Jan 25 2021
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
I donβt know if Talking Heads is a group I enjoy actively listening to, but it was good as background music. And I recognized a song! So weβre off to a good start.
3
Jan 26 2021
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
I will not tell you how many songs in I was when I realized that Louis Prima voiced the orangutan king in The Jungle Book (facepalm). But this is my kind of cooking music! I particularly like the vocal quality of the female singer (Keely Smith Iβm guessing?) and the harmony sections. Remarkable how many of these songs start with nearly the exact same walking bass line from the piano, just in different keys (listen to the first few seconds of #1, #3 and #6). There was an Italian grocery store down the street from our last apartment in Long Island and this is very much the type of music they played, so it was a nostalgic listen. Final thought - did βgigoloβ mean something different in 1956?
4
Jan 27 2021
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith was a big influence on my favorite artist (Ben Folds), so naturally I hear a lot of similarities between the two of them, but listening to this album I can hear the influence he might have had on even more indie artists that followed him (The Shins, Deathcab, Bon Iver, Fountains of Wayne). I read he was a big fan of the Beatles, which totally comes through in his sound (βPretty Mary Kayβ especially, for me)...at times this album even felt like a darker, more contemporary Simon & Garfunkel (though I didnβt find anything to suggest he emulated them specifically). Overall I really enjoyed listening to this album. Hard to choose a favorite song, but right now Iβm really felling βWouldnβt Mama Be Proudβ & βCanβt Make a Sound.β
5
Jan 28 2021
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Really everyone should have a brass backup band IMHO. And when was the last time you heard a vibraphone solo let alone a flute/vibraphone duet? Just happy, uplifting music.
4
Jan 29 2021
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
This is not my thing at all, but I can sort of see the appeal. Honestly I thought it would be harder to listen to than it was. Perhaps the instrumentals would be more enjoyable without the vocals?
3
Feb 01 2021
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Felt pretty cool listening to this while driving around running errands. I dig it. Made me want to listen to the Killers and weirdly the Allman Brothers?
3
Feb 02 2021
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
I had friends of the Hot Topic persuasion in middle school and high school who liked the Pixies. Not my favorite overall, but I always liked Gigantic (though the version I knew might have been a cover), and Where Is My Mind is a classic.
2
Feb 03 2021
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
My parents had James Taylor in their music rotation a lot when I was little so most of this album was familiar! Easy to listen to with some pretty classic songs.
4
Feb 04 2021
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
This whole album sounded like one continuous song to me, though Iβm admittedly not a huge R&B fan. Fine as background music, but not my favorite.
2
Feb 05 2021
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Really digging the Jesus Christ Superstar vibe of this album. But then some of the songs are very folky, a really interesting contrast. I enjoyed listening to this one.
3
Feb 08 2021
Is This It
The Strokes
As much as Iβm enjoying expanding my musical horizons, it was nice to listen to something familiar with this album.
3
Feb 09 2021
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Another favorite of my parents. S&G music is so soothing and pretty with the harmonies, almost meditative.
4
Feb 10 2021
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
3
Feb 11 2021
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Really interesting instrumentation. At once almost like a jazz ensemble, passing solos around while a chord progression repeats underneath...but then one song borders on classic country rock, at least until the vocals come in. And all the oboe? And even an English horn??
3
Feb 12 2021
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
I canβt place who this sounds like, but very reminiscent of other bands that were popular among my circle in the early-mid 2000s. I wish I had known about them during my vaguely emo teen years!
4
Feb 15 2021
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
This was the perfect music for spending the day in the kitchen!
4
Feb 17 2021
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
4
Feb 18 2021
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
Feb 19 2021
Ten
Pearl Jam
They were never really my jam (see what I did there?) but it wasnβt terrible to listen to, especially with some familiar songs on this album.
3
Feb 22 2021
American Idiot
Green Day
Iβm not a huge Green Day fan, but if I had to choose a favorite album of theirs it would probably not be American Idiot. A few familiar tunes, but overall not great not terrible.
3
Feb 23 2021
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
Feb 24 2021
Ramones
Ramones
3
Feb 25 2021
Live Through This
Hole
John actually introduced me to Hole! I liked this, had kind of a Joan Jett vibe.
4
Feb 26 2021
Rapture
Anita Baker
I tried to like this, but Iβm just not a big fan of R&B.
2
Mar 01 2021
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2
Mar 02 2021
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
I really liked this! I donβt usually listen to much hip hop but I liked this album. I can see how she was so influential on later artists! (Did anyone else read that she was really close with the whole Marley family? Makes me wonder if the album sequence was intentional!)
4
Mar 03 2021
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3
Mar 04 2021
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
Mar 05 2021
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
3
Mar 08 2021
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
3
Mar 09 2021
Elephant
The White Stripes
4
Mar 10 2021
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
3
Mar 11 2021
Viva Hate
Morrissey
2
Mar 12 2021
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
4
Mar 15 2021
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
Mar 17 2021
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
3
Mar 18 2021
Goo
Sonic Youth
4
Mar 19 2021
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
5
Mar 22 2021
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
2
Mar 25 2021
The White Album
Beatles
3
Mar 26 2021
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
3
Mar 30 2021
John Prine
John Prine
4
Mar 31 2021
Scott 2
Scott Walker
3
Apr 01 2021
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
3
Apr 02 2021
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Apr 05 2021
1999
Prince
3
Apr 07 2021
Wild Gift
X
4
Apr 08 2021
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
4
Apr 09 2021
The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonΓ‘e
4
Apr 12 2021
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
3
Apr 16 2021
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
3
Apr 21 2021
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
3
Apr 22 2021
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
3
Apr 23 2021
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
2
Apr 26 2021
Violator
Depeche Mode
3
Apr 30 2021
Nevermind
Nirvana
4
May 03 2021
Forever Changes
Love
3
May 04 2021
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
3
May 06 2021
Heroes
David Bowie
4
May 07 2021
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
3
May 10 2021
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
May 11 2021
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
3
May 12 2021
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
3
May 13 2021
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
1
May 14 2021
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
3
May 17 2021
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
2
May 18 2021
Boston
Boston
3
May 19 2021
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3
May 20 2021
Savane
Ali Farka TourΓ©
4
May 21 2021
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
5
May 26 2021
Fragile
Yes
3
May 27 2021
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Jun 02 2021
Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
Jun 04 2021
American Pie
Don McLean
4
Jun 07 2021
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
3
Jun 08 2021
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
3
Jun 09 2021
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
3
Jun 15 2021
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
3
Jun 18 2021
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
Jun 22 2021
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
3
Jun 25 2021
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
3