Oct 04 2021
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Title track is justifiable hit--clever, innovative, builds on what Beatles did. I liked Mrs. Vandebilt and Let Me Roll It... plenty of good tracks. But I'm done.
3
Oct 05 2021
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Virgin Suicides
Air
Slow, lush, and ponderous. Didn't grab me.
2
Oct 06 2021
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The xx
4
Oct 07 2021
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
3
Oct 08 2021
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Doolittle
Pixies
Great 1989 alternative music--a bit punk, a bit itself. From the first track I knew them. (Debaser). The hits on this album are "Here Comes Your Man" and "Hey"--I also liked Debaser, I Bleed, Monkey Gone to Heaven--and Silver. Gouge Away is good too.
4
Oct 11 2021
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
I'd put it on. Well done.
3
Oct 12 2021
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
I mean, genius stuff. Punchy, fluid. Great mixing. Inventing things and reinventing things. Gritty and angry, but playful.
4
Oct 13 2021
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
The only kind of jazz I listen to recordings of, this still didn't quite find way into me. Sorry Billie!
1
Oct 14 2021
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Love this. But will never listen to the whole album. Will probably never dip in again. great work though!
2
Oct 15 2021
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
1
Oct 18 2021
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
So *that's* where that came from... ("Passin' Me By"... I've heard it remixed and used in other places.) There isn't anything else on the album I loved-- though "Oh Shit" is pretty good.
3
Oct 19 2021
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Is this album the inspiration for Duval's "The Apostle"? I like how spare and clean the arrangements are. But I'm all set. Not for me.
2
Oct 20 2021
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
Fine, good, 1983 hardcore. No hits for me to remember, but the skill is there.
2
Oct 21 2021
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
No one receiving? -Okay! This is interesting stuff. I don't know I'm in 1977. I will listen to more at some point.
3
Nov 02 2021
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Eh. Opening track with Sinead O'Connor vocals was interesting...
3
Nov 04 2021
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Odessa
Bee Gees
A weird one, for sure--this is not the Bee Gee hits that you know (like "Stayin' Alive"), it's a moody concept album, and it wasn't well-received (Wikipedia). But playing the opening track (Odessa, City on the Black Sea)--I get it. They're doing something with a bit more of a timeless sound. Most of the album has that oozy feeling that I dislike about music of the era, but some of it is timeless and innovative.
3
Dec 13 2022
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Moondance
Van Morrison
It's almost a kind of... zydeco/Dr. John sound? I've heard Moondance of course, which I took to be a sort of Jazz standard. I liked "Crazy Love"... but overall, the album all sort of blurs together into that swaggery voice thing... I appreciate the talent, but I am not a fan.
3
Dec 15 2022
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Let It Be
The Replacements
I should love this. I don't. Not sure why. Not punk enough anymore, and edging into an era of rock I'm all done with? I don't know. This bored me. Wild. Sorry!
2
Dec 23 2022
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Holy damn wow. 1990?! 1990!!!!???!?! The whole album is good, with incredibly clever, powerful rhymes delivered perfectly, the mixing is great, the samples are minimal but effective--this is the perfect rap album, and I can't believe it happened in 1990. LL Cool J is the father of modern rap, and it's right here in this album. When he does the obligatory "I am the greatest at this and you suck" rap songs, a weird staple of all rap albums, I JUST NOD AND AGREE.
5
Dec 28 2022
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
This is good. But I have a lot of trouble listening to (and understanding) R&B.
2
Jan 03 2023
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Queen has 10 songs that everyone knows. And... and tons of other songs that nobody knows. A modern music listener could be forgiven for thinking of Queen as those 10 songs, and wishing, "gosh, wish I had more songs with Queen's sound!" Well... guess what? They're here. This was all... fine. But I've got enough Queen sound already? I guess.
4
Jan 04 2023
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Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
It's... fine, I guess? People worked hard on making this album, and it sounds great. But I will never seek it out again.
2
Jan 05 2023
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
Pretty great. Unhappy white boy punk music, smoother and less shouty than Ramones. Alternative rock from 90s/00s sounds like a descendent to this.
3
Jan 06 2023
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
1962, electric piano awesomeness. Instrumental. Lovely. Listenable. Anytime.
4
Jan 09 2023
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Okay--I vaguely recalled some of these songs, and thought it was pretty good, then wondered, "Wait, who's Oasis?" So I looked at their top songs--which are all from their later album and include... Wonderwall. Of meme fame. And Champagne Supernova, etc. I like this older album a bit better, it was more cluttered and had scratchy edges which I enjoyed. Overall though? This just isn't long-term-love music for me. It's good alt rock.
3