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Thu Feb 18 2021
Be
Common
First time listening to Common, totally passed by this phase of rap/hip-hop so a great introduction. Will definitely listen to some tracks from this again.
4
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Fri Feb 19 2021
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
never heard Mockingbird before - that sticks out as an interesting track. 24 Hours and Will You Love Me Tomorrow are the big, famous sounds
2
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Mon Feb 22 2021
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
some classic songs - not totally convinced how it all hangs together as an album
3
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Tue Feb 23 2021
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough is cracking start. Girlfriend was the first in 4 albums that I had to skip and I had had enough by the end.
2
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Wed Feb 24 2021
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
One that passed me by originally - except for Been Caught Stealing... Am probably missing the cultural context of how this was ahead of its time etc. Of Course is pretty different to what I expected - the rest is a bit noisy.
3
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Thu Feb 25 2021
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Sounds interesting, would like to have another listen as it is pretty densely packed songwriting
3
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Fri Feb 26 2021
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Never got the jam, not for me
1
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Sat Feb 27 2021
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
so happy this one came up
5
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Sun Feb 28 2021
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
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Mon Mar 01 2021
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Sounds like nothing else, wonderful and complicated
5
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Tue Mar 02 2021
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
trippy pop that had its perfect moment in time, and some of the songs still really hold up. Knocking one star off as they were surprisingly flat live
4
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Wed Mar 03 2021
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
Odd entry, Dry Your Eyes built on Original Pirate Material, the rest is a bit choppy for my taste
2
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Thu Mar 04 2021
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
good performance, a bit before what I think of as James Brown primetime
3
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Fri Mar 05 2021
Black Monk Time
The Monks
Great story, will try the album more fully when I'm in the mood as its quite noisy
3
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Sat Mar 06 2021
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Bluesy jams - decent enough not life changing
3
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Sun Mar 07 2021
Reign In Blood
Slayer
A little heavy for me
1
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Mon Mar 08 2021
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Chunky sound but lyrically off
2
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Tue Mar 09 2021
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Very smooth, and generally fine - a bit wallpapery
3
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Wed Mar 10 2021
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
folky, hippyish, a little too oversung
2
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Thu Mar 11 2021
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Badlands is a good opener, the rest is all a bit ploddy, never quite hitting the relevance button
2
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Fri Mar 12 2021
Drunk
Thundercat
Jammed full of ideas and fresh sounds. It's a little eccentric, then quite smooth commercial r&b or something. Prince would be a good frame of reference
3
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Sat Mar 13 2021
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Interesting timepiece but not one I'll go back to
2
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Mon Mar 15 2021
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
meh
3
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Tue Mar 16 2021
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
full of energy and quite something for 1959, but much more than a couple of tracks and i am craving glitchy miserable downbeat stuff
2
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Wed Mar 17 2021
Eliminator
ZZ Top
80s timepiece - such an odd combination of Dire Straits, Status Quo and Lynard Skynard with some comically bad slap bass and questionable lyrics (2/5)
2
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Thu Mar 18 2021
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
high quality blues, good compositions, great playing and a bit of musical variety
3
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Fri Mar 19 2021
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
urgh, i despise this. the sound, the style, the sentiment
1
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Sat Mar 20 2021
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Excellent stuff, no filler. Imaginative and a couple of still fresh sounding classics
5
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Sun Mar 21 2021
I Against I
Bad Brains
Metal with a funk edge that passed me by when I was into this sort of thing
2
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Mon Mar 22 2021
The Specials
The Specials
some cracking songs, lively, social commentary
5
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Tue Mar 23 2021
Sea Change
Beck
nice album, great sweeping, serious songs. runs out of steam a little by the end but very good overall
4
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Wed Mar 24 2021
Moon Safari
Air
everywhere in 1999 - great first album, pretty overplayed though
4
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Thu Mar 25 2021
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
likeable enough, but never totally drank the kool-aid with them
3
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Fri Mar 26 2021
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
3
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Sat Mar 27 2021
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
5
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Mon Mar 29 2021
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
noisy
2
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Tue Mar 30 2021
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
busy punky-goth with an 80s production feel, all a bit serious - can't imagine when i would ever listen to it
2
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Wed Mar 31 2021
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
some great songs - not as complete as get behind me satan. pretty raw, and snappy songs
4
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Thu Apr 01 2021
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
not totally crazy about his voice, nice bluesy guitar
3
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Fri Apr 02 2021
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Such a voice. Maybe not the definitive versions of songs but still very good
4
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Sat Apr 03 2021
Vivid
Living Colour
Nah. Funk metal is not my bag
1
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Sun Apr 04 2021
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
Moments in here, will give this a more intense listen as it is not an easy background album
3
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Mon Apr 05 2021
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Punk schmuck. Pass the lemon jelly
2
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Tue Apr 06 2021
Night Life
Ray Price
Cool sounds, familiar from samples, sent me down some fun rabbit holes
4
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Wed Apr 07 2021
The Slider
T. Rex
songs i have never heard but heard a million times
3
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Thu Apr 08 2021
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
good stuff, more of a collection of songs than a full album, not all of which grab me
3
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Fri Apr 09 2021
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
I'm very open to Tom Waits, but this is not my favourite album
3
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Sat Apr 10 2021
Let It Be
The Replacements
80s sound bit punky, no doubt influential for something but not something I will ever listen to
2
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Sun Apr 11 2021
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Smooth miles
4
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Mon Apr 12 2021
Shadowland
k.d. lang
Quality songwriting and performance
4
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Tue Apr 13 2021
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
superb - already want to listen to this again with a proper sit down
5
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Wed Apr 14 2021
Faith
George Michael
Good voice good lasting pop songs
4
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Thu Apr 15 2021
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Like it - well constructed songs, good voice and band
4
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Fri Apr 16 2021
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
about as 70s a sound as you can imagine and massively thorough
2
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Sat Apr 17 2021
Raw Power
The Stooges
Energetic, jarring - not one for dinner parties
3
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Sun Apr 18 2021
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
All fine and well but I'm unlikely to inscribe my pencil case with the logo
2
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Mon Apr 19 2021
Mask
Bauhaus
Early 80s goth
3
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Tue Apr 20 2021
One World
John Martyn
not a fan of his voice. a little like brian wilson but not as good. the sounds on smiling stranger are good though
3
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Wed Apr 21 2021
Heroes
David Bowie
is it good - yes - do i like it - well not massively!
4
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Thu Apr 22 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
sonic bliss!
5
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Fri Apr 23 2021
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
the end to end trip still sounds pretty much perfect
5
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Sat Apr 24 2021
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Should I like this, meh, not going to beat myself up about it
2
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Sun Apr 25 2021
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Distinctive sound with the twangy bass and keyboard with punky but not shouty singing
4
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Mon Apr 26 2021
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
A bit smooth, can't quite see through it but will have a deeper listen
2
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Tue Apr 27 2021
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Listened to this a thousand times in my college years and it still sounds cool
5
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Wed Apr 28 2021
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Super fresh sounding when released, little bit of drum n bass bandwagoning but still a top drawer album
4
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Thu Apr 29 2021
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
nice enough, but a bit hippy dippy
3
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Fri Apr 30 2021
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
good but fairly unlistenable if that makes sense
3
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Sat May 01 2021
Live At Leeds
The Who
Not really my cup of tea, a bit ploddy
2
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Sun May 02 2021
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Mix of styles from kinks beatles doors and some songs you know. 4 is generous but hey
4
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Mon May 03 2021
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
Bit of reggae. Not crazy about the keyboards but an alternate to Bob marley
3
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Tue May 04 2021
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
reverby wall of sound
3
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Wed May 05 2021
Aja
Steely Dan
never hit my radar and not an immediate win wither. the sounds is fine but not quite sure where it fits in
3
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Thu May 06 2021
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
quite noisy, few moments of a bit of a groove
3
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Fri May 07 2021
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
kinda of sitared out by mid way through track 1 - not sure covers of rock classics is the way to go
2
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Sat May 08 2021
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Never liked that guitar and piano song writer structure and heard Olivers Army way too much over the years
2
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Sun May 09 2021
Forever Changes
Love
Recommended so many times. Think I get it
5
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Mon May 10 2021
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Nice but of tropicala I never knew about
4
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Tue May 11 2021
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Country, toe tapping songs
3
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Wed May 12 2021
Slipknot
Slipknot
Super intense, can't say I'll pop this on at a dinner party but it has craft and energy
3
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Thu May 13 2021
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
twat
2
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Fri May 14 2021
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
Hard work
2
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Sat May 15 2021
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Rich classics full of style and quality
4
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Sun May 16 2021
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Peace frog is the standout, some good bluesy jams, complicated songs too
4
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Mon May 17 2021
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Great album, confident and fresh and smart, making it OK to like hip hop when you are a metaller
5
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Tue May 18 2021
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
great production, good flow but iffy lyrics in places... would rather mr killah spat rhymes about the benefits of recycling so knocking it down a star until he makes that change
4
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Wed May 19 2021
Hotel California
Eagles
Strong start. Super 70s sounding
4
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Thu May 20 2021
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
More 70s, all fine but of another era
3
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Fri May 21 2021
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
Too sincere and miserable and well produced and humourless for me today
2
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Sat May 22 2021
A Night At The Opera
Queen
Obviously bohemian rhapsody was groundbreaking but I'm in love with my car? 39?
3
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Sun May 23 2021
Kenza
Khaled
Not my thing
2
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Mon May 24 2021
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
OK, I'll be generous. The 5* is for Wonderwall alone really. Was always more of a Roses man, but the song writing is good here. It veers into sweaty, noisy lad territory, but I've been there, and they are Mancs, so there's yr fiver
5
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Tue May 25 2021
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Great voice and band, song choices a bit of a mish mash here though
3
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Wed May 26 2021
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
noisy, textured - pretty tricky to listen to but 5 stars for the effort
5
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Thu May 27 2021
Hypnotised
The Undertones
Really don't like his voice, the sound or the songs
1
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Fri May 28 2021
Among The Living
Anthrax
Brings the noise. Not one I'll have on while the vicar is round
3
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Sat May 29 2021
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Good free-form jazz, not a super easy listen but plenty in there
4
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Sun May 30 2021
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
kind of like an electronic Tom Waits, not quite sure when I'd put it on
3
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Mon May 31 2021
Marquee Moon
Television
sounding pretty fresh and angular
4
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Tue Jun 01 2021
Virgin Suicides
Air
familiar sound of the early 00s - perfect soundtrack music
5
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Wed Jun 02 2021
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
suitably flawless production, messaging is a bit wonky here and there and references are dated, knocking a star off for trump love
4
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Thu Jun 03 2021
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Hard work, jarring angular chords
2
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Fri Jun 04 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Brilliant album, distinctive twangy acoustic sound, like nothing else in the 80s
5
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Sat Jun 05 2021
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Big voice but all a bit smooth and very 80s production
2
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Sun Jun 06 2021
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Nah
2
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Mon Jun 07 2021
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
More heavy technical noise that I'll never listen to
2
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Tue Jun 08 2021
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Solid and catchy wave of mid 00s blokes with guitars
4
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Wed Jun 09 2021
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
country tunes, catchy, not one for heavy rotation but nice enough
4
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Thu Jun 10 2021
Wild Gift
X
never heard of these before - better than expected but not one I can imagine getting really into
3
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Fri Jun 11 2021
Manassas
Stephen Stills
this is about as country as you can get in places
3
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Sat Jun 12 2021
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Good samples and flow, mellow and smart
4
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Sun Jun 13 2021
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
Heavily sampled by David Holmes, hard to hear it without that context - bit hit & miss but extra star for Don't Die Just Yet
4
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Mon Jun 14 2021
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Another totally 80s sounding album, get your flanger and phaser out
3
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Tue Jun 15 2021
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
prefer later Blur, this is not quite there yet
3
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Wed Jun 16 2021
Pelican West
Haircut 100
better than i thought it would be, wider array of instruments though the sincerity of singing is a bit overblown for my taste
3
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Thu Jun 17 2021
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Tough to rate, amazing songs, awful production. Listen to the same songs on later live albums
3
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Fri Jun 18 2021
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Such good songs and simple staging, and that voice
5
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Sat Jun 19 2021
Skylarking
XTC
Not sure where this sits, some OK ideas but neither prog nor indie
3
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Sun Jun 20 2021
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
nah
1
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Mon Jun 21 2021
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
heard this a million times on xfm in 2000 - never in this context - like it more thn i thought i would
4
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Tue Jun 22 2021
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
ate this up at the time, very good but a smidge miserable
4
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Wed Jun 23 2021
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Too smooth, not my flavour
2
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Thu Jun 24 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
is it good - yes i think so, do I like it - well not loads. i will kick the can another 10 years and try again then
4
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Fri Jun 25 2021
Bossanova
Pixies
Never clicked for me
3
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Sat Jun 26 2021
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
more 80s that is big for some people but not my thing
2
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Sun Jun 27 2021
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
distinctive sound, likeable
4
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Mon Jun 28 2021
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
not keen on the voice - songs are fine
3
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Tue Jun 29 2021
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
if this didn't happen for me in 1996 it isn't going to magic itself now
3
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Wed Jun 30 2021
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
out at the slap bass
2
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Thu Jul 01 2021
Purple Rain
Prince
bit of filler but when it bangs it bangs
4
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Fri Jul 02 2021
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Another country album, ok not life changing
3
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Sat Jul 03 2021
Vespertine
Björk
complex layers and super production
5
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Sun Jul 04 2021
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
Would be 3 now, 5 when it came out. Not dated that well as I find the voice a bit irritating
4
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Mon Jul 05 2021
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
gave it another go, but its just not going to happen
3
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Tue Jul 06 2021
1989
Taylor Swift
some great pop songs, a whole album of it is a bit much for me, but 4* for the catchy hooks
4
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Wed Jul 07 2021
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
More textured bright hooks
4
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Thu Jul 08 2021
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Such a huge band but not my flavour
2
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Fri Jul 09 2021
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
Lofi classic
5
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Sat Jul 10 2021
LP1
FKA twigs
Promise I'll try harder on this one
3
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Sun Jul 11 2021
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Pioneering I suppose but sounds a bit basic now
3
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Mon Jul 12 2021
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Heavy sound, respect
4
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Tue Jul 13 2021
Crazysexycool
TLC
Hit skip before the end of several songs
2
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Wed Jul 14 2021
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
noisy
2
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Thu Jul 15 2021
Dare!
The Human League
was one of a handful of LPs in the house in the 80s - can't say i'd give it much of a spin now other than for some curious nostalgia
3
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Fri Jul 16 2021
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Heavy heavy sound. Ozzys voice is well ozzy
4
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Sat Jul 17 2021
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
Really?
1
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Sun Jul 18 2021
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Generous for a live album of Glammy prog but need your love is intriguing
4
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Mon Jul 19 2021
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Not all perfect but some is a game changing 10
5
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Tue Jul 20 2021
Rapture
Anita Baker
Stinks
1
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Wed Jul 21 2021
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Country that sits in parallel with Alanis Morissette and pj Harvey. Might give it a further try to see how hooky it gets
3
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Thu Jul 22 2021
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Extra star as the family liked it
4
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Fri Jul 23 2021
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
Lofi mid 90s indie. Think I'd been all over this if I'd heard it back in the day
4
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Sat Jul 24 2021
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
80sest production massively overplayed soz Tina
2
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Sun Jul 25 2021
The Grand Tour
George Jones
The odd song for my quirky indie romcom, but not a whole album
3
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Mon Jul 26 2021
Arise
Sepultura
The grunty vocals kinda spoil some potentially interestingly crafted songs
2
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Tue Jul 27 2021
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Pre marking this. Like the songs so far, need to get this more embedded
5
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Wed Jul 28 2021
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
At this up like a stoner with munchies in the early 00s... sounds a bit like empty calories now
3
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Thu Jul 29 2021
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Still allergic to morrisey
1
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Fri Jul 30 2021
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Can’t get past come on Eileen
3
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Sat Jul 31 2021
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Bluesy 70s, all ok but nothing cutting through though
3
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Sun Aug 01 2021
Kid A
Radiohead
Intense
5
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Mon Aug 02 2021
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
What the actual? Cruise ship band
1
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Tue Aug 03 2021
Soul Mining
The The
Deferring liking this for another 10 years but will keep it closer maybe
4
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Wed Aug 04 2021
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
This band had something different, not always to my taste but hats off for trying
3
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Thu Aug 05 2021
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
5* for what goes around
5
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Fri Aug 06 2021
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Bit too disco ish for me. Swampy keyboards and cheerful
3
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Sat Aug 07 2021
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Couple of total classics, live from a prison too, so points for effort
5
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Sun Aug 08 2021
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Folky hippy melodic
3
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Mon Aug 09 2021
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Epic soaring
5
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Tue Aug 10 2021
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Plenty of 'wow never knew that was hin'
5
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Fri Aug 13 2021
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
First impressions, good band good voice, will go back to this
4
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Sat Aug 14 2021
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
New songs to me, fan of Neil young though so marking up to 4
4
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Sun Aug 15 2021
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Bc bc bc
3
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Mon Aug 16 2021
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Not sure I could manage the whole album in 1 go but this is a significant enough album from the late 90s that was part of me visiting Cuba so marked up
5
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Tue Aug 17 2021
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Bit arrested development bit de la soul
3
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Wed Aug 18 2021
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
Better than some 80s
3
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Fri Aug 20 2021
Bad Company
Bad Company
Big sound rock band
3
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Sat Aug 21 2021
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Nice memories of this one
5
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Sun Aug 22 2021
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Very good, not an album I was familiar with but it sounds like it should be
5
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Mon Aug 23 2021
Clandestino
Manu Chao
Long time favourite for a cracking artist
5
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Tue Aug 24 2021
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Prefer my southern interpretations without Rod Stewart
2
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Wed Aug 25 2021
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Epic tender melancholia with cheer creeping in
5
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Thu Aug 26 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Sweary with some cracking samples
3
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Fri Aug 27 2021
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Brilliant opening. Sputters out but some good moments
3
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Sat Aug 28 2021
1984
Van Halen
Silky cock rock
2
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Sun Aug 29 2021
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Textured classics
5
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Mon Aug 30 2021
Dog Man Star
Suede
Sounded good today played loud. Voice is pretty unique and not always what you want
4
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Tue Aug 31 2021
Maxinquaye
Tricky
Genre opening era defining classic. Filled with things I like to hear, and beautifully balanced voices and samples
5
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Wed Sep 01 2021
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
This should be good but it's not the beastie boys that resonate with me
3
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Thu Sep 02 2021
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
sounds like Toy Story
3
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Fri Sep 03 2021
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
rock n roll from a bad i'd never heard dof
3
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Sat Sep 04 2021
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
There's a lot of it and it's all fine but a bit too major keyed
3
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Sun Sep 05 2021
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Texture and quality, heavy and interesting, not sure how much of a fixture it could be
4
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Mon Sep 06 2021
Hms Fable
Shack
bit of this, but of that, long been recommended but never quite got it
3
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Tue Sep 07 2021
Pump
Aerosmith
monstrously silly
2
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Wed Sep 08 2021
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
floats along very nicely indeed
5
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Thu Sep 09 2021
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
simultaneously very good and pretty annoying
4
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Fri Sep 10 2021
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
one of my favourite 1001-ers
4
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Sat Sep 11 2021
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
I'd rather Jack, than Fleetwood Mac
3
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Sun Sep 12 2021
The Predator
Ice Cube
chunky violence
3
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Mon Sep 13 2021
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
so so bob, guess i'll never get you
3
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Tue Sep 14 2021
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
you have to be in a very specific mood for this one. perhaps one track, on a boat trip, with an Aperol Spritz, anything after that and I'm a bit done with the expressive jazz funk bass
3
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Wed Sep 15 2021
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Fairly easy listening from PJ
4
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Thu Sep 16 2021
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
A bit Rod Jane and Freddie
3
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Fri Sep 17 2021
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
some top samples, and good for its time
3
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Sat Sep 18 2021
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Bah never liked these guys
2
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Sun Sep 19 2021
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
comically ceefax
2
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Mon Sep 20 2021
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
My favourite nirvana album
5
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Tue Sep 21 2021
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
i was there for a bit but i guess you had to have been there earlier
3
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Wed Sep 22 2021
Elastica
Elastica
Couple of indie classics but overplayed a few and the others have never popped through
3
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Thu Sep 23 2021
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
samey
2
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Fri Sep 24 2021
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Pompous casio 80s
2
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Sat Sep 25 2021
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Gloomily influential but not my cup of tea
3
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Sun Sep 26 2021
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Listenable but not hugely memorable
4
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Mon Sep 27 2021
Dookie
Green Day
For all the energy it is a bit one paced
2
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Tue Sep 28 2021
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Probably his best stuff on this album
3
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Wed Sep 29 2021
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Retrospectively turgid
2
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Thu Sep 30 2021
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Heart in the right place but can’t handle too much of it
2
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Fri Oct 01 2021
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
alright, not a heavy rotation one
3
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Sat Oct 02 2021
No Other
Gene Clark
Like a not as good Neil young
2
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Sun Oct 03 2021
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Thick as a brick or nothing
2
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Mon Oct 04 2021
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Flows beautifully, great songs
5
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Tue Oct 05 2021
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
One trick pony
2
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Wed Oct 06 2021
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Euphoric loveliness
5
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Thu Oct 07 2021
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Very cool sounding, ages well too
4
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Fri Oct 08 2021
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
80s lively heavy on the choreo
2
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Sat Oct 09 2021
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Genius. Amazing songs
5
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Sun Oct 10 2021
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Torn on this. Probably obe of the most awful albums I've listened to the most
4
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Mon Oct 11 2021
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
Ffs a 3rd morrisey album?
1
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Tue Oct 12 2021
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4 star pre-credit. i really will try talking heads at some point
4
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Wed Oct 13 2021
Pink Flag
Wire
shouty noisy never plan to listen to again
1
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Thu Oct 14 2021
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
big bucks for starman. as an album i dont think i am in
4
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Fri Oct 15 2021
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
another talking heads - have weird guilt about my continued lack of effort getting into these guys
4
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Sat Oct 16 2021
Close To The Edge
Yes
combines a voice i'm not really a fan of, with insanely overcomplicated time signature changes
2
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Sun Oct 17 2021
Scum
Napalm Death
2 for effort and the sheer number of songs, none of which i can say i am taken by
2
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Mon Oct 18 2021
Blackstar
David Bowie
stars for effort
3
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Tue Oct 19 2021
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
a bit whiny
2
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Wed Oct 20 2021
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Fan of their work, not the best album
4
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Thu Oct 21 2021
Revolver
Beatles
Would be churlish but tempting to give this less than 4
4
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Moondance
Van Morrison
Moondance stuck in my head for days afterwards. Is that good?
4
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Sat Oct 23 2021
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Definite flavour of Prince. Lots of songs the odd one pops through, a bunch are irritating!
3
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Sun Oct 24 2021
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Country plus politics plus wilco - seems squared at winning a mercury
3
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Mon Oct 25 2021
Take Me Apart
Kelela
Not for me
2
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Tue Oct 26 2021
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
a ton of songs i've heard before, old school rhythm and blues very English
4
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Wed Oct 27 2021
Connected
Stereo MC's
Some wicked sounds couple of duds but top overall
4
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Thu Oct 28 2021
The Joshua Tree
U2
Peak pompous u2 prior to their proper peak
4
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Fri Oct 29 2021
The White Album
Beatles
Tried multiple times to like this but don't think the album hangs together
3
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Sat Oct 30 2021
The Doors
The Doors
Super band, ate this up as a teenager
5
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Sun Oct 31 2021
Truth
Jeff Beck
Not a fan of his voice
2
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Mon Nov 01 2021
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Enjoyed this. Proper eccentric and meandering
4
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Tue Nov 02 2021
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
A couple of tracks is about my Elvis limit.
3
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Wed Nov 03 2021
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Some belters
3
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Thu Nov 04 2021
Cut
The Slits
On the line. Do Iike it?
3
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Fri Nov 05 2021
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Immediately likes it and wondered why I hadn't listened to it before. Will listen again for sure and cherry pick
4
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Sat Nov 06 2021
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Chirpy
4
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Sun Nov 07 2021
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Very cool. Sultry and textured
4
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Mon Nov 08 2021
Ten
Pearl Jam
Ploddy grunge not as cool as nirvana
3
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Tue Nov 09 2021
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Plenty of bangers and still as full sounding
4
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Wed Nov 10 2021
Low
David Bowie
a Bowie album that hits my spot a bit, but I can't help but think 5 Bowie albums in this list is a bit much... pick a lane!
4
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Thu Nov 11 2021
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Not crazy about the live album ness
3
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Fri Nov 12 2021
Chelsea Girl
Nico
Great voice, a bit eccentric
4
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Sat Nov 13 2021
Young Americans
David Bowie
great title track, hard to maintain the enthusiasm after that
3
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Sun Nov 14 2021
En-Tact
The Shamen
Bit dafter than the orb, better than I thought it might be
3
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Mon Nov 15 2021
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
seems a bit cheaper after Whats Going On, but still pretty alright
4
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Tue Nov 16 2021
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
maybe the best artist i've ever seen who i listen to the least
3
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Wed Nov 17 2021
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Was never the biggest fan even before the big cancel button. 3 seems to little 4 too much.
3
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Thu Nov 18 2021
Destroyer
KISS
Silly, empty sounding but a bit fun in small doses maybe
3
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Fri Nov 19 2021
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
sincere 80s musicianship that i am in no way interested in or the music is relevant to me
2
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Sat Nov 20 2021
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Songs you've heard a bit, voice gets a bit tiresome
3
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Sun Nov 21 2021
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
don't mind a bit of country, but not this kind
1
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Mon Nov 22 2021
The Last Broadcast
Doves
long on the list of bands people love, never been my thing. alright i suppose, but not quite as gloomy as radiohead or spacy as stone roses, and a smidge too coldplay to be cool
4
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Tue Nov 23 2021
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Pretty likeable
5
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Wed Nov 24 2021
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Oh OK but didn't invest
3
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Thu Nov 25 2021
Transformer
Lou Reed
Outstanding and massively influential
5
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Fri Nov 26 2021
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
My first dabble with psychedelia
5
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Sat Nov 27 2021
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Ja das is gut
5
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Sun Nov 28 2021
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
meaty art hip hop
4
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Mon Nov 29 2021
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
No need for this with walking wounded already representing
2
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Tue Nov 30 2021
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
some slick production but the messaging is off-point
3
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Wed Dec 01 2021
Urban Hymns
The Verve
probably a 5 star album at the time from a small band that got big and were then big but the world got smaller or something
4
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Thu Dec 02 2021
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
i can do hippy, and can do space, but this didn't grab me
3
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Fri Dec 03 2021
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
the looser songs are lovely
4
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Sat Dec 04 2021
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Rough
1
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Sun Dec 05 2021
On The Beach
Neil Young
bit cheerful for Neil
3
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Mon Dec 06 2021
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
bit stop start, doesn't quite carry through
3
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Tue Dec 07 2021
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Bad trip man
3
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Wed Dec 08 2021
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Not for me
1
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Thu Dec 09 2021
Live!
Fela Kuti
boom - like it!
5
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Fri Dec 10 2021
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
intense!
3
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Sat Dec 11 2021
The Clash
The Clash
i never rate punk much, and for influential as they were, I would just never listen to it
2
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Sun Dec 12 2021
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
good but not what i'm angling for today
3
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Mon Dec 13 2021
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
country rock 80s no doubt churned through the KXRK channels
2
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Tue Dec 14 2021
Frank
Amy Winehouse
such a voice
5
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Wed Dec 15 2021
The Yes Album
Yes
better than i thought it might be - a little irritating in places but mostly good
4
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Thu Dec 16 2021
Protection
Massive Attack
perfect combination of samples and a great voice. drop the light my fire cover, but otherwise perfect
5
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Fri Dec 17 2021
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
Absolute classic in back 2 life, rest so so
4
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Sat Dec 18 2021
Smash
The Offspring
Boo
3
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Sun Dec 19 2021
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
very different to most things on here, extra star for innovation
4
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Mon Dec 20 2021
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Inoffensive rhythm and blues
3
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Tue Dec 21 2021
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
sounds massively like Jack Black - bombastically daft
3
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Wed Dec 22 2021
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
all finey fine, and good for what it is good for
3
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Thu Dec 23 2021
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
big textured rock
4
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Fri Dec 24 2021
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
moody country
4
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Sat Dec 25 2021
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Plenty clever and well produced but a bit slick for me
3
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Sun Dec 26 2021
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
had my fill of xmas music for a bit
3
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Mon Dec 27 2021
Bummed
Happy Mondays
Patchy swagger
3
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Tue Dec 28 2021
Teen Dream
Beach House
ok, bit fleet foxes, 2000's gentlecore
3
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Wed Dec 29 2021
Faust IV
Faust
prefer me san and neu
3
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Fri Dec 31 2021
John Prine
John Prine
twiddly widdly country
3
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Sat Jan 01 2022
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
Some gems on here
4
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Sun Jan 02 2022
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
noisy disco kitschy agit-pop!
2
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Mon Jan 03 2022
Fun House
The Stooges
art punk rock outs
3
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Tue Jan 04 2022
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
fairly annoying
2
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Wed Jan 05 2022
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
not cool to say so but I quite like U2
4
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
proggy MOR
2
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Fri Jan 07 2022
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
extra props for locked grooves
5
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Sat Jan 08 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
enough with the fricking bowie. 7 albums???
3
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Sun Jan 09 2022
White Light
Gene Clark
fine but gets a bit samey
3
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Mon Jan 10 2022
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
applies punk filter
1
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Tue Jan 11 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
not a perfect straight through listen, but 5 for the course correction from metal this helped with!
5
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Wed Jan 12 2022
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
bit more on the twee than the shoegaze
3
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
world jazz hmmm
2
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Fri Jan 14 2022
Quiet Life
Japan
80s oversincere
2
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Sat Jan 15 2022
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
No more punk please, I prefer a mellotron
2
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Sun Jan 16 2022
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
Noisy not great for calm Saturday morning
2
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Mon Jan 17 2022
Queen II
Queen
couple of twee moments with the fairy fellows swanny whistle but some innovative sounds and structures
5
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Tue Jan 18 2022
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
Mid school old school bit laboured by today's standards
3
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Wed Jan 19 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
fine but not something i'll listen to
3
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Thu Jan 20 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
this style of rapping is sounding pretty dated now
2
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Fri Jan 21 2022
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
bastard child precursor of janes addiction and godspeed with a commercial metallica feel
2
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Sat Jan 22 2022
Celebrity Skin
Hole
grungy rock a little more radio friendly than expected
2
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Sun Jan 23 2022
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
what the what? well constructed jazzy funk rock reggae that i will absolutely never listen to
2
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Mon Jan 24 2022
Debut
Björk
Great sounds, totally unique voice and composition
5
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Tue Jan 25 2022
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
was massively into these in the early 10's, dropped off the radar a bit but still sounds great
5
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Wed Jan 26 2022
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
bit miserable
3
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Thu Jan 27 2022
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
overcrisp 90s world music production
2
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
undeniably anthemic few songs, and a handful of hair metal landfill
3
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Sat Jan 29 2022
xx
The xx
Downtempo indie melancholy
4
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Sun Jan 30 2022
1999
Prince
Better as a live act
3
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Mon Jan 31 2022
C'est Chic
CHIC
i feel sorry for the late 70s having both disco and punk at the same time
3
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Abbey Road
Beatles
hard to not give at least 4 without looking like a non music loving belligerent Manc with a chip on his shoulder about that moptop band from the wrong end of the M62. but for every "I want you" there is a "maxwells silver hammer" which cheapen the mood
4
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Wed Feb 02 2022
Real Life
Magazine
Unusual in it'd time and space
3
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Either Or
Elliott Smith
passed me by first time round - all good and fine though no massive breakthrough tracks
3
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
real melting pot - kudos to it, but i'm unlikely to go much deeper on it
3
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Sat Feb 05 2022
Achtung Baby
U2
Sounded like nothing else when it came out, holds up very well, with tiptop production
5
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Sun Feb 06 2022
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Can't not hear toy story
3
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
go on have a 4 and a bottle of newky brown
4
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Tue Feb 08 2022
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
belting tunes, production and voice
5
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
strange mix of kinks, floyd, beatles and and a whole heap of sounds that sounds almost parody 60's now
3
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Thu Feb 10 2022
25
Adele
big songs, not sure i can take a full album of it, but the compositions are a notch above her peers
4
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Fri Feb 11 2022
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
nope!
1
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Sat Feb 12 2022
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
nice and then fairly irritating
3
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Sun Feb 13 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
big up for Wake Up giving me a moment one time
4
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Mon Feb 14 2022
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
proper country, rich but not hitting the spot for me
3
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
one big fat song and a bunch of alright but less imposing rock
3
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Wed Feb 16 2022
Abraxas
Santana
spacey latin grooves with a tendency to over-widdle
4
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Like A Prayer
Madonna
standard mark for one of those albums with a couple of knockout tracks but a chunk of 80s pop filler
3
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Pretty iconic
5
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Sat Feb 19 2022
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Not quite cutting through
3
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Sun Feb 20 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
decent stones sounding stones
4
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Mon Feb 21 2022
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
interesting for the location, the songs kinda take care of themselves
4
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
gentle bedroom acoustic indie for poetry writers and people who made mixtapes
4
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Wed Feb 23 2022
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
trad straight country
3
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Thu Feb 24 2022
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
the odd perfectly placed reggae song is great, a whole album is a bit much
3
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
proper 70s big band samba, prefer a little more lime in my condensed milk though!
3
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Sat Feb 26 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
decent, and musically all well put together, but can't really think of any circumstance where i'd play this whole thing
4
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Sun Feb 27 2022
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
Trip trip even ho, up down high and low
5
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
somewhere between Yo La Tengo and Nirvana - ok but think this ship has sailed
3
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Tue Mar 01 2022
evermore
Taylor Swift
An album of good songs. Seems simple, very well done
5
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
on paper i should like this, i don't not like it, but don't know when I'd choose it, especially given it sounds a bit 80s now
4
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Thu Mar 03 2022
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
prefer my samba a bit more psych!
3
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Fri Mar 04 2022
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
possibly would have gobbled this up as a teenager, got my alternate sources of feminist indie locked in these days
3
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Sat Mar 05 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
lots of tracks and about half of them are bang on, way too cool for school
5
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Sun Mar 06 2022
Boston
Boston
overblown prog-blues!
3
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Illmatic
Nas
Hip hop sweet spot and you don't stop
4
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Tue Mar 08 2022
...And Justice For All
Metallica
staccato choppy tinny heavy rock - always liked One as a song, so an extra star
4
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
quite an odd sounding mix of skiffle and prog
4
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
bit twee
3
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Sat Mar 12 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
the phase pans are very of the time, prefer the sparser bits and really needs to be experienced live, as its not great car music
3
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Sun Mar 13 2022
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Pretty minimal
3
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Mon Mar 14 2022
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
4 stars for the superb Bring Tha Noise
4
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Tue Mar 15 2022
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
it's not the season for skitty jazz - but recognise i might like this one season
3
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Wed Mar 16 2022
Parklife
Blur
Bit irritating but biped around in a cardigan to this a lot
4
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Harvest
Neil Young
A great complete album of well made songs uniquely expressed
5
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Medúlla
Björk
fully textured, but quite hard work for an easy listen
4
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Oh the early 00s. Smorgasbord of samples, and jumping all over the shop
4
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Sun Mar 20 2022
Close To You
Carpenters
you can see the flares, and the inserting of the cassette into the beat up car heading on the road trip, and the singing of the school choir and it seeming a bit naff but the songs are great and its jazzier than you think
5
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Mon Mar 21 2022
New Wave
The Auteurs
college indie rock
3
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Tue Mar 22 2022
The Visitors
ABBA
not even the catchy abba songs
2
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Wed Mar 23 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
probably sacrilege but nah today
3
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Thu Mar 24 2022
Tago Mago
Can
quite hard work to find the moments of genius that do pop up - dare to say you might need to have eaten a bunch of something special to full appreciate this
4
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Sat Mar 26 2022
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
couple of very good songs but the concept is a bit repetitious, and after the perfect Kylie song its downhill
3
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Sun Mar 27 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
not in any spot that is relevant to where i like at the moment
2
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Yeezus
Kanye West
Interesting. Not one for when Sir Dennis or the vicar comes over
4
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Tue Mar 29 2022
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Pretty much perfect
5
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Da Capo
Love
not immediately grabbing me
3
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Thu Mar 31 2022
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Polite pre seismic 60s revolution songs
3
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Fri Apr 01 2022
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
dark, night time headphones or rainy sunday album
4
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Sat Apr 02 2022
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
2 perfectly crafted Shine ons, 2 shorter tracks that bring out the menacing direction of what's next on Animals, and the campfire classic tribute to where it all started with Syd
5
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Sun Apr 03 2022
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
contemporary r&b, bit slick for a scruffy manc
3
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Mon Apr 04 2022
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
serious and technical, sparse scandi
4
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
big singer and piano tunes, late in the game for getting into this though
3
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Suicide
Suicide
art school exhibition music
3
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Sat Apr 09 2022
Moving Pictures
Rush
outrageously complicated music, and played in a good spirit of dedication and a smidge of humour
4
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
country blues with 60s 70s
3
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Tue Apr 12 2022
The La's
The La's
scouse indie that never made it round manchester
3
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Wed Apr 13 2022
Smile
Brian Wilson
sonic genius on this lost gem... not sure it is masterpiece on a pet sounds level
4
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Thu Apr 14 2022
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
stompy moshy songs, suits being heard live or covered
3
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Sat Apr 16 2022
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
blues garage that sounds a bit wilder but pretty trad at the same time
3
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Mon Apr 18 2022
Eagles
Eagles
chunky 70s silly overblown
3
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
a tough listen, need to give it a bit more of a go
3
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Wed Apr 20 2022
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
pastoral hippy and shots of lsd - title track is magic like a mushroom
4
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
keyboards are heavy on the 80s overproduction
2
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
nicely miserable montrealian gravelly nasal monotone
4
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Sat Apr 23 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
passing me by is proper bang on
4
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Sun Apr 24 2022
Odessa
Bee Gees
not as bad as i thought it would be but still, that voice is unlistenable when it is in focus
2
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Being There
Wilco
schmilco.... possibly the best and most revered melancholy indie i have never been massively into
3
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Wed Apr 27 2022
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
an early 10's staple - mellow and then overdone on the beards
4
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
not so sticky
3
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Fri Apr 29 2022
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Not as pressing as pimping the butterfly
3
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Sat Apr 30 2022
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Different to what I expected. More psych and less plod
4
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Sun May 01 2022
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
some good stuff on here - plenty of strong attitude and some slick samples
4
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Mon May 02 2022
Brothers
The Black Keys
grungey and heavy with a square eye at big festival shows
4
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Tue May 03 2022
All Directions
The Temptations
not what i was expecting - way cooler
4
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Wed May 04 2022
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
downtempo lazy saturday music appropriated by groundforce reveals but no less good as the dust has settled
5
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Thu May 05 2022
Different Class
Pulp
the intentional gimmickry and playfulness of Pulp was always at odds with the boozy Oasis, stoned Roses and intellectual Blur, but this was probably them at their peak. 4 seems light - i'd ideally add another cheeky half later
4
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Fri May 06 2022
The Blueprint
JAY Z
the odd cracking sample
3
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Sat May 07 2022
Zombie
Fela Kuti
proper lively, layered and nicely non-cloying
4
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Sun May 08 2022
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
a little sesame street for me
2
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Mon May 09 2022
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
fine, but had my fill of this in the Phono in Leeds Merion Centre in 1994
3
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Tue May 10 2022
Grace
Jeff Buckley
a lot going on but a bit needy
3
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Wed May 11 2022
Pretenders
Pretenders
bit 80's punkier than i was expecting
3
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Thu May 12 2022
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Harder VU, missing the mark for me
3
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Fri May 13 2022
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
over produced to the nuts
2
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Sat May 14 2022
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
can imagine slipping on a beery dancefloor to this
4
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Thu May 19 2022
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
fun, bongotastic, depends on how much bongo you want in your day. some days that will be nil, other days you might want 20 minutes or so
4
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Mon May 23 2022
Closer
Joy Division
Had my fill of intense northern grimness
3
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Wed May 25 2022
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Some absolute belters on here. Not sll perfect but you can't give an album with crosstown traffic and voodoo Chile less than 5
5
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Thu May 26 2022
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
Open up your open up your open up your
5
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Sat May 28 2022
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
A bit cute really
3
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Sun May 29 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
A bit too free form
3
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Mon May 30 2022
Woodface
Crowded House
Fine but always sounded a bit pedestrian
3
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Tue May 31 2022
Music From Big Pink
The Band
Likeable if it came on the radio
4
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Thu Jun 02 2022
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
couple of songs i know, but have no interest in delving into the others. if i give you a 4 can i have no more from these guys?
4
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Sat Jun 04 2022
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
1
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Wed Jun 08 2022
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
harmonising hippies but not my bag today man
3
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
meditation with good production values but a little on the jingly sparkle and birdsong side to go with my dulcimers
3
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Black Metal
Venom
satan soundscapes and guitar solos
1
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Sat Jun 11 2022
NEU! 75
Neu!
motorik - probably the most consistently german of the german proto techno mid 70s scene
5
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Sun Jun 12 2022
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
feels like every song is a good book that i pick up and read a few words and think i will read that at some point and then don't
4
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Scott 2
Scott Walker
sure you could make one of these pop in a quirky soundtrack
2
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
one for introspectively noodling around a dancefloor in a cardigan
4
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Mon Jun 20 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
Nu metal genre piece that fails to tick any box of mine
1
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Tue Jun 21 2022
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
oozes quality!
5
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Wed Jun 22 2022
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
sounds more like Nick Cave than i thought it would
3
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
bit pedestrian for my zingy zappy contemporary tastes
2
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Fri Jun 24 2022
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Intelligent hip hop
4
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Sat Jun 25 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
One of my first full on rock albums and works at showcasing everybodys talent
4
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
funf all day long
5
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Thu Jun 30 2022
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
quite different to most albums on here, bit of samba and axe - with that late 90s worldwide take
4
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Fri Jul 01 2022
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
Louche and charming album
5
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Imagine
John Lennon
not all perfect but warming slowly to lennon's songs
4
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Tue Jul 05 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
a few tracks is fine but after that i am mamboed out
3
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
would probably go IV stars but Stairway to Heaven gives it that extra I
5
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Sat Jul 09 2022
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
not had a jazz phase for a while, one for later years i reckon so parking it with a 4
4
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Mon Jul 11 2022
The Score
Fugees
the perfect score - some superb flow from l-boogie
5
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
imagine jethro tull, overcomplicated further and featuring phil collins
2