Aug 19 2024
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Enema Of The State
blink-182
Lots and lots of energy, fun and catchy tunes. I like it.
4
Aug 20 2024
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I Need to Start a Garden
Haley Heynderickx
Great modern indie folk album. Sorry about the horse that died.
4
Aug 21 2024
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Go Farther In Lightness
Gang of Youths
I would like to give this album 4 stars, but halfway the album gets band and unappealing. It could have been a great one.
3
Aug 22 2024
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Kick
INXS
New Sensation and Need You Tonight are good songs. , Never Tear Us Apart is fantastic. The rest of the album is not so great though.
3
Aug 23 2024
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Peasant
Richard Dawson
Strange and very interesting folky album. Sometimes a bit too much experiment and too little song.
4
Aug 24 2024
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Madvillainy
Madvillain
One of the rap albums that was missing on the original list. What's not to like about MF Doom music.
5
Aug 25 2024
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A Live One
Phish
Lots and lots of solos and other musical muscle performance. It lacks soul, integrity, good songs and the attempts to be humorous are not appealing.
1
Aug 26 2024
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The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings
Louis Armstrong
Should have been on the original list. Fantastic performances of Armstrong and his band in their peak.
5
Aug 27 2024
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Give Up
The Postal Service
Interesting project using the postal service to collaborate on the songs. Too bad they gave up after one album. Such Great Heights is a highlight.
4
Aug 28 2024
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Maestro
Kaizers Orchestra
Interesting concept album about sanity with a great album cover and good songs.
4
Aug 29 2024
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The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Never thought I'd really like an Emo album. This one is very good. Forgive me for my prejudices.
4
Aug 30 2024
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Nightbirds
LaBelle
Of course I already knew Lady Marmalade. The rest of the album is not bad either with fantastic vocal performances.
4
Aug 31 2024
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Relatives in Descent
Protomartyr
Very great post-punk album with great performance of the musicians.
4
Sep 01 2024
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The Beautiful Letdown
Switchfoot
I'm not so into Christian Rock, though the main complaint is it's lacking any originality and is bland and middle of the road.
2
Sep 02 2024
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Game of Fools
Koritni
Uninspiring and generic Hard Rock with mediocre songs.
2
Sep 03 2024
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10,000 gecs
100 gecs
How to get energetic and confused at once? Put on this record of 100 gecs. It is annoying as hell in a good way.
4
Sep 04 2024
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Yeti
Amon Düül II
Interesting Krautrock that does not sound outdated at all.
4
Sep 05 2024
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Night Drive
Chromatics
Funny Italo Pop album by Chromatics. I knew only their previous music and this is something completely different.
4
Sep 06 2024
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Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
Very fragile and lovely album by Sufjan Stevens about his parents in emotional songs.
5
Sep 07 2024
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Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
Primus
Nice weird album of Primus with lots of humor, great songs and incredible bass guitar playing.
4
Sep 08 2024
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Weezer
Weezer
Weezer debut album with lots of great catchy songs, fun and energy.
4
Sep 09 2024
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I Am
Earth, Wind & Fire
Nice funky album with Boogie Wonderland as a highlight, but also some forgettable songs.
3
Sep 10 2024
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Blink-182
blink-182
I like Enema Of The State a whole lot better. It's not a punishment to have to listen to this energetic and catchy album though.
3
Sep 11 2024
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Spilt Milk
Jellyfish
Sometimes the songs fall apart due to the complexity, most of the time all juggling with styles and tempo just works. Somewhere between Supertramp and Queen is not the worst place to be.
4
Sep 12 2024
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Nuyorican Soul
Nuyorican Soul
Nice Latin album music with a long list of guest appearances.
4
Sep 13 2024
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Loss
Mull Historical Society
An ok indie pop album. I must admit I like the album cover more than the music.
3
Sep 14 2024
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Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Steven Wilson
Good prog rock album by Steven Wilson. I like the album cover too. The music gets complex sometimes. Smart, but not too smart.
4
Sep 15 2024
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Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
SOPHIE
I really like the electronic madness, but the sugar laced ballads are not my cup of tea.
3
Sep 16 2024
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Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
Everybody know Weird Science. I was pleasantly surprised that the rest of the album also consists of funny, happy, catchy and weird songs.
4
Sep 17 2024
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Afraid Of Sunlight
Marillion
Marillion is not a favorite of mine. I find Misplaced Childhood an album to avoid, but Afraid Of Sunlight is not that bad. The songs are better, less theatrics and more consistency.
3
Sep 18 2024
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Frosting On The Beater
The Posies
Of course we all know Weird Science. I was surprised that the rest of the album was also full of funny, catchy and weird songs.
4
Sep 19 2024
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Vedergällningen
Garmarna
Nice dark folk album. (My Swedish is not good enough to confirm. Every song could be about daisies and honey). The up tempo songs (f.e. Gamen) are the most impressive.
4
Sep 20 2024
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Daisies Of The Galaxy
Eels
A great collection of songs although Eels has created better albums.
4
Sep 21 2024
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Piñata
Freddie Gibbs
An impressive rap album by MadGibbs reminding me of Wu-Tang Clan.
4
Sep 22 2024
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In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel
Maybe the best album of the 1990s and it was not on the original list. Mastery crafted folky, indie songs with sort of a concept album story about Anne Frank.
5
Sep 23 2024
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The Hazards of Love
The Decemberists
Good album with nice indiepop songs. I like their earlier work (Castaways and Cutouts, Picaresque, The Crane Wife) better. Still this album also contains several impressive songs with well written lyrics.
4
Sep 24 2024
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Silence Yourself
Savages
I've always loved the sound of Savages especially live. Their combi concert with Bo Ningen in Utrecht was one of the best I ever witnessed. Silence Yourself is a terrific post-punk album.
5
Sep 25 2024
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Discosis
Bran Van 3000
I completely forgot about Astounded which I a put on several playlists at the time. That is a fantastic song. Too bad the rest of the album is not of a similar quality.
3
Sep 26 2024
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Rêver mieux
Daniel Bélanger
Daniel Bélanger was new to me. Good pop songs and just that extra taste by using some electronics.
4
Sep 27 2024
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Cleopatra
The Lumineers
Nice little folky album. Ophelia and Cleopatra are good songs, the other songs are just ok and a bit boring.
3
Sep 28 2024
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Nonagon Infinity
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Not the King Gizzard album I would chose, but then again there are so many to chose from. It is a sublime one with great guitar licks, microtonal tuning and an infinite loop. The tempo of the album breaks down every negative opinion about it.
5
Sep 29 2024
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Savage Sinusoid
Igorrr
Igorrr knows how to keep me awake. It's not an album that I will ever forget and not to bad either. Quatre points pour l'originalité.
4
Sep 30 2024
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Version 2.0
Garbage
I like the debut album better. Nice thing about this one is you feel there is some more coherence between the music, lyrics and vocal melodies as Shirley Manson was involved from the beginning.
4
Oct 01 2024
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Music For People In Trouble
Susanne Sundfør
Great folk singer-songwriter album. I like this better than her electronic music.
4
Oct 02 2024
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Stranger In Town
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
I do not like this kind of Middle of the Road stadium rock from the 1970s. I find it boring and uninspiring.
2
Oct 03 2024
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Ultra Blue
Hikaru Utada
Bland music produced way too smooth and without interesting songs. Each song was forgotten within minutes after hearing it.
2
Oct 04 2024
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Poesía Básica
Extrechinato y Tu
Very interesting project putting poems by Manolo Chinato to music by Poesía Básica. I had not heard of the poet or the band(members) before. Great music and I assume also great lyrics. (Yeah, I admit I'm too lazy to google translate and read it).
4
Oct 05 2024
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Zuckerzeit
Cluster
I'm impressed by the number of Krautrock albums on the original- and user list. Having listened to them, I must admit they all deserve to be on it. Zuckerzeit (great album cover) is a banger.
4
Oct 06 2024
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The Animal Years
Josh Ritter
Nice intimate singer-songwriter album. My favorite tracks are Girl in the Water and Good Man.
4
Oct 07 2024
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After Hours
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights is a classic song, the rest of the album shows The Weeknd as a second rate Michael Jackson.
3
Oct 08 2024
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La cagaste... Burt Lancaster
Hombres G
When I saw the album cover I knew this would be either very good or very bad. It's the latter. The songs are mediocre, the singer sings off key a bit too often and the performance is uninspired. A third rate Manu Chao with incompetent singer.
2
Oct 09 2024
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Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
The album cover is the only reason to put it on this list. If so, submitter you are forgiven. The music is easy listening that does not add anything to your life.
3
Oct 10 2024
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Oncle Jazz
Men I Trust
Easy, lazy dream pop and jazz. This makes it a bit boring after a while.
3
Oct 11 2024
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Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
Bruce Springsteen
Live albums should not be on this list (and certainly not very long ones). Then again this is an incredible album with a great Bruce Springsteen and an E Street Band on fire.
4
Oct 12 2024
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We Like It Here
Snarky Puppy
Though Snarky Puppy seems to like it here, I don't really like them here. This music if much to bland and indifferent. It lacks soul, effort and inspiration. It must be awful to be a great musician, but a mediocre composer.
2
Oct 13 2024
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El Circo
Maldita Vecindad Y Los Hijos Del 5to. Patio
What a pleasant surprise this album is. Great Mexican rock with several influences, styles and a fantastic opener in Pachuco.
4
Oct 14 2024
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People
The Burning Hell
Little folky indierock album with sweet songs.
4
Oct 15 2024
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Goat
The Jesus Lizard
Excellent noise rock album (another Steve Albini) that sounds like a steamroller between your ears. Then Comes Dudley makes me think it's better if he stays the hell away from me.
5
Oct 16 2024
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22, A Million
Bon Iver
The first a album of Bon Iver with more experimental electronica and voice modulation. I think I like the first two albums more, but there's nothing wrong with this one.
4
Oct 17 2024
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Moffou
Salif Keita
Great Salif Keita album. Lots of fantastic rhythms and a pleasure for my ears and hips.
4
Oct 18 2024
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Come And Get It
Rachel Stevens
Come on, sorry I don't get it. It's bland, slick, undistinctive and boring as hell.
1
Oct 19 2024
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Forced Witness
Alex Cameron
After listening to this album twice I still do not understand it. In one way it's very generic and uninteresting rock, in another way it's quite ok. Great guest performers!
3
Oct 20 2024
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Silent Alarm
Bloc Party
Great indie rock debut with a lot of terrific songs (Helicopter, Banquet, The Pioneers)
4
Oct 21 2024
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Nail
Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
I understand why a lot of people dislike this album: the noises, bombastic sound and horrific lyrics. These things together make it a very special experience and an acquired taste. I adore it!
5
Oct 22 2024
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Tomb
Angelo De Augustine
I did not know Angelo De Augustine as a kindred soul of Sufjan Stevens. While listening to this album I discovered a lot of the elements that I make me like Sufjan's songs so much.
4
Oct 23 2024
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Pushin' Against a Stone
Valerie June
I like the classical soul and roots music on this album. Not very original, but splendid performances by singer and band.
4
Oct 24 2024
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Squeezing Out Sparks
Graham Parker
Graham Parker is one of those artists that should have deserved some more appriciation from the public. Great songs and fantastic lyrics (You can't be too strong) that up to this day are open to debate.
4
Oct 25 2024
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When Smoke Rises
Mustafa
Watching the album cover thought it was rap, but instead it's a good RnB album with even some folky elements. Very refreshing!
4
Oct 26 2024
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Pop
GAS
Inspiring ambient album. Never heard of it before, but it's now one of my favorites in the genre.
4
Oct 27 2024
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A Salty Dog
Procol Harum
Several musical styles are covered, but none of the songs stick. This album is not for me I guess.
2
Oct 28 2024
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Dilate
Ani DiFranco
Fine album, not much melody and somewhat repetitive though.
3
Oct 29 2024
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World Of Echo
Arthur Russell
Some freakish experiments with sounds, cello and electronics. Very amusing results.
4
Oct 30 2024
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All Hail West Texas
The Mountain Goats
Good consistent Lo-Fi rock/Folk album by The Mountain Goats. The lyrics are great as allways.
4
Oct 31 2024
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Watch Out!
Alexisonfire
There are so many great post-hardcore albums and this is not one of them. Songwriting is bland and performance mediocre.
2
Nov 01 2024
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No.1 In Heaven
Sparks
Nice change in style to synth-pop with producer Giorgio Moroder. The songs are not that spectacular though.
3
Nov 02 2024
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Real Life
Joan As Police Woman
Nice pop/rock album an great guest performance by Anthony Hegarty.
4
Nov 03 2024
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Djarimirri
Gurrumul
The album certainly has moments of something original and personal with the traditional Aboriginal songs and melodies, but much to often the production is too slick turning it into some middle of the road pastiche. Too bad!
3
Nov 04 2024
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A1A
Jimmy Buffett
After reading all the Wikipedia information about Jimmy Buffett, I effortlessly tried to like the album. I think I like the guy and his island escapism. The ablum is not bad, but just not that good either.
3
Nov 05 2024
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Super Ape
The Upsetters
My own entry on this list. Of course it's one of the greatest (reggae/dub) albums ever made and of course it should have been on the original list.
5
Nov 06 2024
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Lahai
Sampha
Good and diverse RnB album with bouncy rhythms and great production.
4
Nov 07 2024
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Contra
Vampire Weekend
Various exotic musical styles are combined and still sound cohesive. The Talking Heads of the 2000s.
4
Nov 08 2024
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The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Roger Waters
Being part of Pink Floyd kept Roger Waters from some stupid decisions like this album cover, making over complex and pretentious music. Some of his solo material and half of this album is quite good.
3
Nov 09 2024
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Young Team
Mogwai
Great post-rock debut album with fantastic soundscapes.
4
Nov 10 2024
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Funeral Dress
Wussy
Great vocals, but these indie rock songs lack real quality.
3
Nov 11 2024
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You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Hum
Ok rock album, nothing special.
3
Nov 12 2024
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Recipe for Hate
Bad Religion
I'd like to love it more, but the songs are not that spectacular.
3
Nov 13 2024
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Out of the Blue
Debbie Gibson
The fact that Debbie (co)wrote most of these songs while only sixteen does not excuse her for putting the annoying Shake Your Love on repeat in my head for weeks.
2
Nov 14 2024
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McDonald and Giles
Ian McDonald
Great prog rock album by two former King Crimson members.
4
Nov 15 2024
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We Rock Hard
Freestylers
At the time I was impressed, but not enough great songs (like "B-Boy Stance", "Ruffneck", "Here We Go")
2
Nov 16 2024
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Live in San Francisco
Thee Oh Sees
Live albums should not be on this list. I've seen this band live as the OSEES a few years back. It was ok and this album confirms that opinion.
3
Nov 17 2024
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Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Arctic Monkeys
One of the albums after the Arctic Monkeys slowed the music down and Alex Turner became a smooth operator. I has a chique plastic mood making me almost feel guilty about loving it.
4
Nov 18 2024
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Chet
Chet Baker
Chet Baker is a fantastic jazz singer. This album is none of that. I's about an even better jazz trumpeter.
4
Nov 19 2024
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Ænima
TOOL
Listening to TOOL is not a pleasure, not a burden but very intense and cathartic. Impressive album!
4
Nov 20 2024
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Don't Throw Stones
THE SPORTS
Wiki states that The Sports were a big thing in Australia. I didn't miss much by not knowing them before.
3
Nov 21 2024
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Sublime
Sublime
What I Got" and "Santeria" are great ska punk songs. The rest of the album is ok.
3
Nov 22 2024
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Piledriver
Status Quo
Middle of the road daddy hard rock. Not my kind of music.
2
Nov 23 2024
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Currents
Tame Impala
I find Tame Impala quite boring. One slow song like Let It Happen is fine, thirteen in a row is not. Some variation in tempo would have been nice as the songs are not that bad on their own.
3
Nov 24 2024
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St. Jude
Courteeners
The songs are ok, but the vocal performance is poor. Just not that interesting.
2
Nov 25 2024
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"Awaken, My Love!"
Childish Gambino
Nice rap album by Donald Glover. Some of the weirder songs remind me of Danny Brown. Acting and music seems to be a good combination (compared to sports and music. Something about creativity, I guess).
4
Nov 26 2024
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Boys And Girls in America
The Hold Steady
Great rock album. Not the most original, but the performance is spot on.
4
Nov 27 2024
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Human Racing
Nik Kershaw
"Wouldn't It Be Good" if all of the album was of the same quality as that song and "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"...
2
Nov 28 2024
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Diary
Sunny Day Real Estate
An album with a lot of emo style music I dislike and it just drags one (unlike My Chemical Romance)
2
Nov 29 2024
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Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
Tally Hall
Nice little album. While listening I enjoyed reading about Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum itself.
3
Nov 30 2024
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Phantom Power
The Tragically Hip
I always tend to forget about The Hip and when I listen to their music I wonder why. Great guitar hooks, energy and sublime songs.
4
Dec 01 2024
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Apostrophe(')
Frank Zappa
Watch out where the huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow. The pleasure was all mine, Mr. Zappa!
5
Dec 02 2024
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King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
King Tubby
One of my favorite reggae albums that certainly deserves a place on the original list. I've got a fever and the only prescription is more melodica!
5
Dec 03 2024
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Continuum
John Mayer
An ok album with a few highlights. John Mayer is a fabulous guitar player and writes decent songs. If only he would not always stay within the lines.
3
Dec 04 2024
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Before These Crowded Streets
Dave Matthews Band
This album sounds so "normal" and consistent while the arrangements and rhythms are really crazy and complex. Outstanding performance and songwriting.
4
Dec 05 2024
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Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)
Jai Paul
I understand these are sketches and demo's and that is how it sounds. It's more or less ok, but far from finished.
2
Dec 06 2024
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Dogrel
Fontaines D.C.
Fantastic post-punk album of Fontaines D.C. Best songs: Boys in the Better Land, Too Real.
4
Dec 07 2024
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Racine carrée
Stromae
Great rap and electronic album by Stromae with personal lyrics and great tunes. Favorite Songs: "Papaoutai" and "Formidable".
4
Dec 08 2024
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Korn
Korn
I remembered it as a great album, but I guess it did not age that well. It's lyrics are personal, horrific, immature and honest at the same time.
3
Dec 09 2024
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Don't Say No
Billy Squier
I'm afraid I have to say No to Billy Squier. I do not like this MOR stadium hardrock sound and the songs are mediocre.
2
Dec 10 2024
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Come On Come On
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Normally I dislike this kind of smooth country music, but the songs are good and the performance is not bad either (apart from an awful duet).
3
Dec 11 2024
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Carolina Confessions
The Marcus King Band
Nice southern rock album by The Marcus King Band. The voice and performance of the singer is truly outstanding.
4
Dec 12 2024
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Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
Another forgettable album from the 1960s. I'm afraid it does not add anything to my musical palette.
2
Dec 13 2024
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Alive Or Just Breathing
Killswitch Engage
A fine metalcore album. Not that spectacular though.
3
Dec 14 2024
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Fuzz
Chucklehead
I never heard of Chucklehead and I understand why (they never became famous). I understand that it must have been a great live band.
2
Dec 15 2024
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1, 2, Kung Fu!
Boy Azooga
I listened to the album twice three weeks ago and today I cannot remember a thing about it. It's a fine album nothing more.
3
Dec 16 2024
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Things We Lost In The Fire
Low
Truly great indie rock album. All songs are beautiful and Sunflower is sublime.
5
Dec 17 2024
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Join Us
They Might Be Giants
I prefer earlier albums of They Might Be Giants. This one is not a punishment to listen to. I think they must have been a big inspiration to the Magnetic Fields that deliver better songs and lyrics.
3
Dec 18 2024
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F♯ A♯ ∞
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Maybe the best album to listen to while driving on a dark, deserted highway at night.
5
Dec 19 2024
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination
The Alan Parsons Project
The idea of a concept album based on Edgar Allan Poe stories is great, several songs are not.
3
Dec 20 2024
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Set Yourself On Fire
Stars
Very nice album with beautiful arrangements and melodies. Reminded me of Death Cab for Cutie.
4
Dec 21 2024
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Mm..Food
MF DOOM
One of my favorite rap albums and a concept album about food. The title is an anagram. I like the flow of his raps and the usage of samples.
5
Dec 22 2024
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Hadestown
Anaïs Mitchell
I never heard of Anaïs Mitchell before this list. The album consists of great songs, inspiring lyrics and terrific guest singers.
4
Dec 23 2024
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Blue Is The Colour
The Beautiful South
The album consists of properly written songs and pleasant melodies. Don't Marry Her is fantastic (as a kid I thought it was Don't Marry Her, But Me)
3
Dec 24 2024
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Eye
Robyn Hitchcock
The album starts with some cool and weird song structures, but rather quickly it gets lost in the experiment.
2
Dec 25 2024
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Angel Dust
Faith No More
What a banger this is: various musical genres are explored and still it does not lack any coherence.
4
Dec 26 2024
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Transatlanticism
Death Cab for Cutie
One of my favorite indie pop/rock albums. A concept album about long distance relations with beautiful melodies and even better lyrics.
5
Dec 27 2024
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Come On Over
Shania Twain
Come On Over is happy, smooth and catchy, though in the end the lack of any substance makes it a forgettable album.
2
Dec 28 2024
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Misplaced Childhood
Marillion
To my hears Marillion exists between crying cats and a cheater begging for forgiveness. It's not the best place to be.
2
Dec 29 2024
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Bleed American
Jimmy Eat World
This album is like a hotdog. At first it seems like a good idea, but in the end it was ok and nothing more.
3
Dec 30 2024
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The Lion's Roar
First Aid Kit
It's an ok album. Nothing to get excided about.
3
Dec 31 2024
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A Deeper Understanding
The War On Drugs
It's like The War On Drugs has created only one song and is repeating itself over and over again. If it wasn't just such a banger...
4
Jan 01 2025
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Emotional Mugger
Ty Segall
I like the sound of the guitars and the style of music. The songs are ok, but a bit interchangeable.
3
Jan 02 2025
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Wild Planet
The B-52's
Another fantastic album of the B-52's. Every time I adore the guitar work by Ricky Wilson.
4
Jan 03 2025
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Dimanche à Bamako
Amadou & Mariam
Great album with music from Mali with assistance from Manu Chao (who knew what he was doing)
4
Jan 04 2025
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Home Sweet Home
Kano
Just a proper rap album, nothing less, nothing more.
3
Jan 05 2025
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Bloody Kisses
Type O Negative
A classic in gothic metal with terrific songs like Christian Woman and Black No. 1.
4
Jan 06 2025
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I And Love And You
The Avett Brothers
Folk and Americana album with quality production and performance.
3
Jan 07 2025
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Because the Internet
Childish Gambino
And another good rap album by Childish Gambino. I like his flow and when things get a bit weird.
4
Jan 08 2025
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MOMENTUM
Calibro 35
Great groovy (and a bit funky) album. Some instrumentals, some songs with vocals.
4
Jan 09 2025
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Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!
Gotcha!
Mediocre Red Hot Chilly Peppers rip off.
2
Jan 10 2025
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Puzzle
Biffy Clyro
A really fine album with great performances. Too bad everything is just not that special and none of the songs lifts it to a higher level.
3
Jan 11 2025
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Rose Mountain
Screaming Females
Female singer with a great voice. Nice compact and (mostly) uptempo indie rock/post-punk songs with hooks and grungy guitar sound.
4
Jan 12 2025
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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Big Thief
Great folk rock album of the best songwriter at the moment (Lenker). A bit long though...
4
Jan 13 2025
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O
Damien Rice
I know there is always some discussion about Damien Rice his integrity. The lyrics are often somewhat depressing and emotional like a Elliott Smith ripoff without the street credibility. Then again the first four songs of this album are of excellent quality and the rest is not that bad either.
4
Jan 14 2025
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Gemstones
Adam Green
Adam Green must be on Santa's naughty list... such a dirty boy. Did I miss some parental advisory, explicit content sticker? For a few minutes I was humming along, but suddenly I choke on a... Just kidding, funny lyrics and happy music, a pleasant surprise!
4
Jan 15 2025
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Under The Pink
Tori Amos
Nice album with (over)emotional pop songs. I like Little Earthquakes better. On this album the voice acrobatics tend to irritate me slightly.
3
Jan 16 2025
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God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies
Ok indie rock album with one great song (4xmmm) and a lot of mediocre ones. The singers voice is great, but starts to annoy me after a while.
2
Jan 17 2025
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The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess
Chappell Roan
Great fun catchy pop album. Diverse songs and amusing lyrics. The production is sometimes a bit too flat and the songs do not always stand out.
3
Jan 18 2025
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Sing To God
Cardiacs
Thanks for adding a Cardiacs album to this list, contributor! One of the most neglected bands of all time. I like “A Little Man… Window” and “On Land And In The Sea” more; this is a great album though. The music is very eclectic and overcomplicated, but full of ideas, beautiful melodies, humor and funny lyrics.
5
Jan 19 2025
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WORRY
Jeff Rosenstock
Good punky rock album. The artist writes catchy powerpop/rock songs with a lot of energy and great hooks. I like the distorted, lo-fi sound of the album and the singers voice when it’s a bit screaming. Nice photo on the album cover (of his wedding), though I don’t understand how it’s related to the album title.
4
Jan 20 2025
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Animals
Pink Floyd
I consider Animals the fourth or fifth best album of Pink Floyd. Then again it is a damn good piece of rock music with a nice lyrical concept. None of the songs really stand out, but if you listen to it as a whole, you will not be disappointed.
4
Jan 21 2025
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Control
Pedro The Lion
This is a nice Indie Rock album. Smart lyrics and nice grunge sound. I must admit I like contemporaries like Death Cab for Cutie and The Weakerthans better. Their lyrics are smarter, melodies better and the voice of David Bazan gets a bit boring after a while. But I learned something: "If it isn't penetration. Then it isn't worth the kiss". I wonder if that is a good advice though...
3
Jan 22 2025
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Ruin
The Amazing Devil
Ruin of The Amazing Devil is a nice album with folk and rock songs. The songs vary between ballads, folk songs and accoustic hard/prog rock (a bit like Tenacious D). Sometimes the performance is a slighty too much dramatic and it gets annoying.
3
Jan 23 2025
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Get Fucked
The Chats
Great punk/garage rock album. No nonsense uptempo and energetic. Especially “6L GTR” is a fantastic start of the album.
4
Jan 24 2025
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Boxer
The National
My favorite The National album. Great indie rock with fantastic songs (Slow Show, Gospel, Mistaken For Strangers, Brainy). I really like the witty and decadent lyrics.
5
Jan 25 2025
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Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
The Dear Hunter
This is a nice prog rock/pop concept album. Theatrical and a little too often over the top. Good musicians and interesting lyrics.
3
Jan 26 2025
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Live At Madison Square Garden
Vulfpeck
Great musicians (especially the bass guitar player) playing decent funk and soul music influenced by Stevie Wonder, The Meters and Booker T). Must be fun to attend a performance. Minus points for being a live double album and including the band introduction as a separate song.
2
Jan 27 2025
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The Great Outdoors Jam
Pigeons Playing Ping Pong
Like Vulfpeck and Phish another extreme long live album of a groovy rock band with excellent musicians with bland and pointless songs missing any urgence or drive. This album consists of 90% guitar solo and is boring as hell.
1
Jan 28 2025
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The Universe Smiles Upon You
Khruangbin
Nice groovy (mostly) instrumental lounge album. A bit repetitive and the lesser songs sound like elevator music.
3
Jan 29 2025
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Somewhere In The Between
Streetlight Manifesto
Highly listenable ska punk album. The voice of the singer is a weaker point of the band. A lot of fun, but not groundbreaking in any way.
3
Jan 30 2025
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L'Heptade
Harmonium
Prog Rock is a hit or miss for me. I did read the wiki: prog rock, french canadian, over 80 minutes and pretentious. Listening to it took most of the fears away. The album consists of very varied music, from ballads, folk, orchestral, chansons to rock fit in a prog format. With great theremin, horns and good vocals. Some songs are too long (Come un Sage) or unnecessary elevator music (le corridor, epilogue). All in all a pleasant surprise!
3
Jan 31 2025
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Nurture
Porter Robinson
Nurture is a nice and varied pop, edm and electronic music album. Personally i perfer the electronic music tracks. When the songs tend to be more pop or edm i'm missing some substance and believe contemporaries like Caroline Palochek, Charlie XCX and Olivia Rodrigo better.
3
Feb 01 2025
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Stories
Avicii
Solid EDM album by Avicii on which some other genres are touched (fusion, reggae, blue grass). There’s a thin line between being catchy and generic/inoffensive. That line is sometimes crossed and the bland lyrics do not help. Overall an ok effort.
3
Feb 02 2025
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A City Dressed In Dynamite
That Handsome Devil
Amusing rock album with some Tom Waits and Fun Lovin' Criminals vibes. Very varied musical context (blues, hip hop, hard rock, surf) and dr. John like vocal delivery. An entertaining eclectic and dynamic trip it is!
3
Feb 03 2025
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From The Lions Mouth
The Sound
Nice post punk album by the Sound. Musically somewhere between Joy Division and early U2.
3
Feb 04 2025
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Pony Express Record
Shudder To Think
Great post-hardcore album showing the "poppy" side of Shudder To Think. Performance of band, vocalist and production are excellent.
4
Feb 05 2025
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Pop Art
Transvision Vamp
The songs with a punky attitude (Trash City, I Want Your Love, Psychosonic Cindy, Tell That Girl to Shut Up, Sex Kick) are nice, but the slower and 1980s songs (Sister Moon, Wild Star, Hanging Out With Halo Jones, Andy Warhole’s Dead) are a drag.
3
Feb 06 2025
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Grace And Danger
John Martyn
It's never a punishment to listen to a John Martyn album. This album is less diverse and eclectic than his famous albums Solid Air and One World. Most of the songs are jazz rock, soft rock or blue eyed soul. I personaly prefer the other albums (the Phil Collins assistence has made it very smooth and conventional 1980s music), but I cannot deny its quality.
4
Feb 07 2025
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Englabörn
Jóhann Jóhannsson
This debut album of Jóhann Jóhannsson contains modern classical music mixed with electronic elements. He has also a history of creating soundtracks for films. I get why that works as his music is slow and inoffensive. It's taking a step back, creating an atmosphere and does not demand attention. That is a quality, but also a weak spot.
3
Feb 08 2025
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Re
Café Tacvba
Great mexican rock album mixing various latin and western musical styles. The band delivers a lot of energy. All changes make the music a bit restless and eclectic, but in a good way.
4
Feb 09 2025
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Choirs Of The Eye
Kayo Dot
55 minutes of metal, post-rock, jazz and noise madness. The usage of horns and strings distinguishes them from other bands in this area of music. A large contrast exists between the subtle parts and the all out destructive parts of the songs.
4
Feb 10 2025
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Symbolic
Death
One of the true metal classics by the band that defined the death metal genre. It's not repetitive distorted drone the way death metal bands bands like Mayhem produce, but more technical with a lot of great guitar riffs and solo's. Very varied music too. The classical guitar notes in Crystal Mountain combine beautifully with the real distorted dual guitars and bass I'm not a fan of grunting unless it's so clear that I can still follow the lyrics (as on this album).
5
Feb 11 2025
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Stage Four
Touché Amoré
It is a good album, but I did not like the vocals. I don't have issues with screaming, but the music has subtilities that the vocal delivery diminishes. I guess (for me) the guitars should be more distorted than the vocals. The other way around does not work. So grunting with death metal is ok, screaming with rather elegant guitar rock does not. The songs with partly "normal" vocals sound a lot more appealing (Benediction, Water Damage).
3
Feb 12 2025
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Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Joe Cocker
This is a live album with cover versions of already famous songs. Most of these covers do not have added value. Joe Cocker has a great voice. I do not like the way Claudia Lennear sings (on Let It Be) and the album sounds very dated.
2
Feb 13 2025
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Songs Of A Lost World
The Cure
Beautiful goth rock album by The Cure. This is the first album featuring Reeves Gabriels, the former David Bowie guitarist. It has 8 long and slow tracks sounding similar to the slower tracks on Disintegration.
4
Feb 14 2025
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Grand Prix
Teenage Fanclub
This is maybe the most consistent Teenage Fanclub album. Thirteen great power pop/rock songs. Bandwagonesque has the best tracks (The Concept, Star Sign), but also some weaker ones.
4
Feb 15 2025
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
This is a best of album of a punk rock and ska band that is the direct antecedent of Rancid and I'm not a real fan of the latter. The songs on this album sound a bit interchangeable and the vocals are not so great. It's ok, I guess, but no need to add best off albums to this list.
2
Feb 16 2025
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Brat
Charli xcx
This is a fantastic album full of EDM club bangers (360, Club classics, Talk Talk, B2b, Mean Girls, 365), but also beautiful slower tracks (So I, I Might Say Something Stupid). I'm not a fan of autotune, Charli xcx knows knows how to use it in an inventive way though (like Bon Iver does). The instrumentation is full of sophisticated bleeps and sounds. The production is very impressive. The remix/collaboration album "Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat" is also great.
5
Feb 17 2025
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The Evil One
Roky Erickson
Great horror rock album by Roky Erickson. Quite diverse songs with funny b-movie horror lyrics. Good performances and vocals. Best album by the best artist of this genre (are there any other? Maybe Alice Cooper, but he’s more metal/hardrock than rock). Lots and lots of fun.
4
Mar 05 2025
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Sound Awake
Karnivool
Nice metal album. Sometimes sounding a bit too much like tool. I do not really like the ballads (f.e. New Day), but that probably is a matter of personal taste as they are favorites of a lot of listeners.
3
Mar 06 2025
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Les deux doigts dans la prise
Les sheriff
I like to have more non-english albums on the user list, but I was not wanting for another punk rock, double and live album. I think the best tracks of this album could be a great 45 minute album with a lot of catchy, melodic punk pop/rock and energy, but in this form it is just too long and with too many mediocre songs.
2
Mar 07 2025
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Homogenic
Björk
One of the many beautiful albums of Bjork. Full of weird electronic pop songs. Highlights are Joga and Bachelorette.
4
Mar 08 2025
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Lateralus
TOOL
This third album of Tool contains a lot of fantastic alternative metal songs with many (rhythm) twists and turns. A bit long though.
4
Mar 09 2025
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Metallic K.O.
The Stooges
Metallic K.O. Is a live registration of Iggy & The Stooges with a hostile audience and Iggy is feeding the bad fibe. You can feel the tension which is interesting in a way. Musically the performance is not that good and the recording quality is poor.
2
Mar 10 2025
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Once
Nightwish
Nightwish makes metal music for toddlers. It is very simple melodic rock with cliché melodies and dumb lyrics. Symphonic/ Gothic metal is not a musical style I like, but even in this genre there are many better bands (Evanescence, Within Temptation, Epica).
1
Mar 11 2025
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Not Animal
Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
Nice indie rock/pop album. I like the (more rock) second half a bit better. Good vocals and overall performance.
4
Mar 12 2025
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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Fantastic post rock album by the masters themself. No other act knows how to go from some subtle introvert spare notes in slow tempo to all-in disrupting noise and tension and go back again. Great soundscapes and sounds: "cinematic" and "breathtaking in its grandiose beauty".
5
Mar 13 2025
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Bob Mould
Bob Mould
This third album of Bob Mould is a nice alternative rock album. He played all instruments and provided all vocals. This makes the album sometimes a bit dull. Bob does not have the most dynamic voice and arragements of the instruments are not all that spectacular. It's not a punishment to listen to it though.
3
Mar 14 2025
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The Monitor
Titus Andronicus
These rock songs are quite good and the lyrics and concept of the album is interesting. Also a lot of other instruments (even bagpipes) and several old melodies of the civil war. I like the lo-fi sound, the guitar skills of the many guitar players on the album are not very impressive though. That's not a problem. The problem is that the vocals of the lead singer get on my nerves. If it works, he sounds a bit like Shane MacGowan of The Pogues: lazy and a somewhat off-key. Much too often his limited skills get annoying and diminish the quality of the songs and overall performance.
3
Mar 15 2025
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Weighing Souls With Sand
The Angelic Process
Interesting wall of noise somewhere between shoegaze and industrial. Several good songs, some are a bit too long and interchangeable.
3
Mar 16 2025
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HELLYEAH
HELLYEAH
Simple and over the top groove metal. The slower southern rock songs (Alcohaulin' Ass) are boring and emphasize the poor lyrics. Not my cup of tea.
2
Mar 17 2025
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All Hour Cymbals
Yeasayer
The debut album of Yeasayer consists of nice art-rock/pop songs. Their second album (Odd Blood) has more highlights, but on this album the overall quality is better. I like the way Yeasayer always finds a way to write and present a song in a way it stands out from the “normal” pop/rock format.
3
Mar 18 2025
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The Lonesome Crowded West
Modest Mouse
Nice indie rock album by Modest Mouse. Some of the songs are a bit too long and a 45 minute selection would have created a better album.
3
Mar 19 2025
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Look Sharp!
Joe Jackson
Classic album with pointy pop songs. Great diverse songs like "Is She Really Going Out With Him" (marvelous melody and bass), "Sunday Papers" (reggae), "Fools In Love" (reggae again) and "Got the time" (up-tempo as hell; the cover version by Anthrax is also fantastic).
4
Mar 21 2025
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Cor-Crane Secret
Polvo
This is a nice noisy indie rock album. It hovers somewhere between contemporaries like Fugazi, Therapy! and Pavements. The vocals are a bit weak, but great guitar sound.
3
Mar 23 2025
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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
Smashing indie rock from Australia on the debut album of Courtney Barnett. A lot of talk-singing in a nice and original way with great songwriting.
4
Mar 24 2025
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Souvlaki
Slowdive
Fabulous shoegaze album by Slowdive. Majestic soundscapes with slow melodic changes provide a perfect sunday morning feeling.
5
Mar 25 2025
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Clarity
Jimmy Eat World
Another ok album by Jimmy Eat World. Fine uptempo rock songs that are nice, but not remarkable. (I'll never get the necessity to make albums like these that long).
3
Mar 26 2025
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City Of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold
This is an ok heavy (prog) metal album. For me the artist wants to do too much: ideas, melody changes, instruments, vocals and choirs. It gets on my nerves (while I can take a lot).
3
Apr 01 2025
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Fashion Nugget
CAKE
This alternative rock album by Cake contains the successful singles "The Distance" and "I Will Survive". The rest of the album is not bad either. Funny lyrics and good guitar (and horn) performances. The songs that are covers really add something to the original versions.
4
Apr 02 2025
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L'autre...
Mylène Farmer
It was a big frustration to get hold of this album anywhere. On the streaming services I can only find an instrumental version (no idea why that exists).
In the end I succeeded. I'm not sure if it was the worth the effort. The music is commercial French pop. Not bad, but it does not make me very happy either. I was surprised that I recognized the hit single Désenchantée. I'll give it three (instead of two) stars for the fact it is not from the UK or USA.
3