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Wed Feb 09 2022
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Wow, I used to *really* like this one but upon relistening for the first time in a decade+, it's just okay. I still dig Hotel Yorba and Fell in Love with a Girl.
3
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Thu Feb 10 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Love his voice but doubt I will listen to this again.
3
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Sat Feb 12 2022
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
meh
2
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Mon Feb 14 2022
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
4
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Tue Feb 15 2022
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
2
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Wed Feb 16 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
3
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Thu Feb 17 2022
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Holy crap this is repetitive and every song is too long. So many of the sounds are annoying AF.
1
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Fri Feb 18 2022
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
5
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Sat Feb 19 2022
The Real Thing
Faith No More
Whoa, ick. Did not enjoy this at all. And somehow it got a combo of Epic and Tom Sawyer stuck in my head and that's just awful as you'd think.
1
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Sun Feb 20 2022
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
not really a fan of the vocals but I like the rest alright
3
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Mon Feb 21 2022
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
3
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Tue Feb 22 2022
Face to Face
The Kinks
3
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Wed Feb 23 2022
I Against I
Bad Brains
3
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Thu Feb 24 2022
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
5
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Fri Feb 25 2022
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
the left/right separation of instruments made this an uncomfortable headphone listen
2
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Sat Feb 26 2022
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
California Dreamin' is great but all of the covers are pretty bad, especially 'I Call Your Name'.
2
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Sun Feb 27 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Not my thing but I can see some people loving this one. I liked '4 Ever 2 Gether'.
2
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Well that was a wild flashback to a cassette I got for my 11th birthday. Haven't listened much since then, but this is solid '80s rock.
3
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Wed Mar 02 2022
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
3
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Thu Mar 03 2022
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
3
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Fri Mar 04 2022
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Terribly boring.
1
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Sat Mar 05 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
3
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Sun Mar 06 2022
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Mildly annoying shout-singing stop-start songs that all sound the same.
1
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Fri Mar 11 2022
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
4
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Sun Mar 13 2022
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
2
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Mon Mar 14 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
57 minutes and all kinda the same. It was okay.
2
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Tue Mar 15 2022
Tommy
The Who
This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I get a lot of the same feelings from this that I had as a child at our evangelical Christian church (I'm an atheist now). I thought those feelings of joy, excitement, and wonder came from God and Jesus but it was really the music and stories. What a wild story Tommy is and the music is fucking great---love those instrumental tracks.
5
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Wed Mar 16 2022
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
I was a big Beatles fan as a teen but wouldn't have bought this album for $2 at Half-price Books back then. I'm really wondering if trying to listen to all 1,078 albums here is largely a waste of my time because this is yet another 2 (I use the Goodreads scale: 1=didn't like it, 2=it was OK, 3=liked it, 4=really liked it, 5=it was amazing.) How can something so pedestrian be a 'must hear' album?
2
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Solid Air
John Martyn
2
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Pink Flag
Wire
So very good. I love the story of when Wire resumed touring in '87 after many years off. The opening band covered Pink Flag in its entirety so Wire didn't have to revisit their old sound.
https://gojohnnygojohnny.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/the-ex-lion-tamers-wire-the-amazing-story-via-cassette/
5
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Sun Mar 20 2022
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
Liked this more than I thought I would. Starts out bleh but gets better. I can hear a lot of similarities to slacker stuff I listened to in college so I wonder why I never bothered with this group. Probably won't listen again, so no real loss I guess, ha.
3
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
70 minutes of boredom. The beats and background samples are numbingly repetitive and snooze inducing.
1
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Tue Mar 22 2022
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
2
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Wed Mar 23 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Did it help that I listened to this on a wet, overcast day? Probably.
4
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Thu Mar 24 2022
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Easier to take if you pretend you are Tina Belcher but I did not like this. Laughably bad lyrics; "I hope I live to see the day the Pope gets high" made me snort.
1
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Fri Mar 25 2022
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Feels so familiar even though I'm sure I've only listened to the whole album a few times---probably heard the singles a million times on the radio in the '80s. Love those synthesizers. Fuck Reagan.
4
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Sat Mar 26 2022
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
A very pleasant listen.
3
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Sun Mar 27 2022
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
3
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
4
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Tue Mar 29 2022
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
meh
2
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Aja
Steely Dan
This feels like a dentist office in 1983. Steely Dan is so weird to me---like, this was nominated for album of the year? Really? /shrug
2
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Thu Mar 31 2022
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
Oh boy, another 2. (2 = It was okay)
2
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Fri Apr 01 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Synthesizers, yeahhhh. Maybe a Gen X thing, but the video-gamey sounds in 'Love is a Stranger' and 'I Could Give You' are THE BEST. The subway noises in 'This City Never Sleeps' are very pleasing. I always loved the single Sweet Dreams and I'm glad it fits into the rest of the album well. Love Lennox's voice, especially when she does her own backing vocal.
4
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Sat Apr 02 2022
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
This may be #19 on Rolling Stones' 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, but I haaaaaate it. Van's voice is all over the place and the instruments sound equally haphazard; every musician seems to be in their own little world. The harpsichord on 'Cyprus Avenue' is insufferable, partly because the song is 67 minutes long. Oh, holy shit, 'Madame George' is even longer. Really not looking forward to when his other two albums pop up after this miserable mess.
1
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Sun Apr 03 2022
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Okay. Worst part is easily the vocals but I seldom like metal vocals.
2
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Mon Apr 04 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I like to think that this band is actually an extremely elaborate joke.
1
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Been a while since I listened to a studio album but it sure seems like they're better live. That was fun.
4
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Wed Apr 06 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
4
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Thu Apr 07 2022
1999
Prince
WOW---was expecting this to be a 2 based on the radio hits I remember from middle school. Prince always made me feel weird and icky back then but I think that was the damn evangelical hometown distain of Prince. Favorite track: Lady Cab Driver.
5
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Fri Apr 08 2022
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Not terrible, but not terribly interesting. 65% riffing on 'Who Do You Love' and 35% noodling guitar.
2
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Sat Apr 09 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Another album with annoyingly extreme left/right separation of instruments.
2
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Sun Apr 10 2022
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
2
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Mon Apr 11 2022
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Her voice is way too high for me to enjoy this. It's uncomfortable to listen to.
2
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Wed Apr 13 2022
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Loved H2Ogate Blues.
4
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Thu Apr 14 2022
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
3
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Fri Apr 15 2022
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
3
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Sat Apr 16 2022
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
2
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Sun Apr 17 2022
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
4
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Mon Apr 18 2022
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
4
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Exhaustively boring. I don't know if it's the mixing or compression or what but I felt like I was like listening to this on a rotary phone. Blech.
1
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Wed Apr 20 2022
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
2
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
Meh, I prefer his dad. I hated "Old Whore's Diet" but it sounds like he's saying Old *Horse* Diet so that's kinda funny.
2
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
This is okay. 'In A Space Outta Sound' should be on this list instead.
2
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Sun Apr 24 2022
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Much better than Blood and Chocolate.
3
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Mon Apr 25 2022
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
2
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Disintegration
The Cure
2
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
Listened for the first time earlier this year and it was a 3. With that added familiarity, this time was a 4.
4
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Fri Apr 29 2022
All Directions
The Temptations
3
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Sat Apr 30 2022
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Listened to this one twice---mono first then stereo and really liked it both times. I think I like the mono mix better but the stereo version is better quality sound. I previously avoided The Kinks b/c of only having access to deluxe/super deluxe/expanded versions; makes for annoying last.fm scrobbles and I don't like having to look up what the original album included and then have save a playlist to avoid the extra, unneeded tracks later. Anyway, I really liked People Take Pictures of Each Other and Big Sky, which has been in my head all weekend. I think I like this as much as my previous favorite Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies.
5
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Sun May 01 2022
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Sometimes the jaw harp is super annoying but damn this is good.
5
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Mon May 02 2022
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
2
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Tue May 03 2022
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Dusty's Karaoke Album. Seriously, these are all covers and they're not particularly good ones. What makes this a must hear? Her voice is not as great as people seem to think and the string additions are awful.
1
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Wed May 04 2022
L.A. Woman
The Doors
I was moderately obsessed with The Doors and JM for a while in high school. I wrote "I am the lizard king I can do anything" in sharpie on my track spikes for inspiration. It feels weird that Morrison still seems older than me even though I'm now almost twice the age he was at death.
4
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Thu May 05 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2
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Fri May 06 2022
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
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Sun May 08 2022
Homework
Daft Punk
Songs are often too long and many repetitive beats and sounds grate. If you're gonna put a Daft Punk album on a list like this, it should be Discovery.
3
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Mon May 09 2022
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
I've listened to this like 3 times now after never getting around to it in high school and I still don't like it. I hated his voice less than previous listens but this album just makes me feel shitty. It's like the House of Cards of albums---interesting at times but ultimately gross and not worth it.
1
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Tue May 10 2022
Superunknown
Soundgarden
If You Know Someone in Crisis
Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All calls are confidential.
RIP Chris
4
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Wed May 11 2022
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Superb
5
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Fri May 13 2022
Back In Black
AC/DC
...second best-selling album in music history? I think I've been surprised by that before. Kinda simplistic but fun and I've heard these all a million times but man, those drum beats are boring AF.
3
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Mon May 16 2022
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Wow, was not expecting to enjoy that. *sugar*
3
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Tue May 17 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
3
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Wed May 18 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
3
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Fri May 20 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Bought this LP after I was denied getting into a bar to see Yo La Tengo. Loved it. Was later denied getting into a bar to see Pavement. Effing Puritanical laws denied me many good shows as a teen. 5-4 = Unity is super fab.
5
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Sat May 21 2022
OK Computer
Radiohead
5
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Sun May 22 2022
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
I like the chorus to Tiny Dancer and that's about it.
2
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Mon May 23 2022
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
2
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Tue May 24 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
3
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Wed May 25 2022
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
4
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Thu May 26 2022
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
3
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Fri May 27 2022
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
2
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Fri Jun 10 2022
Virgin Suicides
Air
Unexpectedly good (after not liking Moon Safari as much as I remembered). Might have to see this movie now.
4
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Sat Jun 11 2022
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
3
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Sun Jun 12 2022
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
3
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
3
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Thu Jun 16 2022
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
2
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Fri Jun 17 2022
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
I know few of The Fall's albums but this is fantastic. Looking forward to wading through their other 31 albums for anything approaching TNSG. I love the sequence of 'My New House', 'Paintwork', 'Damo Suzuki', and 'To Nk'.
5
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Sat Jun 18 2022
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
2
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Sun Jun 19 2022
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
2
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Mon Jun 20 2022
Sea Change
Beck
Good grief they picked the most boring Beck album. Almost nothing musically interesting and almost all the songs sound the same. This is far inferior to my favorite Beck: One Foot in the Grave (the deluxe version has the better version of It's All in Your Mind).
2
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Wed Jun 22 2022
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Wow, I forgot how much I hate this. I really liked Gish and Siamese Dream when they came out but this album ruined the band for me. A few songs in I thought if they'd done this as thrash/black metal with distorted vocals it could totally work. Somewhere in disc 2 I had to start hitting 'next' after half a song and even that was tough to get through.
1
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Thu Jun 23 2022
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
4
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Fri Jun 24 2022
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
Annoying, repetitive riffs and vocals. His voice is not fun to listen to. Bleh.
1
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Sat Jun 25 2022
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
3
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Sun Jun 26 2022
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
3
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
4
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Tue Jun 28 2022
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
3
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
2
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Fri Jul 01 2022
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Was not looking forward to this but liked it a lot more than I remembered.
4
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
128th album and this is the first one I bailed on halfway through. I can't take the shitty lyrics and how songs feel like they'd be at home in a non-denominational suburban Christian mega church. Barf.
1
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Sun Jul 03 2022
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
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Mon Jul 04 2022
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
"Got more game than Coleco"....well, they went bankrupt so that's not saying a lot.
1
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Tue Jul 05 2022
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
2
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Wed Jul 06 2022
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
3
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Fri Jul 08 2022
The Man Who
Travis
Sometimes thought it was okay, sometimes hated it.
2
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Sat Jul 09 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
4
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Sun Jul 10 2022
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
'Dirty, Dirty Feeling' oof
2
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Mon Jul 11 2022
Chelsea Girl
Nico
This was okay but Nico is right: the flute ruins it.
2
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
3
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Has some good bits but songs are too long and ultimately pretty boring.
2
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Third
Portishead
Absolutely love this album.
5
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Sun Jul 17 2022
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
5
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Tue Jul 19 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
I don't understand why this is/was so popular.
1
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Wed Jul 20 2022
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
2
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Thu Jul 21 2022
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
5
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
4
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Sat Jul 23 2022
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
3
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Mon Jul 25 2022
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
3
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Tue Jul 26 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
1
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
2
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Fri Jul 29 2022
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
4
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Sat Jul 30 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
4
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
2
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
2
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Tue Aug 02 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
1
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Wed Aug 03 2022
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead were an acquired taste for me, but I love this album so much now.
5
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Thu Aug 04 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
4
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Good background music for working. Reminded me a bit of Acetone and Luna.
3
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Sat Aug 06 2022
Bad Company
Bad Company
Yet another album that is *not* one you must hear. Seagull is a fucking terrible song.
2
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
Awful.
1
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Mon Aug 08 2022
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
Sounds alright until you know what it's about and then it's creepy and gross.
2
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Tue Aug 09 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
3
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
She's a wonderful human being but I do not like her voice.
2
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
3
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Sat Aug 13 2022
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
3
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Sun Aug 14 2022
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
2
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Bleh.
1
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Tue Aug 16 2022
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Good, but I really prefer Damn the Torpedoes.
3
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Thu Aug 18 2022
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
3
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
2
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Sun Aug 21 2022
Destroyer
KISS
This is pretty tame---people thought they were wild satanists?
2
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
3
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Thu Aug 25 2022
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Didn't completely hate it! Vocal effects are a little ick.
2
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Fri Aug 26 2022
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Very surprised I've never listened to this before. Reminds me of the Undertones, Buzzcocks, a little Television. Never knew The Whole of the Law was not a Yo La Tengo original (and I like the YLT version better).
5
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Sat Aug 27 2022
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
4
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Sun Aug 28 2022
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Some really annoying bits in here like the high pitched whine towards the middle of Rockafeller Skank and the repetitive lyrics of In Heaven but the rest is so good.
4
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
I knew the US & UK versions had different covers but was surprised to learn they had some different tracks and track ordering. Never occurred to me in 30 years of listening to AYE despite knowing Beatles albums did this. So, today I listened to the original North America track order and afterwards the original UK order. Unsurprisingly I prefer the NA order. Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary in the NA version are vastly superior to Can You See Me and Remember in the UK version. North American version is a 5 and one of my favorites of all time; UK version is a 4.5 and rounds to a 5. Third Stone From The Sun is possibly my favorite song of all time.
5
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
3
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
2
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Make Yourself
Incubus
1
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Fri Sep 02 2022
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
I always thought Money for Nothing was the coolest song---that guitar tone is so great. I don't think I'd ever heard the full version with the 'faggot' verse. The keyboards in Walk of Life are great but once the album hits the unrestrained saxophone in Your Latest Trick it really drops off.
3
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Sat Sep 03 2022
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3
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Sun Sep 04 2022
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Always meant to get around this this one and was surprised to not hate it or find it that much of a challenge---must have heard enough music inspired by it over the years that it doesn't seem that crazy. I really like Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen and today realized that Trout Mask Replica was likely a huge influence.
4
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Mon Sep 05 2022
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Icky vocals.
1
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Tue Sep 06 2022
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Boring country pop with lazy lyrics.
1
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
2
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4
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Sat Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Every song sounds the same and I don't like Morrissey's voice or manner of singing. 3rd Smiths album I got and there's also 3 Morrissey albums on this list? Ugh. Might be time to switch to Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
1
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Sun Sep 11 2022
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
3
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
1
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
bleh
1
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Wed Sep 14 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
2
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
3
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Interesting to finally listen to this ubiquitous LP from my used record buying days. I was sometimes tempted to pick it up b/c it was always cheap and I thought the talkbox was cool (I think Baby I Love Your Way persuaded me not to?). Not great but not completely terrible.
3
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Sat Sep 17 2022
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
2
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Sun Sep 18 2022
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
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Mon Sep 19 2022
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
4
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
5 albums on the list? Sheesh.
2
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Thu Sep 22 2022
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
3
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
was a 4 until I got to No Sympathy (hated the lyrics) and Juxtapozed with U (hated the autotune). Cut off the last 5 tracks and it's a good EP.
3
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Sat Sep 24 2022
The Predator
Ice Cube
3
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
Used to really like this but now it seems overly repetitive and too long.
2
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Close To You
Carpenters
No surprise this got dropped from the RS 500.
2
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Somewhere between The Stooges and Ramones. Not the most amazing punk album ever but apparently one of the earliest? I listened twice and saved it to my collection.
4
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Bummed
Happy Mondays
meh
2
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
2
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
3
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Wed Oct 05 2022
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
The electric jug is an awful, horrible, terrible, evil "instrument".
1
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
2
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Fri Oct 07 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
My favorite PJ Harvey album. I heard a lot of PJH in Patti Smith's Horses when it came up in the generator earlier this week.
5
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Sat Oct 08 2022
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
3
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
4
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
2
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
5
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
3
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Mon Oct 17 2022
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
One of my all-time favorites. Kathleen Hanna is a national treasure.
5
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Tue Oct 18 2022
The Undertones
The Undertones
4
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Connected
Stereo MC's
2
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Sat Oct 22 2022
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
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Sun Oct 23 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
2
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Mon Oct 24 2022
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Early Pink Floyd seems to have a similar sense of humor to early Kinks, which I like, but this isn't an album I'll listen to often. I like that there's a song about Barrett's cat (Lucifer Sam) and I'm saving that one.
3
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Tue Oct 25 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Boring, samey, and forgettable (thank goodness).
1
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
3
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Thu Oct 27 2022
Faust IV
Faust
If the whole album was like track 1, this would be a 5.
3
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Sat Oct 29 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
4
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Sun Oct 30 2022
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
3
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
3
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
1
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
2
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Thu Nov 03 2022
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
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Fri Nov 04 2022
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
2
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Sat Nov 05 2022
The Clash
The Clash
I love The Clash but realized that 60% of my scrobbles are from London Calling. This one never stuck with me as much. At some point the UK version became the default used by streaming services and that kinda threw me; I liked Clash City Rockers, I Fought the Law, and (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais more than the songs they replaced.
4
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Sun Nov 06 2022
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
I like 'Just Like Honey' a lot, but this album is too echoey.
3
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Mon Nov 07 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
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Tue Nov 08 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
2
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
2
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Black Metal
Venom
Not bad but drums are mostly boring. Recording seems like it could use a clean up.
3
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Sat Nov 12 2022
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
3
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Sun Nov 13 2022
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
Terrible name for a band.
2
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Mon Nov 14 2022
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
3
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Wed Nov 16 2022
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
1
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
I didn't really care for the other Baaba Maal album; maybe Mansour Seck was key to this one. Tracks 10-12 didn't seem to fit or be as good but I may have only thought that b/c I knew they weren't on the original album.
4
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Fri Nov 18 2022
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
2
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Sat Nov 19 2022
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
2
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Wed Nov 23 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
3
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
2
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Sun Nov 27 2022
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
3
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
2
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Tue Nov 29 2022
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
1
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Thu Dec 01 2022
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
3
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
3
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Sat Dec 03 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
4
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Born To Be With You
Dion
Absolute snoozer.
1
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Sat Dec 10 2022
London Calling
The Clash
One of the best albums of all time and the best cassette I ever stole from my brother. This album never fails to make me feel good. Oh the days of blasting it from the stereo of my '79 VW beetle with the top down...
5
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Sun Dec 11 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Wow, this was pretty great. I'm putting it on my 'albums to do puzzles to' list. Since I listened on 14 December, this will probably always feel like a Christmas album.
4
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Tue Dec 13 2022
Celebrity Skin
Hole
Did not enjoy.
1
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Not sure which I like less, the banging piano notes or the shrill sax.
1
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
2
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Fri Dec 16 2022
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
3
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Gonna come back to this one, seems like a grower (maybe becomes a 4 after another listen or two). I like the Iggy Bowie sound and 'Fall In Love With Me' has some Lou Reed vibes.
3
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
2
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
2
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Thu Dec 22 2022
Fun House
The Stooges
4
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Sun Dec 25 2022
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
2
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Mon Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
3
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Tue Dec 27 2022
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Movin' Out and Only the Good Die Young are good but Just the Way You Are is oof.
3
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
Listened to Bowie mix, Iggy mix, Rough Power, then Bowie again. Rough Power sounds better to me than the released Iggy mix and ultimately I think I prefer the Bowie mix---basically went through what Ron Asheton said about the original Bowie mix, ha! (see Wikipedia).
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
3
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
All I Wanna Do sounded better on the radio in the 90s than it did this time around.
2
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Sat Dec 31 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Great but fuck the homophobic bullshit track One of Them.
4
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Sun Jan 01 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
2
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Gold
Ryan Adams
Started out decent but I was bored by the 30 minute mark. Glad the label clipped the last 5 songs b/c this is already too long.
2
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Tue Jan 03 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Getting pretty bored wit all dis Britpop
2
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Wed Jan 04 2023
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
3
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
This was a nice surprise. I listened twice b/c it's short and will have to revisit the deluxe+Bambu version later. Appreciated the Steely Dan-ish dad rock vibe after having hit a bunch of their albums on this list already. I'm not one who pays attention to lyrics and I think that helps this album out.
4
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
4
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
4
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
2
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Ramones
Ramones
One of the greats. I love it but it feels slow once you're used to their blistering fast live pace (see It's Alive and Loco Live).
5
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
loathsome
1
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
3
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Unremarkable
2
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Sat Jan 14 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
3
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Zeppelin sounds better to me on vinyl, so I use this while streaming albums: https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/dustyScratchedVinylNoiseGenerator.php
5
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
The cover of Little Wing is unlistenable, especially the grating refrain they added. I never want to hear this album again.
1
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
3
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
This is going in my 'albums for working' stack.
4
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
3
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Always a joy and always a bit sad. My favorite listen was when Wilco played it front to back as an encore at Solid Sound in 2017.
5
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Sun Jan 22 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
2
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Let It Be
The Replacements
I'll take this Let It Be over that other Let It Be.
4
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
I really dig the Black Sabbath + flute tracks (some great riffs there) but don't care for the others. If you dig JT's riffs, check out JEFF the Brotherhood. I especially like the JtB album 'Hypnotic Nights'; one track from 'Wasted on the Dream' features JT's Ian Anderson on flute ('Black Cherry Pie').
3
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Unremarkable
1
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Street Signs
Ozomatli
2
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Fri Jan 27 2023
The Last Broadcast
Doves
701 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die...Plus 300 Assorted British Albums
1
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Sat Jan 28 2023
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
I didn't hate it as much as the last time I listened. The cover is an approximation of the face I'd make when someone suggests I listen again. Annoying flute, sax, and guitar noodling; nightmarish.
1
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Sound Affects
The Jam
2
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Surprisingly good.
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
2
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Sat Feb 04 2023
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Hearing Prince in this. Dig it.
3
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Sun Feb 05 2023
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Muddy britpop, not pleasant on headphones.
2
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Mon Feb 06 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
3
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Thu Feb 09 2023
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
2
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Fri Feb 10 2023
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Unexpectedly boring.
2
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Sat Feb 11 2023
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
2
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
4
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
2
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Metallica
Metallica
Enter Sandman is great but after that it's slow-paced metal with super boring drums.
2
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
3
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
2
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Fri Feb 17 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
2
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Instrumental tracks > tracks with vocals.
3
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Much better than the black album.
4
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
3
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Fri Feb 24 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
3
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
Never really got around to this group but I like it. I assume the band Crocodiles is named after this album; if you like this you might like Crocodiles' album Sleep Forever.
4
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Mon Feb 27 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Ill-advised U2/Radiohead collaboration.
2
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Will definitely listen next time at an airport.
4
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5
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Sat Mar 04 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
Wow, that was pretty fun---I listened twice and will revisit in the future. Yours is No Disgrace grabbed me pretty quick though the vocals take some getting used to.
4
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
2
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
3
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
"I cannot take this anymore." You and me both, buddy. Something about the guitar and vocal tones of this is physically exhausting.
1
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
Title track(s) are cool but I don't like the rest. Waaaay better than In the Court of the Crimson King though.
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Violator
Depeche Mode
3
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Sat Mar 11 2023
In Rainbows
Radiohead
3
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Wed Mar 15 2023
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Skipped much of this homophobic trash and will skip the other album too.
1
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Fri Mar 17 2023
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
2
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Sat Mar 18 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
3
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Spiderland
Slint
Had heard this once before but liked it much more this time. Non-abrasive hardcore; reminds me of Minutemen. Listened to the original release, then remaster and remaster bonus disc. Next up is their other album Tweez.
5
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Wed Mar 22 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
3