Mar 24 2021
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The Healer
John Lee Hooker
The master with a cavalcade of extra guests, great stuff.
5
Mar 25 2021
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
I am generally not a Radiohead fan, but this album is quite good.
4
Mar 26 2021
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Vivid
Living Colour
Amazing. From start to finish, this album is funky, rockin' and gets you moving.
5
Mar 29 2021
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Been ages since I listened to this, but it still holds up. Very 80s, and yet still classic Springsteen.
5
Mar 30 2021
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Saw them live once, they were great. RIP Lemmy. Fantastic album.
5
Mar 31 2021
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
Couple of tracks were definitely familiar, I had not heard the rest and dang if it isn't a fine album. Steely Dan-ish, of course.
4
Apr 01 2021
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Well done, not really my cuppa but interesting.
3
Apr 02 2021
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Debut
Björk
Very impressive, more danceable than I was expecting, bouncy good fun.
4
Apr 05 2021
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
First side: well, that's pretty interesting and proggy. Second side: What the ... ?
3
Apr 06 2021
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Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Like both artists, makes sense they would sound good together. This album is lovely, bouncy and clever.
5
Apr 07 2021
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Elephant
The White Stripes
Footy! Really great album all around.
4
Apr 08 2021
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Radio Free Europe remains one of my absolute fave R.E.M. songs, and the rest of the album is equally fantastic.
5
Apr 09 2021
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Really fantastic, these guys are great, clearly they paved the way for a lot of groups who came after. I hear them in De La Soul and even a little in Digital Underground.
5
Apr 12 2021
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Meh. OK, but I like their earlier albums better.
3
Apr 13 2021
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Lovely and haunting, spare and magnificent.
5
Apr 14 2021
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
A little uneven, but good and rockin', nice start to the day.
4
Apr 15 2021
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
Love these guys, this album is fantastic.
3
Apr 16 2021
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Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
Fun messy punk. A bit of Stooges and Strokes in them.
3
Apr 19 2021
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Queen II
Queen
Early rocking from them, not quite as theatrical as their later work, but definitely great.
4
Apr 20 2021
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
Finest band in plastic flowerpot hats ever. Really great album.
4
Apr 21 2021
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
Lovely way to start the morning.
4
Apr 22 2021
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Arrival
ABBA
Disco folk music, as it were. Bright, shiny and happy, danceable and nostalgic.
3
Apr 23 2021
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Classic sound of SF, couple of massive hits supported by a bunch of fantastic songs.
4
Apr 26 2021
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Classic album from a country legend.
4
Apr 27 2021
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Remind me oddly a little of Fairport Convention. But if they got Jack White to play along.
2
Apr 28 2021
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Homework
Daft Punk
Meh. Like hot food that's hot for the sake of being hot, not the flavor, this album is a lot of sound looking for a more groovy plan.
2
Apr 29 2021
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Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Fantastic album, psychedelic new wave, was not familiar with this band at all.
4
Apr 30 2021
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Truth
Jeff Beck
Epic.
5
May 03 2021
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Very polished, bouncy album.
3
May 04 2021
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Fantastic, groovy, a little clangy at times, reminds me of the "Frantic" soundtrack, a bit of north African trance with the tango.
4
May 05 2021
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Super-trippy, like late-stage Beatles but also some very Beach Boys-ish stuff.
3
May 06 2021
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
Lush, disco relaxation music
4
May 07 2021
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
1970s French pop is a thing, that's for sure.
2
May 10 2021
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Kind of like a very competent Halloween gag. Also, weirdly, I don't think I knew what Alice Cooper sounded like until this.
3
May 11 2021
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
A sprawling, fantastic classic.
4
May 12 2021
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Pretty darn sex funky.
3
May 13 2021
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Really great, like Fairport and Flogging Molly made an album. (I know, this predates that, just sayin'...)
4
May 14 2021
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
wow.
2
May 17 2021
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Nice and folky-psychedelic
3
May 18 2021
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Such a fantastic album, Ry Cooder is a national treasure.
5
May 19 2021
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
A whiny discordant mess.
1
May 20 2021
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
Bouncy, aggro punk awesomeness.
3
May 21 2021
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
A classic. Raw, powerful, soulful. And that voice.
5
May 24 2021
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Achtung Baby
U2
Better than I remember. Still prefer their early stuff more, but this is pretty good.
3
May 25 2021
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Fantastic, truly.
4
May 26 2021
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
good funky grooves.
3
May 27 2021
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Really fantastic, has hits but also the whole album is great.
4
May 28 2021
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Guitar Town
Steve Earle
A god damn classic. "I got a 2-pack habit and a motel tan" is one of the greatest lines in a song.
5
May 31 2021
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
I mean, you can hear the mullet loud and clear.
3
Jun 01 2021
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
A fucking classic.
4
Jun 02 2021
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Garbage
Garbage
Pretty great. Solid damn album from the doyenne of Scottish alt-punk.
3
Jun 03 2021
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Pretty fabulous.
3
Jun 04 2021
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In Utero
Nirvana
Pretty much a modern classic.
4
Jun 07 2021
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Sexy, bossa nova-y, good morning jam on a Friday.
4
Jun 08 2021
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Mott
Mott The Hoople
Pretty 70s, pretty fun, good rock to start the day.
3
Jun 09 2021
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Such a fantastic album. Proof that anger makes excellent rock.
4
Jun 10 2021
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The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Really groovy and excellent.
5
Jun 11 2021
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
A sprawling southern classic.
4
Jun 14 2021
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Bossanova
Pixies
So much sprang up from what these guys did.
3
Jun 15 2021
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Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Bracing.
2
Jun 16 2021
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Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Breezy and lovely.
4
Jun 17 2021
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Orchestral rock, and groovy rock it is.
5
Jun 18 2021
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Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
This guy again? Really? Sounds like someone force-fed him Jethro Tull and a lute.
2
Jun 21 2021
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
A classic, truly.
5
Jun 22 2021
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Ten
Pearl Jam
A modern classic, much of its time but also timeless.
4
Jun 23 2021
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
I tend to prefer Dylan's music covered by other artists, but this album is really great.
3
Jun 24 2021
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Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
lovely.
3
Jun 25 2021
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Very good.
4
Jun 28 2021
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Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
A veritable classic. Even without the Shatner.
4
Jun 29 2021
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Very very good.
4
Jun 30 2021
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Pretty good, earlier stuff is better.
3
Jul 01 2021
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Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Pretty enjoyable.
3
Jul 02 2021
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
clangy and messy
2
Jul 05 2021
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Solid classic.
4
Jul 06 2021
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Lovely.
3
Jul 07 2021
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Oh good, ANOTHER Dylan album.
3
Jul 08 2021
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Pump
Aerosmith
The 80s were weird, but this is a pretty good album.
3
Jul 09 2021
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Disintegration
The Cure
lovely and melancholy.
3
Jul 12 2021
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Pretty great. You can really hear the Crosby.
4
Jul 13 2021
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Lovely album.
3
Jul 14 2021
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Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
A pretty solid album all around.
3
Jul 15 2021
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Technique
New Order
pretty groovy stuff.
4
Jul 16 2021
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Really good, more rocking than I expected.
4
Jul 19 2021
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
Pretty stinkin' great.
4
Jul 20 2021
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Crunchy.
3
Jul 21 2021
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
Like Rogers & Hammerstein had relations with a jukebox.
4
Jul 22 2021
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Really damn good.
4
Jul 23 2021
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Who's Next
The Who
Epic.
5
Jul 26 2021
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Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Really fantastic, lovely mix of folk and electronica.
4
Jul 27 2021
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
pretty uniformly the same, but groovy.
3
Jul 28 2021
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Love this. Great punk rock.
4
Jul 29 2021
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Great, super-funky and groovy.
4
Jul 30 2021
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Pretty good punk.
3
Aug 02 2021
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
Oh hells yes, funk-tastic!
4
Aug 03 2021
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
So great.
3
Aug 04 2021
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Really excellent album.
4
Aug 05 2021
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
A reggae classic
4
Aug 06 2021
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
420 stars.
5
Aug 09 2021
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Fantastic, art rock, theatrical majesty
4
Aug 10 2021
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Melancholy and lovely.
3
Aug 11 2021
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Forever Changes
Love
Weird but interesting. Like Fairport with a bit of Jethro Tull mixed in.
3
Aug 12 2021
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
A modern-day classic.
4
Aug 13 2021
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The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Really great, interesting, mix of punk, power pop and psychedelia.
4
Aug 16 2021
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American Pie
Don McLean
Mostly meh with a couple of lovely moments.
2
Aug 17 2021
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
lazy disco-y lushness
4
Aug 18 2021
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
A true classic. And if 3D Del Naja is Banksy, then even better.
5
Aug 19 2021
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Amazing album, Rundgren is a genius.
4
Aug 20 2021
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Great. More Dylan.
3
Aug 23 2021
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Gold
Ryan Adams
Not bad for an arrogant dickhead.
3
Aug 24 2021
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Spiderland
Slint
Good chunky punk.
3
Aug 25 2021
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Music to overdose to.
4
Aug 26 2021
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
putting the fun in funky.
3
Aug 27 2021
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Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
Pretty rockin', pretty '90s, pretty great.
3
Aug 30 2021
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Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Really quite good.
3
Aug 31 2021
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Dry
PJ Harvey
Rockin' and artsy and excellent.
4
Sep 01 2021
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Crunchy punk fun
3
Sep 02 2021
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Pretty good considering the lead singer is a shit racist.
3
Sep 03 2021
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Really excellent stuff.
4
Sep 06 2021
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
weird but pretty great. Jamaican Jerk-off?
3
Sep 07 2021
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Sublime
5
Sep 08 2021
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Slipknot
Slipknot
terrifying. but not bad.
2
Sep 09 2021
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
tasty electronica
3
Sep 10 2021
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Flat-out classic album. Six stars.
5
Sep 13 2021
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Purple Rain
Prince
A classic.
4
Sep 14 2021
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Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
so very good.
4
Sep 15 2021
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
lovely, spare and weird.
4
Sep 16 2021
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
It's Tricky to rock around it's tricky.
4
Sep 17 2021
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Epic. Should be mandatory listening everywhere.
5
Sep 20 2021
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
"Gimme a C, a bouncy C."
4
Sep 21 2021
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Makes Monday sound like a Sunday.
4
Sep 22 2021
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
Sep 23 2021
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Suede
Suede
pretty good, not super-memorable
3
Sep 24 2021
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Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3
Sep 27 2021
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
Nice version of Hallelelujah.
3
Sep 28 2021
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Close To The Edge
Yes
Pretty darn good stuff here.
4
Sep 29 2021
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Fantastically great stuff.
5
Sep 30 2021
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Pretty darn good. Not sure I can take a whole grime album, but this is good stuff.
3
Oct 01 2021
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Hms Fable
Shack
Was not familiar with them, this is a lovely album
3
Oct 04 2021
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
Really cool, funky stuff.
3
Oct 05 2021
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S&M
Metallica
Love this album.
4
Oct 06 2021
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Mask
Bauhaus
groovy and ghostly.
3
Oct 07 2021
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dark and theatrical.
4
Oct 08 2021
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I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Lovely.
4
Oct 11 2021
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
A classic. And it's a classic for a reason.
4
Oct 12 2021
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
Oct 13 2021
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
Pretty funky and rockin'.
4
Oct 14 2021
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Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
chaotic, rebellious energy, motherfuckers!
5
Oct 15 2021
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No Other
Gene Clark
Nice relaxing album, the anti-MC5.
3
Oct 18 2021
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Nice Friday morning album, ethereal and poppy.
3
Oct 19 2021
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Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
'Tis an OK album.
3
Oct 20 2021
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Your Arsenal
Morrissey
he's a wanker.
2
Oct 21 2021
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
Solid, powerful and dark.
3
Oct 22 2021
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
pretty groovy
3
Oct 25 2021
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Great stuff.
4
Oct 26 2021
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
Deep and funky. Beyonce might be the Queen, but Solange is amazing.
5
Oct 27 2021
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Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
Really good. punky-arty-country Brit-pop-ish fun
3
Oct 28 2021
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Oh hey, more Bob Dylan...
3
Oct 29 2021
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
good, creative, weird, interesting
4
Nov 01 2021
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Low-Life
New Order
Chill, smooth, poppy and slick.
3
Nov 02 2021
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
five stars
5
Nov 03 2021
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Abraxas
Santana
stupendous!
5
Nov 04 2021
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1989
Taylor Swift
superbly crafted pop music.
5
Nov 05 2021
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Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
funky and soulful.
3
Nov 08 2021
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Boston
Boston
A definite classic of the AOR rock radio days, pretty much not a bad track on the album.
4
Nov 09 2021
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Super fun psychedelic pop.
3
Nov 10 2021
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Bracing!
3
Nov 11 2021
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Remedy
Basement Jaxx
groovy and funky pop goodness.
3
Nov 12 2021
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Dust
Screaming Trees
You can really hear the Mike McCready
3
Nov 15 2021
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The Score
Fugees
A modern classic. 6 stars.
5
Nov 16 2021
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Transformer
Lou Reed
Pretty good for a whiney old punk.
3
Nov 17 2021
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Solid, classic electronica, and who makes the single the ninth cut on the album?
4
Nov 18 2021
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
Good stuff, more bluesy than I remembered.
3
Nov 19 2021
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Graceland
Paul Simon
A classic, even if Steve Berlin's story gives me pause...
5
Nov 22 2021
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Another classic, even if Stairway is the most overplayed song in history.
5
Nov 23 2021
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The Stooges
The Stooges
Oi!
3
Nov 24 2021
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
More Bob? Hurrah. I sure hope there are like 27 more Bob Dylan albums on this list.
2
Nov 25 2021
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
6 stars
5
Nov 26 2021
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Fun House
The Stooges
Fun!
4
Nov 29 2021
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Perhaps their best album, absolutely brilliant. 5 stars.
5
Nov 30 2021
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
weird.
2
Dec 01 2021
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Reminds me a bit of the Ting Tings. Good poppy fun.
4
Dec 02 2021
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
A modern-day punk classic.
5
Dec 03 2021
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Doolittle
Pixies
Seminal album from a pioneering band.
4
Dec 06 2021
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Smash
The Offspring
smart pop-punk.
4
Dec 07 2021
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
swingin'!
4
Dec 08 2021
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Lovely and sleazy in equal measure.
4
Dec 09 2021
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Connected
Stereo MC's
Grooooovy.
4
Dec 10 2021
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Lovely classic.
3
Dec 13 2021
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Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
trippy and groovy and a nice Friday morning album
3
Dec 14 2021
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Document
R.E.M.
Pretty darn good stuff, Maynard.
4
Dec 15 2021
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Sounds a lot like Nick Cave... oh. Cool!
3
Dec 16 2021
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Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
Super funky fresh flow and groooooovy
4
Dec 17 2021
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Live!
Fela Kuti
Brilliant! 6 stars.
5
Dec 20 2021
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Like a modern-day Fairport at times. Lovely.
3
Dec 21 2021
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Really good, more going on than I initially expected.
4
Dec 22 2021
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Trafalgar
Bee Gees
Not at all what I was expecting. More like Elton John at times, and also folkier than I would have thought.
4
Dec 23 2021
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Meh. But like, really meh. Had to listen to Beyonce halfway through.
2
Dec 24 2021
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
great stuff!
3
Dec 27 2021
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Phil Spector is a monster, but this album is fantastic!
4
Dec 28 2021
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
so good.
4
Dec 29 2021
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
A true American icon.
5
Dec 30 2021
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Bad Company
Bad Company
Really rockin'.
4
Dec 31 2021
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Jesse Colin Young's first band, pretty good stuff, was not familiar.
4
Jan 03 2022
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Oh hells yes.
5
Jan 04 2022
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Dylan album #27 is a lot like the others.
3
Jan 05 2022
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Brilliant.
5
Jan 06 2022
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
weird but entertaining.
3
Jan 07 2022
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High Violet
The National
Mope-y, dirge-y and wonderful.
5
Jan 10 2022
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Pretty good despite the presence of a racist, anti-science shitbird.
4
Jan 11 2022
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
They evolved more after this, got more aware, but this album remains a classic.
5
Jan 12 2022
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Lovely and grand.
4
Jan 13 2022
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Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Really fucking good stuff. Cow-punk rocks.
5
Jan 14 2022
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Young Americans
David Bowie
Very good stuff this.
5
Jan 17 2022
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Compellingly good stuff.
5
Jan 18 2022
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Dookie
Green Day
Pop punk excellence, their first step toward being a stadium band.
4
Jan 19 2022
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1984
Van Halen
80s majesty
4
Jan 20 2022
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Sultry country blues torch singing
4
Jan 21 2022
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Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
Quality album, shame there was no more.
3
Jan 24 2022
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Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Really excellent album, she has great flow and great beats.
4
Jan 25 2022
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
Beautiful, incandescent, glorious.
5
Jan 26 2022
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Meh. It was OK.
3
Jan 27 2022
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
most excellent.
4
Jan 28 2022
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Kinda like if Enigma and Bauhaus had a child.
3
Jan 31 2022
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2112
Rush
One of their best. Classic Peart storytelling, side one is ONE song. Fantastic all across the board.
5
Feb 01 2022
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Stupendous. Should have nine of his albums on here instead of Dylan.
4
Feb 02 2022
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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Really good rock. Solid album.
4
Feb 03 2022
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pretty darn great, classic rock
4
Feb 04 2022
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Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
They are fantastic, this album is transcendental.
4
Feb 07 2022
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Moving Pictures
Rush
Classic. Maybe their most perfect album after 2112.
5
Feb 08 2022
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OK Computer
Radiohead
Aren't there more Bob Dylan albums you could have put here?
2
Feb 09 2022
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Black Metal
Venom
Is this a Tenacious D album?
1
Feb 10 2022
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Brilliant.
5
Feb 11 2022
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Kala
M.I.A.
Fantastic! Engaging and stirring.
4
Feb 14 2022
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John Prine
John Prine
An American treasure.
5
Feb 15 2022
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Pretenders
Pretenders
A modern-day classic
3
Feb 16 2022
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Pretty darn good, although they leaned HARD into the "remastered" nonsense.
4
Feb 17 2022
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
I just don't get it, but I know people love them.
3
Feb 18 2022
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Soul Mining
The The
Meh. But nice.
2
Feb 21 2022
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Seriously good stuff.
4
Feb 22 2022
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
relaxing.
3
Feb 23 2022
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
So very good.
5
Feb 24 2022
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
What a treasure, great music.
5
Feb 25 2022
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Such a fantastic album. 6 stars.
5
Feb 28 2022
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Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
hmm... never heard of him. (kidding, of course this is a classic)
5
Mar 01 2022
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Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Pretty darn good.
3
Mar 02 2022
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Transcendental psychedelic madness in the best way.
5
Mar 03 2022
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Tical
Method Man
Fuck yeah. Keep it moving, ya punk.
5
Mar 04 2022
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On The Beach
Neil Young
Fantastic stuff, Young in fine form.
4
Mar 07 2022
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Brilliant.
5
Mar 08 2022
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
OK.
3
Mar 09 2022
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Ranges from electronica to folk/country, quite nice all around.
4
Mar 10 2022
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
Nope.
1
Mar 11 2022
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
Really fantastic stuff here.
4
Mar 14 2022
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
really great stuff.
4
Mar 15 2022
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
This album is like Kind of Blue (the first Wu-Tang is too) in that so much talent appears on the album and almost everything AFTER this album from the people on it is great.
5
Mar 16 2022
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
pretty damned good.
4
Mar 17 2022
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One World
John Martyn
Wild, interesting album from someone I knew nothing about.
4
Mar 18 2022
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
Loungey and weird but nice.
3
Mar 19 2022
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Pretty good, and the 7pm News song is powerful.
4
Mar 20 2022
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Black Monk Time
The Monks
fascinating stuff, really interesting.
4
Mar 21 2022
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Abbey Road
Beatles
Brilliant
5
Mar 22 2022
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Shame that Clapton is such a shitbird, otherwise this album is fine.
3
Mar 23 2022
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Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Sounds like Bauhaus.
3
Mar 24 2022
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Damaged
Black Flag
Brilliant. An American classic.
5
Mar 25 2022
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Not just super fly: Super-duper fly. 6 stars
5
Mar 26 2022
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Quite excellent stuff there.
4
Mar 27 2022
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American Idiot
Green Day
Really great. A punk band becomes a stadium rock powerhouse.
4
Mar 28 2022
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
One of their best and a fine rock album.
3
Mar 29 2022
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
Pretty darn good.
4
Mar 30 2022
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Super-heavy. Hilarious how the "slow song" just drops from 150mph to, like, 90.
4
Mar 31 2022
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
For Canadians, they are quite the American treasure.
5
Apr 01 2022
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
properly good.
4
Apr 02 2022
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Rocking good time.
4
Apr 03 2022
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
While it makes no sense that they won an award for metal, this is a pretty rocking album.
4
Apr 04 2022
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Revolver
Beatles
Sublimely entertaining.
5
Apr 05 2022
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Really fantastic, ethereal and rocking at the same times occasionally.
5
Apr 06 2022
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Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Super-groovy and awesome.
5
Apr 07 2022
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Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
interesting.
3
Apr 08 2022
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
A classic rock triumph.
5
Apr 09 2022
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Smooth disco classic.
4
Apr 10 2022
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Country Life
Roxy Music
Broad, sprawling epic album.
4
Apr 11 2022
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
A scintillating and engaging soundtrack.
4
Apr 12 2022
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Should be mandatory listening in schools.
5
Apr 13 2022
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
A new disco classic
3
Apr 14 2022
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Interstellar
4
Apr 15 2022
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Faust IV
Faust
meh
1
Apr 16 2022
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Always a good time.
3
Apr 17 2022
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Amazingly good, Costello doing what he does best
5
Apr 18 2022
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Hells yes. great stuff. very groovin.
5
Apr 19 2022
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The Clash
The Clash
8 fucking stars. This album is a sonic attack on assholes and sitting still.
5
Apr 20 2022
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
Maybe his best. Great beats, he can definitely spit it (but taking on Nas? Sheesh...) And a nice Em guest spot.
5
Apr 21 2022
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Orbital 2
Orbital
Groovy tunes.
4
Apr 22 2022
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Pornography
The Cure
Pretty good. Not compelling, but I'm not really a Cure guy.
3
Apr 23 2022
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Shame Clapton is such a massive wanker, but the album is pretty good.
3
Apr 24 2022
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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Lovely, weird and entertaining.
3
Apr 25 2022
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Shame he's such a shitbird and anti-science. 1 sad little star.
1
Apr 26 2022
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Another gem of a classsic
5
Apr 27 2022
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
interesting, spare lilting pop rock.
3
Apr 28 2022
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Live Through This
Hole
Pretty good stuff.
3
Apr 29 2022
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Da Capo
Love
Pretty groovy. One song really wanted to be "What's New, Pussycat?" but couldn't quite get there.
4
Apr 30 2022
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Pink Flag
Wire
Brilliant stuff here.
4
May 01 2022
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
Bracing and aggressive, well crafted and weirdly bouncy at times.
3
May 02 2022
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For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
good stuff here.
4
May 03 2022
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Hot! In the Hot Tub!
5
May 04 2022
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Raw Power
The Stooges
Good dog.
4
May 05 2022
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Classic walk through the 80s musically.
4
May 06 2022
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
rocking. free.
5
May 07 2022
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Virgin Suicides
Air
meh.
2
May 08 2022
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If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Lovely -- and how have I not heard this before?
5
May 09 2022
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Make Yourself
Incubus
Pretty fun and funky. Hard to characterize, like the band, but solidly entertaining. Plus Battlestar Scralatchtica is absurdly good entertainment.
4
May 10 2022
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NEU! 75
Neu!
weird and funky.
3
May 11 2022
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
2.5 stars
3
May 12 2022
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Bracingly good stuff to start the day.
3
May 13 2022
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Butterfly
Mariah Carey
syrupy sweet and very "discount sexy" -- breathy hooks and moans, Donna Summer did it better. But Puffy does know what he's doing, it's a solid album.
4
May 14 2022
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Elastica
Elastica
Good rocking stuff, Really fun and punky.
4
May 15 2022
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
More Spinal Tap than I expected.
3
May 16 2022
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Fantastic. Great punk.
5
May 17 2022
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Lovely and weird, but also engaging and poppy.
4
May 18 2022
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
Groovy.
3
May 19 2022
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Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Fucking awesome!
5
May 20 2022
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
Fantastic stuff as always from The Dr.
5
May 21 2022
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
A classic.
5
May 22 2022
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evermore
Taylor Swift
Truly a lovely album. National guitarists and one of the best country-pop songwriters equals a stunning classic, even if it wasn't created during the pandemic.
4
May 23 2022
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
5 stars
5
May 24 2022
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Mighty damn white.
3
May 25 2022
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Drunk
Thundercat
funk-tastic!
5
May 26 2022
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Fantastic album, one of their best.
5
May 27 2022
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All Directions
The Temptations
Groovy and funktastic.
5
May 28 2022
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The White Album
Beatles
A sprawling epic pop rock adventure. Silly, engaging, rocking, light, heavy and more.
4
May 29 2022
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Smooth and soulful.
4
May 30 2022
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21
Adele
A modern classic.
5
May 31 2022
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
lovely and spare
4
Jun 01 2022
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Pretty good for stealing music from black musicians.
3
Jun 02 2022
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Eagles
Eagles
California Classic.
5
Jun 03 2022
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
Excellent stuff, country crooner of the highest order.
5
Jun 04 2022
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pretty solid album.
4
Jun 05 2022
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
An album of fucking bangers. Maiden is a great hard rock band kind of disguised as a novelty act.
5
Jun 06 2022
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Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
pretty groovy
3
Jun 07 2022
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Solid Air
John Martyn
Really good rockin' stuff here.
3
Jun 08 2022
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Really great as always from Emmylou.
5
Jun 09 2022
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Like being thrown in a cold pool to start the day.
5
Jun 10 2022
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Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Really good, groovey, new wavey pop.
4
Jun 11 2022
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Really excellent, forgot about their "Route 66" cover.
4
Jun 12 2022
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
The rock and/or roll.
4
Jun 13 2022
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
A perfect Sunday morning album.
5
Jun 14 2022
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Lovely, and all jokes aside he makes a fine album.
4
Jun 15 2022
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Very very very good. actually.
5
Jun 16 2022
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
This is a sold 3.5 star album.
4
Jun 17 2022
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Not sure what I was expecting, but this is excellent. Jefferson Airplane and the Moody Blues had a trippy kid.
4
Jun 18 2022
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
OK, not bad.
4
Jun 19 2022
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I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
weird and meh.
2
Jun 20 2022
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Another excellent Sunday album.
5
Jun 21 2022
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
A classic of quiet breathy englishness.
4
Jun 22 2022
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Elegant, folky, rocky and wry.
5
Jun 23 2022
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Ramones
Ramones
Oi! Oi! It's great! Oi! Oi! It's great!
5
Jun 24 2022
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Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Zut alors.
4
Jun 25 2022
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Be
Common
Pretty groovy stuff.
3
Jun 26 2022
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Really good stuff.
4
Jun 27 2022
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Wild, fantastic rock and roll.
3
Jun 28 2022
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Really good stuff, Britpop and better than Oasis.
4
Jun 29 2022
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
pretty good, not stellar
3
Jun 30 2022
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
very fun, punky rock and roll
4
Jul 01 2022
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
Nice and mopey, but also groovin'.
4
Jul 02 2022
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
So very good.
5
Jul 03 2022
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
swinging!
4
Jul 04 2022
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Goo
Sonic Youth
Pretty compelling, I must admit it is not my jam but I see why folks dig it.
2
Jul 05 2022
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
80s metal in a perfectly distilled package. I saw this tour, it was as glitzy and flashy and hairy as you can imagine. But this album absolutely rocks. Even manages to pull off the metal ballad, not always a sure thing at all.
4
Jul 06 2022
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
weird and wonderful.
3
Jul 07 2022
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Really damn good.
4
Jul 08 2022
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Classic. CLASSIC. So good.
5
Jul 09 2022
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Spare and wondrous, rocking and reeling.
5
Jul 10 2022
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Close To You
Carpenters
oh so very lovely
3
Jul 11 2022
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The Man Who
Travis
ok.
2
Jul 12 2022
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
A solid 3.5 stars, maybe 4
4
Jul 13 2022
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Wild story about the guy. Dolphins? Still, pretty good album.
4
Jul 14 2022
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Like a lost U2 album.
4
Jul 15 2022
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
Really soulful, lovely stuff.
3
Jul 16 2022
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
Super-dope tunes.
5
Jul 17 2022
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Van Halen
Van Halen
six stars
5
Jul 18 2022
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Good shit, man.
5
Jul 19 2022
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
weird but good
3
Jul 20 2022
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Live At Leeds
The Who
A rock classic.
5
Jul 21 2022
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Follow The Leader
Korn
Pretty good, and the Cheech & Chong cover is epic.
3
Jul 22 2022
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The Joshua Tree
U2
Maybe my favorite album of theirs.
5
Jul 23 2022
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The Bends
Radiohead
OK, OK, OK, look: some of their stuff is really great, some of it is unlistenable. This is a good mix of those two extremes.
3
Jul 24 2022
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
A bit flash, but pretty tight and rocking.
3
Jul 25 2022
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Soulful and clangy, like jazz should be.
4
Jul 26 2022
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
A modern classic. 5 stars.
5
Jul 27 2022
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
A classic song, plus a bunch of other bonkers stuff.
3
Jul 28 2022
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Always funky, always groovy.
5
Jul 29 2022
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
meh.
3
Jul 30 2022
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
2 stars
2
Jul 31 2022
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1977
Ash
Pretty rocking stuff, sounds pop-sludge-y in a good way.
4
Aug 01 2022
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Solid stuff. Super creative, great beats, compelling raps.
4
Aug 02 2022
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
Wonderful album, he's got a great voice as always and the band is incredible.
5
Aug 03 2022
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Wild, weird, fascinating and clangy.
4
Aug 04 2022
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Not terribly memorable, sadly.
2
Aug 05 2022
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Six stars. So good. So many good songs.
5
Aug 06 2022
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Brilliant.
4
Aug 07 2022
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Melodrama
Lorde
super-plus good
3
Aug 08 2022
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Not really my bag.
1
Aug 09 2022
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
6 stars out of 5
5
Aug 10 2022
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
So. Bloody. Good. Eight stars.
5
Aug 11 2022
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
Really fantastic, like Mr. Bungle with less porn and more LSD.
4
Aug 12 2022
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
An extremely lovely album.
5
Aug 13 2022
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Lovely.
3
Aug 14 2022
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Brilliant.
5
Aug 15 2022
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Aug 16 2022
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
A southern classic.
4
Aug 17 2022
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Pretty wonderful, reminds me a bit of Peter and the Wolf.
4
Aug 18 2022
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Disco space funktastic!
5
Aug 19 2022
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Blackstar
David Bowie
Amazingly good. and the only Bowie album to not have him on the cover.
5
Aug 20 2022
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Rocking and rolling
4
Aug 21 2022
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
A modern classic
5
Aug 22 2022
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Stunning. Beautiful and spare and amazing.
5
Aug 23 2022
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
classic stones
4
Aug 24 2022
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Wonderfully 80s album.
4
Aug 25 2022
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Face to Face
The Kinks
great stuff.
3
Aug 26 2022
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Lovely music to do other things to.
3
Aug 27 2022
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
This band made something new happen in a super-funky and rocking way. 6 stars.
5
Aug 28 2022
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Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
meh, but nice.
3
Aug 29 2022
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
five stars, for a brother man
5
Aug 30 2022
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Brilliant album, not the least because her backing band is the Dap-Tones, they combine to make a magical album.
5
Aug 31 2022
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Could not find it to listen to, but later albums are great.
3
Sep 01 2022
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Wonderful spacey and rocking.
4
Sep 02 2022
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Wild 80s stuff, kinda sounds at times like Queen, surprisingly.
4
Sep 03 2022
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Punky pop-rock goodness.
4
Sep 04 2022
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Cross
Justice
A fantastic rock-tronica album.
4
Sep 05 2022
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Smooth funky goodness
5
Sep 06 2022
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Varied and interesting.
3
Sep 07 2022
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Astounding! Great stuff.
5
Sep 08 2022
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Stunningly good stuff (and not at all surprising, this better not be the only Prince album, especially as we get 12 Dylan albums)
5
Sep 09 2022
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Stankonia
OutKast
Sprawling hip-hop classic
4
Sep 10 2022
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Stunning, lovely stuff. Solsbury HIll is a modern classic.
4
Sep 11 2022
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Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
3
Sep 12 2022
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
new shit
4
Sep 13 2022
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
brilliant
4
Sep 14 2022
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
ok
2
Sep 15 2022
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
really good britrock
5
Sep 16 2022
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
The king.
4
Sep 17 2022
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Kid A
Radiohead
the best one and only one that should be on the list
5
Sep 18 2022
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Metallica
Metallica
Probably pretty great.
3
Sep 19 2022
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Fantastic stuff, a groove-a-licious gem.
5
Sep 20 2022
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Brit-rock-y goodness from Arctic Monkeys bloke.
3
Sep 21 2022
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
weird, spacey and spare, good morning album
3
Sep 22 2022
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
It was very Kate Bush-y.
4
Sep 23 2022
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
Wonderful stuff! That breezy, sensual Brazil sound.
4
Sep 24 2022
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Seminal classic, should be taught in schools.
5
Sep 25 2022
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Love. It. Makes. Me. Boop. And. Beep.
4
Sep 26 2022
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
The queen. five stars.
5
Sep 27 2022
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Great Moody Blues album!
3
Sep 28 2022
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
Maybe their best album.
5
Sep 29 2022
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
I mean, dayum.
5
Sep 30 2022
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Quality boop.
4
Oct 01 2022
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
rock-tastic!
5
Oct 02 2022
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Fantastic debut rock album
5
Oct 03 2022
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B-52's
The B-52's
New wave excellence
4
Oct 04 2022
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Good early stuff.
3
Oct 05 2022
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
Stupendous as always.
4
Oct 06 2022
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Timeless
Goldie
Really good spacey drum-and-bass.
3
Oct 07 2022
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Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Classic and hippie-ish.
3
Oct 08 2022
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
Sounds like Seattle, in a good way.
3
Oct 09 2022
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S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
weird.
2
Oct 10 2022
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
So many good songs on this album. Shane at his best (the band always was).
5
Oct 11 2022
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
So good, still, after all these years.
5
Oct 12 2022
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Boop. But also, and I am quite serious in this: Beep.
4
Oct 13 2022
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Lovely and comforting.
4
Oct 14 2022
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
This album is super-duper fly.
5
Oct 15 2022
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Hells to tha yeah, this is the shiznit. Six stars.
5
Oct 16 2022
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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Better than I was expecting, honestly.
3
Oct 17 2022
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
It was OK.
2
Oct 18 2022
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Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Rock-punk-tastic. 4 stars
4
Oct 19 2022
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
Oct 20 2022
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Even without the wizard of oz, it's an amazing abum.
5
Oct 21 2022
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Super-fun album!
4
Oct 22 2022
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Classic, rock owes a lot to these guys.
4
Oct 23 2022
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Kenza
Khaled
Cool stuff, Algerian singer with a great voice.
4
Oct 24 2022
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Infected
The The
wildly meh, quite entertaining but unrememberable.
3
Oct 25 2022
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Fantastic as always.
5
Oct 26 2022
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
Oct 27 2022
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Very rocking and much like At The Drive-in. Not at all like 30 Seconds to Mars.
3
Oct 28 2022
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Really fantastic stuff. 5 stars.
5
Oct 29 2022
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xx
The xx
Love this, love them, spare atmospheric longing...
4
Oct 30 2022
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Louvley. 3 stars.
3
Oct 31 2022
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
Industrial icons, a little bracing for a Sunday morning but really good.
3
Nov 01 2022
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Sound Affects
The Jam
Jammy!
4
Nov 02 2022
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The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Fantastic stuff, really great old folk-country
5
Nov 03 2022
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
A damn modern classic. 6 stars.
5
Nov 04 2022
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Maxinquaye
Tricky
Excellent stuff here, four stars at least.
4
Nov 05 2022
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London Calling
The Clash
EIGHT STARS! This is a modern classic, maybe their finest album and the "Only Band That Matters."
5
Nov 06 2022
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
really interesting idea, very good and entertaining.
3
Nov 07 2022
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Dummy
Portishead
Ethereal, driving, brilliant, haunting.
5
Nov 08 2022
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Sounds like unscientific trash. Knopfler is a much better guitarist.
2
Nov 09 2022
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Phrenology
The Roots
Stupendously funky and awesome.
5
Nov 10 2022
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White Light
Gene Clark
folky and very nice. 4 stars.
4
Nov 11 2022
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Night Life
Ray Price
Croony and wonderful, nice morning album.
3
Nov 12 2022
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Sounds like a lot of other bands. Not bad, just not unique, really.
3
Nov 13 2022
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
Pretty great, bracing, some sounds like Pink Floyd, some like Bowie, all entertaining.
4
Nov 14 2022
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Fantastic classic punk.
5
Nov 15 2022
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Oontz Oontz Oontz.... 3 stars
3
Nov 16 2022
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Kind of insane, but REALLY well done. 4 stars.
4
Nov 17 2022
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Very very very good.
4
Nov 18 2022
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Fascinating musicianship.
3
Nov 19 2022
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Really like what they do, this album is a great example.
4
Nov 20 2022
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Very fantastic. 4 stars!
4
Nov 21 2022
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
Classic and powerful, she was.
5
Nov 22 2022
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Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
A modern-day sleazy classic.
4
Nov 23 2022
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Tapestry
Carole King
Epic goodness. 5 stars.
5
Nov 24 2022
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Arise
Sepultura
Pretty darn good rawk. 4 stars.
4
Nov 25 2022
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The Yes Album
Yes
Really darned good.
3
Nov 26 2022
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Sublime beauty infused with raw power.
5
Nov 27 2022
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The Next Day
David Bowie
As usual, his albums are interesting, inventive and fun to listen to.
4
Nov 28 2022
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
weird.
3
Nov 29 2022
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Solid album as always from them.
5
Nov 30 2022
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Kenya
Machito
Groovy and fantastic. 4 stars.
4
Dec 01 2022
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Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Lovely and spritely
3
Dec 02 2022
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Being There
Wilco
Lovely spare folk rocky goodness
3
Dec 03 2022
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Hells yeah! 8 stars!
5
Dec 04 2022
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
She is so talented.
4
Dec 05 2022
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Fucking amazing!
5
Dec 06 2022
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
3 stars! Rawk!
3
Dec 07 2022
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Smile
Brian Wilson
Not really my bag, but it IS a tremendously well-made album and it sounds lovely.
3
Dec 08 2022
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Fuzzy and warm.
3
Dec 09 2022
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Saucy, salsa, envigorating music.
4
Dec 10 2022
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Protection
Massive Attack
Ethereal, dancy and grooving.
4
Dec 11 2022
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Parklife
Blur
BritRock at its absolute toniest, great album, 4 stars.
4
Dec 12 2022
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Brothers
The Black Keys
Good groves and danceable tunes
3
Dec 13 2022
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Hippie lovely folkiness. 4 stars
4
Dec 14 2022
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Brilliant as always/.
5
Dec 15 2022
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Completely insane. Compelling, true, but almost unlistenable. 2 stars.
2
Dec 16 2022
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Odelay
Beck
Maybe my all-time favorite of his. Low-hi funkiness and sleazy folk rock-y dance music. DJ Funkypants.
5
Dec 17 2022
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My Generation
The Who
Maximum R&B. Surprising number of great covers.
5
Dec 18 2022
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Real Life
Magazine
4
Dec 19 2022
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Hell no. 0 stars.
1
Dec 20 2022
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Illmatic
Nas
6 stars. A true visionary.
5
Dec 21 2022
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Sincere
Mj Cole
Nice dancey album, good grooves. 4 stars.
4
Dec 22 2022
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Solidly good album, she's got a great voice and the grooves are excellent. 4 stars.
4
Dec 23 2022
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The Cars
The Cars
A modern pop-rock classic. Every song rocks. 5 stars.
5
Dec 24 2022
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy is such a whiney wanker. 2 stars.
2
Dec 25 2022
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Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Charming bossonova tunes
3
Dec 26 2022
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Except for the appalling racism, a fine album.
4
Dec 27 2022
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
really really great. tight, poppy and clever, dry sense of humor. 5 stars.
5
Dec 28 2022
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Very clever, great flow, funny, good beats. 4 stars.
4
Dec 29 2022
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
I mean, DAMN! 5 stars.
5
Dec 30 2022
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Explosive awesomeness. Didn't expect to like this as much as I did. 4 stars.
4
Dec 31 2022
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
One of the best albums from a couple of guys who can't stand each other.
5
Jan 01 2023
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Low
David Bowie
Quirky and bold
4
Jan 02 2023
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
Lively, lovely and groovy, in equal measures. Latin-country-blues-rock-LA sound-etc...
5
Jan 03 2023
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
If seven stars was possible, this album woulkd get 7 stars.
5
Jan 04 2023
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Berlin
Lou Reed
Pretty good for an old punk.
3
Jan 05 2023
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Really a great, spunky album.
4
Jan 06 2023
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Nicely boopy.
3
Jan 07 2023
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Jan 08 2023
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Ctrl
SZA
Pretty groovy, nice Kendrick guest spot
4
Jan 09 2023
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
One of their best, very much the hippie country band on this one. 5 stars.
5
Jan 10 2023
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Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Pretty darn good. Pixies before there were Pixies, kinda. 3 stars.
3
Jan 11 2023
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
Stunning! Brilliant! Even kinda proggy!
5
Jan 12 2023
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
So bloody good. One of their best and one of of the best. 5 stars.
5
Jan 13 2023
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Whatever
Aimee Mann
Really great, nice mix of styles.
4
Jan 14 2023
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Bad
Michael Jackson
As always, I am torn. Great album, but sheesh.
3
Jan 15 2023
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Morose and spare and lovely. 4 stars.
4
Jan 16 2023
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Much deeper and more interesting than I expected, pretty great version of that 80s sound.
4
Jan 17 2023
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Well now that you mention it, that album WAS pretty incredible. 4 stars.
4
Jan 18 2023
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Great album! Really good pop-punk-rock LA sound, six stars.
5
Jan 19 2023
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Cut
The Slits
Great punk/post-punk album, nice dub stuff too. 4 stars.
4
Jan 20 2023
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Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
Pretty groovy dub stuff.
3
Jan 21 2023
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Stupendous. 5 stars.
5
Jan 22 2023
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
A classic band, a really rocking album. 4 stars.
4
Jan 23 2023
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Parachutes
Coldplay
They're not bad, they're not offensive, they're just boooooring. Whole album played and it was fine background music.
2
Jan 24 2023
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1999
Prince
One generation had Bob Dylan, this generation had Prince Rogers Nelson. 5 stars ALL DAY LONG.
5
Jan 25 2023
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
5 stars. so good.
5
Jan 26 2023
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Pretty good, not great but more interesting than I expected.
3
Jan 27 2023
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Pretty good, but I sure they'll never make a dime. 4 stars.
4
Jan 28 2023
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Yes Yes Y'all! 4 stars
4
Jan 29 2023
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Suicide
Suicide
Wasn't even sure they called music "alternative" back in 1977. This was bracing and challenging and interesting. Can see how and why it is considered a seminal album. 2 stars for me dawg.
2
Jan 30 2023
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
kind of meh.
2
Jan 31 2023
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Like Chuck Mangione and a prog band decided to record an album. 3 stars for being weird af.
3
Feb 01 2023
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Wild Gift
X
Pretty good rawk from some LA punks. 3 stars.
3
Feb 02 2023
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Rocks
Aerosmith
Rawks. 4 stars.
4
Feb 03 2023
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Repeater
Fugazi
Wild, aggro and fun. 3 stars.
3
Feb 04 2023
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
Really great, far groovier at times than I was expecting. Anger makes for great music. 4 stars.
4
Feb 05 2023
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Play
Moby
not too shabby for borrowing a lot of other folks’ music.
2
Feb 06 2023
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
pretty great. He made fun music before Toy Story. 4 stars.
4
Feb 07 2023
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
pretty good, really, but I am not a BB fan, so...
2
Feb 08 2023
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
ALL THE STARS.
5
Feb 09 2023
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
Pretty good, 3 stars, didn't stun me but didn't turn me off, either.
3
Feb 10 2023
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Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Uhh... weird stuff, written by other folks. Toonerville Trolley? Yeah... 2 stars.
2
Feb 11 2023
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
The VW ad guy! What a sad story, but a really nice album, spare and dark and moody. 4 stars.
4
Feb 12 2023
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Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
OK.
3
Feb 13 2023
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
moody and beautiful. 4 stars.
4
Feb 14 2023
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
boop beep boop oontz oontz oontz 4 stars
4
Feb 15 2023
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3 stars.
3
Feb 16 2023
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Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
Pretty flippin' great. Nice U2 cover. 4 stars.
4
Feb 17 2023
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
It's a classic for a reason. 4 stars.
4
Feb 18 2023
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
It's just weird that back in the 60s so many bands' first albums were just cover tunes. 3 stars.
3
Feb 19 2023
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
brilliant!
5
Feb 20 2023
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Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
Pretty interesting stuff, 3 stars
3
Feb 21 2023
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Very good album, they do earnestly sleazy French country rock better than most. 4 stars.
4
Feb 22 2023
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Quite the debut album. 3 solid stars.
3
Feb 23 2023
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Crunchy, grungey goodness. 4 stars.
4
Feb 24 2023
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
meh/
2
Feb 25 2023
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Moon Safari
Air
Really really really really groovy. Like 4 stars groovy.
4
Feb 26 2023
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Classic early rock and roll, very much of its time and pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
Feb 27 2023
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Bloody hell no. No more of this terrible band. 1 star unless I can give it zero stars.
1
Feb 28 2023
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
MORE OF THIS AND LESS RADIOHEAD. 5 stars.
5
Mar 01 2023
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Calenture
The Triffids
Pretty interesting stuff. 3 solid stars.
3
Mar 02 2023
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Really compelling and good, fresh and creative.
4
Mar 03 2023
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Post-punk as fuck. Pretty damn great. 4 stars.
4
Mar 04 2023
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Rocking good stuff from Jack and Meg. 4 stars.
4
Mar 05 2023
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
moody and lovely, gravely and dark.
4
Mar 06 2023
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Viva Hate
Morrissey
Not a bad album, shame he's such a shit. 2 stars.
2
Mar 07 2023
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Astounding. 5 stars. His dad weould be proud.
5
Mar 08 2023
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Fucking great rock and roll.
4
Mar 09 2023
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
rocking grungey goodness. 4 stars.
4
Mar 10 2023
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Brilliant. So good. 5 stars.
5
Mar 11 2023
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
awesome sauce
4
Mar 12 2023
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
crap
1
Mar 13 2023
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Treasure
Cocteau Twins
spare and lovely
3
Mar 14 2023
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Groove-tastic, fat beats, some cool stuff the Beasties stole and a great Doobie Brothers cover! 5 stars.
5
Mar 15 2023
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Nice. Not stupendous, but nice.
3
Mar 16 2023
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Hells yes. 5 stars.
5
Mar 17 2023
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90
808 State
groovy danceable stuff. 4 stars.
4
Mar 18 2023
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
A genuine classic, wonderful album, 6 stars!
5
Mar 19 2023
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
3 stars
3
Mar 20 2023
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Nevermind
Nirvana
A modern-day classic like White Album or Dark Side. Nirvana could have been huge, but even the band's minimal discography is solid. 5 stars.
5
Mar 21 2023
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Weird and good, rocking fun.
3
Mar 22 2023
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Palo Congo
Sabu
4 stars, good grooves.
4
Mar 23 2023
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Medúlla
Björk
wild album, mostly voice-based but sounds like electronica. 4 stars. weird.
4
Mar 24 2023
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Pretty damn good, seriously thought about turning it off during the first track, then it got better. 3 stars.
3
Mar 25 2023
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Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
weird but entertaining. 2 stars.
2
Mar 26 2023
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
4 stars all day long.
4
Mar 27 2023
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
5 stars all day long.
5
Mar 28 2023
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
A modern rock classic. 5 stars.
5
Mar 29 2023
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
more soulful than I was expecting, really lovely album. 4 stars.
4
Mar 30 2023
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
4 stars, groovy and funky, good guest spots
4
Mar 31 2023
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
hyper funk? Groovy post punk dance music? Whatever you call it, much more interesting than I was expecting. 4 stars.
4
Apr 01 2023
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American Gothic
David Ackles
kinda like randy newman
4
Apr 02 2023
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C'est Chic
CHIC
Super-fly and funky fresh
5
Apr 03 2023
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
interesting and fun
3
Apr 04 2023
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Is This It
The Strokes
Legendary. Shame about the Puritanical US version cover, but the rock is indisputable. 4 stars.
4
Apr 05 2023
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
A rocking good album, 4 stars.
4
Apr 06 2023
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Sheet Music
10cc
weird. Not bad, just weird.
2
Apr 07 2023
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
bloop. I said BLOOP. bloop stars.
3
Apr 08 2023
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
Earlier ZZ Top is also really good, but this is a darn fine album in its own right. 4 stars.
4
Apr 09 2023
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Guero
Beck
great stuff
5
Apr 10 2023
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Horses
Patti Smith
stupendous
5
Apr 11 2023
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
Second Dexys album in a couple weeks, and for the second time I am genuinely enjoying this album. 4 stars.
4
Apr 12 2023
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Born To Be With You
Dion
Like a lovely interesting nap. 3 stars.
3
Apr 13 2023
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
Great rawk, 4 stars.
4
Apr 14 2023
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
not bad.
3
Apr 15 2023
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
a rock classic. 6 stars
5
Apr 16 2023
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
4 stars. Great EDM.
4
Apr 17 2023
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Sea Change
Beck
Mopey folk Beck is fine if you are into that sort of thing. For my money the real entertainment is DJ Funkypants Beck. 2 stars.
2
Apr 18 2023
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Nope. 2 stars.
2
Apr 19 2023
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Violator
Depeche Mode
4 stars. Not really my bag but extremely well done.
4
Apr 20 2023
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
Taken too soon, he's a country rock genius and this album is fantastic. Great Emmylou Harris vocals as well. 5 stars.
5
Apr 21 2023
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
weird. 3 stars.
3
Apr 22 2023
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
A usual Flaming Lips album. 3 stars.
3
Apr 23 2023
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Fragile
Yes
Classic AOR rock
5
Apr 24 2023
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
More Nick Drake.
4
Apr 25 2023
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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
pretty weird
4
Apr 26 2023
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Stark, brutish and British. 4 stars.
4
Apr 27 2023
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Oh that's right, Kate's weird. 3 stars.
3
Apr 28 2023
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
According to the Apple music blurb: "The Dolls were a sleazier Stones in eye liner." Sounds about right. 5 stars.
5
Apr 29 2023
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Harvest
Neil Young
A haunting American classic. 5 stars
5
Apr 30 2023
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Destroyer
KISS
hells yes!
5
May 01 2023
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
wonderful album from america's troubador. 5 stars.
5
May 02 2023
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The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
A sonic adventure. 4 stars
4
May 03 2023
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Snivilisation
Orbital
beep bloop oontz oontz bleep boop. 3 stars.
3
May 04 2023
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The Specials
The Specials
Ruuuude boy! 5 stars.
5
May 05 2023
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
The musical equivalent of a quad espresso. Solid punk rock. 4 stars.
4
May 06 2023
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The World is a Ghetto
War
So good. 5 stars.
5
May 07 2023
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Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
meh. 3 stars
3
May 08 2023
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Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
pretty good 4-star rock right here.
4
May 09 2023
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Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
what the hell did I just listen to? 4 stars
4
May 10 2023
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Sounds like a cardigan sweater and some penny loafers. 4 stars.
4
May 11 2023
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
fantastic. 5 stars.
5
May 12 2023
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Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Brilliant album, start to finish.
5
May 13 2023
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Such a very good album. An underrated singer, Stewart makes great music.
5
May 14 2023
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
Sounds like band called Scritti Politti. 3 stars.
3
May 15 2023
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En-Tact
The Shamen
More entertaining than i initially expected, still 3 stars but a fun 3 stars.
3
May 16 2023
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
weird bloopy background music. Nice, tho.
3
May 17 2023
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
weird and interesting, 3 stars.
3
May 18 2023
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
Brilliant stuff, engaging and poppy. 5 stars
5
May 19 2023
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Survivor
Destiny's Child
Quality stuff here, R&B royalty in the making. 5 stars.
5
May 20 2023
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Future Days
Can
Groovy and weird.
3
May 21 2023
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
So fucking good. 5 stars.
5
May 22 2023
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
Stellar album, 5 stars
5
May 23 2023
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
fantastic album, great rock and roll.
5
May 24 2023
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
4 stars
4
May 25 2023
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Not a terrible album considering he is a giant asshole. 2 stars.
2
May 26 2023
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Me Against The World
2Pac
five brilliant stars
5
May 27 2023
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Eight stars. This is a jazz classic, brilliant and beautiful, everyone on it is fantastic.
5
May 28 2023
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The Real Thing
Faith No More
Brilliant, 4 stars
4
May 29 2023
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Solid rock album. 4 stars.
4
May 30 2023
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Genius, 5 stars, no notes.
5
May 31 2023
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Microshift
Hookworms
weird but interesting. 3 stars.
3
Jun 01 2023
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
really fun and criminal. 4 stars.
4
Jun 02 2023
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Fantastic stuff, great album, 5 stars.
5
Jun 03 2023
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Lovely classic. 5 stars.
5
Jun 04 2023
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
wild and wonderful. 4 stars.
4
Jun 05 2023
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Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Operatic wonderment, 4 stars.
4
Jun 06 2023
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Dog Man Star
Suede
weird but good? 3 stars.
3
Jun 07 2023
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
A classic from a guy who turned out to be a shithead. 4 stars.
4
Jun 08 2023
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
veeerry interesting. 3 stars.
3
Jun 09 2023
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
would be six stars if I could.
5
Jun 10 2023
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
Pretty damned good stuff from these guys, another killer classic. 5 stars.
5
Jun 11 2023
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War
U2
5 stars. When they were a great band.
5
Jun 12 2023
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Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Pretty interesting. 3 stars.
3
Jun 13 2023
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More Specials
The Specials
stupendous, 5 stars.
5
Jun 14 2023
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Woodface
Crowded House
pretty good stuff, 4 stars methinks.
4
Jun 15 2023
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Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Stupendous. 5 stars.
5
Jun 16 2023
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Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Wild and entertaining. 4 sitars.
4
Jun 17 2023
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Headquarters
The Monkees
They are better than a "made for TV" band from the 60s should be. 4 stars.
4
Jun 18 2023
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
stupendous!
5
Jun 19 2023
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
More interesting and talented than I was expecting, which is, of course, totally on me. 4 stars.
4
Jun 20 2023
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Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4
Jun 21 2023
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
Jun 22 2023
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
5
Jun 23 2023
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Risque
CHIC
5
Jun 24 2023
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
5
Jun 25 2023
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Soulful and awesome.
5
Jun 26 2023
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With The Beatles
Beatles
A classic
5
Jun 27 2023
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Rapture
Anita Baker
Lovely stuff.
4
Jun 28 2023
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Street Life
The Crusaders
Solid soul, jazz and funk. 4 stars.
4
Jun 29 2023
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
3 solid stars.
3
Jun 30 2023
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Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
Glorious, beautiful, soaring. 5 stars.
5
Jul 01 2023
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I Against I
Bad Brains
stupendous. dreadlocks and mohawks! 5 stars.
5
Jul 02 2023
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If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
3 stars
3
Jul 03 2023
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
completely meh. 2 stars.
2
Jul 04 2023
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Wild French rock, pretty good stuff there. 4 stars.
4
Jul 05 2023
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
weird. 3 stars.
3
Jul 06 2023
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Pelican West
Haircut 100
tasty new wave pop. 4 stars.
4
Jul 07 2023
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Justified
Justin Timberlake
Not bad for the guy who threw Janet Jackson under the sexy bus. 4 stars.
4
Jul 08 2023
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
5 one-armed stars!
5
Jul 09 2023
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
weird
3
Jul 10 2023
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
jazzy but could not find whole album
2
Jul 11 2023
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Brilliant. 5 stars.
5
Jul 12 2023
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The Doors
The Doors
Lizard-y. 4 stars.
4
Jul 13 2023
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
A modern pop classic. 7 stars.
5
Jul 14 2023
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
weird, punky goodness.
4
Jul 15 2023
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
Great rock album. 5 stars.
5
Jul 16 2023
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
Solid classic rock album, maybe their best. 4 stars.
4
Jul 17 2023
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Rio
Duran Duran
Darn fine album.
4
Jul 18 2023
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The Libertines
The Libertines
Good for a wanker. 4 stars.
4
Jul 19 2023
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The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Really fucking good album. 5 stars for sure.
5
Jul 20 2023
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Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
lovely and weird. 3 stars.
3
Jul 21 2023
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Shleep
Robert Wyatt
Really enjoyable, dug it more than I thought I would. 4 stars.
4
Jul 22 2023
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Let It Be
The Replacements
3
Jul 23 2023
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The Band
The Band
Amazing, one of the best Canadian bands.
5
Jul 24 2023
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
4
Jul 25 2023
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
Buckaroo gettin' busy. 4 stars for the sexy time.
4
Jul 26 2023
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New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
fun punky rock.
4
Jul 27 2023
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Made it through about 5 songs, that was enough. 2 stars.
2
Jul 28 2023
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Bloody good stuff, 5 stars.
5
Jul 29 2023
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Fucking epic! Oi! 5 stars.
5
Jul 30 2023
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Brilliant. 6 stars.
5
Jul 31 2023
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
it was OK. 4 stars.
4
Aug 01 2023
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Stupendous.
5
Aug 02 2023
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
Great album. 4 stars.
4
Aug 03 2023
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
Weird and wonderful.
4
Aug 04 2023
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Stupendous.
5
Aug 05 2023
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Moondance
Van Morrison
wonderful album. Shame he's an anti-science wanker tho.
3
Aug 06 2023
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
good stuff
4
Aug 07 2023
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
bloop.
3
Aug 08 2023
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Pretty rawkin'. 4 stars/
4
Aug 09 2023
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
weird and interesting. 3 stars.
3
Aug 10 2023
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Tellingly, the Crystal Method Remix is the best song on the album. 2 stars.
2
Aug 11 2023
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Marquee Moon
Television
pretty good rock. 4 stars.
4
Aug 12 2023
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Really really good stuff. 5 stars/
5
Aug 13 2023
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Lovely and weird. 69 stars!
5
Aug 14 2023
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Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
meh.
2
Aug 15 2023
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Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
Truly a classic pop-punk-new-wave-whatever album. 4 stars.
4
Aug 16 2023
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
5 stars at LEAST. So good.
5
Aug 17 2023
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4 stars
4
Aug 18 2023
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Stupendous album, very excellent. all five stars to Gryffendor.
5
Aug 19 2023
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Lovely, lyrical and lush. 5 stars.
5
Aug 20 2023
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Sexy-time!
5
Aug 21 2023
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Vaudeville folk? Not bad, not really my jam. 3 stars.
3
Aug 22 2023
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Bummed
Happy Mondays
Really good rocking album. 4 stars.
4
Aug 23 2023
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Music
Madonna
Not her best, but pretty good. 3 stars.
3
Aug 24 2023
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
punky goodness! or, well, post-punky goodness.
4
Aug 25 2023
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Like Kanye, he's an awful shitbird who makes darn good music. 2 stars.
2
Aug 26 2023
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OK
Talvin Singh
oontz oontz oontz punjab oontz
3
Aug 27 2023
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
solid, melancholy and driven.
5
Aug 28 2023
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Phenomenal music, brilliant melding of new and old technology by a master. 5 stars.
5
Aug 29 2023
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I See You
The xx
Love me some XX. 5 stars.
5
Aug 30 2023
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
Very good, very groovy, 5 stars.
5
Aug 31 2023
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Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
Hard to find, easy to listen to. 4 stars/
4
Sep 01 2023
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All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
stupid good. 5 stars.
5
Sep 02 2023
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
SuperFunkyDanceAlicious! Elebenty stars.
5
Sep 03 2023
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Imagine
John Lennon
3 stars.
3
Sep 04 2023
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
3 stars. would be 3.5 but there we go.
3
Sep 05 2023
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
smooth and tan and easy and classy. 4 stars.
4
Sep 06 2023
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Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
She has a great voice, not really my bag, but a real talent. 3 stars.
3
Sep 07 2023
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Crazysexycool
TLC
CrazyDanceyCool, 4 stars.
4
Sep 08 2023
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
Rocking eternally. 4 stars.
4
Sep 09 2023
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Teen Dream
Beach House
lazy shoe gazey. 4 stars.
4
Sep 10 2023
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Tommy
The Who
It's Tommy. It's a classic. 5 stars.
5
Sep 11 2023
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Different Class
Pulp
pretty dope, tasty Brit-pop with snarky lyrics. 4 stars.
4
Sep 12 2023
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Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
Oontz oontz oontz... 4 stars.
4
Sep 13 2023
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
weird and wild and wooly. 3 stars.
3
Sep 14 2023
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
weird and wonderful. "Don't do it that way, you'll never make a dime." 3 stars
3
Sep 15 2023
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The Visitors
ABBA
dreamy and abba-rific. 3 stars.
3
Sep 16 2023
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Sublime and smokey. 5 stars.
5
Sep 17 2023
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Nope. too crunchy.
2
Sep 18 2023
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#1 Record
Big Star
Nice and un-assuming.
3
Sep 19 2023
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California
American Music Club
Pretty good stuff maynard. 3 stars.
3
Sep 20 2023
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
Brutal and insane. 5 stars.
5
Sep 21 2023
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Brilliant! 11 stars!
5
Sep 22 2023
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Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
4 stars!
4
Sep 23 2023
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Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
It's no Valerie, but a darn good album. 4 stars.
4
Sep 24 2023
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
2 stars.
2
Sep 25 2023
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Fantasticly funky and brilliant. 5 stars.
5
Sep 26 2023
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
gloriously weird. 5 stars.
5
Sep 27 2023
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
smushy goodness.
4
Sep 28 2023
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Boss album. 5 stars.
5
Sep 29 2023
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Glorious and groovy. 5 stars.
5
Sep 30 2023
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Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
Darn good rock. 4 stars.
4
Oct 01 2023
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
An 80s classic in all the good ways.
5
Oct 02 2023
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Green
R.E.M.
Probably my second-favorite REM album. 4 stars.
4
Oct 03 2023
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
weird and captivating. 4 stars.
4
Oct 04 2023
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Nope. weird and far too long with the same weirdness. 2 stars.
2
Oct 05 2023
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New Forms
Roni Size
oontz. repeat. 3 stars.
3
Oct 06 2023
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Yeezus
Kanye West
That's a bit nope for me dawg. Fuck him and Clapton.
1
Oct 07 2023
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
Awesome, like a punk jam band. 5 stars.
5
Oct 08 2023
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Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
pretty fun and dancey. 4 stars.
4
Oct 09 2023
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
groovy AF. 4 stars.
4
Oct 10 2023
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Meh. OK for a wanker. 3 stars.
3
Oct 11 2023
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Damnfinestuff. 5stars.
5
Oct 12 2023
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
Fantastic stvff, trvly, always a great band. 5 stars.
5
Oct 13 2023
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Smokin' hot. 5 stars.
5
Oct 14 2023
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Traffic
Traffic
Splendid stuff that.
5
Oct 15 2023
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Scum
Napalm Death
whoa. 3 stars.
3
Oct 16 2023
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The White Room
The KLF
oontz PLUS/ 3 stars.
3
Oct 17 2023
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Celebrity Skin
Hole
Darn fine album, 4 stars.
4
Oct 18 2023
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Hotel California
Eagles
A classic California country rock album, with possibly their biggest hit. Darn fine record. 4 stars.
4
Oct 19 2023
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The Undertones
The Undertones
Good stuff! 4 stars.
4
Oct 20 2023
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Permission to Land
The Darkness
FUCK YES. This album is what RAWK shoud be. Hawkins is great, the band is solid as fuck, 6 stars.
5
Oct 21 2023
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Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
Pretty good for a goddamn car wreck of a band. 4 stars.
4
Oct 22 2023
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Not bad for a wanker
3
Oct 23 2023
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The Who Sell Out
The Who
A right classic. 4 stars.
4
Oct 24 2023
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Pretty great stuff here. 5 stars.
5
Oct 25 2023
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Very darned good stuff. 5 stars.
5
Oct 26 2023
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Atomizer
Big Black
wild and weird. 4 stars.
4
Oct 27 2023
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Quiet Life
Japan
Pretty weird but interesting. 3.5 stars (OK, OK: 3 stars)
3
Oct 28 2023
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Among The Living
Anthrax
rawkin' good time. 4 stars.
4
Oct 29 2023
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São Paulo Confessions
Suba
Saucy and sultry
4
Oct 30 2023
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Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
wild and crazy, but darn good. 4 stars.
4
Oct 31 2023
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
5 sitars.
5
Nov 01 2023
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Damn fine album. Fuck Justin Timerlake. 5 stars.
5
Nov 02 2023
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Funkay. 4 stars.
4
Nov 03 2023
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
Groovy funky jazzy hippie rock at its finest. 4 stars.
4
Nov 04 2023
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Opus Dei
Laibach
Kinda like a Rammstein parody band. I can see the appeal but it's hard to get into. 2 stars.
2
Nov 05 2023
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
better than expected, 4 stars
4
Nov 06 2023
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
maybe their best
5
Nov 07 2023
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Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
lovely and weird
4
Nov 08 2023
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Movies
Holger Czukay
weird and interesting. 3 stars.
3
Nov 09 2023
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
groovy and weird, 4 stars.
4
Nov 10 2023
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
pretty good 3.5 star album, but since I am feeling generous, 4 stars.
4
Nov 11 2023
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
Brilliant. 5 stars.
5
Nov 12 2023
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
that was ... weird. 3 stars.
3
Nov 13 2023
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Picture Book
Simply Red
Soulful and smooth. 4 stars.
4
Nov 14 2023
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Really good. Not their best, but their most popular. 4 stars.
4
Nov 15 2023
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Sister
Sonic Youth
A sonic masterpiece. 5 stars.
5
Nov 16 2023
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
Groovy, impactful and 4 stars.
4
Nov 17 2023
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Closer
Joy Division
Pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
Nov 18 2023
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Piggy piggy piggy piggy. 5 pigs. piggy.
5
Nov 19 2023
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
Solid rock album from the piano guy.
4
Nov 20 2023
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
very weird. 3 sitars.
3
Nov 21 2023
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Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
mild and lovely, kind of like a more hippie James Taylor. 3 stars.
3
Nov 22 2023
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
Funky and fun. 3 stars.
3
Nov 23 2023
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Glorious. 5 stars.
5
Nov 24 2023
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Groovy, a little Vampire Weekendy, 4 stars.
4
Nov 25 2023
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The Slider
T. Rex
Bang a gong, get it on. 4 stars.
4
Nov 26 2023
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Very groovy album
5
Nov 27 2023
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Paris 1919
John Cale
brilliant.
5
Nov 28 2023
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
4 stars.
4
Nov 29 2023
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
Funk Yeah! 5 stars.
5
Nov 30 2023
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
pretty smooth in a good way. 4 stars.
4
Dec 01 2023
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Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
groovy. 3 stars.
3
Dec 02 2023
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Stupendous album. 4 stars.
4
Dec 03 2023
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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
Lovely stuff. 5 stars.
5
Dec 04 2023
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
2 clangy, atonal stars.
2
Dec 05 2023
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
groovy
4
Dec 06 2023
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Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
awesome stuff
5
Dec 07 2023
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
LEGENDARY SHIT RIGHT HERE. 5 stars.
5
Dec 08 2023
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There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Such brilliance. Man (and the band) are a cultural touchstone and a musical force. 5 stars.
5
Dec 09 2023
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
She is an American treasure. 5 stars.
5
Dec 10 2023
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Truly lovely album, 4 stars.
4
Dec 11 2023
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Motivational and inspirational. 4 stars.
4
Dec 12 2023
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Glorious/Gwonderful. 5 stars.
5
Dec 13 2023
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Lovely. 4 stars.
4
Dec 14 2023
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
weird but nice, kinda like Fairport at times. 3 stars.
3
Dec 15 2023
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Smack my 3 stars up.
3
Dec 16 2023
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
Interesting stuff, not a huge grime fan but the roots are there. 3 stars.
3
Dec 17 2023
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
It's a great album. He's problematic. Music is really good. It's complicated. 3 stars.
3
Dec 18 2023
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Glorious. 5 stars.
5
Dec 19 2023
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
Solid as fuck. 4 stars.
4
Dec 20 2023
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
5 stars. Great stuff.
5
Dec 21 2023
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
I am not her target audience, and this is pretty "hip." That said, I'll give it 3 stars. Too much autotune.
3
Dec 22 2023
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Dare!
The Human League
Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. Not bad but a bit repetitive. 3 stars.
3
Dec 23 2023
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Really good stuff. 4 solid stars.
4
Dec 24 2023
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The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
weird and repetitive but fun.
3
Dec 25 2023
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Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
pretty OK.
4
Dec 26 2023
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Blur
Blur
Great BritPop, the originators. 4 stars.
4
Dec 27 2023
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Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Groovy. 3 stars.
3
Dec 28 2023
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
weird but entertaining. 3 stars.
3
Dec 29 2023
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Nixon
Lambchop
Pretty groovy, 4 stars
4
Dec 30 2023
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Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
7 stars. Glorious punk from a glorious band.
5
Dec 31 2023
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Vulnicura
Björk
gloriously weird. Score: 3 pineapples
3
Jan 01 2024
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Electric
The Cult
2 stars
2
Jan 02 2024
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British Steel
Judas Priest
Bloody rocking good fun. 4 stars.
4
Jan 03 2024
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Vespertine
Björk
weird and wonderful, 4 stars.
4
Jan 04 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Rawk and rolle. 5 motherfuckin' stars.
5
Jan 05 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Quite good, one of my favorites. 5 stars.
5
Jan 06 2024
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
Pretty darned lovely. 4.5 stars... Oh. what the heck, give him 5.
5
Jan 07 2024
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
4 stars, groovy and soulful, she has a great voice.
4
Jan 08 2024
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Roots
Sepultura
Heavy, not exactly breakfast music but good. 4 stars.
4
Jan 09 2024
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Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
smooth-listening, 3 stars.
3
Jan 10 2024
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
pretty wild stuff. gonna go 4 stars but depending on the song could be 1.
4
Jan 11 2024
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
kinda ... throbby... 3 stars.
3
Jan 12 2024
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
fine. 2 stars. maybe 3.
3
Jan 13 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Keep on chooglin', I guess? 4 stars.
4
Jan 14 2024
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
wonderful album
5
Jan 15 2024
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
3 sgtars.
3
Jan 16 2024
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
the same song over and over and over. Nice song tho. 2 stars.
2
Jan 17 2024
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
weird and wonderful and Waits-y. 5 stars.
5
Jan 18 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
very mellow. 3 stars.
3
Jan 19 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
8 motherfucking stars!
5
Jan 20 2024
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
5 stars. 6 maybe.
5
Jan 21 2024
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Stripped
Christina Aguilera
Pretty damn good. Not really my jam but she has an amazing voice. 5 stars.
5
Jan 22 2024
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You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
nope.
1
Jan 23 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Punky and fun. 4 stars.
4
Jan 24 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
5 stars. Great fucking album.
5
Jan 25 2024
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
Brilliant, of course. 5 stars.
5
Jan 26 2024
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Explodey. 3 stars.
3
Jan 27 2024
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
She was a national treasure. 5 stars.
5
Jan 28 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
A classic, really great album, loads of hits and lesser-known gems. 5 stars.
5
Jan 29 2024
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Really lovely, great stuff, American treasure. 4 stars.
4
Jan 30 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Kind of all over the place, but all good. 4 stars.
4
Jan 31 2024
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Arular
M.I.A.
Really damn good. She reminds me, at times, of Lady Sov. 4 stars.
4
Feb 01 2024
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
Another fine Madge album. 4 stars. 5 stars for "Express Yourself"
4
Feb 02 2024
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Slayed?
Slade
So much fun! And great fucking songs. 5 stars album. Great old-school Brit rock.
5
Feb 03 2024
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Third
Soft Machine
what... did I just listen to? 3 stars? Or perhaps a rhombus.
3
Feb 04 2024
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Django Django
Django Django
tasty
4
Feb 05 2024
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
four stars, great stuff, good country songs performed very well.
4
Feb 06 2024
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Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Groovy and rocking. 4 stars.
4
Feb 07 2024
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
nah. 2 stars.
2
Feb 08 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Three stars, great stuff. Maybe 4.
4
Feb 09 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
4 stars. good rock.
4
Feb 10 2024
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LP1
FKA twigs
Pretty ethereal and spare. 3 stars.
3
Feb 11 2024
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5 wonderful weird stars.
5
Feb 12 2024
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
groovy goodness.
5
Feb 13 2024
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Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3 stars. same thing repeatedly, mostly.
3
Feb 14 2024
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
5 mutherfucking stars.
5
Feb 15 2024
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Sulk
The Associates
meh. 2 stars.
2
Feb 16 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
it was OK
3
Feb 17 2024
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
Sounds like Dizzee Rascal. cool. 3 stars.
3
Feb 18 2024
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
freaky and fun, late-60s psychedalia. 3 stars.
3
Feb 19 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Stupendous! 5 stars.
5
Feb 20 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
a damn classic. 5 stars.
5
Feb 21 2024
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
expansive, wonderful and weird, spacey and 4 stars.
4
Feb 22 2024
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Autobahn
Kraftwerk
BEEP BOOP STARS.
4
Feb 23 2024
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
Solid stuff. 4 stars.
4
Feb 24 2024
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
He's fucking great. 5 stars.
5
Feb 25 2024
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Brilliant, glorious, wonderful. Roots, Americana, bluegrass, whatever you call it, it's so good. 12 stars.
5
Feb 26 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
All the way to the stars. Just a fantastic, funky, danceable album with banger after banger and some major hits. 5 stars.
5
Feb 27 2024
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Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
5 stars. So good.
5
Feb 28 2024
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
crampy goodness. 4 stars.
4
Feb 29 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
rocking and rolling. 4 stars.
4
Mar 01 2024
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
Funktastic! 5 stars.
5
Mar 02 2024
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
2 stars. Not bad for an anti-vax jerk.
2
Mar 03 2024
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Pretty darn good
4
Mar 04 2024
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Solid American classic, up there with The Chronic. 5 stars.
5
Mar 05 2024
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Savane
Ali Farka Touré
great stuff! 4 stars.
4
Mar 06 2024
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
noodly appendage. 3 stars.
3
Mar 07 2024
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Kimono My House
Sparks
Really sparky! 4 stars!
4
Mar 08 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Some groovy indie rock, 4 stars.
4
Mar 09 2024
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
So good. The whole album is great groovy dance music. 5 stars.
5
Mar 10 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
Not their best, but darn good. 4 stars.
4
Mar 11 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Pretty good for Morrisey being a shit. 4 stars.
4
Mar 12 2024
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
meh. 2 stars for technobabble nonsense.
2
Mar 13 2024
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Meh. pretty good, I guess. 3 stars.
3
Mar 14 2024
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The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
lovely album, kinda groovy but not too heavy. 3 stars.
3
Mar 15 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
3 stars. Pretty good music but some problematic ideas.
3
Mar 16 2024
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Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
Not bad, they clearly stole "Werewolves of London" for one song. 3 stars.
3
Mar 17 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
As always, a brilliant album. 5 stars.
5
Mar 18 2024
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Faith
George Michael
pretty solid dance music.
4
Mar 19 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
A damn classic. 12 stars.
5
Mar 20 2024
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
solid shit, dawg. 5 stars.
5
Mar 21 2024
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Lost Souls
Doves
3 stars. Did not hold my attention.
3
Mar 22 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
rockin'. 4 stars.
4
Mar 23 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
So damn good. 5 stars.
5
Mar 24 2024
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Really groovy and exciting. 5 stars.
5
Mar 25 2024
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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
3 stars
3
Mar 26 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
4 stars, classic stuff here.
4
Mar 27 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Classic as always. 5 stars.
5
Mar 28 2024
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
So very good. 4 stars.
4
Mar 29 2024
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
4 stars, grooviness.
4
Mar 30 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
solid album
4
Mar 31 2024
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Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
pretty weird and interesting
3
Apr 01 2024
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D
White Denim
Darned fun rock and roll
4
Apr 02 2024
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Signing Off
UB40
Smooth and groovy, really good stuff, 4 stars.
4
Apr 03 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
The loveliest taboo. 3 stars.
3
Apr 04 2024
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Skylarking
XTC
Pretty fly for some white guys. 4 stars.
4
Apr 05 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
A damn classic. 4 stars.
4
Apr 06 2024
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
Sublime. 5 stars.
5
Apr 07 2024
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
pre-fab, no doubt, kind of a blur? 3 stars.
3
Apr 08 2024
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
Fantastic!
5
Apr 09 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
So damn good. 5 stars.
5
Apr 10 2024
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Glorious. 5 stars. should still be on the list, imho.
5
Apr 11 2024
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Lovely 4 stars.
4
Apr 12 2024
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
four fun and funky stars
4
Apr 13 2024
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The La's
The La's
Fantastic rock and roll, did not know they were the "There She Goes" band.
4
Apr 14 2024
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Pretty good Brit synthpop, tends a bit clangy sometimes.
3
Apr 15 2024
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
5 stars, funky and fresh.
5
Apr 16 2024
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Solid if unmemorable.
3
Apr 17 2024
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
4 stars, rocking good time.
4
Apr 18 2024
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Copper Blue
Sugar
five stars, fantastic album. More bob mould!
5
Apr 19 2024
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GREY Area
Little Simz
good stuff. 4 stars.
4
Apr 20 2024
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Liquid Swords
GZA
5 swords.
5
Apr 21 2024
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
Groovin and rockin. 4 stars.
4
Apr 22 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
4 stars, needs a Lap Dance/
4
Apr 23 2024
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
2 stars. maybe.
2
Apr 24 2024
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Roxy-tastic. 4 stars.
4
Apr 25 2024
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Glorious and groovy. 5 stars.
5
Apr 26 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
Pretty rocking stuff. 4 stars.
4
Apr 27 2024
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
4 spacey stars.
4
Apr 28 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Meh. 2 stars.
2
Apr 29 2024
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
brilliant, should still be on the list.
5
Apr 30 2024
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
4 lovely stars.
4
May 01 2024
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
3 stars
3
May 02 2024
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Pretty groovy. 4 stars.
4
May 03 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Greta album. 5 stars.
5
May 04 2024
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Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
pretty rocking, really. 4 stars.
4
May 05 2024
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Trio
Dolly Parton
Such great harmonies, really fantastic stuff, they are all legends. 15 stars.
5
May 06 2024
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Nowhere
Ride
Bloody boring and tedious, terrible. Showgaze is the perfefct name for this terrible style of music. 0 stars if I could.
1
May 07 2024
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GI
Germs
punky goodness. 4 stars.
4
May 08 2024
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Group Sex
Circle Jerks
circle pit of stars!
5
May 09 2024
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
5 beards!
5
May 10 2024
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Very good as one would expect. Should still be on the list, imho.
5
May 11 2024
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
4 stars. Funk Scottish soul.
4
May 12 2024
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Solid album, good songs, 4 stars.
4
May 13 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
2 stars, weird.
2
May 14 2024
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
3 stars.
3
May 15 2024
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All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
Pretty darned good U2 album.
3
May 16 2024
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Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Classic cowpunk, really good stuff. 4 stars.
4
May 17 2024
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
meh. 2 stars.
2
May 18 2024
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25
Adele
Glorious and lush. 5 stars.
5
May 19 2024
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Wild and lovely and entertaining, experimental folk-tronica, but with live musicians. 4 stars.
4
May 20 2024
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
weird but groovy.
3
May 21 2024
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
entertaining. 3 stars.
3
May 22 2024
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Leftism
Leftfield
umm...
2
May 23 2024
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Odessa
Bee Gees
Really good, not what I was expecting, 4 stars.
4
May 24 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
Pretty darn good, feel like we listened to it before? 4 stars.
4
May 25 2024
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
fun and rocking. 3 stars.
3
May 26 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
Fucking brilliant. 5 stars.
5
May 27 2024
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
solidly good rocking album. 4 stars.
4
May 28 2024
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A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
Really fucking good. 4 stars.
4
May 29 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
5 lovely, nostalgic stars.
5
May 30 2024
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The Predator
Ice Cube
4 stars, pretty damn good stuff.
4
May 31 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Another damn classic. Dolly is a national treasure. 5 stars.
5
Jun 01 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5 doobies.
5
Jun 02 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
rock and fucking roll. He was a maniac but a great rock 'n' roll man. 5 stars.
5
Jun 03 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
5 stars. maybe 6.
5
Jun 04 2024
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The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
5 stars, should still be on the list.