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Mon Sep 27 2021
Young Americans
David Bowie
Man, there' s a lot of juicy sax on this album. And a trippy Beatles cover. And even a John Lennon collab. This is about as 70s Bowie as it gets.
4
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Tue Sep 28 2021
Suede
Suede
This one brought back memories of a club I used to go to in the late 90s - Pure Pop at Club 77. The DJs would play Suede all of the time but I never got into the band. I can hear now the glam and Bowie influences.
3
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Wed Sep 29 2021
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
I always thought ZZ Top were jokey redneck rockers so this was a nice surprise, a bit of earthy hard blues rock. Not my scene but I appreciated the effort.
3
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Thu Sep 30 2021
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Pretty kooky and eccentric, I can see the humorous side of it but not my cup of tea.
2
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Fri Oct 01 2021
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Was so excited to listen to this - I love Kate Bush. But never given a whole album the time of day. I liked a few of these well enough, especially the first track, but most of it I found a bit...meh. I think I prefer 1979 Kate Bush
3
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Mon Oct 04 2021
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
GREAT ALBUM CHOICE, I listened to this just recently. Elton and Bernie developing their more epic and experimental sound that would come to fruition on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Good times.
5
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Tue Oct 05 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
WOW. I love this album. I'd put this in my Top 5 all time for sure. Stunningly beautiful melodies, soaring rich harmonies, insane instrumentation, and poetic lyrics. A classic.
5
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Wed Oct 06 2021
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Another good one. I haven't given this a full listen to since the late 90s I reckon. An amazing voice and some great songs. Last Goodbye and Hallelujah are both awesome.
4
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Thu Oct 07 2021
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Random generator...from son to father?
Very different from Jeff - jazzy, soulful, folky tunes that demand multiple lessons. A bit too slow and dreamy for me.
3
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Fri Oct 08 2021
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Great album - rock solid tunes, a great marriage of the mod sensibility to folk and Britpop. Love it.
4
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Mon Oct 11 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
A few great moments on this, especially Blister... but I found a lot of it a bit samey for me. I should like this more...but not today.
3
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Tue Oct 12 2021
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Smooth as smooth can be. He does have a good voice, and I don't mind a bit of jazzy crooner big band when it's done right. And having some old-time music after a couple of weeks of 1980s-1990s heavy stuff was nice. Weird to think my grandad probably had this on the turntable back in '56.
4
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Wed Oct 13 2021
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
There's a bit of talent in this lineup. I've heard much of this but never listened to the album through. Our House is just such a lovely song. And a few of the others are very great. Like this one.
4
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Thu Oct 14 2021
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
First group in the list I've barely heard of. They sound like music from the future for 1984. Definitely interesting, creative, ethereal...but not my thing so much. I can see why people would love this though.
3
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Fri Oct 15 2021
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
YES! What an amazing record. For such a long double-player the overall quality of the tracks is amazing. Stevie's talent shines through on this. The musicality and lyricism is incredible.
5
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Mon Oct 18 2021
Music From Big Pink
The Band
Another cracker of an album. The Weight is in my top 10 songs of all time. There are some real flashes of brilliance on here and I could easily sit back and listen to this any time.
4
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Tue Oct 19 2021
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
This is a definite gap in my musical experience. Somehow it passed me by back in the 80s. I really enjoyed the samples, the lyrics, the beats - but overall not quite for me. I did like hearing a bit from Queen's 'Flash' in there somewhere. Wish I could give a three and a half, not quite a four for me.
3
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Wed Oct 20 2021
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
More Frank? Not so soon. I'm a little Franked out.
"In the wee small hours of the morning
While the whole wide world was having a snooze
Frankie crooned on in a smooth baritone
About ciggies, the moon, love and booze"
3
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Thu Oct 21 2021
Who's Next
The Who
I'd gladly listen to The Who
I'd gladly say this ain't half bad
To hear this, I'd say it makes me pretty glad
I'd pay...a bit? just to get Who's Next
I'd work part of my life and I will
To win you, I'd stand naked, stoned and stabbed (scratch that) - but
I'd call that a bargain
The best album the Who ever had?
The best they ever had
4
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
What'll you do when you go crazy?
And your listeners are no longer by your side?
You've been racist and anti-vax much too long
You know it's just your foolish pride
Eric, you've got me on my knees
Eric, I'm begging, dude please
Eric, you're talented but you're out of your mind
4
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Mon Oct 25 2021
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
"Sing, sing PJ, with your other-worldly voice
Pack up your troubles and let's head out
To the fountain of joy and listen out
Swim back, forth, back, back, laugh out loud"
4
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Tue Oct 26 2021
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
I'm a blues album
I'm a full-grown blues album
ALBUM!
I'm a natural born blues album
ALBUM!
I inspired the Rolling Stones
Man, I'm a natural born blues album
I'm a blues album
I'm a hoochie coochie blues album (repeat ad infinitum)
3
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Wed Oct 27 2021
Goo
Sonic Youth
Time to take a ride, time to take in some alt guitar rock
And if you want tonal interest, get on to Goo
Punking out the day, dreaming out the crazy way
3
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Thu Oct 28 2021
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
No lyrics for me to alter in my review for this one.
Love a bit of Indian classical music - very peaceful, pensive, and emotional. And nice to have something that isn't a western rock band!
4
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Fri Oct 29 2021
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
People of the world today
Are we looking for some gated drums
We are a part of the rhythm nation
People of the world unite
Brisk electro-beat, we can get it right
One time
We are a part of the rhythm nation
3
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Mon Nov 01 2021
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
And I was listening to each side of the disc
Words falling in my ears
Hearing an album of pain and grief
Lord knows there's some amazing tunes getting through
Tangled up in Bob
5
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Tue Nov 02 2021
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
My album of many plaintive country songs
That Dolly made for me
Made only from fiddle, bass, steel and vibrato voice
But I listened so pleasantly
Although they sounded pretty samey
I was happy as I could be
With my album of many country love songs
That Dolly made for me
4
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Wed Nov 03 2021
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
Oh Lord, I got to raise a fuss, Lord I got to raise a holler
About a playin' proto heavy metal just to try to earn a dollar
Oh Lord, I tried to destroy my amps, your ears I did abuse
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do
Lord, there ain't no cure for the early hard rock heavy ear-splittin' blues
3
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Thu Nov 04 2021
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Artistic Freedom. Do what you want.
But just make sure that everything is very Mod
I'll tell you what, I got you sussed
You haven't wasted my time, this listening time was fun
3
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Fri Nov 05 2021
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Vento de maio
Supa smoovo jazzo
Estrela cadente
Vergin on fromage
O fim da viagem
Funkita basso e sinthesizo
Pra voltar atrás
Nota so mucha for meo
2
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Sun Nov 07 2021
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
All at sea again
And now my album generator has brought down this Ocean Rain
To bathe me again
In some Smiths-esque, sometimes acoustic, haunting rock
Can you hear its tender frame
Sounding from beneath the waves
Sounding from beneath the waves
3
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Mon Nov 08 2021
Berlin
Lou Reed
On Berlin, old school
Lou Reed sings in his crackly drawl
It was very nice
Candlelight and Dubonnet on ice
We were in a small cafe
You could hear the guitars play
It was very nice
Oh honey, it was paradise
3
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Tue Nov 09 2021
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Ambient
3
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Wed Nov 10 2021
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
You sound different from other albums
You come from the foam-crested mind
2
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Thu Nov 11 2021
Dog Man Star
Suede
Dog man star took a suck on a pill
And stabbed a cerebellum with a curious quill
First album was a bit better
Introducing the band
3
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Fri Nov 12 2021
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely nights singing old songs
Those melodies haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
Willie singing tunes
And each track an inspiration
Ah, but that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song
3
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Sat Nov 13 2021
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Do you love this?
(They can really move, )
Do you love this?
(I'm in the groove.)
Now do you love this?
(Do you love this garage rock?)
3
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Sun Nov 14 2021
Violator
Depeche Mode
The sweetest perfection
To some listeners
The slightest correction
Not really my bag
But some nice stuff going on
3
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Mon Nov 15 2021
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none of it is completely ill or brill,
But Pink Moon is chill
3
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Tue Nov 16 2021
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
There's an alternate universe where i'm a major jazz-fusion-funk fanatic. It would be a rather weird place.
2
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Wed Nov 17 2021
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
This old world ain't never change the way it's been
And all the ways of war can't change it back again
I've been a-searchin' for the album that's folksy
And sometimes I sing, "Everybody's talkin' at me"
3
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Thu Nov 18 2021
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Listenin' easy
Lovin' the rock
Seems I've heard some of these before
Aussie classic
Lots of riffs
Takin' everythin' in my stride
Don't need reason
Don't need rhyme
Are some things that I'd rather do
Goin' down
Party time
Fun when I'm in the mood
3
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Fri Nov 19 2021
In Utero
Nirvana
Teenage angst has paid off well (on Nevermind)
Now I'm bored and old
3
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Sat Nov 20 2021
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
I woke up this morning, I had them Allman Brother Blues
I woke up this morning, I had them long guitar solo blues
Well, I played this album, baby
And it seemed to have them too
3
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Sun Nov 21 2021
2112
Rush
We’ve taken care of everything
Turned prog rock into hard rock
The songs we sing
Haven't really heard of them
But they're OK
3
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Mon Nov 22 2021
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
Oh, the revolution was here
That would set you free from those bourgeoisie
For some, electronica rock makes everything clearer
But my review exposes my age - or taste
3
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Tue Nov 23 2021
Fragile
Yes
I'll be the roundabout
The words and music will be pretty way out
3
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Wed Nov 24 2021
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Hahaha, yeah, nine-deuce
Death Row Records, creepin' while you're sleepin'
Songs with attitude? Shit yeah, songs with a mid-90s flava, brought back some memories
If I quote any more lyrics
I'll get arrested
Love the beats
Sexism can go get flipped
4
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Thu Nov 25 2021
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
The salt of the earth
What is your impression?
Elements of Air
Surreal, ethereal, disconnection
3
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Fri Nov 26 2021
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
4
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Sat Nov 27 2021
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
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Sun Nov 28 2021
Sail Away
Randy Newman
(Comical voice) You've got to be in the right mood for a big dose of Randy
3
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Mon Nov 29 2021
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Say, this sounds like it influenced a lot of 90s indie music.
3
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Tue Nov 30 2021
With The Beatles
Beatles
It won't be long yeah (yeah) till the Beatles have a 5-star album.
4
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Wed Dec 01 2021
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Brings back memories of shared houses, Sydney Olympics and Rage on the TV.
4
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Thu Dec 02 2021
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
I'm not gonna to get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines
This is a great little album
And Declan McManus is close to genius
4
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Fri Dec 03 2021
Odessa
Bee Gees
Man, that's a lot of Brothers Gibb.
3
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Sat Dec 04 2021
Dookie
Green Day
27 years ago? Some amazing classics on here. Yes. This is now a classic album. It can be played on Oldies stations.
4
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Sun Dec 05 2021
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Some Doors, some Jefferson Airplane... I had never heard of these guys but their influence on the late 60s is pretty obvious.
3
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Mon Dec 06 2021
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
This sounds like an extended mix of the theme tune for the fictional sit-com, 'Jerry'.
2
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Tue Dec 07 2021
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Some very good quality tunes by this band I've never heard of
3
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Wed Dec 08 2021
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I'm more rock than prog, I've figured.
2
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Thu Dec 09 2021
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
This was a solid 3. Then Kashmir came on.
4
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Fri Dec 10 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
I hated this stuff in the mid-90s. Now it gives me a bit of a warm nostalgic f***ing glow.
3
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Sat Dec 11 2021
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Phew! Don't leave anyone hanging on the telephone with this one. Corker of an album!
4
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Sun Dec 12 2021
Damaged
Black Flag
Black Flag raised some red flags with me. Had to check if they were Nazis, apparently not at all, but some of their listeners are, not their fault but not my bag.
2
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Mon Dec 13 2021
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Sure, here's a three-hour concept album, you have a day to listen to it.
But it does what it says on the box.
3
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Tue Dec 14 2021
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Some Natty, no cry
4
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Wed Dec 15 2021
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Very mellow Cure here
3
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Thu Dec 16 2021
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
This is such a great bit of Bob. If the next two albums weren't so spectacular, this would be in 5 territory.
4
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Fri Dec 17 2021
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Some pleasantness here, nothing jumped out.
3
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Sat Dec 18 2021
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
SHAFT
3
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Sun Dec 19 2021
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
3
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Mon Dec 20 2021
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
3
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Tue Dec 21 2021
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Thanks Rod!
3
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Wed Dec 22 2021
Atomizer
Big Black
Too hard too fast too loud
2
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Thu Dec 23 2021
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
My kids: this sounds weird
3
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Fri Dec 24 2021
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Works just right as a bit of Welsh britpoprock
3
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Sat Dec 25 2021
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
I've come round a bit on NIN but still just not for me
2
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Sun Dec 26 2021
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Try to forget that Phil is involved and this is a real Christmas cracker.
4
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Mon Dec 27 2021
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Sounds as fresh today as it did then. But too many bitches to make it palatable
3
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Tue Dec 28 2021
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Two meats out of loaf ain't bad
3
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Wed Dec 29 2021
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Bang bang. A smooth listen as I cooked some Mexican food.
3
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Thu Dec 30 2021
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Smooth as can be.
3
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Fri Dec 31 2021
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
That's alright Elvis
3
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Sat Jan 01 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Very Boss roadtrip
3
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Sun Jan 02 2022
Da Capo
Love
Very 1966
3
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Mon Jan 03 2022
My Generation
The Who
The birth of great rock.
4
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Deep and long
3
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Wed Jan 05 2022
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
4
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Eagles
Eagles
4
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Fri Jan 07 2022
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
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Sat Jan 08 2022
Face to Face
The Kinks
I love Ray's stories and Sunny Afternoon is just a masterful song.
4
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Sun Jan 09 2022
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
So THAT'S where grunge came from
3
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Mon Jan 10 2022
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
Very reminiscent of early Split Enz - it outstays it welcome but has some pleasant moments.
3
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Tue Jan 11 2022
London Calling
The Clash
A pretty masterful bit of Clash here
4
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Wed Jan 12 2022
One World
John Martyn
Pretty easy listening at times, but some moments
3
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
It was about time we had some salsa
4
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Fri Jan 14 2022
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
Love the sentiment but the music just doesn't move me as much as I'd like it to. Good bloke though.
3
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Sat Jan 15 2022
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Tuneful, bright, twangy, light
3
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Sun Jan 16 2022
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Some good rocking here
4
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Mon Jan 17 2022
Nevermind
Nirvana
Not everything on here is incredible. But enough of it is. This is the sound of the early 90s for me.
5
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Tue Jan 18 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
I genuinely enjoyed this and found there were a bunch of songs I knew but had never really thought to put into the same basket.
4
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Wed Jan 19 2022
Different Class
Pulp
This is the soundtrack to me being 16. It's probably a 4 but I feel that's too churlish considering how much these songs are in my brain.
5
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Thu Jan 20 2022
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
An acquired taste, and I don't really have the appetite.
2
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Fri Jan 21 2022
Leftism
Leftfield
Atmospheric and electronic
3
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Sat Jan 22 2022
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
A bit rude!
3
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Sun Jan 23 2022
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
This sounds a little bit like Bruce Springsteen
3
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Mon Jan 24 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Smooth and classy
3
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Tue Jan 25 2022
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
I felt stoned just listening to this.
4
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Wed Jan 26 2022
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Realised I really like a few songs on this album.
4
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Thu Jan 27 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Great beats, I liked this.
4
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
Pretty trippy and ambient, I didn't mind this.
3
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Sat Jan 29 2022
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
A bit of 1980 heavy
3
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Sun Jan 30 2022
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Some pretty classic Madge here
3
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Mon Jan 31 2022
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
This has 1983 written all over it. In pink.
3
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Pump
Aerosmith
I can almost hear Steven Tyler's lips
3
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Wed Feb 02 2022
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Very inoffensive
3
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Thu Feb 03 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Ba-ba-BAAAAAAA
3
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
I was apprehensive going into this one...but it was alright
3
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Sat Feb 05 2022
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
1-star.
5
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Sun Feb 06 2022
Zombie
Fela Kuti
This is some original Afrobeat - I like what they're doing but I don't think I'd seek it out too often
3
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
Some pretty passable Seattle grunge, but someone else did it better
3
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Tue Feb 08 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Man that was some proto Britpop fun
4
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
Not my thang
2
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Mucha samba
3
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Fri Feb 11 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
Yeah pretty good.
3
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Sat Feb 12 2022
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Yeah I love these guys. A bit samey after a while though.
4
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Sun Feb 13 2022
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Sounds a bit like a futuristic video game soundtrack.
2
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Mon Feb 14 2022
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
When I was about 9, I had a mix tape that had Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick on it - I had no idea who was singing it, or why, but I found it mesmerising.
3
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Parklife
Blur
Bank Holiday I could do without, but otherwise what a lineup of delicious Britishy pop.
5
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Wed Feb 16 2022
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Yeah they were pretty good. I like the opener.
4
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Woodface
Crowded House
Like a fine teak cabinet full of treasures.
5
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
This brings back memories of the older kids break-dancing in the canteen when I was in Year 1.
3
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Sat Feb 19 2022
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Man he just so angry with Britney and Christina. A few less homophobic slurs and this would be a 4
3
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Sun Feb 20 2022
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Some very soulful Stevland here. Good times.
4
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Mon Feb 21 2022
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
I like Donovan. But this is a lot of acoustic warbling.
3
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Very chilled but maybe too much to excite my feelings
3
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Wed Feb 23 2022
Sincere
Mj Cole
Not really in the mood for this one
2
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Thu Feb 24 2022
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
Terrible name, okay tunes.
3
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Celebrity Skin
Hole
Some pretty melodic and listenable pop rock - way gentler than I remember
3
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Sat Feb 26 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Good, solid Lenny but not his best.
4
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Sun Feb 27 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Yeah so not so bad really, I can see where the 90s came from
3
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Mon Feb 28 2022
The Doors
The Doors
Some amazing stuff on here, certainly lit my fire
4
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
I just love this album, a lot of nostalgia for me with this one. Masterfully Cubano.
5
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Minus 1 star for Morrissey being a dickhead.
3
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Thu Mar 03 2022
Picture Book
Simply Red
Before Mick Hucknall went full tosser.
3
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Fri Mar 04 2022
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
There's a lot of easy skankin going on here.
4
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Sat Mar 05 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
The best album by my favourite duo. Sublime in parts.
5
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Sun Mar 06 2022
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Yeah, I enjoyed some of this...was thinking it would be a country album so was pleasantly surprised.
3
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Ctrl
SZA
You know, good standard late 2010s pop
3
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Rocks
Aerosmith
Some relatively generic Rocks
3
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Among The Living
Anthrax
Technically proficient. But too hard, fast, loud, and short for me.
2
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
A bit plucky and twangy for how I was feeling, but a pleasant interlude nonetheless
3
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Fri Mar 11 2022
Night Life
Ray Price
A bit too night time country
2
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Sat Mar 12 2022
Back In Black
AC/DC
Does exactly what it says on the box
3
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Sun Mar 13 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
A lot to listen to
3
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Mon Mar 14 2022
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Never listened to the Lips before... this was a fun album
4
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Tue Mar 15 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Some soulful tunes here, if there's an Elvis period I like it might be this one.
4
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Wed Mar 16 2022
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
They do this stuff well.
4
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Yes, this was very David Byrne, some of the tracks I've never heard but I felt like I could have known them for years.
4
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
I like some bits but overall not quite what I'm after
3
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
A step above telephone hold music, with added smooth sax.
3
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Sun Mar 20 2022
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
There are some classic live renditions on here.
4
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
That's a lot of vocoder
3
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
That is some smooth samba.
3
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Wed Mar 23 2022
Scott 4
Scott Walker
I think the word that best sums this up is, interesting.
3
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Thu Mar 24 2022
Kimono My House
Sparks
This be pretty kooky, I wouldn't have placed this as 1974.
3
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Fri Mar 25 2022
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Some kooky Brazilian psychedelia here. Wow
3
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Sat Mar 26 2022
The Cars
The Cars
Some good solid driving.
4
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Sun Mar 27 2022
Frank
Amy Winehouse
Amazing voice. Not my kind of music but there are flashes of great.
3
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
Very Eno.
3
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Tue Mar 29 2022
No Other
Gene Clark
This was a lovely one I'd never heard of, like finding a piece of the 60s-70s I was supposed to know about but had missed.
4
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
This was actually fantastic.
Ahead of its time in ways, rooted in old school folk idioms in others. Nearly every song full of emotion.
I'm doing it, I'm giving it a 5.
5
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Thu Mar 31 2022
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
This just about sums up the early 90s.
3
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Fri Apr 01 2022
Pornography
The Cure
Some standard Cure, Rob is in good voice.
3
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Sat Apr 02 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
I just really love a spot of Paul Simon. Very laid back and sweet.
4
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Sun Apr 03 2022
New Forms
Roni Size
I found this grating and unedifying.
2
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Mon Apr 04 2022
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
I really liked the vibe of this one and would love to know a bit more about it
3
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
STONE COLD CLASSIC
Harmony is just a beautiful, perfect song.
So much pop culture imagery and perhaps Elton's most diverse and interesting piece of work.
5
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Another Green World
Brian Eno
Sounds pretty Eno to me
3
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Play
Moby
This is 1999 in Sydney for me
4
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Fri Apr 08 2022
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
You know what actually pretty ok.
3
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Sat Apr 09 2022
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Definitely a return to fomr, but not quite the best of form. Still, a few good moments
3
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Sun Apr 10 2022
Faith
George Michael
An extra mark because of the intro to Faith
GM gets better with age
4
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Kenya
Machito
I felt like I was in Vegas in 1964.
3
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Tue Apr 12 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Some Britpop singer-songwriter vibes here, was surprised to hear how he died sooon after this album.
How did you like it Adam?
3
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Wed Apr 13 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
This is some pretty standard early 70s hard rock. A bit samey but some grinding organ
3
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Thu Apr 14 2022
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
I love this album... Ray Davies at his whimsical best. happy it was the last one I got to listen to in Australia.
5
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Fri Apr 15 2022
Bummed
Happy Mondays
Pretty much as Happy and Monday as expected.
3
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Sat Apr 16 2022
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
This is me and my mates drinking beers underage and acting silly.
3
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Sun Apr 17 2022
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Tenacious D should sue these guys for ripping them off.
3
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Mon Apr 18 2022
Moon Safari
Air
This is share-housing in 1999 for me. Great album.
5
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Closer
Joy Division
This might be controversial... but I'm not a fan of Joy Division
2
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Wed Apr 20 2022
Ramones
Ramones
Boppy, rocky, tuneful punky goodness.
4
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
I dunno. Maybe 1986 proto-hip hop isn't my thing.
2
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
I was going to say, this sounds like the Gallipoli soundtrack.
Oxygene Pt 2 IS on the Gallipoli soundtrack.
I have heard this song about 200 times and never knew who it was.
3
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Sat Apr 23 2022
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Some good ol' fashioned jazzy Steely Dan.
3
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Sun Apr 24 2022
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Some Byrds stuff I'd never heard before, a bit country, a bit twangy. Nice.
3
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Mon Apr 25 2022
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Faux reggae, easy blues, power ballads, big hair. Like a time machine to the mid-80s.
3
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements
I'm being a bit generous here because I really want to like the Replacements more than I think I do. A bit gruff and ready for me.
3
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Wed Apr 27 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Another US act I've been meaning to check out, that got thrown at me this week. Good hard rocking punk.
3
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Thu Apr 28 2022
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
This is terribly 2000. I like some of it but it doesn't quite feel finished.
3
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
That horn-heavy Chicago sound. A fun listen but nothing really stood out...except was that where The Prodigy got that riff?
3
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Sat Apr 30 2022
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I still think of this as a 'new' RHCP album... but I now realise it is old, and a classic. Perhaps their best.
5
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Sun May 01 2022
Sheet Music
10cc
Not my favourite 10cc stuff, but gee, they're having a lot of fun here aren't they?
4
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Mon May 02 2022
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Just a bit too creepy electronic for me
2
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Tue May 03 2022
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Marc Bolan really was terribly good at what he did.
4
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Wed May 04 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
I know this was groundbreaking stuff at the time, but sounds like some standard beats today. Fun though.
3
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Thu May 05 2022
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
This was just what I needed, some gentle country harmonies as I cooked dinner. Thanks, Willie.
4
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Fri May 06 2022
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Ravi, what a master! Loved hearing this. And his little explainers for the uninitiated were great.
4
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Sat May 07 2022
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Some pretty solid beats, a nice listen.
3
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Sun May 08 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Smooth, funky, laden with disco strings. Good for a Friday night perhaps.
3
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Mon May 09 2022
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
Some cut-price 90s electronica
2
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Tue May 10 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
This is one of the most inspired and inspiring slabs of vinyl ever dreamed up by a human. Incredible from start to finish. Can I give it a 6?
5
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Wed May 11 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Some prime LZ here, Rob is in fine voice and there's a nice mix of styles and moods.
4
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Thu May 12 2022
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Don't think I've heard any of these tunes...but they all sound really nice. I need more Byrds in my life.
4
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Fri May 13 2022
Pelican West
Haircut 100
Like a happier boppier Duran Duran, with bongos, saxes and a nod to 1980s sitcom soundtracks.
3
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Sat May 14 2022
The Slider
T. Rex
Some more T-Rex to spice up May. Some goood ones on here, a nice combination of rock and bop.
4
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Sun May 15 2022
90
808 State
I think I need more vocals on my electronica.
2
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Mon May 16 2022
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Some classic rap here. I'm bumping it up a star for the Beatles sample and the Bob Dylan reference.
4
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Tue May 17 2022
Moving Pictures
Rush
I just found this very tiresome after a while. Didn't really give me a Rush.
2
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Wed May 18 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
Some pretty soulful vocals on this one...and they were REALLY going through a Dylan phase weren't they?
4
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Thu May 19 2022
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Is this album 20 years old already? Nice, but not much more. Very jazzy and light.
3
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Fri May 20 2022
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Joan does some good stuff with these songs, but I do find 30+ minutes of her warbling away a little testing.
3
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Sat May 21 2022
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
There's a few great moments on this, I do love the title track, good work all round.
4
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Sun May 22 2022
Low-Life
New Order
Some good poppy stuff on here, offsets the proto-electronic stuff that I'm not a big fan of.
3
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Mon May 23 2022
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
A stone-cold classic in its way, not all to my liking, but there are some truly seminal musical moments on this album.
4
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Tue May 24 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
If these rhythms were any more latin I think I might dance-form myself into a maraca.
3
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Wed May 25 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Call me an old softie, but I do love me a bit of James Taylor. And Sweet Baby James was my son's baby song.
4
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Thu May 26 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
This is a seriously great album with some amazing songs on it. I remember even in 1992 thinking that REM were geniuses. That still holds.
5
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Fri May 27 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
The early Jamiroquai is the best... as a 14-year old I remember loving Blow Your Mind, and I can still get the chills listening to that song. Great album.
4
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Sat May 28 2022
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Some nice, cruisy 1967 West Coast rock, a pleasant vibe.
3
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Sun May 29 2022
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Very chilled jazz, just what the Saturday afternoon ordered.
3
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Mon May 30 2022
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Very different from what I was expecting, a pleasant enough interlude, less folk and more bluesy rock.
3
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Tue May 31 2022
Synchronicity
The Police
Not as much fun as I expected - but I was in a bit of an anti-Sting mood when I listened.
3
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Wed Jun 01 2022
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Never heard this but I do love some of Aimee Mann's stuff. I found a lot to like on here. Very lovely.
4
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Thu Jun 02 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
A rock suite constructed around a Modest Mussorgsky classical piece? I'd say this errs on the slightly pretentious side of prog-rock.
2
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Fri Jun 03 2022
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Some pretty tuneful and enjoyable punk here, I had a bit of fun with this.
3
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Sat Jun 04 2022
The Clash
The Clash
A second day of punk, I have to say this one wasn't the best Clash I've heard, but the elements are all falling into place.
3
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Sun Jun 05 2022
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
I liked the ambience and cruisiness of this one.
3
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Mon Jun 06 2022
Eternally Yours
The Saints
It's been a very punky week. I liked tios one, and from Brisbane of all places! I'd listen to more of the Saints, in the right mood
3
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Tue Jun 07 2022
Aja
Steely Dan
There are quite a few Steely Dan songs I enjoy, but many I find just a bit too soft-rock-jazz - which was the majority of this album for me.
3
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Wed Jun 08 2022
A Seat at the Table
Solange
I didn't even know that Beyonce had a sister! A lovely voice and some pleasant-enough beats.
3
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I'm not the greatest Nick Cave fan but there were quite a few golden moments across this album. I probably won't delve any deeper but now I know there are some good albums to put on in the background
3
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
I listened to this two or three times, it really grew on me. A bit more ramshackle than the other Dexys album a few months ago, but a really happy vibe.
4
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Sat Jun 11 2022
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
There's some really fine moments on this - it just suffers from being too much of the same sound. The green cardigan look is a classic which I tried to replicate as a Darwin teenager, not advisable in 33 degrees.
4
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Sun Jun 12 2022
Teen Dream
Beach House
Very melodious and beautiful, I will be giving this a spin for a while to get into the nooks and crannies.
4
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
There were some really beautiful moments on this. I will definitely be giving Arcade Fire a deeper investigation. Thanks, 1001albumsgenerator!
4
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
I do like LZ, but I sometimes get a bit Planted out.
3
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar is as hard and vulgar as the Stones get. Wild Horses is as beautiful as they get. A great album.
4
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Thu Jun 16 2022
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
I found this one a bit jarring on the ear. Not really for me. And, sadly, there was no dub to be heard on the whole record.
2
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Fri Jun 17 2022
Nowhere
Ride
Feels like hearing some of the soothing birth gurgles of Britpop. And there's even a future Oasis member singing lead!
3
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Sat Jun 18 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Some OK stuff on this one but probably only one listen for me.
3
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Sun Jun 19 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
A bit snarly for me but there's shades of Franz Ferdinand which I quite like.
3
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Mon Jun 20 2022
Timeless
Goldie
I'm probably being generous here because mostly I found this repetitive and a bit, well, too drum 'n' bassy. But i can see the artistry and the effort shinign through.
3
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Tue Jun 21 2022
The Man Who
Travis
It was a delight to be reintroduced to this little gem. This was on high rotation in a share house I was part of in Galway, Ireland in 2001. Good memories and lots of beautiful melodies from Fran Healy.
4
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Wed Jun 22 2022
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Gee, the first hip hop albums were cheery old things!
3
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ol' Fogerty is in great voice here, and there's a lovely homeliness to Out My Back Door and a fabulous rhythm to Grapevine. Good stuff.
4
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Fri Jun 24 2022
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
Was really nice to have some Afrobeats playing as I tried to bake a cake yesterday afternoon. Some lovely stuff on here. Always happy to listen to Youssou.
3
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Sat Jun 25 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Oh, Morrissey, you sound so good but everything now is tinged with your later-in-life bitterness and weird racism. So I'm detracting a point because I just can't get past it.
3
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Sun Jun 26 2022
Future Days
Can
A bit too way out for me I'm afraid.
2
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
A really lovely vibe, was just what was needed for a Sunday family board game soundtrack
3
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Tue Jun 28 2022
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
A good window into the birth of hard rock at the end of the 60s. Ozzy is definitely in finer voice than he would be today.
3
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Y'know, I didn't like MM's schtick when I was a teenager, and I like it even less now. Plus there's been too many questionable human beings in the list this week. So I'm giving my lowest mark yet.
1
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Thu Jun 30 2022
American Idiot
Green Day
There's a lot of great melodic moments on here, and the lyrics give a reminder of just how fucked Bush's America was.
4
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Fri Jul 01 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Quite airy, and dreamy, a bit of Pink Floyd in there, and some Radiohead, and some...other things. Very pleasant.
3
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Yeah this is some OG white boy rap. Some good fun on this album.
3
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Sun Jul 03 2022
Homework
Daft Punk
Mostly pretty average Daft Punk considering how good some of the later stuff is. But a few good moments.
3
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Mon Jul 04 2022
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
A nice spot of acid-tinged rock. My dad asserts it's a 5 but I beg to differ.
3
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Tue Jul 05 2022
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
There was a lot of good stuff on here that increased my admiration for Mr Pop. I loved the Bowie collab!
4
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Wed Jul 06 2022
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Some fabulous covers and reimaginings on this album, rather fitting for the guys who were covered by the Beatles for Twist and Shout.
4
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
The vocals are a bit out of tune but that's maybe what makes this so goddamn cosy.
3
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
I'd love to be more into this, and I can completely appreciate why people would be, but it doesn't press enough buttons for me. Still good though.
3
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Sat Jul 09 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company
Never listened to Bad Company before. They do the job competently.
3
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Sun Jul 10 2022
Yeezus
Kanye West
Yeah nah.
2
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Mon Jul 11 2022
Rapture
Anita Baker
A little smooth and maybe too MOR for how I was feeling today.
3
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Obrigado for some funky Brasil-Afrobeat good times. I managed to pick up the melody that Rod Stewart got sued for.
4
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Some very lovely moments on this, a fun listen. I feel like I need more Sufjan in my life.
3
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
You could pack this up in a little bumbag, pop a blonde mullet on it, and call it the Eighties.
3
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
This is some real premium, bass-heavy Bob. I was in a reggae mood so a full 5 from me.
5
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Sat Jul 16 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
I really like There Must be an Angel from later on, but this is pretty good.
3
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Sun Jul 17 2022
The Predator
Ice Cube
Some solid rap here, plenty of MF and N and F and S. Good opportunity to explain genre-appropriate language to the kids.
3
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
Touches of the Cure, a solid listen on our car trip into Malaysia
3
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Tue Jul 19 2022
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Plenty of energy and fun being had. I could probably do with a bit more Stranglers in my life.
3
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Wed Jul 20 2022
The Poet
Bobby Womack
What a voice. Slap bass, funky beats, disco guitar, soppy strings. Nice.
4
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Thu Jul 21 2022
Arise
Sepultura
I think I have figured out my least favourite type of music, he said in a throaty growl.
1
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
An easy listen by the beach. Good vibes.
3
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Sat Jul 23 2022
The Specials
The Specials
I saw the Specials about 12 years ago for their 30th anniversary tour, man they were amazing. This album is patchy at times but anything that contains a stone-cold classic such as Rudy needs at least a 4 out of 5.
4
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Sun Jul 24 2022
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
A bit scruffy and scrappy, not quite what I was after today
2
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Mon Jul 25 2022
Very
Pet Shop Boys
The Pet Shop Boys really are very good - uplifting melodies, a lovely interplay between major and minor keys, Neil Tennant's ethereal voice. Good listen.
4
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Tue Jul 26 2022
Kid A
Radiohead
I really want to like this one more than I do, but my musical tatses are just too conventional I'm afraid. That said, this was the most enjoyable listen to Kid A for me yet.
3
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
I have to say, this was an interesting listen - but not necessarily always a very fun one. I appreciate the effort though.
3
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Thu Jul 28 2022
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
I was surprisingly impressed by this. I heard some Pixies in there but also a melange of other early 90s stuff - Madchester maybe? Pop? Grunge? Good fun overall.
3
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Fri Jul 29 2022
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Perhaps ambitious is the word? Some great ideas but I feel that this would be bettter cut down to half the length.
3
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Sat Jul 30 2022
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
This is definitely the start of something special in Stevie's career - you can sense the creativity brimming over, and the pure musical proficiency he brings - wow.
4
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
Like going into an Alabama bar and hearing people sing about sensible things
3
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Dummy
Portishead
Wow that is some quality sound construction right there. Quite an amazing album. Big memories of first year uni.
4
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Tue Aug 02 2022
Garbage
Garbage
Another great mid 90s album, there are some legitimate bangers on this one. Much fun had listening to this
4
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Creepy once you realise this was the Exorcist theme... some impressive instrumentals but I'm not entirely sure what all the original fuss was about.
3
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Thu Aug 04 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
So - the good. Amazing harmonies. If I Fell. I'll be Back. George's jangly guitar. John's creativity spurt. The bad? Not enough Paul. Too much puppy love in the lyrics. Sounds very samey. No George-penned songs. Overall? A very good album, though not a great one.
4
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Fri Aug 05 2022
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
I really enjoyed the soul stuff on this, a lovely listen
4
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Sat Aug 06 2022
1989
Taylor Swift
I'm a sucker for a bit of Tay Tay. Some kick arse pop right here.
4
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Live!
Fela Kuti
Wow feel that rhythm.
4
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Mon Aug 08 2022
Abbey Road
Beatles
This was probably the first Beatles album that I really listened to properly. These songs are imprinted on me at a pretty deep level. There's so much amazing stuff on here - the arrival of George as a tour-de-force, the Long Medley, the final harmonies and guitar solos on The End, Ringo's voice overpowering the chorus on Carry That Weight, I Want You - just wow.
5
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Tue Aug 09 2022
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
It was nice to hear this. As a teenager I was very unfair about this album as my sister loved it. I realise now it's pretty darned great.
4
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Pearl
Janis Joplin
There's few voices as recognisable, or as quick to induce a spot of melancholy for what was lost. Especially in this week when we've lost a few iconic female singers. Some good solid blues with some raucousness.
4
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Thu Aug 11 2022
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
I have to admit I quite enjoyed this, there's actually some great atmosphere and feel to some of the songs. And I did get to explain to the kids why Morrissey is such a disappointment, and how sometimes when people get older they become embittered and angry.
3
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
I never liked Foo Fighters in the 90s - I thought they were pretty forgettable and I had heard that Dave grohl was an AIDS denier so I didn't give him the time of day. In hindsight - this is a very listenable album, with shades of Nirvana - and Grohl seems a thoroughly nice chap.
3
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Sat Aug 13 2022
Document
R.E.M.
Yes thanks. What a great album.
4
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Sun Aug 14 2022
Viva Hate
Morrissey
Too much Morrissey for one lifetime.
3
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
This is a real late 90s throwback. I'd only heard Born Slippy before, so this was nice to fill out my knowledge a bit. But overall I found it a bit repetitive and slow.
3
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Tue Aug 16 2022
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
On certain days, I just got to listen to some Kinks. This is one of their best - moments of pure genius such as Waterloo Sunset are slightly offset by some more forgettable tracks. But a fine listen.
4
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Wed Aug 17 2022
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
I've checked out on Morrissey a bit after the algorithmic glitch which has frontloaded him these past weeks. I feel like this list is overstating the cultural importance of a midly influential group. That said, I found this more melodic and listenable than the last one we had to listen to.
3
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Thu Aug 18 2022
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Some really great songs on here, Dusty does a great job with interpreting some classics. This is 1964 in a nutshell
4
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
I was ready to totally dismiss this as garbage but there are actually a few interesting musical things going on. But I can't say I actually enjoyed listening to it too much.
2
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Sat Aug 20 2022
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Well that was fun.
3
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Sun Aug 21 2022
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
This is the Summer of Love in an album - tuneful psychedelia with some great vocals and familiar melodies.
4
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Mon Aug 22 2022
Elastica
Elastica
Some good memories here from my Britpop clubbing days, not a bad listen.
3
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Tue Aug 23 2022
21
Adele
That voice - amazing. There's a lot of soul on this album. Rolling in the Deep is a modern classic for sure.
4
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Wed Aug 24 2022
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
People Everyday wasn't as funky as I remembered it, but Mr Wendal was good, and this album definitely conjured up a refreshing 1992 vibe
3
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
I don't like it when the reviewer promises a 'truly challenging listening experience". This is definitely hard, fast, loud, but there's some artistry to it. Now, how do I get rid of this ringing in my ears?
2
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Fri Aug 26 2022
En-Tact
The Shamen
This is a solid sequence of tracks. With a tab of acid, it'd probably be 6 stars.
3
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Sat Aug 27 2022
xx
The xx
This one passed by my ears like a wispy cloud of echoey guitars and unobtrusive vocals. Nice but not the groundbreaking indie music I had been led to believe
3
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Sun Aug 28 2022
Illmatic
Nas
As with most of these 1990s hip-hop albums - I love the beats, the samples, the lyricism - not so hot on the subject matter or music overall. Still it was nice to hear this as I'd never heard of Nas - another of my musical blindspots.
3
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
There's not nearly enough synths on this!
Some real Highs, Take on Me is a case in point. And quite a few Lows too. Almost a middling album but enough to keep it interesting. And I am partial to that Norwegian falsetto.
4
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Soul Mining
The The
One of these songs had the exact same opening drumbeat as the previous day's A-Ha offering - so yes, another good dollop of pure 1980s here. Nothing really stood out for me though.
3
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Funny, I'd never heard of Moby Grape and then an hour after listening to the album, they were a topic of discussion on a podcast I listened to about Neil Young and Buffalo Springfield. The gist was, they were brilliant but never really made it. I did enjoy the album but it seemed like pretty standard West Coast fare from the late 60s.
3
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Thu Sep 01 2022
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Oh so puerile and misanthropic and crude and silly, but it also seems so innocent now. I am partial to Eminem and without the homophobia and misogyny this would be a 4.
3
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Fri Sep 02 2022
25
Adele
There are just some very impressive moments on this album, Adele has one hell of a set of pipes.
4
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Sat Sep 03 2022
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Thoughtful, jazzy, a pleasant interlude to accompany dinner.
3
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Sun Sep 04 2022
Sea Change
Beck
I've always wanted to like Beck more than I do. This album has some nice semi-psychedelic moments and plenty of lovely melodies but it never quite hits as I think it should.
3
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Mon Sep 05 2022
Imagine
John Lennon
This is a fabulous album, for the most part - probably John's best post-Beatles. But I'm subtracting 1 for him being such an arsehole to Paul in How Do You Sleep.
4
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Tue Sep 06 2022
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Some nice early punk with a few fun moments, I most like the Pablo Picasso song.
3
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Wed Sep 07 2022
Chris
Christine and the Queens
Some relatively inoffensive pop with an interesting twist of having it in the two languages.
3
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
I was going to say, this is a bit too Disney musical for my taste, and then I read that Ute is a cabaret and musical singer. So that makes sense.
2
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Fri Sep 09 2022
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
I'm a massive fan of Different Class and Pulp's early singles. This album I remember being quite disappointing back in '98, and though there is the odd flash of brilliance that's largely how I still feel today.
3
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Sat Sep 10 2022
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
I really loved bits of this, it was music that felt like it had real joy and real stakes to it. Some real hard-thumping desert blues.
4
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Sun Sep 11 2022
John Prine
John Prine
At first I thought this was just some redneck trad country but then a few songs in it got political and emotional and musical with shades of Dylan. I enjoyed it
4
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Mon Sep 12 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
I had never heard of ABC and then Poison Arrow kicked in and I was like, oh, THEM. Martin Fry, what a voice, I'm sure I've heard him on a thousand other things. I really liked this and I can see now where Duran Duran hatched from.
4
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi is amazing on guitar. The drumming on this album is incredible. Voodoo Chile is great but outlives its welcome.
4
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Tago Mago
Can
When I read about this, I thought, Oh-oh, what is krautrock? But it was pretty good it's just like normal rock, but it's German. With some bits in Japanese. And backwards.
4
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Thu Sep 15 2022
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
It was nice to have a bit of Kate. I listened to this with my daughter who I think was puzzled by some of the screaming and shouting. I appreciate Kate's eccentricity and eclecticism but I'd say her earlier albums are better.
3
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Some nice indie rock, I enjoyed the vibe of this.
3
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Sat Sep 17 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who
It starts a bit shaky but once Keith Moon's drums and Entwhistle's bass kick in, this has some real heft and excitement. Enjoyed it a lot.
4
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Sun Sep 18 2022
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
This was a great album, loved this and quite a few songs I'd never heard before.
4
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Mon Sep 19 2022
1984
Van Halen
Some pretty generic mid-80s hair rock. Apart from Jump it's largely pretty listless.
3
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Shades of Stevie Wonder, some cool songs on here worth another listen.
3
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Wed Sep 21 2022
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
I punished Eric on the last one for being a racist bugger, so I will be generous here and say, I Shot The Sheriff is a great cover, and Let it Grow is a beautiful ballad.
4
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Thu Sep 22 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Very listenable, generic 1986 rap? Check.
3
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Infected
The The
I get the distinct impression that the compiler of this list was a fan of alternative music in the mid 80s. This is okay but I wouldn't seek it out.
3
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Sat Sep 24 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Rule the World is a fabulous song. The rest of the album has never really grabbed me but I can appreciate TFF's talents.
3
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Sun Sep 25 2022
Palo Congo
Sabu
Good atmosphere on this one
3
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
A bit too rough and raggedy for me
2
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Tue Sep 27 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass
4
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I love a bit of EC, even this one which isn't one of his best.
3
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Is This It
The Strokes
A bit same but I think this captures the early 2000s zeitgeist well. There are at least two amazing songs on this one.
4
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Vivid
Living Colour
A bit too much hair and rock for me
2
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
So many people at school wore these shirts. I can appreciate the mastery of the guitar neck but this isn't something I really enjoy
2
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
I'm still not a keen listener to DM but this has some okay moments.
3
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
This was a fun little thing.
3
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Some rock solid Doors, Jim is in fine voice.
4
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Even if this only had Rolling Stone and It Takes a Train it would still be a 5. Amazing album.
5
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Ooh. Not the punk I'm into, I'm afraid.
1
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Fri Oct 07 2022
I Against I
Bad Brains
Some moments of okayness but overall a bit too dirty rock
2
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Sat Oct 08 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
More rock than funk
3
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Sun Oct 09 2022
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
I can appreciate the skill of the piano playing and improvisation, but modern jazz just doesn't grab me much
3
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Some of the sharpest rock 'n' roll the boys ever delivered. It needs more ballads in my mind, but a hefty, quality album nonetheless.
4
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Certainly an eclectic collection of tunes, I do have some respect for old PG and his ability to change it up.
3
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Basket of Light
Pentangle
A bit too much treble and wheedling vocal performances but overall a satisfactory bit of late 60s folk.
3
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Thu Oct 13 2022
NEU! 75
Neu!
Not a bad listen but it would have been nice with some vocals.
3
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
I was listening to this, and I thought, gee, these songs all sound a bit like that long, groovy, repetitive early-90s song - which then popped up as track no 7, Loaded. This whole album made me feel like I was in a Scottish dance club in 1991.
3
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Without You is a fine fine song. Nilsson has a great voice and there are some cool songs on here I'd never heard before.
4
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Sun Oct 16 2022
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
There's too much, too many ethereal moon sounds, too much indulgence. Whittle it down to a strong 6-song album.
2
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Mon Oct 17 2022
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
So FUNKY. Loved a lot of this. Also got to talk to the kids about what funk music is.
4
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Nice to hear some energetic live music from Harlem. Sam is in good humour and pulls out the hits, the songs are good but just a bit simplistic.
3
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The music is dead simple but the effect this album had on popular music is almost immeasureable. And That'll Be the Day is a stone cold classic.
4
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Thu Oct 20 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
I really enjoyed most of this - some lovely melodies, great mood-setting songs.
3
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Fri Oct 21 2022
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
A little too much vibraphone for me. I think I'd enjoy it more sitting in a jazz tango bar in Buenos Aires.
2
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Sat Oct 22 2022
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Not a relaxing listen, but plenty of good energy
3
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Sun Oct 23 2022
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
A bit too smooth,like the adult contempo radio station on Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
2
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Street Signs
Ozomatli
This was something I'd never heard before, but it makes complete sense when you put it next to contemporaneous stuff like the Cat Empire or Manu Chao. Good fun.
4
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Tue Oct 25 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Lots of really fun rocking tracks on this one, almost a bit of Smashing Pumpkins in amongst the Britpop.
4
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
There are some classic Joni vocal moments here, let down a bit by some very mid -70s production and musical choices
3
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Thu Oct 27 2022
High Violet
The National
A pleasant listen, not much stands out but would be a nice soundtrack to an afternoon
3
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Fri Oct 28 2022
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
What a fantastic album, really liked a lot of this. Melodic, fun, bouncy, plenty of nods to rock and pop heritage.
4
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Sat Oct 29 2022
B-52's
The B-52's
Some kooky old classic B 52s, plenty of fun but won't make it to my play list as a regular
3
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Sun Oct 30 2022
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Ooby Doo I wanna be like you hoo hoo
Good voice, fun popular jazz listen
3
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
I gave this two listens, lots of beautiful singing, chilled rhythms and pleasant vibes. Will come back to it for sure.
4
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Heroes
David Bowie
There's a few classic moments on this but mostly this is not a patch on the Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie.
3
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Kala
M.I.A.
Some nice surprises here, such as finding that MIA is of Sri Lankan background, and discovering rhat annoying song Paper Planes was one of hers. Not my type of music but I do appreciate the lyrical themes, musical creativity and diversity of influences.
3
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Thu Nov 03 2022
New Wave
The Auteurs
There was a nice aroma of melodic Indie here. Some good tunes. Worth another listen.
3
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Some down and dirty early 80s rock. Couldn't get the image of frizzy beards out of my head.
3
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Sat Nov 05 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
I'm a sucker for ELO - this album is loaded with some amazing cheesy faves, but there's enough misses to warrant not giving this a five.
4
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Sun Nov 06 2022
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Love that voice, the funky music and the overall vibe. Nice album.
4
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Who'd have thought that Frank doing some bossa nova standards would sound so good?
4
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Tue Nov 08 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
Never heard this album, it was a really good one with some classic Neil hallmarks.
4
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Orbital 2
Orbital
It gets better toward the end but I'm really just not that into 90s electronica. A bit too repetitive too.
2
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
For a moment I had to check, I thought this was a spoof album by Spinal Tap.
2
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Fri Nov 11 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
I really enjoyed the deep bass, good humour and playfulness of this
3
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Sat Nov 12 2022
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
A brilliant, funky, exuberant album. Minus one star for MJ being a creep.
4
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Sun Nov 13 2022
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Quite a gentle and listenable spot of 90s rock
3
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Mon Nov 14 2022
Murmur
R.E.M.
The murmurings of something great about to happen, but not quite there yet.
3
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
THAT VOICE and oh what a collection of soulful, funky, rockin' songs.
5
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Wed Nov 16 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
The Rolling Stones get a raw deal on the main song, but there's so many great moments on here it'd be churlish to knock any marks off.
5
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Mott
Mott The Hoople
There's a lot to like on here, but I still can't help but see them as a cut-price David Bowie ripoff.
3
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Fri Nov 18 2022
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
I had high hopes for this, so I've got to say it was a letdown. Track 1 is a classic, track 2 is good, and the rest sound like generic offcuts from the Spice Girls, Natalie Imbruglia and Backstreet Boys. I do love that there is a track called Email My Heart, that's wild. Maybe the next album is better?
3
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Sat Nov 19 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
This brings back fond memories of late night listens in Year 12, of learning bass with an old friend, of discovering alternative music. Mellon Collie has more good songs but this has some special moments.
4
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Sun Nov 20 2022
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
Shades of Let's Dance era Bowie, I'm guessing some of the curators of this list might have been Gen X with Scottish heritage.
3
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Mon Nov 21 2022
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
This passed me by back in the day. This is the sort of hip hop I think I like, clever, jazzy, strong beat, funny, melodic.
4
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Horses
Patti Smith
Not half as punk as I thought it would be. Some cool moments but mostly not my bag.
3
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Wed Nov 23 2022
Urban Hymns
The Verve
It was so lovely to return to this album. I think, in the future, when any Top 5 representative 1990s Brit (pop) album list is put together, it'll contain this, alongside Definitely Maybe, Parklife, Different Class and OK Computer.
5
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Being There
Wilco
A long breezy slice of acoustic indie that might be enough to get me to explore Wilco a bit more
3
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Fri Nov 25 2022
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
This is the album to show anyone who thinks the Blues might be a bit pedestrian and formulaic. Perfect interplay of instruments and wow those BB vocals. Loved it
5
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Sat Nov 26 2022
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Some good strong punk, just not where my head was at today though.
3
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Sun Nov 27 2022
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
This was some kooky stuff. That said, it went well alongside a Saturday board game.
3
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Pretenders
Pretenders
This was a little slow burn for me but some great tracks on there make this just beyond good
4
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Tue Nov 29 2022
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
An incredible voice, some pretty great compositions - but I wasn't feeling very Gershwin when I listened.
3
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Wed Nov 30 2022
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
This is a super-interesting and bold album that has some truly funky tunes exploring important topics. That said, I'm a white male prude who listens to music that doesn't challenge or intimidate me too much so I still have a way to go to feel this might be for me.
3
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Melodrama
Lorde
I've known Lorde is supposed to be good but this was the first time I've given an album of hers a listen. Some pretty good songs and musically very interesting. Will come back to this.
4
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
There's some massive tunes on this big boy.
4
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Sat Dec 03 2022
Revolver
Beatles
Worst. Album. Ever.
Sorry I meant best.
Just an amazing line-up of amazing tracks by amazing people. Still sounds as fresh as if it'd been recorded yesterday.
So yes, my favourite album of all time.
5
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Sun Dec 04 2022
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Gotta say this is a constantly interesting album.
3
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Mon Dec 05 2022
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
I enjoyed this more than I thought. A dramatic hybrid of Queen and Radiohead. Just a bit too dramatic though.
4
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Maxinquaye
Tricky
It was nice to hear the Portishead/Tricky melange again. Some very mid-90s stuff going on here.
3
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Where is My Mind? is a fantastic song. Nothing else on here matches it but there is certainly some passion on display.
3
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Thu Dec 08 2022
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
I really wanted to enjoy this as there are a few TR songs I like. But this was a bit of a self-indulgent slog. I wanted to give a 2 but I'm awarding an extra mark for effort.
3
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Fri Dec 09 2022
GREY Area
Little Simz
Not my sort of thing, and the first song really put me off. But after a few tracks I could appreciate the sentiment.
3
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Sat Dec 10 2022
Dry
PJ Harvey
Forgive me Adam I know this will be a 4 or 5 for you... didn't really spark my interest except for the last couple of tracks.
3
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Sun Dec 11 2022
Connected
Stereo MC's
I felt like I was watching a Telstra ad during a lot of this. But it provided a chilled soundtrack to a Sunday morning game with the kids.
3
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Fuck that was a slog. My throat hurts.
1
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Tue Dec 13 2022
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
This might give Pantera a lesson in how to do hard with a bit of soul. Ozzy is in good voice and there's some great moments on this album. Even some quiet ones.
3
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
What?! No Tom's Diner? Must be on the next one. Suzanna V sounds a lot like Edie Brickell here, all stories and understated mid-80s acoustic adult contempo. Good but not great.
3
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Thu Dec 15 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
A bit scrappy and scruffy but gee there's some great tracks on here. Loved hearing the original release of Help Me Rhonda (re-recorded a few months later for a single release). What's most amazing is that Pet Sounds came out just a year and a bit later.
4
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Some superb musicianship, great covers... but 40 minutes of instrumental blues is just a bit too much. I was longing for some searing vocals to kick in.
3
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Achtung Baby
U2
Well that's my quota of U2 for the year.
'One' is a legitimately great song.
The rest, meh.
3
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
I'd only ever heard one of Queens etc's later albums. This was much the same but maybe less bombastic. Some melodic and interesting rock but not something I'd come back to much.
3
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
One of my musical blindspots. I'd never heard of Laura Nyro, despite her being in the Rock hall of fame. I definitely had my interest piqued.
3
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
This is rudimentary but very listenable TP. I prefer the 80s stuff but American Girl is a banger.
3
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Haven't heard any SA for decades. A bit harder than I recall. Definitely distinctive.
3
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Thu Dec 22 2022
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Just the right amount of smooth that I required whilst cooking dinner.
3
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Hysteria
Def Leppard
I always thought DL were more like Pantera but they're actually more Bon Jovi meets Guns and Roses. A few familiar moments on here which was nice because I didn't think I knew any of their songs. Not really for me, I gave a bonus point because they do it all with a one-armed drummer.
3
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Sat Dec 24 2022
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Nothing special but nothing terrible.
3
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
This sone funky shit.
4
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Mon Dec 26 2022
Kenza
Khaled
Well definitely an eclectic mix of... just about everything.
3
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Tue Dec 27 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
There were a few familiar moments on this one. A definite mid 90s throwback.
3
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
A very chilled album to cook along to.
3
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Right amount of jazz for today's purposes.
3
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Fri Dec 30 2022
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
The creaky voice and air of melancholy are just the thing this album needs. Sadly beautiful in its way.
4
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Sat Dec 31 2022
Marquee Moon
Television
I liked a lot of this quite a lot.
3
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Cross
Justice
Not really my bag but the French do EDM really well. Shades of Daft Punk here.
3
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Spacey and chilled vibes
3
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Tue Jan 03 2023
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
A bit too quirky at times but undeniably a pretty impactful album, and deservedly so.
4
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Wed Jan 04 2023
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Some cool calm and collected 60s groovy rock. Not overly memorable but nice.
3
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
I'm sure Metallica have done some better stuff than this. Just too much chugga-chugga-grr
2
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
Some relaxed Oz rock vibes, perhaps a bit too long
3
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Another sound album from Black Sabbath - does what it says on the box.
3
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
Light and folky, whispered away on the wind.
3
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Mon Jan 09 2023
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A band that passed me by in the 2000s. Worth another listen I reckon.
3
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
Never heard this before. Quite melodic and chilled.
3
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
There are some great songs on here but Randy's schtick gets a bit tiresome quite quickly
3
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
This is good competent blues psychedelic live rock - but I think you have to be in the mood for 20 minutes of Who Do You Love.
3
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
An iconic album, a mixed bag for me, but no denying the raw power of Stairway.
4
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Sat Jan 14 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. The beats and samples were very cool.
4
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
This was some good fun, passed me by quite pleasantly.
3
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Mon Jan 16 2023
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
A really interesting album by a band I had never heard of. Not something I'll revisit any time soon but I feel somewhat more musically educated.
3
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Tue Jan 17 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Solid 80s blues rock by a veteran master of the genre
3
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
I thought this was bad French electro and then found out it was bad UK electro. I found a lot of this album genuinely annoying to listen to. Why put this in the Top 1001 when there are so many better examples from the time?
2
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Thu Jan 19 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
I felt like I was listening to the sundtrack from Homeland. Relaxing and good vibes.
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
I'd never encountered the Flamin' Groovies, these guys ROCK. Shades of the Stones and CCR. Good find.
4
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Sat Jan 21 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray has an incredible voice, but this is more the crooner end of his spectrum. I prefer the bluesy rock 'n' roll Ray.
3
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Good strong early soul
3
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
There were some really interesting moments and intepretations of other songs on this. Not my bag but I was okay with carrying it for a while.
3
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Solid Air
John Martyn
I'd never heard of this guy. True to coincidence form, a half hour after listening to this, I was on a podcast episode about a faded pop star called Beverly Martyn...the narrator said the following: "John Martyn, meanwhile, wrote and recorded a critically-acclaimed album about how sad he was his wife had left him. That album often gets included in some of those “albums you need to hear before you die” lists, and as if to rub salt in the wound, he gave Beverley co-writing credit on the last track" (he'd just mentioned JM's domestic violence and controlling behaviour credentials before this). So I ended up disliking this guy almost immediately after hearing about him. The music is fine.
3
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
Not even a little bit.
1
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Black Metal
Venom
Wow that was hard work. And this is a rough week.
1
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
This used to be my least favourite of Queen's early albums, but it grows on me every time I listen. Some incredible Brian guitar work on Brighton Rock, beautiful Freddie melodies on Lily of the Valley, and some left-field Roger songwriting on Tenement Funster. John holds it all together with that bass. This album lifted my week!
4
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
I really loved this album. Beautiful melodies, complex harmonies, great songwriting, clever lyrics. A real treat after a week of too much heavy metal.
5
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Some good rock-solid reggae, nice to hear some that isn't Bob.
4
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Some real shades of 80s and 90s stuff here. Nice, but nothing especially grabbed me.
3
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
What a fantastic album - a genius songwriter at the peak of his powers. If someone asked me to distill Bowie into a single musical statement - this would be it.
5
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
I enjoyed this quite a bit, I kind of wish I could go back to 12 year old me and try again, this time actually giving rap a red hot go.
3
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
Perfect Day is just about a perfect song. There's a few other greats on here. At times I was a little underwhelmed, but overall, a great album.
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
There's some fantastic guitar playing on this album, as you might expect. It really feels like something from ten years ahead of when it was recorded. Jimi changed the way that rock bands did guitar. Most surprising was learning that part of I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred was lifted direct from a riff on Third Stone from the Sun.
4
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Jazzy and smooth like warm treacle.
3
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music
Some tuneful Roxy but not much I'd heard before or listen to again
3
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Mon Feb 06 2023
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
The voice is great. The music a bit too MOR and soft jazz.
3
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
The rhythm is pumping (yeah!) and the music is pretty okay (woah!!) but I just can't get past the attitudes that inform the album (uh-huh!)
2
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Wed Feb 08 2023
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
Nothing Compares 2 U - amazing song. The rest is a bit of a hodgepodge, some of it OK but nothing up to those lvels.
3
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
Ths started badly but definitely improved. Apparently after this album Common promised to stop using homophobic slurs in his songs so that is kind of admirable in a fucked up way.
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
This album really scratches my 80s rock itch. It conjures up memories of family road trips and Dad discovering CDs in about 1985. Some classic tracks that stir up the emotions.
5
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Sat Feb 11 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
A lot of anger but I suppose it comes from some complex trauma. This is just about as 90s gangsta rap as you get.
3
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Liquid Swords
GZA
Yeah okay. I lind of like this. Probably as brutal lyrically as 2Pac but it sounds less aggressive.
4
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Third day in a row of 90s hip-hop/rap. This is by far the weirdest of the three. Also the one that makes me feel most creeped out. Some of it sounds good but I can't get past the bizarre theme and imagery.
2
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Tue Feb 14 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Oh I do enjoy this album a lot. Some classic William.
4
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Wed Feb 15 2023
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Hmm. Sounds a bit like Crosby, Stills and Nash. And the Byrds. And Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. And Neil Young. Quite a nice, cosy album.
3
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Father and son both very talented. There was some very pleasant folky stuff on this album.
3
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Slayed?
Slade
Slayed ar gud fn nd alwayz garanteed too plai sum sollid rok.
3
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Sat Feb 18 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
There are three bona fide amazing classics on here. Then some good songs, a couple of fillers, and one cringer. Sir Paul, the girl is yours, Michael didn't even like her.
4
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
I really love the Kinks when they're all whimsical and eccentric like this. A few great tracks and a couple of less focused ones. When I'm in the mood I really dig this album, especially Victoria and Australia.
4
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
Some lovely chilled bluesy Malian vibes
3
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Engaging but a bit listless at times. Plot twist, I watched the completely unrelated film of the same name tonight as well.
3
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Wed Feb 22 2023
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
What a lovely album... shades of 60s and Blur and Pulp. Will give TDC more time for sure
4
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Follow The Leader
Korn
This should probably be a 2.
But I used to do support work with a guy who would get filled with rage.
And he'd listen to this album to 'calm down'.
It didn't work.
So I attach some slightly traumatic memories to it.
Plus it's a bit shit.
1
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
I gotta be honest, Joy Division got better later on. A bit glum for me.
2
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Sat Feb 25 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
I really liked this, lovely songs and sounds.
4
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Some okay ambience for the afternoon, but largely forgettable
3
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Queen II
Queen
This Queen album has grown on me over the years, I now love the faerie themes and over-the-top glam elements. Nevermore, what a song, I wish it was three times longer.
4
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Brogue, tin flute and acoustic guitars, that's what I needed
3
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Never listened to Joan's less famous stuff before. Nice, but verging on too easy listening for me today.
3
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Thu Mar 02 2023
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Just a bit too gangster for me. I'm not the OG, I'm more PG.
3
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
I enjoyed the attitude and musicality of what I managed to listen to... will come back to this
3
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Sat Mar 04 2023
Fun House
The Stooges
What the actual fuck, punk was invented 5 years before I thought it was. Grrrr
3
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
There's enough amazing classics on here to warrant a 4 I reckon. Some filler, but mostly pretty brilliant. Ray has such a great vooice.
4
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Wow - I was blown away by this - I was expecting some pretty generic Motown standards but the funk and soul really shine through. Love the bass vocals and the instrumentation as well.
5
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
There are some really beautiful songs on here - this deserves multiple lessons to get to grips with. I really enjoyed it.
4
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
I love the Mac and Rumours is just an absolute classic. Tusk, not so much, but I think there's enough moments of pop beauty to outweigh the occasional lazy or silly addition. Full American marching band, anyone?
4
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
A really pleasant album which reminded me of similar time-period offerings from Badly Drawn Boy and Sean Lennon. Was sad to read what happened to this artist not long after.
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
A couple of the songs don't quite hit for me, but otherwise this album is almost pure genius. Take a liberal dose of Britrock/pop melodic sensibility and add some amazing experimental instrumentation and harmonic movement and cerebral ideas and lyrics. An absolute classic.
5
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Sat Mar 11 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
A bit frenetic for me. But I understand Devo better now.
3
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Sun Mar 12 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
Gawd help us
1
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
I don't mind a bit of melodic twangy country. This is almost too much of it but every time I got bored I looked at that velour jacket and sports shirt combo on the album cover and was invigorated again.
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
This one largely passed me by back in the day. I feel that Jack listened to a lot of Cream, Led Zepp and Rolling Stones before recording this. Really very good.
4
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Not a difficult listen, mostly very melodic and swinging. Still not really what I'm into but I appreciate the craft. WELCOME SUKI
3
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Thu Mar 16 2023
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
It's quite bare bones and slight in its way, but you can sense the power and the fun behind all of it. The first Jagger-Richards song is great, and their reading of some of the Blues classics is near-faultless.
4
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
I'd never heard of this guy. The first 3/4 of this album I thought was quite amazing. Loved the drums and melodies. Last few songs were more, meh.
4
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Sat Mar 18 2023
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Slower and more restrained than I thought it would be. Some quite pleasant songs but nothing that really blew me away
3
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Wow. There is not a bad song on this album. In fact, there's at least three or four amazing ones. This is a singer-songwriter at the height of his creative powers. Love this so much. Check out the 2020 re-issue and re-recording of the album where 2020 Yusuf duets with 1970 Cat on Father and Son.
5
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
There are some cracking live renditions on here. Pure raucous West Coast blues rock. Good stuff. Especially Janis.
4
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Man this is some sexy music.
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
This all sounds very Talking Heads. There's nothing of the calibre of Psycho Killer or Road to Nowhere, but Once in a Lifetime comes close.
3
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
A guilty pleasure that I always enjoy way more than I should. I loved showing the kids the guitar solo at the end of Hotel California, iconic.
4
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Fri Mar 24 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
This really is a very fine album. Man, Lauryn can sing with true soul.
4
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Serious nostalgia with this one, it felt like Year 11 all over again. Watching Rage with mates on a Sunday morning, sharing the back stories of Darcy and Iha and Billy in a pre-internet world where information was currency. Some cracking tunes and some beautiful ones and a few too many. This would have been a sublime single album.
4
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Sun Mar 26 2023
Cut
The Slits
Not half as tough as I thought it would be. In fact quite a pleasant listen.
3
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Sound Affects
The Jam
So that's where Blur came from.
Some of it is average but there are some brilliant songs on here too.
4
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
What a lot of fun they seem to be having
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Not Paul's best, a bit too much sax, but a few very good songs, including his semi- Lennon tribute.
3
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Dust
Screaming Trees
I prejudged this as being some sort of death metal by an objectionable band. It was actually pretty okay, a bit generic in parts, but okay.
3
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Fri Mar 31 2023
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Pretty standard Who stuff. A few crackers and a fun concept but overall a bit samey.
3
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Sat Apr 01 2023
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Holy hell the trumpet player is incredible. Hard to believe this was recorded live, if it wasn't for the banter in between.
4
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Sun Apr 02 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
I've always enjoyed a spot of Baaba Maal. I just love that voice and those Afrobeat rhythms. There are some really lovely chilled songs on this album. Nice.
4
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Mon Apr 03 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
A classy and boppin little album of cool, cool R and B with more than a tinge of disco. I enjoyed this.
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Mot my favourite kind of music but I enjoyed some of the songs.
3
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Wed Apr 05 2023
A Northern Soul
The Verve
A bit slow and melancholy, not really a patch on Urban Hymns.
3
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Thu Apr 06 2023
British Steel
Judas Priest
Generic hard rock. Minus one for that album cover.
2
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Fri Apr 07 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Too mechanical for me.
2
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Sat Apr 08 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
Dave is in fine voice and fine form, this could be from 20 years earlier. It is very very Bowie.
3
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Sun Apr 09 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Two fantastic songs, a few good ones, some kooky tunes that don't even sound like The Police. A very good album.
4
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
This was fun, like finding the soundtrack for a lost Tarantino Bollywood film.
4
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Tue Apr 11 2023
The La's
The La's
The rest of the album is strangely eclectic and very different from their most famous song and the centrepiece of the album. Good, but not earth shattering.
3
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
I thought, oh another Gen X postpunk album, and then I heard this familiar voice and I thought, Iceland punches above its musical weight.
3
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Thu Apr 13 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
This sounds pretty fresh for a 32 year old album. Not really my bag but I quite liked it.
3
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Fri Apr 14 2023
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Not all of it hits, but the bits that do, really do. The musical and conceptual themes are quite magnificently integrated.
5
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Sat Apr 15 2023
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Some real classics on this bad boy. Sweet harmonies and stoned vibes.
4
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Sun Apr 16 2023
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
Sone of this is very interesting and funky. Some doesn't hit very well. Overall, maybe worth one more listen.
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Yeah okay but pretty generic, more a rattle than a commotion
3
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Close To The Edge
Yes
The first track was just too much. But just when I was thinking, No, I heard the cover of America, and I thought, maybe a slight Yes.
3
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
No just too much, I didn't enjoy this. Loud and out of tune. Plenty of energy though
2
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Not bad at all. Like the Smiths meets the Cure meets Duran Duran. Never heard these guys and I'm sure I should have.
3
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Low
David Bowie
A more ethereal and synth-heavy Bowie. I'd need to be in the mood for Vangelis-style dreamscapes before listening to this one again.
3
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Sat Apr 22 2023
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Yeah I suppose he is. Not a bad listen. In strong voice but as my son James pointed out, when I told him that Elvis was the most famous rock 'n' roll artist, this isn't rock 'n' roll
3
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Sun Apr 23 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Ah the Tramp are always good for some very familiar, cheesy, sax-heavy proggy tunes. Enough iconic ones on here to warrant a 4.
4
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
This had some elements of 90s R and B that used to turn me off: the louche lyrics, the air of arrogance, the soft jazz vibes. But I liked quite a bit of it and it sank in quite satisfactorily.
3
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
I really hate the idea of Morrissey. Sadly, or maybe not, this is actually pretty good. A reminder of what he was before he was a grumpy racist.
3
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Not every one of these songs slaps, but most of them do, and Keef and Mick are finding their songwriting chops and Brian is playing some weird instruments, and the psychedelia is just about creeping in and the blues is giving way to rock. A fun fun album.
4
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Nixon
Lambchop
A chilled and enjoyable spot of early thou's indie, might come back to this
3
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Fri Apr 28 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
Started promising, but became a bit Broadway musical meets Peter Allen meets Hot August Night. Anyway nice to discover someone I'd never heard of.
3
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Sat Apr 29 2023
Disintegration
The Cure
Wow, what an epic album. This has to show everything The Cure is capable of. Some of it I really like, a lot I find okay, some I'm not into. But I have to give credit where credit is due.
4
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Sun Apr 30 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Only five songs but two of them are absolutely iconic. There's not many 13-minute songs I'd gladly listen to from top to tail but Shine On is one of them.
5
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Mon May 01 2023
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
Not a bad dose of energetic, happy punk. They certainly seem to be having fun and they sound more musically competent than many of their peers. I'll check out further.
3
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Tue May 02 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
I was prepared to give this a go, but I just do not like it. Nu-Metal crossed with bad rap. I can appreciate some of the creativity, but I won't be spinning this one again.
2
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Wed May 03 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
There's some iconic guitar work in here but overall just a bit too silky smooth for my tastes.
3
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Thu May 04 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
I do enjoy a spot of the Monkees, and this had lots of lovely moments, especially Randy Scouse Git. I am a little torn on whether this is a 3 or a 4 but I'm having a sad day so giving this a 4 will uplift me a tiny bit.
4
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Fri May 05 2023
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Phew that is some intense trumpet screeching. And the drumming. I'm exhausted just listening to it. I can't say I'm a free jazz aficionado but I can see a place for it in 1950s Otto Preminger films.
3
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Sat May 06 2023
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
I learned a few things from this album: Eric Clapton and John McVie were in a band together; Eric was an amazing guitarist way back in '66; British bands could do the Blues rather well.
4
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Sun May 07 2023
More Specials
The Specials
Gee this is a fun album. Enjoy yourself!
4
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Mon May 08 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
This rocks and blues and blues rocks. Nice to hear the Rods and Rons having a go too.
4
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Tue May 09 2023
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
This had moments of being great and then a few of being average. But 28 songs in 41 minutes? No time to get bored I suppose! The occasional Beatlesque tune which I liked. Might check this out further.
3
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Wed May 10 2023
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Hmm. I tried I really did. But I don't like the voice, the music, the rapping, the sentiment. I appreciate the effort.
2
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Thu May 11 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
From start to finish, I love this album. It's euphoric, melancholy, funky, folky, melodic, harmonic... just about one of the most effective blending of different musical styles, and all of the emotions seem real. Well done Mr Simon.
5
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Fri May 12 2023
S&M
Metallica
You know what, this isn't half bad. This would have been one hell of a live show to attend. Orchestral, epic, blistering guitars and great vocals. Well done lads.
4
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Sat May 13 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
A cruisy listen on a relaxed Saturday afternoon. Some nice jazzy sax.
3
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Sun May 14 2023
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
Brimful is a great song. The rest I found okay.
3
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Mon May 15 2023
World Clique
Deee-Lite
Not really my kind of thing, but a real snapshot into the dance scene of the early 90s. And Groove is in the Heart is such a great song. Go Bootsy!
3
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Tue May 16 2023
Debut
Björk
I think this will warrant further listens. Love the first track. Many of the rest I found a little challenging. I need to adapt to the cadences of Ms Gudmundsdottir's voice.
3
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Wed May 17 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
This had plenty of boppy good moments. Time After Time is a great song.
3
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Thu May 18 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Wow, this album rocks. The first half was all songs I knew, but didn't know I knew. The second half wasn't as good, but still great. Good work Whites.
4
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Fri May 19 2023
Protection
Massive Attack
A very chilled and atmospheric collection of songs. Not entirely in my wheelhouse but I can see situations where I might call on this again.
3
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Sat May 20 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Well I think this has to be full marks as a cultural touchstone alone. The songs do have a similar kind of sound but the lyrics and vocals and sentiment are spot on.
5
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Sun May 21 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
This is nice exuberant but still political rap. A pleasing and nostalgic listen.
3
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Mon May 22 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
This is one funky collection of tracks. Everyday People I could listen to on repeat, what a driving rhythm! Stand! is also awesome.
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
These folks passed me by I'm the late 00s. Not bad but a bit generic Indie sounding. I think I've always mixed them up with Arctic Monkeys.
3
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Wed May 24 2023
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Yeah nah this was pretty much unrelentingly awful.
1
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Thu May 25 2023
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
What an interesting album. An odd collection of Caribbean, African and proto- hip-hop. I need to listen to this again.
Oh and that's where Eminem got it from.
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
I was very impressed with this - I really haven't given Tori the requisite amount of time, and I should, and I will.
4
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Sat May 27 2023
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
It was so good to get this album this week. I'm listening to a favourite podcast at the moment and the latest episode is on The Grateful Dead. They are one of the 60s bands that has passed me by, somehow. I enjoyed this but I'd love to check out some of their studio albums. They are way more blues rock than I thought they'd be
3
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Sun May 28 2023
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Hmm yeah okay. Not a fan.
2
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Mon May 29 2023
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Some good ole country vibes, nothing out of the ordinary, twangy and light.
3
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Tue May 30 2023
1977
Ash
Oh how I loved this album back in 1997, first year at uni, into all things Brit-adjacent. Some cracker tunes and some great guitar work.
4
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Wed May 31 2023
D
White Denim
This was interesting, never heard of them before. Bits of it I really liked, others weren't as easy on the ears.
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Nice to hear a bit of 60s rocker become an 80s proggie/poppie dude. I loved the first song, the rest were okay.
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
I listened to this three times and liked it more and more each listen. Arriba!
4
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Sat Jun 03 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Timely, this one. I just did a podcast on the rise and fall of Britpop, and of course Blur has a new album coming, as does Noel Gallagher himself.
It may be unfashionable to say this, but this is an amazing album. Strip away the ego and hype and bullshit and you have a collection of truly beautiful songs. Noel never wrote better, Liam (and Noel on one) never sang better.
Just love this.
5
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Sun Jun 04 2023
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
A bit too raucous for my tastes but this album had its moments
3
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
This is kind of exactly what I thought it would be, reminiscent of Lauryn Hill but lighter and airier. Some lovely vibes and I liked the duet with Stephen Marley. But a bit too early-2000s R and B at times.
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
I enjoyed this WAY more than the Trout one he did two years later. Experimental and plain kooky in parts, but there's enough on here to find some enjoyable country-blues-psychedelic rock that is enjoyable.
3
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
I know of these guys and have maybe heard two songs, and I also know they've recently reunited for a new album. This was very smooth late 80s stuff, fine for a casual listen.
3
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Thu Jun 08 2023
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
I got heartily sick of this after a while. Which is a shame, I don't mind a good tango.
2
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
"Hello, could I please have fourteen serves of 1989?"
"Certainly sir, take this Neneh Cherry album !"
3
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Sat Jun 10 2023
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
Soft Cell are certainly one of a kind. This had some fun moments. Not really my thing but I didn't find it objectionable.
3
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Sun Jun 11 2023
The Undertones
The Undertones
A lovely serve of jaunty, happy, semi-punk. Very tight and well arranged.
3
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Mon Jun 12 2023
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
What's that? You're all out of Neneh Cherry? How am I going to relive the salad days of 1989?
Oh, you have some Queen Latifah? Well that will substitute nicely.
3
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
I actually really enjoyed this. Great voice, some smart songwriting, a casual and relaxed vibe.
4
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
This was a nice find. Now i know where Powderfinger got their name. Quite a mix of stuff that sounds more early 70s than 1979.
4
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Thu Jun 15 2023
The Band
The Band
A lovely bit of homespun comfort from the country-folk-rock-Canadiana/Americana boys. How good is Dixie Down?
4
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Fri Jun 16 2023
evermore
Taylor Swift
This has always been the lesser of Taylor's lockdown albums for me - there are a few great tunes but mostly it breezes over you more than astounds you like the tracks on Folklore. Still great though.
4
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Sat Jun 17 2023
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
This is a four, for Blueberry Hill alone.
4
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Sun Jun 18 2023
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
Very chilled vibes this passed me by without incident
3
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Mon Jun 19 2023
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I try and try but I can't get into Nick Cave. Saying that, there are some moments on this that are tuneful and interesting, especially the duets.
3
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Tue Jun 20 2023
The White Album
Beatles
Ok ok.
If this was distilled down to 14 tracks, it would be perhaps the greatest album ever.
As it stands it's just in the top 10.
Plus we get 14 extra pretty kooky Beatles tracks.
So good decision to go for the double.
5
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
A bit scrappy and raucous for me at times, but I like the spirit and the attitude. At the end of the album it automatically switched to a 'similar' artists, and the Tori Amos song that kicked in was so different in tone that it was a little jarring.
3
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
I always think of BST as a disco group, probably getting mixed up with Earth Wind and Fire. I listened to this in the car with my Dad and it was a nostalgic listen for him, so this was a positive listening experience. They seem like another of the long line of 1968/69 generic country-blues-jazz-psychedelic rock groups that evolved into prog and 70s easy rock.
3
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Honking saxes, chiming guitars, crashing pianos - and more Meatloaf than I would have thought. I felt like I was on a cracked bitumen roadway in western New Jersey.
3
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Sat Jun 24 2023
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
A gentle dose of soft Aussie rock
3
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Sun Jun 25 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
I liked some of this. Good alternative 90s rock
3
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
I was thinking a 3, then my dad said it should be a 1 as it was so much saccharine 60s orchestra bits with the same wavering vocals. So let's be mean and give it a 2.
2
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
Dad says good voice, songs are rubbish, good after a few beers and a joint.
3
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Interesting for sure, occasionally listenable, intermittently not. Giving an extra star for the effort.
3
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Hms Fable
Shack
Good solid northern British rock with a shade of Oasis and Beatles
3
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
I like the Bee Gees a lot, but there's only so much warbling over a treble-heavy strings ensemble I can take. First song is amazing though.
3
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Great renditions although a tad too long perhaps.
4
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Sun Jul 02 2023
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
Some functional punk, was pleased to hear the Jackass theme on this.
3
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Pure Bruce. I'm not sold on him but he goes down like a cheap wine.
3
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Faust IV
Faust
I had a few moments of interest in this but it mainly served as background music.
2
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Harvest
Neil Young
Wow this is a fine piece of craftsmanship from start to finish. Incredible lyrics and themes that should have been written by someone twice his age, beautiful fragile musicality, and enough anger under the surface to keep it all tense and interesting.
5
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
That Stevie really did do some amazing stuff in the early to mid 70s. Incredibly this was already his FIFTEENTH album. A few less impressive tracks but overall great.
4
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Blue
Joni Mitchell
This is quite an amazing album, and despite Joni's voice getting a little tiresome after a while, the cosy familiarity and brilliant songwriting offset the shrillness.
5
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Sat Jul 08 2023
The Rise & Fall
Madness
There's probably better Madness albums than this, but it's certainly very interesting, and Our House is such a great song, which knocks it up a point.
4
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Sun Jul 09 2023
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Simple Minds has largely passed me by. They sound melodic and emotional and all that, but there's something not quite there for me.
3
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
I loved Something 4 the Weekend when it came out but I didn't give SFA albums much of a listen. This is great, poppy and slightly kooky, with shades of early Blur.
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
Does the Roxy Music job. None of it sticks with me but flows by nicely.
3
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
This was a lovely listen. I think I liked Wilco's efforts more than Billy's... they sound like a new version of The Band.
4
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Smash
The Offspring
This is a guilty pleasure. Great memories of moshing at Balinese nightclubs during Schoolies '96. The Offspring never sounded this good again.
4
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
Oh dear, another inscrutable prog rock album. A few rock-y moments but mostly interminable noodling.
2
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Sat Jul 15 2023
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
An OK listen. Jaunty in parts, but mostly just a soundtrack to my morning.
3
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Sun Jul 16 2023
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Hmm. Ordinarily this would be a 3, as it is pretty listenable and melodic. But I feel it should go down due to Kanye's repulsiveness and also the repetitive nature of his shtick. But some songs are good. Ok, a 3 it is.
Most relevant line: "You've been putting up with my shit just way too long"
3
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
I gotta say, after a few of these albums, I'm just not a Tom Waits fan.
2
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Tue Jul 18 2023
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Another one of Neil's classics, perhaps a little gentler than Harvest except for the absolutely scathing Southern Man. Love it.
5
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jeez that's a hell of a lot of bluegrass and trad country.
I almost picked up a jug in the kitchen and started blowing into it.
Appreciate the craftsmanship though.
3
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Thu Jul 20 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This is the best Nick Cave album on the list so far, by a margin. Some genuinely beautiful melodies but the odd lyric had me worried that this was almost a Christian album.
3
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
This was a pretty fun listen - very repetitive, and I'm kind of done with the early-70s country-folk-blues-rock by white guys schtick - but it was done well. Colorado was a lovely song.
3
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
This got a bit grating after a whle. i quite like the chunky guitars but the vocals I can take or leave. Just too long...
3
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Sun Jul 23 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Try as I might, I just can't get into most of Prince's stuff - too many gated drums, too much performative sexiness, too much synthetic sound. This album was no different: listenable but nothing really stood out.
3
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Album review written by Tom, feat. nobody el$e
I used to hate this music, and what it stood for, the conspicuous consumption and brazen sexuality and egotism. I think that my analysis was very simplistic and I appreciate more of what people like Missy were doing, which barriers they were breaking down. I still don't like most of the music but some of it is passable. I'll be generous and give a 3.
3
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
This album is pretty ROCKING. Nice to hear, I've always let the Black Keys pass me by a bit.
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Guero
Beck
I got to say, I really enjoyed this. Good Beck is good music.
4
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
I'd never heard of these chaps, they started a bit shaky, like a sort of Bloodhound Gang copy, but they evolved into a mix between Silksonic and Flight of the Conchords. I genuinely really liked a bunch of these tunes.
4
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I wasn't keen on the first song or two but then this really started to do things for me. This is the most Beatle-esque I've heard Elvis go, I think, and comparisons to the fab Four finally kind of make sense. Some great tracks towards the end of the album.
4
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Sat Jul 29 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
I had lots of fun with this. Great drums, bass and crazy David Byrne vocals. I must be in a good mood this week because I'm giving another 4.
4
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Sun Jul 30 2023
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Some lovely sweet country vibes. No relation.
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Trio
Dolly Parton
Some lovely sweet country vibes. Hang on, wasn't that yesterday?
3
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
This is about the most accurate description I've seen of any album yet. Pretty slight, but exactly what I needed this morning.
3
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Blur
Blur
Oh wow. So timely. Been reconnecting with Blur a lot recently. This album was HUGE the year I started uni, in fact it became an obsession of mine. Beetlebum was the song that served as my gateway Blur drug, and Song 2, despite being overplayed, is still a mad headbanger. I saw Blur twice in Sydney in a couple of days, the second concert at the Hordern we managed to catch Dave's drumstick after it flew into the audience during Song 2. I still don't know what happened to that, I had it for years. We managed to blag our way into the after party in Kings Cross, and I sidled up to Graham Coxon at the bar, and what did I say? 'Great guitar Graham'. Damn what a loser.
Oh and the album is a real mixed bag, some I love, some I'm a bit indifferent, but as a package and a statement and a disc full of memories, this has to get full marks.
5
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Not my kind of thing, but smooth and silky enough to provide some background sounds.
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
I can appreciate the kraft and the werk but I don't know if I enjoy listening to 22 minute electronic songs from the 70s.
2
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
Ah, so that's where the Foo Fighters heard it.
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Crazysexycool
TLC
I veered between hating this and almost liking a few songs, especially the last one. I just didn't like this stuff when I was at high school and it's hard to detach. But these obviously very talented ladies were a product of their time and social milieu. They made some good music. And said Sexy a lot.
3
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Ah, beaucoup de fun! Always thought rap and hiphop sound better in French.
4
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Tue Aug 08 2023
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
This was not as challenging as I thought it might be, a pretty generic slice of early-90s hardish rock. Nothing jumped out but nothing jumped away either.
3
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Wed Aug 09 2023
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
A bit too angry and mean spirited for me
2
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Thu Aug 10 2023
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
Punk is fine, but once you start calling it art punk maybe the original intention is being lost. Anyway I found this a difficult listen.
2
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Fri Aug 11 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
This sounds like it would have been one helluva show. Love how he humanises the audience so naturally.
4
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Sat Aug 12 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
A microcosm of 1966: sitars, backwards guitars, jangling 12 strings, psychedelic imagery, close harmonies, eastern melodies. I liked this a lot.
4
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Sun Aug 13 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
This is just about as funky as it gets. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling too funkadelic myself, maybe this would be a 4 on a party night.
3
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
A rather eclectic and interesting record, a few different things emerged during my one and a half listens
3
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
As easy on the ears as can be, nice to hear a samba cover of one of my favourite Lovin' Spoonful songs, got to say the original was better. There were real shades of Burt Bacharach at his most saccharine on this album.
3
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
I've never been a massive fan of Madge, but I recall the impact this album had back in the late 90s. A worthy and memorable reinvention with some classic tracks. Well done. It was all downhill from here (cue worst James Bond theme ever)
4
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Thu Aug 17 2023
The Libertines
The Libertines
Not half bad, actually, kind of Living End meets Britpop. I'd never heard Pete Doherty's stuff and my estimation has risen slightly.
3
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Black Monk Time
The Monks
This was so 1966 but also so ahead of its time. I liked it but it was too garage for me, I like a slicker bit of 60s production.
3
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Sat Aug 19 2023
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
This had a weird 80s or 90s vibe, like a chirpy New Order or something. I did enjoy the melodies and the quirkiness but I'd grow tired of it after a while I think.
3
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Sun Aug 20 2023
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Very generic mid-2000s rock. I'd heard a few of these, you know, they're fine, but I can't see how they've achieved a billion streams on one of their tunes. The singer had the sound of a less committed Damon Albarn.
3
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Mon Aug 21 2023
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
This one I half listened to in the car, and then I thought it deserved a second listen, which I'm glad I did, as it had more nuance than I thought. Nothing hugely innovative, but you can see where the first wave of grunge bands got some of their inspiration.
3
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
A pleasant enough listen - just enough electro and acoustic and nice vocals and easy charm to keep me bopping along, but not overly enthused. I was more into Oasis and lad rock at this time.
3
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
Ah, country music that was more friendly and optimistic and accepting than the current racist, right-wing nonsense parading on the charts. Some lovely tunes.
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Arrival
ABBA
Is this the first appearance by the Swedish legends? I am very partial to a spot of ABBA, I have a real sweet tooth for those melodies and voices and songwriting hooks.
There's a few mishits here, including the morally questionable first song, but the inclusion of Fernando on the Australian album version, plus at least two other bona fide amazing songs, keeps this at a solid 4.
4
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Yeah nah. I'm not into late 80s Goth rock. Too many gated drums and emotions.
2
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Sat Aug 26 2023
Arular
M.I.A.
I should like this more, but the overall effect was a bit grating and repetitive
2
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Sun Aug 27 2023
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Motorhead do one thing and seem to do it quite well. Lemmie is certainly in fine fettle.
3
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Mon Aug 28 2023
California
American Music Club
Never heard of these guys. A pretty okay slice of 80s indie, some nice vocals, pretty sounds. If you'd told me they were a MOR Aussie act from the time, I'd have believed you (excepting the band and album names)
3
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
There were moments on this I really enjoyed, and quite a few others which were a bit 1990s-naffpop. Kind of Stone Roses meets vague electro. I'd give it another listen for sure.
3
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Ooooh, that some smooth sax and bossa nova vibes. Good music to mark to.
3
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Some smooth as silk jazzy sax. Music to drive to.
3
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Some good ole thoughtful country with shades of Johnny Cash among others.
3
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Sat Sep 02 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Love some mariachi trumpets with indie rock.
3
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Sister
Sonic Youth
More of the same from these guys. Music to BBQ by.
3
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Blunderbuss
Jack White
Good rock but not up to his White Stripes standards
3
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
Definitely interesting. Had never heard of this fella. I really like one or two of these, might give this another spin.
3
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Wed Sep 06 2023
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
I really got a lot out of this, these guys sounded awesome and had such a distinct and full sound. A real flashback to 1997.
4
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
Not a bad bit of rock guitary stuff, feels newer than 1980
3
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Second time today I'm rating this...the last review didn't take.
An absolutely sublime album. A band where all members were firing on all cylinders musically and creatively...not so much romantically. An amazing listen.
5
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Sat Sep 09 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
There are some really great songs on here that I've never properly listened to before. Old Jimi was many years ahead of his time.
4
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Sun Sep 10 2023
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
It's amazing what a redneck cousin-marrying pedophile can do behind a piano.
4
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
I approached this with no real knowledge of what to expect, and I was very pleasantly surprised. A lovely album with some really interesting songs. Will listen again.
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Shades of the Sunnyboys, Midnight Oil, other early-80s Aus Rock acts. Has its moments.
3
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
A pretty kooky and interesting selection of tracks. I enjoyed how different it was.
Fun fact: I played one song in my Year 8 class and one of the students asked if it was Le Tigre. Kudos to them!
3
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Thu Sep 14 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
This all hangs together very well, but I feel that it needs the film to really lend context to some of the soundscapes and snippets. I give this a base of 4, minus 1 for the short, less impactful songs, plus 1 for the amazing tunes (Comfortably Numb - wow), plus 1 for the pure chutzpah of the whole thing. So a hard-earned 5.
5
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
I'm a bit ambivalent about Rod, some of his stuff is great, a lot of it is very MOR and cheesy. But this early period stuff is rock solid. I really enjoyed this album
4
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Sat Sep 16 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer is a high point, there's a few other okay ones, nice to hear Kate Bush, otherwise it's a bit mid 80s over produced, innit
3
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Sun Sep 17 2023
The Grand Tour
George Jones
Good old-fashioned steel pedal poignant country. Slow and low.
3
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
A rather weird and rambling concoction. Once I read the tragic story of Spence, this one-of-a-kind solo album took on a new shade of meaning. The last gasps of a fading genius?
3
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
Heard of the band but never listened to them. Very mid-80s, perhaps echoes of early Crowded House and Squeeze and the Beautiful South. I got to say I quite enjoyed this.
3
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Wed Sep 20 2023
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Did a bit of reading, now called Anhoni (?) and a really interesting back story. Quite an amazing voice but the music isn't quite what I'm into. Appreciate the beauty and effort though.
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Another group I've never heard of, I enjoyed this as it glided by. Got me in the mood for my end-of-term 1993 dress-up tomorrow (30th anniversary of my school).
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
I only ever knew these guys from a Simpsons episode. I quite enjoyed some of the songs, very 1968 in their way. The extended final cut was a little too much rock organ and killer riffs.
3
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Copper Blue
Sugar
There's little bits of Oasis and grunge and Lemonheads and all other manner of 90s rock in here. Glad to have heard some for the first time.
3
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Sun Sep 24 2023
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
I've not heard this FBS album, certainly not as iconic as his next one.
3
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
One minute in I was about to turn this off. Then I got a bit hooked and then I read that this is a Talking Heads offshoot and then I heard some rather cool and kooky music and I overall enjoyed it.
3
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
This brought some comforting loveliness. I will be listening to this band some more for sure. I hearted about four songs.
4
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
If I was in a club in 1997 this would be much better. Setting Sun is still an amazing piece of music though.
3
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Thu Sep 28 2023
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
There are some genuinely beautiful musical snippets amongst all of the self important over-the-top grandiosity. I love Peter Gabriel's voice and some of the dramatic moments are great. But there's just so much of it. This one truly outstayed its welcome.
2
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Some serious 1999-2001 memories for me here,my darling wife used to have this on high rotation. I liked some of the songs then and still now but this isn't my go-to music.
3
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Sat Sep 30 2023
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
There are moments I love the kookiness of Roxy Music. But I never seek them out, best enjoyed randomly or in small doses perhaps.
3
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
This was never not interesting. Some really great Indian fusion stuff going on. And even an Oppenheimer quote (well, a Bhagavad Gita one). An extra point for pure effort.
4
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Mon Oct 02 2023
In Rainbows
Radiohead
I've tried and failed to get into late period Radiohead. I love the mid-90s stuff but this is all to avant-garde for my ears.
That said, I enjoyed this and there were some beautiful moments. Another listen required.
3
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Green
R.E.M.
There's some fabulous tracks on here, not all of them, but plenty.
4
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Wed Oct 04 2023
#1 Record
Big Star
There are some lovely Beatlesque moments on this album, sweet harmonies and lush chords. A kind of missing link between the Fab Four and Fleetwood Mac.
4
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Microshift
Hookworms
There were some ok moments on this but I'm not really sure what this band is. I read about why they folded so not keen to follow up.
3
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Kooky as all get up. Quite fun though.
3
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Sat Oct 07 2023
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
A bit too electronic and synth-y for me to be head over heels, but there are enough melodic moments to have made this a lovely listen.
3
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Sun Oct 08 2023
Music
Madonna
I was prepared for this to be an utter trainwreck. But it wasn't, some of it was quite, ahem, 'musical.' However the less said about the horror of the American Pie cover, the better.
3
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Mon Oct 09 2023
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Far too self referential and wallowing in her own genius for my likes. But an amazing voice and musicality.
3
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Tapestry
Carole King
This is a near perfect album in terms of songwriting. Truly a great composer at the top of her game. Her voice never quite comes to the same heights but there is a vulnerability and emotion there that just works. And these two versions of Woman and Friend are beautiful reimaginings of songs that were already amazing.
5
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Wed Oct 11 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
Kooky and inscrutable at times, though not as difficult to listen to as I recall. Still, I much prefer the earlier, more shallow but more melodic iteration of the band.
3
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Thu Oct 12 2023
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
I liked this, some beautiful melodic songs. Will listen again.
3
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
Too fast too loud too many arpeggiated guitar solos.
My head hurts.
I think I just don't like generic heavy metal.
2
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Sat Oct 14 2023
Suicide
Suicide
This was too glitchy and meandering for me. Not very enjoyable.
2
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Sun Oct 15 2023
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
I feel like this album, more than any other Blur one, captures the zeitgeist of the moment - the calm before the Britpop storm, the angst and ennui of 1993, pre-Cool Britannia. Half of this album is a bit naff, the other half is incredible. Sitting on the threshold, waiting for the madness to begin.
4
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Ah, 1989. Back when I could understand rap lyrics.
Cheeky, fun, a sense of playfulness. Not bad at all.
3
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
The voice is great, the songwriting is occasionally awesome - but the mid-70s production is where this suffers. A bit too polished or trebley, or maybe it's the high bass lines, or something. Nice but not the best Joni on offer.
3
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Started a bit meh but this soon grew on me, loungey yet dramatic and accusatory. Great voice. Good work Ms Apple.
4
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Clandestino
Manu Chao
Man, I listened to this about a thousand times during a road trip through Central and South America. A chill dope-smoking French dude, living in Colombia, singing a variety of genres in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese... lovely memories of backpacking and being a global citizen. I even saw Manu in Sydney in the mid-00s. Or was that a fever dream?
4
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Pyromania
Def Leppard
I just wasn't in the mood for 80s hair metal today. It does it competently but too much slick screechiness for me.
2
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Sat Oct 21 2023
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Holy shit.
1
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Sun Oct 22 2023
1999
Prince
I still struggle to really get into Prince. I can tell he's good but some of his songs just don't resonate. That said, there's a couple of crackers on this album.
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
I had completely forgotten about this Damon Albarn (plus random other luminaries - The Clash! Fela Kuti! The Verve!) side-project. Like a weird cross between Blur and Gorillaz - how about that then?
Some great stuff, Damon always impresses me with his enthusiasm.
4
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Tue Oct 24 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
What an amazing set of songs. Aretha can take any source material and just turn it into hers. And the thumping rhythm section and horns just complement her incredible voice so well. Great work all round team.
5
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Wed Oct 25 2023
Dare!
The Human League
A bit synthed out after that. I'd say that apart from Don't You Want Me, the rest of the songs sit in the average category. There's a few flashes of brilliance, but mostly hiding behind some spacey electronic noises.
3
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Birth year record!
I'm not a huge fan of Faithfull's voice nor her interpretations of some pretty iconic songs. I'm feeling generous today, so a 3, but some days this would be a 2.
3
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Fri Oct 27 2023
All Directions
The Temptations
Some real funky moments on here. 12 minutes of Papa is a proper treat. There's even some surprising before-its-time use of a particular racial slur. Overall, though, a bit patchy.
3
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Sat Oct 28 2023
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
It was lovely to hear a whole album by these folks. I just love Nina's voice, the funky bass, the flutes, the kooky lyrics. A nice time capsule from the era of gentle Indie.
4
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Sun Oct 29 2023
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
My daughter asked why old Lennie couldn't sing properly. I winced and tried to explain how iconic a songwriter he was. I then played Avalanche again and she kind of understood a bit. That said... beyond the amazing songs, they do start to sound the same.
4
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
This is definitely kooky and ground breaking and fun. Thing is, most of it isn't my kind of music.
3
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Risque
CHIC
Loving that Nile Rodgers guitar and the funky disco vibes. A bit samey at times but on a Friday night this would be one pumping album. Now, where's my flowing satin dress?
4
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Wed Nov 01 2023
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
After reading some reviews, I was prepared for industrial punk noise. Happily, a lot of this was pretty melodic and listenable. Not great, but not terrible.
3
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
The audio equivalent to jamming three interlocking berets down onto your head, then sticking a Gauloise cigarette, soaked in Chartreuse, into each ear. I enjoyed this for what it was.
3
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
I always thought Mars Volta were an electronic act. But evidently not. More a kind of Muse-meets-Limp Bizkit-meets-Yes. So some of this is just fine, and clever, but there's just too much. Too much I tell you.
3
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Sat Nov 04 2023
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
I was pleasantly surprised by some of this. A real eclectic mix of songs, occasionally pretty melodic.
3
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Sun Nov 05 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
I really don't like The Streets. I don't like the rhymes, the vocal, the flow, the themes, the music, the fake amateurism, the sexism. It should be a 1 but I'll give it an extra point for the pure commitment to being consistently crap throughout.
2
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
I enjoyed this quite a lot - very topical commentary on the environment, society, the media. Funky beats and a strong, rhythmic flow. If anything, though, I found it all rather depressing. Need a bit more joy in my music.
3
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Woah, this is way better than I recalled. I just remember being so turned off Radiohead's stuff after OK Computer, finding it too dense and complex and ethereal. But twenty years later, this sounds like a natural evolution from the likes of OKC. Heaps of beautiful melodies, intricate guitar work, and nods to their pop-rock past, wrapped in a prog-spacey package.
4
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Forever Changes
Love
A very lovely, emotional album. I listened to this first around 6 years ago, and remember being pretty bowled over by it. This time around, it didn't have the same effect, but there were certainly flashes of brilliance. It is nice to think of a 1967 multi-racial band doing psychedelic stuff, kind of represents a better zeitgeist.
4
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
This was lots of fun. A nice mashup of cute, gentle psychedelia, pop and Indian classical. I loved the cover of Light My Fire, super funky.
4
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Fri Nov 10 2023
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
This was a lovely album, a bit slow and vague at times. Reminded me of The Frames or a low-fi Neil Young. Will try some more BPB.
3
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Sat Nov 11 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
A bit more milktoast than tigermilk. Softer than I remembered
3
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Sun Nov 12 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Good to hear these lads with their rough and ready blues stylings. Definitely one of the more proficient British Invasion bands, but nothing that really set the world alight.
3
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Vespertine
Björk
Kooky and ooky, as predicted. Still not a fan but I can happily listen.
3
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Drunk
Thundercat
A strange album, very technically proficient but it left me feeling a little empty and unenthused. I think I could enjoy it more in a different frame of mind. Echoes of Silksonic but not as fun.
3
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Wed Nov 15 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
This is not usually my kind of music, but there's no doubting that this was a seminal album, and perhaps the best of its kind. There are three legitimate classics of electro dance on this one release.
For pure nostalgia value, I'm adding a star.
4
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
I wasn't super excited about this one at first, but pretty soon it was rocking track after rocking track, some familiar, some pleasingly new. It's not all Mr Brightside after all! A good little album.
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
There was a lot to like here - like a Beatles/Stones/Beach Boys mashup. Some cool left turns and spot-on musicality. I will listen to these fellas again.
4
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Sat Nov 18 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
This album is Year 11 for me. I listened to it over and over and over. Just a fantastic statement out of the gates for the lads. Supersonic, Live Forever, Rock 'n' Roll Star, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Slide Away... hell, even Digsy's Dinner and Married With Children are incredible. Makes you want to snarl fuck off into a microphone with your hands behind your back.
5
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Sun Nov 19 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
I veered between hating this and quite liking some of the tunes, samples, vocals. Overall, not for me. But I'm bumping it up to a 3 due to the lovely Daydreamin'
3
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
Okay, Van Morrison has become a grumpy old shit. That said, this album is so full of classic bluesy bangers that I am willing to ignore his current nonsense. Into the Mystic and It Stoned Me are just about two of the best songs to come out of the 70s. Moondance is overplayed but gee that voice.
5
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
At times a bit too searing for me, but there are enough melodic moments and interesting songs to warrant a further listen down the road.
3
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Wed Nov 22 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
The Buzzcocks have mainly passed me by, I always kind of hazily thought they were an American Ramones-style group. Nice to hear this bit of cheeky fun, like Bur meets the Sex Pistols.
3
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Thu Nov 23 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
One of those bands I should know better, but never give the time of day to. I feel like later 2000s indie for me is a blur of Killers, Strokes, Arctic Monekys, Tame Impala, these guys, plus many more, and I haven't yet separated it all out in my mind. Will definitely give these more of a run around. Some lovely tunes on here.
4
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Destroyer
KISS
At their best, KISS are theatrical and fun. Not here - plain, average and sometimes cringey. Perhaps one track worth a listen.
2
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Sat Nov 25 2023
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
Flows past like a dreamy bit of guitar fluff with echoes of early U2, but better.
3
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Sun Nov 26 2023
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
Well that was shit.
1
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This is an absolutely solid listen from end to end. Great lyrics (including, I'd argue, the head turner in Oliver's Army, which is actually a reference to the racism experienced by the Irish in the British army); just kick-arse bass playing; ol' Declan's voice in full flight; and the vibes of Accidents Will Happen and Party Girl among others. This was released the day after I was born, so maybe a bit of birth year bias, but I'm giving the full 5.
5
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Captain Beefheart is a sadistic, weird Tom Waits without the musicality and goofy likeability.
1
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Wed Nov 29 2023
The Score
Fugees
This is Year 12 all over for me. Not really my bag but the vocals and arrangements are certainly pretty great. I much preferred Lauryn Hill's solo efforts but this is okay for a listen through.
3
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
An old classic, I know, but something I've never really wished to explore, I put it in the Stairway to Heaven hobbit music category. Anyway it was good enough, my Mum heard it in the car and said it was an album she bought when it was released.
3
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Not really into this sort of stuff. The first few songs really put me off but the more ambient and relaxing later tracks brought me back a bit. A bare pass for this though.
3
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Maybe the name put me off, the expectation of generic pop not enough to entice me. But I really liked this. Doing a deep dive now into their catalogue. A missing link between 80s indie rock and 90s Britpop, fusing elements from both sides of the Atlantic, with the odd Beatlesque hook (or blatant borrowing). Good Times.
4
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Bjork with a harp.
Only joking. It's genuinely great to encounter unique and interesting music I've never heard before, nearly 800 albums in.
3
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
What happens when you drop 60% of your band between albums? You lose some of the ebullience and chaos that made you such fun to listen to. Some poignant and beautiful tunes but missing the sense of good old-fashioned hijinks of the first two albums.
3
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Surprisingly tuneful for a band called Meat Puppets.
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Well yes, terrible cover art, so expectations were low. But this was more proto-metal with elements of punk and 70s rock. So I quite enjoyed it.
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
This is either the best or second-best John solo album. I love the rawness, the emotion, the bitter anger tempered with soothing love. A few too many rough edges for me but a fine album that captures where our boy was at in 1970.
4
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
Twangy, occasionally violent, forgettable. I liked the Buck Owens cover though.
2