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Fri Feb 18 2022
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
One of my faves- minimal and sparse at times, other times jagged and claustrophobic. Always driving rhythms and progressive. Still listen on the reg. Pulled me out of a really bad headspace at Bighorn 100, mile 72-ish. Highlights: Mind, Air, Cities, I Zimbra
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Sat Feb 19 2022
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Another favorite! Had a bootleg German pressing of this that fetched me some nice $$$ when I sold it. Minimal, dark and brooding. The sound of depression. Ian Curtis’s suicide note set to music. Meant to be listened to in its entirety. Highlights: Disorder & She’s Lost Control
5
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Sun Feb 20 2022
Pearl
Janis Joplin
OK, this is one you will always see in a bargain bin at a record store. Can’t say I’ve listened to it in its entirety, I’m wondering what big Janis hits are on this one. Will definitely listen to it and report back! EDIT: pretty good record, has a lot of Janis’s big hits. But it’s that kind of standard late 60s early 70s blues rock stuff a la Paul Butterfield, John Mayall, etc. miss Joplin had a huge voice and even bigger spirit and is probably the first huge female rockstar.
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Mon Feb 21 2022
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Oh, shit yes! This is some funky stuff as I recall. Much darker and introspective than “Stand!” which is probably Sly Stone’s magnum opus- I actually prefer “There’s a Riot Goin On” because it has an edge. This is some seriously funky stuff. The lineup on this album is absolutely spectacular, it’s like a 1970s “Who’s Who” of funk legends.
4
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Tue Feb 22 2022
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
I have not heard this yet, looking forward to it. Upon first listen it’s a pretty good recording for a live show from 1960. This obviously influenced all of the British invasion bands, more than half the songs have been covered by the Stones, Zepplin, The Who, etc. and while it’s not terrible, It’s not my cup of tea.
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Wed Feb 23 2022
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
You Gotta be kidding me, this is a top 10 hip-hop classic for me. Right up there with Illmatic, 36 Chambers and Low End Theory. Banger after banger on this Jawn. Straight fire!
5
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Thu Feb 24 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Oof- yeah I’m probably gonna skip this one. It’s a rock opera from the late 70s, about a decade too late for relevancy. I mean, Meat was a great singer- my dude has some RANGE but this shit is corny AF. You know it. I know it. You know I know it. Let’s just walk away from this…
2
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Fri Feb 25 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass
GAZ! I remember these guys, they had a big hit with “Alright” kind of like a second wave Britpop invasion. Pretty good record deserves more listens!
4
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Sat Feb 26 2022
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Okay… I have to admit, that I have slept on Rod Stewart. I always thought he was kind of cheesy- like the kind of guy who made songs for weird middle-aged women. But this album actually freaking rocks, the instrumentation is fantastic. I always thought Rod had a really good voice, kind of gravelly and great for rock music but a lot of his radio hits are kind of schmaltzy. I can totally get his appeal and I think there’s a lot of singers like him that dudes hate because women love him. So I probably had some misplaced jealousy towards Rod. Yeah this album actually is really good will definitely listen to it again.
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Sun Feb 27 2022
American Idiot
Green Day
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Mon Feb 28 2022
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
YES! Bon Scott last record with AC/DC, this is their magnum opus in my opinion. All of the fucking Bangerz are on this Jawn. Kind of the archetype for 80s hard rock, don’t know if that’s a bad thing or a good thing.
4
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Tue Mar 01 2022
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
OK, I do not know this one- this is not one of their big ones. I’m assuming Rumours and Tusk is going to be on this list as well, maybe even some early Peter Green-era stuff too? I guess I have to give this one a spin today…
duh, THIS IS TUSK. I’ve never seen the actual cover. Okay- I remember a few songs from this, but I didn’t realize it was so heavily back loaded (meaning the best songs are all on sides three and four). It’s a double record, and it was kind of the last big thing Fleetwood Mac did. Stevie had a pretty good solo career after this and they kind of faded into relative obscurity.
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Wed Mar 02 2022
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Awesome, SFA are the best band out of Wales, Manic Street Preachers are really the only other I know… It’s really a fantastic record, Gruff Rhys is a genius. So many styles from acoustic ballads, techno beats to metal screaming it’s all here.
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Thu Mar 03 2022
The Grand Tour
George Jones
when you hear the stuff you know why George was called “The Frank Sinatra of Country”. It’s OK, this “Nashville Sound” stuff from the 70s is so schmaltzy, so slick and so over produced. George has a great voice and sings with a ton of emotion but I’m more of an outlaw country kind of guy.
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Fri Mar 04 2022
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Oh post-prog, dammit. So weird that this is only two years after At the Drive-in‘s Relationship of Command. So from the ashes of that band came this band, and just like that was an incredible record and pushed the post Hardcore genre up to another level this album kind of does that too. I feel like I would need to sit down with the lyrics and really give this and attentive listen to find out what is truly going on.
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Sat Mar 05 2022
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
There’s a Bill Evans record I really like, I think it’s with his trio right around this time. For the life of me I can’t remember what it’s called, I want to say Impressions? Any way this is okay, great playing but not groundbreaking.
4
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Sun Mar 06 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Would give this six or even seven stars, just one of the greatest albums ever written. No skips
5
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Mon Mar 07 2022
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
A top-five of all time for me, the soundtrack of my middle school years. This has all of the best songs, and stylistically it’s the most diverse of all their albums.
5
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Tue Mar 08 2022
Nevermind
Nirvana
I feel like this album has become such a part of the musical wallpaper of the last 30 years that it’s almost impossible to talk any shit on it. I will attempt to do that however, as I can still remember when this album came out- it felt like it ripped off all the right bands in just the right way. There’s Sonic Youth in here, there’s Jesus Lizard, there’s Mudhoney, there’s Soundgarden, there’s the Dead Boys- it’s like their influences have become so in twined in their music that you could no longer tell they’re ripping all those bands off. I guess that’s what makes an album A classic. As much as it pains me to say, this is an undeniable classic…
5
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Wed Mar 09 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
It’s easy not as good as treasure probably deserved a few more lessons I’ll give it three stars for now
3
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Thu Mar 10 2022
Opus Dei
Laibach
Holy shit, this is some of the weirdest crap I’ve ever heard; field recordings of military speeches, spoken word, harsh tones and dissonant noise. Had to go look these guys up, they’re from Slovenia and this is a type of industrial music I’ve never heard before. Like super severe, I guess it supposed to be satire of the 80s fascist Soviet bloc regime they all lived under? It’s interesting end definitely deserves another lesson
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Fri Mar 11 2022
S&M
Metallica
Actually surprised how good this is- pretty sure this was recorded around the same time they made the Some Kind of Monster which is literally the cringiest shit I’ve ever seen. Metallica with a symphony. Pretty damn good.
4
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Sat Mar 12 2022
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper, by definition is the epitome of “butt Rock” that is to say while the music on this record is not that bad and the content is OK, it’s the over-bloated, overproduced over-everything of the 1970s. I have not looked it up yet but I would not be surprised if Todd Rundgren produced this record, Todd is the man and produced a lot of great stuff from the 70s; but if they’re going for scuzziness a la NY Dolls on this record it does not sound scuzzy at all. Just cheap.
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Sun Mar 13 2022
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
This is one of, if not THE underrated classic of the 1970s. It’s basically Crosby stills Nash and Young without stills plus the Grateful Dead plus Jefferson airplane. I even think Greg Rolie and a few other Santana guys are on this thing too. It’s fucking amazing!
5
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Mon Mar 14 2022
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Yo this jawn is fire, haven’t listened to it in a long time but Sen Dog, B Real and DJ Muggs made an absolute classic here: banger after banger. Some of the best old-school hip-hop production you’ll ever hear is on this record… straight fire
5
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Tue Mar 15 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Oh, I was wondering when Bob Dylan was going to show up on this list. Off the top of my head I don’t quite remember what’s on this- Will definitely give it a few spins today. OK, this is definitely one of Bob’s better albums. Memphis Blues, Visions of Johanna, Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat, Just like a Woman and then the opener, the ubiquitous Rainy Day Women #12 and 35.
5
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Wed Mar 16 2022
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
OH MY GOD. My favorite piano record of all time! Completely improv’d- I believe this is still the highest selling solo improv record of all time. Absolutely stunning, Keith knows his way around 88 keys better than just about anyone.
5
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Thu Mar 17 2022
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
I’ve never even heard of this, and it’s not terrible. I thought I knew all the deep in the cut underground hip-hop? It’s kind of like a poor man’s Kool Keith Dr. Octagon mashed up with Masta Ace’s Disposable Arts. It looks like it came out right between those albums too; so dare I call it the missing link? Anyway, I’m having a harder time connecting to this album then say those two above albums I mentioned. I don’t think I’ll listen to this again, even though it’s got some straight up legends on it, like El-P.
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Fri Mar 18 2022
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Oh, a newer Nick Cave album? I’m looking forward to checking this one out. It’s achingly beautiful- I did not know his son died in 2015 a d this is essentially a eulogy to him. So heartbreaking and amazing. Definitely going to get more spins…
4
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Sat Mar 19 2022
Closer
Joy Division
5
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Mon Mar 21 2022
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
4
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Tue Mar 22 2022
The Predator
Ice Cube
I have not listened to this since probably 1997. My sister had the CD and I can remember driving around smoking weed in her purple Chevy that she flipped over in Oklahoma. Ice cube used to be super relevant. What happened my dude?
4
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Wed Mar 23 2022
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
This is the first song I ever listened to the first time I ever smoked weed.
3
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Thu Mar 24 2022
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
4
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Fri Mar 25 2022
Black Metal
Venom
Definitely not “black metal” so I’m guessing this is the first known use of the term? More like proto thrash hard rock. Meh.
3
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Sat Mar 26 2022
Parklife
Blur
I forgot how great this record was, the crown jewel of the Britpop genre. Feel like these guys never fully made it outside of the UK, there’s a lot of bands that I will never understand how they didn’t become huge worldwide, Blur is one. I guess Damon Albarn finally got his due with the Gorillaz but really this should’ve been the album that made these guys gigantic stars. Sadly only in the British Isles…
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Sun Mar 27 2022
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
Hmmmmm okay? Welp, I’m a douche bag this is actually really good. Lana has an amazing voice, kind already knew that but it’s the first time I actually seriously listened to her, like really listened. She has a lot going on lyrically some of it’s cringe, some of it’s weird, some of it’s really confessional but overall she’s a pretty good songwriter. Musically it’s really sparse and allows her vocals to take over the mix. Surprisingly good one of the better albums of 2021 I must say
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Mon Mar 28 2022
Close To You
Carpenters
So many of these songs I know- maybe from early 80s AM radio? Probably from movies, shows, etc. anyway Karen has a lovely voice but dang those strings get old song after song. Pure schmaltz.
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Tue Mar 29 2022
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Before it was called trip hop it was called acid jazz which frankly is a huge turn off. I always liked Mezzanine more than this but this really kind of started off a whole genre. Shit is fire. Really inventive stuff, kind of mashed up a bunch of things that was swirling around the UK club scene at the time. Although they did it better later with the aforementioned Mezzanine, and Portishead is really the gold standard of the genre- you can look at this album as the most influential in trip hop.
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Wed Mar 30 2022
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Oh, iron maiden self titled debut album! I think I listen to this later at the gym. OK, this is hard rock and it’s not Bruce Dickinson it’s actually not that good.
3
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Thu Mar 31 2022
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
I got about six songs in, really not my jam. Overproduced synths and drums sound kind of cheesy. Meh
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Fri Apr 01 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Thank you! One of my favorite albums of all time, five stars hands-down. This album has been there for me during every tough part of my life for the last 22 years.
5
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Sat Apr 02 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Oh wow, another super grass record. I’ll check this one out today
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Sun Apr 03 2022
Blackstar
David Bowie
Can’t believe I waited for 6 years to listen to this… Sounds like Bowie has zero F’s left to give went out 100% on his own terms.
4
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Tue Apr 05 2022
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
4
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Thu Apr 07 2022
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
5
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Fri Apr 08 2022
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
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Sat Apr 09 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
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Sun Apr 10 2022
Harvest
Neil Young
5
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Tue Apr 12 2022
Pump
Aerosmith
3
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Thu Apr 14 2022
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
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Fri Apr 15 2022
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
5
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Sat Apr 16 2022
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
5
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Sun Apr 17 2022
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
3
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Wed Apr 20 2022
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yes this album is wonderful, it’s been a while since I listen to the whole thing but it’s just as good as I remember.
4
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
3
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Relax, don’t do it! Whoever has made this list is really into this British synth pop stuff from the early 80s. I got to say not my favorite genre
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Sat Apr 23 2022
All Mod Cons
The Jam
4
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Sun Apr 24 2022
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
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Mon Apr 25 2022
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
4
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Tue Apr 26 2022
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
5
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Wed Apr 27 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Ugh yo really haha
2
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Sat Apr 30 2022
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
5
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Sun May 01 2022
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
3
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Mon May 02 2022
Odessa
Bee Gees
2
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Tue May 03 2022
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
4
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Sat May 07 2022
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Robbie never made it in the states.
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Sun May 08 2022
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
3
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Mon May 09 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
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Tue May 10 2022
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
4
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Wed May 11 2022
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
3
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Thu May 12 2022
Third
Portishead
4
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Fri May 13 2022
Reign In Blood
Slayer
4
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Wed Jun 01 2022
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
4
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Sat Jun 04 2022
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
4
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Sun Jun 05 2022
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
4
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Sat Jun 25 2022
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Take the roof off the sucker take the roof off the mother
5
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Mon Jun 27 2022
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Tue Jun 28 2022
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset is amazing
5
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Wed Jun 29 2022
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
5
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Thu Jun 30 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
The funk!
5
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Fri Jul 01 2022
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
Not terrible- wouldn’t put it up with their best or even second tier stuff but it’s a good pop rock record
3
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Sat Jul 02 2022
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Top 10 nineties record for me dawg.
5
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Sun Jul 03 2022
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Hahaha classic
4
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Mon Jul 04 2022
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
4
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Tue Jul 05 2022
Station To Station
David Bowie
Ooooh nice
4
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Wed Jul 06 2022
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
5
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Yoooo fam dope record
4
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Bjork!
4
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Sat Jul 09 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
4