Sep 08 2021
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Opening song is so iconic and themed perfectly as an intro. Great bass.
Dear Doctorβ¦country? What? Very nice.
4
Sep 09 2021
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Seems influential but not necessarily for me. I hear Avril Lavigne and Ben Folds.
3
Sep 10 2021
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
On elf the greatest of all time
5
Sep 12 2021
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
The true king. This is the R&B teaching Rock and Roll how it should sound.
3
Sep 13 2021
London Calling
The Clash
Not a fan of the clash but Iβm glad I gave this a listen to reconfirm. I can appreciate the passion and the social critique but the vocals and simplistic percussion grind my gears.
2
Sep 14 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
I listened practically on repeat the entire day. Love it.
5
Sep 15 2021
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Smooth. chill. Beautiful in the background or for focus. Itβs steadily grew on me throughout the day.
This is a very interesting pivot for the list so far. I initially intended to ignore it and give a low ranking but listening further got me kinda hooked.
3
Sep 16 2021
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Sounds like something someone else is sentimental for
2
Sep 17 2021
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Good example of shoegaze. Didnβt really do anything for me.
1
Sep 18 2021
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
2
Sep 19 2021
Black Monk Time
The Monks
1
Sep 20 2021
Rapture
Anita Baker
Adult Contemporary. Itβs only for adults. Donβt you dare listen to this kids, itβs for the adults. This is the music thatβs playing on a paint stained boom box in your neighborhoods open garage. Itβs a hot Sunday afternoon in early September. Your neighborβs dad has half their Chevy in pieces in the driveway and heβs covered in oil stains. Heβs smoked a pack of cigs and crushed a 12 pack of Miller highlife before the late games kicked off. This is the album heβs listening to while he curses at the old truck.
I havenβt listened to it yet (or checked that it exists) but I know Anita Baker has a great Christmas Album.
3/5. Good to know Baker.
3
Sep 21 2021
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
This is both angrier and more homophobic than I remember. Itβs a funny album though and an interesting time capsule for what an angry embattled rapper sounded like in 2000.
2
Sep 22 2021
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
A songwriter with a questionable voice. He soundsβ¦old on some of the upper register stuff
Speakinβ Out was more country than I realized Neil Young can be.
Albuquerque is fantastic.
4
Sep 23 2021
Hysteria
Def Leppard
Like the high energy stuff. Love the ballads. There are just some absolute party rock classics. Itβs dumb. Itβs loud. Itβs a lot of fun. Canβt say this is high art by any means but I am not going to skip Def Leppard if it comes on the radio.
3
Sep 24 2021
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Joplin carries this one for me but there is a lot more interesting guitar than I expected. Full of meandering tracks that kinda lose me. Piece of My Heart is an all timer.
3
Sep 25 2021
The Rise & Fall
Madness
1.5 hot wonder
2
Sep 26 2021
Van Halen
Van Halen
Classic. Over the top. Love it.
4
Sep 27 2021
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
4
Sep 28 2021
All Mod Cons
The Jam
3
Sep 29 2021
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Sep 30 2021
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
3
Oct 01 2021
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
3
Oct 02 2021
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Love it. More polished than the first album Oasis released. Really well produced. There are some great hits on this.
4
Oct 03 2021
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Interesting style and instrumentation mix. This tackles, or at least shares a perspective on some complex but very real issues.
3
Oct 04 2021
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Psychedelic and weird. Very happy for the refresher on Rundgren. This will work itβs way into my normal listening.
4
Oct 05 2021
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Oct 06 2021
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
This one isnt intended to be absorbed on airpods in your house. I think you had to be there in the clubs. Loose Fit is fun.
2
Oct 07 2021
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Love a good active Bass part. Iβm not sure the βconceptβ for this album is communicated clearly though. This is an interesting album but not very approachable for an unfamiliar listener.
1
Oct 08 2021
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
3
Oct 09 2021
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
2
Oct 10 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
4
Oct 11 2021
OK Computer
Radiohead
I may be grading the overall album generously because of how much I love Karma Police.
4
Oct 12 2021
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Oct 13 2021
Black Metal
Venom
This is dumb
1
Oct 14 2021
Crazysexycool
TLC
The R&B stuff is great. I like it more than the more pop sounds.
3
Oct 15 2021
L.A. Woman
The Doors
3
Oct 16 2021
Stardust
Willie Nelson
3
Oct 17 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Love Blister in the Sun. The rest sounds the same
2
Oct 18 2021
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
1
Oct 19 2021
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
3
Oct 20 2021
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
2
Oct 21 2021
Protection
Massive Attack
3
Oct 22 2021
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Legendary.
4
Oct 23 2021
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
5
Oct 24 2021
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
1
Oct 25 2021
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
4
Oct 26 2021
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
3
Oct 27 2021
xx
The xx
2
Oct 28 2021
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Oct 29 2021
Signing Off
UB40
4
Oct 30 2021
The Score
Fugees
4
Oct 31 2021
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
3
Nov 01 2021
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
5
Nov 02 2021
Goo
Sonic Youth
2
Nov 03 2021
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
4
Nov 04 2021
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
2
Nov 05 2021
Superunknown
Soundgarden
4
Nov 06 2021
Imagine
John Lennon
this is easier listening than I expected. I knew Imagine and Jealous Guy going in and I'm pleasantly surprised by the rest.
4
Nov 07 2021
Who's Next
The Who
4
Nov 08 2021
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
2
Nov 09 2021
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
3
Nov 10 2021
1977
Ash
4
Nov 11 2021
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
3
Nov 12 2021
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
2
Nov 13 2021
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
2
Nov 14 2021
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
3
Nov 15 2021
Palo Congo
Sabu
3
Nov 16 2021
Low
David Bowie
4
Nov 17 2021
The Blueprint
JAY Z
4
Nov 18 2021
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
3
Nov 19 2021
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
4
Nov 20 2021
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
3
Nov 21 2021
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
3
Nov 22 2021
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
3
Nov 23 2021
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
5
Nov 24 2021
LP1
FKA twigs
2
Nov 25 2021
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
3
Nov 26 2021
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
3
Nov 27 2021
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
3
Nov 28 2021
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
3
Nov 29 2021
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
3
Nov 30 2021
Marquee Moon
Television
3
Jan 17 2022
Never Mind The Bollocks, Hereβs The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
2
Jan 18 2022
In Rainbows
Radiohead
3
Jan 19 2022
Future Days
Can
Jammy and sick. Love it.
4
Jan 20 2022
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
3
Jan 21 2022
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
3
Jan 24 2022
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
3
Jan 25 2022
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
4
Jan 26 2022
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
This was so much better than I expected. I had a perception of Alice Cooper as a hacky, shock act and this felt much more genuine than I anticipated.
4
Jan 27 2022
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
3
Jan 28 2022
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
3
Jan 31 2022
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
Feb 01 2022
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
2
Feb 02 2022
1984
Van Halen
4
Feb 03 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
2
Feb 04 2022
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
I donβt think this one would make my list of 1001 albums to hear before I die.
2
Feb 07 2022
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
3
Feb 08 2022
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Feb 09 2022
90
808 State
Sounds ahead of its time
3
Feb 10 2022
The White Album
Beatles
Some of the greatest songs ever written but this album has too much βstuffβ on it. I think itβs a little overrated and needed to be trimmed down. Still love it.
3
Feb 11 2022
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
3
Feb 14 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass
Kinda hanging itβs hat on the one hit song
2
Feb 15 2022
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
4
Feb 16 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
4
Feb 17 2022
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
4
Feb 18 2022
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
2
Feb 21 2022
Elephant
The White Stripes
2
Feb 22 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
4
Feb 23 2022
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
4
Feb 24 2022
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
5
Feb 25 2022
Horses
Patti Smith
2
Feb 28 2022
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
Mar 01 2022
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
1
Mar 02 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
2
Mar 03 2022
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
4
Mar 04 2022
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
3
Mar 07 2022
The La's
The La's
The 1 hit is great. Didnβt love the rest.
3
Mar 08 2022
Synchronicity
The Police
4
Mar 09 2022
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Love Steely Dan. This album is pedestrian
3
Mar 10 2022
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
4
Mar 11 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
3
Mar 14 2022
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Sounds completely modern despite coming out in the 50s
4
Mar 15 2022
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
2
Mar 16 2022
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
2
Mar 17 2022
Roots
Sepultura
3
Mar 18 2022
Aja
Steely Dan
5
Mar 21 2022
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Mar 22 2022
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Absolutely beautiful album. My perception is that The Youngbloods are less cited than other popular counterculture musicians but they are great standard bearers for the movement. The lyrics are poetic and still relevant to our culture 50+ years later. I love everything about this album. The instrumentation is dated but thatβs fine. Itβs of itβs time. So much fun.
5
Mar 23 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
The bass lines are the most interesting part. Unfortunately, I donβt mean this as a compliment. Some tracks are lyrically rote and lacking vocal dynamic variation. There are a few nice ones nestled in. Iβm scratching my head as to why I need to hear this one before I die though. 1.5 stars.
2
Mar 24 2022
Tical
Method Man
2
Mar 25 2022
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4
Mar 28 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
Mar 29 2022
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
4
Mar 30 2022
Suicide
Suicide
1
Mar 31 2022
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
4
Apr 01 2022
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
Apr 04 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
Very nice. Folk is like comfort food. Itβs always enjoyable and safe but when itβs done well it can be elevated itβs comparable to genres where we expect high quality.
4
Apr 05 2022
Garbage
Garbage
3
Apr 06 2022
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
1
Apr 07 2022
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
Apr 08 2022
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
5
Apr 11 2022
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Apr 12 2022
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
5
Apr 13 2022
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
I was ready to write this off as an album that shouldnβt be included until I heard a lick popularized by the Grateful Dead. If youβre good enough to share source material and interests with the dead, youβre good enough for a patient listen from me. Very nice album. The conceptual songs are tedious but the melodies are pleasant and Iβm always game for some sitar.
3
Apr 14 2022
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
4
Apr 15 2022
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
2
Apr 18 2022
Achtung Baby
U2
4
Apr 19 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
4
Apr 20 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
3
Apr 21 2022
Melodrama
Lorde
3
Apr 22 2022
Hms Fable
Shack
3
Apr 25 2022
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
2
Apr 26 2022
My Generation
The Who
3
Apr 27 2022
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
4
Apr 28 2022
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
2
Apr 29 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
May 02 2022
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
May 03 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
3
May 04 2022
Kimono My House
Sparks
2
May 05 2022
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
May 06 2022
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
4
May 09 2022
Eliminator
ZZ Top
4
May 10 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
3
May 11 2022
The Yes Album
Yes
4
May 12 2022
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
2
May 13 2022
The Wall
Pink Floyd
4
May 16 2022
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
2
May 17 2022
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
May 18 2022
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
May 19 2022
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
3
May 20 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
There is some nirvana feel at places. I like this album the more I hear it. Glad to know pavement.
4
May 23 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
2
May 24 2022
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
2
May 25 2022
The Doors
The Doors
4
May 26 2022
Savane
Ali Farka TourΓ©
3
May 27 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon
4
May 30 2022
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
3
May 31 2022
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
Jun 01 2022
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
2
Jun 02 2022
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
2
Jun 03 2022
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
4
Jun 06 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
3
Jun 07 2022
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
3
Jun 08 2022
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
2
Jun 09 2022
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
2
Jun 10 2022
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2
Jun 13 2022
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
4
Jun 14 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
5
Jun 15 2022
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
3
Jun 16 2022
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
Smooth and nostalgic for me.
3
Jun 17 2022
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
5
Jun 20 2022
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
2
Jun 21 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
4
Jun 22 2022
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
3
Jun 23 2022
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
3
Jun 24 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
3
Jun 27 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
3
Jun 28 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
This album built as it went on. Iβm curious to see on multiple listens if my impressions improve further. Love the sound.
3
Jun 29 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Not distinct. Itβs nice but I donβt understand the inclusion
2
Jun 30 2022
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
A Bizarre and fantastic journey
4
Jul 01 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
Jul 04 2022
Rocks
Aerosmith
3
Jul 05 2022
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Beatles did it better
2
Jul 06 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
Jul 07 2022
Picture Book
Simply Red
2
Jul 08 2022
Sister
Sonic Youth
2
Jul 11 2022
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Jul 12 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
Jul 13 2022
Close To The Edge
Yes
4
Jul 14 2022
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
2
Jul 15 2022
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
4
Jul 18 2022
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
2
Jul 19 2022
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Builds to a very strong close
4
Jul 20 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2
Jul 21 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
Jul 25 2022
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
3
Jul 26 2022
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2
Jul 27 2022
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
3
Jul 28 2022
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
2
Jul 29 2022
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
3
Aug 01 2022
The Cars
The Cars
4
Aug 02 2022
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
Aug 03 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Took me a few tries to get through this one but it surpassed my expectations. There are some poignant lines and βwork itβ was a massive hit.
3
Aug 04 2022
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
3
Aug 05 2022
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
4
Aug 08 2022
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
4
Aug 09 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
4
Aug 10 2022
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
Aug 11 2022
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2
Aug 12 2022
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3
Aug 15 2022
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
Aug 16 2022
Technique
New Order
3
Aug 17 2022
Trio
Dolly Parton
4
Aug 18 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
5
Aug 19 2022
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
2
Aug 22 2022
Berlin
Lou Reed
2
Aug 23 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
4
Aug 24 2022
Headquarters
The Monkees
2
Aug 25 2022
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
4
Aug 26 2022
Pornography
The Cure
Umm whatever guys
2
Aug 29 2022
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
3
Aug 30 2022
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
3
Aug 31 2022
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
3
Sep 01 2022
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
4
Sep 02 2022
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
3
Sep 05 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
3
Sep 06 2022
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
3
Sep 07 2022
With The Beatles
Beatles
4
Sep 08 2022
(Pronounced 'Leh-'NΓ©rd 'Skin-'NΓ©rd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4
Sep 09 2022
1999
Prince
3
Sep 12 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
2
Sep 13 2022
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
4
Sep 14 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Sep 15 2022
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
2
Sep 16 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
3
Sep 19 2022
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
4
Sep 20 2022
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
3
Sep 21 2022
Take Me Apart
Kelela
4
Sep 22 2022
Snivilisation
Orbital
4
Dec 05 2022
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
2
Dec 06 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3
Dec 07 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
Dec 08 2022
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Itβs a bit meandering but dang it starts strong. Love Rundgren
4
Dec 09 2022
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Unique sound
3
Dec 12 2022
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
Dec 13 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
Dec 14 2022
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
4
Dec 15 2022
The Clash
The Clash
1
Dec 16 2022
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
3
Dec 19 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
Dec 20 2022
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
4
Dec 21 2022
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
3
Dec 22 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
4
Dec 23 2022
Timeless
Goldie
4
Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Classic.
4
Dec 27 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper
Genre spanning. This is way more than βSchoolβs Outβ.
4
Dec 28 2022
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
2
Dec 29 2022
Kenya
Machito
4
Dec 30 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
Jan 02 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Jan 03 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
4
Jan 04 2023
Clandestino
Manu Chao
3
Jan 05 2023
Melody A.M.
RΓΆyksopp
4
Jan 06 2023
Eagles
Eagles
4
Jan 09 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
2
Jan 10 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
4
Jan 11 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
3
Jan 12 2023
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
3
Jan 13 2023
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
3
Jan 16 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
4
Jan 17 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
3
Jan 18 2023
Night Life
Ray Price
Solid honkey tonk album
3
Jan 19 2023
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
4
Jan 20 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
4
Jan 23 2023
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
3
Jan 24 2023
Celebrity Skin
Hole
3
Jan 25 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
Jan 26 2023
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
So inventive
4
Jan 27 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
4
Jan 30 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
4
Feb 13 2023
Revolver
Beatles
I tried my hardest to fight my nostalgia and give this a lower score. Itβs just too damn good. I love almost every song and the one I donβt(yellow submarine) is iconic. Harrison sitar influence. Excellent vocals and famous bass licks from Paul. Just fantastic.
5
Feb 14 2023
Phrenology
The Roots
3
Feb 15 2023
Stankonia
OutKast
4
Feb 16 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West
3
Feb 17 2023
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
2
Feb 24 2023
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
Feb 27 2023
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
3
Feb 28 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
2
Mar 01 2023
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
1
Mar 02 2023
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
4
Mar 03 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
Mar 06 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Mar 07 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
4
Mar 08 2023
No Other
Gene Clark
4
Mar 09 2023
Machine Head
Deep Purple
2
Mar 10 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
4
Mar 13 2023
The Slider
T. Rex
4
Mar 14 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
5
Mar 15 2023
ΓgΓ¦tis Byrjun
Sigur RΓ³s
4
Mar 16 2023
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
Apr 14 2023
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
4
Apr 17 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
Maybe Iβm just basic but commercially successful Rush seems better than Rush for Rushβs sake.
4
Apr 18 2023
Murmur
R.E.M.
2
Apr 19 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
3
Apr 20 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Couple of absolute classics but the individual pieces blended in a bit too much for me. Maybe I didnβt pay close enough attention
4
Apr 21 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
4
Apr 24 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
Got some nice vibes
3
Apr 25 2023
Disintegration
The Cure
3
Apr 26 2023
Real Life
Magazine
2
Apr 27 2023
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
2
Apr 28 2023
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
3
May 01 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
2
May 08 2023
Elastica
Elastica
1
May 09 2023
The Specials
The Specials
I love albums like this on the list because I end up learning things I didnβt even know I was missing out on. I like ska but knowing this came out in 1979 totally changed my mental timeline on when ska happened.
Very cool track to start the album and fun moments throughout. The quote from the stones was a cool spot.
4
May 10 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
4
May 11 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
The tempo stuff is fun but I canβt get past the screaming.
1
May 12 2023
Closer
Joy Division
2
Jun 14 2023
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
4
Jun 15 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
5
Jun 16 2023
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
3
Jun 19 2023
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
4
Jun 20 2023
Low-Life
New Order
3
Jun 21 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
2
Jun 22 2023
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
2
Jun 23 2023
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Feels very authentic
3
Jun 26 2023
Guero
Beck
4
Jun 27 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
Jun 28 2023
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
2
Jun 29 2023
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
2
Jun 30 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
Jul 03 2023
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
3
Jul 04 2023
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
This confirmed a minor complaint I have with Bowie. There are always some amazing concepts but the execution isnβt quite what I want. Itβs sparse. I want a horn line or more from the accompanying vocals. To say it differently I just want Bowie doing everything he does but with a more assertive producer.
4
Jul 05 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Jul 06 2023
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
3
Jul 10 2023
S&M
Metallica
3
Jul 11 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
4
Jul 12 2023
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
3
Jul 13 2023
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
3
Jul 14 2023
Urban Hymns
The Verve
4
Jul 17 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
2
Jul 18 2023
The Bends
Radiohead
Black Star is fantastic
4
Jul 19 2023
GI
Germs
Maybe I donβt get punk. This just feels like rough musicianship, rough production quality, and angst.
1
Jul 20 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
3
Jul 21 2023
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
4
Jul 24 2023
Station To Station
David Bowie
3
Jul 25 2023
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Distinct sound
4
Jul 26 2023
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
3
Jul 27 2023
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
4
Aug 07 2023
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
1
Aug 08 2023
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
2
Aug 09 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
3
Aug 10 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
Between this and Behavior, Pet Shop Boys absolutely eat their spot on this list. I wasnβt familiar with them at all but theyβre great.
4
Aug 11 2023
Raw Power
The Stooges
2
Aug 14 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
Aug 18 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
One of the greatest crescendos to the close of an album ever. Absolute classic.
5
Aug 21 2023
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Mmmmmmm funky
4
Aug 22 2023
Illmatic
Nas
3
Aug 23 2023
Kenza
Khaled
4
Aug 24 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
Instantly this made me think of the Stones but based on the dates maybe some of that influence went both directions
3
Aug 25 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
2
Aug 28 2023
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
2
Aug 29 2023
Metallica
Metallica
4
Aug 30 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
3
Aug 31 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
4
Sep 01 2023
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
4
Sep 04 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Seemed a lot cooler and more transgressive when it came out. Really hard to tell whatβs going on lyrically. The hi hat, on βcloserβ in particular, is grating.
2
Sep 05 2023
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
3
Sep 06 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Maybe Iβm just dense but I didnβt realize Michael Jackson did so much disco.
4
Sep 07 2023
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
4
Sep 08 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
3
Sep 11 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
3
Sep 12 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
3
Sep 13 2023
Orbital 2
Orbital
2
Sep 14 2023
Queen II
Queen
4
Sep 15 2023
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
3
Sep 18 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Little wing and Castles Made of Sand
3
Sep 19 2023
Sound Affects
The Jam
2
Sep 20 2023
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
2
Sep 21 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
One of my all time favorite recordings of Birdland
4
Sep 22 2023
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
4
Sep 25 2023
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
2
Sep 26 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
2
Sep 27 2023
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
1
Sep 28 2023
Fragile
Yes
4
Sep 29 2023
Play
Moby
3
Oct 02 2023
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
1
Oct 03 2023
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
2
Oct 04 2023
21
Adele
there are a surprising amount of hits on this album.
3
Oct 05 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
Walk on the Wild Side and perfect day are iconic but the rest of the album is dragging down my rating.
3
Oct 06 2023
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
2
Oct 09 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Love the instrumentation. Love the vibe. This is exactly the type album that keeps me coming back to this listβ¦something unique, of high quality, and most importantly something I would not have otherwise been aware of.
4
Oct 10 2023
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
3
Oct 11 2023
Bummed
Happy Mondays
2
Oct 12 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
1
Oct 13 2023
The Band
The Band
4
Oct 16 2023
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
2
Oct 17 2023
Out of Step
Minor Threat
1
Oct 18 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
4
Oct 19 2023
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
2
Oct 20 2023
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
1
Oct 25 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
4
Oct 26 2023
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
3
Oct 27 2023
White Light
Gene Clark
3
Oct 30 2023
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
3
Oct 31 2023
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
3
Nov 27 2023
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3
Nov 28 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
2
Nov 29 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
4
Nov 30 2023
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
2
Dec 01 2023
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
3
Jan 11 2024
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
The concept is incredible. Very impressed by the accomplishment.
3
Jan 12 2024
The Real Thing
Faith No More
3
Jan 15 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
3
Jan 16 2024
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
3
Jan 22 2024
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
2
Jan 23 2024
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
4
Jan 24 2024
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
3
Jan 25 2024
Solid Air
John Martyn
3
Jan 26 2024
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
4
Jan 29 2024
Survivor
Destiny's Child
4
Feb 19 2024
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Well lemme tell ya what, if you donβt love punk, youβre really not going to live post-punk!
The only thing catching my interest are the covers.
1
Feb 20 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
4
Feb 21 2024
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
3
Feb 22 2024
Kala
M.I.A.
Outside paper planes this is an annoying album. The background vocals/sirens/dog barks donβt add for me. The percussion parts are redeeming at times.
1
Feb 23 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
3
Feb 26 2024
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
So smooth
4
Feb 27 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
Hard to separate nostalgia from a fresh listen. Fantastic album that hits great emotional notes.
5
Feb 28 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest
2
Feb 29 2024
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Started out a bit predisposed to rank this poorly but it grew on me to a degree
2
Mar 01 2024
Arular
M.I.A.
2
Mar 04 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
3
Mar 05 2024
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
2
Mar 06 2024
The Undertones
The Undertones
1
Mar 07 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones
1
Mar 08 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Love the sound. Would prefer a less pretentious set of lyrics
4
Mar 11 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Mar 12 2024
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
2
Mar 13 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
3
Mar 14 2024
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
3
Mar 15 2024
Dare!
The Human League
2
Mar 18 2024
Traffic
Traffic
4
Mar 19 2024
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
3
Mar 20 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Feels more significant to me than it is enjoyable.
2
Mar 21 2024
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
3
Mar 22 2024
Virgin Suicides
Air
Pleasant ambient music. Seems like it was perfect for its intended purpose. Not sure itβs something I βneed to hear before I dieβ
2
Mar 25 2024
Whatever
Aimee Mann
3
Mar 26 2024
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
I donβt need any more sing-talking pseudo psychology in my life. I already havre Tom Waits.
Also, a 10 minute track proclaiming god dead in 2009? Itβs been done man. In the 60s. Everyone got the point then. Maybe if it made a point I would cut it some slack but instead it repeats itself 75 times without elaborating on the concept. Itβs shallow and hollow like the rest of the album.
1
Mar 27 2024
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
3
Mar 28 2024
Sincere
Mj Cole
2
Mar 29 2024
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
2
Apr 01 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
2
Apr 02 2024
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
4
Apr 03 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
3
Apr 04 2024
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Fun. especially the Neil Young cover. I trailed off a bit in the back half but it was mostly nice.
3
Apr 05 2024
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
Started and stopped this album several times. It turned out ok though as the repeat listens kinda got me into Soul and Fire had become familiar
2
Apr 08 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
2
Apr 12 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
My favorite of all the Beatles solo work. Absolute classic.
5
Apr 15 2024
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3
Apr 16 2024
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
2
Apr 17 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Two classics but I didnβt love the rest
3
Apr 18 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Lovely
3
Apr 19 2024
War
U2
4
Apr 22 2024
One World
John Martyn
2
Apr 23 2024
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
2
Apr 24 2024
Ys
Joanna Newsom
2
Apr 25 2024
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
2
Apr 26 2024
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Interesting. Glad it exists but itβs not for me
2
Apr 29 2024
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
I like the tone of the lyrics better than most punk albums. The music is also way more interesting but I still canβt get over the singing style.
2
Apr 30 2024
Chris
Christine and the Queens
3
May 01 2024
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
3
May 02 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
This was fun
2
May 03 2024
Copper Blue
Sugar
This is simultaneously new to me and 100% what I grew up on. Off to investigate Sugar now. Great find.
4
May 06 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Naw, Iβm good
2
May 07 2024
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
3
May 08 2024
Shadowland
k.d. lang
3
May 09 2024
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
May 10 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
3
May 13 2024
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
2
May 14 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
3
May 15 2024
Justified
Justin Timberlake
4
May 16 2024
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
So many albums are preachy or have some sort of message they want to get across. The message of this album is: we make good music.
Itβs just enjoyable quality stuff. Itβs eclectic but almost all of it(not the rap. Please no 80s rap) works for me. Great inclusion on the list.
4
May 17 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
3
May 20 2024
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Best album of all time? Maybe. People are saying it. Who? People.
This album is conceptual without hammering you over the head with CONCEPT. Lynn is a story teller and takes you on a journey without this thing being a novel. Itβs pop, but itβs orchestrated and complex. Love this album. 5/5.
5
May 21 2024
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
4
May 22 2024
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Feels very situated in its 2007 time and space. Reminds me of the excellent music in the Garden State soundtrack like the Shins, Coldplay, etc but also some black keys and white stripes feel. Very nice album
3
May 23 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Iβm glad a jazz singer is on the list. Not my cup of tea
2
May 24 2024
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
3
May 27 2024
#1 Record
Big Star
Feels like a great classic rock album, but totally new to me. Great Led Zeppelin vibes.
3
May 28 2024
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Sounds like the futureβ¦from the 80s
3
Jun 03 2024
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
3
Jun 04 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
4
Jun 05 2024
En-Tact
The Shamen
2
Jun 06 2024
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
4
Jun 07 2024
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
4
Jun 10 2024
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
3
Jun 11 2024
Music
Madonna
3
Jun 12 2024
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
2
Jun 13 2024
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
2
Jun 14 2024
Microshift
Hookworms
3
Jun 17 2024
Drunk
Thundercat
This is exactly why Iβm 560+ albums in on this list. I have been missing out on Thundercat and Iβm glad I wonβt be anymore.
This album starts off hilarious and weird and then really slips into a groove. I love the sorta there background singing. Friend Zone is beautiful but still irrelevant and hilarious.
One album into my Thundercat experience and Iβm sold.
4
Jun 18 2024
Pink Flag
Wire
2
Jun 19 2024
Third
Portishead
2
Jun 20 2024
Dry
PJ Harvey
2
Jun 21 2024
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Some annoying choices were made in the production of this album. I hope they had fun.
1
Jun 24 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
3
Jun 25 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
A unique sound that had a massive impact on the next decades of music(a lot of which fails to improve on the strokes first album). The release complications with 9/11 are another interesting anecdote that pins this album to a place and time. Itβs nostalgic for me personally but trying to be objective, I think itβs an impactful album worth its inclusion in the list. 4/5
4
Jun 26 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
4
Jun 27 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Very nice introduction to an artist Iβve been aware of for a long time but never focused on individually. This album feels descended from Nick Drake and an uncle or cousin to Ben folds. Iβm on board.
4
Jun 28 2024
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
3
Jul 01 2024
Eternally Yours
The Saints
2
Jul 02 2024
Street Life
The Crusaders
4
Jul 03 2024
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
1
Jul 04 2024
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
3
Jul 05 2024
Risque
CHIC
2
Jul 08 2024
D
White Denim
So crisp. Everything is together throughout. Theyβre so tight.
4
Jul 15 2024
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
HΓΌsker DΓΌ
3
Jul 16 2024
Nowhere
Ride
2
Jul 17 2024
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
4
Jul 18 2024
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
2
Jul 19 2024
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
4
Aug 07 2024
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
Aug 08 2024
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
1
Aug 09 2024
The Who Sell Out
The Who
3
Aug 12 2024
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
4
Aug 13 2024
Blur
Blur
3
Aug 14 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
4
Aug 15 2024
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
~550 albums in on this project and this is exactly the type of album that keeps me coming back.
Sounds like so much because itβs descended from so much and so much has come from it!
Just a beautiful sound. I hate to admit I had no clue about Lucinda Williams but here I am, one listen in and I feel like I know her. Just looked up her tour this summer to see if we can make a tripβ¦
5
Aug 16 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
Aug 26 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
Aug 27 2024
The Predator
Ice Cube
This aged slightly better than his debut solo albumβ¦which isnβt saying much. It Was a Good Day is great but even that song has disappointing portions.
2
Aug 29 2024
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3
Sep 11 2024
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
2
Sep 12 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
So much fun.
4
Sep 13 2024
Another Green World
Brian Eno
3
Sep 16 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
Sep 17 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
Jeremy is an all timer
4
Sep 18 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
2
Sep 19 2024
Dirty
Sonic Youth
2
Sep 20 2024
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
3
Sep 23 2024
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Sep 24 2024
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
2
Sep 25 2024
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
3
Sep 26 2024
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
3
Sep 30 2024
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
4
Oct 01 2024
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
2
Oct 02 2024
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
4
Oct 03 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
2
Oct 04 2024
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
2
Oct 07 2024
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
That risk song was a surprise. Not in a great way, but good for you Ice T. Crossing genres.
3
Oct 08 2024
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
3
Oct 09 2024
Movies
Holger Czukay
3
Oct 10 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
Oct 14 2024
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
2
Oct 15 2024
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
Beautiful Day is solid. The rest was the generalized U2, that I knew before listening. Good. Nothing caught my attention
3
Oct 16 2024
Wild Gift
X
2
Oct 17 2024
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
Definitely of its time. Kinda fun. Kinda gross.
3
Oct 18 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
4
Nov 04 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
There wasnβt much like it in 2004. They filled a gap and it landed. I like the earlier albums better but this one is excellent
4
Nov 05 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
3
Nov 06 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
Nice vibe. Donβt love the voice
2
Nov 07 2024
Tommy
The Who
3
Nov 08 2024
GREY Area
Little Simz
I liked the backing rif in 101 FM.
The flow is pretty nice on Sherbet Sunset and in general if you donβt pay too close attention to the lyrics itβs pleasant.
2
Nov 11 2024
Different Class
Pulp
3
Nov 12 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
Nov 26 2024
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
2
Nov 27 2024
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
3
Nov 28 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
2
Dec 16 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
Dec 17 2024
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Perhaps this is beautiful poetry but I donβt find it to be beautiful music. Maybe that says more about me than it does about Waits but Iβm here for the music and if the poetry is there as well, all the better. Not so much the other way around.
1
Dec 18 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
I love the song selection but Iβm not big on Cashβs delivery and even less in 2002. I think itβs a very well conceived album but I donβt think it will join the regular rotation
2
Dec 19 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
2
Dec 20 2024
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
3
Dec 23 2024
Sheet Music
10cc
2
Dec 24 2024
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
4
Dec 25 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I liked the second disc(album) a lot more than the first.
3
Dec 26 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
4
Dec 31 2024
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
4
Jan 01 2025
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
2
Jan 02 2025
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
I donβt mind sparse but this is basically spoken word poetry. Iβm sure Cohen is a great writer(because that what people think?) but itβs not for me
1
Jan 03 2025
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Love Steely Dan
3
Jan 06 2025
I Against I
Bad Brains
1
Jan 07 2025
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
I guess I just love the hits
3
Jan 08 2025
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
2
Jan 09 2025
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
2
Jan 13 2025
Faith
George Michael
There must have been so many people out there trying to be George Michael
3
Jan 14 2025
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
There are a a few on here that feel brilliant. Mostly though I canβt get into the writing or singing and the simple percussion parts are grating. I love the sax
3
Jan 15 2025
Street Signs
Ozomatli
Very interesting stuff. I think itβs awesome that they produced it themselves.
4
Jan 16 2025
Follow The Leader
Korn
Some hard hitting stuff. This was my shit when I was 15. Kinda tough to get through now.
2
Jan 17 2025
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
4
Jan 20 2025
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
2
Jan 21 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
3
Jan 22 2025
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
I think Evanescence loved this band
3
Jan 23 2025
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
3
Jan 24 2025
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Not Fade Away is one of my favorites. The influence of Buddy Holly is huge. Not an album I want to flip on regularly but itβs clearly important to Rock and Roll
3
Jan 27 2025
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
2
Jan 28 2025
Abraxas
Santana
4
Jan 29 2025
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
4
Jan 30 2025
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Not my favorite but I was completely unaware of The Afghan Whigs and thatβs a problem thatβs now resolved. Tight band. I like the active percussion parts. Singer is not my favorite throughout but there are great moments
3
Jan 31 2025
Me Against The World
2Pac
4
Feb 03 2025
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Iβm a sucker for a tight brass section. That makes this album for me. Otherwise itβs kinda lacking the hooks I want from Dexys
3
Feb 04 2025
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
2
Feb 05 2025
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
1
Feb 06 2025
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
2
Feb 07 2025
I See You
The xx
3
Feb 10 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
Feb 11 2025
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
1
Feb 12 2025
Slayed?
Slade
2
Feb 13 2025
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Wild and frenetic. Glad itβs on the list and Iβm glad to be aware of it but it wonβt be joint my βeasy listeningβ collection
3
Feb 14 2025
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
2
Feb 17 2025
Live Through This
Hole
I remember Doll Parts fondly but the rest of the album hadnβt aged well for me.
2
Feb 18 2025
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
1
Feb 19 2025
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
No thanks. Nonsense.
From the wikiβ¦β Later reissues of the album omit the inset and card calendar due to its resemblance to child pornography.β
Yeah Iβm not interested in this.
1
Feb 20 2025
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
It was a cool evening in the spring of 1971. Unseasonably cool. The breeze was blowing off the bay and moving the boats docked off the Bahia Marina. The town never looked better under the incandescent glow of modernity.
I walked into the bar with its familiar chipping paint and open doors and windows. Rafael was waiting for me but I brushed him off with the usual excuses for my lack of cashflow. Iβd almost calmed him down enough to order a drink when I saw her. And Iβll never forget the music that was playing that night. 4/5. Lets samba.
4
Feb 21 2025
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
2
Feb 24 2025
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
2
Feb 26 2025
Make Yourself
Incubus
Hell yeah. This is the evolutionary peak of metal. Itβs hard enough to say βI mean itβ but itβs nuanced and musical in a way so many metal acts ignore. Itβs pleasant instead of pure anger/evil/dark and I think that brings the emotion across even more powerfully. I cannot describe how important that is to a listener who wants music to be, well, enjoyable to listen to.
I love the writing. They paint a scenes of challenges and situations that resonate across anyone thatβs ever been in a relationship, lost focus, needed motivation, been neglectful, been young, been angry, been hurt, lacked direction, grown up, loved, lostβ¦ so yes, everyone.
5/5. One of my absolute favorites. This is the first Incubus entry Iβve had on the list but I hope itβs not the last. This is a great one; a band hitting its stride on their third album before an absolute incredible stretch 2001-2011. This one kicked Incubus to another level.
Iβm writing this in 2025 but if you get a chance to see them, do it. They crush.
5
Feb 28 2025
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
3
Mar 04 2025
Slipknot
Slipknot
Pleasantly surprised. Itβs got some interesting percussion. I expected fast and intense but it was differentiated.
Cant get over the screaming thoughβ¦
2
Mar 11 2025
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
Depression embodied in music. Itβs poignant.
3
Mar 12 2025
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
3
Mar 13 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
Mar 14 2025
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
2
Mar 17 2025
More Specials
The Specials
Bold, original, and fun. This is a fantastic album. Itβs a journey.
4
Mar 18 2025
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3
Mar 19 2025
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3
Mar 20 2025
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
Mar 21 2025
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
4
Apr 02 2025
2112
Rush
3
Apr 08 2025
1989
Taylor Swift
3
Apr 09 2025
Atomizer
Big Black
2
Apr 11 2025
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
Apr 15 2025
The Last Broadcast
Doves
4
Apr 17 2025
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3
Apr 30 2025
Quiet Life
Japan
2
May 05 2025
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
4
May 06 2025
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Jun 03 2025
Connected
Stereo MC's
3
Jun 04 2025
High Violet
The National
2
Jun 10 2025
Basket of Light
Pentangle
2
Jun 11 2025
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2
Jun 12 2025
Hotel California
Eagles
4
Jun 13 2025
Smile
Brian Wilson
2
Jun 16 2025
Be
Common
3
Jun 18 2025
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
3
Jun 19 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
Jun 20 2025
Permission to Land
The Darkness
80s sounds in the 00s. Love it. I Believe in a Thing Called Love is one of the highest highs of any album on this list so far. That said the rest of the album is a tough comparison to that peak. Itβs all good but that one is SO good.
4
Jun 30 2025
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Love this feel. Such a distinct atmosphere it creates
3
Jul 04 2025
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
Jul 07 2025
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
3