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Fri Dec 31 2021
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
5
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Mon Jan 03 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
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Tue Jan 04 2022
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
The mandolin industry really owes Rod quite a great debt. Dude absolutely owned that sound.
Also every Rod Stewart song on this album is secretly two to three Rod Stewart's songs - it's a secret to everybody.
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Wed Jan 05 2022
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Iggy is a legend for a reason. And the reason is The Stooges. Not necessarily his solo work. This album has it's moments, but it's pretty clear that it's a passion project, not a commercial one. None of the songs really pop or sell. This is one of those albums that are good to know about - even if you can only tolerate them once.
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Thu Jan 06 2022
Risque
CHIC
Ah yeah - we got the funk. Get ready for some interpolation. Super interesting to me how *long* funk songs are - very similar to jazz in the sense that the musicians just get 'in the groove' and get after it.
4
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Fri Jan 07 2022
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Ah - the good ol' days of 2 disc sets.
I personally love the Pumpkins, but this wasn't my favorite album. It's definitely got all of the best bits of them, but it feels a bit like a 'throw everything at the wall and see what sticks' approach. Knowing the history, I know this isn't really the situation, it's more how it feels in modern music release schedules.
Similar to Iggy Pop's album we listened to the other day, this is a clear passion project and didn't have much of a commercial influence. That makes it important - if not incredibly engaging. An artist being given the chance to create what they want to create is a special thing.
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Mon Jan 10 2022
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
You know... we really don't get a lot of concept albums anymore. I feel like this album at least deserves a bit of love for that.
Narrative aside - the album is a fun and harmonious listen. The tunes are fun. Almost Brian Wilson-esque at points (wonder if there is some cross-seas inspiration going on here?)
All that and the Python-esque art makes for a fun and interesting concept album that I enjoyed having on in the background. Doubt I'll take any of the songs with me going forward, but enjoyed meeting them once.
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Tue Jan 11 2022
Transformer
Lou Reed
A pioneer for sure - Walk on the Wild Side is an absolute staple of the early rock scene and has been influential to so many future artists.
One thing worth noting is the insane variety on this album - the dissonance between the tracks is challenging and yet very entertaining. Imagine being at a live show and going from the iconic hits to the downright Sesame Street "New York Telephone Conversation." A cheery reminder that Lou Reed is all at once thoroughly rock-and-roll and also quite embracing of his Rabinowitz self.
It's always fascinating to me when artists have more success as solo performers. Lou Reed's #1s will always be bigger than The Velvet Undergrounds, even if both are important to the history of rock.
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Wed Jan 12 2022
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
Okay, so bear with me for a sec...
I'll never forget the first time I listened to a full Chuck Berry album. I was baffled to go back and hear every song be the same riff with different words. It changed my understanding of interpolation, song-writing, and novelty.
Slipknot is similar in the sense that they have cornered their own market and sound, but I feel like each song is practically just a slightly different iteration of the last. I think it has more to do with tone than riffing.
I know Jordison was one who prized the group for it's experimentation - and the drum craft is easily the most experimental part of the listing - but the current iteration of metal is so drastically more experimental.
We wouldn't have the metal we have nowadays without Slipknot. But I think the pathway they've paved, much like the pathway Chuck Berry paved, has been explored better by their successors.
**I want to also acknowledge that I grew up in the era of the Christian Metal movement and *most* of my peers were involved in multiple metal bands that my *very* acoustic Christian rock group played with. So, my understanding of experimental metal is literally grassroots. That may muddy my interpretation.
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Thu Jan 13 2022
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Man, those are some wacky sounds in this one! I'm elated to finally have an album I've never heard before for this one.
It seems like the real kicker for this album is the lyricism and it's importance in the 1980s UK.
Most people brushed it off when it dropped and only picked it up as a faux warsong album. As a 70s diehard, it feels very nostalgic of the post-Vietnam era songwriting, but with an early metal vibe.
As I'm listening, I'm most drawn to the weird instrumentation during the intros of most of their songs and then by the vocals. I don't know the name Jaz Coleman, but, after hearing his voice, I want to know more.
All in all, a very interesting piece. I'm sure it would mean even more to those that lived through the protest era in the UK. I wonder if the lyrics might be an interesting study given the current climate of protests and civil unrest. Might be more to it than we think.
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Fri Jan 14 2022
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
Man, that was nice. What an excellent piece of collected tunes I've literally never heard before. I loved the instrumentation. And consider looking up the contributing artists list if you ever get bored. More folks took part in this album that Band-Aid.
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Tue Jan 18 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements
Man, I'd love to just go drive around and listen to these songs. Love that tone.
4
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Wed Jan 19 2022
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Iconic sound that's making a comeback right now. Can't deny the cultural phenom that was and is Ice Cube.
4
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Thu Jan 20 2022
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
3
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Fri Jan 21 2022
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
4
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
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Tue Feb 01 2022
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
5
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Wed Feb 02 2022
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
4
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Fri Feb 04 2022
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
3
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
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Tue Feb 08 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
3
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Fri Feb 11 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
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Mon Feb 14 2022
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
4
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
4
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Wed Feb 16 2022
American Idiot
Green Day
5
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Fri Feb 18 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
5
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Mon Feb 21 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
4
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
3
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
4
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
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Thu Mar 03 2022
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
2
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5
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Tue Mar 08 2022
In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
3
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
5
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Fri Mar 11 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
3
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Mon Mar 14 2022
The Stranger
Billy Joel
4
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Tue Mar 15 2022
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
4
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Wed Mar 16 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
4
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
3
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
3
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
4
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Fri Mar 25 2022
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
4
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
3
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Tue Mar 29 2022
A Night At The Opera
Queen
5
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
4
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Thu Mar 31 2022
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
4
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Fri Apr 01 2022
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
4
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Mon Apr 04 2022
Teen Dream
Beach House
5
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
4
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
3
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Fri Apr 08 2022
A Seat at the Table
Solange
4
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
3
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Wed Apr 13 2022
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
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Fri Apr 15 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
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Mon Apr 18 2022
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
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Tue Apr 19 2022
...And Justice For All
Metallica
3
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Wed Apr 20 2022
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
5
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Tue Apr 26 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Pyromania
Def Leppard
3
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Mon May 02 2022
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
4
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Fri May 06 2022
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
4
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Mon May 09 2022
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
4
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Tue May 10 2022
Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
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Wed May 11 2022
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
4
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Thu May 12 2022
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
4
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Fri May 13 2022
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
3
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Mon May 16 2022
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
3
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Wed May 18 2022
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
5
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Thu May 19 2022
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
5
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Fri May 20 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
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Tue May 24 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
3
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Wed May 25 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
4
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Thu May 26 2022
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
2
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Mon May 30 2022
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
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Tue May 31 2022
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
3
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Thu Jun 02 2022
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
3
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Fri Jun 03 2022
With The Beatles
Beatles
5
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Mon Jun 06 2022
The College Dropout
Kanye West
3
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Wed Jun 08 2022
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
3
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
3
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
5
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
4
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Tue Jun 21 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
3
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
3
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Fri Jun 24 2022
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
4
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Thu Jun 30 2022
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
5
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Fri Jul 01 2022
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
3
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Mon Jul 04 2022
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Wed Jul 06 2022
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
5
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
3
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
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Mon Jul 11 2022
The White Album
Beatles
5
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
3
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Wed Jul 13 2022
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
3
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
3
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
4
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
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Thu Jul 28 2022
Marquee Moon
Television
3
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
3
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Tue Aug 02 2022
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
4
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
4
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Thu Aug 04 2022
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
1
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
5
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Mon Aug 08 2022
School's Out
Alice Cooper
4
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Elephant
The White Stripes
5
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
3
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Tue Aug 16 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company
4
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Wed Aug 17 2022
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
3
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Thu Aug 18 2022
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
4
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Mon Aug 22 2022
evermore
Taylor Swift
4
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
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Wed Aug 24 2022
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
5
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Thu Aug 25 2022
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
2
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
4
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
3
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
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Thu Sep 01 2022
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
4
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Fri Sep 02 2022
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
4
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Mon Sep 05 2022
Fun House
The Stooges
2
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Tue Sep 06 2022
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
4
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Wed Sep 07 2022
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
2
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
2
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
4
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Mon Sep 12 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
4
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
4
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3
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Mon Sep 19 2022
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
3
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
2
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Thu Sep 22 2022
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
3
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
3
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Tue Sep 27 2022
John Prine
John Prine
4
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
4
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
2
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
3
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
5
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
5
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
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Thu Oct 13 2022
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
3
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
4
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
3
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Mon Oct 24 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
3
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Tue Oct 25 2022
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
3
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Thu Oct 27 2022
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Moondance
Van Morrison
5
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Woodface
Crowded House
3
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Tue Nov 01 2022
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
1
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Fri Nov 04 2022
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
4
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Mon Nov 07 2022
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
3
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
2
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Mon Nov 14 2022
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
5
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
3
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Wed Nov 16 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
3
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
3
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Fri Nov 18 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5
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Mon Nov 21 2022
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
3
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
5
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Tue Nov 29 2022
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
4
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
5
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
3
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Mon Dec 05 2022
The Who Sell Out
The Who
3
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Tue Dec 06 2022
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
3
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
3
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Tue Dec 13 2022
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
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Wed Dec 14 2022
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
3
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
3
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
3
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
5
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
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Wed Dec 21 2022
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
4
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
5
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Mon Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
3
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
3
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Tue Jan 03 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
3
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Thu Jan 05 2023
GREY Area
Little Simz
3
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
5
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
3
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
4
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
3
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
3
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Face to Face
The Kinks
4
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
5
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
5
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
3
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
3