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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
love it, refined lady-sonics.
4
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Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Less sad joy division + less spectrum talking heads = good
4
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Definitely cool, but a bit cacophonous for me
2
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Ramones
Ramones
it's fine and that's kind of it
2
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Nice, subtle. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, but I still don't really get the lyrics.
4
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Stats strong....
2
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
But typically a grunge guy, but this works.
3
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Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Dramatic, ominous showtunes. A good time!!
3
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
Most underrated beatles? Less maximalist, but still go it.
4
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
...a bit weird. It isn't punk, but it might not be not punk.
2
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
Lesser than steely dan
2
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Hippy shit. Also, #1 road trip album.
4
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Talking heads + Kraftwerk = meh. At least some tracks have funky baselines.
3
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Exactly as advertised. But one of those jazz albums that's more a collection of songs than a cohesive album.
3
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Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Delightfully synical
3
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Well... I liked it more than I expected to.
3
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
As advertised.
3
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Just classic
5
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
5
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Good songs but meh delivery
3
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Graceland
Paul Simon
IF YOU BE MY BODYGUARD!!!!
2
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
4
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
4
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Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
Some standouts but…only some
3
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Better than you think
3
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Classic rock covers at the top were cool, bsides were pretty .... bsidey
3
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Lesser then are you experienced it turns out.
3
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney
Hot take: SOS>BOR?
4
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
4
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Play
Moby
Back half need not be, front half bangs.
3
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Dumpster fire.
1
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Not their best.
2
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
No.
2
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Disintegration
The Cure
Jess likes em, Ian meh. Splitting the difference.
3
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Elephant
The White Stripes
MASTERPIECE ♥️♥️♥️♥️
5
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Everything modern Americana should be
5
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Ambient and nice.
3
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
It has a couple bangers, but also some downright unlistenable tracks.
2
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
Terrible. Just terrible.
1
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
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Cross
Justice
Good start with cool transitions. But it gets stale before it's over.
3
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
Nice, clean country
3
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Headquarters
The Monkees
Much better than anticipated! Fun 60s pop stuff you may hear in a diner. Also similar to early Beatles! Pleasant!
3
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
3
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
3
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Fills a very real need.
4
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Surprising amount of zep samples.
4
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
More of Jess bag than Ian. But her voice conveys pain and longing. Certainly a lot of depth and attests to a life lived.
4
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
A bit 80s but solo electric folk really works.
4
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Were debating between 2 and 3 because her voice is high and can be *grating*. But when she is not doing that, it is really beautiful. Jess also forced this rating
3
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
The lyrics…..no…..
Good first song though. It was promising but plummeted. But the lyrics were cheesy / 16 year old bong hit (as Ian says) vibes.
2
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Jess really likes this kind of music (ESP song Desire Lines) and Ian says he would return and listen to this album again.
4
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
It’s fun!!!!!!
3
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Rocks harder than I remembered.
3
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
A bit ... sexist, and but good proto-stones.
3
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
Beautiful
4
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
3
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Garbage
Garbage
MBV + NIN + ... + 90s other 90s alt rock. I like it.
4
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Horses
Patti Smith
So so strange. In the best way.
3
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Better than their latter years let on.
3
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Strong 4 or weak 5. Ian recommended a year or so ago and Jess couldn’t get into it. Now, everything is different
4
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
2
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
It is a 5, however there are some notes
-we all know there is an inferior cover
-is masters of war THAT good a song
-don’t think twice and hard rain gonna fall are AMAZINg songs
5
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Holy falsetto
3
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Maybe the doors best
3
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
4
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
If we hadn't already given freewheelin' a 5 ....
4
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Enter The Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu-Tang Clan
3
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Too fast...
3
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
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Hotel California
Eagles
Such a lovely place
3
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Talking heads on television.
4
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Stank Face (n) A human facial expression identified by a flaring of the nostrils and raising of the upper lip which is caused by '70s influenced funk bass playing.
4
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Ok, but did I need an Americana Byrds album?
3
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
3
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
YES
4
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Neil young is in a lot of bands
3
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Melodrama
Lorde
More of Jess’ bag but she thinks Lorde is a lil witch beyond her years
3
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Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
Great 90s tunes
4
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
I don't get it.
2
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
A soaring debut!!!!
5
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Raw Power
The Stooges
“It’s up there as far as punk goes, but it’s still just punk. I dunno” -IH
4
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The Cars
The Cars
Noting it is a strong 3… a fun ride… hehe
3
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Needs help
1
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
4
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
After the first song it is a rapid decline into retail monotony
3
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
Maybe the best doors? Almost a 4... almost.
3
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Maggie was abusive to Rod
4
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Too art school and just not very good!!!!!!
2
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
3
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
3
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
3
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
3
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Like more portishead sorta
3
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
4
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
Stop the strings
2
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Not their best, heavy sabbath influence.
3
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
3
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
3
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
2
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
4
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
5
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
3
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
3
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
3
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
We both loved it. As Ian observed it is certainly not “background music” - it is rather intense and demands to be listened to! It is very beautiful
5
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
It’s too long & quite inconsistent throughout - quality can be hugely different per song
3
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
3
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GREY Area
Little Simz
Excellent, progresses while keeping you in your toes.
5
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Also, an extended addition that's worth the extra time.
4
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
2
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Perfectly serviceable psych-fuck. Sly stone would either be proud, or pissed that the brits are rehashing his sound.
3
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
3
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Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
It is a strong 3 though…. It’s fun…..
3
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Harvest
Neil Young
We were on the fence between a 4 and a half. Do think it is his best, but is it Ian’s favourite? No? But sometimes, you must distinguish between *the* best and *your* favourite………..
4
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3
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21
Adele
4 with issues it must be noted
4
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
3
