Fri Oct 01 2021
Oracular Spectacular
MGMTPleasingly proggy, I wish I'd listened to it sooner.
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Tue Nov 09 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent FemmesA bit weird and shouty
2
Wed Jan 05 2022
Rubber Soul
BeatlesI mean, all the Beatles albums are pretty good, aren't they?
4
Thu Jan 06 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob DylanGood music, incomprehensible vocals; pretty standard Dylan
3
Tue Jan 11 2022
Nebraska
Bruce SpringsteenNot the best
1
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Fri Oct 01 2021
Oracular Spectacular
MGMTPleasingly proggy, I wish I'd listened to it sooner.
5
Mon Oct 04 2021
My Generation
The Who3
Tue Oct 05 2021
Sunshine Superman
DonovanBeautifully 60s. A good mix of big hits and weird trippy stuff.
5
Wed Oct 06 2021
Parklife
BlurOutside of the 3 single releases, this was really not what I was expecting. All felt a bit disjointed.
3
Thu Oct 07 2021
Pretenders
PretendersDefinitely a grower - think I need to spend some more time with this one
4
Fri Oct 08 2021
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden4
Tue Oct 12 2021
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5Not background music - need another listen to appreciate properly. It's got a good vibe though.
4
Wed Oct 13 2021
Talking Heads 77
Talking HeadsI just didn't get it
2
Mon Oct 18 2021
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix4
Thu Oct 21 2021
Horses
Patti SmithI don't get it
1
Fri Oct 22 2021
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain3
Tue Oct 26 2021
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs3
Mon Nov 01 2021
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads3
Tue Nov 02 2021
Machine Head
Deep PurpleA classic for a reason
4
Wed Nov 03 2021
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds3
Thu Nov 04 2021
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers1
Fri Nov 05 2021
Beyond Skin
Nitin SawhneyInteresting, different, needs a few more listens to really get to grips with it
4
Mon Nov 08 2021
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds3
Tue Nov 09 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent FemmesA bit weird and shouty
2
Tue Nov 16 2021
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana3
Wed Nov 17 2021
Joan Baez
Joan BaezA pleasing folk mix
4
Thu Nov 18 2021
Nevermind
Nirvana3
Tue Nov 23 2021
Something Else By The Kinks
The KinksA lot of kinks I'd not heard - well worth a listen
4
Wed Dec 08 2021
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band5
Fri Dec 31 2021
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council4
Tue Jan 04 2022
The La's
The La'sNot what I was expecting, having only heard There She Goes before. Heavily inspired by the Kinks, and a good listen.
4
Wed Jan 05 2022
Rubber Soul
BeatlesI mean, all the Beatles albums are pretty good, aren't they?
4
Thu Jan 06 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob DylanGood music, incomprehensible vocals; pretty standard Dylan
3
Fri Jan 07 2022
Ray Of Light
MadonnaWithout the vocals it would sound like a cyberpunk computer game soundtrack, and I don't think the vocals take anything away from that.
4
Mon Jan 10 2022
The Stranger
Billy JoelNot really my thing - ok background music
3
Tue Jan 11 2022
Nebraska
Bruce SpringsteenNot the best
1
Thu Jan 13 2022
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam CookeGreat fun, some nice classic rock and roll
5
Fri Jan 14 2022
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie WilliamsA nostalgic classic - the man's a great poet
5
Mon Jan 17 2022
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested DevelopmentWorth another listen
3
Tue Jan 18 2022
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank SinatraLovely piece of work, if a little sedate.
4
Thu Jan 20 2022
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce SpringsteenThis made no impression on me whatsoever
1
Fri Jan 21 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
JamiroquaiVery interesting, much more than I was expecting
5
Wed Jan 26 2022
american dream
LCD SoundsystemPretty good, solidly early 90s sounding for such a recent album
4
Thu Jan 27 2022
Let Love Rule
Lenny KravitzGreat groove, I should listen to more Kravitz
5
Mon Jan 31 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For FearsUnexpected and interesting
4
Tue Feb 01 2022
Come Away With Me
Norah JonesA lovely voice, but not a lot happened
3
Fri Feb 04 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic4
Mon Feb 07 2022
All Mod Cons
The JamMore depth and dynamic than I would have given them credit for.
4
Tue Feb 08 2022
Graceland
Paul Simon3
Wed Feb 09 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
PavementWeird
3
Thu Feb 10 2022
White Light
Gene Clark3
Fri Feb 11 2022
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The MachineEven better than I remembered
5
Mon Feb 14 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen4
Tue Feb 15 2022
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd SkynyrdGood variety of tracks, and more upbeat than I was expecting
4
Wed Feb 16 2022
Apocalypse Dudes
TurbonegroNot what I was expecting
4
Thu Feb 17 2022
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta LynnPretty generic country, and the lyrics haven't aged well
2
Fri Feb 18 2022
John Prine
John PrineA good wit, need more time with the lyrics but I like it
4
Mon Feb 21 2022
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling StonesA bit of a classic really
5
Tue Feb 22 2022
The Last Broadcast
Doves3
Thu Feb 24 2022
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar3
Mon Mar 07 2022
Wild Wood
Paul WellerLike many albums on this list, more varied than I would have expected
4
Tue Mar 08 2022
Technique
New OrderNot my thing, not that interesting, but fine
3
Wed Mar 09 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The ProdigyNot their most interesting
3
Thu Mar 10 2022
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick LamarNot a strong start, but really picked up in later tracks
4
Mon Mar 14 2022
Rocks
AerosmithI quite Aerosmith, but this wasn't very inspiring
3
Wed Mar 16 2022
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis3
Mon Mar 21 2022
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire3
Tue Mar 22 2022
Electric Warrior
T. RexMore bluesy and versatile than I was expecting
4
Wed Mar 23 2022
Ingenue
k.d. lang3
Thu Mar 24 2022
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra2
Fri Mar 25 2022
Sound Affects
The Jam4
Tue Mar 29 2022
Drunk
Thundercat2
Wed Mar 30 2022
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy4
Thu Mar 31 2022
Surfer Rosa
PixiesI need to listen to this a dozen more times to appreciate it properly I think.
4
Fri Apr 01 2022
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr3
Mon Apr 04 2022
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean3
Tue Apr 05 2022
Toys In The Attic
AerosmithI don't know why I don't listen to more Aerosmith
5
Mon Apr 11 2022
Truth
Jeff Beck5
Tue Apr 12 2022
21
Adele4
Wed Apr 13 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions3
Thu Apr 14 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen2
Mon Apr 18 2022
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics3
Tue Apr 26 2022
Kind Of Blue
Miles DavisGreat vibe
5
Thu Apr 28 2022
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto3
Fri Apr 29 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple5
Mon May 02 2022
Dookie
Green Day4
Thu May 05 2022
Sheet Music
10cc4
Tue May 10 2022
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac4
Mon May 16 2022
Are You Experienced
Jimi HendrixAbsolute classic - had some great tracks I didn't remember too
5
Tue May 17 2022
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald4
Mon May 23 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys2
Tue May 24 2022
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear2
Wed May 25 2022
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks4
Fri May 27 2022
Live At The Regal
B.B. King3
Mon May 30 2022
Groovin'
The Young Rascals4
Tue May 31 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper5
Wed Jun 01 2022
Phrenology
The Roots3
Thu Jun 02 2022
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds3
Mon Jun 06 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf3
Tue Jun 07 2022
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye2
Tue Jun 14 2022
Tommy
The WhoI need to give this about 10 more listens to really understand what's going on, but it's far more interesting than I've previously given The Who credit for
4
Wed Jun 15 2022
S&M
MetallicaProbably the best metal live album of all time
5
Thu Jun 16 2022
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino3
Fri Jun 17 2022
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding5
Mon Jun 20 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley4
Tue Jun 21 2022
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos4
Fri Jun 24 2022
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake3
Mon Jun 27 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.4
Tue Jun 28 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin5
Mon Jul 04 2022
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park5
Tue Jul 05 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.5
Wed Jul 06 2022
Very
Pet Shop Boys3
Mon Jul 11 2022
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden4
Tue Jul 12 2022
Elastica
Elastica4
Thu Jul 14 2022
Roots
Sepultura4
Fri Jul 15 2022
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk4
Tue Jul 19 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen3
Wed Jul 20 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra4
Mon Jul 25 2022
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's4
Tue Jul 26 2022
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz4
Thu Jul 28 2022
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega3
Fri Jul 29 2022
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott3
Mon Aug 01 2022
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys4
Tue Aug 02 2022
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver3
Wed Aug 03 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen3
Thu Aug 04 2022
Bad
Michael Jackson3
Tue Aug 09 2022
Marquee Moon
Television3
Thu Aug 11 2022
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention4
Tue Aug 16 2022
The Chronic
Dr. Dre4
Thu Aug 18 2022
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival4
Mon Aug 22 2022
Ramones
RamonesI don't find the Ramones that interesting. A single track is punchy, punky, and energetic. A whole album just becomes repetitive.
2
Tue Aug 23 2022
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds3
Thu Aug 25 2022
The Stooges
The Stooges4
Mon Aug 29 2022
Gorillaz
Gorillaz3
Wed Aug 31 2022
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen3
Thu Sep 01 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy2
Fri Sep 02 2022
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder2
Tue Sep 06 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire3
Fri Sep 09 2022
Boston
Boston4
Tue Sep 20 2022
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King CrimsonAbsolute classic
5
Thu Sep 22 2022
Smile
Brian Wilson3
Fri Sep 23 2022
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada1
Mon Sep 26 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers4
Tue Sep 27 2022
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic2
Thu Sep 29 2022
Be
Common4
Tue Oct 04 2022
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone4
Thu Oct 06 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra4
Fri Oct 07 2022
Me Against The World
2Pac4
Tue Oct 11 2022
Kenya
Machito4
Wed Oct 12 2022
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley4
Mon Oct 17 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin5
Tue Oct 18 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders5
Wed Oct 19 2022
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp4
Tue Oct 25 2022
Hysteria
Def Leppard5
Fri Oct 28 2022
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey2
Mon Oct 31 2022
Melodrama
Lorde4
Tue Nov 01 2022
Madman Across The Water
Elton John2
Thu Nov 03 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel3
Tue Nov 08 2022
Synchronicity
The Police5
Mon Nov 14 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers5
Wed Nov 16 2022
Fragile
Yes4
Tue Nov 22 2022
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan2
Thu Nov 24 2022
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds3
Fri Nov 25 2022
Homework
Daft Punk1
Mon Nov 28 2022
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers3
Tue Nov 29 2022
Grace
Jeff Buckley5
Wed Nov 30 2022
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes3
Thu Dec 01 2022
Pelican West
Haircut 1004
Fri Dec 02 2022
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago4
Tue Dec 06 2022
Live Through This
Hole1
Thu Dec 08 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant4
Fri Dec 09 2022
Tago Mago
Can3
Tue Dec 13 2022
Young Americans
David Bowie3
Thu Dec 15 2022
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy4
Mon Dec 19 2022
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits4
Fri Dec 30 2022
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan4
Thu Jan 05 2023
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen3
Fri Jan 06 2023
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla3
Tue Jan 10 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company5
Wed Jan 11 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor4
Mon Jan 16 2023
Queen II
Queen4
Tue Jan 17 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins3
Thu Jan 19 2023
LP1
FKA twigs5
Mon Jan 23 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash3
Tue Jan 24 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's2
Wed Feb 01 2023
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes5
Thu Feb 02 2023
Risque
CHIC3
Fri Feb 03 2023
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys4
Tue Feb 07 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers4
Thu Feb 09 2023
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits5
Tue Feb 14 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie4
Thu Feb 16 2023
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps4
Mon Feb 20 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings4
Tue Feb 21 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel3
Thu Feb 23 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC5
Mon Feb 27 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band5
Tue Feb 28 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye3
Fri Mar 03 2023
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon4
Mon Mar 06 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets4
Tue Mar 07 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple5
Wed Mar 08 2023
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre3
Thu Mar 09 2023
Timeless
Goldie2
Wed Mar 15 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds3
Tue Mar 21 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi HendrixEveryone knows that Hendrix was a hugely influential artist and an important part of music history, but sometimes you need to sit down with an album just to remind yourself how /good/ he was.
5
Wed Mar 22 2023
Gold
Ryan Adams3
Thu Mar 23 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top4
Mon Mar 27 2023
London Calling
The ClashGiven how iconic the title track and album cover are, I'm both surprised that I didn't know more of this, and surprised that I didn't find it that interesting. Possibly a grower though, if I gave it a few more listens.
3
Tue Mar 28 2023
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem4
Thu Mar 30 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis3
Fri Mar 31 2023
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera5
Mon Apr 03 2023
Third
Portishead3
Tue Apr 04 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson5
Wed Apr 05 2023
Black Metal
Venom4
Fri Apr 07 2023
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys4
Mon Apr 10 2023
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues4
Tue Apr 11 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke4
Wed Apr 12 2023
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy4
Thu Apr 13 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits3
Fri Apr 14 2023
Suicide
Suicide2
Mon Apr 17 2023
In It For The Money
Supergrass3
Tue Apr 18 2023
American Idiot
Green DayI knew the big hits off this album, but I was surprised by the amount of depth there was across the rest. A lot more varied and complex than I would have expected.
5
Wed Apr 19 2023
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson2
Fri Apr 21 2023
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit3
Mon Apr 24 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima3
Tue Apr 25 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy4
Wed Apr 26 2023
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper3
Thu Apr 27 2023
Dummy
Portishead4
Fri Apr 28 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles4
Mon May 01 2023
Actually
Pet Shop Boys3
Wed May 03 2023
Play
Moby4
Thu May 04 2023
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues5
Mon May 08 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys4
Mon May 15 2023
Cross
Justice3
Tue May 16 2023
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention3
Mon May 22 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson4
Tue May 23 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath5
Thu May 25 2023
Garbage
Garbage4
Tue May 30 2023
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized4