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Tue Jun 01 2021
American Pie
Don McLean
The song American Pie starts off, hard to forgive how old hat this song is, but it is a well-crafted story song. After that overplayed song, we start more typical sunny folky 70s sounds. Vincent is the other big single, and it paints a much more intimate picture than American Pie.
2
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Wed Jun 02 2021
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis' first proper album, and talk about energy. Even the ballads have a raw but poppy feeling that mixes the past and the present (at the time). Knowing the history for this album helps as well. He covers black artists, unheard of at the time for a white artist.
5
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Thu Jun 03 2021
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Right at the start, you can see Loretta Lynn being more feminist than country fans were ready for when this was released. The title song is a classic, and it's followed by some good rainy day country songs.
4
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Fri Jun 04 2021
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Classic rock 'n roll. As good as Elvis's first album was, this is so much purer of an expression of the early days of the genre. The black roots of rock are on full display, yet it's fully in this new type of music. This is fun rock stuff.
5
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Mon Jun 07 2021
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Great soul music from the queen of it. Some songs you've heard plenty but don't get tired of. But the album cuts are great also.
5
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Tue Jun 08 2021
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
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Wed Jun 09 2021
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
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Thu Jun 10 2021
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
I've always liked the one hit (Tainted Love), let's see how the rest of the album plays.
The whole album feels like a seedy 80s club full of neon lights. It's definitely a mood. Overall, not a great album, but not bad.
3
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Fri Jun 11 2021
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Post-hardcore punk that I haven't really listened to before. Definitely in the vein of Fugazi.
It's ahead of it's time in sound, the next logical step after Fugazi. This is the stepping stone to some more popular bands in the late 90s/early 2000s like At the Drive-In. The distorted sounds and longer songs won't be everyone, but this is a great marriage of punk and noise rock.
5
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Mon Jun 14 2021
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Classic groovy rock. It's not my favorite Hendrix album, and there seems like a little bit of guitar filler here. But it's great hearing the song used in the 90s for the nWo and there are other classic bangers here.
4
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Tue Jun 15 2021
Kala
M.I.A.
Love this album for introducing me to more world hip-hop sounds. As a huge Clash fan, I always loved Paper Planes for sampling them. But the whole album is a banger.
5
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Wed Jun 16 2021
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Trash from a trash person.
1
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Thu Jun 17 2021
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
3
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Fri Jun 18 2021
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Not my favorite Bruce album, but still heads and tails above most.
5
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Mon Jun 21 2021
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
This is a classic but there is a bit of filler here also.
4
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Tue Jun 22 2021
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5
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Wed Jun 23 2021
Disintegration
The Cure
5
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Thu Jun 24 2021
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
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Mon Jun 28 2021
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
5