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Mon Sep 27 2021
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
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Tue Sep 28 2021
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
2
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Wed Sep 29 2021
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
2
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Thu Sep 30 2021
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
4
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Fri Oct 01 2021
S&M
Metallica
3
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Mon Oct 04 2021
Synchronicity
The Police
5
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Tue Oct 05 2021
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
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Wed Oct 06 2021
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
4
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Thu Oct 07 2021
Hysteria
Def Leppard
5
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Fri Oct 08 2021
Zombie
Fela Kuti
4
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Mon Oct 11 2021
Goo
Sonic Youth
4
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Tue Oct 12 2021
Kid A
Radiohead
5
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Wed Oct 13 2021
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5
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Thu Oct 14 2021
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
3
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Fri Oct 15 2021
Eliminator
ZZ Top
5
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Mon Oct 18 2021
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
5
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Tue Oct 19 2021
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
5
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Wed Oct 20 2021
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
1
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Thu Oct 21 2021
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
3
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
2
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Mon Oct 25 2021
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
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Tue Oct 26 2021
Young Americans
David Bowie
4
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Wed Oct 27 2021
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4
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Thu Oct 28 2021
White Ladder
David Gray
4
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Fri Oct 29 2021
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
2
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Mon Nov 08 2021
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
4
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Tue Nov 09 2021
The Specials
The Specials
4
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Wed Nov 10 2021
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
1
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Thu Nov 11 2021
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
4
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Fri Nov 12 2021
Dust
Screaming Trees
2
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Mon Nov 15 2021
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
4
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Tue Nov 16 2021
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
5
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Wed Nov 17 2021
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
3
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Thu Nov 18 2021
Viva Hate
Morrissey
1
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Fri Nov 19 2021
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
4
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Mon Nov 22 2021
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
4
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Fri Nov 26 2021
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
5
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Mon Nov 29 2021
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Despite my growing antipathy towards RHCP, I actually quite enjoyed that album.
3
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Tue Nov 30 2021
Violator
Depeche Mode
5
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Wed Dec 01 2021
Arise
Sepultura
Ok, but doesn't add anything to what Metallica achieved 8 years earlier.
3
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Thu Dec 02 2021
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
A couple of decent tracks but the rest is a meandering mess of self-indulgence. Not a patch on their later masterpiece: Breakfast in America.
2
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Fri Dec 03 2021
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
5
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Mon Dec 06 2021
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Not my kind of thing, but enjoyable nonetheless.
4
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Tue Dec 07 2021
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
4
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Wed Dec 08 2021
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
4
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Thu Dec 09 2021
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Excellent guitar work from Graham Coxon and, as a result, the first Blur album that really establishes their sound.
4
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Fri Dec 10 2021
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
A couple decent tracks but the rest is a fairly monotonous janglefest.
2
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Mon Dec 13 2021
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
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Tue Dec 14 2021
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Better than expected though still somewhat meandering and freeform. Second half better than first.
4
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Wed Dec 15 2021
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
So dull.
1
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Thu Dec 16 2021
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
2
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Fri Dec 17 2021
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
4
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Mon Dec 20 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Generally good, consistent album. But not a patch on NWA's debut.
4
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Tue Dec 21 2021
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Bland.
2
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Wed Dec 22 2021
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Probably Coldplay's best album.
4
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Thu Dec 23 2021
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Excellent album.
5
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Wed Dec 29 2021
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
4
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Metallica
Metallica
5
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Thu Jan 06 2022
I Against I
Bad Brains
4
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Mon Jan 10 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
A couple of good singles, a nice blues number and some meandering filler. And he's a prick.
3
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Tue Jan 11 2022
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
The archetypal blue collar rock album. Infectiously enjoyable. With a title track that humiliated US politicians who only read the title.
5
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Wed Jan 12 2022
Sound Affects
The Jam
The singles are excellent and there are a few decent album tracks. Ok.
3
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Blackstar
David Bowie
Never listened to this before. Really good. Feel I will be coming back to this one again quite regularly.
4
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Fri Jan 14 2022
Tommy
The Who
A couple of good points but mostly background music.
2
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Mon Jan 17 2022
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Aside from "Hurt", obviously, the stand out tracks are Cash's own compositions or where it is just him and a guitar. A couple of the covers miss the mark ("Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Danny Boy", "We'll Meet Again" once it broke into a singalong). Some are wrecked; either by an infernal pianist noodling in the background ("Personal Jesus"), or by some awful co-vocalists - Fiona Apple and Don Henley I am looking at you. Overall, though a really enjoyable listen; I just wish they'd have cut out the unnecessary collaborators.
4
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Tue Jan 18 2022
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Excellent.
4
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Wed Jan 19 2022
Country Life
Roxy Music
Meh. Not particularly interesting and featuring just one, distinctly average, single.
2
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Thu Jan 20 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
I decent blues album with a variety of styles. Much more a John Mayall album than an Eric Clapton album.
3
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Fri Jan 21 2022
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Tedious.
1
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Mon Jan 24 2022
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Most enjoyable Chicago Blues album.
4
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Wed Jan 26 2022
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Have to admit to being somewhat disappointed on listening to this for the first time in many years. I now find it quite dated and repetitive. Maybe a result of overplaying over the years. In contrast, DJ Shadow's Endtroducing ... (an album of similar style and vintage) still sounds fresh and interesting.
2
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Thu Jan 27 2022
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
Musical pollution. In the case of the people vs. Mariah Carey, this is evidence for the prosecution.
1
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
An album of two halves. The first half is back-to-back bangers. The second more moody/reflective/Cave-like. Ends on a cracking high. The best of the Bad Seeds so far.
5
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Mon Jan 31 2022
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
A mixed bag. All the classics are great, naturally. A couple of other good tracks, but I just get bored when he goes all psychedelic and weird. Stick to blues Jimi.
3
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Not my thing at all.
1
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Wed Feb 02 2022
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Setting aside the rampant misogyny, this is a great album. A fair amount of that credit must go to The Bomb Squad - the production is top notch and the beats infectious. Ice Cube's delivery is relentless and he carries on very much in the same vein as during his time in NWA - though perhaps even more extreme. Reckon I will be coming back to this one.
4
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Isn't it lovely, made of love? Well, yes it is.
4
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Ok but gets a bit samey after a while. Nowhere near as good as Ms Dynamite's debut, which came out the same year.
2
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Pleasant enough, but probably won't be going back.
2
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Tue Feb 08 2022
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Enjoyable and interesting album, though perhaps a little patchy.
3
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Wed Feb 09 2022
The White Album
Beatles
A very patchy album with the second disk marginally better than the first. Some great tracks and some absolute dross. A strong argument against double albums in principle.
3
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
Kinda interesting but not something I'd want to listen to again in a hurry. One particularly irritating feature of the record is the almost canned laughter during the song intros; a bunch of people laughing to things that are barely funny, in a kind of "we get this but you don't because you're not cool enough" way.
2
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Fri Feb 11 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Decent album with a couple of stand-out tracks. Still don't particularly like Neil Young's voice - sounds like John Malkovich doing karaoke. I get the impression that Stephen Stills was the real talent here ...
3
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Mon Feb 14 2022
Bad
Michael Jackson
Great album. Just not as great as its predecessor or follow up.
4
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
A good album but not their best.
4
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Wed Feb 16 2022
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Came in with extremely low expectations which it seemingly surpassed. Then I realised that pretty much everything good about this album had been pillaged from the greats of 80's hip-hop - you can hear Doug E Fresh, NWA, etc. all loud and clear. So, plagiarism combined with a level of misogyny that would make Ice Cube wince.
1
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
I'm sure it's lovely. It's just not my kind of lovely.
2
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Excellent album with some cracking singles and a good mix of interesting experimental tracks.
4
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Mon Feb 21 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
A stone cold classic. No weak points at all. Pure brilliance.
5
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Music From Big Pink
The Band
Whiny Canadian caterwauling. Pretty dreadful.
1
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Wed Feb 23 2022
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
It's been a long time since I last listened to this one. Good album and very much of its time. Enjoyable listen.
3
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Thu Feb 24 2022
Basket of Light
Pentangle
For folk's sake.
1
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Fri Feb 25 2022
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
A pleasant enough jingle jangle.
2
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Everything that is bad about music today.
1
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Average wannabe indie band. I struggle to see what is super about them.
2
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Dare!
The Human League
Fantastic album full of analog synth goodness. Slight dip at the beginning of side B but starts and finishes very strongly.
4
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Thu Mar 03 2022
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Pleasant enough "Country Bears" music.
2
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Fri Mar 04 2022
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
As much a Snoop Dogg album as a Dre album. Decent enough but falls short of Ice Cube's debut. The relentless misogyny and "look-at-my-big-dick" lyrics are regrettable and mar an otherwise decent effort.
2
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Disraeli Gears
Cream
Three or four stand out tracks and a couple of other decent ones. Want to give it 3 1/2 stars really.
3
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Excellent album containing the archetypal Cure track: "A Forest". Production is sparse but excellent.
4
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Pleasant enough listen one time. I don't feel it will stand up to further visits though. File in the "good for one listen" box.
2
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Fri Mar 11 2022
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
To my mind, incredibly overrated. A meandering, forgettable mess of distinctly average blues rock.
2
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Mon Mar 14 2022
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Set fuzz box to full badger's arse and rock out, preferably in some spit and sawdust pub. Quite enjoyable but a bit one-dimensional.
2
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Tue Mar 15 2022
Elephant
The White Stripes
Great album with a couple of standout classics. Still not their best effort, with that honour going to De Stijl, which best captures their down-and-dirty take on classic blues.
4
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Wed Mar 16 2022
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Definitive heavy metal album containing, arguably, three definitive tracks of that genre. Possibly the best last three minutes of any album.
4
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Nice, relaxing ambient, possibly only suitable for airports in 2020/21. Not a huge amount of substance though ...
3
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Follow The Leader
Korn
Dreadful.
1
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Far more easy listening than I remember it. A good album but hardly justifying the 60m+ in album sales.
3
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
What a great voice. Well produced album containing the classic "Son of a Preacher Man" along with a couple of other well known tracks. The rest is pleasant-enough but not particularly memorable.
3
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Wed Mar 23 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
4
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Blues standards by hammond organ. Some of the tracks work; some don't.
2
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Tue Mar 29 2022
The Doors
The Doors
3
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
Knew the band and the singles but had never listened to the album before. First half definitely better than expected, though the album definitely tails off on the second side.
3
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Thu Mar 31 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
The panpipe player must die.
2
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Very enjoyable continuation of his father's work.
4
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
3
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Tue Apr 12 2022
Station To Station
David Bowie
This was 4* all the way until I hit "Stay". Then it instantly leapt to 5*.
5
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Wed Apr 13 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
3
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Fri Apr 15 2022
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Really very dull. A couple of ok tracks.
1
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Stankonia
OutKast
2
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
So Miles walks into the studio and says: "hey cats, I've got an idea: let's all play each other's instruments. I don't have the first f'ing idea how to play drums, but how hard can it be? Also, let's not stick on any particular tune ... or key.". Nigh on two hours I don't wish to repeat.
1
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
Mostly enjoyable afrobeat. At least the parts where they've managed to keep the keyboardist away from E. PIANO 1 on his DX7.
3
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Mon Apr 25 2022
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Great album with some bona fide classics. A stepping stone to the greatness that was to come ...
4
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Probably one of the most consistently excellent reggae albums I have ever listened to. Not really my genre, but I really enjoyable listen nonetheless.
4
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Wed Apr 27 2022
One World
John Martyn
Interesting album. Liked it more than I thought I would. Very varied and, as a result, a bit patchy.
3
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
A great album by one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. Classic.
5
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Ok, but quite forgettable debut. Black Sunday is way better.
2
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Mon May 02 2022
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Blandy McBlandface
1
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Tue May 03 2022
Pornography
The Cure
Great album but not exactly one to take you to your happy place. Unless, of course, your happy place involves chronic depression and a debilitating drug habit.
4
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Wed May 04 2022
Scott 2
Scott Walker
Quite interesting for its obvious influence on the subsequent vocal stylings of Neil Hannon and Marc Almond, to name a couple. Not really my thing though ...
2
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Thu May 05 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements
A forgettable album that doesn't appear to know what it wants to be, veering from punk to rock and roll to MOR. A couple of ok tracks.
1
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Fri May 06 2022
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Classic album. Still sounds great to this day. Legends.
5
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Mon May 09 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
3
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Tue May 10 2022
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
3
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Wed May 11 2022
Horses
Patti Smith
Largely forgettable.
2
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Thu May 12 2022
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
3
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Fri May 13 2022
Picture Book
Simply Red
Actually enjoyed this a fair bit more than I thought I would. Those initial expectations were pretty low mind ...
3
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Mon May 16 2022
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
So dull, even the singer sounds bored with it. The nadir is "The Boy Done Wrong Again" - 4:17 of utter tedium. Terrible.
1
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Tue May 17 2022
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Bass fader to 10. Wah pedal to max. Sit back and enjoy his soulful voice.
3
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Wed May 18 2022
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Not at all what I was expecting. Largely background music.
2
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Thu May 19 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Very enjoyable jazz album. Laid back. By the numbers. Just how it should be.
4
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Fri May 20 2022
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Classic.
5
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Mon May 23 2022
The Joshua Tree
U2
5
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Tue May 24 2022
21
Adele
A "perfect" voice that sounds like a million other perfect voices. A collection of generic, factory-produced AOR. Offers very little that is new or interesting.
2
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Wed May 25 2022
1989
Taylor Swift
As over-produced, factory-made pop goes, this wasn't bad. Enjoyed the album tracks over the singles, probably due to the overplay of the latter.
3
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Thu May 26 2022
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
4
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Fri May 27 2022
Either Or
Elliott Smith
2
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Wed Jun 01 2022
Eternally Yours
The Saints
An ok punk/new wave album from a band that sounds like a proto-INXS. A lot of the tracks start of promisingly but then fail to live up to that initial promise.
2
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Thu Jun 02 2022
Sea Change
Beck
Snoozic.
1
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Fri Jun 03 2022
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Excellent, but short. Must of been one of the first recorded works by a major artist featuring a synthesiser.
4
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Mon Jun 06 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
2
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Tue Jun 07 2022
Cross
Justice
Not bad overall - just not particularly special or interesting. Many of the songs start strongly but then peter out and end badly.
2
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Wed Jun 08 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Nice background music and starts engagingly enough. A bit samey after a while.
3
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Thu Jun 09 2022
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Utterly dreadful. One of the worst things I've listened to on this list so far. Monster is the one bright spot on an otherwise derivative turd of an album.
1
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Iconic East Coast rap album with some absolute classics. A couple of weak points though, which docks them a star or two. They still have more influence, relevance and authenticity in the tips of their little fingers than Kanye and his ilk ...
3
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Very much of its time. And "Private Dancer" written by Mark Knopfler - who knew!??!
2
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Thu Jun 16 2022
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
A couple of stand-out tracks and some background music. "White Rabbit" is the pick of the album.
2
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Debut
Björk
5
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
The eternal set-closer "Born to Run" is a stone cold classic. The rest of the album continues in much the same vein but not quite so memorably. Born in the USA is a better album and more varied.
3
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Great album. Wonderful production. The opener is a (25 year old) modern classic.
5
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Thu Jun 30 2022
Roots
Sepultura
3
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Wed Jul 06 2022
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Definitely not. Mediocre Beatles/T-Rex karaoke in a pub round the corner from Maine Road.
1
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Night Life
Ray Price
3
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Fri Jul 08 2022
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Crazy varied album with some very interesting high points together with some decided vanilla 70s prog.
3
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Mon Jul 11 2022
Rocks
Aerosmith
3
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Great album title. Fantastic cover photo. One stone cold classic track. The rest a mixed bag; second side better than the first.
3
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
One of the more tedious albums I have had the misfortune of listening to. Thought it had finally got interesting but then discovered that Spotify had moved me on to other artists ...
1
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Fri Jul 15 2022
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
Morris dancers sing Don McLean. Dire.
1
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Clandestino
Manu Chao
He IS the king of bongo bong.
4
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Tue Jul 19 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
4
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Quiet Life
Japan
Starts strongly but becomes somewhat anonymous
3
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Fri Jul 29 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Five great tracks bookend this album, around a somewhat anonymous middle section. Quite why they decided to drag "I am the Resurrection" and "Fools Gold" out to well north of 8 minutes each, is beyond me - ended up turning good tracks into tests of endurance.
3
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
4
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Tue Aug 02 2022
Be
Common
2
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Thu Aug 04 2022
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Wasn’t impressed by this. Aside from the hits, a bit dull.
2
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Classic
5
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Thu Aug 11 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
5
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Purple Rain
Prince
5
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Is This It
The Strokes
For an album of not much more than half an hour in length, it really does drag. 20 seconds worth of musical ideas are dragged out to minutes and the vocals are really uninvolving. Disappointing.
1
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Tue Aug 16 2022
C'est Chic
CHIC
A couple of great tracks but generally a little disappointing
3
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Wed Aug 17 2022
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
4
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Mon Aug 22 2022
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Genius schmenius. An album of dull crooning of which, 5 minutes later, I can't even remember one note.
2
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Some bright moments but a lot of background music and some terrible lyrics. Suspect Trent has a lot to do with the bright points ...
3
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Pelican West
Haircut 100
4
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Berlin
Lou Reed
Not an ideal morning listen. Ok. Had its moments; but I won't be listening again in a hurry.
2
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Tue Aug 30 2022
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Why don't all albums have instrumental interludes?
4
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Wed Sep 07 2022
Microshift
Hookworms
Starts off promising but quickly becomes background music.
3
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Thu Sep 08 2022
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
A remarkable recording even if it does descend into background music at some points.
4
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Fri Sep 09 2022
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Interesting banter …
3
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Mon Sep 12 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Definitely one of the best Smiths album. Some great tracks but some filler also.
3
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Bossanova
Pixies
Their fourth best album, if you count the "Come on Pilgrim" EP. Some bright spots but nowhere near as consistent as their earlier work.
3
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Hoping for upbeat Canadian eighties rock but ended up with ownbeat audlin ccoustic uzak.
2
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Mon Sep 19 2022
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
5
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Truth
Jeff Beck
Boy does Jimmy Page owe this lot ...
3
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
2
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Thu Sep 22 2022
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Background hip hop. Decent beats though.
2
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
3
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
A classic, building on the promise shown in "Black Celebration". Backed up by a legendary tour and live album.
5
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Ok. But rapidly becomes background music. Can barely remember any of it. Not a patch on his earlier work: Armed Forces, This Year's Model, My Aim Is True.
2
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Better than I expected from a band with probably one of the most pretentiously crap names in history. Dodgy cover though.
3
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
4
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Tue Oct 04 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
It's probably as good as people think it is. Just for me, it's kinda slow and ploddy. Maybe I just don't really like Pink Floyd ...
2
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Can write songs. Can play guitar. Can't sing. Thinks he can play harmonica. Can't play harmonica. Good though!
4
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Destroyer
KISS
Possibly one of the worst albums I've heard by one of the worst bands. Commercial "hard" rock by the numbers, sold by the bucketload, lapped up by sad losers chanting "THEY CAN'T CHANGE WHO I AM!". Whatever, Gene. Whatever.
1
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Fri Oct 07 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Country Bears suicide music.
2
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Abbey Road
Beatles
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" - probably one of the worst things ever committed to vinyl. Then again, "Come Together", "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" - all fantastic. Seems like George was really on form on this one. Macca not so much.
4
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
4
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Wed Oct 12 2022
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Unexpectedly enjoyable. Got better as it went on.
4
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Thu Oct 13 2022
Snivilisation
Orbital
Not their best album. Probably not in their top 3. Still very good though.
4
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
3
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Mon Oct 17 2022
Close To The Edge
Yes
No.
2
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Tue Oct 18 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
Clearly a big influence on QotSA, Incubus etc.
4
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Thu Oct 20 2022
Revolver
Beatles
4
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Brilliant album. No idea what he's saying, but he is great at saying it. Let's just hope it's not about anything dodgy ...
5
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
4
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Wed Oct 26 2022
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
4
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Thu Nov 03 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Chilled out, pleasant-enough listen. Think I'd prefer "Hawley Corner" by Richard Coles though.
3
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Technique
New Order
A truly nostalgic listen which takes me straight back to sixth form. Still fantastic.
5
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Tue Nov 08 2022
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
My least favourite of the first four Led Zep albums. That said, worth it alone for the epic "Since I've Been Loving You".
4
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
5
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Thu Nov 10 2022
No Other
Gene Clark
3
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
3
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Wed Nov 23 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon
Classic. Even if he did rip off Los Lobos. Prick.
5
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
3
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Fri Nov 25 2022
Rapture
Anita Baker
Sweet Love is a great track, but a whole album it does not make. Most of the rest of the album is filler, though the last track isn't bad.
2
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
4
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
3
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
Four minutes of a good track then endless muzak. Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Sax, see what evil you have wrought upon this world.
1
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Some great tracks, and a lot of filler.
3
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Difficult to rate. I like to think of myself as being at the noisier end when it comes to music appreciation. However, this album proved a bit wearing after a while. I think I need more than just noise ...
3
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Manassas
Stephen Stills
3
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Murmur
R.E.M.
Okish album from one of the most overrated bands. Mostly background music but refreshing in that Stipe hadn't yet developed is full whine of a voice.
2
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company
"Can't Get Enough" is a great track. As for the rest of the album, it's ok when it picks up the pace a bit, but the majority is just too slow. Ok Company.
3
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Thu Dec 22 2022
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
5
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Fri Dec 23 2022
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
Well, it goes on a bit, but I enjoyed a lot more than I expected to.
4
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Mon Dec 26 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
John Wick in a pig farm.
1
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Fri Jan 06 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Very enjoyable blues album from a legend. Could've done without the Santana-smothered opener though.
4
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Mon Jan 09 2023
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
One of the most boring things I have ever had to listen to.
1
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
Sounds like an album of Green Day b-sides. And "On a Rope".
2
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Blur
Blur
Not the best Blur album but it definitely has it moments and surprises.
3
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
2
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
3
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
3
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Crap cover but not bad album.
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Classic of the genre. End of.
5
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Mon Jan 23 2023
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
The effortless groove; the feel-good lyrics; some classics of the genre. It just puts me in a good mood.
5
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Knew the name and a couple of the tracks but had never put the two together. Not bad overall and better when he sticks to the out-and-out blues numbers. "Baby, I love your way", however, is an appallingly saccharine rhodes-soaked-cheesefest.
3
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Illmatic
Nas
3
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
3
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Pink Flag
Wire
3
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
Possibly the most grating voice in popular music.
1
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Mon Feb 06 2023
Dry
PJ Harvey
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
2
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Mon Feb 13 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
4
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Third
Portishead
The third best Portishead album by a stretch. Fourth if you also include the live album. Not a patch on their first two which are both 5*.
3
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Garbage
Garbage
4
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Apart from the execrable "Excuse Me", an otherwise brilliant album.
4
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
4
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
4
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Boston
Boston
One good track and then 32+ minutes of AOR nonsense
2
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Fri Feb 24 2023
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
3
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
1
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
3
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Another Green World
Brian Eno
2
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
2
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Suicide music on a grey Monday morning. Just what I need.
2
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Tubular Hell.
1
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Thu Mar 09 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
4
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
5
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Crazysexycool
TLC
3
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
Dull.
1
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Harvest
Neil Young
3
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
4
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
4
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
3
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Mon Mar 27 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Chic mk. 2. And nothing wrong with that.
4
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Woodface
Crowded House
3
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Many people would think this was Layla plus a bunch of filler. I view it as a solid blues album with Layla as a bonus.
4
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Thu Mar 30 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
First track ok. The rest of it an endless boring dirge.
1
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
1
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Mon Apr 03 2023
GREY Area
Little Simz
3
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
4
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
crappy bad
1
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
An album so dreadful that I wanted to stab myself in the ears to make it stop by only the third track.
1
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
3
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Wed Apr 12 2023
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
my bloody wastatime
1
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
evermore
Taylor Swift
Nevermore will I listen.
2
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Maxinquaye
Tricky
His cover of Black Steel is awesome. The rest of the album is pleasant background music.
3
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Thu Apr 20 2023
London Calling
The Clash
1 star for the title track; 1 star for the cover.
2
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
Encapsulates everything I hate about folk music. Why can't I choose zero stars.
1
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Best enjoyed whilst eating a 12oz ribeye.
2
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
A little funk-light for my liking. Possibly the greatest cover ever though.
2
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
I just can't bear his weak whiny voice. Would have given it one star but I know there is far worse on this list ...
2
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Fri Apr 28 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
2
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Mon May 01 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
There is worse than this on this list.
2
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Thu May 11 2023
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
La Grange, on its own, earns 5*.
5
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Fri May 12 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
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Mon May 15 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Whatever.
2
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Tue May 16 2023
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
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Wed May 17 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
4
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Thu May 18 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
Shit was ass. Nothing more to add to that.
1
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Fri May 19 2023
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
3
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Mon May 22 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
Nice production and delivery. Loses a star for being a dick in real life.
2
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Tue May 23 2023
School's Out
Alice Cooper
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Like finding a lost Pixies album.
4
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Mon May 29 2023
New Forms
Roni Size
3
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Tue May 30 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
The first of three great albums from Elvis Costello.
4
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Classic.
5
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Wed Jun 07 2023
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
3
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Trio
Dolly Parton
Country Bears music. But Country Beats music done well.
3
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
3
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Copper Blue
Sugar
I like it when they sound like the Pixies. Actually, I just like the Pixies really.
2
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
11+ minutes of Desolation Row did it for me. Quite apt really ...
2
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Fri Jun 16 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
4
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Mon Jun 26 2023
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Kala
M.I.A.
Decent enough and interesting in places.
3
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
2
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
3
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
2
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Thu Jul 20 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
3
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Tue Jul 25 2023
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
Quite enjoyed this but can't say I was listening that closely ...
3
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Sounds like one continuous groove. All good except I've heard it before on other Marvin Gaye albums. Think I'll stick with What's Going On.
3
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
4
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2
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Thu Aug 03 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
5
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Odessa
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees Sing and Play a Sprinkling of Shit Beatles Songs, by Barry Gibb.
1
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
"World Up My Ass" is one of the great song titles and this album gets 1* just for that. However, I am struggling to give more than 3 when they could only be arsed to produce 15 minutes of music.
3
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
Quite the change from their previous masterpieces, but still very good in its own way.
4
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Music
Madonna
Great album apart from the crime that is her American Pie cover. And the awful cover.
4
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Tue Sep 05 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
... good.
5
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Great packaging, and one of those where, though it appears old hat today, I imagine it's impact at the time would have been considerable.
3
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Disintegration
The Cure
When this was released it would probably have been an easy 5*. 34 years of life later it has lost something of its relevance.
4
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Short and savoury.
4
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
mehkons.
2
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Terrible title. Awful cover. Bullshit lyrics. Pretentious band name. 12+ minute track. All of this should add up to an hour or so in sonic hell; but ... actually a really enjoyable listen.
4
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Raiders of the Monkees, Byrds and Beatles.
3
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
Crap band name. Shit cover. But, credit to the recording engineer; it's difficult to get a good quality of sound when the vocalist's head is so far up his own arse. Good job.
2
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Da Capo
Love
Harpsichord has no place in popular music.
2
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
Tres dodgy.
2
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Highly Evolved
The Vines
"Highly Evolved" but not particularly involving.
2
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Wed Sep 20 2023
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Electric Jugaloo
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
4
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Oxygenius
5
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Brutally dull.
2
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Fri Sep 29 2023
New Wave
The Auteurs
The Auturds.
1
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
4
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Wed Oct 04 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
...And no reverb for anybody.
4
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Puts the fun in funky.
4
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
You're an arse.
2
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
Bluesy Janis beats Folksy Janis
3
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Tue Oct 10 2023
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Long live the King!
4
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Drunk
Thundercat
Thunder thunder thunder thunder ... cack.
2
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
But which lord? The Dark Lord? The Lord of the Dance? Jack Lord?
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me.
5
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
Never better.
5
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Mon Oct 30 2023
The Coral
The Coral
A single catchy song does not an album make. Dull.
1
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Ok but overrated.
3
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
What this really needs is a film to watch at the same time.
2
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
A very pleasant morning listen. Hopefully the little man didn't steal too much of the profits - though I wouldn't count on it ...
4
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Orbital 2
Orbital
To all you haters out there: f*ck you. This is f*cking gold.
5
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Tue Nov 07 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
A beautiful album for a morning listen. Almost 5*.
4
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Protection
Massive Attack
The weakest of the first three Massive Attack albums. A couple of muzak tracks and an entirely unnecessary cover of Light My Fire have cost it a star.
4
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
Far from freshly squeezed ...
3
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Feeling fairly fulfilled.
3
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
4
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Future Days
Can
2
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Justified
Justin Timberlake
The spirit of MJ is strong in this one.
2
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Tue Dec 26 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Perfekt bleep-bleep.
5
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Bonus star for offending organised religion.
4
View Album
Wed Jan 03 2024
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
The hipster band it's ok to like.
5
View Album
Thu Jan 04 2024
The World is a Ghetto
War
It turns out my life didn't need an eight minute organ solo. Who knew.
2
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Can you have too much Country Bears music? Well, yes, it turns out you can.
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Starts well; gets boring quickly. Others have done this sort of thing much better.
3
View Album
Tue Jan 09 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
So much for the thrills ...
1
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Everything Don Simmons wishes he had.
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Atomizer
Big Black
3
View Album
Mon Jan 15 2024
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
3
View Album
Thu Jan 18 2024
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Unexpectedly good
4
View Album
Tue Jan 23 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Killer debut.
4
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Mon Feb 05 2024
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
69 dull songs derivative of the Divine Comedy and Lloyd Cole.
1
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Tue Feb 06 2024
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Brilliantly bonkers Bush.
4
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
3
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Heroes
David Bowie
Hero.
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The best thing he ever recorded. Classic.
5
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Chris
Christine and the Queens
Tres bien. C'est un album quatre etoiles.
4
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Tue Feb 13 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
I've been waiting for the colour of spring.
5
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl. Now there's a talented chap. All his own work don't you know.
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
3
View Album
Fri Feb 16 2024
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Decent enough effort from my least favourite Wilbury. Extra star for Mr Blue Sky.
3
View Album
Mon Feb 19 2024
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
Unexpectedly good. Bit long though.
3
View Album
Tue Feb 20 2024
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Hit and miss.
3
View Album
Wed Feb 21 2024
The Blueprint
JAY Z
Dull beats. Lacklustre delivery. Bonus star for Eminem's contribution.
2
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Nothing Bible.
1
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
The slightly boring also-rans of techno.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
4
View Album
Thu Mar 07 2024
Leftism
Leftfield
Etched into my eardrums, Brixton 1996. No complaints.
5
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
Preachy; overrated; average.
2
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
3
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Fragile
Yes
Again, no.
2
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Unlistenable shite.
1
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
One of the worst things I've heard.
1
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Fun album. Still their best.
5
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
4
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Tue Mar 26 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
What a voice.
4
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Nice voice. Decent songs. Solid production. Completely derivative.
1
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
WAAAAAAAAAAAA
2
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
3
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Absolute banger.
5
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Tue Apr 09 2024
I See You
The xx
3
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
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Fri Apr 19 2024
My Generation
The Who
One cracking track and a lot of middling filler.
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Brilliant album and surprisingly a fairly clear NIN influence.
5
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Odelay
Beck
4
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Green
R.E.M.
Wishing I could force feed that mandolin to Peter Buck.
2
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Vulnicura
Björk
Bjackground Music.
3