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Sun Oct 10 2021
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Look out, you rock and rollers. More melancholy than a lot of his other work, but still tempered with silliness.
(Still fucking hate 'Kooks', though.)
5
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Mon Oct 11 2021
The Wall
Pink Floyd
We get it, Rog. Your dad's dead and it sucks. Fuck up, champ.
(Teenage me thinks this is HERESY.)
4
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Tue Oct 12 2021
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Debuting two songs in front of a bunch of prisoners? Of course he does, because he's Johnny fuckin' Cash.
Not quite as good as At Folsom, but still pretty great.
3
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Wed Oct 13 2021
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
I know they're twee and often cloying (and beloved of the cardigan brigade) but this was a revelation to me: truly bumming lyrics clothed most often in upbeat, layered music. Real kitchen sink stuff with occasional moments of pure elation across a remarkable debut album. 'Expectations' and 'She's Losing It' are stars amongst several all-timers on here. And it's all the result of a Scottish welfare scheme.
This was the first album I bought when I moved to the UK in the late '90s, probably because it had been rereleased on Jeepster. Proof that those listening posts in HMV Oxford St really worked.
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Thu Oct 14 2021
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
A paranoid and soupy stew. Difficult to decipher, this isn't a favourite, though there are a couple of moments which stand out. Production is *very* strange.
3
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Fri Oct 15 2021
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
This sounds like something that could've come out last week: hooks and annoyance. That sax! Angry and fun, this was a real surprise. Given that they only released a few singles and one album, seems they didn't fuck about.
(I wonder how much of the difficulty in finding this album (it's not complete or available on Spotify or Apple Music locally) is because of Polly Styrene's 2009 beef with Google over royalties?)
4
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Sat Oct 16 2021
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Surprising. Not enthralled by the beginning but as the album deepened I was pulled in. Some almost Fourth World sounds on some of the instrumentals.
4
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Sun Oct 17 2021
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Not their best (though they all thought so) this was a bit different to the usual Smiths sound and production- and arrangement-wise showed where Morrissey solo would end up.
3
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Mon Oct 18 2021
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
An endearingly dorky amalgam of styles. Doo-wop, country honkin' vocals and that jangly Strat. More spacious and immediate than I'd remembered, I dig that cardboard box beat.
Way better than Bill fuckin' Haley.
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Tue Oct 19 2021
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
What happens when you have to top one of the biggest albums ever made: you just get better. Musically it's more Gilmour than Waters, and the better for it. Excellent tone and a tide of both grandeur and ennui.
(Also, that 'Have a Cigar' intro is one of the most porno-sounding things ever recorded. Class.)
Definitely higher in the pile than Dark Side, deservedly so.
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Wed Oct 20 2021
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
Hayride Springsteen. The precursor-to-Stadium-Big-Hat-Country production occludes the songs a bit.
3
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Thu Oct 21 2021
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
The mix is terrible but IT DOESN'T MATTER because this is pure amphetamine rock 'n' roll. Jerry Lee Lewis is an absolute madman, and a 12-bar blues never sounded so fuckin' wild.
Completely unhinged, and I'd've been disappointed if it was any other way.
3
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Fri Oct 22 2021
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Sounds very of-its-time, but there's some interesting songs on here. Not as legendary as I'd expected, but still a diverting listen, especially given what Bjork would go on to do.
2
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Sat Oct 23 2021
1984
Van Halen
Excessive, stupid and fucking great. Songs about fucking, fucking teachers, and, uh, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. A perfect encapsulation of big-hair metal that's still caned at pubs at 2AM everywhere.
4
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Sun Oct 24 2021
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
The first "weird-period" Waits album I listened to. Still mostly unskippable, it's like being read Chandler in translation by a gypsy leprechaun. Remarkable work.
(Man, I wish I could play guitar like Marc Ribot. What an absolute GUN.)
5
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Mon Oct 25 2021
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
ON WHICH a hippy sings folky songs about living in a teepee, SHREDS GUITAR LIKE A GENRE-PRESAGING MOTHERFUCKER, and pens the final line of Kurt Cobain's suicide note.
3
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Tue Oct 26 2021
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
A sprawling thing of joy. Not entirely my thing – I think I prefer Talking Book – but incredibly influential and surprisingly consistent given a) its length and b) the fact it's his EIGHTEENTH ALBUM.
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Wed Oct 27 2021
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
An intensely personal album about being in and out of love. More direct than other Dylan albums, this has a strength that I didn't appreciate when I was a callow youth. Now, I get it.
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Thu Oct 28 2021
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Post-Army Elvis returns with increased range and improved phrasing AND in stereo! This is a neat portrait of growth from a guy who thought the Army had killed his career.
I wouldn't have thought the King was subtle enough to nail 'Fever' but bugger me, he is. A real surprise.
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Fri Oct 29 2021
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
First: dude's 31 on the cover but still looks like a teenager. What the hell?
I know people give him stick for cultural tourism (probably moreso thanks to Graceland than this) but instead this sounds like a dude who loves world music and gets to, y'know, RECORD WITH JIMMY CLIFF'S BACKING BAND. You would, wouldn't you?
The songwriting here sounds so natural it should be a crime.
3
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Sat Oct 30 2021
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Them nerds done good.
4
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Sun Oct 31 2021
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
So, Irish soul slaps harder than you’d think. I just begrudge them the Mumford-spawn.
3
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Mon Nov 01 2021
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Sounds a bit like Soul Coughing making a Babybird album, but without being quite as good as either.
2
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Tue Nov 02 2021
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
That certainly is A LOT of synth for so little enjoyment.
1
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Wed Nov 03 2021
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
I'm pretty amazed that this was produced only six weeks after getting a new modular Moog setup. I'd still be trying to get a fucking sine tone out, let alone have mastered the sequencer.
Classic precursor to Berlin School electronica, capturing an incredible sense of cloudy space. (With phasing!)
5
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Thu Nov 04 2021
Wild Gift
X
I was only familiar with the Australian band of the same name. This one rocks nuts much harder though.
3
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Fri Nov 05 2021
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Who knew that something that begins with a Ulysses-inspired tune would turn out to be so lush? Layered, dense, and beautiful.
4
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Sat Nov 06 2021
Machine Head
Deep Purple
Honestly, all these stars are for the phased organ madness. Everything else is either much-aped now, or a bit cack: but for brainless driving it's a jam.
3
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Sun Nov 07 2021
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
In which outsider folk makes a terrifying anti-drug PSA.
2
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Mon Nov 08 2021
The Yes Album
Yes
Somehow both poppier and more boring than I was expecting.
2
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Tue Nov 09 2021
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
I sympathise with the guy on the horse. Trees and feet, hey?
2
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Wed Nov 10 2021
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
This is some soupy stuff, which sounds almost parodic. I've missed the boat. I left my flares at home.
(Also they're probably responsible for RHCP.)
2
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Thu Nov 11 2021
Kenya
Machito
Infectious. Top flight stuff from a killer ensemble, even though Afro-Cuban jazz isn't my thing.
3
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Fri Nov 12 2021
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Smooooooth. Prototypical lounge music now, it's pretty remarkable that this was knocked out in a Unitarian church and became the go-to definition of samba for people not actually from Brazil.
Amazing tones, still. Getz is a monster player, here accompanied by more than able foils.
3
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Sat Nov 13 2021
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Take the piss but this is a great white-guy-does-Stevie jam if you let it play.
3
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Sun Nov 14 2021
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
I'm certainly not the target audience for this, and I'm uncertain why this would be chosen over some of her other albums – albums I have liked, but feel blend into one.
2
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Mon Nov 15 2021
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
For intensely hippy stuff that was radio-played to death in its heyday, this still stands up pretty well.
3
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Tue Nov 16 2021
Suede
Suede
An arse-slapping, Smiths-succeeding, coke-huffing ball-tearer of a debut. Still stands up.
5
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Wed Nov 17 2021
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
I don't know what I was expecting, but this was much better than that. Fewer harpsichords, more attitude!
3
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Thu Nov 18 2021
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
In which an Atari ST soundtracks adverts.
2
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Fri Nov 19 2021
Faust IV
Faust
This is a lot folksier than I remembered! Less robotic than you'd expect for krautrock, it's an unexpected delight.
3
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Sat Nov 20 2021
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Poor cover album.
1
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Sun Nov 21 2021
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Some cracker songs that sound like they were recorded from inside a drawer.
2
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Mon Nov 22 2021
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Far less hey-nonny-no than I had imagined.
3
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Tue Nov 23 2021
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Ur-goth spaciousness.
4
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Wed Nov 24 2021
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
A sparse delight. That VOICE.
4
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Thu Nov 25 2021
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
ATTITUDE. The album that got fratboys into hip-hop.
3
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Fri Nov 26 2021
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Attitude and chops. This bridges a couple of styles, and I'm amazed there hasn't been a follow-up as big.
3
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Sat Nov 27 2021
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Wonderfully bummed pop.
3
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Sun Nov 28 2021
Among The Living
Anthrax
CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA
2
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Mon Nov 29 2021
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Proper tear-in-my-beer stuff. Everything on here just works, from the instrumentation to that keening voice.
Wonderful, and a hint of the controversy to come over 'The Pill', later on.
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Tue Nov 30 2021
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Supposedly a concept album, but I can't discern the story because the shadow cast by the singles is too long. Yeah, it's about "age", I guess, but that's some broad brush strokes.
Still, some excellent songwriting on display. Unsurprisingly, really.
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Wed Dec 01 2021
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Following up the biggest album of your career with a bunch of inscrutable tunes (the best of which features a marching band, which will always rule) takes ENORMOUS BALLS.
(Also, it's named after Mick Fleetwood's pet name for his wang, so there's that going for it as well.)
3
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Thu Dec 02 2021
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
For the children.
4
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Fri Dec 03 2021
On The Beach
Neil Young
It's amazing how bummed an album created on a fuckload of doped honey can sound. Rough as guts, but it works.
4
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Sat Dec 04 2021
Heroes
David Bowie
Half an album of grim impressionistic instrumentals, half an album of of-the-cuff vocals, unplanned until record was pressed. It shouldn't work but fuck me, it does.
4
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Sun Dec 05 2021
Me Against The World
2Pac
Smooth and smart. Definitely the way in for people unused to hip-hop.
3
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Mon Dec 06 2021
The White Album
Beatles
A sprawling, messy album that highlights a pop sensibility backed with vaudeville and experimentalism, as well as some kick-ass guitar. Holds up a lot better than I'd remembered, especially on headphones.
4
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Tue Dec 07 2021
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
This is just a more inscrutable version of Muse.
1
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Wed Dec 08 2021
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cosmo’s Hit Factory more like, wot wot.
3
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Thu Dec 09 2021
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
This snotty Junior Kinks album is pretty great, you know.
3
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Fri Dec 10 2021
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Cocaine and Adultery: the album.
3
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Sat Dec 11 2021
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
This is a more solid eight hours' work than I've ever done in my life.
4
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Sun Dec 12 2021
B-52's
The B-52's
Reverbed wig-outs are rad.
4
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Mon Dec 13 2021
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
When this was released I thought it was deep and emotional but upon relistening it appears fucking insufferable.
Nice music, but those vocals? Drunken elves.
2
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Tue Dec 14 2021
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
A fist to your fucking face.
5
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Wed Dec 15 2021
Kimono My House
Sparks
I honestly have no idea what the fuck is going on.
3
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Thu Dec 16 2021
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Drugs are bad, but they get a pass for resulting in an album as depressively great as this.
5
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Fri Dec 17 2021
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
This is very appealing goblin music.
4
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Sat Dec 18 2021
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Terrible yet great.
2
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Sun Dec 19 2021
Leftism
Leftfield
If you want your drive to feel like a PSX game, then this is your album.
2
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Mon Dec 20 2021
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
A lot less appealing than a proper Wu album.
2
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Tue Dec 21 2021
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
This Pearly King writes some bummer narratives, doesn’t he?
3
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Wed Dec 22 2021
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Half Bad-Seeds-Do-Vegas, half heartfelt. Better than I remembered.
3
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Thu Dec 23 2021
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
At least the cover art is mildly diverting.
1
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Fri Dec 24 2021
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Fucking great. Despite variable production, this holds up well 30 years later, some skits aside.
4
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Sat Dec 25 2021
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Supremely enjoyable, this.
4
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Sun Dec 26 2021
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Good production can’t cover the fact that this is still a collection of fucking Christmas songs.
Also, fuck Phil Spector.
1
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Mon Dec 27 2021
90
808 State
By the numbers, somewhat appropriately.
2
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Tue Dec 28 2021
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Overblown and underwhelming. Sounds like Hunters and Collectors with tickets on themselves.
1
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Wed Dec 29 2021
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
An absolute monolith. Gnomic on first hearing, enlightening after multiple.
5
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Thu Dec 30 2021
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Ain’t nothin’ like a me thing.
2
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Fri Dec 31 2021
Manassas
Stephen Stills
I'm not on enough cocaine for this. Enough with your summery bullshit, Stephen.
1
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Sat Jan 01 2022
Woodface
Crowded House
The talent in the Finn family is just ridiculous. Some misfires here, but when they work, HOLY FUCK.
5
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Sun Jan 02 2022
Sound Affects
The Jam
As much as I find Paul Weller fucking insufferable, when he's good he's great.
4
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Mon Jan 03 2022
Drunk
Thundercat
This feels like a millennial-soundtracked ayahuasca trip.
2
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Dated in terms of arrangement and production but still some powerful, affecting songs.
3
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Wed Jan 05 2022
The Predator
Ice Cube
The kinetic energy on this thing is fucking incredible. Dazzling shit.
4
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Look, no.
2
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Fri Jan 07 2022
Technique
New Order
Listening to this makes me think old mate from Joy Division was on to something.
1
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Sat Jan 08 2022
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Some shit-hot playing on here. Wouldn't normally listen to stuff like this, but this one stays.
4
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Sun Jan 09 2022
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Angry and danceable. Brilliant stuff.
4
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Mon Jan 10 2022
The Joshua Tree
U2
Widescreen? Widescreen. Still sparkles.
4
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Tue Jan 11 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
A party I'm not supposed to be at, but it sounds GREAT.
4
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Wed Jan 12 2022
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Considered a flop at time of release, this is basically a more upbeat Belle & Sebastian album. It's great.
5
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Never got them at the time. Retrospectively, this reads as a less-stoned Dinosaur Jr or a less-wanky Sonic Youth.
3
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Fri Jan 14 2022
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Was there anything he couldn't do? I mean, really.
4
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Sat Jan 15 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Hobbits and lemons and stolen tunes but it all just WORKS.
5
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Sun Jan 16 2022
White Light
Gene Clark
This could be any one of a million mediocre white dudes with an acoustic.
2
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Mon Jan 17 2022
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Fuck the folkies, this thing swings.
5
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Tue Jan 18 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
Ah, Brian.
3
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Wed Jan 19 2022
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
This album sounds like the lead-up to a BIG hangover.
3
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Thu Jan 20 2022
Picture Book
Simply Red
Band has big "Jamiroquai but different be-hatted cunt in charge" vibes.
1
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Fri Jan 21 2022
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Close listening is worth it. Mind you, so is being off your face on acid.
4
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Sat Jan 22 2022
Tapestry
Carole King
King's a songwriting titan. It's surprising how much of her stuff you know without knowing.
3
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Sun Jan 23 2022
Doolittle
Pixies
NERRRRDS!
4
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Mon Jan 24 2022
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
The wonderfully dumb alpha and omega.
5
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Tue Jan 25 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Darker than I remembered. That production! That voice!
4
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Wed Jan 26 2022
Third
Portishead
Not as good as the debut but darker in a very appealing way.
4
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Thu Jan 27 2022
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Honestly a lot better than I had expected given his later aural wallpaper.
3
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Very tea-and-toast British, but still endearingly grim.
4
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Sat Jan 29 2022
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
It could just be the title track for the whole duration and it would still be just as good.
3
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Sun Jan 30 2022
OK
Talvin Singh
This sounds like the background music in every '90s upscale hotel.
3
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Mon Jan 31 2022
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
I'm not on enough coke for this.
2
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Maxinquaye
Tricky
As claustrophobic and entrancing as when I first heard it. A high point.
5
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Wed Feb 02 2022
The College Dropout
Kanye West
There's a lot you can criticise Ye for, but this album isn't one of them. I'd probably act like a dick if I'd released something as cohesive as this, too.
4
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
I had no idea 'Street Life' was an ELEVEN-MINUTE SONG. I'm not sure if they did, either.
3
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Kid A
Radiohead
Toot toot it’s the SS Anxiety!
5
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Sat Feb 05 2022
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Protean jams.
4
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Sun Feb 06 2022
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Beautiful pain.
5
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Rockin' nerds. Overlong, but still a jam.
3
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Tue Feb 08 2022
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Band: Let's score this like an upbeat '80s film!
Leonard: Here's some lyrics about the AIDS crisis.
4
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Stylish but soporific.
3
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
There's a comedy vagina on the cover. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
2
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Fri Feb 11 2022
Another Green World
Brian Eno
The ribbon of melancholy that runs through this is quite addictive.
5
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Sat Feb 12 2022
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
“At the height of his powers” is a hackneyed phrase but it must’ve been invented for this album.
5
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Sun Feb 13 2022
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
I find Wayne Coyne to be remarkably insufferable – the QUIRK! – and though you can smell the bongwater throughout this, there's some good tunes.
3
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Mon Feb 14 2022
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
This sounds like a very particular type of party in the late '90s.
3
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Patchy, but when it works it's fuckin' great.
3
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Wed Feb 16 2022
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Some very clipped stoner action. Surprisingly deep.
3
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
If you're wondering where the '90s exotica thing borrowed heavily from, then this is your album.
3
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Fri Feb 18 2022
New Forms
Roni Size
How can something be mysterious and devoid of character?
2
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Sat Feb 19 2022
The La's
The La's
Quite lovely, really, all the magic dust bullshit aside.
4
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Sun Feb 20 2022
Dookie
Green Day
That sure is a catchy song about wanking.
3
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Mon Feb 21 2022
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Flawless production. Not entirely my thing (as much as her later albums would be) but still worth it.
3
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Is this the whitest album ever made? ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES.
1
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Wed Feb 23 2022
Country Life
Roxy Music
Not as wild as earlier stuff, but supremely polished and wry. Dig it.
4
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Thu Feb 24 2022
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Bit rah-rah stereotypical soused-in-a-circus music, but the dude knows a killer chorus.
3
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Solid twanging.
3
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Sat Feb 26 2022
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Californian confectionary.
3
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Sun Feb 27 2022
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Ding-dong, Lou Reed et al calling.
3
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Mon Feb 28 2022
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
A woozy opus.
4
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Completely normal to have a groundbreaking album as, you know, your EIGHTH.
Still pretty great, oo-er missus.
5
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Wed Mar 02 2022
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
I pledge no allegiance to such dated backing tracks.
2
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Thu Mar 03 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
If Dinosaur Jr were a Weezer-influenced band (without the fetishes).
4
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Fri Mar 04 2022
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
There's way too much RHCP vibing going on in this for my liking.
2
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Sat Mar 05 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
I'm much more into the Nebraska style of Bruce, but you can't deny the electricity the flows through this album. That title track!
4
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Sun Mar 06 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
I don't want to live on this planet any more.
2
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
An interminable album by an alcoholic racist – who stole a piano part from a bandmate's girlfriend – best known for a song about how he wanted to bone a good mate's wife.
Big selection of "put this on so the DJ can take a shit" tracks.
2
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Garbage
Garbage
Sounds like a studio project, though some of the tunes are catchy. Very digital distortion sheen over things.
3
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
An OK cover band I guess.
2
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Nina's leftovers are way better than many others' first-choice albums.
4
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Fri Mar 11 2022
Hms Fable
Shack
HMS Big Fucken Whoop, more like.
2
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Sat Mar 12 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Whip-smart debut, this.
4
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Sun Mar 13 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Deeply fucking grim, and I'm someone who gives *hobbit prog* a pass.
1
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Mon Mar 14 2022
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
An absolute all-timer. Half concept album, half bangers.
5
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Tue Mar 15 2022
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
This one's much better than the later San Quentin album. This list doesn't need them both: keep Folsom.
4
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Wed Mar 16 2022
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
You know, they could've shot the messenger.
2
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
Those nerds know their way around a song, yep.
3
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
A Thatcherite critique you can dance to.
4
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Probably the only Stevens album I come back to regularly. Something about bittersweet tunes about serial murderers.
4
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Sun Mar 20 2022
Da Capo
Love
Look, their next one is MUCH better.
3
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Mon Mar 21 2022
1999
Prince
I mean it's Prince, so it's technically brilliant.
It's also twice as fucking long as it ever needed to be.
3
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
That brilliantly miserable bastard.
4
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Wed Mar 23 2022
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
A ridiculous talent and an incredible tragedy.
5
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Thu Mar 24 2022
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Smooooooooooth. (Ignore the expanded edition.)
3
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Fri Mar 25 2022
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Strong. Still not my thing, but strong.
3
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Sat Mar 26 2022
Metallica
Metallica
There's a reason this thing was so big. Still sounds pretty great, and a lot better than most of their following albums.
4
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Sun Mar 27 2022
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
A proper trip. I've never gelled with much other Primal Scream stuff, but this album is a stoned killer.
4
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Just take the L, man. Christ.
2
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Tue Mar 29 2022
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Look, he's not his dad.
1
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Production sounds dated but also inextricably linked to this album. Some great songs.
3
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Thu Mar 31 2022
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
I've never understood this band, and another listen to this album hasn't changed that.
1
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Fri Apr 01 2022
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Production has dated but the songs are still strong. That voice.
4
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Sat Apr 02 2022
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Ridiculously talented stuff.
4
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Sun Apr 03 2022
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I'm not on enough drugs for this.
2
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Mon Apr 04 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
I missed the boat on these guys, and I'm not particularly sad about it.
3
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
Overlong, but still chock-full of bangers.
4
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Odelay
Beck
Like most hangs with stoners, it goes on a bit long.
3
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
I can only assume threats of physical violence against list authors is the explanation for this album's inclusion.
1
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Fri Apr 08 2022
The Doors
The Doors
Like being on a ride to a Californian beach in a van driven by the Manson Family.
4
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Sat Apr 09 2022
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Machinelike cool.
3
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Sun Apr 10 2022
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Taken by complete surprise. The writing on here is just so ridiculously good. A real treat.
5
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Different Class
Pulp
If Ken Loach were a band, he'd be Pulp.
5
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Tue Apr 12 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Simple and solid. Still kills.
4
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Wed Apr 13 2022
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Slick, soulful and just not my thing.
3
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Thu Apr 14 2022
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Damn, I was expecting to hate this. But it's actually pretty great.
4
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Fri Apr 15 2022
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Percolates a lot more than similarly-vibed bands. Good stuff.
4
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Sat Apr 16 2022
Synchronicity
The Police
In which an insufferable prick, aided by more than competent musicians, makes a song about being a creeper.
3
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Sun Apr 17 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
A smooth cracker.
4
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Mon Apr 18 2022
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Icy horror.
4
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Tue Apr 19 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper
Curiously goofy.
3
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Wed Apr 20 2022
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Great tune, so-so album.
3
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Finely honed.
4
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Fri Apr 22 2022
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Slick, with great production. I don't like the dude, but this is pretty infectious.
3
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Sat Apr 23 2022
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Gloriously sloppy.
5
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Sun Apr 24 2022
Is This It
The Strokes
Snotty trust-fund jerks make good.
5
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Mon Apr 25 2022
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
A grower. Not great, but the good songs are BRILLIANT.
3
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
The preferable era of Genesis.
3
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Wed Apr 27 2022
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
This version of James Brown is more slick, but something's missing.
3
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Moondance
Van Morrison
A passable album does not a cunt redeem.
2
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Stealth country. Does what it does pretty well. I probably won't seek it out again, but there's some great songs here.
3
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Sat Apr 30 2022
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Many more good jams than I was expecting!
4
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Sun May 01 2022
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Christ alive this is bad.
2
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Mon May 02 2022
Live Through This
Hole
A rough diamond, pressure-formed by pain.
4
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Tue May 03 2022
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
This album proves that relativity exists because it's only an hour long but it feels like fucking six.
1
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Wed May 04 2022
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Ridiculously smooth.
3
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Thu May 05 2022
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
NERRRRRRRDS
4
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Fri May 06 2022
Phrenology
The Roots
Longer than it needs to be.
3
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Sat May 07 2022
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Milquetoast: The Album.
2
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Sun May 08 2022
Being There
Wilco
Widescreen.
4
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Mon May 09 2022
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Wonderfully, powerfully stupid.
3
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Tue May 10 2022
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Very much a best-of band. Good in points but overall: meh.
2
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Wed May 11 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
This still sounds incredible.
4
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Thu May 12 2022
Stardust
Willie Nelson
The sound of night car trips throughout my childhood. Delightful.
3
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Fri May 13 2022
Kenza
Khaled
There's some bangers. And then there's a cover of Imagine.
3
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Sat May 14 2022
NEU! 75
Neu!
The third in a line of practically perfect albums.
5
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Sun May 15 2022
Basket of Light
Pentangle
Hey nonny no, baby.
4
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Mon May 16 2022
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Such a light touch for such serious stuff.
5
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Tue May 17 2022
Zombie
Fela Kuti
This music PUNCHES AND FUCKS.
5
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Wed May 18 2022
World Clique
Deee-Lite
Big dumb dancin' fun.
3
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Thu May 19 2022
Bad
Michael Jackson
Remember how he made a terrible movie after this? Good times.
3
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Fri May 20 2022
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
That's gonna be a no from me.
2
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Sat May 21 2022
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Snotty party music.
3
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Sun May 22 2022
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Elvis is a dick but this one is all right.
3
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Mon May 23 2022
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Jesus that's a of of fiddle.
2
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Tue May 24 2022
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Pop from another planet. Just amazing.
4
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Wed May 25 2022
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
Creepiness starting to filter in.
4
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Thu May 26 2022
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Drugs, hey?
2
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Fri May 27 2022
Headquarters
The Monkees
I liked it better when they didn't write their own songs.
2
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Sat May 28 2022
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Instead of using a vocoder, Bowie used Iggy.
3
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Sun May 29 2022
Parachutes
Coldplay
Ubiquitous, understandably.
3
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Mon May 30 2022
Street Signs
Ozomatli
Absolutely fucking not.
1
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Tue May 31 2022
Cross
Justice
The fact I'd forgotten this is justice in itself.
1
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Wed Jun 01 2022
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
I hadn't expected there to be a quaint ZZ Top album, but here we are.
3
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Thu Jun 02 2022
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
The apogee of this particular style. Still fresh and cool.
5
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Fri Jun 03 2022
Black Monk Time
The Monks
Wild that GIs made this pop-punk weirdness.
3
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Sat Jun 04 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
I get that it's an important album but fuck me Jello Biafra is insufferable.
2
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Sun Jun 05 2022
LP1
FKA twigs
Precisely constructed songs of joy and ice.
4
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Mon Jun 06 2022
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
The album that launched a hundred bands.
4
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Tue Jun 07 2022
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
Another collection of wonderful songs for sad boys.
4
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Wed Jun 08 2022
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Like, wow man.
4
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Spellbinding portrait of a transitional time.
4
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Eccentrics, man.
4
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Sat Jun 11 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Mournful with FM vibes.
3
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Sun Jun 12 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
A bit much of a good thing.
3
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Smoother and more multi-layered than I would ever have expected.
4
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Every day is improved by an eighteen minute Jimmy Webb cover.
4
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Marquee Moon
Television
Either delightful or an ice-cream headache, depending on your mood.
4
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Thu Jun 16 2022
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Fuck no.
1
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Fri Jun 17 2022
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
What you get when you order Bruce Springsteen from a 1910 Sears Catalog.
5
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Sat Jun 18 2022
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Laid-back jams.
3
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Sun Jun 19 2022
Murmur
R.E.M.
Turns out they were fucking great straight out of the gate, hey?
4
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Mon Jun 20 2022
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
This album really goes from the sublime to the ridiculous.
2
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Tue Jun 21 2022
The Bends
Radiohead
And to think they'd go on to make even better albums than this.
4
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Wed Jun 22 2022
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
What a hammer-blow of an album.
5
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Thu Jun 23 2022
The Rise & Fall
Madness
An album of Proustian moments.
4
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Fri Jun 24 2022
xx
The xx
Delightfully bummed evenings in.
4
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Sat Jun 25 2022
Nevermind
Nirvana
Still rips.
5
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Sun Jun 26 2022
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Without this, there'd be no Richard Branson ballooning. I guess that's a tolerable price.
5
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Supremely polished.
4
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Tue Jun 28 2022
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Cooler than you.
4
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
An excellent record of a troubled life.
5
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Thu Jun 30 2022
Dry
PJ Harvey
Still amazing.
5
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Fri Jul 01 2022
Queen II
Queen
Rocks a lot harder than I thought it would. Pompous and great.
4
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Still overwrought and deeply resonant.
5
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Sun Jul 03 2022
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
San Francisco has a lot to answer for.
2
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Mon Jul 04 2022
Rubber Soul
Beatles
How this remains fresh sounding after so long is an absolute fucking mystery.
4
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Tue Jul 05 2022
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Is it a strong album? Not all the way through. Is it a banger? Yep.
3
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Wed Jul 06 2022
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
The sound of a carny having a midlife crisis. Perfect.
4
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Smooth, but my French isn't up to the task.
3
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Certainly is.
5
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Sat Jul 09 2022
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
I'm not drunk enough for this.
2
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Sun Jul 10 2022
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Delightful tinnitus.
4
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Mon Jul 11 2022
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Androgynous soul? Nice.
3
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Tue Jul 12 2022
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
A faded photobook of memories.
3
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Bit bummed, isn't he?
4
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Nixon
Lambchop
Yee-har.
3
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Fri Jul 15 2022
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Boxy production but still pretty great.
3
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Sat Jul 16 2022
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Not as good as the first three but still a top time.
4
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Sun Jul 17 2022
Truth
Jeff Beck
Surprisingly not awful.
3
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
The number of fucks Paul Simon gives can be estimated by the fact that this album begins with a song about skin rashes.
4
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Tue Jul 19 2022
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
That’s some juicy cheese.
2
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Wed Jul 20 2022
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
The most excellent and righteous mixtape.
4
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Thu Jul 21 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Good, but not great.
3
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Scuzzy goodness.
3
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Sat Jul 23 2022
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Still phenomenal.
5
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Sun Jul 24 2022
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Cowgirl crooning.
4
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Mon Jul 25 2022
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Accomplished but still not my jam.
2
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Tue Jul 26 2022
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Pop goodness.
3
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
SWAGGER!
4
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Thu Jul 28 2022
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
YEE HAW YEAH NAH.
1
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Fri Jul 29 2022
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Transformative.
4
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Sat Jul 30 2022
Transformer
Lou Reed
Louche and prissy, it's still great.
5
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Missed it at the time, don't care about it now.
2
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Ridiculously heavy.
5
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Tue Aug 02 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
When it's good it's GREAT. When it's not, it's ehhhhh.
3
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Soulful wonder.
5
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Thu Aug 04 2022
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
This or a desert drive? Difficult choice.
3
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Fri Aug 05 2022
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Wait, there were FOUR albums before this? Christ.
2
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Sat Aug 06 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Surprisingly layered. Good stuff.
4
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
Didn't really get it/still don't.
3
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Mon Aug 08 2022
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
Look I'm both too old and not on enough drugs.
2
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Tue Aug 09 2022
Pornography
The Cure
Oh, so you think YOU'RE depressed? You've got nothing on this.
5
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
That's a lot of fiddle.
3
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Thu Aug 11 2022
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
This has no right to be as great as it is.
5
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Ray Of Light
Madonna
More personal than I remembered.
3
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Sat Aug 13 2022
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Banger.
4
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Sun Aug 14 2022
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Great music supporting an obnoxious asshole of a singer.
3
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Subtly crushing.
4
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Tue Aug 16 2022
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Shut up mum I'm a grown up
1
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Wed Aug 17 2022
Roots
Sepultura
I get that it's significant, but christ, edit that shit.
3
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Thu Aug 18 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This is not convincing me that Elvis is great.
2
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Vespertine
Björk
While it initially appears less aurally confrontational than her other work, the layering on this thing is just incredible. A real grower, and still sounds fresh.
5
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Sat Aug 20 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
As a follow-up, pretty good.
3
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Sun Aug 21 2022
The Man Who
Travis
Look, it's softcock stuff but it's great.
3
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Mon Aug 22 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
Beigest of the beige.
1
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Imagine
John Lennon
Powered by bitchiness. Dude could write.
4
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Wed Aug 24 2022
John Prine
John Prine
And this is his FIRST album. Jesus Christ, what a talent.
5
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Slick.
3
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
I enjoyed this a lot more than I remembered doing.
4
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Sat Aug 27 2022
With The Beatles
Beatles
Stupidly good.
4
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Sun Aug 28 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Morrissey would kill to put out something like this, but with more racism.
4
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Motherfucker can't say 'polaris' properly.
3
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Blur
Blur
Much less cheeky-chappie than their other albums, and better for it, even if it's not quite as catchy.
4
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Wed Aug 31 2022
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Look, shouting in French over drum machines and samplers has never sounded so good.
3
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Look, childhood exposure ensures I can give this no less than four stars no matter what faults it may have. (Not many of those though, I must admit.)
5
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Fri Sep 02 2022
Nowhere
Ride
Buzzy but somehow pedestrian.
3
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Sat Sep 03 2022
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Sleazy, starry-eyed fun.
3
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Sun Sep 04 2022
Orbital 2
Orbital
Still not as good as In Sides.
3
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Mon Sep 05 2022
Destroyer
KISS
Bloody hell.
2
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Tue Sep 06 2022
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Not as polished as Fear of a Black Planet, but when this works it knocks you the fuck out.
3
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Wed Sep 07 2022
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Not as good as his preceding album, but still better than most songwriters' output.
3
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Thu Sep 08 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
It's a behemoth, and therefore impossible to review dispassionately. David fuckin' Gilmour, folks.
5
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
A failed experiment – an ode to the in-studio live album Mingus made – that's way too flabby, but there's moments of brilliance if you look. The ensemble is fucking great.
3
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Sat Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
A compact gem.
4
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Sun Sep 11 2022
New Wave
The Auteurs
Such excellent bitchery.
4
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Look, I've never got them as an album band and I'm probably too old to start now.
3
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Widescreen yet personal. One of PJH's most compelling and consistent albums.
5
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Look, it ain't my thing.
2
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Anselmo is more interested in vulgar displays of white power these days.
2
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Not for me then, not for me now.
1
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Sat Sep 17 2022
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
The album that launched a thousand dadrock bands.
3
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Sun Sep 18 2022
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
That's a lot of synth.
2
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Mon Sep 19 2022
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Motorhead were always best in three-minute bursts. This is a LOT more than that.
2
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Look, it's still good. But it ain't no Fear Of A Black Planet.
3
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
A lot more varied than I'd remembered.
4
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Thu Sep 22 2022
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
I really shouldn't like this, but it's infectious.
3
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Hey this bar band's pretty good.
3
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Sat Sep 24 2022
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Spiky and still full of jams.
3
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Sun Sep 25 2022
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
A bit too big band for me, but still effortless.
3
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Mon Sep 26 2022
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
That tick-tack bass.
3
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
Always left me cold. Mad Season was much better.
3
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
OK hippies.
3
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Thu Sep 29 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Is it possible to view this thing disapassionately? Fuck that, five stars forever.
5
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Fri Sep 30 2022
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
This is fairly terrible, but I have a very soft spot for it.
3
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Overlong, but a lot better than he's been in years.
4
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Sun Oct 02 2022
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Protean horrors.
4
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
I feel bad that David Rawlings is associated with this chode.
2
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
That Canuck seems fairly bummed.
3
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Dude's insufferable but also undeniable.
5
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Just listen to Primal Scream for fuck's sake.
1
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Fri Oct 07 2022
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
With tunes like this I'd be a cocky fuck as well.
4
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Sat Oct 08 2022
American Idiot
Green Day
From albums named after shit to political agitator, hey? Naaaaah.
2
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Sun Oct 09 2022
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Young me never got Marley. Young me was a bit of a dick.
4
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Mon Oct 10 2022
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
On some level I feel I never got Sonic Youth. This is OK, but nothing spectacular.
3
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
I honestly don't care. You'd think I'd like this and you'd be wrong.
2
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
How do you top the first four of their albums? With this one: indulgent as fuck but still great.
5
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Thu Oct 13 2022
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
I have an ice-cream headache.
3
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Some honest, hard workin', car drivin', go-nowhere-with-your-girl music.
3
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Knowing Mark Knopfler wrote 'Private Dancer' makes it that much creepier.
3
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Sun Oct 16 2022
Shadowland
k.d. lang
That's one good-sounding sad cowboy.
3
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Mon Oct 17 2022
Fun House
The Stooges
Primitive genius.
5
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Seems a lot more brittle and scattered than I remembered.
2
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Hey it smells like patchouli in here.
4
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Thu Oct 20 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Things would only get better. More druggy, too.
3
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
I don’t care.
2
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Sat Oct 22 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Never as great as I imagine it is.
3
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Sun Oct 23 2022
Cut
The Slits
Angular fun.
3
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Damn this is smooth.
3
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Wed Oct 26 2022
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Snappy.
3
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Thu Oct 27 2022
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Neat, but not my thing.
3
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Fri Oct 28 2022
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
PLAY THAT FUCKIN' JUG.
3
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Sat Oct 29 2022
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
S-l-i-c-k.
3
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Sun Oct 30 2022
Whatever
Aimee Mann
I probably should've listened to this on release.
3
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Yeah, Moz is fash garbage now but this is forever peerless.
5
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
I mean, it's a lot cooler than I'll ever be.
3
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Wonderfully, enthusiastically stupid.
4
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Thu Nov 03 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
The most solid of their output.
3
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Surprisingly mysterious and lovely.
4
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Sat Nov 05 2022
The Undertones
The Undertones
Now I get where the Auteurs come from.
4
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Sun Nov 06 2022
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
The sound of overpriced drinks. Still good, though.
3
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Spooky boutique soundtrack.
4
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Tue Nov 08 2022
British Steel
Judas Priest
BREAKING THE LAW BREAKING THE LAW.
3
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Coke and glossolalia go well together.
3
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Still enormous. 'The Girl is Mine' remains awful, though.
4
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Fri Nov 11 2022
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Solid but uninteresting.
3
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Sat Nov 12 2022
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Fully-formed from the outset.
4
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Sun Nov 13 2022
All Mod Cons
The Jam
People think Weller is the coolest shit ever and I still can't see it.
2
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Mon Nov 14 2022
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Not as freaky as they'd become, but a good start.
3
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
Wonderfully stupid.
4
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Wed Nov 16 2022
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Didn't get it. Don't get it.
2
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Eagles
Eagles
I'm not on enough blow for this.
3
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Fri Nov 18 2022
Very
Pet Shop Boys
Joyous. No other words.
4
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Sat Nov 19 2022
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
I never used to get it. Now I do. Fucked and wonderful.
4
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Sun Nov 20 2022
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
Honestly, this fucks.
4
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Mon Nov 21 2022
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Propulsive, but somewhat forgettable.
2
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
It's not Eno, but it's enough.
4
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Wed Nov 23 2022
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
There are some terrible songs on here, though they can't defeat the title track.
2
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
If this record was a person it'd be Johnny from NAKED.
So a pretty good portrait of Mark E. Smith, then.
4
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Fri Nov 25 2022
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
If Belle & Sebastian don't owe their existence to 'Sunday Morning' then I just don't know what to say.
5
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Sat Nov 26 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Embarrassingly good.
5
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Sun Nov 27 2022
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
A lot boxier than I remembered.
3
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Live!
Fela Kuti
Nobody's listening to this because of Ginger Baker.
4
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Tue Nov 29 2022
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Pretty good note to go out on.
4
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Wed Nov 30 2022
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Christ, put the bong down.
3
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Missed entirely. Good but not great.
3
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Skylarking
XTC
Competent, airy and not my thing.
2
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Sat Dec 03 2022
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Stellar.
5
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Sun Dec 04 2022
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
I like art music but I fucking hate this.
1
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Mon Dec 05 2022
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
Amphetamines, hey?
3
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Tue Dec 06 2022
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Stupid and contagious.
4
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Connected
Stereo MC's
Sounds like I should be shopping for jeans.
2
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Widescreen devastation.
4
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I know, I know for sure
Ding, dang, dong, dong, deng, deng, dong, dong, ding, dang
3
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Sat Dec 10 2022
OK Computer
Radiohead
Music to have a panic attack by.
5
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Sun Dec 11 2022
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Fuck this dude.
1
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Mon Dec 12 2022
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
As memorable as the Nudie suit on the cover.
3
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Tue Dec 13 2022
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
This is fucking great.
4
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
The sound of wallpaper.
2
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Thu Dec 15 2022
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Smoother than I'll ever be. Vaguely timeless.
4
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Older than I remembered, still just as sick though.
4
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would: enough to feel mildly ashamed, at least.
3
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Music for an elevator made of cocaine.
2
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Billion-dollar boredom.
2
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Tue Dec 20 2022
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
That hippie's pretty good.
4
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Wed Dec 21 2022
The Slider
T. Rex
Slinky.
4
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Thu Dec 22 2022
No Other
Gene Clark
That’s one druggy crisis of faith.
3
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
Sleazy listening.
4
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Sat Dec 24 2022
Moon Safari
Air
Gallic cool.
4
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Legendary sleaze.
4
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Mon Dec 26 2022
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Sci-fi cheese, but it casts a long shadow.
4
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Tue Dec 27 2022
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Low-key anger.
3
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Spiky greatness.
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
At least it’s short.
1
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
I mean ultimately surely we have to blame Tori for Amanda Palmer, don't we?
Good job this album's good enough to let me forget about that for a while.
4
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Sat Dec 31 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who
The expanded version transforms a so-so album into one of the all-time ball-tearers.
5
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Beneath the production there’s some cracker songs here.
4
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Can we get some more echo on the drum machine please?
4
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Tue Jan 03 2023
Tommy
The Who
Ballsy and brilliant.
4
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Wed Jan 04 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
I'm not stoned enough to enjoy this.
2
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Low
David Bowie
Superb, even now.
5
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Me in musical form.
4
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
Cultural tourism that made a million.
3
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
All elbows and weird dancing.
4
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
Such potential.
4
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Tue Jan 10 2023
25
Adele
Broken up hey?
3
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Wonderfully stupid.
4
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
Shiny and immaculately coiffed.
3
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Fri Jan 13 2023
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Ferocious and woozy.
4
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Sat Jan 14 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
I'm bummed so it does what's intended.
4
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
A few good songs does not a cunt redeem.
3
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Better than expected but I still blame these cunts for Pomplamoose's existence.
3
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
A mouth fulla marbles.
3
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Wed Jan 18 2023
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Everything is at least twice as long as it should be.
2
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Like weed, hey?
2
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Album is fine. Guy is not.
3
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Play
Moby
Nobody obsessed over this album the way Moby obsessed over Natalie Portman.
2
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
Smooth.
3
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
CHUG! CHUG CHUG CHUG!
5
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
I just don’t understand the fucking Dan.
2
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Wed Jan 25 2023
The Last Broadcast
Doves
Poundstretcher Coldplay attempts to be Spiritualized.
2
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Low-Life
New Order
Nah.
2
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
I guess I’ve been missing out thus far.
3
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
Smoooooth (operator).
3
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad record more like.
2
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
This bonkers divorced dad album features the horniest song about Israel I’ve ever heard.
4
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Tue Jan 31 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
The album that launched a million crywanks.
5
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Wed Feb 01 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
I like it more than I used to but still believe it's more wank than wonderful.
3
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Clandestino
Manu Chao
The sound of white dreadlocks.
2
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
Honky tonk realness.
3
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Still got it.
3
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
In a bar in Tokyo once I heard a coterie of salarymen do the breakdown bit from 'Bellbottoms' replete with "UH!"s.
This album does not contain that track, but the sentiment transposes.
3
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Mon Feb 06 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Given that this is a de facto soundtrack to a cash-in teen flick, it's REMARKABLE how solid it is.
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
London Calling
The Clash
I still don't get the fuss, though there's some cracker tunes on here.
3
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Absolutely cracked.
3
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Frat boys with a good record collection.
4
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
Soupy.
3
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Sat Feb 11 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
Sleepy afternoon vibes.
4
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Sea Change
Beck
The good album.
4
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden
No matter how loud this is played it can always go louder.
5
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
An absolute delight.
4
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Do they want to get funked up or to give up the funk? MAKE UP YOUR MINDS.
2
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Knowing how this ends makes it hard.
3
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Look, overlong.
2
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Sat Feb 18 2023
Debut
Björk
Otherworldly.
4
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
*rips bong*
Groovy.
*rails speed*
3
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Mon Feb 20 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
The most grim Britpop album ever. Brilliant.
5
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Arrival
ABBA
You know this entire album, even if you've never heard it.
3
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
*rips bong*
3
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Not my preferred Stevie, really.
3
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Not their strongest but still a lot of fun.
3
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Sat Feb 25 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
I blame him for Sufjan Stevens, you know.
3
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Not so much for either.
2
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
A lot weirder than I expected.
4
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
More fun than it deserves to be.
4
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Wed Mar 01 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
Look, shit rules.
4
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Opus Dei
Laibach
Ridiculous and brilliant.
4
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
That fucking warble.
2
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Sat Mar 04 2023
The Score
Fugees
Waaay too long. When it’s good it’s solid, when it’s not it’s tiresome.
2
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
A lot more boogie in this than I remembered.
4
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Kala
M.I.A.
Dig some of the production, though this isn't my thing.
3
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fuck, how much Creedence is IN this list?
2
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Great, but ain't no Mezzanine.
3
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
Nope.
1
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Pretty fuckin' great.
4
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Sat Mar 11 2023
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Pop delights.
3
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Sun Mar 12 2023
Slipknot
Slipknot
PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT.
5
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Mon Mar 13 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Supremely great.
4
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Rocks
Aerosmith
Fine.
3
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
Absolutely majestic. Post-Smog wonder.
5
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Out of Step
Minor Threat
Influential, but not essential.
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Shut your mouth!
3
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Sat Mar 18 2023
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Dude’s weird but the songwriting is undeniably great.
3
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Pretenders
Pretenders
What a blast.
4
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Mon Mar 20 2023
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Look when it’s good it’s stellar.
3
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Tue Mar 21 2023
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Love SV but this is pretty average.
3
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Suicide
Suicide
GHOST RIDER MOTORCYCLE HERO.
5
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Mask
Bauhaus
Eh. That song about fish cakes, though.
3
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
Their greatest, no doubt.
5
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Closer
Joy Division
More light than usual.
3
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Sun Mar 26 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
BOOM.
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
I mean it's good, but also feels like taking advantage of the guy.
3
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Tue Mar 28 2023
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
So silly.
4