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Fri Jan 15 2021
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
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Sat Jan 16 2021
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Sun Jan 17 2021
Dry
PJ Harvey
1
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Mon Jan 18 2021
The Wall
Pink Floyd
2
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Tue Jan 19 2021
1999
Prince
3
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Wed Jan 20 2021
Abraxas
Santana
1
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Thu Jan 21 2021
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
1
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Fri Jan 22 2021
Sincere
Mj Cole
1
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Sat Jan 23 2021
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
5
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Sun Jan 24 2021
Viva Hate
Morrissey
1
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Mon Jan 25 2021
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
2
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Tue Jan 26 2021
The Band
The Band
2
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Wed Jan 27 2021
Vespertine
Björk
2
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Thu Jan 28 2021
Fractured Life
Air Traffic
3
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Fri Jan 29 2021
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
2
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Sat Jan 30 2021
The Blueprint
JAY Z
3
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Sun Jan 31 2021
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
5
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Mon Feb 01 2021
Be
Common
1
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Tue Feb 02 2021
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
1
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Wed Feb 03 2021
Kenya
Machito
1
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Thu Feb 04 2021
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
1
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Fri Feb 05 2021
Either Or
Elliott Smith
1
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Sat Feb 06 2021
Urban Hymns
The Verve
1
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Sun Feb 07 2021
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
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Mon Feb 08 2021
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
3
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Tue Feb 09 2021
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
1
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Wed Feb 10 2021
Blue
Joni Mitchell
2
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Thu Feb 11 2021
Sheet Music
10cc
3
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Fri Feb 12 2021
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
1
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Sat Feb 13 2021
Nevermind
Nirvana
5
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Sun Feb 14 2021
Damaged
Black Flag
3
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Mon Feb 15 2021
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
3
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Tue Feb 16 2021
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
1
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Wed Feb 17 2021
Boston
Boston
4
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Thu Feb 18 2021
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
1
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Fri Feb 19 2021
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
1
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Sat Feb 20 2021
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
2
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Sun Feb 21 2021
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
1
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Mon Feb 22 2021
Technique
New Order
2
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Tue Feb 23 2021
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
3
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Wed Feb 24 2021
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
1
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Thu Feb 25 2021
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
3
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Fri Feb 26 2021
Close To You
Carpenters
1
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Sat Feb 27 2021
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
3
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Sun Feb 28 2021
Close To The Edge
Yes
1
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Mon Mar 01 2021
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
1
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Tue Mar 02 2021
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
1
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Wed Mar 03 2021
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
4
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Thu Mar 04 2021
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
1
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Fri Mar 05 2021
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
1
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Sat Mar 06 2021
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
3
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Sun Mar 07 2021
A Northern Soul
The Verve
1
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Mon Mar 08 2021
Play
Moby
4
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Tue Mar 09 2021
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
2
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Wed Mar 10 2021
Virgin Suicides
Air
1
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Thu Mar 11 2021
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
3
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Fri Mar 12 2021
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
1
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Sat Mar 13 2021
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
2
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Sun Mar 14 2021
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
2
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Mon Mar 15 2021
Live!
Fela Kuti
1
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Tue Mar 16 2021
Music From Big Pink
The Band
3
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Wed Mar 17 2021
Dummy
Portishead
1
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Thu Mar 18 2021
Slipknot
Slipknot
4
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Fri Mar 19 2021
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
2
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Sat Mar 20 2021
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
3
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Sun Mar 21 2021
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
1
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Mon Mar 22 2021
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
2
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Tue Mar 23 2021
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
2
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Wed Mar 24 2021
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
3
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Thu Mar 25 2021
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
1
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Fri Mar 26 2021
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
3
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Sat Mar 27 2021
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
1
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Sun Mar 28 2021
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
2
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Mon Mar 29 2021
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
3
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Tue Mar 30 2021
Harvest
Neil Young
This fucker wants his music off Spotify and now I have to jump through hoops to try and find his old ass album? No thanks. Just like people who complain about piracy, if you make it difficult for people to find your content, they either won't or they will pirate. I can't even be bothered to pirate this guy. I don't pay for all these music services so you get a 1-star for being a tool.
1
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Wed Mar 31 2021
Blackstar
David Bowie
2
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Thu Apr 01 2021
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
2
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Fri Apr 02 2021
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
3
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Sat Apr 03 2021
Melodrama
Lorde
I listened to this album closer than some other albums because I wanted to find a reason not to rate a Lorde album 5 stars. There wasn’t a track on here I didn’t like. I have no excuse to give this leas credit than it deserves. The lyrics are clever, the music is catchy, I like the beats, the synths, and the vocals are delivered really well. Overall it’s an album that is filled with good tracks that are fun to listen to.
5
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Sun Apr 04 2021
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
1
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Mon Apr 05 2021
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
1
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Tue Apr 06 2021
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
4
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Wed Apr 07 2021
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
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Thu Apr 08 2021
Doolittle
Pixies
5
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Fri Apr 09 2021
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
3
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Sat Apr 10 2021
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
1
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Sun Apr 11 2021
Infected
The The
2
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Mon Apr 12 2021
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
2
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Tue Apr 13 2021
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
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Wed Apr 14 2021
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4
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Thu Apr 15 2021
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
2
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Fri Apr 16 2021
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
5
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Sat Apr 17 2021
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
5
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Sun Apr 18 2021
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
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Mon Apr 19 2021
Abbey Road
Beatles
4
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Tue Apr 20 2021
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
2
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Wed Apr 21 2021
Brothers
The Black Keys
3
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Thu Apr 22 2021
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
2
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Fri Apr 23 2021
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
It’s fine as background music in a show or a video game. Is it terrible like some other reviews make it appear? No. The guy is certainly talented playing most of these instruments himself at 19. The final track really brings this down though. Short attention spans aren’t going to let a lot of people tolerate this album though. Maybe if he just split the tracks up they’d have liked it better. It’s good music. I just don’t have a desire to listen to background music much these days.
3
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Sat Apr 24 2021
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
5
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Sun Apr 25 2021
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
This one was very interesting. I’m not one for skits but this one did capture early radio stations I heard growing up. I liked the music once it got started. Solid album.
4
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Mon Apr 26 2021
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
It’s just ok. Nothing special but also nothing bad. I wouldn’t feel like I was missing anything if I’d have not heard this album and I think I’ll forget it quickly.
2
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Tue Apr 27 2021
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Punk smooth r&b
1
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Wed Apr 28 2021
Orbital 2
Orbital
A lot to like here but I have limited years of my life and I can’t afford to spend them waiting several mins for a song to begin or listening to “time becomes a loop” a billion times.
2
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Thu Apr 29 2021
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
This list really loves albums that are old. This is more old music that is not special or unique compared to the other old music and it adds nothing. Just because things are old don’t make them groundbreaking or important. This is best described as decade filler.
1
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Fri Apr 30 2021
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Another example why this list needs a committee and not a single author. We get it, the author loves Elvis Costello. Not every one of his albums is groundbreaking or great. There’s so many other albums that need to go on this list instead of another Elvis Costello run of the mill.
2
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Sat May 01 2021
Teen Dream
Beach House
It’s ok. Nothing really adding to the genre but nothing special.
3
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Sun May 02 2021
Revolver
Beatles
One of the better Beatles albums. I was never a huge Beatles person. When I was younger they were no longer “cool” and I was too angsty to appreciate their goofy songs and I couldn’t look past those to see their more serious tracks. I have heard most of these in the years sense and have come to have more of an appreciation for them. They’re good and I could listen to them more.
4
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Mon May 03 2021
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
2
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Tue May 04 2021
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
This album had a lot of ups and downs for me. It starts strong with the first track that is a perfect blend of rawness, punk, catchiness and message. It falls off hard on the next two tracks and I was worried this was a one-hit album. That wasn’t the case but there were only a handful of songs I thought I’d listen to again but those songs are so good I still give this a high rating. I’d have loved this album if I knew of it back in 99.
4
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Wed May 05 2021
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
More easy listening if you’re into easy listening. Inoffensive if you’re not into offensive. This is “safe music” and you put it on if you don’t want anyone complaining in a crowd because while it isn’t special in any way, people are afraid to say they don’t like something Paul Simon has put out and don’t care for this pedestrian album. This sounds like an album Paul Simon’s label put out when when he has no hits.
1
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Thu May 06 2021
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
I need the author to explain to me why this album is in this list. This is another album where the artist sat around high on meth adding random ambient sounds repeating for minutes on end and then someone circle jerked them into thinking they creating magic. This isn’t special and anyone with a year of Fruity Loops experience can churn out something better. Yeah, they start putting beats in and then repeat those ad nauseum until every ounce of promise has been ripped from the track. They do that thing where they build up adding new sounds every few minutes like it’s a chore to put in effort to hear something neat happen at minute 5. No thanks.
1
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Fri May 07 2021
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
It’s fine. It sounds like those guys who hang out at faires and play lutes trying to sell their “Sounds of the Wind” album. This is great if you like feeling like you’re laying in a valley listening to birds and the grass is starting to itch and you know you’re supposed to keep listening and relaxing and enjoying it but at the same time you’re really wondering how long you have to listen and people won’t judge you.
2
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Sat May 08 2021
Scott 4
Scott Walker
Sigh. More albums like this make this “1001 Albums to Waste Precious Minutes of Your Life.” This is an album of Christmas music without the Christmas.
1
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Sun May 09 2021
Reign In Blood
Slayer
1
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Mon May 10 2021
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
This was really interesting. Just when you think you have it pegged it does something different. Sometimes that different is doing a George Michael song but overall it’s really good I think. It’s amazing this came out in 91 and it was totally overshadowed by grunge and alternative but this is a good mixture of that late 80s rock, hip hop, and early alternative.
4
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Tue May 11 2021
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
I was reserved when seeing another live album. I don't typically find them appealing with bad mixing/recording. This one was different. It sounded great. Here was a band who are all dead today but back then they were on the verge of breaking up and having one stretch of live shows and recordings to try to hit it big and take that next step. You hear that intensity in this performance. Only thing better would be to go back in time and attend the show live.
4
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Wed May 12 2021
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
It’s jazz. If you like jazz then here’s some jazz for you. It sounds like all the other jazz so maybe this is good jazz or maybe this is middle of the road jazz. It’s definitely jazz though.
1
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Thu May 13 2021
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Really good early days of rap. It's upbeat and positive but not in the boring way that old music tends to be.
3
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Fri May 14 2021
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Not as great as the other album of his on this list but still ok to listen to. It has a few hits on it but Tiny Dancer takes too long to get to the good part. No wonder the radio edit shortens the beginning.
3
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Sat May 15 2021
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Ok but not his best album. Some of this is good but also just too high pitched to understand.
3
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Sun May 16 2021
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Damn
4
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Mon May 17 2021
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
This is some smooth music. I like this dude's voice and the songs are easy to listen to.
3
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Tue May 18 2021
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
I did not "come together" on yet another live album. Maybe if I were there I'd get into it more but this is just another "look what you missed" album and it doesn't even really sound like I missed much.
1
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Wed May 19 2021
Sister
Sonic Youth
2
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Thu May 20 2021
Vivid
Living Colour
I grew up hating the cult of personality. I can't tell you why other than people having different taste but I loved rock and alternative so it's the kind of song I should've liked but I didn't. Skip to today. This album is on my list and I listen to all of them even if I suspect I will dislike it. Wow. Was I missing out. The album starts with cult of personality but this time I'm thinking, "maybe I wasn't very fair with this song. It's not as bad as you thought." I actually kind of liked it. After hearing it a million times maybe it's acquired taste! The rest of the album though I really did like. I was missing out on a great album that was always there and available for me at any time. Can't go back now but I'm glad I listened and changed my mind.
4
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Fri May 21 2021
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
It has some of their best songs but it's not perfect. The last two tracks are not ones I could ever want to listen to. The weird garbled vocals on the last track and the long drawn up drum jam are just not interesting. It's sad because with some different tracks in place there this could've been a perfect album.
4
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Sat May 22 2021
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
It doesn't get a 1 because the music is actually ok. The vocals are terrible though and I couldn't listen ever again. His voice is ok but his lyrics and cadence aren't entertaining to me.
2
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Sun May 23 2021
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
2
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Mon May 24 2021
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
1
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Tue May 25 2021
School's Out
Alice Cooper
Everyone has heard School’s Out the song but as an album I find it largely forgettable. There isn’t another track on here I’d see myself playing again. Alice Cooper has a mystique that isn’t represented on this album at all besides some lyrics here and there about graveyards in your soul. I’d skip this and listen to something else.
1
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Wed May 26 2021
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
This is a really late 80s /early 90s Janet Jackson album. There is a good amount of songs that are catchy and “radio friendly” and other songs that have more meaning and emotion. It’s easy to listen to and several I remember listening to back in those days.
3
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Thu May 27 2021
Woodface
Crowded House
Very boring. There is nothing gained here after listening. I do not want to hear them again.
1
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Fri May 28 2021
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
It’s aggressively ok. I see where modern acts have taken inspiration from this. It falls into that category of important for providing inspiration for later acts who’ve expanded and iterated on this to deliver something better. So it’s important but after hearing the better stuff based on this work you find yourself not wanting to listen to this anymore. It has a lot of flavors I should like but just find it ok. It makes me want to listen to MGMT.
3
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Sat May 29 2021
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
3
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Sun May 30 2021
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
It's jazz. If you like sitting around your house listening to smooth instrumental jazz then this is for you. I don't so it's not for me. If I were at a jazz club and they played it there then I'd be ok. I don't have any use for this album outside of that purpose.
1
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Mon May 31 2021
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
2
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Tue Jun 01 2021
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This Elvis Costello album was slightly better than the last but nothing I'd write home about. I don't know why. I like his voice. I like his singing style. He has a Tom Petty vibe who I love but Elvis's songs are boring. Storytelling is great if your stories are good but I can't do anything with this album.
1
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Wed Jun 02 2021
Scum
Napalm Death
1
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Thu Jun 03 2021
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
It's fine. It's not the best rap album but there's nothing too bad about it other than being slower, more rhythmic rap you see in the earlier years. It's dated for sure too.
3
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Fri Jun 04 2021
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Another just fine album. It's not great. It's not terrible. Would I miss it if I never heard it again? No. Only the Good Die Young and Moving Out I like but those are what gets this into the "fine" category.
3
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Sat Jun 05 2021
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
It's another emperor's new clothes album. People are too afraid to say they don't listen to this old music that doesn't have a good production quality. It was good then, it inspired later artists, it has a place in music history, you should hear it once I guess. It isn't something you listen to again though because there are newer, better albums today. That's with a lot of this list. She's a good singer but time changes all, even music.
2
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Sun Jun 06 2021
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Nothing special to see here.
2
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Mon Jun 07 2021
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
The previous Cohen album I rated was terrible. This wasn't. Some of it I'd classify as even good. The probables is it overstays it's welcome after like 3 tracks. I don't know how people can listen to him slowly prod through album after album if this is his style. He's like the last dinner guest at your house after everyone else has left. You're standing at the door. Dishes are being washed. You keep saying things like "well ok then" but he keeps telling his story and launching into new ones. If you told me he writes his music watching birds I'd tell you it shows in the music. Not bad but it gets boring.
3
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Tue Jun 08 2021
The Visitors
ABBA
It was ok. I was concerned with the first track because it was good music but the singing was ghastly. I don't know why they led off with that song. If the rest was sung the same way I'd have not made it through the album. Overall it was ok. It seemed to go on forever though and I did get tired of it. There any great songs that made me want to listen again but nothing too bad.
3
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Wed Jun 09 2021
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
There's much better Steely Dan than this album. There's much better everything than this album. I haven't figured out why it's on this list but it's not good and not special or important.
1
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Thu Jun 10 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Beach Boys fans are going to hate you if you don't like this album but you have to be a Beach Boys fan to care about anything here. If you e been in a grocery store in the last 30 years you've heard Wouldn't It Be Nice. That's pretty much the album just never meeting the catchiness of that track.
1
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Fri Jun 11 2021
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
This is my second Wilco album I've come across on this list. I don't think it's as bad as the other one but it's boring. It's like 90s alternative without the urgency. Imagine REM sitting around one day and say, "maybe we should try writing some slow songs for once?" That would be this. It doesn't get a single star because the singer doesn't sound bad and the music is ok. Just a album full of boring. Even the band hates it. I'd like to ask the author what this did for music to warrant being on this list?
2
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Sat Jun 12 2021
The Specials
The Specials
Nothing here is bad but it's dated. I'd listen to it again but it's on the same category as sublime. I'm sure in 1979 this inspired scores of ska and pink kids. Today it's just ok.
3
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Sun Jun 13 2021
Low
David Bowie
Blerg. His vocals are ok on this album. It's tough to give a Bowie album a poor rating but I definitely will when it doesn't even have him singing hardly. It's boring. It's low in the list of great Bowie albums.
2
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Mon Jun 14 2021
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
1
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Tue Jun 15 2021
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Another one of these. People tell me they're like the Smashing Pumpkins. They're no where close. It's just shoegaze nonsense with droning low vocals. That genre is the worst. I can't imagine these albums are high on the list to get replaced by the next great albums in the next update.
1
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Wed Jun 16 2021
In Utero
Nirvana
4
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Thu Jun 17 2021
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
It's a live album and I normally don't rate those high. You have to be there to get the full effect. He incorporates Capital Theater into his song and the crowd goes wild. That means nothing to me. I don't even know where Capital Theater is. It isn't anything bad until they start adding back in the crowd and it's just annoying. Few songs are better in the live version. I'd rather just listen to these songs on their studio albums.
2
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Fri Jun 18 2021
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Really isn't any different than the other album on this list. Why both are needed is beyond me. There's too many conditions you need in order to like this: be drunk, be drunk with friends, your friends have to be drunk, you have to be at a pub, you have to be at an Irish pub, you have to be in the mood to sing Irish folk punk, then you can enjoy this. Since there's so many conditions needed you probably don't need both these Pogues albums. Choose one and you're ok.
1
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Sat Jun 19 2021
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
1
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Sun Jun 20 2021
Rocks
Aerosmith
This is one of the Aerosmith albums I'd never listened to before. This was pretty rocking. I liked it more than most of their recent stuff and better than their first two albums. Very short at about 30 mins so it's a quick listen. There's some tracks I'd be happy to listen to again. Nobody's Fault is a song I'd never heard before. The closing solo is good. Not the best guitar solo I've ever heard but good for them.
4
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Mon Jun 21 2021
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
It's ok. I'm not particularly inspired by it but it isn't terrible.
3
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Tue Jun 22 2021
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
It's good jazz. If you like jazz then here you go.
2
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Wed Jun 23 2021
Mothership Connection
Parliament
It's fun and funky.
3
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Thu Jun 24 2021
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
1
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Fri Jun 25 2021
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
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Sat Jun 26 2021
2112
Rush
4
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Sun Jun 27 2021
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
It was good. A little slow but I'm into this type of music so I could see myself listening again. I wouldn't be upset if I never heard it again though. It's the perfect example of middle of the road to me.
3
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Mon Jun 28 2021
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
3
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Tue Jun 29 2021
Van Halen
Van Halen
Here's the thing about Van Halen: they're really talented people who haven't made anything I've ever liked. This album is no different. Most of the songs I've heard from them are on this album so I knew I wouldn't feel any different after listening. People go gaga over Eruption but it's simply disjointed, incoherent soloing that isn't well put together. He's just doing a bunch of admittedly cool things like he wanted to show someone all the possible tricks he has. If he had made it mesh together it would've been way more impressive. I get why people like Van Halen, there's just way more acts who have a better use for their talent.
2
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Wed Jun 30 2021
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
2
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Thu Jul 01 2021
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
2
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Fri Jul 02 2021
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
I have always abhorred All I Want to Do. It's been decades now since it last infiltrated my radio all day and night at the height of its popularity but even today hearing it is an offense to my ears. Luckily, Sheryl has far better songs, some on this album even. The other singles from here are pretty good and Run, Baby, Run is catchy enough and well-put together that I figured it would be a hit. It's not a terrible album overall but just stop when it hits that All I Wanna Do as the rest aren't worth your while.
3
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Sat Jul 03 2021
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
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Sun Jul 04 2021
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
4
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Mon Jul 05 2021
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
No
1
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Tue Jul 06 2021
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
1
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Wed Jul 07 2021
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
I really only like Nothing Compares 2 U and Black Boys on Mopeds. The rest is good singing but those are the only special songs to me.
2
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Thu Jul 08 2021
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
1
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Fri Jul 09 2021
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
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Sat Jul 10 2021
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
This is a great album. Peak 90s rap if you ask me and worthy of ushering in the early 2000s changes to the genre. The lyrics and flow are great. The beats are dated for sure but if these dudes got together for a modern album I'd be all for it.
4
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Sun Jul 11 2021
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
4
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Mon Jul 12 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
"Who is it? What is it? Who is it? What is it?"
Idk who or what it is but it isn't good. They wrote psycho killer which is good and everyone have them a free pass on the rest of the album. It seriously feels like at times he doesn't know what to say and just says random words. This genre is usually my favorite but I'll not miss putting this album to bed and never listening again.
1
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Tue Jul 13 2021
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
2
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Wed Jul 14 2021
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
1
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Thu Jul 15 2021
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
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Fri Jul 16 2021
My Generation
The Who
3
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Sat Jul 17 2021
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
1
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Sun Jul 18 2021
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
2
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Mon Jul 19 2021
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
4
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Tue Jul 20 2021
Moving Pictures
Rush
2
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Wed Jul 21 2021
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
1
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Thu Jul 22 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
3
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Fri Jul 23 2021
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
2
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Sat Jul 24 2021
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
2
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Sun Jul 25 2021
Destroyer
KISS
2
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Mon Jul 26 2021
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
1
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Tue Jul 27 2021
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
1
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Wed Jul 28 2021
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
3
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Thu Jul 29 2021
The Coral
The Coral
4
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
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Sun Dec 04 2022
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
1
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Mon Dec 05 2022
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
3
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Goo
Sonic Youth
3
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Wild Gift
X
3
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
1
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Sat Dec 10 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Listening to this album made me feel like I was watching an episode of Sesame Street for some reason. This is super country. It’s not like the rock country or the blues country or even fiddle country. This is just straight living in the Appalachians with a hand crank well pump in your front yard and an outhouse. If you like that, listen to this album. It might be too heavy for you though.
1
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Sun Dec 11 2022
Hotel California
Eagles
3
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Bad
Michael Jackson
3
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Tue Dec 13 2022
With The Beatles
Beatles
I’m not an adolescent girl in the 60s so this does nothing for me. It’s another example of how the author needs permission not to add every album from iconic bands. It seems like he thinks that’s required. It’s ok to say a Beatles album isn’t great and in comparison with their other albums it’s fine to leave it off the list for better albums.
1
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Wed Dec 14 2022
GREY Area
Little Simz
This was such an unexpected surprise. I won’t lie. I thought it was Jaden Smith on the cover! Little Simz is so freaking good. Every single track was fire. I added every track to a playlist in Spotify and this goes in heavy rotation.
5
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
To me it’s an album carried by Maggie May. The rest are ok to listen to but like so many albums of the time it had a hit and a lot of b-tracks.
2
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
I enjoyed this more than I expected. This dude is smooth. I believe in love now that I’ve heard this album. I can’t believe this is 1969 though.
3
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
4
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Really couldn’t get into this. It’s not bad but nothing I would want to listen to again.
2
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Odessa
Bee Gees
I don’t know what to do with this album after hearing it. Do I hate it? No. Do I like it? No. Is this culturally significant in some way? Idk. Is this an important album in the band’s career? Idk. It’s just here.
2
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Tue Dec 20 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
Obviously everyone loves American Pie. Correction: everyone loves the situation that surrounds a crowd singing the song in unison but may not necessarily love the song itself. It has that group dynamic. After that song, this album has nothing left to offer except generic old folk singing. If you like that, you’ll like this but it doesn’t stand out to some of the other great folk albums on this list.
2
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
What I expect from early punk. A lot of fun here and as inspiration many bands have improved on this and executed much better. For the era, this would’ve been excellent.
3
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Thu Dec 22 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Another one of those albums that feels like the emperor’s new clothes. If you admit you find it boring then you have zero taste in music and everyone will push you into the mud and make fun of you. So more people say they like it. It’s another concept album from the band but not as good as their others. There’s still good songs here and there’s a light show you can go see they’ve been milking for 80 years but make sure you’re high to listen or watch.
2
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
This fucker wants his music off Spotify and now I have to jump through hoops to try and find his old ass album? No thanks. Just like people who complain about piracy, if you make it difficult for people to find your content, they either won't or they will pirate. I can't even be bothered to pirate this guy. I don't pay for all these music services so you get a 1-star for being a tool.
1
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Sat Dec 24 2022
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
This was a really good listen. I didn’t think I’d like it as much as I did. Everyone has heard Time After Time and All Through the Night and I thought it would be one of those albums with two hits and then a bunch of b-sides like what happened so often back then but that wasn’t the case. Solid album.
3
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
This one was pretty ok. I did not mind it but didn’t have a significant reaction to it. I do like the bond the band members seem to have and got a feeling of a live jam session that still sounded good. I like when bands sound like they enjoy playing with each other and have fun doing what they do. I would’ve preferred being able to hear the vocals more but as a live album it’s what I expect.
3
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Mon Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
This has a lot of the Christmas hits you already know and hear every year. It's pretty timeless but you're limited to just December on this one.
3
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Tue Dec 27 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Some of the songs added in the last few tracks were pretty cool but overall this is largely forgettable.
2
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Wed Dec 28 2022
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
There’s a reason the shoegaze genre is the lowest ranked genre on this site. This is it. It just drones on and on and you can’t even tell it’s the next song except for the fact that you know you ended the previous one by pressing next halfway through. Imagine waking up and thinking “you know what will be really groundbreaking? Having vocals in a song that you can hear someone is singing but because the mix makes them super low, and I just stone on and on, no one can tell what I’m saying, but not in a cool way like metal or grunge, just in a way that makes the record sound unfinished. That would be really cool.”
1
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
There are a couple of hits on here but it’s boomer rock and doesn’t add anything special to the genre. People joke that the Eagles are bland and haven’t added to the genre. This is a far more bland album than anything the Eagles have put out. I see almost no impact to the music world if this album hadn’t been made. This list doesn’t need this album.
1
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Another person in the list I’ve heard their name for many years and yet had not heard anything from them. I was certainly missing out. I really enjoyed this Tom Waits album and it’s different than so much other music.
4
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Tue Jan 03 2023
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
It’s a good early punk album. They do something that’s at the same time classic but you can listen in modern times as well.
4
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Wed Jan 04 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young
This fucker wants his music off Spotify and now I have to jump through hoops to try and find his old ass album? No thanks. Just like people who complain about piracy, if you make it difficult for people to find your content, they either won't or they will pirate. I can't even be bothered to pirate this guy. I don't pay for all these music services so you get a 1-star for being a tool.
1
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
This pretty excellent. I’ve never heard of him and I’m glad I have now. The composition and song writing here is fantastic, easy to listen to, and highly enjoyable. He plays a lot of these instruments and can sing well. It’s all interesting. I don’t think it’s sing along or something you end up memorizing the lyrics but you still like to listen to it.
4
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
I normally abhor Jane's Addiction. Them and Perry Farrell's other band Porno for Pyros have always felt like the same music because he's so unique and overpowering as singer. Neither have piqued my interest over the years. I have Nothing's Shocking a low rating but this album just hit for me. I still dislike Been Caught Stealing but the rest of the songs are really good. I'll listen again.
4
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
3
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Debut
Björk
Björk has always felt like the "high art" version of pop music. It's not bad and there's stuff I like. It's just I find myself wanting to care about it more than I actually do. I give her high marks for seemingly doing whatever the heck she wants to do and that's always a good thing in my book. Still, this is an album that I'll never listen to again but feel guilty that I "don't get her" the way she probably deserves.
3
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
1
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
1
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Being There
Wilco
1
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I'd heard Maps and liked it. I really liked Heads Will Roll but I'd never gotten around to checking them out further. Well I did with this album and I wasn't missing anything. I even checked their Spotify and their top 5 songs is Maps and 4 different versions of Heads Will Roll.
This album is a conundrum for me. I like the style of music. I like the music. I like her vocals. I just don't find any of the songs other than Maps entertaining. It's the same issue I've always had with Van Halen as well. All talented but don't like any of the songs.
2
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Fri Jan 13 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
4
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Sat Jan 14 2023
The Last Broadcast
Doves
3
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Arrival
ABBA
1
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Zombie
Fela Kuti
2
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
If they say too much of a good thing is bad then too much of a mediocre thing is just awful. This is that. It wasn't bad but by the end all the goodwill it gained in the beginning had worn thin. By the final ten tracks you're begging for it to be over.
1
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
I'm sure the concert was great. Maybe if I'd been there I'd enjoy this album more. As it stands, it's good music just they jam way too long to be enjoyable outside of the actual attendance.
3
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
I'm all for experimental music but they should've experimented with something different.
1
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Faith
George Michael
3
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
2
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Randy Newman's music is the equivalent of walking down the street and overhearing random people's conversations. Mundane and irrelevant to you. It has no significant bearing on your life and quickly forgettable. Listening to an entire album is the equivalent of waiting in a long line and having to hear the guy behind you carry out the boring details of his life.
1
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
3
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
2
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
3
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Suicide
Suicide
This dude got a Casio keyboard for Christmas one year and made the same song over and over.
1
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
4
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Sat Jan 28 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
3
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Sun Jan 29 2023
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Not as bad as everyone here makes it seem but that's about the best you can say about it. They seem like they had a good time making it and if that isn't what music is all about then I don't know what is.
3
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Mon Jan 30 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
It's fine
3
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
This is the definition of an overrated album. The amount of hype portraying this as perfection in musical form hurts it and forces you to listen more critically and decrease your own rating. This album is not bad. It's much more important to the Beatles and their mythos than it is important to music as a whole. It's decent but not great. There are better Beatles albums for sure.
2
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Another band I've heard of and never gotten around to checking them out. Well if this is the best they have then I'm glad I didn't waste my time before. What a forgettable album that does absolutely nothing new and seems to even do that worse than others.
1
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Thu Feb 02 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
This is it. When people want a hip hop and rap suggestion you name this album. This is a 5 star album and in a list that is rife with questionable choices, this one stands above the rest.
5
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
Really beautiful music. Takes you back to when music was structured differently though.
4
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
It's hair metal but one of the few hair metal bands who are pretty good. Richie Sambora really loves his pinch harmonics and his solos are simplistic compared to his peers but they still fit. This album would be much better with some epic solos though. This album has a lot to offer in hits and deep tracks.
4
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Dirty
Sonic Youth
3
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Mon Feb 06 2023
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
1
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Tue Feb 07 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
This is like listening to art. I know it's good. I know it's important. It just doesn't really mean anything to me. It's an album I should like. I like his other albums. I like his style. I like his lyrics. I like his content. I like the beats. It's everything I want...I just don't don't want this. It's not bad though either. I'd rather reach for Good Kid, Damn, or even Black Panther.
3
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Wed Feb 08 2023
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
1
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
1
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Sat Feb 11 2023
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
When the special thing about this album on Wikipedia is that it was included in "1001 albums you must hear before you die" it makes it a bit recursive. Maybe if you like Mambo music this will be good for you.
2
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
More old music that's on here because everyone has heard the song Groovin so obviously the entire album is so special you must hear it, right? Right? Nope. Just the same boring and bland old music with one track that got popular and surrounded by filler.
1
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
I can feel the lack of Kim Deal in this album and find it less deserving to be on this list than previous releases. Maybe they rushed this one a little too much. It's not terrible. I wouldn't reach for it again though like I would with albums like Doolittle.
2
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
This is just flat out boring
1
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Some of the music was pleasant but it just sounds like literally everything that came out at the time.
2
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Thu Feb 16 2023
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
It has some hits and isn't bad to hear.
2
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
I really thought I'd like this album while listening to the first two tracks. They were interesting and she's a good singer. She showed a ranged of emotion and the music was interesting. It just didn't go anywhere after that. She sounds flat and the music is just boring.
2
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Sat Feb 18 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
It's a great album. People like Ziggy and it's a fine track but Suffragette City is the star. I wouldn't say it's perfect since there are some boring filler tracks mixed in but the good tracks compensate for those.
4
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
2
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
3
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Tue Feb 21 2023
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
2