Jun 27 2022
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
3
Jun 28 2022
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
3
Jun 29 2022
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
1
Jul 04 2022
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
3
Jul 05 2022
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
Jul 06 2022
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C'est Chic
CHIC
The first track reminded me of how unfortunate the late 70s were. So self indulgent. There are redeeming cuts later in the album, but overall this was the aural equivalent of a cocaine binge in a toilet stall.
1
Jul 07 2022
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
A lovely album that I didn't expect to enjoy. I wouldn't have listened to it without the generator.
4
Jul 08 2022
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John Prine
John Prine
5
Jul 11 2022
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
3
Jul 12 2022
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
Jul 13 2022
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
3
Jul 14 2022
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
5
Jul 15 2022
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
4
Jul 18 2022
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The Cars
The Cars
5
Jul 19 2022
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
3
Jul 20 2022
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
5
Jul 21 2022
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Follow The Leader
Korn
1
Jul 22 2022
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
Jul 25 2022
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Dummy
Portishead
What a lazy and cynical exercise in a valueless genre with a stupid name.
“Maybe if we take our lack of musicality and 1 octave-range breathy vocals, and throw in a few turntable scratches, people will think we are avant-garde”
1
Jul 26 2022
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
3
Jul 27 2022
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
3
Jul 28 2022
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
Somewhere between hair metal and butt rock, and can’t make up its mind.
Hiring Mutt Lange is a deal with the devil - he will get you some hits, but you’ll have to sacrifice your edge for commerciality.
3
Jul 29 2022
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Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
5
Aug 01 2022
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Aug 02 2022
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
4
Aug 03 2022
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Moon Safari
Air
3
Aug 04 2022
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Woodface
Crowded House
5
Aug 05 2022
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Third
Portishead
1
Aug 08 2022
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
A fine example of "butt rock". RIP Bon Scott.
4
Aug 09 2022
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
4
Aug 10 2022
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4
Aug 11 2022
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New Wave
The Auteurs
2
Aug 12 2022
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Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
4
Aug 15 2022
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Revolver
Beatles
5
Aug 16 2022
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
When I was 8, I would have given it 5 stars. Of course back then, I also enjoyed eating a spoonful of Tang out of the jar. When I was 15, I would have given it 7 stars.
With hindsight, it's clear that this is the peak of 70s excesses. Each song is 50% to 100% longer than it should be. It's bloated, overwrought ... and still fun.
His name is Robert Paulson.
3
Aug 17 2022
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
Aug 18 2022
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The Healer
John Lee Hooker
4
Aug 19 2022
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The Predator
Ice Cube
4
Aug 22 2022
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
I'm stunned that the average review isn't higher. Maybe it's a recency bias.
This album is exactly why the "1001 albums" project exists. This is a groundbreaking and culturally significant album, that also happens to be pretty darn good. Is it my favorite Ray Charles album? No. Did it have more impact on the course of American and World music than any other Ray Charles album ... and really most any album? Absolutely.
5
Aug 23 2022
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
For poseurs only. Much better music can be found in this genre.
1
Aug 24 2022
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
3
Aug 25 2022
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
1
Aug 26 2022
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
Probably the best of "prog rock" Genesis.
4
Aug 29 2022
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
At the time, fans liked it for all the wrong reasons. I disliked it for the same wrong reasons. Well played, Beasties.
3
Aug 30 2022
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Let It Be
The Replacements
5
Aug 31 2022
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Parachutes
Coldplay
2
Sep 01 2022
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
4
Sep 02 2022
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
3
Sep 05 2022
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
3
Sep 06 2022
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Purple Rain
Prince
5
Sep 07 2022
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
2
Sep 08 2022
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The La's
The La's
4
Sep 09 2022
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evermore
Taylor Swift
3
Sep 12 2022
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
It's interesting how people cannot hold two conflicting ideas in their minds.
It's possible for BOTH "The Smiths are good" and "Morrrissey is a prat" to be true. One has nothing to do with the other in the context of a review.
Review bombing is the hallmark of sad, simple minds. If you don't like Morrissey, boycott his work. But no, that's not enough. You have to use what puny bit of power that you have to try to influence others to not listen to him. Pathetic.
Anyway, this album is average. Three stars. And Morrissey is a prat. Still three stars.
3
Sep 13 2022
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
2
Sep 14 2022
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
3
Sep 15 2022
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
3
Sep 16 2022
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
5
Sep 19 2022
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Sep 20 2022
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
4
Sep 21 2022
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Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
3
Sep 22 2022
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
3
Sep 23 2022
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
This album is very soothing. To the point where it makes me sleepasdf;kjna;sdlkfnlksndf;kdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
4
Sep 26 2022
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
There's an enjoyable song on this album. The problem is that they play it 10 times with different names.
2
Sep 27 2022
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
4
Sep 28 2022
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
5
Sep 29 2022
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
2
Sep 30 2022
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
4
Oct 03 2022
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
I'm not going to clutch my pearls like some reviewers. All N.W.A. said on this album reflects what a subculture wanted to hear at a certain point in history. Many of those views remain, so take it up with them.
That said, this album took hip hop in a pretty nasty direction at a time when casual listeners were starting to pick up on it. There was a battle for the soul of the genre and BDP, Tribe and assorted street philosophers and skilled rappers got pushed to the periphery.
2
Oct 04 2022
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
4
Oct 05 2022
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
That was terrific. Thanks to Alex for creating a tool that brings unexpected music to my computer each day!
5
Oct 06 2022
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
4
Oct 07 2022
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Hms Fable
Shack
4
Oct 10 2022
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
Oct 11 2022
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Queen II
Queen
4
Oct 12 2022
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Future Days
Can
4
Oct 13 2022
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
3
Oct 14 2022
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Pitchfork-bait.
2
Oct 17 2022
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
Oct 18 2022
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
4
Oct 19 2022
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All Directions
The Temptations
5
Oct 20 2022
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
2
Oct 21 2022
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
Oct 24 2022
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Stevie Wonder if he were in a jam band. And couldn't play instruments. And couldn't write bangers.
3
Oct 25 2022
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Oct 26 2022
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
I thought that Germany was out of the "crimes against humanity" business...
+ 1 star for sheer audacity, and the final few tracks which veered toward being tolerable.
2
Oct 27 2022
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
4
Oct 28 2022
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
3
Oct 31 2022
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
5
Nov 01 2022
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
4
Nov 02 2022
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The Doors
The Doors
5
Nov 03 2022
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
5
Nov 04 2022
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
4
Nov 07 2022
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
I had an idiot roommate in the dorms play this at 2am every night. I might be biased. Metallica, take your 2 stars and let's move on with our lives.
2
Nov 08 2022
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
4
Nov 09 2022
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Nice. Discovering new bands like this are why we use this generator.
4
Nov 10 2022
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
3
Nov 11 2022
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
I don't understand review bombing. If you don't like someone, or their politics or if you think they are a pedo - then don't listen. Why do you feel like you need to give it a bad review/score? Do you feel like you need to somehow keep other people from listening? Slag off.
Thriller is a masterwork of pop music. It's not my preferred style, but it is demonstrably excellent.
5
Nov 14 2022
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Berlin
Lou Reed
My rating got lower the more I listened to it. I settled on 2 stars, because there's worse Lou Reed out there.
2
Nov 15 2022
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Be
Common
4
Nov 16 2022
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
5
Nov 17 2022
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
3
Nov 18 2022
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Protection
Massive Attack
3
Nov 21 2022
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
2
Nov 22 2022
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Graceland
Paul Simon
5
Nov 23 2022
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
4
Nov 24 2022
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
4
Nov 25 2022
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Treasure
Cocteau Twins
1
Nov 28 2022
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Risque
CHIC
3
Nov 29 2022
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Doolittle
Pixies
4
Nov 30 2022
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
4
Dec 01 2022
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
2
Dec 02 2022
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Elephant
The White Stripes
5
Dec 05 2022
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
3
Dec 06 2022
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
5
Dec 07 2022
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
4
Dec 08 2022
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
3
Dec 09 2022
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
1
Dec 12 2022
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
Dec 13 2022
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
What have I done to deserve two Joni Mitchell albums in three days?
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
1
Dec 14 2022
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Not just a good album. An important album.
5
Dec 15 2022
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1984
Van Halen
4
Dec 16 2022
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
2
Dec 19 2022
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
A problem with an album-centric methodology is that the popular music of the early R&B/rock eras was dominated by singles. Albums were the realm of jazz, classical, and Frank Sinatra.
Exposing generations to Fats Domino is a noble endeavor. However, this album is a flawed approach. Sometimes you have to bite the bullet and say, "You know, when the album coverage is thin, lets just go with a Greatest Hits".
If you want to stroll with the Fat Man, just pull him up as an artist on Spotify and let 'er rip.
3
Dec 20 2022
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
4
Dec 21 2022
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Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
3
Dec 22 2022
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
3
Dec 23 2022
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
4
Dec 26 2022
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5
Dec 27 2022
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Phrenology
The Roots
4
Dec 28 2022
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
2
Dec 29 2022
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
3
Dec 30 2022
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
4
Jan 05 2023
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
4
Jan 06 2023
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Kimono My House
Sparks
This was such a hard album to rate. At one moment, I'm listening to great 70s rock that compares favorably with early glam rock, Queen, and other parallel influences. The next moment I want to punch a song in the face for its pretentious wankery.
I split the difference at 3 stars.
3
Jan 09 2023
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The Joshua Tree
U2
5
Jan 10 2023
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No Other
Gene Clark
If you don't like this album, you don't like music.
5
Jan 11 2023
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
The first song is hot garbage, but the 420 crowd is going to see it as a 5-star anthem.
What followed? A surprisingly good reggae album. I guess that's why we keep listening.
3
Jan 12 2023
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Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
2
Jan 13 2023
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The Slider
T. Rex
3
Jan 16 2023
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Blackstar
David Bowie
4
Jan 17 2023
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4
Jan 18 2023
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
5
Jan 19 2023
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
2
Jan 20 2023
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
3
Jan 23 2023
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Pretenders
Pretenders
4
Jan 24 2023
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Pink Flag
Wire
5
Jan 25 2023
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Makeba's songs are better than the ones written by other folks.
I want to punch The Naughty Little Flea in the face. Not the flea, just the song. There are other songs that are equally cloying.
House of the Rising Sun and Mbube are important bits of cultural DNA, but Iya Guduza is the real banger.
3
Jan 26 2023
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
2
Jan 27 2023
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
A worthy debut from Digital Underground. If you didn't quite like this one, the true essential entry from them is Sons of the P.
RIP Shock G
5
Jan 30 2023
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
3
Jan 31 2023
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
5
Feb 01 2023
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Rio
Duran Duran
I like it better than I did in 1982, but that is damning it with faint praise
2
Feb 02 2023
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
No explanation necessary.
5
Feb 03 2023
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
I've never liked The Mamas & The Papas. I'd be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but then I heard what they did to "Do You Wanna Dance". In some circles it's considered to be a war crime.
1
Feb 06 2023
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Brothers
The Black Keys
5
Feb 07 2023
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Unquestionable brilliance ... with a lot of what we can charitably call "filler" thrown in to stretch it to album length.
4
Feb 08 2023
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3
Feb 09 2023
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
4
Feb 10 2023
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
S&G are great, but this album is chock full of "I'm the next great poet" vibes. Leading to several songs that are era-appropriate wankery.
3
Feb 13 2023
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
3
Feb 14 2023
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
Feb 15 2023
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Just painful. It's sad that this is the point where Skip Spence is teetering into the abyss, but we don't need to listen to it.
2
Feb 16 2023
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Horses
Patti Smith
2
Feb 17 2023
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GI
Germs
3
Feb 20 2023
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Is anyone else tempted to find people who give 1-star reviews for classic albums (for brilliant reasons like "nope", "live album", or "he was a jerk") and revoke their music privileges?
I'm sorry you can't handle a live album. Music is supposed to be listened to live. The sterile, overproduced, autotuned recording is a relatively recent development in human history and was primarily developed to make money for record companies. I can't listen to Sam Cooke live because he's mortality-challenged. So I'm going to treasure this live album.
If your response to a soul album is "nope", you don't have one. You've abdicated your humanity privileges.
If your are trying to retrospectively cancel an artist because they did ________ in the year ______, just chuck your entire music catalog. To quote Captain Malcom Reynolds, "It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of him was one kind of sumbitch or another". I look forward to the good people of 2083 finding every aspect of YOUR existence wanting.
That said, I'm now inspired to invent a time machine, if only because I can use it to go back to January 12, 1963 to go see this show.
5
Feb 21 2023
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
4
Feb 22 2023
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Moving Pictures
Rush
I imagine that folks who prefer other genres will still like this album. It's amazing how so few can do so much.
5
Feb 23 2023
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Central Reservation
Beth Orton
2
Feb 24 2023
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American Idiot
Green Day
C+ philosophy and politics meets A+ rock.
4
Feb 27 2023
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
2
Feb 28 2023
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Fragile
Yes
4
Mar 01 2023
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
A pleasant surprise.
4
Mar 02 2023
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
1
Mar 03 2023
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
2
Mar 06 2023
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
5
Mar 07 2023
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Low-Life
New Order
4
Mar 08 2023
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
5
Mar 10 2023
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Heroes
David Bowie
3
Mar 15 2023
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
2
Mar 16 2023
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
When an album causes the Beatles to rethink their creative decisions and come up with Sgt. Pepper's, you've done something right.
5
Mar 17 2023
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
3
Mar 20 2023
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
2
Mar 21 2023
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
I liked it better back then. With a few decades of hindsight, it's clear that Pet Shop Boys represents the worst of the 80s. Performance vs. Music, Style vs. Substance. It's auditory cynicism.
It turns out that there's not a lot of "there" there.
2
Mar 22 2023
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Medúlla
Björk
4
Mar 23 2023
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Stunningly bad. This sentient mullet is an affront to humanity, music, and even the concept of sound.
1
Mar 24 2023
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
3
Mar 27 2023
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Ramones
Ramones
Has a first album ever been a more effective mission statement, or a first song ever been a better opening thesis?
5
Mar 28 2023
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Low
David Bowie
4
Mar 29 2023
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
4
Mar 30 2023
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Faust IV
Faust
The worst thing I can say about an album is, "I think I could have done that".
1
Mar 31 2023
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Apr 03 2023
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Play
Moby
3
Apr 04 2023
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
2
Apr 05 2023
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American Pie
Don McLean
4
Apr 06 2023
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Cut
The Slits
Is it still cultural appropriation if you suck at it?
1
Apr 07 2023
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
5
Apr 10 2023
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
3
Apr 11 2023
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GREY Area
Little Simz
2
Apr 12 2023
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
3
Apr 13 2023
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Apr 14 2023
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
3
Apr 17 2023
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
3
Apr 18 2023
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Melodrama
Lorde
3
Apr 19 2023
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
Apr 20 2023
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Close To You
Carpenters
3
Apr 21 2023
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Night Life
Ray Price
4
Apr 24 2023
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Django Django
Django Django
4
Apr 25 2023
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
This was new to me, and I loved it. So many different styles were skillfully blended. Proof that jazz is more than just an American artform.
5
Apr 26 2023
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4
Apr 27 2023
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
5
Apr 28 2023
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
3
May 01 2023
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
3
May 02 2023
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
4
May 03 2023
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The Clash
The Clash
3
May 04 2023
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
2
May 05 2023
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
May 08 2023
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
This is the first album I ever bought on cassette, so it's going to get 5 from me. Man, it's a good thing the notes didn't include lyrics ...
Probably the tightest ZZ Top album.
5
May 09 2023
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
2
May 10 2023
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
5
May 11 2023
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3
May 12 2023
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The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Less is more with Siouxsie_Sioux. After the first wo tracks, I was thinking, "Hey, they're a lot better than I remember". Four songs later and I realized, "No, they aren't."
2
May 15 2023
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
May 16 2023
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Sound Affects
The Jam
5
May 17 2023
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Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
4
May 18 2023
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Kenya
Machito
3
May 19 2023
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
5
May 22 2023
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Homework
Daft Punk
5
May 23 2023
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My Generation
The Who
Interesting time capsule of early Who, and a first-rate mission statement.
4
May 24 2023
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
3
May 25 2023
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4
May 26 2023
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
May 29 2023
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
1
May 30 2023
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
5
May 31 2023
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
4
Jun 01 2023
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
4
Jun 02 2023
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Smash
The Offspring
4
Jun 05 2023
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
We had a vigorous debate about this album.
Some thought it was "hot garbage". I disagreed - I thought it was "steaming garbage".
2
Jun 06 2023
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
An unexpected gem.
5
Jun 07 2023
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Despite the wildly inaccurate title - both the song and album are far longer than 17 seconds - it was quite enjoyable.
I think I prefer when the Cure are merely glum, and not fully depressed.
4
Jun 08 2023
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
4
Jun 09 2023
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Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
4
Jun 12 2023
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
3
Jun 13 2023
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
2
Jun 30 2023
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Odessa
Bee Gees
2
Jul 03 2023
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
Jul 04 2023
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
4
Jul 05 2023
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
3
Jul 06 2023
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Diamond Life
Sade
Talented singer whose music I thoroughly hate.
2
Jul 07 2023
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Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
1
Jul 10 2023
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Debut
Björk
2
Jul 11 2023
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
A remarkable album. Possibly the best ever?
5
Jul 12 2023
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
2
Jul 13 2023
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
I was unaware of this terrific album. In my defense, we had two kids under three at the time.
5
Jul 14 2023
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
4
Jul 17 2023
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Jul 18 2023
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
I'm not crying. YOU'RE crying!
5
Jul 19 2023
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
3
Jul 20 2023
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
5
Jul 21 2023
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones always struck me as an elaborate practical joke on the Western world.
Hey, look Boomers! Blues music repackaged by some limey honkeys! Oh, how edgy - they're singing about sex and Satan! That'll stick it to your parents who won the war, built the economy, and gave you jerks a head start not experienced by any generation prior or since!
But Charlie Watts is pretty tight.
2
Jul 24 2023
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21
Adele
5
Jul 25 2023
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Jul 26 2023
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Fun House
The Stooges
3
Jul 27 2023
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
My first though was, "Oh, boy! Here comes an hour of sitar solos!". But it was actually lovely. If anything, it was TOO ambient.
3
Jul 28 2023
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
Jul 31 2023
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
5
Aug 01 2023
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Tapestry
Carole King
5
Aug 02 2023
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Store brand Rush.
2
Aug 03 2023
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Opus Dei
Laibach
Better than I expected, but let's not get carried away.
3
Aug 04 2023
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
2
Aug 07 2023
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
3
Aug 08 2023
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Aug 09 2023
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
3
Aug 10 2023
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With The Beatles
Beatles
5
Aug 11 2023
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Spiderland
Slint
1
Aug 14 2023
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
Mediocre
3
Aug 15 2023
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OK Computer
Radiohead
5
Aug 16 2023
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
4
Aug 17 2023
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3
Aug 18 2023
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Not his best, but Waylon could sing product jingles and (even more) TV show theme songs, and it would be 4 stars.
4
Aug 21 2023
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
1
Aug 22 2023
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
1
Aug 23 2023
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The Yes Album
Yes
3
Aug 24 2023
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
4
Aug 25 2023
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The Bends
Radiohead
3
Aug 28 2023
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
5
Aug 29 2023
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Back In Black
AC/DC
Proto butt-rock.
*throws up horns*
4
Aug 30 2023
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
4
Aug 31 2023
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
From 2017 but is Talking Heads meets Depeche Mode meets Tangerine Dream meets Bowie steals Bono
4
Sep 01 2023
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
2
Sep 04 2023
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
5
Sep 05 2023
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Garbage
Garbage
2
Sep 06 2023
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Pornography
The Cure
3
Sep 07 2023
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American Gothic
David Ackles
4
Sep 08 2023
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
That was terrific. I always avoided her music, because I thought it was going to be as much of a train wreck as her personal life, but I was wrong. She really was promising.
5
Sep 11 2023
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The Next Day
David Bowie
3
Sep 12 2023
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
I didn't know you could grow a mullet in 76 minutes, but here we are.
5
Sep 13 2023
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Quiet Life
Japan
2
Sep 14 2023
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Microshift
Hookworms
1
Sep 15 2023
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
3
Sep 18 2023
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xx
The xx
1
Sep 19 2023
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
4
Sep 20 2023
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
4
Sep 21 2023
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
Sep 22 2023
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
2
Sep 25 2023
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
Sep 26 2023
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
A peak of the art form. No notes.
5
Sep 27 2023
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Dog Man Star
Suede
Most bands and artists have influences. This album is 120% influences.
If I wanted to listen to crappy U2, I'd go looking for Pop.
2
Sep 28 2023
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Well, that S(io)ux
2
Sep 29 2023
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
2
Oct 02 2023
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
5
Oct 03 2023
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Moondance
Van Morrison
5
Oct 04 2023
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Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
3
Oct 05 2023
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Metallica
Metallica
4
Oct 06 2023
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
3
Oct 09 2023
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1999
Prince
If Prince only sang on this album it would be a 5-star effort. In his spare time he wrote everything, played every instrument, and produced it. As a 23-year-old.
5
Oct 10 2023
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
5
Oct 11 2023
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Rock & Roll can destroy itself just fine, thank you. It doesn't need help from middlebrow house music.
Still, the album is not without merit.
3
Oct 12 2023
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
4
Oct 13 2023
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Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
2
Oct 16 2023
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
Oct 17 2023
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
Let's just say she grew a lot by Back to Black.
2
Oct 18 2023
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
2
Oct 19 2023
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
3
Oct 20 2023
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Face to Face
The Kinks
2
Oct 23 2023
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
4
Oct 24 2023
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
Oct 25 2023
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New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
4
Oct 26 2023
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
3
Oct 27 2023
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
2
Oct 30 2023
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
Oct 31 2023
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
CCR could have decided to release one amazing album in 1969. Instead, they chose to release 3 OK albums. Mo' money, I suppose. But it's going to cost them a couple of stars.
I hope they can live with this while sleeping on their solid gold pillows.
3
Nov 01 2023
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Hardly an essential album. If we must include one of her albums in a "must hear" list, it would be Solitude Standing.
3
Nov 02 2023
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
4
Nov 03 2023
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Black Monk Time
The Monks
2
Nov 06 2023
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
4
Nov 07 2023
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
1
Nov 08 2023
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
3
Nov 09 2023
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Guero
Beck
4
Nov 10 2023
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
2
Nov 13 2023
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Lovely album. Too bad he's being a prat about Spotify.
5
Nov 14 2023
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
5
Nov 15 2023
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
Nov 16 2023
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Timeless
Goldie
1
Nov 17 2023
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
3
Nov 20 2023
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
It's not my preferred genre, but it is an exemplary example of it.
5
Nov 21 2023
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
So edgy! I'm mad about stuff! Down with stuff!
Posers
2
Nov 22 2023
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
4
Nov 23 2023
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Disintegration
The Cure
5
Nov 24 2023
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
2
Nov 27 2023
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
4
Nov 28 2023
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Raw Power
The Stooges
3
Nov 29 2023
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
4
Nov 30 2023
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Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
This is not an essential album.
2
Dec 01 2023
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
4
Dec 04 2023
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
4
Dec 05 2023
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Illmatic
Nas
5
Dec 06 2023
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
This album definitely belongs on this list, and it is culturally significant, but I suspect there are limits to how much you can enjoy it if you aren't high.
3
Dec 07 2023
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Dec 08 2023
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White Ladder
David Gray
So much whinging. That's what y'all call it, right?
Track 1 had the least inspired use of the Amen Break that I've ever heard.
2
Dec 11 2023
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
A bold direction from Elvis that has both hits and misses. A worthy effort.
That said, any album containing "In the Ghetto" must be docked one star. This is non-negotiable.
4
Dec 12 2023
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Dec 13 2023
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Ice T goes hard. Track for track I like Power better, but Ice and Islam get tighter and realer, while somehow keeping an undercurrent of irony.
5
Dec 14 2023
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
5
Dec 15 2023
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
5
Dec 18 2023
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
I like the ZZ Top song (Money for Nothing) and the Springsteen song (Walk of Life). Go get paid, boys!
But I LOVE the 2nd half of any Dire Straits album. It's like slipping into a warm bath.
5
Dec 19 2023
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
This Marley album is much better than the ones that have been wafting (along with smoke) out of college dorm rooms for the last 50 years.
5
Dec 20 2023
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Excretable
1
Dec 21 2023
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
5
Dec 22 2023
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
Awful. Just awful.
No extra credit for having a self-inflicted injury.
1
Dec 25 2023
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Dec 26 2023
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
4
Dec 27 2023
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Dec 28 2023
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Real Life
Magazine
4
Dec 29 2023
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Nixon
Lambchop
2
Jan 09 2024
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
Jan 10 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
Jan 11 2024
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
2
Jan 12 2024
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Soul Mining
The The
4
Jan 15 2024
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
Jan 16 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Jan 17 2024
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Vivid
Living Colour
The idea of Living Colour is much better than the reality.
2
Jan 18 2024
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
If you are pressed for time, just listen to Disc 2. It shifts gears from "typically good" to "sublime".
5
Jan 19 2024
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Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
5
Jan 22 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
5
Jan 23 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
4
Jan 24 2024
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Black Metal
Venom
No
1
Jan 25 2024
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25
Adele
A letdown after 21. I was going to go 4 stars, but then Spotify gave me Amy Winehouse - Valerie after the album ended and I realized how much more personality her voice had.
3
Jan 26 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
You can see that Petty is heading somewhere, but he's not fully developed yet.
4
Jan 29 2024
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Boston
Boston
A perfect album for its time and place.
5
Jan 30 2024
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Different Class
Pulp
Loaded with a variety of bangers. Even songs that start innocuously have something up their sleeves.
5
Jan 31 2024
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
2
Feb 01 2024
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I See You
The xx
5
Feb 02 2024
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Must hear? Not really. It was basic and bland
2
Feb 05 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
5
Feb 06 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
5
Feb 07 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
2
Feb 08 2024
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
8 unforgettable, and barely audible dirges. One halfway decent song. One limp cover of a Prince B-side.
1
Feb 09 2024
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
5
Feb 12 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
This app should deactivate the account of anyone who rates Sgt. Pepper's anything below four stars. For their own benefit.
5
Feb 13 2024
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Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
3
Feb 14 2024
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Tical
Method Man
One of the weaker links in the Clan.
3
Feb 15 2024
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
Takes a few singing lessons to expand her range to an entire octave. Gets (a quasi) religion. Has a kid. Becomes extremely boring.
3
Feb 16 2024
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S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
2
Feb 19 2024
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
4
Feb 20 2024
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Feb 21 2024
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Why ....?
2
Feb 22 2024
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
It's not a good sign when the Spotify algorithm follows an album with a song that a) trying to do accomplish the same things as the "1001 Albums" artist, b) as a relative unknown, and c) much better.
Sorry Fiona. The Magnetic Fields are now occupying your corner.
3
Feb 23 2024
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Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
4
Feb 26 2024
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Signing Off
UB40
1
Feb 27 2024
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Ctrl
SZA
3
Feb 28 2024
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
I see what all the hype is about.
5
Feb 29 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
Mar 01 2024
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Dare!
The Human League
Great Value Depeche Mode
3
Mar 04 2024
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
4
Mar 05 2024
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D
White Denim
This was a nice discovery. Thanks again, Alex, for the generator!
5
Mar 06 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
5
Mar 07 2024
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
My rating kept dropping as the album progressed. Only the sheer audacity kept my floor at 2-stars.
2
Mar 08 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
5
Mar 11 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
4
Mar 12 2024
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Slipknot
Slipknot
1
Mar 13 2024
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
3
Mar 14 2024
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Rapture
Anita Baker
2
Mar 15 2024
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OK
Talvin Singh
4
Mar 18 2024
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
5
Mar 19 2024
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
4
Mar 20 2024
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
Mar 21 2024
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
2
Mar 22 2024
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
3
Apr 01 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
5
Apr 02 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
3
Apr 03 2024
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
2
Apr 04 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
3
Apr 05 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
This should be the soundtrack for The Great British Baking Show.
Just lovely.
5
Apr 08 2024
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
2
Apr 09 2024
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
3
Apr 10 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
3
Apr 11 2024
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Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
3
Apr 12 2024
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Kenza
Khaled
3
Apr 16 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Reasonable people can disagree whether they 'like' or 'love' this album. But if you find yourself in the 'hate' camp, that is where we part company, my former friend.
5
Apr 17 2024
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Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
2
Apr 18 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
4
Apr 19 2024
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
5
Apr 22 2024
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
1
Apr 23 2024
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
Apr 24 2024
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
4
Apr 25 2024
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3
Apr 26 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Timeless
5
Apr 29 2024
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
4
Apr 30 2024
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
3
May 01 2024
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The Man Who
Travis
3
May 02 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
5
May 03 2024
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
2
May 06 2024
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
3
May 09 2024
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
Yeah, I gave 5 stars to a Butt Rock album. It's an exemplary one.
5
May 10 2024
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Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
2
May 13 2024
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
5
May 14 2024
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
4
May 15 2024
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Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
3
May 16 2024
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
If you know, you know.
4
May 23 2024
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The Specials
The Specials
2
May 24 2024
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
4
May 27 2024
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
4
May 28 2024
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Orbital 2
Orbital
Time did, indeed, become a loop
3
May 29 2024
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
3
May 30 2024
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Kala
M.I.A.
Evidence that Robert Christgau lost his dang mind in the mid-2000s. Best album of the decade? Performative poseur nonsense.
1
May 31 2024
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
4
Jun 03 2024
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Suede
Suede
5
Jun 04 2024
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En-Tact
The Shamen
2
Jun 05 2024
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The White Room
The KLF
2
Jun 06 2024
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
4
Jun 07 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
5
Jun 10 2024
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Yeezus
Kanye West
Kanye is a jackass, but this hits so hard.
5
Jun 11 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
4
Jul 01 2024
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Make Yourself
Incubus
2
Jul 02 2024
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
3
Jul 03 2024
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Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
Jul 04 2024
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Is This It
The Strokes
5
Jul 05 2024
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Kid A
Radiohead
5
Jul 11 2024
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
5
Jul 12 2024
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
2
Jul 15 2024
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Slayed?
Slade
5
Jul 16 2024
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
3
Jul 17 2024
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
3
Jul 26 2024
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
1
Jul 29 2024
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
3
Jul 30 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
3
Jul 31 2024
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
4
Aug 01 2024
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Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
Sucked then. Sucks now.
1
Aug 12 2024
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Headquarters
The Monkees
3
Aug 13 2024
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
1
Aug 14 2024
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Dookie
Green Day
5
Aug 15 2024
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
4
Aug 16 2024
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
4
Aug 19 2024
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All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
3
Aug 20 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
3
Aug 22 2024
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
3
Aug 23 2024
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Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
3
Aug 26 2024
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Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
2
Aug 27 2024
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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
2
Aug 28 2024
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
4
Sep 02 2024
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
4
Sep 03 2024
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
3
Sep 04 2024
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
4
Sep 05 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
In the long-standing "Beatles or Stones?" debate, the correct answer remains "The Who".
End to end a brilliant album. Listen to it 4 times. You know the songwriting, guitar, and vocals. But take a listen for just the drums or just the bass lines, and you'll hear just how advanced this band was. Any of those instruments could be considered the "lead".
5
Sep 06 2024
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
King Louie!
5
Sep 23 2024
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Movies
Holger Czukay
4
Sep 24 2024
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
1
Sep 25 2024
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
I tried. Really, I tried.
1
Sep 26 2024
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
"East Coast" West Coast becomes neither. It didn't help that the more meticulous treatment was stolen, and this revision was rushed.
Bring Tha Noize was an ill-conceived collaboration with Anthrax, but I guess everyone had to do the Rap/Metal thing back then. Better than Aerosmith + Run DMC. Falls short of the Beastie Boys or Body Count.
On the other hand, it's still P.E.
4
Oct 03 2024
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3
Oct 04 2024
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Faith
George Michael
"Look at my butt. It's a perfect circle. Scientists use my butt to calibrate their instruments!"
3
Oct 07 2024
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
There's a reason that they aren't Two Hit Wonders
2
Oct 08 2024
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
3
Oct 09 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
2
Oct 10 2024
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
4
Oct 14 2024
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Country Life
Roxy Music
3
Oct 15 2024
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
5
Oct 16 2024
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Terrible, but with integrity.
2
Oct 17 2024
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
4
Oct 18 2024
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War
U2
3
Oct 30 2024
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All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
4
Oct 31 2024
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
Temu Jim Morrison
3
Nov 25 2024
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
4