Oct 05 2021
Protection
Massive AttackIt's kind of groovy, meditative, and a bit trance-like.
4
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Oct 13 2021
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-BetweensQuite pleasant for work background music.
4
Oct 07 2021
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito BrothersThis has a California drug-fueled country rock vibe.
4
Dec 09 2021
Entertainment
Gang Of FourYaaaaaas Gang of Four! One of my all-time favorite bands and albums.
5
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Sep 30 2021
Steve McQueen
Prefab SproutBased on The King of Rock and Roll, I was expecting to hear more New Wave-influenced pop, but I enjoyed the more atmospheric pop ballads as well. Thanks to my late English friend David for introducing me to Prefab Sprout a few years back.
4
Oct 01 2021
Pelican West
Haircut 100I really enjoyed this mix of fun and Britpop.
4
Oct 05 2021
Protection
Massive AttackIt's kind of groovy, meditative, and a bit trance-like.
4
Oct 06 2021
New York Dolls
New York DollsIt was okay.
3
Oct 07 2021
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito BrothersThis has a California drug-fueled country rock vibe.
4
Oct 11 2021
Pretenders
PretendersI've loved this album since it was released.
5
Oct 12 2021
Dust
Screaming TreesIt was okay but all the songs started to sound alike about halfway through.
3
Oct 13 2021
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-BetweensQuite pleasant for work background music.
4
Oct 14 2021
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie WonderAn all-time masterpiece. So many wonderful songs on this album.
5
Oct 15 2021
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The AttractionsAnother good one from Elvis (he's the king) Costello.
4
Oct 19 2021
Brothers
The Black KeysNot bad, though I don't know that I would want to own this one.
4
Oct 25 2021
Bryter Layter
Nick DrakeThis has a definite 1970s San Francisco hippie vibe. I enjoyed it.
4
Oct 26 2021
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading4
Oct 28 2021
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink FloydThe folk-rock songs were okay, but I ended up skipping most of the improvisations. I feel like appreciating this album would require ingesting illegal substances.
2
Oct 29 2021
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn BoyNot bad.
3
Nov 01 2021
Thriller
Michael JacksonA classic. I'd forgotten how many excellent songs are on this album.
5
Nov 02 2021
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested DevelopmentFirst time listening to the whole thing. Their positivity is refreshing.
4
Nov 03 2021
The Man Who
TravisA bit of Scottish romance and angst.
4
Nov 04 2021
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs4
Nov 08 2021
Tidal
Fiona AppleI had never listened to one of her albums before.
4
Nov 09 2021
Rumours
Fleetwood MacI listened to this repeatedly during the summer of 1977, and it's still a favorite.
5
Nov 11 2021
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division4
Nov 12 2021
Revolver
Beatles4
Nov 15 2021
The Blueprint
JAY Z4
Nov 16 2021
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips3
Nov 17 2021
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners3
Nov 18 2021
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour5
Nov 19 2021
Dare!
The Human League4
Nov 23 2021
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter4
Nov 25 2021
GREY Area
Little Simz3
Nov 30 2021
Harvest
Neil Young3
Dec 02 2021
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean4
Dec 03 2021
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground3
Dec 06 2021
Dry
PJ Harvey4
Dec 07 2021
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods3
Dec 08 2021
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions5
Dec 09 2021
Entertainment
Gang Of FourYaaaaaas Gang of Four! One of my all-time favorite bands and albums.
5
Dec 13 2021
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand4
Dec 20 2021
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian5
Dec 23 2021
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube4
Jan 04 2022
White Ladder
David Gray4
Jan 05 2022
Scott 4
Scott WalkerPleasant background music.
3
Jan 06 2022
Faith
George MichaelGreat album. "One More Try" is one of my favorites.
5
Jan 07 2022
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson5
Jan 10 2022
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding CompanyOffensive album cover but Janis is a queen of rock.
4
Jan 11 2022
All Mod Cons
The Jam5
Jan 12 2022
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized2
Jan 14 2022
Station To Station
David Bowie4
Jan 17 2022
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard4
Jan 18 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic4
Jan 19 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin3
Jan 20 2022
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren4
Jan 24 2022
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go'sClassic new wave pop.
4
Jan 25 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones3
Jan 26 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith4
Jan 27 2022
1977
Ash2
Jan 31 2022
Modern Life Is Rubbish
BlurMeh.
3
Feb 01 2022
Hard Again
Muddy Waters5
Feb 02 2022
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren3
Feb 03 2022
Joan Baez
Joan BaezSterling voice.
5
Feb 08 2022
Elephant
The White Stripes4
Feb 09 2022
Scott 2
Scott Walker2
Feb 10 2022
Low
David Bowie4
Feb 14 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds3
Feb 15 2022
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan4
Feb 16 2022
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey2
Feb 17 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical BrothersIt felt sort of monotonous.
2
Feb 18 2022
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard4
Feb 21 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis4
Feb 22 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who4
Feb 23 2022
Metallica
Metallica3
Feb 24 2022
Repeater
Fugazi4
Feb 28 2022
The Stranger
Billy Joel2
Mar 01 2022
2112
Rush3
Mar 02 2022
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop ExplodesI don't know how I missed this band when I was in college.
4
Mar 03 2022
Tommy
The Who3
Mar 04 2022
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen5
Mar 08 2022
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees5
Mar 09 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix4
Mar 10 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass3
Mar 14 2022
Different Class
Pulp5
Mar 15 2022
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine3
Mar 16 2022
Smile
Brian Wilson3
Mar 17 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley4
Mar 21 2022
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath3
Mar 22 2022
Disraeli Gears
Cream4
Mar 23 2022
Synchronicity
The Police5
Mar 24 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements4
Mar 25 2022
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill3
Mar 28 2022
Virgin Suicides
Air2
Mar 30 2022
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits3
Mar 31 2022
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer3
Apr 05 2022
Stankonia
OutKast5
Apr 06 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp4
Apr 11 2022
The Bends
Radiohead5
Apr 12 2022
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael4
Apr 13 2022
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar3
Apr 14 2022
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic5
Apr 15 2022
Out of Step
Minor Threat4
Apr 18 2022
Technique
New Order4
Apr 19 2022
Paranoid
Black Sabbath3
Apr 20 2022
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder4
Apr 21 2022
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes4
Apr 25 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon5
Apr 26 2022
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley4
Apr 27 2022
Hejira
Joni Mitchell4
Apr 28 2022
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon4
May 02 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and WingsUgh, no.
1
May 03 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente5
May 05 2022
Bright Flight
Silver JewsIf you've seen the excellent Amazon Prime series Patriot, then this album may remind you of the songs that John composes and sings about his line of work.
4
May 06 2022
Yeezus
Kanye West4
May 10 2022
Definitely Maybe
Oasis4
May 16 2022
With The Beatles
Beatles4
May 17 2022
Wild Wood
Paul Weller4
May 19 2022
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson5
May 20 2022
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple4
May 23 2022
Fun House
The Stooges3
May 26 2022
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3Kind of boring.
2
May 30 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys5
Jun 02 2022
Spiderland
Slint3
Jun 06 2022
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure4
Jun 07 2022
The Clash
The Clash5
Jun 08 2022
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream3
Jun 10 2022
Junkyard
The Birthday Party2
Jun 13 2022
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives3
Jun 14 2022
Madman Across The Water
Elton John4
Jun 15 2022
m b v
My Bloody Valentine2
Jun 16 2022
Made In Japan
Deep PurpleI listened to them a lot in high school.
4
Jun 20 2022
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd3
Jun 21 2022
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
Jun 23 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.4
Jun 24 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire5
Jun 27 2022
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen4
Jun 28 2022
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver3
Jun 30 2022
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg3
Jul 01 2022
Shaft
Isaac Hayes4
Jul 04 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor5
Jul 07 2022
More Specials
The Specials4
Jul 08 2022
Morrison Hotel
The Doors3
Jul 15 2022
Da Capo
LoveDude, if you're gonna be consistently flat on the second song's high note, sing a different note.
2
Jul 20 2022
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention4
Jul 21 2022
Street Signs
Ozomatli4
Jul 22 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk3
Jul 25 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel5
Jul 26 2022
American Pie
Don McLean4
Jul 27 2022
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles4
Jul 28 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.3
Jul 29 2022
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds4
Aug 03 2022
Soul Mining
The The3
Aug 05 2022
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead3
Aug 09 2022
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash4
Aug 10 2022
Moondance
Van Morrison4
Aug 11 2022
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello3
Aug 15 2022
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem3
Aug 18 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper3
Aug 19 2022
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell4
Aug 22 2022
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday5
Aug 23 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon5
Aug 24 2022
Since I Left You
The Avalanches2
Aug 25 2022
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh4
Aug 29 2022
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti3
Aug 31 2022
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal2
Sep 01 2022
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello4
Sep 08 2022
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul4
Sep 09 2022
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses3
Sep 12 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths3
Sep 14 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire4
Sep 15 2022
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson5
Sep 16 2022
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso4
Sep 21 2022
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas4
Sep 22 2022
Me Against The World
2Pac5
Sep 23 2022
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet5
Sep 27 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club4
Sep 30 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins3
Oct 03 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company3
Oct 05 2022
The Rise & Fall
Madness5
Oct 07 2022
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys4
Oct 10 2022
The Stooges
The Stooges3
Oct 11 2022
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone4
Oct 21 2022
Moon Safari
Air2
Oct 24 2022
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins4
Oct 25 2022
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys3
Oct 27 2022
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys4
Nov 01 2022
The Real Thing
Faith No More3
Nov 02 2022
Moby Grape
Moby Grape2
Nov 03 2022
Boston
Boston4
Nov 04 2022
Remain In Light
Talking Heads5
Nov 07 2022
Horses
Patti Smith3
Nov 08 2022
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones3
Nov 14 2022
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith3
Nov 18 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen4