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Tue Jan 02 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Quite 'of its time' in terms of sound, but still utterly lush. Particularly like the Bulgarian choir.
4
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Phenomenal. Somehow cool and warm at the same time. Irresistible soft drum machines complementing Otis's beautiful voice and guitar; gorgeous chord sequences. I love this.
4
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
On first listen I find this inconsistent - some of it immediately catches my ear (Canary, Divorce Song, Stratford-on-Guy) and some will likely need repeat listens.
3
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Arrival
ABBA
One of my favourite albums of all time. Some moments of complete silliness (Dum Dum Diddle in particular), and a degree of imagination is required to enjoy the ubiquitous Dancing Queen - but Knowing Me Knowing You and the title track mark this as an album of beauty.
4
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Mon Jan 08 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Fantastic album I should listen to more.
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
I love Siouxsie and the general sound of this record but was surprised at how little most of the songs held my attention. Think I'm more of a Creatures kind of person.
3
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Patchy but when it is good it is great. The opening track is an absolute stormer and the title track is possibly the best version of this song I have heard - perhaps even better than Scott Walker's, which I know is a bold claim, but I love the mania that drives it. The Last of the Teenage Idols is an killer album closer.
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
A beautiful overall sound, if a bit... puritan? I started craving some variation about two thirds of the way through. Inevitable game of 'how do I know this song,' as is always the case with folk. Standout tracks: Silver Dagger, Fare Thee Well, I Know You Rider.
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
This is so much fun, especially The Rooster Song and It's You I Love.
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Hypnotic and haunting; a perfect palette of sounds. Luminous musicians creating space for each other to shine.
4
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
A masterpiece.
5
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Thu Jan 18 2024
The White Album
Beatles
Haven't listened to it in its entirety for probably 20 years and I suspect I fall into the 'this is overrated' camp. Some of my favourite Beatles songs are here (Julia, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter) and I'm a sucker for all the self-referential stuff, but Revolution 9 has to be one of the most pointless and self-indulgent things ever committed to tape. Their sound collage stuff works well as an enhancement to what they are good at (songs!) but doesn't stand up on its own merit - it feels like an overreach. I look forward to listening to this again in 2044.
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
Dull and dated. If I were being generous I'd say I'm sure a fully sober middle-aged woman listening to this at 7am is not the target audience, but I found it boring in 1995 too. Just makes me want to listen to the Beastie Boys.
1
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Mon Jan 22 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Energy, charisma, wit, musical twists and turns. Favourite track: the closing medley.
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
The Blueprint
JAY Z
First impression is that this is great. I need to sit and listen to it again with the lyrics in front of me to get the most out of it (I shall print them out in large font and read them through big reading specs on a chain while sitting in a comfortable chair). But even just going by the music it's such a rich, varied listen.
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
A wonderful album. Dark, sleazy and beautiful.
5
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
A gorgeous album that includes echoes and future echoes of his other work. The drums are visceral. Favourite tracks: TVC15 and Stay.
5
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
One of their best.
4
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Mon Jan 29 2024
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
A fun album.
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
A very particular sound and aesthetic: pastoral instrumentation, pentatonic melodies, rich vocal harmonies, everything drowned in reverb. They wear their influences on their sleeves. I remember the first time I heard Mykonos and was absolutely stopped in my tracks by how gorgeous it sounded. Nothing on this album grabs me quite the same way; I think it was over-hyped, and they suffered slightly from being lumped in with inferior bands from both sides of the Atlantic (hello, Mumford and Sons). It still sounds great though.
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Gold
Ryan Adams
I remember Adams being very hyped at the time this came out, but he always left me cold and it seems nothing has changed. I listened to the first few tracks and then skipped through the rest. So derivative (if I want this kind of music I will listen to The Band, Gram Parsons etc) but without the best elements of its influences. Bland, blaaaand, blaaaaahhhh.
1
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Bad
Michael Jackson
4
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
This list. Fuck me. I'm pretty sure even the members of Green Day don't consider this one of the best 1001 albums ever made. I mean, it's fine (Extraordinary Girl and Homecoming are great) but I don't think I would have regretted never listening to it.
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Pump
Aerosmith
3
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Basket of Light
Pentangle
3
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Mon Feb 12 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
4
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
1
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
3
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
3
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Let It Be
The Replacements
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Metallica
Metallica
Thinking of packing this project in. Life is too short to listen to Metallica
1
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Arular
M.I.A.
That's more like it
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Live!
Fela Kuti
4
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
4
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson
5
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
4
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Lost Souls
Doves
2
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
3
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
4
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Wed Mar 20 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Paris 1919
John Cale
4
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Fri Mar 22 2024
The Visitors
ABBA
4
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Mon Mar 25 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel
4
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
3
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Thu Mar 28 2024
New Wave
The Auteurs
2
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
4
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
3
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
3
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
5
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
4
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
4
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
4
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
4
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Damaged
Black Flag
2
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
4
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
4
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
4
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Thu Apr 18 2024
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
3
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Fri Apr 19 2024
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
2
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Garbage
Garbage
2
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Amnesiac
Radiohead
4
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
3
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
2
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
3
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Wed May 01 2024
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
3
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Thu May 02 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
3
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Fri May 03 2024
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3
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Mon May 06 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
3