Oct 10 2021
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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
Oct 11 2021
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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
Oct 12 2021
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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
Oct 13 2021
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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.
4
Oct 14 2021
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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
Oct 15 2021
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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
Oct 16 2021
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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
Oct 17 2021
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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
Oct 18 2021
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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.
3
Oct 19 2021
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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.
5
Oct 20 2021
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Guitar Town
Steve Earle
Hayride Springsteen. The precursor-to-Stadium-Big-Hat-Country production occludes the songs a bit.
3
Oct 21 2021
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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
Oct 22 2021
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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
Oct 23 2021
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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
Oct 24 2021
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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
Oct 25 2021
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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
Oct 26 2021
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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.
3
Oct 27 2021
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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.
4
Oct 28 2021
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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.
3
Oct 29 2021
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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
Oct 30 2021
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Them nerds done good.
4
Oct 31 2021
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
So, Irish soul slaps harder than you’d think. I just begrudge them the Mumford-spawn.
3
Nov 01 2021
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
Sounds a bit like Soul Coughing making a Babybird album, but without being quite as good as either.
2
Nov 02 2021
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
That certainly is A LOT of synth for so little enjoyment.
1
Nov 03 2021
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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
Nov 04 2021
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Wild Gift
X
I was only familiar with the Australian band of the same name. This one rocks nuts much harder though.
3
Nov 05 2021
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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
Nov 06 2021
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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
Nov 07 2021
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
In which outsider folk makes a terrifying anti-drug PSA.
2
Nov 08 2021
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The Yes Album
Yes
Somehow both poppier and more boring than I was expecting.
2
Nov 09 2021
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
I sympathise with the guy on the horse. Trees and feet, hey?
2
Nov 10 2021
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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
Nov 11 2021
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Kenya
Machito
Infectious. Top flight stuff from a killer ensemble, even though Afro-Cuban jazz isn't my thing.
3
Nov 12 2021
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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
Nov 13 2021
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Take the piss but this is a great white-guy-does-Stevie jam if you let it play.
3
Nov 14 2021
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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
Nov 15 2021
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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
Nov 16 2021
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Suede
Suede
An arse-slapping, Smiths-succeeding, coke-huffing ball-tearer of a debut. Still stands up.
5
Nov 17 2021
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
I don't know what I was expecting, but this was much better than that. Fewer harpsichords, more attitude!
3
Nov 18 2021
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
In which an Atari ST soundtracks adverts.
2
Nov 19 2021
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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
Nov 20 2021
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Poor cover album.
1
Nov 21 2021
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Some cracker songs that sound like they were recorded from inside a drawer.
2
Nov 22 2021
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Far less hey-nonny-no than I had imagined.
3
Nov 23 2021
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Ur-goth spaciousness.
4
Nov 24 2021
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
A sparse delight. That VOICE.
4
Nov 25 2021
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
ATTITUDE. The album that got fratboys into hip-hop.
3
Nov 26 2021
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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
Nov 27 2021
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Wonderfully bummed pop.
3
Nov 28 2021
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Among The Living
Anthrax
CHUGGA CHUGGA CHUGGA
2
Nov 29 2021
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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.
4
Nov 30 2021
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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.
3
Dec 01 2021
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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
Dec 02 2021
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
For the children.
4
Dec 03 2021
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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
Dec 04 2021
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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
Dec 05 2021
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Me Against The World
2Pac
Smooth and smart. Definitely the way in for people unused to hip-hop.
3
Dec 06 2021
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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
Dec 07 2021
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
This is just a more inscrutable version of Muse.
1
Dec 08 2021
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cosmo’s Hit Factory more like, wot wot.
3
Dec 09 2021
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
This snotty Junior Kinks album is pretty great, you know.
3
Dec 10 2021
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Cocaine and Adultery: the album.
3
Dec 11 2021
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
This is a more solid eight hours' work than I've ever done in my life.
4
Dec 12 2021
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B-52's
The B-52's
Reverbed wig-outs are rad.
4
Dec 13 2021
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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
Dec 14 2021
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
A fist to your fucking face.
5
Dec 15 2021
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Kimono My House
Sparks
I honestly have no idea what the fuck is going on.
3
Dec 16 2021
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Drugs are bad, but they get a pass for resulting in an album as depressively great as this.
5
Dec 17 2021
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
This is very appealing goblin music.
4
Dec 18 2021
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Terrible yet great.
2
Dec 19 2021
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Leftism
Leftfield
If you want your drive to feel like a PSX game, then this is your album.
2
Dec 20 2021
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
A lot less appealing than a proper Wu album.
2
Dec 21 2021
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
This Pearly King writes some bummer narratives, doesn’t he?
3
Dec 22 2021
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Half Bad-Seeds-Do-Vegas, half heartfelt. Better than I remembered.
3
Dec 23 2021
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
At least the cover art is mildly diverting.
1
Dec 24 2021
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Fucking great. Despite variable production, this holds up well 30 years later, some skits aside.
4
Dec 25 2021
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Supremely enjoyable, this.
4
Dec 26 2021
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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
Dec 27 2021
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90
808 State
By the numbers, somewhat appropriately.
2
Dec 28 2021
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Overblown and underwhelming. Sounds like Hunters and Collectors with tickets on themselves.
1
Dec 29 2021
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
An absolute monolith. Gnomic on first hearing, enlightening after multiple.
5
Dec 30 2021
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Ain’t nothin’ like a me thing.
2
Dec 31 2021
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
I'm not on enough cocaine for this. Enough with your summery bullshit, Stephen.
1
Jan 01 2022
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Woodface
Crowded House
The talent in the Finn family is just ridiculous. Some misfires here, but when they work, HOLY FUCK.
5
Jan 02 2022
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Sound Affects
The Jam
As much as I find Paul Weller fucking insufferable, when he's good he's great.
4
Jan 03 2022
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Drunk
Thundercat
This feels like a millennial-soundtracked ayahuasca trip.
2
Jan 04 2022
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Dated in terms of arrangement and production but still some powerful, affecting songs.
3
Jan 05 2022
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The Predator
Ice Cube
The kinetic energy on this thing is fucking incredible. Dazzling shit.
4
Jan 06 2022
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Look, no.
2
Jan 07 2022
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Technique
New Order
Listening to this makes me think old mate from Joy Division was on to something.
1
Jan 08 2022
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Some shit-hot playing on here. Wouldn't normally listen to stuff like this, but this one stays.
4
Jan 09 2022
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Angry and danceable. Brilliant stuff.
4
Jan 10 2022
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The Joshua Tree
U2
Widescreen? Widescreen. Still sparkles.
4
Jan 11 2022
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
A party I'm not supposed to be at, but it sounds GREAT.
4
Jan 12 2022
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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
Jan 13 2022
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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
Jan 14 2022
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Was there anything he couldn't do? I mean, really.
4
Jan 15 2022
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Hobbits and lemons and stolen tunes but it all just WORKS.
5
Jan 16 2022
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White Light
Gene Clark
This could be any one of a million mediocre white dudes with an acoustic.
2
Jan 17 2022
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Fuck the folkies, this thing swings.
5
Jan 18 2022
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
Ah, Brian.
3
Jan 19 2022
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
This album sounds like the lead-up to a BIG hangover.
3
Jan 20 2022
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Picture Book
Simply Red
Band has big "Jamiroquai but different be-hatted cunt in charge" vibes.
1
Jan 21 2022
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Close listening is worth it. Mind you, so is being off your face on acid.
4
Jan 22 2022
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Tapestry
Carole King
King's a songwriting titan. It's surprising how much of her stuff you know without knowing.
3
Jan 23 2022
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Doolittle
Pixies
NERRRRDS!
4
Jan 24 2022
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
The wonderfully dumb alpha and omega.
5
Jan 25 2022
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
Darker than I remembered. That production! That voice!
4
Jan 26 2022
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Third
Portishead
Not as good as the debut but darker in a very appealing way.
4
Jan 27 2022
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Honestly a lot better than I had expected given his later aural wallpaper.
3
Jan 28 2022
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Very tea-and-toast British, but still endearingly grim.
4
Jan 29 2022
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
It could just be the title track for the whole duration and it would still be just as good.
3
Jan 30 2022
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OK
Talvin Singh
This sounds like the background music in every '90s upscale hotel.
3
Jan 31 2022
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
I'm not on enough coke for this.
2
Feb 01 2022
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Maxinquaye
Tricky
As claustrophobic and entrancing as when I first heard it. A high point.
5
Feb 02 2022
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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
Feb 03 2022
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Street Life
The Crusaders
I had no idea 'Street Life' was an ELEVEN-MINUTE SONG. I'm not sure if they did, either.
3
Feb 04 2022
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Kid A
Radiohead
Toot toot it’s the SS Anxiety!
5
Feb 05 2022
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Protean jams.
4
Feb 06 2022
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Beautiful pain.
5
Feb 07 2022
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Rockin' nerds. Overlong, but still a jam.
3
Feb 08 2022
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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
Feb 09 2022
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Stylish but soporific.
3
Feb 10 2022
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
There's a comedy vagina on the cover. Adjust your expectations accordingly.
2
Feb 11 2022
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
The ribbon of melancholy that runs through this is quite addictive.
5
Feb 12 2022
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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
Feb 13 2022
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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
Feb 14 2022
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
This sounds like a very particular type of party in the late '90s.
3
Feb 15 2022
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Patchy, but when it works it's fuckin' great.
3
Feb 16 2022
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Some very clipped stoner action. Surprisingly deep.
3
Feb 17 2022
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
If you're wondering where the '90s exotica thing borrowed heavily from, then this is your album.
3
Feb 18 2022
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New Forms
Roni Size
How can something be mysterious and devoid of character?
2
Feb 19 2022
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The La's
The La's
Quite lovely, really, all the magic dust bullshit aside.
4
Feb 20 2022
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Dookie
Green Day
That sure is a catchy song about wanking.
3
Feb 21 2022
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Flawless production. Not entirely my thing (as much as her later albums would be) but still worth it.
3
Feb 22 2022
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Is this the whitest album ever made? ALL SIGNS POINT TO YES.
1
Feb 23 2022
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Country Life
Roxy Music
Not as wild as earlier stuff, but supremely polished and wry. Dig it.
4
Feb 24 2022
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Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Bit rah-rah stereotypical soused-in-a-circus music, but the dude knows a killer chorus.
3
Feb 25 2022
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Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Solid twanging.
3
Feb 26 2022
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Californian confectionary.
3
Feb 27 2022
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Ding-dong, Lou Reed et al calling.
3
Feb 28 2022
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
A woozy opus.
4
Mar 01 2022
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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
Mar 02 2022
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All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
I pledge no allegiance to such dated backing tracks.
2
Mar 03 2022
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
If Dinosaur Jr were a Weezer-influenced band (without the fetishes).
4
Mar 04 2022
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
There's way too much RHCP vibing going on in this for my liking.
2
Mar 05 2022
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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
Mar 06 2022
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
I don't want to live on this planet any more.
2
Mar 07 2022
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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
Mar 08 2022
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Garbage
Garbage
Sounds like a studio project, though some of the tunes are catchy. Very digital distortion sheen over things.
3
Mar 09 2022
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Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
An OK cover band I guess.
2
Mar 10 2022
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Nina's leftovers are way better than many others' first-choice albums.
4
Mar 11 2022
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Hms Fable
Shack
HMS Big Fucken Whoop, more like.
2
Mar 12 2022
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Whip-smart debut, this.
4
Mar 13 2022
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Deeply fucking grim, and I'm someone who gives *hobbit prog* a pass.
1
Mar 14 2022
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
An absolute all-timer. Half concept album, half bangers.
5
Mar 15 2022
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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
Mar 16 2022
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
You know, they could've shot the messenger.
2
Mar 17 2022
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
Those nerds know their way around a song, yep.
3
Mar 18 2022
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
A Thatcherite critique you can dance to.
4
Mar 19 2022
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Probably the only Stevens album I come back to regularly. Something about bittersweet tunes about serial murderers.
4
Mar 20 2022
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Da Capo
Love
Look, their next one is MUCH better.
3
Mar 21 2022
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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
Mar 22 2022
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
That brilliantly miserable bastard.
4
Mar 23 2022
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
A ridiculous talent and an incredible tragedy.
5
Mar 24 2022
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Smooooooooooth. (Ignore the expanded edition.)
3
Mar 25 2022
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Strong. Still not my thing, but strong.
3
Mar 26 2022
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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
Mar 27 2022
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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
Mar 28 2022
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Just take the L, man. Christ.
2
Mar 29 2022
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Look, he's not his dad.
1
Mar 30 2022
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Production sounds dated but also inextricably linked to this album. Some great songs.
3
Mar 31 2022
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
I've never understood this band, and another listen to this album hasn't changed that.
1
Apr 01 2022
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Production has dated but the songs are still strong. That voice.
4
Apr 02 2022
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Ridiculously talented stuff.
4
Apr 03 2022
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I'm not on enough drugs for this.
2
Apr 04 2022
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
I missed the boat on these guys, and I'm not particularly sad about it.
3
Apr 05 2022
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
Overlong, but still chock-full of bangers.
4
Apr 06 2022
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Odelay
Beck
Like most hangs with stoners, it goes on a bit long.
3
Apr 07 2022
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Make Yourself
Incubus
I can only assume threats of physical violence against list authors is the explanation for this album's inclusion.
1
Apr 08 2022
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The Doors
The Doors
Like being on a ride to a Californian beach in a van driven by the Manson Family.
4
Apr 09 2022
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
Machinelike cool.
3
Apr 10 2022
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
Taken by complete surprise. The writing on here is just so ridiculously good. A real treat.
5
Apr 11 2022
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Different Class
Pulp
If Ken Loach were a band, he'd be Pulp.
5
Apr 12 2022
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Simple and solid. Still kills.
4
Apr 13 2022
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Slick, soulful and just not my thing.
3
Apr 14 2022
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Damn, I was expecting to hate this. But it's actually pretty great.
4
Apr 15 2022
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Percolates a lot more than similarly-vibed bands. Good stuff.
4
Apr 16 2022
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Synchronicity
The Police
In which an insufferable prick, aided by more than competent musicians, makes a song about being a creeper.
3
Apr 17 2022
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
A smooth cracker.
4
Apr 18 2022
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Icy horror.
4
Apr 19 2022
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
Curiously goofy.
3
Apr 20 2022
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The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Great tune, so-so album.
3
Apr 21 2022
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Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Finely honed.
4
Apr 22 2022
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Slick, with great production. I don't like the dude, but this is pretty infectious.
3
Apr 23 2022
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Gloriously sloppy.
5
Apr 24 2022
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Is This It
The Strokes
Snotty trust-fund jerks make good.
5
Apr 25 2022
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Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
A grower. Not great, but the good songs are BRILLIANT.
3
Apr 26 2022
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
The preferable era of Genesis.
3
Apr 27 2022
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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
Apr 28 2022
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Moondance
Van Morrison
A passable album does not a cunt redeem.
2
Apr 29 2022
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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
Apr 30 2022
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Many more good jams than I was expecting!
4
May 01 2022
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Mott
Mott The Hoople
Christ alive this is bad.
2
May 02 2022
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Live Through This
Hole
A rough diamond, pressure-formed by pain.
4
May 03 2022
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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
May 04 2022
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
Ridiculously smooth.
3
May 05 2022
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
NERRRRRRRDS
4
May 06 2022
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Phrenology
The Roots
Longer than it needs to be.
3
May 07 2022
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Milquetoast: The Album.
2
May 08 2022
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Being There
Wilco
Widescreen.
4
May 09 2022
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Wonderfully, powerfully stupid.
3
May 10 2022
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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
May 11 2022
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Autobahn
Kraftwerk
This still sounds incredible.
4
May 12 2022
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
The sound of night car trips throughout my childhood. Delightful.
3
May 13 2022
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Kenza
Khaled
There's some bangers. And then there's a cover of Imagine.
3
May 14 2022
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NEU! 75
Neu!
The third in a line of practically perfect albums.
5
May 15 2022
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Hey nonny no, baby.
4
May 16 2022
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
Such a light touch for such serious stuff.
5
May 17 2022
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
This music PUNCHES AND FUCKS.
5
May 18 2022
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
Big dumb dancin' fun.
3
May 19 2022
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Bad
Michael Jackson
Remember how he made a terrible movie after this? Good times.
3
May 20 2022
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
That's gonna be a no from me.
2
May 21 2022
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Snotty party music.
3
May 22 2022
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Elvis is a dick but this one is all right.
3
May 23 2022
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Jesus that's a of of fiddle.
2
May 24 2022
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Pop from another planet. Just amazing.
4
May 25 2022
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
Creepiness starting to filter in.
4
May 26 2022
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Drugs, hey?
2
May 27 2022
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Headquarters
The Monkees
I liked it better when they didn't write their own songs.
2
May 28 2022
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Instead of using a vocoder, Bowie used Iggy.
3
May 29 2022
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Parachutes
Coldplay
Ubiquitous, understandably.
3
May 30 2022
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
Absolutely fucking not.
1
May 31 2022
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Cross
Justice
The fact I'd forgotten this is justice in itself.
1
Jun 01 2022
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
I hadn't expected there to be a quaint ZZ Top album, but here we are.
3
Jun 02 2022
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
The apogee of this particular style. Still fresh and cool.
5
Jun 03 2022
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Black Monk Time
The Monks
Wild that GIs made this pop-punk weirdness.
3
Jun 04 2022
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
I get that it's an important album but fuck me Jello Biafra is insufferable.
2
Jun 05 2022
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LP1
FKA twigs
Precisely constructed songs of joy and ice.
4
Jun 06 2022
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
The album that launched a hundred bands.
4
Jun 07 2022
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If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
Another collection of wonderful songs for sad boys.
4
Jun 08 2022
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Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Like, wow man.
4
Jun 09 2022
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Spellbinding portrait of a transitional time.
4
Jun 10 2022
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Eccentrics, man.
4
Jun 11 2022
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Mournful with FM vibes.
3
Jun 12 2022
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
A bit much of a good thing.
3
Jun 13 2022
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Smoother and more multi-layered than I would ever have expected.
4
Jun 14 2022
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Every day is improved by an eighteen minute Jimmy Webb cover.
4
Jun 15 2022
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Marquee Moon
Television
Either delightful or an ice-cream headache, depending on your mood.
4
Jun 16 2022
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Fuck no.
1
Jun 17 2022
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
What you get when you order Bruce Springsteen from a 1910 Sears Catalog.
5
Jun 18 2022
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Laid-back jams.
3
Jun 19 2022
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Turns out they were fucking great straight out of the gate, hey?
4
Jun 20 2022
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
This album really goes from the sublime to the ridiculous.
2
Jun 21 2022
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The Bends
Radiohead
And to think they'd go on to make even better albums than this.
4
Jun 22 2022
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
What a hammer-blow of an album.
5
Jun 23 2022
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
An album of Proustian moments.
4
Jun 24 2022
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xx
The xx
Delightfully bummed evenings in.
4
Jun 25 2022
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Nevermind
Nirvana
Still rips.
5
Jun 26 2022
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Without this, there'd be no Richard Branson ballooning. I guess that's a tolerable price.
5
Jun 27 2022
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
Supremely polished.
4
Jun 28 2022
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Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Cooler than you.
4
Jun 29 2022
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
An excellent record of a troubled life.
5
Jun 30 2022
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Dry
PJ Harvey
Still amazing.
5
Jul 01 2022
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Queen II
Queen
Rocks a lot harder than I thought it would. Pompous and great.
4
Jul 02 2022
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Still overwrought and deeply resonant.
5
Jul 03 2022
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Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
San Francisco has a lot to answer for.
2
Jul 04 2022
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
How this remains fresh sounding after so long is an absolute fucking mystery.
4
Jul 05 2022
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
Is it a strong album? Not all the way through. Is it a banger? Yep.
3
Jul 06 2022
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
The sound of a carny having a midlife crisis. Perfect.
4
Jul 07 2022
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Smooth, but my French isn't up to the task.
3
Jul 08 2022
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Certainly is.
5
Jul 09 2022
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
I'm not drunk enough for this.
2
Jul 10 2022
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Delightful tinnitus.
4
Jul 11 2022
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Androgynous soul? Nice.
3
Jul 12 2022
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
A faded photobook of memories.
3
Jul 13 2022
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Bit bummed, isn't he?
4
Jul 14 2022
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Nixon
Lambchop
Yee-har.
3
Jul 15 2022
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Boxy production but still pretty great.
3
Jul 16 2022
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Not as good as the first three but still a top time.
4
Jul 17 2022
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Truth
Jeff Beck
Surprisingly not awful.
3
Jul 18 2022
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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
Jul 19 2022
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
That’s some juicy cheese.
2
Jul 20 2022
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
The most excellent and righteous mixtape.
4
Jul 21 2022
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Good, but not great.
3
Jul 22 2022
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Scuzzy goodness.
3
Jul 23 2022
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Still phenomenal.
5
Jul 24 2022
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
Cowgirl crooning.
4
Jul 25 2022
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Accomplished but still not my jam.
2
Jul 26 2022
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Pop goodness.
3
Jul 27 2022
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
SWAGGER!
4
Jul 28 2022
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
YEE HAW YEAH NAH.
1
Jul 29 2022
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Transformative.
4
Jul 30 2022
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Transformer
Lou Reed
Louche and prissy, it's still great.
5
Jul 31 2022
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Missed it at the time, don't care about it now.
2
Aug 01 2022
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Ridiculously heavy.
5
Aug 02 2022
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
When it's good it's GREAT. When it's not, it's ehhhhh.
3
Aug 03 2022
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Soulful wonder.
5
Aug 04 2022
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
This or a desert drive? Difficult choice.
3
Aug 05 2022
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Wait, there were FOUR albums before this? Christ.
2
Aug 06 2022
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Surprisingly layered. Good stuff.
4
Aug 07 2022
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
Didn't really get it/still don't.
3
Aug 08 2022
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
Look I'm both too old and not on enough drugs.
2
Aug 09 2022
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Pornography
The Cure
Oh, so you think YOU'RE depressed? You've got nothing on this.
5
Aug 10 2022
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
That's a lot of fiddle.
3
Aug 11 2022
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
This has no right to be as great as it is.
5
Aug 12 2022
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
More personal than I remembered.
3
Aug 13 2022
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Banger.
4
Aug 14 2022
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Great music supporting an obnoxious asshole of a singer.
3
Aug 15 2022
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Subtly crushing.
4
Aug 16 2022
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Shut up mum I'm a grown up
1
Aug 17 2022
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Roots
Sepultura
I get that it's significant, but christ, edit that shit.
3
Aug 18 2022
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This is not convincing me that Elvis is great.
2
Aug 19 2022
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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
Aug 20 2022
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
As a follow-up, pretty good.
3
Aug 21 2022
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The Man Who
Travis
Look, it's softcock stuff but it's great.
3
Aug 22 2022
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
Beigest of the beige.
1
Aug 23 2022
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Imagine
John Lennon
Powered by bitchiness. Dude could write.
4
Aug 24 2022
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John Prine
John Prine
And this is his FIRST album. Jesus Christ, what a talent.
5
Aug 25 2022
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Slick.
3
Aug 26 2022
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
I enjoyed this a lot more than I remembered doing.
4
Aug 27 2022
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With The Beatles
Beatles
Stupidly good.
4
Aug 28 2022
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Morrissey would kill to put out something like this, but with more racism.
4
Aug 29 2022
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Motherfucker can't say 'polaris' properly.
3
Aug 30 2022
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Blur
Blur
Much less cheeky-chappie than their other albums, and better for it, even if it's not quite as catchy.
4
Aug 31 2022
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Look, shouting in French over drum machines and samplers has never sounded so good.
3
Sep 01 2022
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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
Sep 02 2022
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Nowhere
Ride
Buzzy but somehow pedestrian.
3
Sep 03 2022
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Sleazy, starry-eyed fun.
3
Sep 04 2022
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Orbital 2
Orbital
Still not as good as In Sides.
3
Sep 05 2022
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Destroyer
KISS
Bloody hell.
2
Sep 06 2022
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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
Sep 07 2022
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Not as good as his preceding album, but still better than most songwriters' output.
3
Sep 08 2022
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
It's a behemoth, and therefore impossible to review dispassionately. David fuckin' Gilmour, folks.
5
Sep 09 2022
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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
Sep 10 2022
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
A compact gem.
4
Sep 11 2022
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New Wave
The Auteurs
Such excellent bitchery.
4
Sep 12 2022
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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
Sep 13 2022
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Widescreen yet personal. One of PJH's most compelling and consistent albums.
5
Sep 14 2022
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Look, it ain't my thing.
2
Sep 15 2022
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Anselmo is more interested in vulgar displays of white power these days.
2
Sep 16 2022
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Not for me then, not for me now.
1
Sep 17 2022
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
The album that launched a thousand dadrock bands.
3
Sep 18 2022
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
That's a lot of synth.
2
Sep 19 2022
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Motorhead were always best in three-minute bursts. This is a LOT more than that.
2
Sep 20 2022
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Look, it's still good. But it ain't no Fear Of A Black Planet.
3
Sep 21 2022
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
A lot more varied than I'd remembered.
4
Sep 22 2022
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
I really shouldn't like this, but it's infectious.
3
Sep 23 2022
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Hey this bar band's pretty good.
3
Sep 24 2022
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Spiky and still full of jams.
3
Sep 25 2022
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
A bit too big band for me, but still effortless.
3
Sep 26 2022
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
That tick-tack bass.
3
Sep 27 2022
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
Always left me cold. Mad Season was much better.
3
Sep 28 2022
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
OK hippies.
3
Sep 29 2022
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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
Sep 30 2022
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
This is fairly terrible, but I have a very soft spot for it.
3
Oct 01 2022
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Overlong, but a lot better than he's been in years.
4
Oct 02 2022
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Protean horrors.
4
Oct 03 2022
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
I feel bad that David Rawlings is associated with this chode.
2
Oct 04 2022
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
That Canuck seems fairly bummed.
3
Oct 05 2022
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Dude's insufferable but also undeniable.
5
Oct 06 2022
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Just listen to Primal Scream for fuck's sake.
1
Oct 07 2022
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
With tunes like this I'd be a cocky fuck as well.
4
Oct 08 2022
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American Idiot
Green Day
From albums named after shit to political agitator, hey? Naaaaah.
2
Oct 09 2022
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Young me never got Marley. Young me was a bit of a dick.
4
Oct 10 2022
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
On some level I feel I never got Sonic Youth. This is OK, but nothing spectacular.
3
Oct 11 2022
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
I honestly don't care. You'd think I'd like this and you'd be wrong.
2
Oct 12 2022
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
How do you top the first four of their albums? With this one: indulgent as fuck but still great.
5
Oct 13 2022
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
I have an ice-cream headache.
3
Oct 14 2022
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Some honest, hard workin', car drivin', go-nowhere-with-your-girl music.
3
Oct 15 2022
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Knowing Mark Knopfler wrote 'Private Dancer' makes it that much creepier.
3
Oct 16 2022
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
That's one good-sounding sad cowboy.
3
Oct 17 2022
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Fun House
The Stooges
Primitive genius.
5
Oct 18 2022
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Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Seems a lot more brittle and scattered than I remembered.
2
Oct 19 2022
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Hey it smells like patchouli in here.
4
Oct 20 2022
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Things would only get better. More druggy, too.
3
Oct 21 2022
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
I don’t care.
2
Oct 22 2022
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Never as great as I imagine it is.
3
Oct 23 2022
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Cut
The Slits
Angular fun.
3
Oct 24 2022
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Damn this is smooth.
3
Oct 25 2022
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All Directions
The Temptations
Smooth.
3
Oct 26 2022
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Snappy.
3
Oct 27 2022
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Neat, but not my thing.
3
Oct 28 2022
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
PLAY THAT FUCKIN' JUG.
3
Oct 29 2022
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
S-l-i-c-k.
3
Oct 30 2022
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Whatever
Aimee Mann
I probably should've listened to this on release.
3
Oct 31 2022
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Yeah, Moz is fash garbage now but this is forever peerless.
5
Nov 01 2022
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
I mean, it's a lot cooler than I'll ever be.
3
Nov 02 2022
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Wonderfully, enthusiastically stupid.
4
Nov 03 2022
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
The most solid of their output.
3
Nov 04 2022
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Surprisingly mysterious and lovely.
4
Nov 05 2022
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The Undertones
The Undertones
Now I get where the Auteurs come from.
4
Nov 06 2022
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
The sound of overpriced drinks. Still good, though.
3
Nov 07 2022
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Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Spooky boutique soundtrack.
4
Nov 08 2022
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British Steel
Judas Priest
BREAKING THE LAW BREAKING THE LAW.
3
Nov 09 2022
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Coke and glossolalia go well together.
3
Nov 10 2022
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
Still enormous. 'The Girl is Mine' remains awful, though.
4
Nov 11 2022
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Solid but uninteresting.
3
Nov 12 2022
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Fully-formed from the outset.
4
Nov 13 2022
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
People think Weller is the coolest shit ever and I still can't see it.
2
Nov 14 2022
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Not as freaky as they'd become, but a good start.
3
Nov 15 2022
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Van Halen
Van Halen
Wonderfully stupid.
4
Nov 16 2022
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Didn't get it. Don't get it.
2
Nov 17 2022
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Eagles
Eagles
I'm not on enough blow for this.
3
Nov 18 2022
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
Joyous. No other words.
4
Nov 19 2022
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
I never used to get it. Now I do. Fucked and wonderful.
4
Nov 20 2022
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Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
Honestly, this fucks.
4
Nov 21 2022
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Propulsive, but somewhat forgettable.
2
Nov 22 2022
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
It's not Eno, but it's enough.
4
Nov 23 2022
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
There are some terrible songs on here, though they can't defeat the title track.
2
Nov 24 2022
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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
Nov 25 2022
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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
Nov 26 2022
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Embarrassingly good.
5
Nov 27 2022
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
A lot boxier than I remembered.
3
Nov 28 2022
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Live!
Fela Kuti
Nobody's listening to this because of Ginger Baker.
4
Nov 29 2022
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Pretty good note to go out on.
4
Nov 30 2022
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Christ, put the bong down.
3
Dec 01 2022
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Missed entirely. Good but not great.
3
Dec 02 2022
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Skylarking
XTC
Competent, airy and not my thing.
2
Dec 03 2022
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Stellar.
5
Dec 04 2022
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Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
I like art music but I fucking hate this.
1
Dec 05 2022
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Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
Amphetamines, hey?
3
Dec 06 2022
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Stupid and contagious.
4
Dec 07 2022
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Connected
Stereo MC's
Sounds like I should be shopping for jeans.
2
Dec 08 2022
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Widescreen devastation.
4
Dec 09 2022
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I know, I know for sure
Ding, dang, dong, dong, deng, deng, dong, dong, ding, dang
3
Dec 10 2022
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OK Computer
Radiohead
Music to have a panic attack by.
5
Dec 11 2022
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Fuck this dude.
1
Dec 12 2022
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
As memorable as the Nudie suit on the cover.
3
Dec 13 2022
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
This is fucking great.
4
Dec 14 2022
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
The sound of wallpaper.
2
Dec 15 2022
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Smoother than I'll ever be. Vaguely timeless.
4
Dec 16 2022
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Older than I remembered, still just as sick though.
4
Dec 17 2022
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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
Dec 18 2022
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Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Music for an elevator made of cocaine.
2
Dec 19 2022
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Billion-dollar boredom.
2
Dec 20 2022
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
That hippie's pretty good.
4
Dec 21 2022
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The Slider
T. Rex
Slinky.
4
Dec 22 2022
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No Other
Gene Clark
That’s one druggy crisis of faith.
3
Dec 23 2022
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
Sleazy listening.
4
Dec 24 2022
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Moon Safari
Air
Gallic cool.
4
Dec 25 2022
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Legendary sleaze.
4
Dec 26 2022
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Sci-fi cheese, but it casts a long shadow.
4
Dec 27 2022
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Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Low-key anger.
3
Dec 28 2022
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Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Spiky greatness.
4
Dec 29 2022
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Group Sex
Circle Jerks
At least it’s short.
1
Dec 30 2022
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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
Dec 31 2022
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Live At Leeds
The Who
The expanded version transforms a so-so album into one of the all-time ball-tearers.
5
Jan 01 2023
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Beneath the production there’s some cracker songs here.
4
Jan 02 2023
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Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Can we get some more echo on the drum machine please?
4
Jan 03 2023
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Tommy
The Who
Ballsy and brilliant.
4
Jan 04 2023
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
I'm not stoned enough to enjoy this.
2
Jan 05 2023
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Low
David Bowie
Superb, even now.
5
Jan 06 2023
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Me in musical form.
4
Jan 07 2023
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Graceland
Paul Simon
Cultural tourism that made a million.
3
Jan 08 2023
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
All elbows and weird dancing.
4
Jan 09 2023
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
Such potential.
4
Jan 10 2023
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25
Adele
Broken up hey?
3
Jan 11 2023
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Wonderfully stupid.
4
Jan 12 2023
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Rio
Duran Duran
Shiny and immaculately coiffed.
3
Jan 13 2023
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The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Ferocious and woozy.
4
Jan 14 2023
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
I'm bummed so it does what's intended.
4
Jan 15 2023
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
A few good songs does not a cunt redeem.
3
Jan 16 2023
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Better than expected but I still blame these cunts for Pomplamoose's existence.
3
Jan 17 2023
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
A mouth fulla marbles.
3
Jan 18 2023
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The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Everything is at least twice as long as it should be.
2
Jan 19 2023
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
Like weed, hey?
2
Jan 20 2023
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Album is fine. Guy is not.
3
Jan 21 2023
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Play
Moby
Nobody obsessed over this album the way Moby obsessed over Natalie Portman.
2
Jan 22 2023
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Savane
Ali Farka Touré
Smooth.
3
Jan 23 2023
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
CHUG! CHUG CHUG CHUG!
5
Jan 24 2023
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
I just don’t understand the fucking Dan.
2
Jan 25 2023
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
Poundstretcher Coldplay attempts to be Spiritualized.
2
Jan 26 2023
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Low-Life
New Order
Nah.
2
Jan 27 2023
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
I guess I’ve been missing out thus far.
3
Jan 28 2023
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Diamond Life
Sade
Smoooooth (operator).
3
Jan 29 2023
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Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad record more like.
2
Jan 30 2023
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Trafalgar
Bee Gees
This bonkers divorced dad album features the horniest song about Israel I’ve ever heard.
4
Jan 31 2023
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
The album that launched a million crywanks.
5
Feb 01 2023
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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
Feb 02 2023
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
The sound of white dreadlocks.
2
Feb 03 2023
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
Honky tonk realness.
3
Feb 04 2023
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Still got it.
3
Feb 05 2023
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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
Feb 06 2023
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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
Feb 07 2023
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London Calling
The Clash
I still don't get the fuss, though there's some cracker tunes on here.
3
Feb 08 2023
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Absolutely cracked.
3
Feb 09 2023
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Frat boys with a good record collection.
4
Feb 10 2023
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Soupy.
3
Feb 11 2023
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Teen Dream
Beach House
Sleepy afternoon vibes.
4
Feb 12 2023
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Sea Change
Beck
The good album.
4
Feb 13 2023
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
No matter how loud this is played it can always go louder.
5
Feb 14 2023
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
An absolute delight.
4
Feb 15 2023
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
Do they want to get funked up or to give up the funk? MAKE UP YOUR MINDS.
2
Feb 16 2023
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Knowing how this ends makes it hard.
3
Feb 17 2023
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Look, overlong.
2
Feb 18 2023
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Debut
Björk
Otherworldly.
4
Feb 19 2023
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
*rips bong*
Groovy.
*rails speed*
3
Feb 20 2023
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
The most grim Britpop album ever. Brilliant.
5
Feb 21 2023
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Arrival
ABBA
You know this entire album, even if you've never heard it.
3
Feb 22 2023
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
*rips bong*
3
Feb 23 2023
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Not my preferred Stevie, really.
3
Feb 24 2023
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Not their strongest but still a lot of fun.
3
Feb 25 2023
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
I blame him for Sufjan Stevens, you know.
3
Feb 26 2023
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Not so much for either.
2
Feb 27 2023
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
A lot weirder than I expected.
4
Feb 28 2023
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
More fun than it deserves to be.
4
Mar 01 2023
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
Look, shit rules.
4
Mar 02 2023
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Opus Dei
Laibach
Ridiculous and brilliant.
4
Mar 03 2023
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
That fucking warble.
2
Mar 04 2023
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The Score
Fugees
Waaay too long. When it’s good it’s solid, when it’s not it’s tiresome.
2
Mar 05 2023
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
A lot more boogie in this than I remembered.
4
Mar 06 2023
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Kala
M.I.A.
Dig some of the production, though this isn't my thing.
3
Mar 07 2023
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fuck, how much Creedence is IN this list?
2
Mar 08 2023
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Great, but ain't no Mezzanine.
3
Mar 09 2023
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Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
Nope.
1
Mar 10 2023
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Pretty fuckin' great.
4
Mar 11 2023
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Pop delights.
3
Mar 12 2023
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Slipknot
Slipknot
PEOPLE EQUAL SHIT.
5
Mar 13 2023
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Supremely great.
4
Mar 14 2023
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Rocks
Aerosmith
Fine.
3
Mar 15 2023
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Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
Absolutely majestic. Post-Smog wonder.
5
Mar 16 2023
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
Influential, but not essential.
3
Mar 17 2023
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Shut your mouth!
3
Mar 18 2023
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Dude’s weird but the songwriting is undeniably great.
3
Mar 19 2023
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Pretenders
Pretenders
What a blast.
4
Mar 20 2023
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Look when it’s good it’s stellar.
3
Mar 21 2023
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Love SV but this is pretty average.
3
Mar 22 2023
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Suicide
Suicide
GHOST RIDER MOTORCYCLE HERO.
5
Mar 23 2023
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Mask
Bauhaus
Eh. That song about fish cakes, though.
3
Mar 24 2023
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Dog Man Star
Suede
Their greatest, no doubt.
5
Mar 25 2023
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Closer
Joy Division
More light than usual.
3
Mar 26 2023
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
BOOM.
4
Mar 27 2023
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
I mean it's good, but also feels like taking advantage of the guy.
3
Mar 28 2023
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
So silly.
4
Mar 29 2023
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Illmatic
Nas
Doesn't outstay its welcome.
3
Mar 30 2023
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Ridiculously louche.
4
Mar 31 2023
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
Does the job.
3
Apr 01 2023
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
This combo goes all right.
3
Apr 02 2023
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
Same old same old. Not worth reforming for, though.
3
Apr 03 2023
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Solid Air
John Martyn
Supremely good. Enviable playing.
4
Apr 04 2023
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Creepy youngsters do good.
5
Apr 05 2023
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Imagine Belle and Sebastian on *more* drugs.
3
Apr 06 2023
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Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Cheese.
2
Apr 07 2023
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
This is a lot weirder than I had expected.
3
Apr 08 2023
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Abbey Road
Beatles
This bunch of offcuts created in the middle of a split still outperforms most bands on a good day. Potentially the best side two ever.
5
Apr 09 2023
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Microshift
Hookworms
Yeah nah.
1
Apr 10 2023
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Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
A nimble-fingered motherfucker.
3
Apr 11 2023
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Pretty remarkable, still.
4
Apr 12 2023
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
PUNK.
3
Apr 13 2023
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
More solid than it has any right to be.
4
Apr 14 2023
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Dude really doesn't like women, does he.
2
Apr 15 2023
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Undoubtedly skilful, but also kind of inoffensive.
3
Apr 16 2023
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I Against I
Bad Brains
Fierce.
4
Apr 17 2023
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Back In Black
AC/DC
The point where they became a joke band rather than a dangerous one.
3
Apr 18 2023
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
More of the same but when the formula works…
3
Apr 19 2023
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Violator
Depeche Mode
Dark and horny.
4
Apr 20 2023
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Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Oh, he’s good.
4
Apr 21 2023
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Shut up and clean your room, dude.
1
Apr 22 2023
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Blackstar
David Bowie
An absolutely shattering conclusion to a remarkable career.
5
Apr 23 2023
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Hotel California
Eagles
It could just be the title track alone and still deserve this.
4
Apr 24 2023
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Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
Great achievement, just not my thing.
3
Apr 25 2023
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Abraxas
Santana
Fuck no.
1
Apr 26 2023
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Liquid Swords
GZA
Like most Wu-adjacent stuff, patchy.
3
Apr 27 2023
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Homework
Daft Punk
Heh. Robots.
4
Apr 28 2023
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
Good album, but uncertain why it's in the list.
3
May 01 2023
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The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
Good mix.
3
May 02 2023
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Just so fucking smooth.
4
May 03 2023
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
If this were more stripped down it’d be a ripper.
3
May 04 2023
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
A more fey Smiths? Nah.
2
May 05 2023
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Slighter than I had imagined.
3
May 06 2023
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C'est Chic
CHIC
Coke dreams.
4
May 07 2023
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
That descending bassline, holy shit.
4
May 08 2023
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
That certainly is a cover.
3
May 09 2023
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
To crank out such stuff and only just be getting started... ridiculous talent.
5
May 10 2023
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Like it says on the tin. I prefer fucked-up coke-and-wah Miles but this cannot be denied.
5
May 11 2023
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
I am mystified as to why this is here.
2
May 12 2023
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
The start of the end. Fucking brutal.
5
May 13 2023
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Gigantic.
4
May 14 2023
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S&M
Metallica
Cliff wouldn't have stood for this, man.
3
May 15 2023
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Great songs, just way too smoooooooooooth for my mooooooooooood.
3
May 16 2023
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
A ridiculously detailed construction. Seamless.
4
May 17 2023
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
This is way more funky than I'll ever be. Fucking great.
3
May 18 2023
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Serviceable.
2
May 19 2023
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Copper Blue
Sugar
Iconic but I never actually got it.
3
May 20 2023
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The Stooges
The Stooges
Still so fucking great.
4
May 21 2023
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Slayed?
Slade
Fucking hell.
2
May 22 2023
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Smile
Brian Wilson
Long may he sandpit.
4
May 23 2023
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
Big singles, great production, curiously empty.
3
May 24 2023
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Raw and uncompromising.
5
May 25 2023
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Real Life
Magazine
Spiky brilliance.
5
May 26 2023
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
I was expecting something more.
2
May 27 2023
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I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
True depressive genius.
5
May 28 2023
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Dummy
Portishead
The sound of share houses still sounds pretty great.
5
May 29 2023
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Really isn’t convincing me that I need to listen to more Zappa.
2
May 30 2023
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All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
You can’t deny the hooks.
4
May 31 2023
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The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
Perfectly grim Sunday music.
4
Jun 02 2023
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The Clash
The Clash
Pretty good but not their best.
3
Jun 03 2023
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21
Adele
Got pipes but not really my interest.
2
Jun 04 2023
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
Drugged and brilliant.
4
Jun 05 2023
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
Millions-selling depression? Sure.
4
Jun 06 2023
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Sincere
Mj Cole
Look, no.
2
Jun 08 2023
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Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
Hey nonny yeah.
4
Jun 09 2023
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Viva Hate
Morrissey
I loved this album but with him the way he is now? Fuck that.
3
Jun 10 2023
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
More of the same.
3
Jun 11 2023
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Signing Off
UB40
Fuck these guys.
1
Jun 12 2023
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Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Nah.
1
Jun 13 2023
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Dare!
The Human League
SYNTH!
3
Jun 14 2023
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
More of the same.
3
Jun 15 2023
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Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
Goths, man.
3
Jun 16 2023
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The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Not as good as others.
2
Jun 17 2023
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
Well that’s a bummer.
4
Jun 18 2023
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Not the best but still better than most other people let’s be honest.
3
Jun 19 2023
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
FRENETIC
3
Jun 20 2023
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
NERRRRRRRRRDS!
3
Jun 21 2023
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Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Absolutely joyous.
4
Jun 22 2023
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White Ladder
David Gray
Effortless and smooth. I like the idea that he's taken the cash and fucked off from this, though.
3
Jun 23 2023
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Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Tasty speed.
4
Jun 24 2023
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Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
Pastoral weirdness.
4
Jun 25 2023
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
Much better than the title led me to believe.
3
Jun 26 2023
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Less freaky than most of their other albums let’s face it.
3
Jun 27 2023
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Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Bit more than a work in progress.
4
Jun 28 2023
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
He’s such a dick but this is pretty solid.
3
Jun 29 2023
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Smooth but eh…
3
Jun 30 2023
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
The behemoth begins.
4
Jul 01 2023
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Joyous.
4
Jul 02 2023
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Snivilisation
Orbital
Why this when In Sides is right there?
2
Jul 03 2023
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
Enough with the fucking skits.
2
Jul 04 2023
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Elastica
Elastica
Perfectly serviceable.
3
Jul 05 2023
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
Great performances from a terrible human.
3
Jul 06 2023
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My Generation
The Who
Some curiously angelic moments in here.
4
Jul 07 2023
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Medúlla
Björk
Ethereal.
4
Jul 08 2023
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Stoner tunes.
3
Jul 09 2023
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
Crunchy.
3
Jul 10 2023
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Night Life
Ray Price
Honestly every one’s a fuckin’ banger.
5
Jul 11 2023
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Very polished.
3
Jul 12 2023
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Jesus fucking christ, Todd.
2
Jul 13 2023
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Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Wow!
3
Jul 14 2023
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Quiet Life
Japan
More delicate than I had expceted.
3
Jul 15 2023
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
Just. No.
2
Jul 16 2023
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Why can't that tank shoot me?
2
Jul 17 2023
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Thoughtful.
3
Jul 18 2023
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Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Experimentally smooth.
4
Jul 19 2023
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
Some pretty cool production but homophobia can GTFO.
1
Jul 20 2023
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One World
John Martyn
Smooth porno vibes.
3
Jul 21 2023
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For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
Phenomenal sleaze.
5
Jul 22 2023
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Absolute gold. Still fresh.
5
Jul 23 2023
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Still epic.
4
Jul 24 2023
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
It smells like Otto's jacket.
3
Jul 25 2023
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D
White Denim
Eh.
1
Jul 26 2023
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
Incredible.
4
Jul 27 2023
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Young Americans
David Bowie
Something distant happening here.
3
Jul 28 2023
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
I never got this one like some of their others, frankly.
2
Jul 29 2023
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Remedy
Basement Jaxx
No thanks.
2
Aug 06 2023
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Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
A little too smooth.
2
Aug 07 2023
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California
American Music Club
Eh.
2
Aug 08 2023
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Electric
The Cult
Buttrock with eyeliner!
3
Aug 09 2023
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
Fine.
3
Aug 10 2023
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
Delightful.
3
Aug 11 2023
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Brutal.
4
Aug 12 2023
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Damaged
Black Flag
A refreshing face punch.
4
Aug 13 2023
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Lives up to its title for sure.
4
Aug 14 2023
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
He's a dickhead but this is pretty great.
4
Aug 15 2023
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Timeless
Goldie
25 years on and I still have no idea.
4
Aug 16 2023
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Easy.
3
Aug 17 2023
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
How is he so good and so fucking punchable at the same time?
4
Aug 18 2023
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Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
Accomplished, but just not my thing.
3
Aug 19 2023
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
Ridiculous amount of tunes. Ridiculous career trajectory.
3
Aug 20 2023
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The Renaissance
Q-Tip
A bit soporific.
3
Aug 21 2023
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Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
Get on that horse and fuck off.
2
Aug 22 2023
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
Svelte.
4
Aug 23 2023
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Indulgent, but when isn't he?
4
Aug 27 2023
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
I think I’m in the Fall this week.
3
Aug 28 2023
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American Pie
Don McLean
Other than one of the most overplayed songs ever, it’s ok at best.
3
Aug 29 2023
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Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Banger after experimental banger.
4
Aug 30 2023
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Ha ha what a schemozzle.
4
Aug 31 2023
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Music
Madonna
Big singles small impression.
2
Sep 01 2023
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
A revelation.
5
Sep 02 2023
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Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
Soundtracks!
3
Sep 03 2023
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The White Room
The KLF
An earthquake of chill.
3
Sep 04 2023
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Dour but really not.
4
Sep 05 2023
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The Who Sell Out
The Who
Advertising never sounded so good.
4
Sep 06 2023
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Risque
CHIC
Ridiculously smooth. Coke-sheened.
3
Sep 07 2023
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Infected
The The
Weirdly burlesque.
3
Sep 12 2023
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
I have an ice-cream headache.
3
Sep 13 2023
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
Typically great.
4
Sep 14 2023
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
A highly polished yet broken gem.
4
Sep 15 2023
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
Punk, now with horns!
4
Sep 16 2023
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Bit wishy-washy.
2
Sep 17 2023
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
Pleasant.
3
Sep 18 2023
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The Real Thing
Faith No More
The behemoth that allowed Mr Bungle to thrive.
4
Sep 19 2023
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Shake them hips!
3
Sep 20 2023
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Groovy.
4
Sep 21 2023
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Sleazy gold.
4
Sep 22 2023
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Still slaps .
3
Oct 02 2023
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Fuck me this is great. Unexpectedly so.
4
Oct 06 2023
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1977
Ash
Poptacular.
4
Oct 21 2023
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Ten
Pearl Jam
I cannot tell you how much I listened to this thing when it came out. Amazing then, not as good now but them's the breaks.
3