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1984
Van Halen
Boring and didn’t hold my attention but glad it was quite a short album.
2
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Better than expected
4
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Faith
George Michael
Inoffensive background music
3
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Technique
New Order
Ok but not amazing
3
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
Never heard of Fela Kuti before. Very short album but quite good as background music in a bar.
3
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Too hard for me but I like two of the songs.
2
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Snivilisation
Orbital
Bit too experimental for me
3
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John Prine
John Prine
Much better than expected. Reminded me of Bob Dylan. Would listen to it again.
4
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Not as bad as I was expecting.
3
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Good album would listen again
4
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Teen Dream
Beach House
Never heard of this band before. Going to listen to more of them though.
4
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Not as good as Mechanical Animals
3
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
Never heard this album before and really enjoyed it.
4
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Another new band for me. Sounded surprisingly current for a 70s album.
3
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Abbey Road
Beatles
Good but not their best album.
4
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Good album. Have listened to this many times.
4
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
Not my thing.
2
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Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
Didn’t enjoy it and didn’t even notice when it had finished.
2
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Probably worth a second listen
3
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Let It Be
The Replacements
Didn’t realise Unsatisfied was by them.
4
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
Had to turn this down to get through it. I find his voice very irritating.
2
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Like the Bob Dylan inspired track
4
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Enjoyed this album
4
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Inoffensive
3
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
Not my kind of music
3
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Not as hard as I was expecting
3
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Found it irritating so turned it down and then forgot it was playing
2
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The White Album
Beatles
Good album but a few filler tracks
4
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Listened to it twice. It was that good!
5
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
I really don’t like Tom Waits’ music and this album hasn’t changed my opinion.
1
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Great album but not my favourite Bob Dylan album
4
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Awful
1
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Really enjoyed it and will listen to some of their other albums.
5
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Sea Change
Beck
Nice background music
4
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Raw Power
The Stooges
Short influential album
4
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Several big hitters
4
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Ok for country
3
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Didn’t really hold my attention
3
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Surprisingly good
4
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2112
Rush
Had to turn it off because it was making me mad
2
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Risque
CHIC
Short album of absolute bangers
5
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Dog Man Star
Suede
Boring drony music
2
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Really liked it
4
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Classic album
5
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
One of my faves
5
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Didn’t even have love will tear us apart on it. Massively overrated.
2
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
Really nice album
5
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Overrated. Had to turn it off as it was annoying me.
2
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Smash
The Offspring
My favourite offspring album.
5
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Not a fan. Too shouty for me. Had to turn it off.
2
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
First 5 songs are excellent but goes down hill a bit from there. Still really good though.
3
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Great album
5
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Nowhere
Ride
Enjoyed this from a band that was new to me
4
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
Nice little album
4
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Ok, not particularly memorable
3
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Liked this and will listen to it again
4
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
A couple of good songs but I found the album quite stressful to listen to.
3
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Really surprised by this album. Thought I’d hate it but really enjoyed it. Reminded me of the velvet underground and nico album.
4
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Alright but didn’t blow me away
3
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Really good album. I know it’s over is one of my all time favourite songs.
4
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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Nice and funky
4
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Too folky for me but I can see why people like it
4
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
A couple of ok songs but the rest of the album is too psychedelic/annoying for me
3
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
Sounded like a jungle noises sleep machine. Had to turn it off.
1
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Really surprised my this. Didn’t realise GD were so folky.
4
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
Liked it a lot and will listen to more of her stuff in the future.
4
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Make Yourself
Incubus
One of my all time favourite albums. Loved it when I was a teenager and still do now.
5
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Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Not really my kind of thing but didn’t hate it so 3 stars seems about right
3
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
Liked the first track
2
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Nice voice but not really my thing
3
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
Ok but not really my type of music
3
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Not what I was expecting at all. Boring middle of the road ballads - no thanks!
2
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
Didn’t really get it
2
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The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Alright but not amazing
3
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Excellent and incidentally my husband’s favourite album of all time.
5
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Love listening to this album. God Only knows brings back a lot of nostalgic memories for me.
5
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
Listened to it twice and it annoyed me both times.
2
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Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
Never heard of this band before. Quite liked the first few songs but then got a bit bored of it before the end.
3
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Ok as background music
3
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Overrated. Found it irritating and got bored before the end of the album
3
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
One of my favourite albums. Excellent from start to finish.
5
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Bossanova
Pixies
Have tried to get into pixies over the years but have never found them to be as good as everyone seems to say they are!
3
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Good but a bit wharbly in places
4
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Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Really enjoyed this album. Great voice.
4
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Really good album.
4
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Fragile
Yes
Not my kind of music. Had to turn it off as found it got too irritating.
2
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Soul Mining
The The
This album was OK but slightly irritating
3
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Skylarking
XTC
Enjoyed this. Not heard of this band before and was pleasantly surprised.
4
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Synchronicity
The Police
4 maybe purely on the strength of every breath you take. Strange to have an album where all the main singles are on the second half.
4
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
One of my absolute favourite albums. Regularly listen to this and it never gets old. Every track is excellent.
5
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Ace! Made me want to jump up and dance.
5
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
This would have been a 5 maybe ten years ago but the violence and misogyny is a bit too much for me these days.
4
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
I usually say I don’t like led zeppelin but I actually enjoyed this album.
4
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Great album
4
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
I found the first song irritating and thought I might have to abandon the album. Really improved after the first song and I enjoyed it.
4
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Enjoyed this very short album
4
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
Always want to like Nico coz she’s cool but I find the music quite grating
3
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
Such a good album
5
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Probably the best salsa music I’ve ever heard but I’m not really a fan of salsa
3
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Alright as background music
3
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Jazzy and smooth
4
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Stankonia
OutKast
Liked it. Reminded me of Emina and gravediggers
4
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Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
Good background music. Really nice voice and not too “country”.
4
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Excellent album full of bangers
5
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Pump
Aerosmith
Great album but I do find his voice can jar a little bit at times
4
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Alright background music played quietly
3
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
This was going to be 5 based on the first four tracks but then I felt it went downhill a bit and became a bit whiny/samey.
4
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NEU! 75
Neu!
Liked the first through tracks but then got samey
3
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Nice album but a bit whiny
4
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Such a good album. Brings a smile to my face.
5
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Only half listened to this. I really like a couple of songs by this band but this album as a whole didn’t really do it for me.
3
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Awesome
5
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Don’t know how anyone could give this less than 5 stars really.
5
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Quite good
4
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Good and short
4
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
Too shouty for me
2
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
I was expecting this to be dodgy dance music (not sure why) so I was happily surprised and enjoyed it.
4
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Too jazzy
2
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Obviously everyone loves this. I thought it was fine but not something I would want to listen to again.
3
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
4
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Classic album and really nice to listen to.
5
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Connected
Stereo MC's
Really liked this and will definitely listen again.
5
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Celebrity Skin
Hole
My second favourite album by my favourite band. I have loved Hole since I was a teenager and now in my late 30s I still listen to them several times a week. This album reminds me of being a teenager in the 90s and trying to pretend I didn’t like this album because Courtney Love had “sold out” and made a pop album but secretly I loved it. Listening to this album now still makes me dream about moving to California.
5
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Nice album.
4
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OK Computer
Radiohead
Great album but not as good as The Bends
4
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Marquee Moon
Television
Really liked this and can see it will have influenced a lot of more recent bands. Reminded me of the libertines a bit.
4
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Ok but not as amazing as everyone says IMO. I find his voice quite irritating.
3
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Pleasant enough but a bit dull
3
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Amazing album. One of my faves.
5
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
A couple of bangers and obviously it’s a good album but maybe not one I would choose to listen to all the way through.
4
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Thought I didn’t like DJ Shadow but think I just haven’t listened properly before.
4
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Parklife
Blur
Great album and much more varied than I remember
5
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Forgot how good this is
5
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I find his voice quite difficult but I did like a couple of the tracks
3
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Christmassy!
4
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
Not on Spotify so a bit annoying to listen to so just clicked through the tracks quickly. Probably deserves another more thorough listen at some point.
3
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Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Alright for elvis
3
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Odelay
Beck
Really nice easy listening album
5
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Really liked this. Thought it would be too hard but it was just the right level!
4
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
An old favourite that I used to enjoy dancing to with my sister when I was a child.
5
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
Had to turn it off after a couple of songs as I found it very irritating.
1
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
Liked it but didn’t love it
3
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Good but not my favourite chillis album. My view of this band also changed after reading Anthony Keides’ autobiography.
4
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There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
4
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
I used to be very harsh about this album and say it was boring middle of the road rubbish but now I’m old I can appreciate that it’s actually really nice and relaxing.
5
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney
Alright but not really as good as I was expecting
3
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Calenture
The Triffids
Only listened to one track and that was enough.
2
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Not a fan of tina’s voice
3
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Groovy! Liked it a lot.
4
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Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Never heard of Jane Weaver before but really liked this as background bar music.
4
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Closer
Joy Division
Awful. Had to turn it off. I don’t get why this band is so loved.
1
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Bit annoying
3
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Not as good as other Fiona Apple albums
3
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Quite liked it, not irritating and quite nice in the background.
3
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Really like this album, so summery and uplifting
5
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Really nice upbeat album
5
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Not at all what I was expecting but really enjoyed it and will Listen to more by this band.
5
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
I know this is meant to be a “classic” but I found it a bit dull tbh.
3
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Opus Dei
Laibach
Didn’t get past track 3. Just awful.
1
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
3
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The Predator
Ice Cube
Bit sweary for me
3
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Overrated
2