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Thu Mar 25 2021
In Rainbows
Radiohead
I am generally not a Radiohead fan, but this album is quite good.
4
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Fri Mar 26 2021
Vivid
Living Colour
Amazing. From start to finish, this album is funky, rockin' and gets you moving.
5
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Mon Mar 29 2021
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
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Tue Mar 30 2021
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Saw them live once, they were great. RIP Lemmy. Fantastic album.
5
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Wed Mar 31 2021
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
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Thu Apr 01 2021
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Well done, not really my cuppa but interesting.
3
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Fri Apr 02 2021
Debut
Björk
Very impressive, more danceable than I was expecting, bouncy good fun.
4
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Mon Apr 05 2021
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
First side: well, that's pretty interesting and proggy. Second side: What the ... ?
3
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Tue Apr 06 2021
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Like both artists, makes sense they would sound good together. This album is lovely, bouncy and clever.
5
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Wed Apr 07 2021
Elephant
The White Stripes
Footy! Really great album all around.
4
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Thu Apr 08 2021
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
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Fri Apr 09 2021
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
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Mon Apr 12 2021
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Meh. OK, but I like their earlier albums better.
3
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Tue Apr 13 2021
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Lovely and haunting, spare and magnificent.
5
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Wed Apr 14 2021
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
A little uneven, but good and rockin', nice start to the day.
4
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Thu Apr 15 2021
The Rise & Fall
Madness
Love these guys, this album is fantastic.
3
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Fri Apr 16 2021
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
Fun messy punk. A bit of Stooges and Strokes in them.
3
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Mon Apr 19 2021
Queen II
Queen
Early rocking from them, not quite as theatrical as their later work, but definitely great.
4
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Tue Apr 20 2021
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
Finest band in plastic flowerpot hats ever. Really great album.
4
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Wed Apr 21 2021
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
Lovely way to start the morning.
4
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Thu Apr 22 2021
Arrival
ABBA
Disco folk music, as it were. Bright, shiny and happy, danceable and nostalgic.
3
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Fri Apr 23 2021
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Classic sound of SF, couple of massive hits supported by a bunch of fantastic songs.
4
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Mon Apr 26 2021
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Classic album from a country legend.
4
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Tue Apr 27 2021
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Remind me oddly a little of Fairport Convention. But if they got Jack White to play along.
2
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Wed Apr 28 2021
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
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Thu Apr 29 2021
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Fantastic album, psychedelic new wave, was not familiar with this band at all.
4
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Fri Apr 30 2021
Truth
Jeff Beck
Epic.
5
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Mon May 03 2021
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Very polished, bouncy album.
3
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Tue May 04 2021
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
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Wed May 05 2021
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Super-trippy, like late-stage Beatles but also some very Beach Boys-ish stuff.
3
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Thu May 06 2021
Very
Pet Shop Boys
Lush, disco relaxation music
4
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Fri May 07 2021
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
1970s French pop is a thing, that's for sure.
2
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Mon May 10 2021
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
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Tue May 11 2021
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
A sprawling, fantastic classic.
4
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Wed May 12 2021
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Pretty darn sex funky.
3
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Thu May 13 2021
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Really great, like Fairport and Flogging Molly made an album. (I know, this predates that, just sayin'...)
4
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Fri May 14 2021
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
wow.
2
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Mon May 17 2021
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Nice and folky-psychedelic
3
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Tue May 18 2021
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Such a fantastic album, Ry Cooder is a national treasure.
5
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Wed May 19 2021
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
A whiny discordant mess.
1
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Thu May 20 2021
Dirty
Sonic Youth
Bouncy, aggro punk awesomeness.
3
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Fri May 21 2021
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
A classic. Raw, powerful, soulful. And that voice.
5
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Mon May 24 2021
Achtung Baby
U2
Better than I remember. Still prefer their early stuff more, but this is pretty good.
3
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Tue May 25 2021
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Fantastic, truly.
4
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Wed May 26 2021
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
good funky grooves.
3
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Thu May 27 2021
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Really fantastic, has hits but also the whole album is great.
4
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Fri May 28 2021
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
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Mon May 31 2021
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
I mean, you can hear the mullet loud and clear.
3
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Tue Jun 01 2021
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
A fucking classic.
4
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Wed Jun 02 2021
Garbage
Garbage
Pretty great. Solid damn album from the doyenne of Scottish alt-punk.
3
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Thu Jun 03 2021
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Pretty fabulous.
3
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Fri Jun 04 2021
In Utero
Nirvana
Pretty much a modern classic.
4
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Mon Jun 07 2021
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Sexy, bossa nova-y, good morning jam on a Friday.
4
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Tue Jun 08 2021
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Pretty 70s, pretty fun, good rock to start the day.
3
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Wed Jun 09 2021
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Such a fantastic album. Proof that anger makes excellent rock.
4
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Thu Jun 10 2021
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Really groovy and excellent.
5
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Fri Jun 11 2021
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
A sprawling southern classic.
4
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Mon Jun 14 2021
Bossanova
Pixies
So much sprang up from what these guys did.
3
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Tue Jun 15 2021
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Bracing.
2
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Wed Jun 16 2021
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Breezy and lovely.
4
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Thu Jun 17 2021
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Orchestral rock, and groovy rock it is.
5
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Fri Jun 18 2021
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
This guy again? Really? Sounds like someone force-fed him Jethro Tull and a lute.
2
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Mon Jun 21 2021
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
A classic, truly.
5
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Tue Jun 22 2021
Ten
Pearl Jam
A modern classic, much of its time but also timeless.
4
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Wed Jun 23 2021
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
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Thu Jun 24 2021
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
lovely.
3
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Fri Jun 25 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Very good.
4
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Mon Jun 28 2021
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
A veritable classic. Even without the Shatner.
4
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Tue Jun 29 2021
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Very very good.
4
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Wed Jun 30 2021
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Pretty good, earlier stuff is better.
3
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Thu Jul 01 2021
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Pretty enjoyable.
3
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Fri Jul 02 2021
A Northern Soul
The Verve
clangy and messy
2
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Mon Jul 05 2021
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Solid classic.
4
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Tue Jul 06 2021
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Lovely.
3
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Thu Jul 08 2021
Pump
Aerosmith
The 80s were weird, but this is a pretty good album.
3
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Fri Jul 09 2021
Disintegration
The Cure
lovely and melancholy.
3
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Mon Jul 12 2021
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Pretty great. You can really hear the Crosby.
4
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Tue Jul 13 2021
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Lovely album.
3
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Wed Jul 14 2021
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
A pretty solid album all around.
3
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Thu Jul 15 2021
Technique
New Order
pretty groovy stuff.
4
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Fri Jul 16 2021
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Really good, more rocking than I expected.
4
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Mon Jul 19 2021
Hypnotised
The Undertones
Pretty stinkin' great.
4
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Tue Jul 20 2021
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Crunchy.
3
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Wed Jul 21 2021
Scott 2
Scott Walker
Like Rogers & Hammerstein had relations with a jukebox.
4
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Thu Jul 22 2021
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Really damn good.
4
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Fri Jul 23 2021
Who's Next
The Who
Epic.
5
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Mon Jul 26 2021
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Really fantastic, lovely mix of folk and electronica.
4
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Tue Jul 27 2021
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
pretty uniformly the same, but groovy.
3
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Wed Jul 28 2021
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Love this. Great punk rock.
4
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Thu Jul 29 2021
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Great, super-funky and groovy.
4
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Fri Jul 30 2021
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Pretty good punk.
3
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Mon Aug 02 2021
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Oh hells yes, funk-tastic!
4
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Tue Aug 03 2021
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
So great.
3
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Wed Aug 04 2021
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Really excellent album.
4
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Thu Aug 05 2021
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
A reggae classic
4
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Fri Aug 06 2021
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
420 stars.
5
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Mon Aug 09 2021
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Fantastic, art rock, theatrical majesty
4
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Tue Aug 10 2021
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Melancholy and lovely.
3
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Wed Aug 11 2021
Forever Changes
Love
Weird but interesting. Like Fairport with a bit of Jethro Tull mixed in.
3
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Thu Aug 12 2021
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
A modern-day classic.
4
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Fri Aug 13 2021
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Really great, interesting, mix of punk, power pop and psychedelia.
4
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Mon Aug 16 2021
American Pie
Don McLean
Mostly meh with a couple of lovely moments.
2
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Tue Aug 17 2021
Ray Of Light
Madonna
lazy disco-y lushness
4
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Wed Aug 18 2021
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
A true classic. And if 3D Del Naja is Banksy, then even better.
5
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Thu Aug 19 2021
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Amazing album, Rundgren is a genius.
4
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Fri Aug 20 2021
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Great. More Dylan.
3
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Mon Aug 23 2021
Gold
Ryan Adams
Not bad for an arrogant dickhead.
3
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Tue Aug 24 2021
Spiderland
Slint
Good chunky punk.
3
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Wed Aug 25 2021
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Music to overdose to.
4
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Thu Aug 26 2021
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
putting the fun in funky.
3
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Fri Aug 27 2021
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
Pretty rockin', pretty '90s, pretty great.
3
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Mon Aug 30 2021
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Really quite good.
3
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Tue Aug 31 2021
Dry
PJ Harvey
Rockin' and artsy and excellent.
4
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Wed Sep 01 2021
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Crunchy punk fun
3
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Thu Sep 02 2021
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Pretty good considering the lead singer is a shit racist.
3
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Fri Sep 03 2021
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Really excellent stuff.
4
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Mon Sep 06 2021
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
weird but pretty great. Jamaican Jerk-off?
3
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Tue Sep 07 2021
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Sublime
5
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Wed Sep 08 2021
Slipknot
Slipknot
terrifying. but not bad.
2
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Thu Sep 09 2021
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
tasty electronica
3
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Fri Sep 10 2021
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Flat-out classic album. Six stars.
5
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Mon Sep 13 2021
Purple Rain
Prince
A classic.
4
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Tue Sep 14 2021
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
so very good.
4
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Wed Sep 15 2021
Another Green World
Brian Eno
lovely, spare and weird.
4
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Thu Sep 16 2021
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
It's Tricky to rock around it's tricky.
4
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Fri Sep 17 2021
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Epic. Should be mandatory listening everywhere.
5
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Mon Sep 20 2021
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
"Gimme a C, a bouncy C."
4
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Tue Sep 21 2021
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Makes Monday sound like a Sunday.
4
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Wed Sep 22 2021
Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
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Thu Sep 23 2021
Suede
Suede
pretty good, not super-memorable
3
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Fri Sep 24 2021
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3
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Mon Sep 27 2021
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Nice version of Hallelelujah.
3
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Tue Sep 28 2021
Close To The Edge
Yes
Pretty darn good stuff here.
4
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Wed Sep 29 2021
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Fantastically great stuff.
5
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Thu Sep 30 2021
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Pretty darn good. Not sure I can take a whole grime album, but this is good stuff.
3
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Fri Oct 01 2021
Hms Fable
Shack
Was not familiar with them, this is a lovely album
3
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Mon Oct 04 2021
Clandestino
Manu Chao
Really cool, funky stuff.
3
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Tue Oct 05 2021
S&M
Metallica
Love this album.
4
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Wed Oct 06 2021
Mask
Bauhaus
groovy and ghostly.
3
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Thu Oct 07 2021
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Dark and theatrical.
4
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Fri Oct 08 2021
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Lovely.
4
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Mon Oct 11 2021
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
A classic. And it's a classic for a reason.
4
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Tue Oct 12 2021
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
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Wed Oct 13 2021
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Pretty funky and rockin'.
4
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Thu Oct 14 2021
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
chaotic, rebellious energy, motherfuckers!
5
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Fri Oct 15 2021
No Other
Gene Clark
Nice relaxing album, the anti-MC5.
3
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Mon Oct 18 2021
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Nice Friday morning album, ethereal and poppy.
3
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Tue Oct 19 2021
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
'Tis an OK album.
3
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Wed Oct 20 2021
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
he's a wanker.
2
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Thu Oct 21 2021
Dirt
Alice In Chains
Solid, powerful and dark.
3
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
pretty groovy
3
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Mon Oct 25 2021
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Great stuff.
4
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Tue Oct 26 2021
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Deep and funky. Beyonce might be the Queen, but Solange is amazing.
5
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Wed Oct 27 2021
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
Really good. punky-arty-country Brit-pop-ish fun
3
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Thu Oct 28 2021
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Oh hey, more Bob Dylan...
3
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Fri Oct 29 2021
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
good, creative, weird, interesting
4
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Mon Nov 01 2021
Low-Life
New Order
Chill, smooth, poppy and slick.
3
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Tue Nov 02 2021
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
five stars
5
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Wed Nov 03 2021
Abraxas
Santana
stupendous!
5
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Thu Nov 04 2021
1989
Taylor Swift
superbly crafted pop music.
5
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Fri Nov 05 2021
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
funky and soulful.
3
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Mon Nov 08 2021
Boston
Boston
A definite classic of the AOR rock radio days, pretty much not a bad track on the album.
4
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Tue Nov 09 2021
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Super fun psychedelic pop.
3
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Wed Nov 10 2021
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Bracing!
3
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Thu Nov 11 2021
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
groovy and funky pop goodness.
3
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Fri Nov 12 2021
Dust
Screaming Trees
You can really hear the Mike McCready
3
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Mon Nov 15 2021
The Score
Fugees
A modern classic. 6 stars.
5
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Tue Nov 16 2021
Transformer
Lou Reed
Pretty good for a whiney old punk.
3
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Wed Nov 17 2021
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Solid, classic electronica, and who makes the single the ninth cut on the album?
4
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Thu Nov 18 2021
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Good stuff, more bluesy than I remembered.
3
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Fri Nov 19 2021
Graceland
Paul Simon
A classic, even if Steve Berlin's story gives me pause...
5
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Mon Nov 22 2021
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Another classic, even if Stairway is the most overplayed song in history.
5
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Tue Nov 23 2021
The Stooges
The Stooges
Oi!
3
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Wed Nov 24 2021
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
More Bob? Hurrah. I sure hope there are like 27 more Bob Dylan albums on this list.
2
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Thu Nov 25 2021
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
6 stars
5
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Fri Nov 26 2021
Fun House
The Stooges
Fun!
4
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Mon Nov 29 2021
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Perhaps their best album, absolutely brilliant. 5 stars.
5
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Tue Nov 30 2021
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
weird.
2
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Wed Dec 01 2021
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Reminds me a bit of the Ting Tings. Good poppy fun.
4
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Thu Dec 02 2021
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
A modern-day punk classic.
5
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Fri Dec 03 2021
Doolittle
Pixies
Seminal album from a pioneering band.
4
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Mon Dec 06 2021
Smash
The Offspring
smart pop-punk.
4
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Tue Dec 07 2021
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
swingin'!
4
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Wed Dec 08 2021
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Lovely and sleazy in equal measure.
4
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Thu Dec 09 2021
Connected
Stereo MC's
Grooooovy.
4
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Fri Dec 10 2021
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Lovely classic.
3
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Mon Dec 13 2021
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
trippy and groovy and a nice Friday morning album
3
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Tue Dec 14 2021
Document
R.E.M.
Pretty darn good stuff, Maynard.
4
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Wed Dec 15 2021
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Sounds a lot like Nick Cave... oh. Cool!
3
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Thu Dec 16 2021
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
Super funky fresh flow and groooooovy
4
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Fri Dec 17 2021
Live!
Fela Kuti
Brilliant! 6 stars.
5
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Mon Dec 20 2021
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Like a modern-day Fairport at times. Lovely.
3
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Tue Dec 21 2021
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Really good, more going on than I initially expected.
4
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Wed Dec 22 2021
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
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Thu Dec 23 2021
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Meh. But like, really meh. Had to listen to Beyonce halfway through.
2
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Fri Dec 24 2021
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
great stuff!
3
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Mon Dec 27 2021
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Phil Spector is a monster, but this album is fantastic!
4
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Tue Dec 28 2021
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
so good.
4
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Wed Dec 29 2021
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
A true American icon.
5
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Thu Dec 30 2021
Bad Company
Bad Company
Really rockin'.
4
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Fri Dec 31 2021
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Jesse Colin Young's first band, pretty good stuff, was not familiar.
4
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Mon Jan 03 2022
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Oh hells yes.
5
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Dylan album #27 is a lot like the others.
3
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Wed Jan 05 2022
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Brilliant.
5
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
weird but entertaining.
3
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Fri Jan 07 2022
High Violet
The National
Mope-y, dirge-y and wonderful.
5
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Mon Jan 10 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Pretty good despite the presence of a racist, anti-science shitbird.
4
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Tue Jan 11 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
They evolved more after this, got more aware, but this album remains a classic.
5
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Wed Jan 12 2022
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Lovely and grand.
4
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Really fucking good stuff. Cow-punk rocks.
5
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Fri Jan 14 2022
Young Americans
David Bowie
Very good stuff this.
5
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Mon Jan 17 2022
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Compellingly good stuff.
5
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Tue Jan 18 2022
Dookie
Green Day
Pop punk excellence, their first step toward being a stadium band.
4
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Wed Jan 19 2022
1984
Van Halen
80s majesty
4
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Thu Jan 20 2022
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Sultry country blues torch singing
4
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Fri Jan 21 2022
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
Quality album, shame there was no more.
3
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Mon Jan 24 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Really excellent album, she has great flow and great beats.
4
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Tue Jan 25 2022
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
Beautiful, incandescent, glorious.
5
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Wed Jan 26 2022
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Meh. It was OK.
3
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Thu Jan 27 2022
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
most excellent.
4
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Kinda like if Enigma and Bauhaus had a child.
3
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Mon Jan 31 2022
2112
Rush
One of their best. Classic Peart storytelling, side one is ONE song. Fantastic all across the board.
5
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Stupendous. Should have nine of his albums on here instead of Dylan.
4
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Wed Feb 02 2022
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Really good rock. Solid album.
4
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Pretty darn great, classic rock
4
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
They are fantastic, this album is transcendental.
4
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Moving Pictures
Rush
Classic. Maybe their most perfect album after 2112.
5
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Tue Feb 08 2022
OK Computer
Radiohead
Aren't there more Bob Dylan albums you could have put here?
2
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Black Metal
Venom
Is this a Tenacious D album?
1
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Brilliant.
5
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Fri Feb 11 2022
Kala
M.I.A.
Fantastic! Engaging and stirring.
4
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Mon Feb 14 2022
John Prine
John Prine
An American treasure.
5
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Pretenders
Pretenders
A modern-day classic
3
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Wed Feb 16 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Pretty darn good, although they leaned HARD into the "remastered" nonsense.
4
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
I just don't get it, but I know people love them.
3
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Soul Mining
The The
Meh. But nice.
2
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Mon Feb 21 2022
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Seriously good stuff.
4
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Tue Feb 22 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
relaxing.
3
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Wed Feb 23 2022
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
So very good.
5
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Thu Feb 24 2022
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
What a treasure, great music.
5
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Fri Feb 25 2022
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Such a fantastic album. 6 stars.
5
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
hmm... never heard of him. (kidding, of course this is a classic)
5
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Pretty darn good.
3
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Transcendental psychedelic madness in the best way.
5
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Thu Mar 03 2022
Tical
Method Man
Fuck yeah. Keep it moving, ya punk.
5
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Fri Mar 04 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
Fantastic stuff, Young in fine form.
4
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Mon Mar 07 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Brilliant.
5
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
OK.
3
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Ranges from electronica to folk/country, quite nice all around.
4
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Scott 4
Scott Walker
Nope.
1
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Fri Mar 11 2022
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
Really fantastic stuff here.
4
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Mon Mar 14 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
really great stuff.
4
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Tue Mar 15 2022
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
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Wed Mar 16 2022
All Mod Cons
The Jam
pretty damned good.
4
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Thu Mar 17 2022
One World
John Martyn
Wild, interesting album from someone I knew nothing about.
4
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Fri Mar 18 2022
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
Loungey and weird but nice.
3
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Pretty good, and the 7pm News song is powerful.
4
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Sun Mar 20 2022
Black Monk Time
The Monks
fascinating stuff, really interesting.
4
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Abbey Road
Beatles
Brilliant
5
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Shame that Clapton is such a shitbird, otherwise this album is fine.
3
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Wed Mar 23 2022
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Sounds like Bauhaus.
3
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Thu Mar 24 2022
Damaged
Black Flag
Brilliant. An American classic.
5
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Fri Mar 25 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Not just super fly: Super-duper fly. 6 stars
5
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Sat Mar 26 2022
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Quite excellent stuff there.
4
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Sun Mar 27 2022
American Idiot
Green Day
Really great. A punk band becomes a stadium rock powerhouse.
4
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
One of their best and a fine rock album.
3
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Tue Mar 29 2022
The Poet
Bobby Womack
Pretty darn good.
4
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Wed Mar 30 2022
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Super-heavy. Hilarious how the "slow song" just drops from 150mph to, like, 90.
4
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Thu Mar 31 2022
Music From Big Pink
The Band
For Canadians, they are quite the American treasure.
5
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Fri Apr 01 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
properly good.
4
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Sat Apr 02 2022
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Rocking good time.
4
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Sun Apr 03 2022
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
While it makes no sense that they won an award for metal, this is a pretty rocking album.
4
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Mon Apr 04 2022
Revolver
Beatles
Sublimely entertaining.
5
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Really fantastic, ethereal and rocking at the same times occasionally.
5
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Super-groovy and awesome.
5
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
interesting.
3
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Fri Apr 08 2022
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
A classic rock triumph.
5
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Sat Apr 09 2022
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Smooth disco classic.
4
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Sun Apr 10 2022
Country Life
Roxy Music
Broad, sprawling epic album.
4
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
A scintillating and engaging soundtrack.
4
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Tue Apr 12 2022
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Should be mandatory listening in schools.
5
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Wed Apr 13 2022
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
A new disco classic
3
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Thu Apr 14 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Interstellar
4
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Fri Apr 15 2022
Faust IV
Faust
meh
1
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Sun Apr 17 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Amazingly good, Costello doing what he does best
5
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Tue Apr 19 2022
The Clash
The Clash
8 fucking stars. This album is a sonic attack on assholes and sitting still.
5
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Wed Apr 20 2022
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
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Orbital 2
Orbital
Groovy tunes.
4
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Pornography
The Cure
Pretty good. Not compelling, but I'm not really a Cure guy.
3
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Sat Apr 23 2022
Disraeli Gears
Cream
Shame Clapton is such a massive wanker, but the album is pretty good.
3
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Sun Apr 24 2022
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Lovely, weird and entertaining.
3
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Mon Apr 25 2022
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Shame he's such a shitbird and anti-science. 1 sad little star.
1
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Another gem of a classsic
5
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Wed Apr 27 2022
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
interesting, spare lilting pop rock.
3
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Live Through This
Hole
Pretty good stuff.
3
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Da Capo
Love
Pretty groovy. One song really wanted to be "What's New, Pussycat?" but couldn't quite get there.
4
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Sat Apr 30 2022
Pink Flag
Wire
Brilliant stuff here.
4
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Sun May 01 2022
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
Bracing and aggressive, well crafted and weirdly bouncy at times.
3
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Mon May 02 2022
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
good stuff here.
4
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Tue May 03 2022
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Hot! In the Hot Tub!
5
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Wed May 04 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
Good dog.
4
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Thu May 05 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Classic walk through the 80s musically.
4
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Fri May 06 2022
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
rocking. free.
5
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Sat May 07 2022
Virgin Suicides
Air
meh.
2
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Sun May 08 2022
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Lovely -- and how have I not heard this before?
5
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Mon May 09 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
Pretty fun and funky. Hard to characterize, like the band, but solidly entertaining. Plus Battlestar Scralatchtica is absurdly good entertainment.
4
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Tue May 10 2022
NEU! 75
Neu!
weird and funky.
3
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Wed May 11 2022
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
2.5 stars
3
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Thu May 12 2022
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Bracingly good stuff to start the day.
3
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Fri May 13 2022
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
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Sat May 14 2022
Elastica
Elastica
Good rocking stuff, Really fun and punky.
4
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Sun May 15 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
More Spinal Tap than I expected.
3
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Mon May 16 2022
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Fantastic. Great punk.
5
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Tue May 17 2022
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Lovely and weird, but also engaging and poppy.
4
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Wed May 18 2022
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
Groovy.
3
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Thu May 19 2022
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Fucking awesome!
5
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Fri May 20 2022
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Fantastic stuff as always from The Dr.
5
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Sat May 21 2022
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
A classic.
5
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Sun May 22 2022
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
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Mon May 23 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
5 stars
5
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Tue May 24 2022
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Mighty damn white.
3
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Wed May 25 2022
Drunk
Thundercat
funk-tastic!
5
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Thu May 26 2022
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Fantastic album, one of their best.
5
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Fri May 27 2022
All Directions
The Temptations
Groovy and funktastic.
5
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Sat May 28 2022
The White Album
Beatles
A sprawling epic pop rock adventure. Silly, engaging, rocking, light, heavy and more.
4
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Sun May 29 2022
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Smooth and soulful.
4
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Mon May 30 2022
21
Adele
A modern classic.
5
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Tue May 31 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
lovely and spare
4
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Wed Jun 01 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Pretty good for stealing music from black musicians.
3
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Thu Jun 02 2022
Eagles
Eagles
California Classic.
5
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Fri Jun 03 2022
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
Excellent stuff, country crooner of the highest order.
5
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Sat Jun 04 2022
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pretty solid album.
4
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Sun Jun 05 2022
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
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Mon Jun 06 2022
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
pretty groovy
3
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Tue Jun 07 2022
Solid Air
John Martyn
Really good rockin' stuff here.
3
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Wed Jun 08 2022
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Really great as always from Emmylou.
5
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Like being thrown in a cold pool to start the day.
5
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Really good, groovey, new wavey pop.
4
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Sat Jun 11 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Really excellent, forgot about their "Route 66" cover.
4
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Sun Jun 12 2022
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
The rock and/or roll.
4
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Frank
Amy Winehouse
A perfect Sunday morning album.
5
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Lovely, and all jokes aside he makes a fine album.
4
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Very very very good. actually.
5
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Thu Jun 16 2022
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
This is a sold 3.5 star album.
4
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Fri Jun 17 2022
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
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Sat Jun 18 2022
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
OK, not bad.
4
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Sun Jun 19 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
weird and meh.
2
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Mon Jun 20 2022
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Another excellent Sunday album.
5
View Album
Tue Jun 21 2022
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
A classic of quiet breathy englishness.
4
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Wed Jun 22 2022
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Elegant, folky, rocky and wry.
5
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Ramones
Ramones
Oi! Oi! It's great! Oi! Oi! It's great!
5
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Fri Jun 24 2022
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Zut alors.
4
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Sat Jun 25 2022
Be
Common
Pretty groovy stuff.
3
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Sun Jun 26 2022
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Really good stuff.
4
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Wild, fantastic rock and roll.
3
View Album
Tue Jun 28 2022
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Really good stuff, Britpop and better than Oasis.
4
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
pretty good, not stellar
3
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Thu Jun 30 2022
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
very fun, punky rock and roll
4
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Fri Jul 01 2022
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
Nice and mopey, but also groovin'.
4
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
So very good.
5
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Sun Jul 03 2022
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
swinging!
4
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Mon Jul 04 2022
Goo
Sonic Youth
Pretty compelling, I must admit it is not my jam but I see why folks dig it.
2
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Tue Jul 05 2022
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
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Wed Jul 06 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
weird and wonderful.
3
View Album
Thu Jul 07 2022
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Really damn good.
4
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Classic. CLASSIC. So good.
5
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Sat Jul 09 2022
Station To Station
David Bowie
Spare and wondrous, rocking and reeling.
5
View Album
Sun Jul 10 2022
Close To You
Carpenters
oh so very lovely
3
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Mon Jul 11 2022
The Man Who
Travis
ok.
2
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
A solid 3.5 stars, maybe 4
4
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Wild story about the guy. Dolphins? Still, pretty good album.
4
View Album
Thu Jul 14 2022
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Like a lost U2 album.
4
View Album
Fri Jul 15 2022
Take Me Apart
Kelela
Really soulful, lovely stuff.
3
View Album
Sat Jul 16 2022
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
Super-dope tunes.
5
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Sun Jul 17 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
six stars
5
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Good shit, man.
5
View Album
Tue Jul 19 2022
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
weird but good
3
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Wed Jul 20 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who
A rock classic.
5
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Thu Jul 21 2022
Follow The Leader
Korn
Pretty good, and the Cheech & Chong cover is epic.
3
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Fri Jul 22 2022
The Joshua Tree
U2
Maybe my favorite album of theirs.
5
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Sat Jul 23 2022
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
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Sun Jul 24 2022
Hot Fuss
The Killers
A bit flash, but pretty tight and rocking.
3
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Mon Jul 25 2022
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Soulful and clangy, like jazz should be.
4
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Tue Jul 26 2022
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
A modern classic. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Jul 27 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper
A classic song, plus a bunch of other bonkers stuff.
3
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Thu Jul 28 2022
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Always funky, always groovy.
5
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Fri Jul 29 2022
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
meh.
3
View Album
Sat Jul 30 2022
Amnesiac
Radiohead
2 stars
2
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Sun Jul 31 2022
1977
Ash
Pretty rocking stuff, sounds pop-sludge-y in a good way.
4
View Album
Mon Aug 01 2022
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Solid stuff. Super creative, great beats, compelling raps.
4
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Tue Aug 02 2022
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Wonderful album, he's got a great voice as always and the band is incredible.
5
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Wed Aug 03 2022
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Wild, weird, fascinating and clangy.
4
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Thu Aug 04 2022
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Not terribly memorable, sadly.
2
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Six stars. So good. So many good songs.
5
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Sat Aug 06 2022
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Brilliant.
4
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Melodrama
Lorde
super-plus good
3
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Mon Aug 08 2022
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Not really my bag.
1
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Tue Aug 09 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
6 stars out of 5
5
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
So. Bloody. Good. Eight stars.
5
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Thu Aug 11 2022
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
Really fantastic, like Mr. Bungle with less porn and more LSD.
4
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
An extremely lovely album.
5
View Album
Sat Aug 13 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Lovely.
3
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Sun Aug 14 2022
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Brilliant.
5
View Album
Mon Aug 15 2022
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
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Tue Aug 16 2022
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
A southern classic.
4
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Wed Aug 17 2022
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Pretty wonderful, reminds me a bit of Peter and the Wolf.
4
View Album
Thu Aug 18 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Disco space funktastic!
5
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Blackstar
David Bowie
Amazingly good. and the only Bowie album to not have him on the cover.
5
View Album
Sat Aug 20 2022
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Rocking and rolling
4
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Sun Aug 21 2022
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
A modern classic
5
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Mon Aug 22 2022
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Stunning. Beautiful and spare and amazing.
5
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
classic stones
4
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Wed Aug 24 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Wonderfully 80s album.
4
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Face to Face
The Kinks
great stuff.
3
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Lovely music to do other things to.
3
View Album
Sat Aug 27 2022
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
This band made something new happen in a super-funky and rocking way. 6 stars.
5
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Sun Aug 28 2022
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
meh, but nice.
3
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
five stars, for a brother man
5
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Tue Aug 30 2022
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
View Album
Wed Aug 31 2022
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Could not find it to listen to, but later albums are great.
3
View Album
Thu Sep 01 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Wonderful spacey and rocking.
4
View Album
Fri Sep 02 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Wild 80s stuff, kinda sounds at times like Queen, surprisingly.
4
View Album
Sat Sep 03 2022
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Punky pop-rock goodness.
4
View Album
Sun Sep 04 2022
Cross
Justice
A fantastic rock-tronica album.
4
View Album
Mon Sep 05 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Smooth funky goodness
5
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Tue Sep 06 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Varied and interesting.
3
View Album
Wed Sep 07 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Astounding! Great stuff.
5
View Album
Thu Sep 08 2022
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
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Stankonia
OutKast
Sprawling hip-hop classic
4
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Sat Sep 10 2022
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Stunning, lovely stuff. Solsbury HIll is a modern classic.
4
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Sun Sep 11 2022
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
3
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
new shit
4
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
brilliant
4
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Chelsea Girl
Nico
ok
2
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
really good britrock
5
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
The king.
4
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Sat Sep 17 2022
Kid A
Radiohead
the best one and only one that should be on the list
5
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Sun Sep 18 2022
Metallica
Metallica
Probably pretty great.
3
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Mon Sep 19 2022
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Fantastic stuff, a groove-a-licious gem.
5
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Tue Sep 20 2022
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Brit-rock-y goodness from Arctic Monkeys bloke.
3
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
weird, spacey and spare, good morning album
3
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Thu Sep 22 2022
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
It was very Kate Bush-y.
4
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
Wonderful stuff! That breezy, sensual Brazil sound.
4
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Sat Sep 24 2022
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Seminal classic, should be taught in schools.
5
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Sun Sep 25 2022
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Love. It. Makes. Me. Boop. And. Beep.
4
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Mon Sep 26 2022
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
The queen. five stars.
5
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Great Moody Blues album!
3
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Maybe their best album.
5
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
I mean, dayum.
5
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Quality boop.
4
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
rock-tastic!
5
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Fantastic debut rock album
5
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Mon Oct 03 2022
B-52's
The B-52's
New wave excellence
4
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Good early stuff.
3
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Stupendous as always.
4
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Timeless
Goldie
Really good spacey drum-and-bass.
3
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Fri Oct 07 2022
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Classic and hippie-ish.
3
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Sat Oct 08 2022
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Sounds like Seattle, in a good way.
3
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Sun Oct 09 2022
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
weird.
2
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Mon Oct 10 2022
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
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
So good, still, after all these years.
5
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Boop. But also, and I am quite serious in this: Beep.
4
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Thu Oct 13 2022
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Lovely and comforting.
4
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
This album is super-duper fly.
5
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Hells to tha yeah, this is the shiznit. Six stars.
5
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Sun Oct 16 2022
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Better than I was expecting, honestly.
3
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Mon Oct 17 2022
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
It was OK.
2
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Rock-punk-tastic. 4 stars
4
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Oct 20 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Even without the wizard of oz, it's an amazing abum.
5
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Super-fun album!
4
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Sat Oct 22 2022
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Classic, rock owes a lot to these guys.
4
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Infected
The The
wildly meh, quite entertaining but unrememberable.
3
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Tue Oct 25 2022
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Fantastic as always.
5
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Wed Oct 26 2022
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Oct 27 2022
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
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Really fantastic stuff. 5 stars.
5
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Sat Oct 29 2022
xx
The xx
Love this, love them, spare atmospheric longing...
4
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Sun Oct 30 2022
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Louvley. 3 stars.
3
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Mon Oct 31 2022
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
Industrial icons, a little bracing for a Sunday morning but really good.
3
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Sound Affects
The Jam
Jammy!
4
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Wed Nov 02 2022
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Fantastic stuff, really great old folk-country
5
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Thu Nov 03 2022
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
A damn modern classic. 6 stars.
5
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Maxinquaye
Tricky
Excellent stuff here, four stars at least.
4
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Sat Nov 05 2022
London Calling
The Clash
EIGHT STARS! This is a modern classic, maybe their finest album and the "Only Band That Matters."
5
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Sun Nov 06 2022
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
really interesting idea, very good and entertaining.
3
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Dummy
Portishead
Ethereal, driving, brilliant, haunting.
5
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Tue Nov 08 2022
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Sounds like unscientific trash. Knopfler is a much better guitarist.
2
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Phrenology
The Roots
Stupendously funky and awesome.
5
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Thu Nov 10 2022
White Light
Gene Clark
folky and very nice. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Nov 11 2022
Night Life
Ray Price
Croony and wonderful, nice morning album.
3
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Sat Nov 12 2022
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Sounds like a lot of other bands. Not bad, just not unique, really.
3
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Sun Nov 13 2022
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
Pretty great, bracing, some sounds like Pink Floyd, some like Bowie, all entertaining.
4
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Mon Nov 14 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Fantastic classic punk.
5
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Oontz Oontz Oontz.... 3 stars
3
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Wed Nov 16 2022
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Kind of insane, but REALLY well done. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Very very very good.
4
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Fri Nov 18 2022
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Fascinating musicianship.
3
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Sat Nov 19 2022
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Really like what they do, this album is a great example.
4
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Sun Nov 20 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Very fantastic. 4 stars!
4
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Mon Nov 21 2022
Pearl
Janis Joplin
Classic and powerful, she was.
5
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
A modern-day sleazy classic.
4
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Wed Nov 23 2022
Tapestry
Carole King
Epic goodness. 5 stars.
5
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Arise
Sepultura
Pretty darn good rawk. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Nov 25 2022
The Yes Album
Yes
Really darned good.
3
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Sat Nov 26 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Sublime beauty infused with raw power.
5
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Sun Nov 27 2022
The Next Day
David Bowie
As usual, his albums are interesting, inventive and fun to listen to.
4
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
weird.
3
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Tue Nov 29 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Solid album as always from them.
5
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Wed Nov 30 2022
Kenya
Machito
Groovy and fantastic. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Lovely and spritely
3
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Being There
Wilco
Lovely spare folk rocky goodness
3
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Sat Dec 03 2022
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Hells yeah! 8 stars!
5
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Sun Dec 04 2022
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
She is so talented.
4
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Mon Dec 05 2022
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Fucking amazing!
5
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
3 stars! Rawk!
3
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Smile
Brian Wilson
Not really my bag, but it IS a tremendously well-made album and it sounds lovely.
3
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Thu Dec 08 2022
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Fuzzy and warm.
3
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Saucy, salsa, envigorating music.
4
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Sat Dec 10 2022
Protection
Massive Attack
Ethereal, dancy and grooving.
4
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Sun Dec 11 2022
Parklife
Blur
BritRock at its absolute toniest, great album, 4 stars.
4
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Brothers
The Black Keys
Good groves and danceable tunes
3
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Tue Dec 13 2022
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Hippie lovely folkiness. 4 stars
4
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Brilliant as always/.
5
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Completely insane. Compelling, true, but almost unlistenable. 2 stars.
2
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Odelay
Beck
Maybe my all-time favorite of his. Low-hi funkiness and sleazy folk rock-y dance music. DJ Funkypants.
5
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Sat Dec 17 2022
My Generation
The Who
Maximum R&B. Surprising number of great covers.
5
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Real Life
Magazine
4
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Mon Dec 19 2022
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Hell no. 0 stars.
1
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Illmatic
Nas
6 stars. A true visionary.
5
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Sincere
Mj Cole
Nice dancey album, good grooves. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Dec 22 2022
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Solidly good album, she's got a great voice and the grooves are excellent. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Dec 23 2022
The Cars
The Cars
A modern pop-rock classic. Every song rocks. 5 stars.
5
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Sat Dec 24 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Billy is such a whiney wanker. 2 stars.
2
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Charming bossonova tunes
3
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Mon Dec 26 2022
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Except for the appalling racism, a fine album.
4
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Tue Dec 27 2022
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
really really great. tight, poppy and clever, dry sense of humor. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Very clever, great flow, funny, good beats. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
I mean, DAMN! 5 stars.
5
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Explosive awesomeness. Didn't expect to like this as much as I did. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Dec 31 2022
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
One of the best albums from a couple of guys who can't stand each other.
5
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Low
David Bowie
Quirky and bold
4
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
Lively, lovely and groovy, in equal measures. Latin-country-blues-rock-LA sound-etc...
5
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Tue Jan 03 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
If seven stars was possible, this album woulkd get 7 stars.
5
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Wed Jan 04 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed
Pretty good for an old punk.
3
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Really a great, spunky album.
4
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Nicely boopy.
3
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Ctrl
SZA
Pretty groovy, nice Kendrick guest spot
4
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Mon Jan 09 2023
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
One of their best, very much the hippie country band on this one. 5 stars.
5
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Pretty darn good. Pixies before there were Pixies, kinda. 3 stars.
3
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Wed Jan 11 2023
A Night At The Opera
Queen
Stunning! Brilliant! Even kinda proggy!
5
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Thu Jan 12 2023
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
So bloody good. One of their best and one of of the best. 5 stars.
5
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Really great, nice mix of styles.
4
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Sat Jan 14 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
As always, I am torn. Great album, but sheesh.
3
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Morose and spare and lovely. 4 stars.
4
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Much deeper and more interesting than I expected, pretty great version of that 80s sound.
4
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Well now that you mention it, that album WAS pretty incredible. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Great album! Really good pop-punk-rock LA sound, six stars.
5
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Cut
The Slits
Great punk/post-punk album, nice dub stuff too. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
Pretty groovy dub stuff.
3
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Stupendous. 5 stars.
5
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
A classic band, a really rocking album. 4 stars.
4
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
They're not bad, they're not offensive, they're just boooooring. Whole album played and it was fine background music.
2
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Tue Jan 24 2023
1999
Prince
One generation had Bob Dylan, this generation had Prince Rogers Nelson. 5 stars ALL DAY LONG.
5
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Wed Jan 25 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
5 stars. so good.
5
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Pretty good, not great but more interesting than I expected.
3
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Pretty good, but I sure they'll never make a dime. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Yes Yes Y'all! 4 stars
4
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Sun Jan 29 2023
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
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
kind of meh.
2
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Like Chuck Mangione and a prog band decided to record an album. 3 stars for being weird af.
3
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Wild Gift
X
Pretty good rawk from some LA punks. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Rocks
Aerosmith
Rawks. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Repeater
Fugazi
Wild, aggro and fun. 3 stars.
3
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Really great, far groovier at times than I was expecting. Anger makes for great music. 4 stars.
4
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Play
Moby
not too shabby for borrowing a lot of other folks’ music.
2
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Mon Feb 06 2023
Sail Away
Randy Newman
pretty great. He made fun music before Toy Story. 4 stars.
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
pretty good, really, but I am not a BB fan, so...
2
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
ALL THE STARS.
5
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
Pretty good, 3 stars, didn't stun me but didn't turn me off, either.
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Uhh... weird stuff, written by other folks. Toonerville Trolley? Yeah... 2 stars.
2
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Sat Feb 11 2023
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
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
OK.
3
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
moody and beautiful. 4 stars.
4
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Tue Feb 14 2023
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
boop beep boop oontz oontz oontz 4 stars
4
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Wed Feb 15 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3 stars.
3
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
Pretty flippin' great. Nice U2 cover. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Feb 17 2023
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
It's a classic for a reason. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Feb 18 2023
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
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
brilliant!
5
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
Pretty interesting stuff, 3 stars
3
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Tue Feb 21 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Very good album, they do earnestly sleazy French country rock better than most. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Quite the debut album. 3 solid stars.
3
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Crunchy, grungey goodness. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
meh/
2
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Sat Feb 25 2023
Moon Safari
Air
Really really really really groovy. Like 4 stars groovy.
4
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Classic early rock and roll, very much of its time and pretty darn good. 4 stars.
4
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Bloody hell no. No more of this terrible band. 1 star unless I can give it zero stars.
1
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
MORE OF THIS AND LESS RADIOHEAD. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
Pretty interesting stuff. 3 solid stars.
3
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Really compelling and good, fresh and creative.
4
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Post-punk as fuck. Pretty damn great. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Mar 04 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Rocking good stuff from Jack and Meg. 4 stars.
4
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Sun Mar 05 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
moody and lovely, gravely and dark.
4
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
Not a bad album, shame he's such a shit. 2 stars.
2
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Astounding. 5 stars. His dad weould be proud.
5
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Fucking great rock and roll.
4
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
rocking grungey goodness. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Brilliant. So good. 5 stars.
5
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Sat Mar 11 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
awesome sauce
4
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Sun Mar 12 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
crap
1
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
spare and lovely
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Groove-tastic, fat beats, some cool stuff the Beasties stole and a great Doobie Brothers cover! 5 stars.
5
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Nice. Not stupendous, but nice.
3
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Thu Mar 16 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Hells yes. 5 stars.
5
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Fri Mar 17 2023
90
808 State
groovy danceable stuff. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Mar 18 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
A genuine classic, wonderful album, 6 stars!
5
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
3 stars
3
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Mon Mar 20 2023
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
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Weird and good, rocking fun.
3
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Palo Congo
Sabu
4 stars, good grooves.
4
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Medúlla
Björk
wild album, mostly voice-based but sounds like electronica. 4 stars. weird.
4
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Pretty damn good, seriously thought about turning it off during the first track, then it got better. 3 stars.
3
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
weird but entertaining. 2 stars.
2
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Sun Mar 26 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
4 stars all day long.
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
5 stars all day long.
5
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
A modern rock classic. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
more soulful than I was expecting, really lovely album. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
4 stars, groovy and funky, good guest spots
4
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Fri Mar 31 2023
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
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Sat Apr 01 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
kinda like randy newman
4
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
interesting and fun
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Is This It
The Strokes
Legendary. Shame about the Puritanical US version cover, but the rock is indisputable. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
A rocking good album, 4 stars.
4
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Sheet Music
10cc
weird. Not bad, just weird.
2
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
bloop. I said BLOOP. bloop stars.
3
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Sat Apr 08 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Earlier ZZ Top is also really good, but this is a darn fine album in its own right. 4 stars.
4
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Sun Apr 09 2023
Guero
Beck
great stuff
5
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Horses
Patti Smith
stupendous
5
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Tue Apr 11 2023
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
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Born To Be With You
Dion
Like a lovely interesting nap. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Apr 13 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
Great rawk, 4 stars.
4
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
not bad.
3
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Sat Apr 15 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
a rock classic. 6 stars
5
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Sun Apr 16 2023
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
4 stars. Great EDM.
4
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Mon Apr 17 2023
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
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Tue Apr 18 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Nope. 2 stars.
2
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Violator
Depeche Mode
4 stars. Not really my bag but extremely well done.
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
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
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
weird. 3 stars.
3
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Sat Apr 22 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
A usual Flaming Lips album. 3 stars.
3
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Sun Apr 23 2023
Fragile
Yes
Classic AOR rock
5
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
More Nick Drake.
4
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
pretty weird
4
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Stark, brutish and British. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Apr 27 2023
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Oh that's right, Kate's weird. 3 stars.
3
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Fri Apr 28 2023
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
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Sat Apr 29 2023
Harvest
Neil Young
A haunting American classic. 5 stars
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Sun Apr 30 2023
Destroyer
KISS
hells yes!
5
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Mon May 01 2023
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
wonderful album from america's troubador. 5 stars.
5
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Tue May 02 2023
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
A sonic adventure. 4 stars
4
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Wed May 03 2023
Snivilisation
Orbital
beep bloop oontz oontz bleep boop. 3 stars.
3
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Thu May 04 2023
The Specials
The Specials
Ruuuude boy! 5 stars.
5
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Fri May 05 2023
Out of Step
Minor Threat
The musical equivalent of a quad espresso. Solid punk rock. 4 stars.
4
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Sat May 06 2023
The World is a Ghetto
War
So good. 5 stars.
5
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Sun May 07 2023
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
meh. 3 stars
3
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Mon May 08 2023
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
pretty good 4-star rock right here.
4
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Tue May 09 2023
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
what the hell did I just listen to? 4 stars
4
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Wed May 10 2023
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Sounds like a cardigan sweater and some penny loafers. 4 stars.
4
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Thu May 11 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
fantastic. 5 stars.
5
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Fri May 12 2023
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Brilliant album, start to finish.
5
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Sat May 13 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Such a very good album. An underrated singer, Stewart makes great music.
5
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Sun May 14 2023
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
Sounds like band called Scritti Politti. 3 stars.
3
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Mon May 15 2023
En-Tact
The Shamen
More entertaining than i initially expected, still 3 stars but a fun 3 stars.
3
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Tue May 16 2023
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
weird bloopy background music. Nice, tho.
3
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Wed May 17 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
weird and interesting, 3 stars.
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Chris
Christine and the Queens
Brilliant stuff, engaging and poppy. 5 stars
5
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Sat May 20 2023
Future Days
Can
Groovy and weird.
3
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Sun May 21 2023
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
So fucking good. 5 stars.
5
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Mon May 22 2023
Street Signs
Ozomatli
Stellar album, 5 stars
5
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Tue May 23 2023
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
fantastic album, great rock and roll.
5
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Wed May 24 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
4 stars
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Thu May 25 2023
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Not a terrible album considering he is a giant asshole. 2 stars.
2
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Fri May 26 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
five brilliant stars
5
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Sat May 27 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Eight stars. This is a jazz classic, brilliant and beautiful, everyone on it is fantastic.
5
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Sun May 28 2023
The Real Thing
Faith No More
Brilliant, 4 stars
4
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Mon May 29 2023
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Solid rock album. 4 stars.
4
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Tue May 30 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Genius, 5 stars, no notes.
5
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Wed May 31 2023
Microshift
Hookworms
weird but interesting. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
really fun and criminal. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Jun 02 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Fantastic stuff, great album, 5 stars.
5
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Lovely classic. 5 stars.
5
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Sun Jun 04 2023
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
wild and wonderful. 4 stars.
4
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Operatic wonderment, 4 stars.
4
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
weird but good? 3 stars.
3
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
A classic from a guy who turned out to be a shithead. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
veeerry interesting. 3 stars.
3
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
would be six stars if I could.
5
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Sat Jun 10 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
Pretty damned good stuff from these guys, another killer classic. 5 stars.
5
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Sun Jun 11 2023
War
U2
5 stars. When they were a great band.
5
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Pretty interesting. 3 stars.
3
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Tue Jun 13 2023
More Specials
The Specials
stupendous, 5 stars.
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Woodface
Crowded House
pretty good stuff, 4 stars methinks.
4
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Stupendous. 5 stars.
5
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Wild and entertaining. 4 sitars.
4
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
They are better than a "made for TV" band from the 60s should be. 4 stars.
4
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Sun Jun 18 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
stupendous!
5
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Mon Jun 19 2023
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
More interesting and talented than I was expecting, which is, of course, totally on me. 4 stars.
4
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
5
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Risque
CHIC
5
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Sat Jun 24 2023
The Grand Tour
George Jones
5
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Mon Jun 26 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
A classic
5
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Rapture
Anita Baker
Lovely stuff.
4
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Street Life
The Crusaders
Solid soul, jazz and funk. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
3 solid stars.
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
Glorious, beautiful, soaring. 5 stars.
5
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Sat Jul 01 2023
I Against I
Bad Brains
stupendous. dreadlocks and mohawks! 5 stars.
5
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Sun Jul 02 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
3 stars
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Mon Jul 03 2023
The Last Broadcast
Doves
completely meh. 2 stars.
2
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Tue Jul 04 2023
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Wild French rock, pretty good stuff there. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
weird. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
tasty new wave pop. 4 stars.
4
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Justified
Justin Timberlake
Not bad for the guy who threw Janet Jackson under the sexy bus. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Jul 08 2023
Pyromania
Def Leppard
5 one-armed stars!
5
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Sun Jul 09 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
weird
3
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
jazzy but could not find whole album
2
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Brilliant. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Jul 12 2023
The Doors
The Doors
Lizard-y. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
A modern pop classic. 7 stars.
5
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
weird, punky goodness.
4
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Sat Jul 15 2023
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
Great rock album. 5 stars.
5
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Sun Jul 16 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
Solid classic rock album, maybe their best. 4 stars.
4
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
Darn fine album.
4
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Tue Jul 18 2023
The Libertines
The Libertines
Good for a wanker. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Jul 19 2023
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Really fucking good album. 5 stars for sure.
5
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
lovely and weird. 3 stars.
3
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
Really enjoyable, dug it more than I thought I would. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Let It Be
The Replacements
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Sun Jul 23 2023
The Band
The Band
Amazing, one of the best Canadian bands.
5
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
4
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Tue Jul 25 2023
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
Buckaroo gettin' busy. 4 stars for the sexy time.
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
fun punky rock.
4
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Thu Jul 27 2023
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Made it through about 5 songs, that was enough. 2 stars.
2
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Bloody good stuff, 5 stars.
5
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Sat Jul 29 2023
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Fucking epic! Oi! 5 stars.
5
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Sun Jul 30 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Brilliant. 6 stars.
5
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
it was OK. 4 stars.
4
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Stupendous.
5
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Wed Aug 02 2023
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
Great album. 4 stars.
4
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
Weird and wonderful.
4
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Stupendous.
5
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
wonderful album. Shame he's an anti-science wanker tho.
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
good stuff
4
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
bloop.
3
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Tue Aug 08 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Pretty rawkin'. 4 stars/
4
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
weird and interesting. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Tellingly, the Crystal Method Remix is the best song on the album. 2 stars.
2
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Marquee Moon
Television
pretty good rock. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Aug 12 2023
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Really really good stuff. 5 stars/
5
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Sun Aug 13 2023
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Lovely and weird. 69 stars!
5
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
meh.
2
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
Truly a classic pop-punk-new-wave-whatever album. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
5 stars at LEAST. So good.
5
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4 stars
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Stupendous album, very excellent. all five stars to Gryffendor.
5
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Sat Aug 19 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Lovely, lyrical and lush. 5 stars.
5
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Sun Aug 20 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Sexy-time!
5
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Vaudeville folk? Not bad, not really my jam. 3 stars.
3
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Bummed
Happy Mondays
Really good rocking album. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Music
Madonna
Not her best, but pretty good. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
punky goodness! or, well, post-punky goodness.
4
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Like Kanye, he's an awful shitbird who makes darn good music. 2 stars.
2
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Mon Aug 28 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Phenomenal music, brilliant melding of new and old technology by a master. 5 stars.
5
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Tue Aug 29 2023
I See You
The xx
Love me some XX. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
Very good, very groovy, 5 stars.
5
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
Hard to find, easy to listen to. 4 stars/
4
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Fri Sep 01 2023
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
stupid good. 5 stars.
5
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Sat Sep 02 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
SuperFunkyDanceAlicious! Elebenty stars.
5
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
3 stars.
3
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
3 stars. would be 3.5 but there we go.
3
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
smooth and tan and easy and classy. 4 stars.
4
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
She has a great voice, not really my bag, but a real talent. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Crazysexycool
TLC
CrazyDanceyCool, 4 stars.
4
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Eternally Yours
The Saints
Rocking eternally. 4 stars.
4
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Sat Sep 09 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
lazy shoe gazey. 4 stars.
4
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Sun Sep 10 2023
Tommy
The Who
It's Tommy. It's a classic. 5 stars.
5
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Different Class
Pulp
pretty dope, tasty Brit-pop with snarky lyrics. 4 stars.
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
Oontz oontz oontz... 4 stars.
4
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
weird and wild and wooly. 3 stars.
3
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Thu Sep 14 2023
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
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Fri Sep 15 2023
The Visitors
ABBA
dreamy and abba-rific. 3 stars.
3
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Sat Sep 16 2023
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Sublime and smokey. 5 stars.
5
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Sun Sep 17 2023
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Nope. too crunchy.
2
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Mon Sep 18 2023
#1 Record
Big Star
Nice and un-assuming.
3
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Tue Sep 19 2023
California
American Music Club
Pretty good stuff maynard. 3 stars.
3
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Reign In Blood
Slayer
Brutal and insane. 5 stars.
5
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Brilliant! 11 stars!
5
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
4 stars!
4
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
It's no Valerie, but a darn good album. 4 stars.
4
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Sun Sep 24 2023
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
2 stars.
2
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Fantasticly funky and brilliant. 5 stars.
5
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
gloriously weird. 5 stars.
5
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
smushy goodness.
4
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Boss album. 5 stars.
5
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Glorious and groovy. 5 stars.
5