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Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Nice listen, starts strong. Good relaxing songs, go well together.
3
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Forever Changes
Love
Fine, not really my style.
2
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Not for me. Cheesy lyrics, bland.
1
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Ok, not really my style but some good songs.
2
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
He’s a legend for good reason, but there’s only so much Bob you can take in one sitting… prefer Budokan
2
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Some undisputed classics, but Elvis isn’t for me.
2
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Not my favourite style, but some ok songs.
2
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Much more enjoyable than I had expected. Some absolute bangers on here, particularly Miles From Nowhere. Saved 5/11 songs onto my Spotify.
5
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Bad Company
Bad Company
Can’t Get Enough, Bad Company, and Seagull already some of my most liked songs. The other tracks were good, but didn’t stand out compared to those 3. Still a good album.
4
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Rocks
Aerosmith
Don’t really like Aerosmith’s sound. They all blend into one for me.
2
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Cool album, interesting sounds. Saved second track When I Grow Up.
3
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Abraxas
Santana
Great front end of the album, falls off towards the end.
3
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Meh, Get It On I liked.
2
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Really didn’t enjoy this.
1
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Nice listen, love Mother and Child Reunion and Me and Julio. Duncan a nice discovery.
4
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Some cool songs but I wasn’t crazy about them.
3
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Nothing interesting in this for me.
2
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Street Life
The Crusaders
Starts strong with Street Life, kind of lost interest after that.
2
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Classic, at least 8 great songs on this album.
5
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
A classic Christmas album, Phil Spector is unfortunate though…
3
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Some cool songs. I probably wouldn’t listen again, but I also probably wouldn’t skip if they came up again.
3
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Kinda funky but nothing really grabbed my attention.
3
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Hated this. Not much more to say, definitely not for me.
1
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
I appreciate the music, but I don’t really enjoy Leonard Cohen.
3
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Meh, all pretty samey.
3
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Cool songs, especially The Passenger.
3
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Found it kind of bland.
2
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
Nice songs, saved one.
4
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Let It Be
The Replacements
Not really my jam, but some decent songs.
3
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Kinda cool, like Gaudete.
3
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
I liked it, nice vibes throughout.
4
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Suede
Suede
Didn’t mind listening, but didn’t save any either.
3
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Not for me.
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Odessa
Bee Gees
Weird mix of things that I wasn’t expecting. Probably won’t be returning to it.
2
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Dookie
Green Day
I generally like Green Day, but for some reason I’ve just never enjoyed Dookie.
3
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Great album, really strong start with the first 3 tracks, Rudy good in the middle and then Crime of the Century brings it to a great close.
5
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
Nice listen, would happily listen again or put it on for a BBQ, but didn’t save any.
3
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
Don’t like this genre tbh.
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
Not my jam really. There’s one Brian Eno song I know I like, maybe there are more. Not here though.
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Didn’t really vibe with this.
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Disintegration
The Cure
Liked this more than I thought I would. Already liked Lovesong, saved another couple of new tracks. The back end of the album drags though, maybe 10-15 minutes too long.
3
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
Nothing particularly wrong with this, but I didn’t massively enjoy it either.
3
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White Ladder
David Gray
Some beautiful songs here which outweigh the weaker points of the album and make it worth it.
4
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
Brian Eno just doesn’t do it for me.
2
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Didn’t really enjoy anything on this.
2
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Really liked this, some good ones I knew already and a few new discoveries.
4
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Document
R.E.M.
Other than the two I knew already (It’s the End of the World and The One I Love) didn’t really get into this.
3
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
Liked this more than I thought I would, saved two songs.
4
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
First two I enjoyed, after that I wasn’t into it.
2
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Not my jam. There are some Talking Heads songs I like, but they’re not on this album.
2
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Synchronicity
The Police
Some enjoyable tracks here, but also some others I don’t really care for.
3
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Nice start, but I was a bit over it by the end.
3
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Nice chill out music, liked the title track especially.
4
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Great album, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is phenomenal.
4
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Nice music, but none stood out to me.
3
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Ok as chill out music, wouldn’t really be listening again though.
3
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Ok, but not as good as the other Cure album I listened to.
3
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Pornography
The Cure
Still not sure about The Cure, some songs from the first album of theirs I listened to I saved, none since then.
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The Man Who
Travis
Nice music, prefer The Invisible Band though.
3
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Great surprise. First track was a banger.
4
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Kinda funky, won’t be rushing back to it though.
3
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New Forms
Roni Size
The genre isn’t for me. Didn’t enjoy any of these songs.
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Cool stuff, but a bit long to listen through.
3
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Nice, prefer his voice here to his later stuff that I’ve heard, though admittedly I haven’t paid much attention to that yet.
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The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
Nothing particularly special here.
3
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Not my jam.
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Fine, but just fine.
3
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Surprisingly enjoyable, I didn’t think I’d like this.
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Diamond Life
Sade
Smooth Operator is great, but the rest of the album doesn’t keep up.
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Really liked this, some cool songs. Never heard of him before.
4
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Fun album, moves quickly, nice flow.
4
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Nice songs, but none that I saved.
3
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Odelay
Beck
It was ok, but only being familiar with one Beck song before (Loser) this album wasn’t as good.
3
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Nice Bob songs, some good discoveries here.
4
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Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Ok, nice listen but didn’t save any.
3
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Picture Book
Simply Red
I like the hits from this album, but the whole thing is a bit much.
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The White Album
Beatles
Some undeniable classics on here obviously, but there’s also some incredibly weird tracks (what the hell is Revolution 9?). I appreciate The White Album and it’s place in the top whatever albums, and it has some of my favourite Beatles songs, but are the 31 songs each a great listen, would I be listening to it in full regularly? No, probably not.
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Teen Dream
Beach House
This was kind of bland, I don’t really like this kind of indie.
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
Nothing Compares 2 U the only one I knew before. Nice songs, didn’t save any though.
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Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
Not quite my jam, but I could appreciate some of the tracks.
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Not my jam really, but nothing terribly bad either.
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Cool songs, didn’t save any though.
3
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Not really my jam, but not too bad either.
2
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
The first time I’ve ever listened to Kanye West with any real interest, and it was ok. Some songs were good, some songs were bad. Don’t see myself actively going back to it.
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Absolute knockout album from start to finish. The first four tracks are all instant classics, and while the second half slows down slightly, it finishes right up at that high again with Free Bird.
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Very interesting music and some nice tracks I enjoyed.
3
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American Idiot
Green Day
Really liked this, I knew a lot of songs from it already but never listened to it in full.
4
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Liked this. More to Dexys than Come on Eileen.
4
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Arrival
ABBA
The hits on here are unreal. One or two MFers which bring it down a bit for me, but only slightly.
4
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Parts of this I liked. The last track was fun in particular.
3
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John Prine
John Prine
I liked this more than I thought I would. In general it was a nice listen, with Pretty Good and Angel from Montgomery the stand outs.
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Great stuff all round, the hits are some of their best.
4
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
Kinda cool, not what I expected. Saved one song.
3
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Some very nice songs here, but a few weird tracks which drag it down to just ok.
3
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Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Not memorable, tbh. But at the same time, it was an ok listen.
3
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I liked some of this, but not all of it. Not what I expected from Elvis Costello, I was aware of him but didn’t really know his music.
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
A continuation of the last few Cohen albums I’ve gotten. I’m still not sure about him, I definitely prefer his younger voice here though.
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
This is fairly inoffensive, but I didn’t like it either really. Won’t be returning to any of it.
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Nice to listen to, but I wouldn’t be putting it on often.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
It was ok, but honestly all a little bit anonymous to me. When it ended, The Seeker by The Who came on and I was instantly more interested.
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Is This It
The Strokes
Fun album that races along. Two hits (Last Nite and Someday) that I knew already, but a couple of new discoveries here too.
4
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy at their best.
5
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
I like Photograph and a few others were good listens.
3
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Station To Station
David Bowie
I liked this quite a bit. Short and snappy, kinda weird as Bowie often is, but still a nice listen.
4
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Awesome album. Unfortunately no new discoveries for me here but that’s just because I knew them all already.
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
A great live album, really fun to listen to, I really enjoyed the whole journey it takes you on.
4
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
I liked this, but I think 3 or 4 songs should have been left on the cutting room floor. Pulls it down from a 4 for that.
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
For some reason I just don’t enjoy this kind of stuff. It’s not really bad to me, but just not fun to listen to.
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
I’ve never fully “got” David Bowie. Starman is great, and there are clearly other good songs here, but it really doesn’t grab me they way I think it probably should. Will need to listen again, but for now it was just grand.
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
Some cool songs and a nice listen overall. Nothing jumped out to me so I didn’t save any though.
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Not what I’m looking for.
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
This is a masterpiece, particularly Side 3. Great all round.
5
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Van Halen
Van Halen
This was ok, but nothing stood out to me.
3