Sep 25 2021
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
4
Sep 26 2021
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
3
Sep 27 2021
Closer
Joy Division
3
Sep 28 2021
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Very talking heads
4
Sep 29 2021
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Some classic songs, may contain traces of cultural appropriation
4
Sep 30 2021
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
5
Oct 01 2021
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Couple of great tracks, some seem indulgent
3
Oct 02 2021
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Seminal blues/rock, but a bit samey
3
Oct 03 2021
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Deep and meaningful
5
Oct 04 2021
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Seminal hip-hop/rock but a bit samey
4
Oct 05 2021
In It For The Money
Supergrass
In it for the money is ok single (80% is outro), but would I be sad if I had died without hearing it? No
2
Oct 06 2021
C'est Chic
CHIC
Happy Man and At Last I Am Free are hidden gems
4
Oct 07 2021
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Not bad but not special. Mid afternoon at a festival
3
Oct 08 2021
Who's Next
The Who
4
Oct 09 2021
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Pretty good
4
Oct 10 2021
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
Eccentric and over the top but some sort of genius
4
Oct 11 2021
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
A bit samey but very enjoyable
4
Oct 12 2021
Clandestino
Manu Chao
Lots of short songs, not bad but didn't engage me
3
Oct 13 2021
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
3
Oct 14 2021
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
3
Oct 15 2021
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Sorry only 3 tracks on Spotify
3
Oct 16 2021
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Poptastic
3
Oct 17 2021
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
World class
5
Oct 18 2021
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Solid hip hop
4
Oct 19 2021
...And Justice For All
Metallica
Not my metallic cup of tea
DNF
2
Oct 20 2021
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
Strumtastic. Nothing special
2
Oct 21 2021
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
3
Oct 22 2021
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
atmospheric alt rock
4
Oct 23 2021
Street Life
The Crusaders
3
Oct 24 2021
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Rocky
3
Oct 25 2021
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Mellow, nice
3
Oct 26 2021
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Pretty good example of 80s dark synth work
3
Oct 27 2021
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3
Oct 28 2021
Headquarters
The Monkees
Lots of very short songs. Bring back the 2 minute single...
3
Oct 29 2021
Rio
Duran Duran
Bangers all the way 10/10
5
Oct 30 2021
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Oct 31 2021
Dare!
The Human League
3
Nov 01 2021
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3
Nov 02 2021
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
4
Nov 03 2021
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
5
Nov 04 2021
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
4
Nov 05 2021
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
4
Nov 06 2021
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
4
Nov 07 2021
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Put it in your pocket full of cupcakes
5
Nov 08 2021
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Weak indy
3
Nov 09 2021
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
Nov 10 2021
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
3
Nov 11 2021
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Classy soul
4
Nov 12 2021
Make Yourself
Incubus
Awful. Couldn't finish it. Indulgent Cali-rock
1
Nov 13 2021
Music From Big Pink
The Band
4
Nov 14 2021
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
I can see why it's on the list but not my cup of tea really
3
Nov 15 2021
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Great, but hoping 'kind of blue' is on here too
4
Nov 16 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Pretty good indie. Extra star for having two xylophone solos in Gone Daddy Gone
4
Nov 17 2021
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Goddess
5
Nov 18 2021
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Not my favourite Beatles album but still classic
NB 13 songs, 30 minutes. More like this please modern people....
4
Nov 19 2021
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Good tunes
3
Nov 20 2021
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Magnificent. 'Maybe your baby' is pretty much the first part of Prince's career in 6:50...
5
Nov 21 2021
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
3
Nov 22 2021
Bummed
Happy Mondays
OK, bit boring in hindsight
3
Nov 23 2021
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
Nov 24 2021
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Nice beats, dodgy lyrics
4
Nov 25 2021
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
5
Nov 26 2021
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
pretty good
3
Nov 27 2021
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Seminal but too long
3
Nov 28 2021
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
2
Nov 29 2021
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Ok
3
Nov 30 2021
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Not best but good
3
Dec 01 2021
Fragile
Yes
Not as bad as Incubus, but still does my head in with no redeeming features
2
Dec 02 2021
Kenya
Machito
It swings...
3
Dec 03 2021
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
Non-toxic masculinity
3
Dec 04 2021
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
3
Dec 05 2021
Document
R.E.M.
Alt art rock. Pleasant enough
3
Dec 06 2021
Paris 1919
John Cale
Very British.
3
Dec 07 2021
Diamond Life
Sade
Where are my ski pants and shoulder pads?
4
Dec 08 2021
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
2
Dec 09 2021
The Yes Album
Yes
Actually not bad, if you don't mind the high pitched voice
3
Dec 10 2021
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Lush sounds, very smooth, not really my cup of tea but not awful
3
Dec 11 2021
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Excellent...
4
Dec 12 2021
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Long. Triple album long. Not bad but samey...
3
Dec 13 2021
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Very clever man, that McCartney...
4
Dec 14 2021
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Great
4
Dec 15 2021
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
I can see the appeal but not quite to my taste. Would see live...
3
Dec 16 2021
Medúlla
Björk
Queen
4
Dec 17 2021
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Grunge rock. Not bad song-by song, but long & samey...
3
Dec 18 2021
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Great garage band. Excellent cover of 'The Night Time is the Right Time'. 12 songs in 29 minutes gets bonus points...
4
Dec 19 2021
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Pretty enjoyable, even if the title track isn't on the Spotify version
3
Dec 20 2021
Damaged
Black Flag
Punkish rock...
3
Dec 21 2021
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Morrissey is a bit of a dick now, but this is a classic
4
Dec 22 2021
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
ok
3
Dec 23 2021
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
3
Dec 24 2021
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
Great
4
Dec 25 2021
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
4
Dec 26 2021
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
4
Dec 27 2021
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Excellent
4
Dec 28 2021
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2 classic covers
4
Dec 29 2021
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Genius
5
Dec 30 2021
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Very enjoyable
4
Dec 31 2021
Goo
Sonic Youth
4
Jan 01 2022
Tommy
The Who
some classics on here but pretty long...
3
Jan 02 2022
Scum
Napalm Death
Not exactly my cup of tea, but I can see the appeal in the right room. Includes the worlds shortest song, so well done for that...
3
Jan 03 2022
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
The missing link between pubrock and post-punk. More about PP here... https://deserter.co.uk/2020/09/only-one-peter-perrett/
3
Jan 04 2022
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Good singer, conscious funky soul
Oh and pay your taxes Bono, sorry, Lauryn...
3
Jan 05 2022
Shadowland
k.d. lang
lovely voice, subversive then, unsurprising now...
4
Jan 06 2022
Aja
Steely Dan
Smooth and jazzy
3
Jan 07 2022
Parklife
Blur
4
Jan 08 2022
2112
Rush
3
Jan 09 2022
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
3
Jan 10 2022
Low
David Bowie
4
Jan 11 2022
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
3
Jan 12 2022
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Interesting...
3
Jan 13 2022
Skylarking
XTC
Clever
3
Jan 14 2022
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jan 15 2022
Debut
Björk
Classic
5
Jan 16 2022
Berlin
Lou Reed
4
Jan 17 2022
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Girl power
3
Jan 18 2022
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Some good, some ok, not life changing
3
Jan 19 2022
My Generation
The Who
Interesting mix of covers (James Brown, blues), pop and their own developing voice
3
Jan 20 2022
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Knows his stuff
4
Jan 21 2022
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
3
Jan 22 2022
Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
Jan 23 2022
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
3
Jan 24 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
Not bad blue eyed soul
3
Jan 25 2022
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
5
Jan 26 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
3
Jan 27 2022
xx
The xx
3
Jan 28 2022
Ingenue
k.d. lang
4
Jan 29 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
Jan 30 2022
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
3
Jan 31 2022
Hysteria
Def Leppard
2
Feb 01 2022
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
I like a re-mix/edit as much as anyone, but this is tedious. Sounds like it was done by AI rather than humans...
1
Feb 02 2022
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
Feb 03 2022
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Up my street
4
Feb 04 2022
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Only two songs on spotify but I liked them
3
Feb 05 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
4
Feb 06 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Enjoyably rawky
3
Feb 07 2022
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
2
Feb 08 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Smooth
3
Feb 14 2022
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Classic
5
Feb 15 2022
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Smooth and soulful
3
Feb 16 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
3
Feb 17 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Classic
4
Feb 18 2022
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
2
Feb 19 2022
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Would dance to some of, but generally slick and solipsistic
3
Feb 20 2022
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Liked this
4
Feb 21 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
3
Feb 22 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who
4
Feb 23 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Largely excellent
4
Feb 24 2022
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
3
Feb 25 2022
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
Couple of lovely tracks here (calvary cross and IWTSTBLT)
3
Feb 26 2022
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
3
Feb 27 2022
Spiderland
Slint
passed me by
2
Feb 28 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Very gentle. The Roy Orbison of Sheffield...
3
Mar 01 2022
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
Mar 02 2022
Pretenders
Pretenders
Ah yes, I remember it well...
4
Mar 03 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
3
Mar 04 2022
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
Only two tracks on Spotify but very good ambient
3
Mar 05 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Classy pop
3
Mar 06 2022
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Very west coast, not your usual Buckley, not bad..
3
Mar 10 2022
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Pompous
2
Mar 11 2022
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Not bad, would give it 3.5 if I could
3
Mar 12 2022
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
3
Mar 13 2022
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
Mar 14 2022
Nixon
Lambchop
Interesting, would watch at a festival
4
Mar 15 2022
Queen II
Queen
No, thank you. The algorithm followed this up with Spinal Tap, which seems appropriate
1
Mar 16 2022
Technique
New Order
Great
4
Mar 17 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Groovy but a bit much after a while
3
Mar 18 2022
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
3
Mar 27 2022
Drunk
Thundercat
3
Mar 28 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
Mar 29 2022
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
3
Mar 30 2022
Horses
Patti Smith
She cool
4
Mar 31 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Interesting
3
Apr 01 2022
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
4
Apr 02 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
4
Apr 08 2022
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
A bit pompous
3
Apr 09 2022
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Love Scorpio, rest a bit dated or meh. I remember The Message seeming a bit mainstream even when it came out
3
Apr 10 2022
Pump
Aerosmith
Not offensive but not really adding anything to my life
2
Apr 11 2022
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
Apr 12 2022
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
Apr 13 2022
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
4
Apr 14 2022
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
3
Apr 15 2022
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Interesting but not compelling
3
Apr 16 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
Apr 17 2022
Forever Changes
Love
3
Apr 18 2022
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Not great for me
2
Apr 19 2022
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
I'll get my long coat...
3
Apr 20 2022
Dummy
Portishead
Classic
4
Apr 21 2022
Disraeli Gears
Cream
3
Apr 22 2022
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Would be one star if it wasn't for 'Elected'
2
Apr 23 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
3
Apr 24 2022
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
3
Apr 25 2022
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
good of its kind but gave birth to too many youth jazz band versions of Watermelon Man...
3
Apr 26 2022
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
3
Apr 27 2022
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Hurt is great, and he is an icon but not much musically
3
Apr 28 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
groovy but not special
3
Apr 29 2022
Phrenology
The Roots
4
Apr 30 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon
4
May 01 2022
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
3
May 02 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Would do 3.5 if I could
3
May 03 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
3
May 04 2022
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
I like the production
3
May 05 2022
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
3
May 06 2022
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
3
May 07 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
This seems like the nineteenth LC album this site has sent me. I'm sure it's great and he's sincere but not what I wanted for my birthday
2
May 08 2022
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
May 09 2022
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
3
May 10 2022
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
I think we are lucky to have Damon
5
May 11 2022
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
4
May 12 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
Jun 14 2024
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
One of those artists that you (I) think you know because of their influence of others, but don't really know that well. More dramatic and vigorous in delivery than I expected, but the action is really in the lyrics (Amsterdam is my favourite)
3
Jun 15 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Classic
Goddess
5
Jun 17 2024
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
More or less what you expect from a Morrissey solo album. 2.5
3
Jun 18 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
3
Jun 22 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
3
Jun 11 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
OK, seems to enjoy saying f****tt a bit too much tho
3
Jun 15 2025
OK
Talvin Singh
Bit patchy imo but some good tracks
3
Jun 16 2025
Station To Station
David Bowie
Short but classic
4
Jun 17 2025
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Sweary, N-words, H-words, B-words abound
Tainted classic
4
Jun 18 2025
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Groovy, Eton John ish, L&A is still great
3
Jun 19 2025
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
It swings and it rocks...
4
Jun 20 2025
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
Funky band, he's a legend. Glad to hear it again but won't have iton repeat. Would be 3.8 but I'll round it up for Mr Dury
4
Jun 21 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
Jun 22 2025
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
2
Jun 23 2025
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Great. Mainly bangers, would be 4.5 but I'm rounding up today
5
Jun 24 2025
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
Jun 25 2025
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
3
Jun 26 2025
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
2
Jul 01 2025
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
4
Jul 02 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
4
Jul 03 2025
Movies
Holger Czukay
3
Jul 07 2025
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4
Jul 08 2025
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
4
Jul 09 2025
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Entertainingly bonkers
3.8
4