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Fri Jan 12 2024
Discosis
Bran Van 3000
7/10. I liked a decent number of these songs, and there was a fun range of moods. That said, it got old after 45 minutes or so. Wouldn't listen through it again, but definitely worth listening to
4
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Sat Jan 13 2024
The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot
6/10. As advertised. A bit beautiful, and a bit of a letdown.
3
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Blink-182
blink-182
5/10. Reminds me of American Idiot, but not as good.
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Fuzz
Chucklehead
8/10. Kinda funky, I can see how this would be really fun as a live, underground option, but it was only pretty food overall, I would say. The tug boat themed one was fun.
4
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Tue Jan 16 2024
El Circo
Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio
9/10. This was a lot of fun, and a very quick listen. I think I'd like to listen to more stuff like this
5
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Relatives in Descent
Protomartyr
3/10. Sounded like Nick Cave, but a little less harsh. Almost fell asleep in my chair 2-3 times trying to listen to this. Definitely not my thing
2
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Thu Jan 18 2024
McDonald and Giles
Ian McDonald
8/10. I like.
4
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Version 2.0
Garbage
7/10. I think this was a bit worse than Garbage, but still definitely felt like listening to Garbage.
4
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Control
Pedro The Lion
9/10. I thought this was really neat.
5
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Give Up
The Postal Service
5/10. I can't deny that great heights is a great song, but most of this album felt a bit lackluster to me. Which, I suppose, is sort of the point of the indie aesthetic, but I guess I just like my music lustrous.
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Oncle Jazz
Men I Trust
7/10. Feels like it could be a soundtrack for Purgatory. But maybe I just need to stop listening to albums after lunch.
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Nonagon Infinity
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
I really liked this, and I feel like I've been stingy with my ratings at times. So in keeping with the theme, I'm going to give this a 9.99 repeating out of 10.
5
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Daisies Of The Galaxy
Eels
9/10. Ooh, when I saw this I wasn't looking forward to it because I didn't think Beautiful Freak was all that, but it seems like another instance of the main list just not picking the most enjoyable album to represent a particular artist.
5
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Thu Jan 25 2024
I Need to Start a Garden
Haley Heynderickx
9/10. This was really chill, definitely need to revisit at a time when I can listen to the lyrics more attentively, because what I heard, I liked.
5
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Night Drive
Chromatics
6/10. Definitely a pleasant listen, though I think I'd have gotten bored on some of the longer tracks if I hadn't been focused on work at the time.
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Don't Throw Stones
THE SPORTS
7/10. Oh, forgot to rate this the day I listened to it, but it was pretty cool.
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Continuum
John Mayer
7/10. Yeah, this was a good album, and with enough prominent songs on it that I am surprised that it didn't make the list. Or I would be surprised if I was a naive baby who thought that albums released after the 1st edition of the book in 2005 were likely to be included in subsequent revisions.
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Cleopatra
The Lumineers
10/10. I submitted this album, so obviously I like it. I will admit though that it was not my favorite album not to be included on the main list, only my favorite from an artist with no albums on the list. The first three songs are the best start to an album I could ask for, but it does leave the album feeling pretty front-heavy, which is in my mind it's biggest weakness. Also a perfect album to put on for a short drive, because I don't feel obligated to finish it if I get home faster than I expected.
5
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Nuyorican Soul
Nuyorican Soul
9/10. This was kinda sick, I wish people would have quit coming up to me at work and trying to talk to me while I was listening to this, because it was super enjoyable.
5
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Wed Jan 31 2024
A1A
Jimmy Buffett
6/10. I mean, it's a whole album of Jimmy Buffet. I agree he ought to have something on the list, and I might have given it a 7 if I'd listened to it in the summer on the beach with a strong drink
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Dimanche à Bamako
Amadou & Mariam
9/10. Love this, makes me wish I'd actually learned some French from my high school class, but oh well.
5
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Fri Feb 02 2024
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
King Tubby
6/10. Definitely pleasant and mellow. Not something I'd have sought out on my own, but a cool little recommendation.
3
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Bloody Kisses
Type O Negative
4/10. It's a good thing these guys say they don't care what I think, because I didn't enjoy this music very much. Like, the summer breeze cover was fun because it was so unexpected and different, but I think Gothic metal just isn't for me.
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Maestro
Kaizers Orchestra
7/10. Better than I expected
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Because the Internet
Childish Gambino
8/10. Definitely had some moments where I was vibing with it, but it didn't rock my world either. I feel like the bits that stood out to me were often just the tracks I'd heard before, but there was cool stuff that didn't sound familiar as well. I can imagine a world where I grow to really enjoy this album.
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Before These Crowded Streets
Dave Matthews Band
3/10. Y'all's reviews got my hopes up. Disliked the singing, the lyricism was hit or miss (with a tendency towards miss), the instrumentals just felt a bit stiff and lifeless to me, and then it just takes itself so seriously with the long-running songs. And then the 70 minute runtime was gratuitous, but that's the 90s for ya. I thought the dreaming tree was okay, maybe because Stockholm syndrome had set in at that point, or maybe because my mind was wandering for the first half of it so it didn't feel as long.
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Music For People In Trouble
Susanne Sundfør
7/10. This was nice, but it didn't quite hit home for me.
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Spilt Milk
Jellyfish
7/10. Can any musical career truly be complete without a song about masturbation?
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
No.1 In Heaven
Sparks
8/10. I like that you can read the title as No One in Heaven if you want to. Also the music was pretty cool.
4
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Apostrophe(')
Frank Zappa
7/10. Ah, yes. I actually listened to this album shortly after getting Hot Rats on the main list, because I had really liked that album, and figured maybe I liked Zappa and should listen to more of his stuff. What I discovered? That I only really like Zappa's music when he keeps his mouth shut. That said, relistening to this with that expectation going in, I tuned out the singing a bit more, and this was a pretty fun album, definitely more enjoyable than the Mothers of Invention albums that made the main list. And I do really like Cosmik Debris.
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Mon Feb 12 2024
After Hours
The Weeknd
5/10. Well, I think that was enough autotune to keep me satisfied for a few years. Not bad by any means, and there were some nice lyrics as well, but I don't really like the overall sound that much.
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings
Louis Armstrong
8/10. Yep, pretty good stuff, always fun listening to older stuff
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
I Am
Earth, Wind & Fire
10/10. Yeah, it's Earth Wind and Fire, and one of their better albums at that. Always super fun to listen to, though I'm not usually the type to listen to a whole album of theirs at once, and I did like That's the Way of the World better as an album.
5
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Zuckerzeit
Cluster
7/10. Had no idea what this was going in, and enjoyed it. Good instrumental music.
4
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Forced Witness
Alex Cameron
8/10. I thought this was pretty cool, really enjoyed the sound, and the lyrics were well crafted, and often a little jarring compared to everything else going on.
3
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Sat Feb 17 2024
F♯ A♯ ∞
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
7/10. You know, I scoffed at the review that said this album gave them a burst of creativity, but you know what, after listening to this today I mixed a new recipe for cocktail bitters, colored on sugar with a highlighter, and invented a Princess Bride themed drinking game, so maybe this is a creative booster.
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Arctic Monkeys
6/10. Was pretty good, but not super memorable. Maybe it's something that would grow on me. I liked "The Worlds First Ever Monster Truck Front-Flip".
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Tue Feb 20 2024
The Lion's Roar
First Aid Kit
9/10. This was really pretty.
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Frosting On The Beater
The Posies
8/10. This was a fun listen
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Dogrel
Fontaines D.C.
7/10. Worth a relisten when I've got time to appreciate the songwriting. This run through all I really got out of this was that they were Irish and they sounded pretty good
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Weezer
Weezer
6/10. I could definitely relate to In The Garage, I love spending time in spaces with 12-sided dice where no one can hear Weezer.
3
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Madvillainy
Madvillain
5/10. Some of the ways they mixed sounds reminded me a more of The Avalanches' album from the main list than most hip-hop. And, like with that album, I thought this one was memorable and worthy and a good submission and whatnot, but not that enjoyable for me to listen to, personally.
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Tally Hall
7/10. I went back on forth on whether I found this irritating or charming. I did laugh a bit at the "end rhymes are not my fort" line. Don't know that I needed a bonus track that, by the sound of it, features about 10 Muppet chickens but no one is making me listen to the bonus tracks I can stop whenever I want
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Steven Wilson
6/10. This was peaceful and chilled out, but didn't really stand out to me a ton. Definitely a good album, but not something I am crazy for.
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Rêver mieux
Daniel Bélanger
8/10. hon hon hon, c'est francais. Didn't make that big of an impression on me for my first listen, but it was very pleasant, and it looks like it was submitted by the French (Quebecois, perhaps?) user whose reviews I always see and who seems to like a lot of the same music I do, so I should probably give it another listen, perhaps on a walk on a rainy day?
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
SOPHIE
4/10. The first two tracks sounded wildly different, and I didn't really like either of them. There is a lot going on in this album, and I admire the variety and experimentation, but it definitely isn't approachable. I could see this growing on me if I listened to more stuff like it, but I don't really see that in my future. I liked Immaterial alright, it felt a lot more digestible than the rest of the album. Glad I listened to it, didn't like it.
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Tomb
Angelo De Augustine
7/10. This was good. I enjoyed listening to it. I feel like I should have more to say about it, but I guess this is it.
4
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Yeti
Amon Düül II
7/10. Very pleasant, definitely faded into the background while I was working though so didn't leave me with a lot of impressions.
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
22, A Million
Bon Iver
4/10. A mix of weird electronic sounds and sleepy piano music that just really isn't doing it for me today. Good to know that someone is out there forcing Spotify to support unicode, though.
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Mon Mar 04 2024
The Hazards of Love
The Decemberists
8/10. I do really like it when Rock Operas actually have different singers for different characters, makes it a lot easier to follow. And there really isn't enough modern music about people getting fucked over by forest spirits, so this was an enjoyable listen for me.
4
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Enema Of The State
blink-182
8/10. Okay, I can see why this album gets hyped up. Great name for an album as well
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Emotional Mugger
Ty Segall
5/10. There was some cool stuff going on here for sure, but none of it really grabbed me.
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Come And Get It
Rachel Stevens
6/10. Very bold of a 2000's pop song to claim "I'm gonna stand the test of time". I liked this music in a nostalgic sort of way, but the album was definitely a little longer than I would have liked.
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Kick
INXS
7/10. Pretty good, nothing drive me crazy though.
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Vedergällningen
Garmarna
7/10. Good listen, how come the wikipedia article shows Penny Arcade in the related articles section?
4
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Sun Mar 10 2024
A Live One
Phish
4/10. I always try to believe the best of people, so I have to assume that whoever added this was trying to add a Reel Big Fish album to the list, but due to an honest misunderstanding we ended up with a real big Phish album instead.
2
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
7/10. Listened to this, was pretty good, forgot to rate it and now I forget what it was like. Maybe I'll give it a relisten some time.
4
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Recipe for Hate
Bad Religion
8/10. This kinda rocked
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Wed Mar 13 2024
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
7/10. Damn, this guy loves singing about semen. One of those albums that does a lot of cool stuff, but the end-product just isn't something I'm that into.
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Englabörn
Jóhann Jóhannsson
7/10. Pleasant and instrumental, a good listen to be certain but nothing life-changing.
4
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Sublime
Sublime
8/10. Has a handful of hits that make up for some of the weaker numbers (Pawn Shop dragggged on). And considering the main list's shortcomings in terms of ska and reggae, this was a refreshing listen
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Currents
Tame Impala
6/10. Someone give me a heads up if they ever make a feral impala, that might be more exciting to listen to.
3
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Lahai
Sampha
9/10. This was super cool, would switch between several different sounds and styles so suddenly, with instruments coming in and out, switching from singing, to spoken word, and then speeding that up into rap… and it all fit together.
5
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Sat Apr 06 2024
Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
Bruce Springsteen
7/10. I like Bruce Springsteen, so I liked this album. I don't really think it's a must-listen, though.
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Wed May 08 2024
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Roger Waters
6/10. Hmm. I really like the idea of this album. And the title track. But the rest of it is a bit more hit-or-miss, and it's just unnerving when there are little snippets that are shared with The Wall—like that one song that sounded like Mother, and the other one that sounded like One of My Turns, and then every once in a while I'll jump in the middle of a song because it sounds like In the Flesh just came on… I just feel like this album lacks its own identity a bit because of that. Also if I could hear what the fuck Roger Waters was saying half the time it would help a lot, but the main vocals are mixed kinda low.
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