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Thu Apr 14 2022
Vivid
Living Colour
Shite
1
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Fri Apr 15 2022
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Superb. Continuingly interesting and a joy to listen to.
4
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Mon Apr 18 2022
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Absolutely elctricifying album. Loved the driving bass and viscerally sneering vocals.
5
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Tue Apr 19 2022
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
3
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Wed Apr 20 2022
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Wanted to like it, but tbh it just faded into the background despite repeated listens. Nice enough, but no overall standout tracks.
2
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Thu Apr 21 2022
Chris
Christine and the Queens
Think I love this. Didn't realise this was who "Girlfriend" came from. Sophisticated pop.
4
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Fri Apr 22 2022
Spiderland
Slint
So good. Early post-rock, vocally reminiscent of the LOUD-quiet-LOUD technique of The Pixes. Lyrically dark, touching on depression, alienation and abandonment. Hard to pick standouts, but loved Breadcrumb Trail; Don, Aman; and Good Morning, Captain. Breathtaking album that spawned a thousand others.
5
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Mon Apr 25 2022
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
An old favourite I still regularly listen to, the arrangements for strings and choir elevate this album beyond Jason Pierce’s previous work with Spaceman 3 and the earlier Spiritualized albums. Hard to be objective about this album as it informed/(s) so much of my musical taste, but I particularly love the repeating bass refrain on “I think I’m in love”, the juxtaposition of the lost, plaintive lyrics on “All of My thoughts” against the chaos of the music, the emotive use strings on “Broken Heart” and the tentative steps towards acceptance and even hope on “Cool Waves”.
4
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Tue Apr 26 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
I struggled with this album, despite multiple listens. It's hard to separate this from Neil's other solo work, against which it stacks up poorly. Some standout tracks, like Revolution Blues or title track On The Beech have the scale I remember from Harvest, but others, like See the Sky About to Rain, sound like a airport-hotel lounge-act going through the motions.
2
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Wed Apr 27 2022
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Elevator music. The original elevator music, but still elevator music.
1
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Thu Apr 28 2022
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
Sub-par reggae
2
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Fri Apr 29 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Strong start, Gossip Folks had some absolutely filthy beats, but faded towards the end. Whilst good to hear a woman's voice against the background of pervasive misogyny in hip hop, the album wasn't as strong as I'd hoped.
3
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Mon May 02 2022
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
First time listening to any Led Zeplin albums and the opening tracks were more British blues rock than I was expecting. Dazed and Confused, and Communication Breakdown were on the heavier end and better for it. Interesting first album, with some great vocals and guitar, but not the revolution I thought it might be. Looking forward to their later albums
3
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Wed May 04 2022
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Hauntingly beautiful. Austere yet warmly human.
4
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Thu May 05 2022
Eliminator
ZZ Top
The classics were ok, but got pretty bored after that.
2
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Fri May 06 2022
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Pleasant enough jazz
3
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Mon May 09 2022
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Dull
1
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Tue May 10 2022
Live!
Fela Kuti
Less of an afro-beat flavour than some of his other work
3
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Wed May 11 2022
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Absolute classic
4
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Thu May 12 2022
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Some great tracks on here like "Sign O the Times" and 'I could never take the place of your man". I think perhaps the album is over long, and some of the production is a bit off but a corker nonetheless.
4
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Fri May 13 2022
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
A poet and musician. Amazing album by one of the greats.
5
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Mon May 16 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Stones going back to their bluesy roots. Loved the obvious singles and Jigsaw is fantastic.
5
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Tue May 17 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
By turns casually exuberant to beautiful melancholy to majestic, musically this album soars. Guy Garvey’s mellifluous vocals and the wryly observed humanity of the lyrics link the songs back into the familiar. The two together create something quite special, with intimate, relatable songs underscored by emotionally fulfilling music. Superb.
4
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Wed May 18 2022
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
It's ok
3
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Thu May 19 2022
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Most enjoyable.
3
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Fri May 20 2022
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Whilst a fun enough listen, I ultimately found all the bombast rather empty and unsatisfying.
2
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Mon May 23 2022
Being There
Wilco
A delightful slice of Americana
3
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Tue May 24 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
Dislike
2
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Wed May 25 2022
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
1
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Thu May 26 2022
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Bangers, init.
4
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Fri May 27 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Sounds very dated now, but enjoyed this album. Hard Times is a classic, Rock Box signposts their later famous collaboration, and It's Like That is just great.
3
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Mon May 30 2022
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Really enjoyed this. Some tracks very reminiscent of Talking Heads.
3
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Tue May 31 2022
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
The beats, flow and storytelling on this are exceptional. The misogyny and puerile attitude to sex is a little harder to swallow, if not particularly unexpected. Loved the flow on Gimme The Loot, the guest vocal by Method Man on The What and the honesty on Suicidal Thoughts.
4
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Wed Jun 01 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Not for me thanks
2
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Tue Jun 07 2022
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Not my favourite Pink Floyd album. Breathe was the standout track for me
3
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Wed Jun 08 2022
Slipknot
Slipknot
Enjoyably loud
3
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Thu Jun 09 2022
Dookie
Green Day
Not a huge fan of West coast pop punk, but this was a fun album
3
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Fri Jun 10 2022
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
Alt-folk? Baroque pop? Who knows. Love this album; it’s full of sweetly light tracks offset by more urgent ones, darker in tone. Varied in arrangement and accompaniment, all 18 tracks hold the attention and showcase Damon Gough’s talent as composer and multi-instrumentalist. Completed, the album sits fully as a single statement, testament to the value of the long play format.
4
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Mon Jun 13 2022
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Really enjoyed this, can't believe I missed it when it came out.
4
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Tue Jun 14 2022
Play
Moby
The soundtrack to a thousand tedious dinner parties. "More flan Miriam?"
1
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Wed Jun 15 2022
Country Life
Roxy Music
Bit of a mixed bag this album, with only some tracks, e.g. Thrill Of It All and Out Of The Blue, hitting the feeling of corrupted glamour I was expecting. Most of the rest of the album was less interesting and missed something to temper the baroque excess.
2
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Thu Jun 30 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Some classics, goes on a bit
2
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Fri Jul 01 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Superb. Didn't realise how many of the Smashing Pumpkins tracks I knew are from this album
5
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Mon Jul 04 2022
2112
Rush
Overblown twaddle
2
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Tue Jul 05 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
I've never been angry at a record just for existing before, yet here we are. This is a album so banal it's offensive. One star because I can't give zero.
1
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Wed Jul 06 2022
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Fantastic, every song a highlight
5
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Thu Jul 07 2022
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
A bunch of very talented musicians combining to make a thing that's somehow less than the sum of its parts.
2
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Fri Jul 08 2022
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Americana with southern roots. Hints of trad and Dixie jazz from the brass and southern rock in.the guitar. Dr John light. Bit too god-y in places for me.
2
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Forever Changes
Love
Seminal album
5
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
2
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Loved it.
4
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Sounds so dated and hasn't aged well at all.
2
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Mon Jul 18 2022
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Great album, with a really lovely energy
3
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Tue Jul 19 2022
Odelay
Beck
Beck you big beautiful weirdo. Musically and tonally quite varied, this sets out the palate for much of his later work, albeit perhaps with less focus on any one particular style that occurs in subsequent records. It's a really enjoyable listen that never quite settles, keeping it continually interesting.
4
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Thu Jul 21 2022
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Glam rock as it should be.
4
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Snivilisation
Orbital
Not Orbital's best album, but a corker nonetheless. Stand out track for me was Are We Here
4
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Mon Jul 25 2022
Protection
Massive Attack
3
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Tue Jul 26 2022
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Lived this album. Varied yet stylistically consistent, it was engaging was from beginning to end
4
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Pfftt
2
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Fri Jul 29 2022
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
2
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Masterpiece
5
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Tue Aug 02 2022
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Meh
2
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Dull album by a shitty human being
1
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Some really great tracks on this, probably a bit long
4
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Thu Aug 11 2022
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
4
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Great Chicago blues
5
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Tue Aug 16 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Technically gifted saccharine pop that was ultimately rather unsatisfying. Interesting only in the sense of showing how far they traveled.
2
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Wed Aug 17 2022
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
No
2
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Thu Aug 18 2022
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Landmark psychedelic rock album.
4
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Not my favourite album by the scream, and very much of its time, but still sounds great.
4
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
A beautiful, enchanting album
4
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Wed Aug 24 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Quality 80s tunes
4
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Lovely
3
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Jaaaazz. Nice!
4
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
5
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
2
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
4
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Mon Sep 05 2022
In It For The Money
Supergrass
2
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Mon Sep 12 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Looses a point because Morrissey's gone all fash
4
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
Fantastic
5
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
A complex work that will reward many re listens
4
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Hotel California
Eagles
The single is a classic, the rest of the album is not
2
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Just realised where most of my favourite bands of the past 30 years were getting their inspiration from. Amazing album.
5
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Meh
2
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Looses some of the intimacy of the studio albums
4
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
2
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
2
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
3
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Dull. Sounds like adverts.
2
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Ethereally beautiful
4
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Dry
PJ Harvey
Polly Jean in full-on rock goddess mode.
4
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
The impact of The Wu and this album is hard to understate. Superb.
5
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
2
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Fri Oct 07 2022
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
This is an album in the truest sense. Lyrically, it tells a story, pivoting from the tired, misogynistic cliches in the opening couple of tracks to discussing the structural problems with hip hop culture, to alcoholism , and to personal growth against the backdrop of growing up in Compton. Powerful stuff.
4
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Weird inclusion
2
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Tue Oct 11 2022
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
One of Myles's most accessible albums, played by some super musicians
4
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Dog Man Star
Suede
Sleezy pomp
4
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Thu Oct 13 2022
The Joshua Tree
U2
Top-notch christian rock
4
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
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Mon Oct 17 2022
The Predator
Ice Cube
4
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Moondance
Van Morrison
3
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Wed Oct 19 2022
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
3
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Thu Oct 20 2022
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
3.75 out of 5. Norman's smashing it
4
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Fri Oct 21 2022
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Peak 80s, and not in a good way
2
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
A phenomenal album. So, so good with such a strong sense of theme and flow. One of trip-hop's finest albums.
5
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Tue Oct 25 2022
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
2
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Great album with some excellent production by David Bowie
4
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Thu Oct 27 2022
London Calling
The Clash
Never got this one. Boring, over-rated, and most definitely not punk.
2
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Smile
Brian Wilson
Enjoyable enough, but very much of its time
3
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Beautiful album. Where No Cars Go is a personal favourite.
4
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Thu Nov 03 2022
Rapture
Anita Baker
Shite. Hate this banal soul-lite crap.
1
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
Noise rock outsider art. Fantastic
4
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Mon Nov 07 2022
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Couldn't finish it. Sounds like an angry 14 year-old edge lord.
2
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Tue Nov 08 2022
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Love this. Jane's crystal vocals work so well against the cosmic psych rock background
4
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Wed Nov 09 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Perfect album? Bruce's song writing on this album is exceptional, with small-town, everyman vignettes set to an acoustic performance so vulnerable it's heartbreaking. The production creates a sound that's deeply intimate, like sitting up front, listening to the last performance of the night in a 2 am-empty bar. Amazing work.
5
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Beguiling
4
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Fri Nov 11 2022
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Meh
2
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Mon Nov 14 2022
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
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Tue Nov 15 2022
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
An important album, but I'm not a fan of "live" albums, particularly those of poorer quality recording
3
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Wed Nov 16 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Not favourite Bowie album
3
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Purple Rain
Prince
All killer, no filler. Prince at his funky best.
5
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Mon Nov 21 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Rather immature, lyrically and musically
2
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Tapestry
Carole King
Snore. Dull af
2
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Wed Nov 23 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Amazing voice, perfectly accompanied
4
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Fri Nov 25 2022
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Child In Time is pretty good, but the rest is a bit meh. Historically important album, one of the founding texts of "metal", but it's a genre that has moved on so far this just sounds like caricature now.
2
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Woodface
Crowded House
3
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Tue Nov 29 2022
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
2
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Wed Nov 30 2022
The Last Broadcast
Doves
3
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
Probably my favourite Scream album
4
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Eagles
Eagles
MOR shite
2
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Just beautiful
5
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
Not as interesting as it should be. All a bit too surface and no depth
2
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Snore
2
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
One great song, rest is a bit meh
2
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Tue Dec 13 2022
Live At Leeds
The Who
3
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
4
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Tue Dec 20 2022
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
5
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
3
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Mon Jan 02 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
4
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
Favourite Radiohead album.
5
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Fri Jan 06 2023
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Can hear the Tribe Called Quest DNA.
3
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
4
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Wed Jan 11 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
Really interesting to hear strong women's voices in this genre. Loved it
4
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Masterpiece
5
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Brilliant
4
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
So, so good. Amazing flow and fantastic beats.
5
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Wed Jan 25 2023
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
3
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
I get why this is on the list, but Christ is it dull. A quick glance over other albums released in the same year show startling brilliant jazz albums, landmark blues albums and great folk. Then there's this, middle of the road, acceptable to white radio "rock".
Historically important, but musically bland
2
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Post post punk album?
5
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
4
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
3