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Sun Jan 23 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
I actually really enjoyed the bit where he yelled about no chocolates in the box! Also I love the way the guitar sounds all twingly and pretty
4
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Mon Jan 24 2022
Hotel California
Eagles
Front end is boppy! Last end lost me a bit
3
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Tue Jan 25 2022
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
I've discovered that I'm easily pleased, if I can have a wee boogie to it then I'm happy, first song is boppy if a bit cheesy
Also the guy in the red jumper is definitely grabbing balls
Find Somebody: MMMMM MARACAS!!!
Is this album all about loving somebody like you?? Me??
I'm So Happy Now is not suitable for Veganuary because CHEESE
How Can I Be Sure: about loving somebody like you but also UNCERTAIN about it?!?! Quite like this one though
Groovin: nice and chill, plus a bit of harmonica! Feel like this would be a good morning wakeup song
If You Knew: god it's all a bit repetitive now isn't it
I Don't Love You Anymore: dun dun DUNNNN!!! A PLOT TWIST?!?!?!
You Better Run: Ooooooh a bit of DRAMA! It's quite nice because it's not sickly sweet like a lot of this album
End notes: honestly I find a lot of it a bit naff and I don't fully vibe with it but it grew on me towards the end??? And on relisten?? I might adore it by the end of the week lol
3
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Wed Jan 26 2022
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
That's Alright: 0/10 for relationship advice
Enjoyed this, got a wee bit lost in the middle but the last two songs were very pretty
3
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Thu Jan 27 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
OVERALL I liked this one a lot! I think it's similar to a lot of stuff I listened to when I was smol Chlo, so there's a bit of nostalgia in there for me, but I think it's a good version of what it is (if that makes sense??)
Somehow I missed Alice In Chains when I was in my grungy phase...lets go
Them Bones: c r u n c h y (also did NOT age well in the context of Layne Staleys death aaaaaaa don't Google it its bloody tragic)
Rain When I Die: I like the melody in the chorus where he goes \"I think its gonna raaAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIyaaaiyaaaaiyaaaaiyaaaaainnnnn\"
Down In A Hole: props for rhyming \"hole\" with \"small\"
Sickman: really like the twisty time change (not sure this song needed to be as long as it is though, it's getting a bit repetitive now)
Rooster: I'm a sucker for an intro with this floaty guitar effect on it (what's it called?? Music people help pls??) ooooo I also like this guitar about 3 mins in that goes WHA WHA WHA WHAAAA
(I did listen to the rest of the album eventually but I didn't write as I went)
4
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Fri Jan 28 2022
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
Immediately I groaned when I saw Morrissey lol oopsie I've never been a fan of The Smiths apart from like two songs, and I've never really listened to his solo stuff. But I tried to keep an open mind!!
Pros:
- I didn't immediately hate it as much as I thought I would
- I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday is kind of pretty??
- it's not that long an album
Cons
- Morrissey has SUCH A BLOODY WHINEY VOICE
- I tuned out after about 3 songs
- Listening to Morrissey banging on about how "London is dead" and "we're the last British people" brings out a little eyeroll from me every time
2
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Sat Jan 29 2022
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Maybe I'm biased because I'm listening to this while walking and that puts me in a good mood, but this is absolutely *chefs kiss*
I feel like I've been steamrollered and I mean that in the best possible way
Spellbound is an EXCELLENT intro and everything else just flows from there, I particularly love the bounciness of Monitor!
Basically it's my favourite album on here so far (I know we're only a few days in but hey)
5
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Sun Jan 30 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
MYYYYY MYYYYY MISS AMERICAN PIEEEEEE
(I have been informed by Cav that this is actually "bye bye Miss American Pie" and since I know he doesn't get opportunities to correct me on lyrics very often I thought I would broadcast that here)
Enjoyed this!!
3
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Mon Jan 31 2022
The Score
Fugees
Really enjoyed this!
Lauryn's vocals for me are just mmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMM
4
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Tue Feb 01 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
The first album I've already heard!!! And I already know it's a 5/5 for me!!! Excited to relisten though!!! I adore the changes in pace and energy, the floaty instrumentals in the quieter bits are so dreamy and gorgeous, and the guitars in the louder bits are SO BLOODY GOOD!!
Heck I forgot Silverfuck is almost 9min long, it just flies by (for me anyway) because it is so COOL
I may be biased because this is an album I've been coming back to regularly since I was...15? There's a reason for that though
5
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Thu Feb 03 2022
Solid Air
John Martyn
Really enjoyed this!! Felt a bit slow at first but picked up around 3 songs in and then I was IN! I'd Rather Be The Devil was a highlight, also liked the way he sings in Go Down Easy
4
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Sat Feb 05 2022
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Okay SO! Did I enjoy the sound of this album? Yes definitely! Did I enjoy some of the lyrics? Yes! Did I enjoy all of the lyrics? Fuck no! (but that's kind of the point right?)
Eminem's storytelling is so good and the songs are so catchy it does hold my attention, even if the misogyny does get a bit tiring. Last couple of songs lost me a bit but otherwise I enjoyed this more than I expected
4
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Sun Feb 06 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
EEEEEEEEE ANOTHER ONE I ADORE!!!
Personal highlights include:
- Tunnels (gorgeous opening track, makes me feel like I'm in a snowy cabin)
- Power Out (particularly the bridge building to "IS IT A DREAM? IS IT A LIE?" and everything after that)
- Crown of Love is maybe (maybe?) my favourite song on here, it's just so lovely and again the buildup is so good!
- Wake Up (obviously)
- In The Backseat (makes me Big Emotional and reminds me of being a little kid, well, in the backseat)
I think I gravitate more towards the songs with big dramatic swelling instrumentals and vocals rather than the quieter and slower songs (though these are still ridiculously beautiful and I love them too)
5
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Mon Feb 07 2022
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
Took me a little while to warm up to this but it really grew on me once I was a few songs in!
3
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Tue Feb 08 2022
Dry
PJ Harvey
4
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Wed Feb 09 2022
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Oh this is so absolutely my cup of tea
4
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
It's all about sex and I love it
4
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Fri Feb 11 2022
Is This It
The Strokes
I bought this album from one of those second hand CD shops where you could get big bundles of CDs for like a quid each in June 2013, on the day before my school prom.
As a result, to me, this album sounds like me, aged 15, running around having a big fun time in the summer after exams.
Without getting too personal, 2013 feels for me like my last year of proper childhood simplicity?? And this album reminds me of that even though the lyrics are very much not about that
Okay RIGHT enough about me, what about the music??
The guitar solos are SO FULL OF ENERGY they're big and bouncy and amazing!! The Modern Age, Alone Together, Last Nite, all of them, they are BLOODY EXCELLENT
Hard to Explain makes me very happy
Someday is literally a sunny afternoon on the beach
Can't really think of a dud on this one, I adore it
5
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Sat Feb 12 2022
The Undertones
The Undertones
Enjoyable and boppy but immediately left my mind when I finished it
True Confessions is pretty cool
Obviously Teenage Kicks is a classic and absolutely 10/10
3
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Mon Feb 14 2022
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Again, I am a simple gal with simple wishes, and if I can dance to it then I will enjoy it. I can most certainly dance to this, and so I enjoy it a lot!
Tim Buckley's voice is so bloody good and the instrumentals are so FULL WOO
4
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
I'm here and I'm listening and I'm enjoying bits of it but a lot of the time I'm wishing I was listening to The Fat of the Land instead. I know Keith Flint (RIP legend) didn't really start doing vocals until the next album and I think this album really misses that. Maybe I'm biased because I'm used to hearing The Prodigy with him and also because I was listening to this during a shit day at work, lol
The guitar in Their Law is NOICE
OOH 3 Kilos is a sweet little change up!!
2
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Sun Feb 20 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
I went into this aware that this is considered one of the best albums of all time by many MANY people, but also feeling like I've never really \"got\" Pink Floyd. Like I've listened and enjoyed bits but I've never got the hype...
OOF I think I get it now
The atmosphere of this whole album is gorgeous, all lush and dramatic and cool.
I don't have much to say other than I bloody love it
5
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
SOLID BOPS
An album that was huuuge for me growing up, and still holds up SO WELL
I forgot how much I love the energy of Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...
A Certain Romance is such a perfect closer
I can't list faves because they're all faves
5
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Sat Feb 26 2022
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
I just really really really liked the sound of all of this
I love the flute sounds on Morgenspaziergang
So much of this album sounds warm and familiar
5
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Thu Mar 03 2022
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
I liked this a lot, I mean I'm a fan of both Brian Eno and David Byrne and this has a lot of both of them in it, so it makes sense
4
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Eh
2
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Sat Mar 12 2022
Debut
Björk
I love everything about this album
5
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Mon Mar 14 2022
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
I never actually listened to this album in full until the first Covid lockdown, and despite all the stress and weirdness of that time, this album reminds me of sunny afternoons flopped in the garden doing nice embroidery things. Don't Stop felt SO HOPEFUL at that time!!!
Faves: Gold Dust Woman, The Chain, Dreams
(also I don't think this is on the official track list but I am OBSESSED with Silver Springs, it gives me the tinglies every time)
5
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Wed Mar 16 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Absolutely 10/10 for me
I remember being 17 and obsessing over Fiona's vocals in Shadowboxer and Criminal, and then in lockdown I came back to this album after years. Not to be dramatic but Sleep to Dream felt like a mantra to me when I was stuck at home trying to plan out my next steps and keep my head above water
5
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
I enjoyed this, some bits sounded a bit samey but some bits were better than others. At the same time I know that this album definitely inspired some of my favourite music which is huge!!! I probably won't come back to it anytime soon but I still enjoyed!
Also I listened to Anarchy in the UK while I was walking home from work and my paper bag containing a big box of donuts split open in the pouring rain...absolute anarchy
3
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Tue Mar 22 2022
The Last Broadcast
Doves
There Goes The Fear makes me happy, I didn't know who it was by until now. The rest gives me slightly Coldplay energy and I don't think I mean that in a good way
2
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
This was nice, even though its not really my thing, I'm sure it's influential and fabulous and all that stuff too but it was nice background music while I cooked
3
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Fri Apr 08 2022
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Oh GOD I remember listening to this album when Cav and I first moved into our flat, happy memories of bopping to Gimme Shelter in our brand new kitchen
With that said, apart from the first and last songs, the rest is just...eh. I knew I'd listened to this full album before, and coming back to it, all I could remember was "when the traaaaaaaaaaaain left the staaaaaaaatioooooooon"
I really like the instrumental on Monkey Man though
3
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Wed Apr 13 2022
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Really really really enjoyed this a lot!!
5
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Fri Apr 15 2022
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Very nice, obsessed w Lauryn's voice and lyrics as always
Only thing is that it's a bit L O N G
4
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Sat Apr 16 2022
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Oh FUCK I love this album
5
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Mon Apr 18 2022
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
I like bits of it but I don't love the overall thing
3
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
Enjoyed this way way more than I thought I would, especially on second listen
At first the You Really Got Me cover shook me to my core and not in a good way, but now I think it's fun
Little Dreamer and Atomic Punk are *chefs kiss* my faves
Ice Cream Man is absolutely not what I was expecting from this album but I kind of love it lol its jokes
4
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Wed Apr 20 2022
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Sometimes I thought "hmm this is nice chill background" and other times I thought "fucking hell this is naff" and I think the latter outweighed the former
2
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
https://youtu.be/WrFJdfYTH9w
4
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Sat Apr 30 2022
Different Class
Pulp
Obsessed with the melodrama of I-Spy
OBVIOUSLY Common People and Disco 2000 are absolute classics
I didn't love all of it but also I feel like this is one that will grow on me
4
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Mon May 09 2022
Young Americans
David Bowie
What's this?? Me not immediately slapping a 5 on our first Bowie album?
I ADORE this album, there are bops from start to finish, attempting to sing all of the bits from Right all at once is one of my favourite past times, songs like Young Americans and Fame are absolutely top tier, BUT!!! I think it's just a little bit off from the other Bowie albums on this list! (also the cover of Across the Universe has always grated me a little bit, perhaps I've been spoiled by the Fiona Apple version which will always be my favourite version)
4
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Fri May 13 2022
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Absolutely bibbity bobbity bops
Hadn't listened to this in a while but I know that I loved it! Was a bit obsessed while I was in Australia
WHAT A BLOODY INTRO!!
Candle in the Wind is just devastating
Wowza I forgot how absolutely stacked this album is, obviously Bennie and the Jets absolutely slaps
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road will always have a shiny emotional place in my brain I think, it's so short and yet it feels like a full story (I remember listening to it on loop on the metro in Sydney when I was feeling a bit homesick and weird)
Oh the intro to Grey Seal is fabby!! Heck I remember this song now, its all fabby
My attention started to drift a bit towards the end, it is quite a long album, but it is solid
4
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Tue May 17 2022
Virgin Suicides
Air
Bloody ell I love this
I read the book when I was about 16 and though I've never seen the movie, I imagine this fits it perfectly, and listening to this makes me want to watch the movie
5
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Sat May 21 2022
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
OOOOOOOOOOOOH FUCK YES
I adore this album so much, I would give it a 6 if I could, I just love the emotion and the energy of it. An absolute lifesaver during the first Covid lockdown, captured the frustration and weirdness down to a T, but also the excitement of new things coming!
5
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Sun May 29 2022
Doolittle
Pixies
I am thoroughly obsessed with this album
I first got into this album when I was about 17 and it felt incredibly cathartic during an absolute shitshow time in my life, so it will always be special to me for that.
And it's never grown old!!! Despite the darkness and weirdness of some of the lyrics, screaming along to them will always give me a big serotonin boost
Its just so bloody good and an easy 5/5 for me
Fave bits: literally all of it?
Okay maybe the bit in Gouge Away when he screams "I break the WAAAAAAALLS"
5
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
EEEEEEEEEEE
An obvious 5* for me, this album brings me so much joy! I was going to start listing favourites but my brain just ran through the entire tracklist lol
Life on Mars is absolute perfection
I'd forgotten how pretty Eight Line Poem is, the instrumentals are gorgeous
INJECT THE ENERGY OF QUEEN BITCH INTO MY VEINS
The Bewlay Brothers gives me chills every time I listen without fail, especially when the instrumental *expands* (you know what I mean)
5
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
SO MUCH FUN!! the vibes are immaculate
5