Jan 13 2022
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
It was ok, I found it a bit bland with nothing much to recommend it apart from the ones that I remember from back in the day, that were bangers when they came out (Today and Disarm).
2
Jan 14 2022
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
I would happily never listen to this again. It wasn't a bad album, but it did nothing for me. I think it was too earnest, and I can imagine that people who understand music would really appreciate it.
2
Jan 17 2022
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
This was awful. If the 70s had porn in the 'popular with women' category, this would be the soundtrack.
1
Jan 18 2022
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
It was inoffensive but dull. I can't remember any of the songs after listening apart from Sultans of Swing, which probably tells you something about this album. It reminded me of being a kid and going on holiday with Dire Straits on the cassette player in the car. I would not choose to listen to this album again but if I had to it would not be the end of the world.
2
Jan 19 2022
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Debut
Björk
Enjoyable, I like Bjork's voice, it's a nice counterpoint to all the baby voiced female singers of the modern era. She sings like she really means it. She isn't afraid to leave gaps in the music and let the emotion in her voice fill it in.
2
Jan 20 2022
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Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
I didn't listen to the lyrics very hard as it was the soundtrack to a particularly gnarly spreadsheet and I had to concentrate. But the tunes were boppy and inoffensive. I liked the one where the girl was singing. Would put this on to help me conquer formulae again.
2
Jan 21 2022
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
This album was like listening to vertigo. I felt like I was sinking into a pit as the music burrowed into my head and changed my brain chemistry.
1 star only because it gave me the fear :-(
1
Jan 24 2022
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Illmatic
Nas
I was surprised how much I liked this, as I don't usually gravitate to this sort of music other than the well known bangers. I paid no attention to the lyrics but I'd defo listen to it again as a boppy backdrop for work.
3
Jan 25 2022
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
I blinked and missed most of this. Sounds like a kid that isn't really a bad kid having a rant at their indulgent parents in the kitchen of a nice detached house in the suburbs.
2
Jan 26 2022
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Transformer
Lou Reed
It was ok. Meh+
2
Jan 27 2022
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Started off good, I even saved a song. Then descended into such nonsense I couldn't finish it.
Seems like the band got themselves into a room and played any old rubbish and passed it off as an album.
1
Jan 28 2022
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Enjoyed this, apart from the avant garde whale song moments. If I knew how to I'd edit all the shite out of this and it'd be even better. Will listen again and try some of her other stuff.
3
Jan 31 2022
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Listened to a few songs. Wandered off to watch some paint dry.
1
Feb 01 2022
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
A few days before I got this one Joni Mitchell boycotted Spotify in protest over their anti-vax content, so I was intrigued. I really liked her voice, but none of the songs have stuck with me apart from the Christmas song.
2
Feb 02 2022
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One World
John Martyn
Some quality songs on here. The amusingly titled 'Big Muff', 'Dancing' and 'Couldn't love you more' which made it onto my Spotify playlist for 2022 and made a tear come out.
I don't know what genre this is, but seems a big ole' mashup of whatever worked, and his raspy voice is nicely unusual.
3
Feb 03 2022
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Sorry Joni, I know you are an icon but I couldn't listen to this all the way through. Got about three songs in and ditched it. Dull. Soz.
1
Feb 04 2022
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Not for me.
1
Feb 07 2022
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
This album should be renamed 'If bin juice made a noise it would sound like this'.
1
Feb 08 2022
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Got about 3 songs in and had to abandon it. Nothing about it captured my imagination or stirred emotion.
The sound of unsweetened rice pudding with cloves in it. Spyak.
1
Feb 10 2022
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
What's not to like. Even if you don't like a tune, they are super short so it's over before you know it.
3
Feb 11 2022
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
I didn't skip any tracks, but then again I didn't really listen to it as it just blurs into one amorphous supermarket rock jazz sound blob.
Blended into the background of my work and didn't interrupt.
2
Feb 14 2022
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Sorry Femi Kuti, I just hate the saxophone.
1
Feb 15 2022
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Ok but dull, samey jangly pop rock. Not worth a second listen.
2
Feb 17 2022
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Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
Cute. Surprisingly melancholy. Couldn't really tell the difference between the songs after Mr Tambourine Man.
2
Feb 18 2022
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
Yuk. This is the sound of walking into a hoarder house and finding a decomposing corpse. I hated it.
1
Feb 22 2022
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Wayne's World flashbacks. Bangers (Foxy Lady, Wind Cries Mary, Fire, Manic Depression, Purple Haze) alone are worth four stars, but it's down to three cos of the filler.
3
Feb 23 2022
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
Awful. Pointless.
1
Feb 25 2022
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Other than the bangers the ironic rock n roll Saturday night vibe is not for me.
2
Mar 01 2022
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Started off really great with the salsa stuff but it lost steam for me about half way through.
3
Mar 02 2022
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Loved this when it came out. Now I can only listen to Beautiful People and Antichrist Superstar. The thought of ever having being a fan of the lead singer makes me cringe.
1
Mar 03 2022
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
The sound of a fembot sipping a cocktail from a coconut next to the pool just before Austin Powers swings round the corner.
Not my bag, baby, but inoffensive and clearly well done.
2
Mar 04 2022
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Live Through This
Hole
Always liked this, good tunes, great voice, great lyrics.
4
Mar 07 2022
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The Yes Album
Yes
Background music. I know it was playing but it might as well have been white noise.
2
Mar 08 2022
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B-52's
The B-52's
Awful
1
Mar 14 2022
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Just ok.
2
Mar 15 2022
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Too twee for me
2
Mar 16 2022
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Play
Moby
I'd forgotten about this album. It's really rather good!
4
Mar 29 2022
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Bland. Samey. No bangers. Warm up for the good stuff methinks
2
Mar 30 2022
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Expected to hate this, in fact I quite liked it. A fun mellow album.
3
Mar 31 2022
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
My earholes squeezed themselves shut
1
Apr 01 2022
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Boring droning drivel. Are bad vibrations, going through the air because of rubbish music, the reason for all the shitty things that happen in the world? E.g. every time this album gets played someone gets closer to inventing an even more evil pesticide or invents another stupid product that we don't need.
Someone should correlate world events to when albums get released :-(
1
Apr 04 2022
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Not for me
1
Apr 05 2022
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
The sound of the feeling of chewing a towel.
1
Apr 06 2022
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Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
Sound of rubbing your ear on gravel.
1
Apr 07 2022
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Meh. Not awful but would not listen again.
2
Apr 08 2022
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Sea Change
Beck
Good background music. Did not make me melancholy. I believe it was the sound of the colour of saudade, which is orangey blue. Would listen again.
3
Apr 11 2022
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Not a bad bop. Wailed along to natural woman whilst making a brew.
2
Apr 12 2022
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Nope.
1
Apr 13 2022
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
Strange and delicate whale song.
I thought 'I'll listen to more of this guys stuff!'.
Only to discover he is dead. Very sad.
3
Apr 14 2022
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Sheet Music
10cc
Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope on a rope. Starts at nope and circles all the way back to nope. Not Leslie Knope but actual nope. Nope.
1
Apr 20 2022
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
Sadly this album reminds me a bit of a creepy restaurant I worked at that hardly anyone ever visited. One night chef didn't have the ingredients for orange chicken so he used hot concentrated OJ, the kind you get in a carton. So I associate this kind of music with a grey haired old woman with a tight perm thrusting a plate of shredded chicken floating in orange juice at me in disgust. There was no fooling her! Billie's soothing notes did nothing to diffuse the situation.
2
Apr 21 2022
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
The music was too empty.
1
Apr 26 2022
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ok but not really my thing.
2
Apr 27 2022
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
As soon as that baby started wailing in the last track I switched over to Phil Collins 'oooo yeah I wish it would rain down'....on my ears and wash all this musical cack out of them. The sound of the smell of cold Brussels sprouts.
Amazing what one late 80s power ballad can do!
1
Apr 28 2022
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Used to listen to this over and over when I was at uni. Past that phase now.
2
Apr 29 2022
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Face to Face
The Kinks
Dull
2
May 04 2022
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Technique
New Order
Meh.
I didn't even notice it was playing until Spotify 'album radio based on' started playing Cowgirl by Underworld.
2
May 05 2022
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
This was absolute pants. If I could give it minus stars I would. Minus one thousand stars for sounding like jellied tripe.
1
May 06 2022
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
I gave this 3 stars just because of Mr Blue Sky and Sweet talkin' woman. All the rest is acceptable filler.
3
May 09 2022
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Melancholy but good. Not as good as Pink Moon.
3
May 10 2022
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Achtung Baby
U2
It's just really good. Every track is a banger.
5
May 11 2022
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Quite cool actually!
3
May 12 2022
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Dull other than Mr Wendal. Didn't pay much attention to the lyrics but go the impression they were going on about god a lot which put me off.
2
May 13 2022
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Boring, forced, scratchy and annoying, apart from the obvious ones, which are ok.
2
May 16 2022
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Nice
2
May 17 2022
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Save yourself some pain and listen to Death to the Pixies
2
May 20 2022
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Thought it was a bit boring, skip listened to most of the tracks.
1
May 23 2022
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Hot shite
1
May 26 2022
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
I wasn't into it 30 years ago and I'm still not into it now.
2
May 27 2022
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Cross
Justice
Banger
3
May 30 2022
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
Save yourself some trouble, just listen to the greatest hits album.
All filler one killer.
1
May 31 2022
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Pop music being played by people who are sliding down a hill through a temporal distortion that is stretching their faces into wisps.
90s me would've liked it, if she'd known about it. 20's me ain't got no time for the discordance.
2
Jun 01 2022
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Dull
1
Jun 08 2022
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
dull
1