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Sun Sep 12 2021
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5
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Mon Sep 13 2021
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
4
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Tue Sep 14 2021
Low
David Bowie
5
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Wed Sep 15 2021
Parklife
Blur
I had just relistened to this for the umpteenth time a couple of days ago, it's one of my favorite albums, the best album of the 90s if you ask me. I was originally hooked by Boys and Girls but every time I listen to it a different song jumps out as a new favorite, the title track, "End of a Centurty," "This Is a Low," even "Jubilee." Currently it's "To the End."
5
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Thu Sep 16 2021
Harvest
Neil Young
4
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Fri Sep 17 2021
Close To The Edge
Yes
4
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Sat Sep 18 2021
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4
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Sun Sep 19 2021
Bummed
Happy Mondays
A little Shaun Ryder goes a long way for me. There's some good stuff here, Wrote For Luck and Lazy Itis are great but I think I like Pills 'n' Thrills better.
3
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Mon Sep 20 2021
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
One of the things I'm discovering I love about this album generator thingy, is that it's helping to fill in some holes in my music listening history. I've listened to some fIREHOSE, mainly If'n (the album) which I love but other than that covers EP and a other songs here and there, I don't know much else so I'm glad this one popped up.
4
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Tue Sep 21 2021
White Ladder
David Gray
I've definitely never listened to this whole album. I know Babylon and remember when it was a big hit and maybe I've heard another song or two from this album in passing at some point. It's not bad, I probably wouldn't go too far out of my way to put it on again or explore more of Gray's music but it wouldn't make me change the station on the radio or anything if it came on. It's fine.
3
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Wed Sep 22 2021
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
pure fun!
4
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Thu Sep 23 2021
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
A decade ahead of it's time
4
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Fri Sep 24 2021
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
4
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Sat Sep 25 2021
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Pretty much every time I listen to any one of Al Green's classic albums I think it's the best one but this one might actually be his all time best.
5
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Sun Sep 26 2021
Street Life
The Crusaders
4
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Mon Sep 27 2021
No Other
Gene Clark
It's weird to me that this album was considered such a failure. It doesn't sound that far removed from the kind of country inflected rock Neil Young or Stephen Stills we're doing around the same time. This didn't blow my mind or anything but it's good. It seems like its commercial and critical failure really did a number on Clark and that's sad.
3
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Tue Sep 28 2021
Brothers
The Black Keys
I don't mind The Black Keys, their music is well produced but I can only take so many mid-tempo bluesy garage rockers.
3
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Wed Sep 29 2021
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
First VU I ever bought after they were covered and name dropped by R.E.M. on Dead Letter Office (which was actually the first R.E.M. album I ever purchased). 16 year old me didn't completely get it but it sure grew on me. An all time classic by a band whose entire studio catalog is comprised of nothing but classics (I can pretend Squeeze doesn't exist, try and stop me)
5
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Thu Sep 30 2021
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
This album might be an acquired taste that I have yet to acquire. I've liked other stuff I've heard by Tim Buckley so I'm curious to dig a little deeper and honestly I can recognize the musical and songwriting skill here it just isn't my thing.
3
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Fri Oct 01 2021
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I wanted to like this, I really did.
2
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Sat Oct 02 2021
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Bolan takes the pop and rock and roll that came before him and makes something that somehow stills sounds and feels futuristic. It’s fun, sexy, sleazy, dirty, funky and gorgeous. An actual peer of Bowie and an antecedent to Prince.
5
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Sun Oct 03 2021
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
5
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Mon Oct 04 2021
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
5
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Tue Oct 05 2021
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
The Dan would reach greater heights on successive albums but this is a great debut. Only A Fool Would Say That, Dirty Work and Do It Again (with its electric sitar solo!) are among the highlights and Reelin' In The Years is an all-timer with one of the greatest guitar solos ever.
4
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Wed Oct 06 2021
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
I was never super into thrash metal, I think I need more pop hooks so this isn't really my thing. That being said, I think this does what it sets out to very well so I'm giving it three stars instead of two.
3
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Thu Oct 07 2021
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
3
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Fri Oct 08 2021
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
4
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Sat Oct 09 2021
Face to Face
The Kinks
4
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Sun Oct 10 2021
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
Had this one on cassette back when it was new. Freak Scene is one of the best songs of the 80s. The rest of this is good too. I've always had a soft spot for Don't.
4
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Mon Oct 11 2021
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
I like to listen to all different kinds of music but if someone made it so I could only listen to Mambo from now on I wouldn't be upset.
5
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Tue Oct 12 2021
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
4
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Wed Oct 13 2021
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
4
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Thu Oct 14 2021
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
5
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Fri Oct 15 2021
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
4
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Sat Oct 16 2021
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
5
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Sun Oct 17 2021
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
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Mon Oct 18 2021
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
This will always be one of my favorite albums ever. It's certainly their high point as a band. Song For My Sugar Spun Sister, Fool's Gold and especially I Am The Resurrection are the highlights.
5
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Tue Oct 19 2021
Urban Hymns
The Verve
3
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Wed Oct 20 2021
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
So I know I've listened to this before but not recently, maybe the other times I wasn't paying real close attention because I never noticed that the "title track" was just four seconds of silence. I was prepared to go on here and warn other Spotify listeners in the U.S. about the track being missing. I'm glad I did a little research because that would have been embarrassing. Anyway, great druggy funk album, one of the best I've heard, five stars.
5
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Thu Oct 21 2021
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
My memory of this album is that it was good but a little front loaded and to be fair, the first half is incredible, the first five songs might be as good as any five song sequence to start any 80s album. But you know what? The rest of this album is amazing! Fast Car (an all time classic single) and many of the other songs, Behind the Wall and Across the Lines especially, are as prescient as they were in 1988.
5
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Vivid
Living Colour
Second great album in a row from 1988 (got Tracy Chapman's ST yesterday) and man Vernon Reid is a monster! I still dig a lot of this, obviously Cult of Personality is great song with a classic riff. I had forgotten about Chuck D and Flava Flav popping up in Funny Vibe. Open Letter To A Landlord and (Talking Heads cover) Memories Can't Wait are also highlights.
4
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Sat Oct 23 2021
The White Album
Beatles
The prototypical messy, overindulgent, late career double album. I almost always appreciate them but sometimes it's more about the ambition and cohones then it is the final result but I mean, it's the Beatles, it's perfect. I'm pretty sure this was the first Beatles album I ever owned and I've listened to it hundreds of times probably. It holds up of course, it's fun, it's weird and there's nothing else I can say that hasn't already been said by smarter people and better writers.
5
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Sun Oct 24 2021
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Bruuuuce!
5
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Mon Oct 25 2021
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
5
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Tue Oct 26 2021
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
I get what they are doing. Never dug super deep into QOTSA but I'm familiar enough and I think I like them in smaller doses, in fact if this album had been, I don't know, fifteen minutes shorter I think I would've liked it a lttle more, it just gets a little too samey after a while.
3
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Wed Oct 27 2021
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
The second album of Neil Young's "comeback" period is a garage rock classic, how could it not be when he's playing with Crazy Horse? I hadn't listened to this in a few years and my takeaway this time is that it's fun!
4
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Thu Oct 28 2021
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4
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Fri Oct 29 2021
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
5
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Sat Oct 30 2021
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
5
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Sun Oct 31 2021
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
5
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Mon Nov 01 2021
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
3
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Tue Nov 02 2021
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
This is another one of my all time favorite albums so I'm pretty sure I won't be able to review it objectively. Or maybe it's just one of the greatest albums ever. Noisy, jangly, perfect power pop from Scotland. Fun fact: Spin magazine picked this as album of the year in 1991 over Nirvana's Nevermind. Usually when this fact gets brought up it's to show how short-sighted Spin magazine was but maybe they were just brilliant. Don't get me wrong, I love Nevermind too but I listen to Bandwagonesque way more often.
5
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Wed Nov 03 2021
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
"This ain't Areosmith" It's probably not this simple but it felt at the time like this album changed hip hop overnight. Groundbreaking sonically and commercially.
5
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Thu Nov 04 2021
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
One of those groups I've heard mentioned but I don't think actually listened to before now. Definitely motivated to check out more. Can I assume Black Francis was a fan?
5
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Fri Nov 05 2021
Live!
Fela Kuti
One of the greatest live albums ever
5
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Sat Nov 06 2021
Dirt
Alice In Chains
4
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Sun Nov 07 2021
Garbage
Garbage
3
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Mon Nov 08 2021
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
5
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Tue Nov 09 2021
The Cars
The Cars
All but three songs on this album have been FM radio staples as long as I've been paying attention and this is a debut, it's difficult to imagine an album have that kind of pop cultural impact today, I think it would be impossible.
5
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Wed Nov 10 2021
Mothership Connection
Parliament
5
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Thu Nov 11 2021
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
4
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Fri Nov 12 2021
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Ugh. Shut up, Brian. I'd rather listen to Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Alice Cooper and Pink Floyd.
1
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Sat Nov 13 2021
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
5
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Sun Nov 14 2021
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
4
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Mon Nov 15 2021
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
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Tue Nov 16 2021
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
4
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Wed Nov 17 2021
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
4
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Thu Nov 18 2021
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
4
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Fri Nov 19 2021
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
4
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Sat Nov 20 2021
Kenya
Machito
5
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Sun Nov 21 2021
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
4
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Mon Nov 22 2021
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
3
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Tue Nov 23 2021
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
5
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Wed Nov 24 2021
Opus Dei
Laibach
Was not expecting the Queen cover
4
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Thu Nov 25 2021
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
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Fri Nov 26 2021
Station To Station
David Bowie
5
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Sat Nov 27 2021
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4
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Sun Nov 28 2021
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4
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Mon Nov 29 2021
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
3
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Tue Nov 30 2021
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
5
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Wed Dec 01 2021
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
4
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Thu Dec 02 2021
Kala
M.I.A.
3
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Fri Dec 03 2021
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
4
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Sat Dec 04 2021
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
5
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Sun Dec 05 2021
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
3
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Mon Dec 06 2021
Future Days
Can
4
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Tue Dec 07 2021
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
4
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Wed Dec 08 2021
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
4
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Thu Dec 09 2021
Pretenders
Pretenders
5
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Fri Dec 10 2021
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
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Sat Dec 11 2021
Odelay
Beck
4
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Sun Dec 12 2021
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
4
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Mon Dec 13 2021
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
5
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Tue Dec 14 2021
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
4
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Wed Dec 15 2021
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
5
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Thu Dec 16 2021
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
4
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Fri Dec 17 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
5
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Sat Dec 18 2021
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
5
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Sun Dec 19 2021
Doolittle
Pixies
5
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Mon Dec 20 2021
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
4
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Tue Dec 21 2021
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
4
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Wed Dec 22 2021
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
4
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Thu Dec 23 2021
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
4
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Fri Dec 24 2021
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
5
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Sat Dec 25 2021
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
5
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Sun Dec 26 2021
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5
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Mon Dec 27 2021
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
3
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Tue Dec 28 2021
Blackstar
David Bowie
4
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Wed Dec 29 2021
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
4
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Thu Dec 30 2021
The Grand Tour
George Jones
The Platonic ideal of a 70s country album
5
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Fri Dec 31 2021
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
4
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Sat Jan 01 2022
Metallica
Metallica
4
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Sun Jan 02 2022
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
3
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Mon Jan 03 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
3
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
5
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Wed Jan 05 2022
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
4
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
4
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Fri Jan 07 2022
Tapestry
Carole King
5
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Sat Jan 08 2022
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Just so great. I think in most cases a live recording in which the listener can hear the screaming fans during the actual songs might get old really fast, but I would argue that in the case of "At Budokan," the fans are what make this such a fun, energy-filled live album. They make "I Want You to Want Me" better, that's for sure. This version of "Surrender" is so much better than the studio version that they might as well be different songs. This is the high water mark for Cheap Trick.
5
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Sun Jan 09 2022
Heroes
David Bowie
5
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Mon Jan 10 2022
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
5
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Tue Jan 11 2022
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
5
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Wed Jan 12 2022
L.A. Woman
The Doors
2
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
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Fri Jan 14 2022
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4
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Sat Jan 15 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
2
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Sun Jan 16 2022
Suede
Suede
One of the best debut albums of the 90s.
5
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Mon Jan 17 2022
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
5
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Tue Jan 18 2022
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
4
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Wed Jan 19 2022
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
5
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Thu Jan 20 2022
Disintegration
The Cure
I agree with Kyle Brofloski
5
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Fri Jan 21 2022
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
At some point in the 90s they (MTV, the music industry) stopped calling techno "techno" and started calling it "electronica." I don't know if anybody calls it that anymore but when I hear that word this is the album that pops into my head. I don't think is because this is some kind of pinnacle of the genre but I do remember it being a pretty big deal and it's a pretty fun example of late 90s techno music.
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Sat Jan 22 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
The best of the pre weed smokin' Beatles albums.
5
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Sun Jan 23 2022
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
4
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Mon Jan 24 2022
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
4
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Tue Jan 25 2022
The Blueprint
JAY Z
5
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Wed Jan 26 2022
Hms Fable
Shack
Solid late 90s Britpop/rock, good but not super memorable or anything. I have to confess though that I inadvertently listened to the whole album on shuffle, didn't realize till the second to last song. In hindsight I remember hearing at least one song that kind of faded out in a weird way, probably was supposed to fade into whatever the actual next song was. I just thought it was a weird production choice.
3
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Thu Jan 27 2022
xx
The xx
4
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
4
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Sat Jan 29 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
4
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Sun Jan 30 2022
S&M
Metallica
4
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Mon Jan 31 2022
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
5
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
5
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Wed Feb 02 2022
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
3
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
3
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Fri Feb 04 2022
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
4
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Sat Feb 05 2022
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
5
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Sun Feb 06 2022
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
4
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
4
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Tue Feb 08 2022
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
5
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Don't love a lot of the lyrics, not the lyrical themes, the actual words. Got a real Father John Misty vibe here which is not a positive as far as I'm concerned. I think musically though this was pretty great.
3
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I liked this better than I thought I would
3
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Fri Feb 11 2022
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
5
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Sat Feb 12 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Like a cross between Woody Guthrie and Suicide.
5
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Sun Feb 13 2022
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
I saw Jonathan Richman play live a few years ago and I can't really explain it but I just felt so happy during and after the show, I really did have the proverbial warm, fuzzy feeling. I guess what I'm saying is I love this album.
5
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Mon Feb 14 2022
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
3
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
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Wed Feb 16 2022
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Blue
Joni Mitchell
5
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
In the early 90s I was a DJ at this local, publicly-funded, alternative radio station. Certain songs were in rotation and we had to play those at certain times so that they got played a specific number of times per day. If there was time left before the next required song we could pick out a song of our choice that wasn't in rotation as long as it fit in with the format. Because of this I hated having to play long songs, I wanted the world (or at least the part of Western New York State that was in our small listening area) to hear what amazing taste I had. "Water From a Vine Leaf" the seven minute leadoff track from this album was my bete noire. Now when I listen to it and the rest of "Strange Cargo III," especially on some good headphones I really appreciate it.
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Sat Feb 19 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
I'm not sure what it was that got me interested in this album enough for me to purchase the cassette but I did. It just was not the type of music I remember being into at the time, I was an avid reader of Circus and Hit Parader, magazines that largely focused on hard rock and heavy metal. Ratt, Dokken, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were more my speed. We didn't have MTV but there was Friday Night Videos on network tv so that mustbe were I came across these guys. There's some great stuff here of course, the three singles, "Shout," "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" and especially "Head Over Heels" are mid 80s all-timers. I probably liked "Shout" cause it seemed kind of pissed off and badass and then the rest kind of sorted it out I suppose. Looking back on the year this came out and the other music that came out around the same time, I was definitely into Rush's "Power Windows," (sort of a hard rock band really leaning into synths) "Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits and Weird Al's "Born To Be Stupid" so I guess it was a transitional time for me. I was growing up and it probably had something to do with girls.
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Sun Feb 20 2022
Slipknot
Slipknot
This is not for me, a 50-year-old man, and it wasn't for me in 1999 either (you can do the math) but maybe if I was a disaffected, bummed-out teenager who needed an outlet that sometimes only agressive music can satisfy, well then I think I might be into this. This is definitely better than Korn or Limp Bizkit or whatever other nu metal I may be lumping it in with either fairly or unfairly but I mean if I was at a party or bar or on a roadtrip and someone put this music on I'd probably leave or consider jumping out of the car. Maybe I'd just see if there was anything by the Deftones to put on. With all that being said Slipknot are good at what they do and next time I see some kid in one of their t-shirts I won't automatically assume they have shit taste.
3
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Mon Feb 21 2022
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
4
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Eagles
Eagles
4
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Wed Feb 23 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Just when I thought I had never heard anything by this group BAM! Geico caveman commercial song.
3
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Thu Feb 24 2022
My Generation
The Who
4
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
4
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Sat Feb 26 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate all double albums, there are a few I've given five stars to, but just because you can make a 75 minute album doesn't mean you should. There's some great stuff here, "Jacksonville," "Chicago" and. "The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts" stand out. I'm gonna have to give "John Wayne Gacy, Jr" another listen or two; Stevens says we're all capable of what Gacy did, speak for yourself dude. I know this album is beloved by a lot of people, I just like some other of his stuff better, "Carrie & Lowell" is his real masterpiece, here he could've used an editor or even made "Illinois Part 2."
3
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Sun Feb 27 2022
Violator
Depeche Mode
4
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
4
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
4
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
4
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Thu Mar 03 2022
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Love the new wave/post punk production, it's in the vein of Dylan's "Infidels" or "Empire Burlesque." I wasn't super familiar with much by Faithfull before listening to this, at least outside of her version of "As Tears Go By," which is gorgeous. This is a whole different animal, her alto has lost the honey sweet smoothness of the British Invasion days but it's beautiful in a more complex, adult way. The more I think about this, the more I'm in love with it and I want more.
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Fri Mar 04 2022
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Hadn't revisited this in quite a while and really all I remembered were the three big songs ("Fight Test," "Do You Realize" and the title track) so I expected a lot of filler. While I still prefer "The Soft Bulletin," "Transmissions From The Satellite Heart" and "Clouds Taste Metallic," this ended up being a pleasant surprise.
4
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Sat Mar 05 2022
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
The third of four spectacularly great Rolling Stones studio albums in a row. I don't know what else there is to say here. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," "Bitch," "Wild Horses," "Moonlight Mile" and "Dead Flowers" (and even the recently disavowed "Brown Sugar" could be one side of a Stones best of collection. I can't imagine giving this fewer than five stars.
5
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Sun Mar 06 2022
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
How can anyone not love this? Even if it didn't have one the best Christmas songs (that makes me cry) ever on it, I still would.
4
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Mon Mar 07 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
4
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
3
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
5
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Fri Mar 11 2022
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Had to cobble this together since it's not available on Spotify in the States. All the songs are though, it was pretty easy. I like this era of American pop songs from the Brill Building, Motown etc. and Dusty (the proto Adele?) is a great interpreter. Her truly great days are still ahead of her here but this is a nice collection.
4
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Sat Mar 12 2022
Marquee Moon
Television
5
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Sun Mar 13 2022
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
5
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Mon Mar 14 2022
Cross
Justice
Seriously question: Has anyone seen these guys and Daft Punk in the same room before. I haven't looked but I wonder how many people have made this same joke before me.
3
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Tue Mar 15 2022
OK Computer
Radiohead
The second of three Radiohead albums in a row that shattered expectations based on the previous one. Who else has done that?
5
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Wed Mar 16 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
4
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Another Green World
Brian Eno
5
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Timeless
Goldie
2
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
5
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Sun Mar 20 2022
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
5
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
5
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
5
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Wed Mar 23 2022
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Even though not every song here was written in the aftermath of 9/11, this is Springsteen's 9/11 album. It was also his first great album in about 15 years (since 1987's "Tunnel of Love") and as of now his last truly great album of original material. I've liked his stuff since then (and I liked the a lot of the stuff between "Tunnel" and this album) but "The Rising" is a whole other level.
5
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Thu Mar 24 2022
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
4
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Fri Mar 25 2022
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
5
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Sat Mar 26 2022
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
5
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Sun Mar 27 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
4
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
My favorite kind of hip hop is weird, off-center hip hop that sounds great which is the perfect way to describe this. Kool Keith, Dan the Automator and DJ Qbert really hit my sweet spot. I'm giving it 5 stars notwithstanding the very creepy "A Visit To The Gynecologist"
5
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Tue Mar 29 2022
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
3
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Wed Mar 30 2022
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
4
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Thu Mar 31 2022
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
4
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Fri Apr 01 2022
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
4
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Sat Apr 02 2022
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
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Sun Apr 03 2022
Aja
Steely Dan
5
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Mon Apr 04 2022
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
5
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Low-Life
New Order
4
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
4
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Maxinquaye
Tricky
5
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Fri Apr 08 2022
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Let's say you get dumped by the love of your life. You can deal with it in the healthy, boring way, nobody's gonna judge you for that. By all means take care of yourself, you do you. My way is a little different though. Get yourself a bottle of Jack Daniel's and a couple of packs of Camel Straights and put on this album ("Sings for Only The Lonely" will work too) and get good and drunk while chain smoking, you'll eventually feel better the next day.
5
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Sat Apr 09 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
5
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Sun Apr 10 2022
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
"Block Rockin' Beats" is probably what most people remember from this and that's not without reason, it's the epitome of big beat electronic music. If "Dig Your Own Hole" was just more of that it would still be one of the best of its genre but it is definitely not just more of that. Instead we get a solid dose of Beatlesque psychedelia featuring Noel Gallagher at the height of Oasis-mania on "Setting Sun" and the gorgeous journey that turns into a really bad trip (and one of the best songs of the 90s) "Where Do I Begin" with a stunning vocal by Beth Orton (where has she gone?)
5
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
4
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Tue Apr 12 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
4
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Wed Apr 13 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
4
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Thu Apr 14 2022
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
5
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Fri Apr 15 2022
The Visitors
ABBA
3
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Sat Apr 16 2022
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
5
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Sun Apr 17 2022
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
There are times when I'm pretty sure that "Jesus Built My Hot Rod" is the greatest song of all time, those times are usually whenever I hear it.
5
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Mon Apr 18 2022
Like A Prayer
Madonna
5
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Solid Air
John Martyn
4
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Wed Apr 20 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
This makes me want to put on an Armani suit and get down. For the sake of clarity, my favored wardrobe consists of jeans and band t-shirts and I most certainly can't dance but this makes me feel like I have sartorial taste and an actual sense of rhythm. In an alternate universe this is the soundtrack to a colorful, early 80s movie musical that while very much of it's time and critically savaged upon its release is now considered a groundbreaking cult classic.
5
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Thu Apr 21 2022
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Jarvis H. Tapdancing Cocker
5
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Sister
Sonic Youth
5
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Sat Apr 23 2022
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
5
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Sun Apr 24 2022
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
4
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Mon Apr 25 2022
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
4
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
4
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Wed Apr 27 2022
Grace
Jeff Buckley
5
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
4
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Sat Apr 30 2022
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
4
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Sun May 01 2022
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
3
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Mon May 02 2022
The Rise & Fall
Madness
3
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Tue May 03 2022
The Doors
The Doors
Man I had to scroll down quite a bit further than I expected to find a negative review of this. I wouldn't say I hate The Doors but do kind of think they're for high school boys who think they're more sophisticated than they really are. Man, that's a super pretentious thing to say isn't it? Even if it is, it for sure was a pretty good description of high school me. I definitely owned the double album greatest hits collection, it was one of my earliest Columbia House purchases and I definitely bought into the myth that Jim Morrison was like a real poet, dude. Listening to this now I think I'm liking it more than I would have believed. Maybe it's the fact that I don't really listen to classic rock radio anymore, so it's not as omnipresent in my life as it was back in the day. I'm not gonna say this is dated because that's a stupid criticism, what does it even mean? Morrison is a pretty good songwriter and maybe there's a cult of personality surrounding him (maybe? Lol) but he actually is an amazing front man and really no one else sounds like The Doors musically, certainly not in 1967 anyway. They'll never be my favorites again, that Crystal Ship has sailed (sorry. Also that song will always make me think of The Dead Milkmen, iykyk) but this might be their best album. 4 stars.
4
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Wed May 04 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
5
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Thu May 05 2022
Bad
Michael Jackson
5
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Fri May 06 2022
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
5
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Sat May 07 2022
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
5
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Sun May 08 2022
Different Class
Pulp
5
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Mon May 09 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
5
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Tue May 10 2022
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
4
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Wed May 11 2022
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
3
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Thu May 12 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper
3
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Fri May 13 2022
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
4
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Sat May 14 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon
5
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Sun May 15 2022
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
4
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Mon May 16 2022
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
5
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Tue May 17 2022
Synchronicity
The Police
5
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Wed May 18 2022
New Forms
Roni Size
3
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Thu May 19 2022
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
4
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Fri May 20 2022
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
5
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Sat May 21 2022
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
5
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Sun May 22 2022
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
4
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Mon May 23 2022
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
5
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Tue May 24 2022
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
What am I gonna do, give this less than five stars or something? C'mon!
5
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Wed May 25 2022
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
5
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Thu May 26 2022
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
5
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Fri May 27 2022
Young Americans
David Bowie
Is it enough that the title track is possibly the greatest album opener in the history of music? It might be but it doesn't have to be because this album also contains "Fascination" perhaps the grooviest song of all time (or at least the grooviest Bowie tune.) Also, "Fame" features an actual Beatle, so there's that. I know this isn't as beloved as the Berlin trilogy or as iconic as the Ziggy Stardust stuff or as popular as the "Let's Dance" album (I absolutely love all that stuff too by the way) but if I had to pick one favorite Bowie album, it would be this one and maybe that's weird but I don't care, "Young Americans" is my favorite David Bowie album.
5
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Sat May 28 2022
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4
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Sun May 29 2022
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
5
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Mon May 30 2022
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
4
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Tue May 31 2022
Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
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Wed Jun 01 2022
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3
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Thu Jun 02 2022
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
5
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Fri Jun 03 2022
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
4
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Sat Jun 04 2022
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
"1999" and "Purple Rain" notwithstanding, this is the greatest Prince album. Not only that but this is definitely in my top 5 albums by anyone of all time, I'd give it 10 stars if I could.
5
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Sun Jun 05 2022
The Specials
The Specials
5
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Mon Jun 06 2022
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
4
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Tue Jun 07 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
4
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Wed Jun 08 2022
evermore
Taylor Swift
4
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
5
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
5
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Sat Jun 11 2022
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
4
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Sun Jun 12 2022
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
4
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
5
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
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Thu Jun 16 2022
Black Metal
Venom
3
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Fri Jun 17 2022
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
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Sat Jun 18 2022
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
4
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Sun Jun 19 2022
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
4
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Mon Jun 20 2022
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
5
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Tue Jun 21 2022
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
4
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Wed Jun 22 2022
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
2
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Fri Jun 24 2022
Nevermind
Nirvana
5
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Sat Jun 25 2022
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5
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Sun Jun 26 2022
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
5
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Mon Jun 27 2022
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
2
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Tue Jun 28 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
4
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
5
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Thu Jun 30 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
3
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Fri Jul 01 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
5
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
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Sun Jul 03 2022
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
"You're Gonna Miss Me" is a great leadoff track and it absolutely belongs on "Nuggets." It might even be the best song on that whole compilation. If you like that kind of psych garage music (I do too) then you'll dig this. The rest is more of the same but not as amazing I guess. Put this on at a party and you're good to go. 3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4.
4
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Mon Jul 04 2022
Sail Away
Randy Newman
RaNdY NeWmAn DoEs DiSnEy SoNgS. What a weak, embarrassing take.
5
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Tue Jul 05 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Wed Jul 06 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
5
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
5
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Fri Jul 08 2022
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
5
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Sat Jul 09 2022
The Who Sell Out
The Who
I like the idea of this album more than I like the results. Despite the presence of one of best songs by The Who, "I Can See For Miles," the seeds of more elaborate concept albums (and "Sparks!") in the near future ("Rael") and a couple of other standouts ("Mary Anne With the Shakey Hand" and "Armenia City in the Sky") a lot of this just fizzles out. Also, "Silas Stingy" is annoying.
3
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Sun Jul 10 2022
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
4
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Mon Jul 11 2022
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
5
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
5
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Wed Jul 13 2022
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
5
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
5
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
5
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Sat Jul 16 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
4
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Sun Jul 17 2022
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
5
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
4
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Tue Jul 19 2022
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
5
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Wed Jul 20 2022
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
5
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Thu Jul 21 2022
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
A couple of pretty great songs ("While You See A Chance" and "Night Train") the rest ranges from ok to not that great.
3
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Connected
Stereo MC's
I was definitely a fan of the title track when this came out. I may have listened to a couple of other songs back then as well because they kind of seemed familiar but I definitely thought of Stereo MC's as one hot wonders. You know what though? I really liked this, it was better than expected.
4
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Sat Jul 23 2022
Stardust
Willie Nelson
I didn't have to relisten to this to know I was giving it five stars but I did anyway. I love genius songwriter Willie and outlaw country Willie but I think Great American Songbook crooning Willie is my favorite Willie.
5
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Sun Jul 24 2022
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
I've never listened to this band before and now I don't really know why, this is pretty great. I've never been a huge fan of hardcore outside of Fugazi but they kind of always felt like their own thing and I've never dug much deeper, I've barely listened to Minor Threat. In my head I'm always kind of looking for pop hooks so I prefer the punkier end of loud, fast non metal stuff. I'll probably still prefer that but I'm tempted to explore more now. Also I love Sonic Youth (a band that are not strangers to a pop hooks) and I can hear some of the same kind of dissonance that feels like one of their signatures here.
4
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Mon Jul 25 2022
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
I'm pretty sure that before today the only Robbie Williams songs I'd heard were "Millennium" which I remember playing on MTV and that "Something Stupid" cover because he's not well known in The States. I have a half-baked theory that it has something to do with MTV cutting back on music videos which I believe limited the network's influence on popular music in America. This album is excellent by the way, I'm a sucker for a lot of Brit pop and this did it for me.
4
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Tue Jul 26 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
I can't imagine giving this album fewer than five stars.
5
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Wed Jul 27 2022
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
A complaint I've seen pretty regularly in these reviews is that the songs on a given album are "samey" and I've made that complaint before myself. Sometimes though that's not such a bad thing and in this case I wouldn't even think about changing anything. Maybe the best thing Cave's ever done.
5
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Thu Jul 28 2022
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
By cutting out a little over half of these songs the Smashing Pumpkins might have had a great album, there are just so many misses here. Just build it around "Thirty-Three," "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" and "By Starlight" and it's their second (or third) great album of new material in a row. As it is a lot of it is a slog to get through. I'm pretty sure I've only ever listened to this front to back one other time and I probably won't ever again, I'd rather listen to "Siamese Dream" or "Gish" or even "Pisces Iscariot."
3
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Fri Jul 29 2022
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
5
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Sat Jul 30 2022
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
5
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Live Through This
Hole
I always forget how much I love this album but once I put it on it all comes back to me.
5
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5
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Tue Aug 02 2022
Elephant
The White Stripes
5
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
4
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Thu Aug 04 2022
In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
5
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Sat Aug 06 2022
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
5
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Diamond Life
Sade
I didn't expect to give this five stars but then I listened to it and here we are.
5
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Mon Aug 08 2022
Document
R.E.M.
5
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Tue Aug 09 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
3
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Wed Aug 10 2022
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
3
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Thu Aug 11 2022
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
4
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Damaged
Black Flag
4
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Sat Aug 13 2022
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
One of the things I love (or at least very much appreciate) about the current media landscape is the ability to just listen to an album or watch a movie pretty much on demand. One of the things I hate is seeking out a piece of media only to find that not enough people care enough about it to make it available. That seems to be the case with this first, self-titled Throwing Muses album. I don't have an Apple Music or Tidal account so maybe it's on there but it definitely isn't on Spotify, not in the U.S. anyway. I was able to find it in bits in pieces on YouTube minus one song, "Stand Up," which was available in a live version (that I could have sworn was from a those crappy cellphone video but was actually from 1987 so VHS I guess?) with not great sound so I didn't count it as part of my rating. After all that, I didn't really care for this album, some of it was just ok but a lot of it just wasn't my thing I guess. I haven't listened to a ton of Throwing Muses but I have liked or even loved some of their songs over the years, "Dizzy," "Counting Backwards" and "Big Yellow Gun" of the top of my head. Those all seam to have fuller production or something, I don't know if that is the correct terminology or if it even means anything but I think that's what the difference is to me. It's actually made me interested in digging deeper into their discography.
2
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Sun Aug 14 2022
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
3
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Dare!
The Human League
4
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Tue Aug 16 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
5
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Wed Aug 17 2022
Murmur
R.E.M.
Easily one of the greatest debut albums of all time.
5
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Thu Aug 18 2022
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Sometimes I give an album five stars just because I love it. Sometimes it's because it's such a high quality piece of musical art. Sometimes it's because of its historical importance or because it's the best, most representative work by a bonafide musical genius. "Songs In The Key Of Life" is all of these things. It might be the best album I've gotten so far, it might even best album of all time.
5
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
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Sat Aug 20 2022
Tommy
The Who
5
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Sun Aug 21 2022
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
Links 90s hardcore punk to the heartland punk of the aughts (Gaslight Anthem, The Hold Steady, etc.) Maybe it's the horns?
4
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Mon Aug 22 2022
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
I'm not sure I'd call this a jazz album, it has some jazz players and some of the arrangements are a little jazzy but this is really just a tastefully pleasant pop album. It's a good soundtrack for a casual dinner or maybe the start of some day drinking.
3
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
5
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Wed Aug 24 2022
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
5
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
4
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
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Sat Aug 27 2022
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
5
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Sun Aug 28 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
5
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Bossanova
Pixies
The last great Pixies album.
5
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Tue Aug 30 2022
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
4
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
It's got a good beat and you can dance to it I guess. Mostly generic club music (this coming from someone who hasn't set foot in a dance club since, I don't know, the mid 90s?) and that's fine but not always my thing. I like the songs with the fundamentalist Christian fascist guy rattling off the 80s musical artists and the woman naming cars, respectfully. Other than the occasional sample I recognize, nothing really stands out here.
3
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
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Fri Sep 02 2022
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
5
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Sat Sep 03 2022
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
3
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Sun Sep 04 2022
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
I could see putting Nuggets on this list (maybe compilations aren't included in the list?) or Too Much To Dream if you were doing a similar list of songs but a whole album by The Electric Prunes? C'mon. This is just cookie cutter generic late 60s psychedlia. It's not even as if I'm not a fan of this genre, Piper at The Gates of Dawn absolutely belongs so does Forever Changes. I won't even argue with the 13th Floor Elevators album but to me this is like putting a Strawberry Alarm Clock or Chocolate Watchband album on here.
2
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Mon Sep 05 2022
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
4
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Tue Sep 06 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
5
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Wed Sep 07 2022
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
4
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Repeater
Fugazi
5
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
5
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Sat Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
5
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Sun Sep 11 2022
Pornography
The Cure
I really enjoy The Cure when they are new wavy and poppy but I especially love them when they are dark, psychedelic and a little scary.
5
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
I actually own a copy of this but I haven't listened to it (until now) since it was a new release. I bought it because I had quite liked a couple of Cope's earlier albums, "Saint Julian" and "My Nation Underground" but for whatever reason I didn't remember much of this. I have a vague memory of thinking maybe he had had some kind of breakdown. Who knows what I was thinking because man, I really dig this. I definitely did not remember so much of it having that funky, swirly Madchester sound which I still really enjoy. Anyway I think this is gonna get five stars from me.
5
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Hot Fuss
The Killers
3
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Vespertine
Björk
Bjork and this album are both magical.
5
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
4
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
I could've done with less of the narration or whatever but mostly I really dug this.
4
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Sat Sep 17 2022
The College Dropout
Kanye West
4
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Sun Sep 18 2022
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
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Mon Sep 19 2022
Sincere
Mj Cole
I'm wondering if the people who gave this a positive review or even the people involved in making this album could pick any of these songs out of a lineup. I'll admit that electronic music isn't always a favorite genre of mine but I like some standout artists and albums. I'm definitely not a person who thinks you can't make good music using computers or that dance music can't be interesting but this is the kind of music that people hear and (wrongly) believe those things. Blah, blah, good beat, blah, blah you can dance to it, etc.but boring without the use of club drugs.
1
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
2
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
So apparently I gave four stars to "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space," would it be blasphemous to give this five?
5
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Thu Sep 22 2022
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
A great and fascinating turning point in Dylan's career. "It's Alright Ma" is a masterpiece.
5
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
The last truly great Public Enemy album. I love that Bomb Squad production, it still sounds like it's from some dystopian future.
5
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Sat Sep 24 2022
Fragile
Yes
TIL that "Roundabout" is some Vine/TikTok/Anime meme. Anyway, I used to not really love Yes, I think it's Jon Anderson's voice, it's too close to Dana Carvey doing "Choppin' Broccoli," but over the years I've grown to appreciate the musicianship here, some of Phish's more composed stuff is really informed by this (just listen to the "Rift" album) and I love Phish. The only thing that bugs me a little is the Brahms thing and it honestly doesn't bother me too much but there's something that feels condescending or self-serious about a rock band, even a prog rock band breaking out some classical 🎵 or playing some variations on a classical piece or whatever they're doing here. I get it, "The classical composers were the rock stars of their day" or something. I'm not saying it should never be done or it can't be done well (and it's not terrible here or anything) it just feels suspect.
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Sun Sep 25 2022
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
Is this my first solo Morrissey? I think it is, I know which albums of his are on the list and three of them might very well be his top three albums. I think I slightly prefer "Kill Uncle" over "You Are The Quarry" but it's not my list, is it? Besides this is "Vauxhall And I"
5
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Mon Sep 26 2022
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
5
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
I've only listened to this one other time and it was probably because of "Feel Flows." What an incredibly beautiful song that I was completely unaware of until I had seen "Almost Famous." Apparently it was the first song that Carl wrote, just gorgeous. Other than that the only other song I knew from here was the title track which I knew from "Smile." I thought that this album would suffer from the diminished presence of Brian and his couple of contributions are great, I mean he's Brian Wilson an undisputed musical genius, but the contributions by the other guys here are good too "Student Demonstration Time" and "Don't Go Near The Water" stand out for me.
4
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Wed Sep 28 2022
...And Justice For All
Metallica
5
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Thu Sep 29 2022
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
5
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Protection
Massive Attack
5
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The argument could be made (I would make it if I wasn't so jacked up on cold medicine right now) that CCR was the greatest band of their era. I know, there were a lot, A LOT, of great bands in this era but I said what I said. They have at least four albums that don't have a bad song on them and "Green River" might be the best of them.
5
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Gold
Ryan Adams
4
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Eternally Yours
The Saints
4
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Achtung Baby
U2
5
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Mott
Mott The Hoople
4
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Thu Oct 06 2022
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
I liked this a little more than I expected, reminds me of early Floyd crossed with The Mothers. Dorothy Moskowitz's vocal style feels like it has a little exotica/lounge DNA.
4
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Fri Oct 07 2022
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
5
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Sat Oct 08 2022
Goo
Sonic Youth
5
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Sun Oct 09 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
4
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Hotel California
Eagles
4
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
1
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
5
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Thu Oct 13 2022
Orbital 2
Orbital
5
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
It used to be whenever I met someone from New Jersey I would ask them what their favorite Springsteen tune was. I think they used to issue you one when you were born along with a social security number and a birth certificate. A few years ago though people started telling me they were more into Bon Jovi. On a superficial level it's all the same I guess. Listening to this for the first time in about 35 years I can hear it in a way I didn't catch onto back then. Hell, just calling a song "Raise Your Hand" or "Wild in the Streets" evokes The Boss and both come off as pretty decent pastiches (it feels like the plural of pastiche should just be pastiche but the internet says pastiches) and I'm guessing if i was hearing the big three from this album (you know which three) I might hear echoes of Springsteen there too but those songs were such big hits that I can't separate them from Bon Jovi, it's impossible. Anyway, Jon Bon Jovi is no Bruce Springsteen and his band is definitely no E Street Band but he and Sambora (with the occasional assist of Desmond Child) can sure write a pop hook and ape Springsteen if you don't pay too much attention. The less said the better about the stupid (not in a good way) "Social Disease" and one of the worst songs of the 80s "Never Say Goodbye." After all that I can't give this less than three stars. Nobody is more surprised by this than I am.
3
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Sun Oct 16 2022
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
2
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Mon Oct 17 2022
The Man Who
Travis
3
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Dust
Screaming Trees
I know a few Screaming Trees songs (not any from this album) that I've thought were really good but I've never dug deeper into their discography. After listening to this I feel like I've made a terrible mistake that I'm going to have to rectify immediately. This is as good as any 90s music from the Pacific Northwest that I've heard. It's grungy (for whatever that is worth) but the little psychedelic touches and pop hooks make it really stand out. It's a shame or at least confusing to me that they weren't bigger.
4
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
4
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Thu Oct 20 2022
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
5
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Fri Oct 21 2022
The Slider
T. Rex
5
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Sat Oct 22 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
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Sun Oct 23 2022
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
3
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
4
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Tue Oct 25 2022
Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
4
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Thu Oct 27 2022
2112
Rush
4
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
5
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Sat Oct 29 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
5
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Sun Oct 30 2022
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
OG indeed
5
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Snivilisation
Orbital
5
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
5
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
5
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Thu Nov 03 2022
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Who the hell thinks this is a rock album? Robert Dimery? The same person who calls the Specials debut a reggae album? (that's probably more overtly reprehensible) Just stick with pop, or chanson if you want to be really accurate, but this is French pop, definitely not rock. I wish I knew French, I'm sure Google translate would not do the job here. I liked this, I bet it's clever and powerful.
4
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Ramones
Ramones
5
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Sat Nov 05 2022
British Steel
Judas Priest
5
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Sun Nov 06 2022
Revolver
Beatles
5
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
I think this undistilled, straight Captain Beefheart is a little too much for me. I really love a lot of what came from this like Swordfishtrombones or Double Nickels on the Dime. I like the collaborations with Zappa too, Bongo Fury is one of my faves. This is one of those albums that I appreciate more than I actually like it. I'm glad it exists and it has its place but I'll probably never listen to it again voluntarily. I think it's important enough to give it four stars but I can't bring myself to give it five.
4
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Tue Nov 08 2022
A Seat at the Table
Solange
4
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Rapture
Anita Baker
4
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
5
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Fri Nov 11 2022
1984
Van Halen
5
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Sat Nov 12 2022
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
5
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Sun Nov 13 2022
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
5
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Mon Nov 14 2022
A Night At The Opera
Queen
5
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Zombie
Fela Kuti
5
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Wed Nov 16 2022
Blur
Blur
5
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
5
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Fri Nov 18 2022
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
The Joni Mitchell hate on this website is embarrassing.
5
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Sat Nov 19 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
5
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Sun Nov 20 2022
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
5
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Mon Nov 21 2022
Black Monk Time
The Monks
I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who says complication
3
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Transformer
Lou Reed
5
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Wed Nov 23 2022
Crazysexycool
TLC
If this isn't the horniest album on this list, it's the horniest I've come across so far and probably the horniest album of the 90s, even it it didn't feature a gender bent cover of an already gender bent Prince song.
5
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements
5
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Fri Nov 25 2022
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
5
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Sat Nov 26 2022
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
5
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Sun Nov 27 2022
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
4
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Pink Flag
Wire
5
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Tue Nov 29 2022
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
5
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Wed Nov 30 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Other than a passing reference to the former fascist douchebag President of the U.S. this holds up. Fun, brilliantly produced hip hop.
5
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
4
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
4
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Sat Dec 03 2022
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
5
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Sun Dec 04 2022
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
5
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Mon Dec 05 2022
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
5
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Dummy
Portishead
5
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Scott 4
Scott Walker
5
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Fri Dec 09 2022
London Calling
The Clash
Quite possibly the greatest album of all time.
5
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Sat Dec 10 2022
Abraxas
Santana
5
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Sun Dec 11 2022
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
5
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Illmatic
Nas
5
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Tue Dec 13 2022
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
3
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
5
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Thu Dec 15 2022
OK
Talvin Singh
2
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company
As someone who spent a lot of time in my teenage years listening to classic rock radio, there are definitely some songs here I do not need to ever hear again "Ready For Love, " "Rock Steady" and the title track for instance. "Can't Get Enough" might also be a bit overplayed but it's a real banger. A couple of the deep tracks, "The Way I Choose" (horn section!) and "Seagull" were the best Bad Company songs I've never heard. I felt like this was gonna be a straight up 3 star album but I'm giving it four despite being permanently sick of a couple of the more popular songs.
4
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Phrenology
The Roots
5
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
5
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
5
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
The best and most important American band of the 80s that most people have never heard of. Not only are Bob Mould and Grant Hart (RIP) great instrumentalists but both of them should also be in the conversation for best songwriters of their generation. Is this album a little overstuffed? Maybe but I don't really care, give me more. Highlights: These Important Years, Standing in the Rain, Ice Cold Ice, Could You Be The One, She Floated Away, Tell You Why Tomorrow, She's A Woman and You Can Live At Home. Also is there a different band called Barenaked Ladies because, the fact that at least two people have compared them to the Hüskers is weird.
5
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Thu Dec 22 2022
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
The poetry of drugs and promiscuous sex. Honey, they're on pot.
4
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Fri Dec 23 2022
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
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Sat Dec 24 2022
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
3
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5
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Mon Dec 26 2022
The Joshua Tree
U2
5
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Tue Dec 27 2022
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
4
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Newsflash: music that came out a long time ago that was popular at that time is always going to sound dated, it's a dumb criticism. The hits from this album belong on any list of the best singles of the 1980s. The Church of the Poison Mind rocks and I defy you to find a catchier earworm than Karma Chameleon. There's some filler but a couple of the deep tracks, Victims and That's The Way - I'm Only Trying To Help really showcase Boy George's incredible voice.
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Copper Blue
Sugar
No, Bob Mould didn't rip off The Pixies or Nirvana. In fact both of those bands have copped to being influenced by Mould's previous band Hüsker Dü. Sugar was Mould's return to the power trio format after a couple of pretty great solo albums. Perfect loud power pop, If I Can't Change Your Mind is an all timer, Changes, Helpless and Hoover Dam are also highlights.
5
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
4
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Sat Dec 31 2022
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
5
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
4
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
4
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Tue Jan 03 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
5
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Wed Jan 04 2023
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
4
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
5
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
5
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
5
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Sun Jan 08 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
5
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Tue Jan 10 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
5
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
4
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
3
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Sat Jan 14 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
5
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Sun Jan 15 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5
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Tue Jan 17 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young
Neil Young took his records off of Spotify (for a perfectly good reason) and even though I think I have a copy of this squirrelled away somewhere (Yay, physical media!) I needed to check this out while at the gym and since I don't have a Disc Man these days I had to listen on YouTube with a Progressive Insurance commercial every couple of songs, just like God or Old Neil intended. Despite the commercials, this album is amazing. It doesn't contain any of Young's big radio hits, instead it's an album full of deep tracks that are all the real heads' faves. Neil Young at the top of his game, his best along with it's sister album Tonight's The Night.
5
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
4
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
All Directions
The Temptations
3
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
More of this please
5
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
3
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
This is okay but if you're gonna do something loungy then do something loungy don't be tongue in cheek. Funky instrumentals are cool let your funk flag fly. I get that it was the nineties and we were all about being ironic about literally everything back then but in hindsight it's annoying. This is good enough background music but it's also pretty forgettable.
3
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
A milestone for me as it's my 500th album, a milestone for The Stones because it's the exclamation point on a run of four unbeatable albums and a milestone for rock music in general because it's the Citizen Kane of sleazy, bloozy, dirty white boy rock and roll.
5
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
4
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
Loud, fast, fun. More 15 minute albums please.
5
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Fri Jan 27 2023
25
Adele
2
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
5
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
4
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
5
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Tue Jan 31 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
5
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Pyromania
Def Leppard
4
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
5
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Fri Feb 03 2023
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
2
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
4
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Leftism
Leftfield
4
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Mon Feb 06 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
4
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Wed Feb 08 2023
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
4
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
4
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
5
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Sat Feb 11 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
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Sun Feb 12 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
5
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
5
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
5
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
5
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
5
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Sat Feb 18 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
5
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Roots
Sepultura
5
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
When Kate Bush sings like Kate Bush it's cool and original, when this dude does it, it's super annoying. When he isn't doing that this isn't bad, it's kind of spacey and interesting but he kind of does it a lot.
2
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
Deserves five stars just for Neil Peart's drumming
5
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
5
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden
4
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Sat Feb 25 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
5
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
4
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
4
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
5
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
I'm not against bonus tracks but here's a little hint for those of you who get this album assigned and balk at the length, check Wikipedia and just review the original album, in this case it's just the first 13 tracks, that's the Fisherman's Blues I know and it's amazing. This is one of those albums that I've listened to enough in my life that I would feel comfortable giving it a (five star) rating without first relistening, but I love this album so much that I'm putting it on as I cook dinner. My favorites are the opening/title track (which has been used in 63% of movie trailers that either take place in Ireland or feature Irish people,) a great cover of Sweet Thing (which I actually heard long before Van Morrison's original,) Strange Boat, World Party and one of my favorite songs ever: And A Bang On The Ear.
5
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Sat Mar 04 2023
John Prine
John Prine
5
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Clandestino
Manu Chao
5
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Spiderland
Slint
4
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Tue Mar 07 2023
1999
Prince
5
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
5
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Thu Mar 09 2023
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
5
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
5
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Sat Mar 11 2023
Elastica
Elastica
5
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Sun Mar 12 2023
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
5
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
What is it with these Baby Boomers thinking it was okay to just take music from black people and give themselves writing credits? Zeppelin essentially covering Willie Dixon, changing a lyric here and there and coming up with a new title and claiming it's their new song is pretty bad but McClaren and Horn using actual recordings of African recording artists and not even mentioning them is especially gross. If it wasn't for the chutzpah or hubris or straight up racism if this I'd probably give this four stars because it is a pretty important document. I've always felt that Zeppelin were just naive kids who thought they were paying tribute to their heroes, however misguided, short slighted and wrong that was. McClaren on the other hand was a business man, he knew what he was doing was exploitative.
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Tasty
4
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Wild Gift
X
4
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Sea Change
Beck
4
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
5
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Sat Mar 18 2023
Queen II
Queen
3
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
I tried. Honestly, I didn't really enjoy this from the beginning but for a little while I was gonna give it some credit for the production and for his interesting flow. But somewhere around Jus' a Rascal I really began to hate this. Sorry Dizzee.
1
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Arrival
ABBA
I think I'm more of an ABBA's Greatest Hits ABBA fan and this album has a few of their biggest. Dancing Queen will always bring a smile to my face, how can it not? People who hate ABBA, have you ever experienced joy? Is this high art? Of course not, I doubt it ever aspired to be. Is it candy-coated, bubblegum pop (with some all time hits sprinkled in) that you'd have to be the world's biggest sad sack grump to be annoyed by? That's exactly what it is. Lighten up Francis.
3
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Not a bad first album with a couple of Petty's most well known hits. An auspicious debut by a future superstar.
3
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
If you'd told me when I started doing this project that I would eventually give four stars to two different Dexy's Midnight Runners albums I would have been mildly surprised and now here we are mildly (but also pleasantly) surprised.
4
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
4
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
5
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Sat Mar 25 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
5
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Sun Mar 26 2023
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Dookie
Green Day
4
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Tue Mar 28 2023
The La's
The La's
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
5
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
4
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Fri Mar 31 2023
The Predator
Ice Cube
4
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Sat Apr 01 2023
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
5
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Sun Apr 02 2023
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
4
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Who's Next
The Who
5
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
5
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
5
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
5
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Fri Apr 07 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
4
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Sat Apr 08 2023
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
5
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Sun Apr 09 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
4
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Soul Mining
The The
5
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Tue Apr 11 2023
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
4
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Wed Apr 12 2023
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
5
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Thu Apr 13 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
5
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
4
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Sat Apr 15 2023
Debut
Björk
5
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Sun Apr 16 2023
Infected
The The
4
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Wow! I've heard the couple of singles from this and while I enjoyed them, they never really drove me to explore this band more, listening to this whole album will change that.
5
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
I liked this a lot more than I expected. I guess all I've heard by them is that Sex on Fire song which I don't care for. I thought there was something vaguely evangelical about them or that they were what Foo Fighters fans listened to when they were feeling "arty" ( I kid, the Foo Fighters are great) but this is some solid slightly psychedelic, slightly cock rocky, slightly southern, rock and roll music, sung with kind of a weird accent. Also, am I the first person to get this album? There don't seem to be any reviews or even an average rating. I'm giving it a 4.
4
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Wed Apr 19 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Green
R.E.M.
5
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
This was embarrassing
1
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Sat Apr 22 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
5
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Sun Apr 23 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
3
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
4
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Moon Safari
Air
5
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
5
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Just one of my all time favorite albums.
5
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Fri Apr 28 2023
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
3
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Sat Apr 29 2023
The World is a Ghetto
War
4
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Sun Apr 30 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
5
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Mon May 01 2023
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
2
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Tue May 02 2023
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
4
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Wed May 03 2023
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
I fucking hated that Scooby Snacks song which is the only thing I remember from this, it's probably the only I song I've ever heard by these guys. Oh now I remember the John Gotti song, I hated that too. The rest is ok I guess. I wonder what these guys were up to before the Judgement Night soundtrack came out. For a movie I bet most people don't really remember too much about, its soundtrack sure had a huge impact on 90s music.
2
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Thu May 04 2023
Horses
Patti Smith
5
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Fri May 05 2023
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
I dug this, I reminded me of the stuff Primal Scream was doing around this same time (Bobby Gillespie even sings on one of the tracks) although it isn't as fun as Vanishing Point or as aggressive and scary as XTRMNTR. I guess if those two albums had a baby it might sound something like The Contino Sessions.
4
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Sat May 06 2023
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
One of the greatest 20th century vocalists, performing the best songs by one of the greatest songwriting teams of the 20th century arranged by one of the greatest bandleaders of the 20th century. Too long? I wish it was four hours long. Hell, bring on the whole Great American Songbook collection.
5
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Sun May 07 2023
Microshift
Hookworms
4
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Mon May 08 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Give me all the Bossa Nova jazz
5
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Tue May 09 2023
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
I kind of knew what I was getting into here, I've dabbled in some of Coleman's more well known albums (The Shape of Jazz To Come, Free Jazz, This Is Our Music etc) and once owned a cassette of Zorn's Naked City from back when I used to just read the reviews in Rolling Stone and Spin and buy music sight unseen (sound unheard?) Some of those albums turned into discoveries of some all time favorite bands and artists. They Might Be Giants self titled debut and Camper Van Beethoven's Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart are couple of examples, Naked City really isn't. I liked some of it to an extent but it really wasn't my thing. The Coleman stuff though I can honestly say I've enjoyed over the years, I'm no expert but free jazz doesn't just sound like a bunch of noise to me as it apparently does judging from many of the reviews here. Maybe the negative reviews lowered my expectations a little but I did enjoy this. Am I gonna put it on during a party? It would have to be the hippest party I've ever been to so probably not but if a couple of like-minded friends came over to toke I might see what they thought.
4
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Wed May 10 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
If you told me these guys never actually recorded an album but just spontaneously formed to play that Fish Cheer and Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die and then vanished Id have probably believed you until today. This is an acceptable late 60s bluesy, psychedelic album by a band from San Francisco. Fun fact apropos of nothing really: "Country" Joe McDonald was named after Joe Stalin
3
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Thu May 11 2023
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
3
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Fri May 12 2023
Medúlla
Björk
5
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Sat May 13 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
4
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Sun May 14 2023
Tical
Method Man
5
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Mon May 15 2023
Risque
CHIC
5
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Tue May 16 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
5
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Wed May 17 2023
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
5
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Thu May 18 2023
1989
Taylor Swift
4
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Fri May 19 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
3
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Sat May 20 2023
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
5
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Sun May 21 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
5
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Mon May 22 2023
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
I like this quite a bit, great original songs as opposed to covers which apparently is Harris's usual M.O.. There's nothing wrong with covers especially when the performer is a great interpreter like Harris or her friend Linda Ronstadt. It does make me wonder why though. Listening to the production I would've guessed Daniel Lanois had a hand in this, it reminded me of Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy. Turns out it was actually produced by Malcolm Burns who worked with Lanois over the years including on Oh Mercy. I must be some kind of genius. Anyway this is a gem featuring such luminaries as Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Kate McGarrigle, Patty Griffin, Dave Matthews, and Luscious Jackson's Jill Cuniff.
4
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Tue May 23 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5
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Wed May 24 2023
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
5
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Thu May 25 2023
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
3
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Sat May 27 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
3
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Sun May 28 2023
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
5
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Mon May 29 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
4
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Tue May 30 2023
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
5
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Wed May 31 2023
Gris Gris
Dr. John
5
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
4
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Man this was great! A little funky, a little jazzy, a little folky, a touch of gospel here and there and just...tasty. I think this is the tastiest album I've gotten so far, maybe it's just the tastiest album that I hadn't heard before but it is TASTY. I'm sure I've come across some stuff by Joan Armatrading here and there over the years, couldn't tell you what more specifically but I want more of this in my life.
5
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Sun Jun 04 2023
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
5
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Technique
New Order
50% Ibiza/acid house influenced dance music, 50% melancholy 80s British pop, 100% awesome.
5
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
4
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
4
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
5
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Sat Jun 10 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
3
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
4
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
5
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
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Wed Jun 14 2023
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
4
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band
5
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Kid A
Radiohead
5
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
5
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Sun Jun 18 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
5
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Mon Jun 19 2023
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
5
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
4
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
4
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Fri Jun 23 2023
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
4
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Sat Jun 24 2023
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
This took me by surprise, never heard of it or them, pretty amazing songs and production. In a world that makes sense the music from this album would be used in Hollywood movies as short hand for the COVID era the way CCR is to represent the Vietnam era.
4
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Sun Jun 25 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
5
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Take Your Mama is one of the greatest singles of all time.
4
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
5
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
5
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
4
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
5
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
5
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Sun Jul 02 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
5
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Mon Jul 03 2023
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
4
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
5
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
5
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
1
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Close To You
Carpenters
When people talk about A.M. Gold as a genre this has got to be a foundational document. I know it doesn't rock or even really swing but I guess I don't care about that. Karen had such a beautiful voice and these songs, the majority of which were written by Paul Williams or Burt Bacharach and Hal David, with a few originals and a Lennon/McCartney hit thrown in, are wonderfully produced. Is this an album I'd pop in every day? Definitely not but it reminds me of a certain happy time in my life. Nostalgia isn't always bad, bring on "Now And Then"
4
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Sat Jul 08 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
5
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Sun Jul 09 2023
Justified
Justin Timberlake
Generic, bland early aughts pop drivel
1
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Sheet Music
10cc
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
1
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
5
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
4
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5
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Sat Jul 15 2023
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
5
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Sun Jul 16 2023
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
4
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Let's say you're having a barbeque at your house with a bunch of people. The weather is beautiful, everyone's been day drinking and having a great time but as it gets later in the day people gradually begin to head home until the sun's gone down and only a few friends remain. These friends are the real ones and maybe one of them rolls a joint or packs a pipe and conversation gets deep, not necessarily super-serious but one of those good deep conversations that make you smile. This is the album you put on for that occasion.
5
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
An extremely important American musical document that also happens to be just a good old time. I knew about this from the great Ken Burns Country Music documentary but I've never actually sat down a listened to it until today, I'm glad I had the day off and I'm glad I listened because it's great. This was followed by a couple of sequels over the years and now I wanna check those out too.
5
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
3
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
3
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Fri Jul 21 2023
GREY Area
Little Simz
3
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Sat Jul 22 2023
One World
John Martyn
3
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Sun Jul 23 2023
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Sometimes when I listen to British bands from this period, I get why they never took off in the States. For instance, it's more surprising to me that Blur had a hit single here than if they never had and I love Blur, but they're probably too British for non-Anglophile Americans. I haven't spent a lot of time listening to the Manic Street Preachers (can I call them The Manics without sounding pretentious?) who I sometimes mix up with The Boo Radleys for some reason but musically this doesn't sound to far off from Smashing Pumpkins from around the same time, less whiny, I guess. I guess I'm just wondering why some American A&R guy didn't get these guys on U.S. alternative radio or American MTV, I think they could have been big here. Maybe I don't really know what I'm talking about. Also, am I a jerk for referring to a Welsh band as British? If so, I'm sorry.
4
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Tue Jul 25 2023
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
5
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Thu Jul 27 2023
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
3
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5
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Sat Jul 29 2023
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
4
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Sun Jul 30 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
5
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
5
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Da Capo
Love
3
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
5
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Purple Rain
Prince
Maybe the greatest side 2 of any album ever.
5
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Dirty
Sonic Youth
5
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Quiet Life
Japan
4
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Sun Aug 06 2023
More Specials
The Specials
5
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Arise
Sepultura
3
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Tue Aug 08 2023
The Undertones
The Undertones
4
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
If I'm forced to choose, Led Zeppelin III is my favorite Zeppelin album but it's hard to deny that Physical Graffiti is the best Zeppelin album.
5
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
4
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
4
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Sat Aug 12 2023
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
3
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Sun Aug 13 2023
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
5
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Mon Aug 14 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
4
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
3
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
5
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Rocks
Aerosmith
4
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
4
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Sat Aug 19 2023
Atomizer
Big Black
5
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Sun Aug 20 2023
The Clash
The Clash
5
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
4
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
4
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
4
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Django Django
Django Django
2
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
5
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Sat Aug 26 2023
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
3
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Sun Aug 27 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
1
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Mon Aug 28 2023
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
3
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Konnichiwa
Skepta
3
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Did anyone else grow up hearing Games Without Frontiers on classic rock radio and think Kate was singing \"She's so popular?\" What can I say, our education system in the States is severely lacking in the foreign language department. Anyway, is this Gabriel's best album? Maybe? I think that argument could be made. I'm not gonna try but this is as good as anything he's done. P.S. he's close to releasing an album, his first album of new and original material in more than 20 years, if he tours, walk don't run to get tickets, I saw him live about 30 years ago, it was one of the best shows I've ever seen.
5
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
3
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
C'mon, it's Jimi
5
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Sat Sep 02 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
5
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Sulk
The Associates
3
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
5
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
A masterpiece
5
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Lost Souls
Doves
Before listening to this I was really only familiar with their follow up, The Last Broadcast which I really liked and listened to a lot back in the day. I think I like this more and I guess like a lot of music it's a little derivative of what came before, I can hear some Oasis, The Bends/OK Computer era Radiohead, some Spiritualized and a little bit of the chilly psychedelia of late 70s Floyd. I dig it.
4
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
Some of the other reviews here made me think I was really gonna hate this but this was better than I expected. I'm definitely not a big fan of current mainstream hip hop which I think was what I was expecting and there's some of that here but there's enough of a neo soul influence that makes up for it. It did occur to me that one fault of this list is that it seems to be quick to embrace some modern artists to I guess stay or become relevant to a younger generation when there is a clear lack of some forerunner artists on the list. I think you can draw a line from Betty Davis in the 70s to Miss Sullivan (with a few notable detours in the 80s) and yet nothing by Betty Davis on the list. That's disappointing. Anyway, like I said better than I expected, the music is fine to really good and honestly I thought the interludes were the best part of the album. I guess there's a first time for everything.
3
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Take Me Apart
Kelela
4
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Sat Sep 09 2023
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
The haven't been a ton of first time listens that I've given five stars to but this one just hits right.
5
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Sun Sep 10 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
If I had to pick a side in the Blur vs Oasis rivalry I would probably pick Blur...but if you pit the first two Oasis albums against the first two Blur albums it's not even a contest, Oasis all the way.
5
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
I didn't look at all of the lyrics on Spotify while I was listening to this but at one point during one of the songs it actually says "(unintelligible)" which is hilarious. I think I mentioned the weird accent Caleb Followill seems to have when he's singing and I think I know what he's going for but sometimes on this album it sounds like he might have some kind of speech impediment. This is pretty decent garage rock which was the fashion at the time.
3
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
I like some of this, the bossa nova/samba stuff more than the later career material.
3
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
I was gonna write this whole thing about Bob Dylan and The Travelling Wilburys but now it's late and I'm tired. Basically, I love this album, I think it's one of the best of the last decade. It sounds like if Jeff Lynne and Daniel Lanois produced an album together.
5
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Vulnicura
Björk
My last Bjork album (I think Post should be on the list too but what do I know) and this is a difficult one but it's about a difficult time in her life.
5
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
Bought this when it was released on the strength of their debut album and I think I was a little bit let down by it, that debut is incredible, so incredible that it lived up to the hype foisted on the band by the British music press. It stands to reason that Dog Man Star might have a difficult time as a follow up, so pretentious, right? According to Rolling Stone, the most pretentious album ever released by a major label. I get it but you know what? Fuck that, over the years I've come to appreciate the brilliance of this album. Like I said I love the debut but this is the one I come back to most often.
5
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Sat Sep 16 2023
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
4
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Sun Sep 17 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
3
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Mon Sep 18 2023
GI
Germs
If aliens landed on earth, came to me and said you have one chance to choose the most perfect example of a punk rock album or we'll turn the Earth into a smoking barren wasteland, this is the album that I would confidently choose.
5
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
I'm sure I'm not alone in saying that if this album was just Teenage Riot I'd give it 5 stars. This album changed my life, at least as a music fan. It still sounds like it comes from some alternate reality or one of those Star Trek planets that almost like Earth but just a little different, maybe one where J. Mascis is president ;)
5
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Fri Sep 22 2023
#1 Record
Big Star
5
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
4
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Sun Sep 24 2023
Raw Power
The Stooges
5
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Melodrama
Lorde
Bonus points for rhyming again and pseudoephedrine. Ya ya feelin' good on a Wednesday...
4
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
There was a summer that me and a couple of friends did a lot of cruising around in one of the guy's pickup truck. None of us were old enough to buy beer and it was a small town so there wasn't really much else to do but drive around, eat fast food and listen to whatever cassette the truck guy had in his tape deck. I'm sure we listened to more than one album but for whatever reason, the one I remember was Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears. It wasn't Ozzy's best album but it felt right that summer. Whatever the modern version of that summer is for kids today, this album feels like the modern equivalent, it contains what have to be Kings of Leon's biggest selling singles so far (I'm pretty confident, without looking at the numbers, Mama I'm Coming Home and No More Tears' title track were Ozzy's best sellers, with the help of MTV) and its a well produced, slightly psychedelic, mainstream rock album. Is my comparison a stretch? Quite possibly but my guy tells me I'm right. Anyone own this on cassette?
3
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
5
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Born To Be With You
Dion
5
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Sat Sep 30 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
4
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Skylarking
XTC
5
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Mon Oct 02 2023
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4
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Tue Oct 03 2023
En-Tact
The Shamen
2
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Wed Oct 04 2023
The Real Thing
Faith No More
5
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Being There
Wilco
5
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
4
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Sat Oct 07 2023
Out of Step
Minor Threat
5
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Sun Oct 08 2023
Chelsea Girl
Nico
4
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Mon Oct 09 2023
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
4
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
4
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Wed Oct 11 2023
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
4
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
4
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Fri Oct 13 2023
American Pie
Don McLean
3
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Sat Oct 14 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
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Sun Oct 15 2023
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
1
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
3
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Tue Oct 17 2023
War
U2
5
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
5
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
5
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Fri Oct 20 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
5
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Sat Oct 21 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
4
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Sun Oct 22 2023
Woodface
Crowded House
Neil Finn is among the great pop songwriters of the late 20th century Difford & Tilbrook, Costello, Westerberg and Collingwood & Schlesinger. Crowded House's biggest US hits (the two songs everyone knows, all time classics Don't Dream It's Over and Something So Strong) came a couple of albums before this one but this is their most consistent work and their best album.
5
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
Some of you get it. Some of you should try smoking a joint once in a while. A masterpiece.
5
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Picture Book
Simply Red
3
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Wed Oct 25 2023
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
I absolutely didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did.
4
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
4
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Night Life
Ray Price
4
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Sat Oct 28 2023
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
5
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Sun Oct 29 2023
B-52's
The B-52's
5
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
4
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
This album makes me want to go to a kegger out in the woods and maybe get into a fist fight.
5
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
I liked this even though it was not at all what I was expecting. I swear I've listened to The Style Council before too. Anyway, I'm docking a star for that rap. In the words of the used to be much funnier Dennis Miller, ouch babe.
P.S. the rest of the album that directly follows A Gospel (the rap song) is exactly what I was expecting before I listened.
3
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Thu Nov 02 2023
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
Say what you want about the man, he's said some stupid things in the past few years and there are too many stories about what a dick he is to have any serious doubts as to whether or not they're true (some of the are actually so hilarious that I'd be disappointed if they weren't) but that being said this is Van at the height of his powers with an amazing backing band. Just incredible, I wish I could have been there but since I wasn't I'm glad someone recorded these shows, this is about as it gets.
5
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Nowhere
Ride
Other than Vapour Trail I hadn't listened to this before and it is just gorgeous. I generally stick to listening to an album's original track listing and skip any bonus tracks for this project but this time I just kept on going, I didn't want it to end.
5
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Sat Nov 04 2023
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
4
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Sun Nov 05 2023
McCartney
Paul McCartney
5
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
4
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
4
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
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Sat Nov 11 2023
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
4
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Sun Nov 12 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
5
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Street Signs
Ozomatli
4
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
5
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Third
Soft Machine
There were a couple of times I could have turned this off but mostly I thought it was pretty amazing, the good kind of jazz fusion.
4
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
4
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Sat Nov 18 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
5
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Sun Nov 19 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Wed Nov 22 2023
The Last Broadcast
Doves
I know some of you are big mad about the list by a British guy having a bunch of British music on it but stop calling everything recorded by British groups Britpop, it makes you sound dumb. Well-produced, soaring, apocalyptic sounding, turn of the century psychedelic rock, 4 stars.
4
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Thu Nov 23 2023
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
5
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Traffic
Traffic
3
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Sat Nov 25 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
5
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Sun Nov 26 2023
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3
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Mon Nov 27 2023
NEU! 75
Neu!
5
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
This list needs some Dukes of Stratosphere
4
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
5
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
5
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
5
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
There are worse examples of 60s pop on this list and this album is by some guys that were often criticized for being phonies. When this popped up I thought it was the soundtrack to Head. Once I realized it wasn't I was a little disappointed but this is good.
4
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
Just brilliant. Kilo should have a single, it would have been one of the best of the aughts.
5
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Shadowland
k.d. lang
RIYL Patsy Cline etc. which I do
5
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
When this first popped up I thought it was gonna be some Little Steven's Underground Garage stuff , like the Fleshtones or something. This is fine. It's possible if I listened to more by them or saw them live my appreciation for them might grow but this feels like a three star situation right now.
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Faith
George Michael
5
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
5
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
3
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Sat Dec 09 2023
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
5
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Sun Dec 10 2023
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
5
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
4
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Reign In Blood
Slayer
5
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
I like some avant garde in my post punk
5
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Fri Dec 15 2023
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
4
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Sat Dec 16 2023
Permission to Land
The Darkness
Until now I've never actually listened to this album but I've always liked Do You Believe In A Thing Called Love, it's fun. So when this popped up in my feed I was excited to check it out. Man, did this wear it out it's welcome fast. I love Queen, Def Leppard and AC/DC just not combined apparently.
2
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Sun Dec 17 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
3
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Drunk
Thundercat
3
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Tue Dec 19 2023
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
5
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Wed Dec 20 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
4
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Thu Dec 21 2023
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
4
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
3
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Sat Dec 23 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
I didn't hate this but I didn't really like it either
2
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Sun Dec 24 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
3
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Mon Dec 25 2023
Music
Madonna
I guess this is okay? I think I'd be less negative on this if it wasn't by an artist that was a legitimate superstar in my time. I wonder if my opinion is affected by the fact that this is the first Madonna album released after MTV went full garbage reality TV. I mean there might not be a recording artist of her stature more associated with the music video. I know my opinion is affected by Don't Tell Me making me think there was something wrong with my bluetooth headphones and that terrible American Pie cover. Can a cover be ballsy and lazy at the same time? It sure can.
2
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Tue Dec 26 2023
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
5
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Wed Dec 27 2023
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
4
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
4
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Fri Dec 29 2023
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
3
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
5
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Sun Dec 31 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
4
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
3
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Tue Jan 02 2024
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
5
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
3
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
2
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
4
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Sat Jan 06 2024
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
Somehow I missed this in '97. One my favorite discoveries so far. Another reviewer mentioned that they knew they would love this just moments into the opening track, I had the exact same experience. Dirty, droney, psychedelia. (The Dandy Warhols > The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
5
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Sun Jan 07 2024
Homework
Daft Punk
The second five star 1997 album in a row. Yesterday it was a Dandy Warhols album I was unfamiliar with, today it's Daft Punk's Homework, an album I know well and love.
5
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Mon Jan 08 2024
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
3
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
4
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Disappointed to see all the lazy and sexist Lilith Fair comments here. Aimee Mann is one of the great but underrated pop songwriters of the late 20th/early 21st centuries and this is a wonderful solo debut.
5
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Fri Jan 12 2024
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
3
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Sat Jan 13 2024
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
5
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
5
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Third
Portishead
5
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Dry
PJ Harvey
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
The notorious THIRD DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS ALBUM on the list. Actually this is pretty great, the Irish seem to have a real knack for American soul music and I'd rather hear these guys' interpolation of Werewolves of London than that fucking Kid Rock mashup.
4
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Thu Jan 18 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
There's nothing I could say that hasn't been said already. A masterpiece, an all timer that was on the charts for 988 weeks.
5
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
5
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
No Durst, no Trump. I mean he did popularize the red baseball cap. Anyway I've been eagerly awaiting my chance to give this a one. No I didn't listen to it but I was around when this was big and I had a couple of misguided friends who enjoyed listening to this album so I'm sure I've heard it in its entirety and there's no chance that putting myself through a relisten is gonna change my mind. You're next Kid Rock.
1
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Sun Jan 21 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
4
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Mon Jan 22 2024
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
I wanted to like this but I just couldn't get there, the idea of it is better than the execution.
2
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Signing Off
UB40
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Play
Moby
5
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Paris 1919
John Cale
4
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
4
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Closer
Joy Division
5
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Sun Jan 28 2024
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
I won't deny that the opening/title track is a great pop song and it's what's keeping me from giving this one star. After that however it's just a series of diminishing returns. I think Soda Pop might be one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
2
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
4
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Destroyer
KISS
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
5
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Smash
The Offspring
I would have preferred something by Bad Religion
3
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Sat Feb 03 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
5
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
5
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Fun House
The Stooges
5
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3
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Wed Feb 07 2024
G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
3
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Even if this album didn't suck, Bob Ritchie is fake, culture-appropriating, douche. Also, this is listed as a metal album? It is a huge genre that I have a relatively narrow interest in but come on, that's just embarrassing for everybody. I can't give this hour or so of crap a zero so it's a one.
1
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
I didn't know what to expect from this album, I'm vaguely aware of The Residents as the top hat eyeball band with secret identities that some people thought were actually The Beatles. I've been curious about them but I didn't know where to start. That's one of great things about this project, it just said here's your first Residents album, dig in. I'm hearing Primus, a little They Might Be Giants' darker side and Ween at their brownest, circa The Pod or Godweensatan. Pretty cool. I don't know if I'm down for a real deep dive but I'm into it.
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
You say samey, I say brilliant at what they do and I like the saxophone. These are great pop songs (Pretty In Pink being one of the greatest of all time) backed by cacophony. Dumb Waiter and Into You Like A Train are pretty amazing too.
4
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
4
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
4
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
3
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Sat Feb 24 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
I haven't listened to this in years, I had forgotten how good it is.
5
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Abbey Road
Beatles
5
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
5
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Wed Feb 28 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
The world is a better place for having Cyndi in it
5
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Boston
Boston
Literally every single song is a stone cold classic.
5
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Fri Mar 01 2024
The Band
The Band
5
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
5
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
4
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
I'm pretty sure I've only ever heard one song by this band (Oh Bondage Up Yours) and now I'm full of regret that I haven't spent more time checking them out. What a fool I was because this is amazing.
5
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
4
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
I feel sorry for the people on this website who don't enjoy listening to this. What a sad, dull, gray life y'all must lead.
5
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
5
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
Funky, druggy and tawdry, with that combination how could I give it less than five stars?
5
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Tue Mar 12 2024
The White Room
The KLF
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
4
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
4
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
5
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
5
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Follow The Leader
Korn
1
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
5
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Wed Mar 20 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
5
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
3
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
5
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Sun Mar 24 2024
The Bends
Radiohead
5
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
5
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Tue Mar 26 2024
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
5
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Wed Mar 27 2024
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
4
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Mask
Bauhaus
4
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
5
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Sat Mar 30 2024
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
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Sun Mar 31 2024
The Coral
The Coral
2
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Slayed?
Slade
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
2
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Wed Apr 03 2024
World Clique
Deee-Lite
5
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Electric
The Cult
3
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Cut
The Slits
4
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Sat Apr 06 2024
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
3
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Sun Apr 07 2024
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
5
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Yeezus
Kanye West
2
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
3
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
4
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Guero
Beck
4
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Sat Apr 13 2024
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
5
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Sun Apr 14 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
5
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Suicide
Suicide
5
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Survivor
Destiny's Child
4
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
4
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
4
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Sat Apr 20 2024
21
Adele
3
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Sun Apr 21 2024
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
4
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Mon Apr 22 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
5
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Tue Apr 23 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
5
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
5
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Thu Apr 25 2024
A Northern Soul
The Verve
3
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
4
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Sat Apr 27 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles
2
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Sun Apr 28 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
5
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
4
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
5
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Wed May 01 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
5
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Thu May 02 2024
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Not surprised by some of the low ratings here, there's no accounting for taste. If you can't appreciate this I feel sorry for you because Merle's the real deal.
5
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Fri May 03 2024
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
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Sat May 04 2024
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4
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Sun May 05 2024
Movies
Holger Czukay
5
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Mon May 06 2024
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
5
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Tue May 07 2024
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5
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Wed May 08 2024
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4
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Thu May 09 2024
Be
Common
3
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Fri May 10 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
5
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Sat May 11 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
4
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Sun May 12 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
5
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Mon May 13 2024
Basket of Light
Pentangle
4
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Tue May 14 2024
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
2
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Wed May 15 2024
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
The lead track is an all-timer, great song that still holds up with a video that you could argue is the pinnacle of the art form but as someone who never went deep on these guys the rest is just fine, not bad or anything just pretty good European 80s technopop.
3
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Thu May 16 2024
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
I'm kind of picky about my late 60s Bay Area psychedelia but this is solid.
4
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Fri May 17 2024
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
Maybe the easiest 5 I've given. Fun, funky and weird and as good as any Talking Heads album.
5
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Sat May 18 2024
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
4
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Sun May 19 2024
California
American Music Club
4
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Mon May 20 2024
Kimono My House
Sparks
Relentlessly energetic and fun. It really doesn't sound like anything else, except maybe Of Montreal 30 years later.
5
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Tue May 21 2024
Ys
Joanna Newsom
3
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Wed May 22 2024
Celebrity Skin
Hole
4
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Thu May 23 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
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Fri May 24 2024
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I'm kind of baffled by the hate for EC on this website. I bet the people who don't like him listen to a lot of Drake.
5
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Sat May 25 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
I don't know which band was first referred to as "grunge" but if it wasn't Mudhoney, it should have been, or maybe Tad.
4
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Sun May 26 2024
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
2
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Mon May 27 2024
90
808 State
4
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Tue May 28 2024
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
5
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Wed May 29 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
4
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Thu May 30 2024
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
4
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Fri May 31 2024
Ctrl
SZA
3
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Sat Jun 01 2024
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
4
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Sun Jun 02 2024
Forever Changes
Love
3
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Mon Jun 03 2024
I See You
The xx
3
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Tue Jun 04 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
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Wed Jun 05 2024
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
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Thu Jun 06 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
5
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Fri Jun 07 2024
Palo Congo
Sabu
3
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Sat Jun 08 2024
White Light
Gene Clark
3
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Sun Jun 09 2024
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
4
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Mon Jun 10 2024
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
3
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Tue Jun 11 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
4
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Wed Jun 12 2024
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
5
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Thu Jun 13 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
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Fri Jun 14 2024
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
4
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Sat Jun 15 2024
Scott 2
Scott Walker
4
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Sun Jun 16 2024
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
3
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Mon Jun 17 2024
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3
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Tue Jun 18 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
5
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Wed Jun 19 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson
5
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Thu Jun 20 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
4
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Fri Jun 21 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
5
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Sat Jun 22 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
5
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Sun Jun 23 2024
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
Morrissey and the Lads at their peak. Mick Ronson's production is stellar. It's possible that my love due to some amount of nostalgia, it was during a fun, happy time of my life but I think it holds up. I know that Morrissey isn't for everyone, I'm not sure he's for me anymore with some of the absolutely asinine things he's said over the last decade or so, but literally every song on this album is stupendous.
5
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Mon Jun 24 2024
Hysteria
Def Leppard
3
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Tue Jun 25 2024
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
This is fun and it feels really ahead of its time. It's also going right into my list of favorite albums from this list that I hadn't even heard of before.
5
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Wed Jun 26 2024
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
5
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Thu Jun 27 2024
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
4
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Fri Jun 28 2024
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
4
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Sat Jun 29 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
4
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Sun Jun 30 2024
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
4
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Mon Jul 01 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
This is one of my favorite albums ever, it's just so hauntingly beautiful and if you close your eyes it's as if the band is right in the room with you or maybe you're in the church while the recording sessions are taking place. Either way it's one of the most intimate recordings I've ever heard. On a more personal level, The Trinity Session was a gateway drug into country music for me, not the only one of course but it played a large part in broadening my musical horizons in that direction.
5
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Tue Jul 02 2024
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
5
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Wed Jul 03 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
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Thu Jul 04 2024
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
3
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Fri Jul 05 2024
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
4
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Sat Jul 06 2024
Trio
Dolly Parton
4
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Sun Jul 07 2024
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
5
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Mon Jul 08 2024
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
I'm actually a little impressed that only a couple of reviewers refered to this as "brit-pop"
4
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Tue Jul 09 2024
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
5
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Wed Jul 10 2024
The Score
Fugees
4
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Thu Jul 11 2024
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
5
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Fri Jul 12 2024
Real Life
Magazine
5
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Sat Jul 13 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
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Sun Jul 14 2024
Tago Mago
Can
4
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Mon Jul 15 2024
LP1
FKA twigs
4
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Tue Jul 16 2024
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
4
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Wed Jul 17 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
4
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Thu Jul 18 2024
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
5
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Fri Jul 19 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
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Sat Jul 20 2024
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
5
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Sun Jul 21 2024
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
5
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Mon Jul 22 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
5
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Tue Jul 23 2024
Blunderbuss
Jack White
4
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Wed Jul 24 2024
Pump
Aerosmith
4
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Thu Jul 25 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
5
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Fri Jul 26 2024
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
I'm docking a star for Jailbait because...ew
4