
Horses
Patti Smith
3
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Thu Jun 17 2021
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
4
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Fri Jun 18 2021
Berlin
Lou Reed
4
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Sat Jun 19 2021
World Clique
Deee-Lite
3
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Sun Jun 20 2021
The College Dropout
Kanye West
2
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Tue Jul 06 2021
Picture Book
Simply Red
Decent quality guilty pleasure. But if i think of him, i need to listen to something else.
3
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Fri Jul 09 2021
Let It Be
The Replacements
4
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Mon Jul 12 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
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Tue Jul 27 2021
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Classic Leonard. But... I prefer the more developed voice, varied music. This feels like a preview of the main show.
3
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Wed Jul 28 2021
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
3
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Fri Jul 30 2021
In Utero
Nirvana
4
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Sat Jul 31 2021
Dust
Screaming Trees
I would have been all up on this in the 90s - feels a bit stuck in time.
4
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Fri Sep 10 2021
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
2
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Sat Sep 11 2021
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
3
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Tue Sep 14 2021
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
3
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Wed Sep 15 2021
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
Maybe I'm too close-minded on 'world music', but I found this nice-but-meh
3
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Thu Oct 14 2021
My Generation
The Who
3
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Fri Oct 15 2021
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Gravel. Lots and lots of gravel
4
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Sun Oct 17 2021
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
would have loved this as a late-teen emo - but i never was one, so meh.
2
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Mon Oct 18 2021
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
okish 60s wurble.
3
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Tue Oct 19 2021
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Wed Oct 20 2021
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
3
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Thu Oct 21 2021
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
3
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Couldn't finish - sounded like a bad example of tedious noodly lounge-bar jazz
1
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Sat Oct 23 2021
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
5
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Wed Dec 15 2021
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
3
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Thu Dec 16 2021
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
3
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Fri Dec 17 2021
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
decent fun, french industrial growling
4
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Sat Dec 18 2021
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
mmmm. nice.
3
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Mon Jan 03 2022
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
the 80s were not good for leonard. a couple of simply painful pop overlays. and his voice still has too much clarity. where's the gravel?
2
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
4
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Wed Jan 05 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
grew up on this - feels like a comfy 70s pop sofa
4
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Fri Jan 07 2022
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
3
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Sat Jan 08 2022
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
5
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Mon Jan 10 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
Yeah. I know it's classic, formative, etc, but 22min track to start? It just slipped into background mode, and I barely even noticed the change into the following tracks.
3
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Wed Jan 12 2022
Debut
Björk
Love love love love love.
5