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Fri Jul 08 2022
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
It's OK, I guess? If you've never heard Leonard Cohen before, this is a pretty good example of his sound. That said, his sound is kind of hit or miss.
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Sat Jul 09 2022
Moondance
Van Morrison
If you like Van Morrison then this album is fantastic - It's all the hits. That said, if you dont then its not like this album is going to make you suddenly change your mind. I'm indifferent to Van Morrrison - 3/5
3
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Sun Jul 10 2022
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
This is a great album and an excellent jumping off point for both The Smiths and also for pretty much all post-punk 80s stuff.
5/5
5
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Mon Jul 11 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
This is the second Smiths album in a row that this system has recommended, and while I gave the first one ("Strangeways") 5/5 I just cant recommend this one as highly. 3/5 its got a couple of solid tracks.
3
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Tue Jul 12 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
1992 was a crazy good year for music, and Dirt is a strong contender for best album of 1992. Every song on Dirt is a banger, there arent ANY weak tracks. Its also one of the clearest "cries for help" you'll ever hear. 5/5
5
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Wed Jul 13 2022
The Wall
Pink Floyd
I absolutely believe that everyone in the world should hear this album at least once BUT they should also watch the film. 5/5
5
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Thu Jul 14 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
I'm not sure why this would be an album that everyone should listen to, unless the reasoning is that Brian Wilson was influential on all Rock & Roll? Anyway, this is kind of a standard rock album of the mid-60s in that it has 2 top 10 songs and 8 filler tracks. Its fine, I guess. 3/5
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
I didnt know much about Emmylou Harris before I heard this album, but shes got a hell of a voice and theres not a weak track on this whole album. Special credit to "Bottle let me down" and Beatles cover "For No One" - 4/5
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Sat Jul 16 2022
All Mod Cons
The Jam
I really dont know what to say about this one. Its OK, I guess? Decent album, maybe I'm just not into mod stuff. I kept on wishing it was more like the Kinks. - 2/5
2
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Sun Jul 17 2022
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
My favorite Beastie album is Check Your Head, but Ill Communication is a close second. Amazing lyrics, samples, and they doubled down on the cool funk jazz stuff. 5/5
5
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
This is a good album, but I feel like Tracy Chapman is better in small doses. My sister REALLY loved this album and spent all of 1989 with this in her CD player. There are a couple of good tracks on it - 2/5
2
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Tue Jul 19 2022
Ten
Pearl Jam
It feels overplayed, but thats just because its such a great fucking album that it cant help but be in your head all the time. One of the all time top albums of all time. Literally every single track is amazing - 5/5
5
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Wed Jul 20 2022
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Just to lead off, The Chain is one of the greatest songs ever made. This album is a cross section of every single radio station in the late 70s and early 80s. It feels played out, but as I wrote in a different review, thats just because every single song is perfect and plays in your head 24/7. One of the all time greatest albums ever - 5/5
5
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Thu Jul 21 2022
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Thanks but no thanks. 1/5
1
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
It seems like everyone knows and enjoys the title track, but I admit I had never heard the full album before it came up in 1001 albums. Its not a great album, with some rock-opera style stuff filling out 7 tracks. 2/5
2
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Sat Jul 23 2022
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Soundgarden's best album, and defines an entire decade of music. Every single track is solid - 5/5
5
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Sun Jul 24 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Absolutely amazing album which hits like a baseball bat - Pure LA sound and a complete reshuffle/breakdown of the rock scene when it dropped. Every track is a winner and at least half this album is top 10s. 5/5
5
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Mon Jul 25 2022
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Elliot Smith is a tragic figure, and this is a good album. Its not an album with a bunch of top 10 songs or any particular earworms or bangers on it, but its an overall very good and very listenable in general. 3/5
3
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Tue Jul 26 2022
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Second Van Morrison album this list has recommended to me so far, and I remain indifferent to him as an artist. Nothing particularly impressive on this album, in my opinion. 2/5
2
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Wed Jul 27 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
One of the beatles best, and I feel like this makes me lose a recent argument that I had regarding whether an album has to be "themed" in order to be 5 stars. Although there isnt any particularly clear theme for hard days night, the songs are all amazing and stand alone. 5/5
5
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Thu Jul 28 2022
Scum
Napalm Death
First time I have ever heard it, and I like this album!
I can see how some people wont, though - Its mostly screaming vocals and very quick tempo.
4/5
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Fri Jul 29 2022
On The Beach
Neil Young
On The Beach is an OK album, but hard to point out anything special as a casual listener to Neil Young. Its got a couple of OK tracks, but its mostly aging rocker bellybutton analysis. 2/5
2
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Sat Jul 30 2022
Diamond Life
Sade
Diamond Life is a great album with a ton of killer tracks, and it makes up as a total one of those perfect cross section "sounds of the 80s" kind of vibes. 4/5
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
I played the whole album through to try and figure out if any of it was worthy of the praise it gets on Wikipedia, but I couldnt find anything about it that appeals to me at all. 1/5
1
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
OMFG GOAT In all seriousness, I cant imagine any top 10 albums of all time list that doesnt include Bat Out Of Hell. Its an absolute triumph of an album, with perfect theming and timing, and every single track is perfect on its own and as a whole. The album art is fantastic, its so overwrought and over the top in every way. 5/5
5
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Tue Aug 02 2022
The La's
The La's
Decent album with good songs and one big hit song. Its OK but nothing special. 2/5
2
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Odessa
Bee Gees
Very weird album, and I cant help but think that I would be pissed off if I had actually bought this as an LP 50 years ago.
I mean, this is a REALLY bad album.
Its kind of confusing as to why it would even be on this list, except as a cautionary tale. 1/5
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Thu Aug 04 2022
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
This basically just needs to be listened to. It encapsulates an entire decade of thought and attitude by white people in the UK in one album. 5/5
5
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Such an amazing album. Theres all kinds of history and reasons why this is an incredibly empowering album and a triumph for an artist as well, but the short version is that its just a fantastic album. 5/5
5
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Sat Aug 06 2022
White Ladder
David Gray
This is OK, I guess? It feels kind of middle-of-the-road to me, and the top track "Babylon" is extremely forgettable. British people seem to love it though. 2/5
2
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
That aint workin, thats the way you do it, get your money for nothing and your chicks for free.
Great album - 3 absolute banger tracks. 4/5
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Mon Aug 08 2022
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Great jazz album and Sarah Vaughan has an incredible voice. One of those albums where youre like "wait the popular version of that song was a cover?" Definitely worth a listen. 4/5
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Tue Aug 09 2022
The Score
Fugees
The Score is an amazing album, with 3 of the best hip hop artists of all time. Seriously, this is a fantastic representation of the entire genre. Its got at least 4, maybe 5 number ones on the album. 5/5
5
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
This is a great album, and its absolutely crazy how completely together and tight ZZ Top is as a band. All great tracks - 5/5
5
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Thu Aug 11 2022
Another Green World
Brian Eno
Meh. Ok album, no stand out tracks. Its OK for relaxing, I guess. 3/5
3
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Fri Aug 12 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
This is an OK album, and I dont even really like Elvis! In the Ghetto and suspicious minds are both amazing songs, and all the tracks are good (even if you dont like country music like me). 3/5
3
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Sat Aug 13 2022
The Poet
Bobby Womack
This album is OK but doesnt have a great theme. Its got a couple of good tracks, but I dont think I would recommend it to anyone who wasnt already into Bobby Womack. 3/5
3
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Sun Aug 14 2022
Fun House
The Stooges
This is a good album, punk themes and good standalone tracks. 4/5
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Eagles
Eagles
Unlike The Dude, I kind of love the Eagles - This is a pretty great album! Great flow and theme, and pretty much every song stands up on its own - more than a couple of top 10s in there too. 4/5
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Tue Aug 16 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Its not a "bad" album until you consider that this is the solo album for 1/4 of the number 1 most popular band of all time. When you consider that, it feels like shallow pop and pretty sophomoric in context. Still, decent album with a few top 10 tracks. 4/5
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Wed Aug 17 2022
GI
Germs
Meh. This album isnt even on Apple Music at the time of this review, so I went and listened to some of the tracks on other services. Nothing special, not worth comment. 1/5
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Thu Aug 18 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Meh. Kind of forgettable, and not a great album. 2/5
2
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
Didn’t love it 2/5
2
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Sun Aug 21 2022
Violator
Depeche Mode
4/5
4
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Mon Aug 22 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Great album 4/5
4
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
3/5
3
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Wed Aug 24 2022
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Amazing. 5/5
5
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
Meh. 3/5
3
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Third
Portishead
Good. 4/5
4
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Sat Aug 27 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Outrageously great. 5/5
5
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Sun Aug 28 2022
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
3/5
3
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Abraxas
Santana
3/5
3
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Pretty great album - A few top 10s and good theme. 4/5
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
OK album but worth noting that it doesnt have any singles on it. Its a good listen but its very much the kind of album that you have to listen to the whole thing all the way through in the order they recorded it. Its not one that I plan to listen to again or anything. 2/5
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Purple Rain
Prince
Its actually an excellent album. 4/5
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Fri Sep 02 2022
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Decent. 4/5
4
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Sat Sep 03 2022
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
classic 4/5
4
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Sun Sep 04 2022
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
As an album its only OK, but running up that hill stands on its own hard enough to rate the album at nearly perfect. 4/5
4
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Mon Sep 05 2022
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
So good. Sums up so much of the 90s - 4/5
4
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Tue Sep 06 2022
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
This is like the definition of rock n' roll. 5/5
5
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Wed Sep 07 2022
Country Life
Roxy Music
Decent album. Great cover. 3/5
3
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
I'm so confused. 2/5
2
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Fri Sep 09 2022
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
It's OK. 3/5
3
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Sat Sep 10 2022
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
When someone says that they like kraftwerk, this is probably what theyre talking about. Its OK, heavy synth stuff and decent early electronica. 2/5
2
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Sun Sep 11 2022
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
So many great songs on this album! 4/5
4
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
meh. 2/5
2
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Decent. 3/5
3
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Tommy
The Who
Transcendent. I dont always agree with this list of albums, but this is an insanely great record that everyone needs to hear. 5/5
5
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Amazing album. This sums up all of my later high school years in one album. 5/5
5
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Eliminator
ZZ Top
The tightest band ever and this is their tightest album. 4/5
4
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Sat Sep 17 2022
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
Really good album. 4/5
4
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Sun Sep 18 2022
Arrival
ABBA
This is a one stop shop album for like all the disco. 4/5
4
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Mon Sep 19 2022
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
This album is ridiculously good. Cash's version of Hurt and Hung My Head are definitive. 5/5
4
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
meh. 2/5
2
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Among The Living
Anthrax
Hilarious. Not amazing, but hilarious. And sometimes thats enough to make it great. 4/5
4
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Thu Sep 22 2022
Sheet Music
10cc
Not great. 2/5
2
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
I mean, I guess this was an influential album? Its not terrible, but its not great either. 3/5
3
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Sat Sep 24 2022
Back In Black
AC/DC
Fucking incredible. Australian national treasure. 5/5
5
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Sun Sep 25 2022
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
Meh. Why is this on a list of best anything? Its really forgettable crap. 1/5
1
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Harvest
Neil Young
One of the very best. 5/5
5
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Tue Sep 27 2022
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Outstanding album. Every song is a standalone hit, and put all together its one of the best of all time. 5/5
5
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Who's Next
The Who
Amazing. This is absolutely an essential album for all of rock history. 5/5
5
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
decent. 3/5
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Fri Sep 30 2022
World Clique
Deee-Lite
Stupid, but fun. 3/5
3
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Sat Oct 01 2022
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
meh. 2/5
2
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Fantastic album, not all top 10 tracks but overall an excellent listen. 4/5
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
I dont even know what words could review this album. Billie's voice is one of the greatest enjoyments available to humans. 5/5
5
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Transcendent. 5/5
5
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Wed Oct 05 2022
White Light
Gene Clark
It's pretty good. Not amazing, but not bad. 3/5
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Thu Oct 06 2022
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
ring a ding. 4/5
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Fri Oct 07 2022
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Hilarious, joyful, and great. 4/5
4
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Sat Oct 08 2022
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
This actually is legit an album that everyone should hear at least once. Incredible. 5/5
5
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Sun Oct 09 2022
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
british punk rock. not sure who decided that this was an essential album. 3/5
3
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Grace
Jeff Buckley
One good track, otherwise forgettable. Its a really good track though. 3/5
3
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Tue Oct 11 2022
I Should Coco
Supergrass
decent. 3/5
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
why? 1/5
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Thu Oct 13 2022
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
Good album, cool theme. Only one outstanding track though. 3/5
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
Short. Wild. 4/5
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Achtung Baby
U2
amazing album with a ton of great standalone tracks and defined the tone of the early 90s singlehandedly. Absolutely one of the best albums of all time. 5/5
5
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Sun Oct 16 2022
Ramones
Ramones
Fundamental. This actually is one of the most important albums of all time and everyone should listen to it. 5/5
5
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Mon Oct 17 2022
The Real Thing
Faith No More
Really excellent album which kind of set the tone for rock of the early 90s. 5/5
5
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Pretty great jazz stuff. 4/5
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Wed Oct 19 2022
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
This album is an extremely accurate example of all the dance sounds of the early 2000s. Decent. 3/5
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Thu Oct 20 2022
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Its got "this womans work" on it, and thats a song that everyone should experience. Other than that, though, meh. 3/5
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris has a great voice, but most of the songs are overly similar and unremarkable. The only thing that saves this album from being a 2 is her voice, which is amazing. 3/5
3
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Sat Oct 22 2022
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Its a great album. But its sooooooo emo. But its great. 4/5
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Sun Oct 23 2022
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Essential sound of the 90s and of all time really. 5/5
5
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Mon Oct 24 2022
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
They're pretty good and this is an OK album. Putting aside all the "influence" they had on other, better, bands though; at the end of the day its only an OK album. 3/5
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Tue Oct 25 2022
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Its a pretty great album, and from the perspective of 2022 its absolutely nuts how literally every track has been sampled in basically everything since. 4/5
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
It's fine, I guess. I'm just not really into it. 1/5
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Thu Oct 27 2022
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Really good electronica and a high level example of the best of the genre, 4/5
4
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Copper Blue
Sugar
Decent. 3/5
3
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Sat Oct 29 2022
Street Life
The Crusaders
Smooooooooooth. 4/5
4
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Sun Oct 30 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Amazing album. All great tracks and theres always room for jello. 5/5
5
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Chelsea Girl
Nico
This is the kind of album that really illustrates just how weird and fucked up the music world is, and definitely was in the 60s. 3/5
3
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
amazing. 5/5
5
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Wed Nov 02 2022
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Sounds like soundtrack music for like any artsy movie from the 90s. Thats not an entirely bad thing, but it does get kinda old after a few tracks. 3/5
3
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Thu Nov 03 2022
OK Computer
Radiohead
Its great on the first listen, and then it just keeps getting better every time you play it. 5/5
5
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
its played out for americans, especially those who grew up in the 80s listening to the radio, but its still actually really good. 4/5
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Sat Nov 05 2022
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
It still holds up - most tracks are top 10 stuff. 5/5
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Sun Nov 06 2022
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Decent.
3/5
3
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Amazing. This really is an album that everyone should hear at least once. 5/5
5
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Tue Nov 08 2022
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Its fine, but kind of a one-note thing. 3/5
3
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Wed Nov 09 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
I mean, its a great album, I just feel like its played out big time. 4/5
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Thu Nov 10 2022
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Its some really decent deep cuts shit. 4/5
4
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Fri Nov 11 2022
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
Good triphop stuff, very much a sound of the 90s kind of thing. 3/5
3
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Sat Nov 12 2022
Dookie
Green Day
Fantastic album, tight sound and all great tracks. Captures the sound of the 90s. 4/5
4
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Sun Nov 13 2022
The Cars
The Cars
Doesn’t anyone knock anymore? 4/5
4
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Mon Nov 14 2022
Hms Fable
Shack
It's fine, I guess? I dont see the particular appeal or why this would be an album that everyone should hear. 2/5
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Tue Nov 15 2022
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Good shit. Such a quintessential sound that basically laid the groundwork for punk rock and was absolutely a defining element of rock and roll. I agree that everyone should hear this. 4/5
4
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Wed Nov 16 2022
Close To The Edge
Yes
Its technically good, but a lot of it just sounds like some dudes fucking around on their guitars. 3/5
3
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Very
Pet Shop Boys
Howie Hamburger Dude : How about the future of rock 'n' roll, anyway? Huh? The future of rock 'n' roll?
Chong : Yeah.
Howie Hamburger Dude : Bruce Springsteen
Chong : Yeah.
Howie Hamburger Dude : Is fucking it all up.
Chong : Yeah. Hey, can we have a check?
Howie Hamburger Dude : Hey, hey, hey. Shh, shh, shh. Bruce Springsteen's fucking the whole thing up.
Chong : Bruce Springsteen?
Howie Hamburger Dude : New Wave.
Chong : New Wave?
Howie Hamburger Dude : New Wave!
3/5
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Fri Nov 18 2022
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
Its pretty great. IMO Its not a must-listen album, though, and there are only a couple of must hear tracks. 3/5
3
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Sat Nov 19 2022
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Insane. Like, literally crazy. But in the absolute best possible sense of the word. 5/5
5
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Sun Nov 20 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Such a great album by one of the top 10 bands of the 20th century. 4/5
4
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Mon Nov 21 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
I don’t always agree with this list, but this one is indeed one of those albums that everyone should hear. It’s got a bunch of top 10 tracks and it’s incredibly well themed. Its incredibly pure and the heart of the hippy lifestyle. 4/5
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Tue Nov 22 2022
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Rock and fucking roll man. 4/5
4
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Wed Nov 23 2022
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Decent album - Distinct sound, no real standout tracks, good representation of hip hop of the turn of the century. 3/5
3
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Scott 4
Scott Walker
What a weird album. I'm not sure why anyone would say that everyone should hear it, other than to say to others "check out this weird ass album". It's not bad, per se, the music is OK - It's just weird as hell. 2/5
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Fri Nov 25 2022
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
My son likes it. 3/5
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Sat Nov 26 2022
The College Dropout
Kanye West
A reminder that ye was once up and coming and may have earned his "musical genius" self proclaimed title. Its a really good album, but I cant give it anything more than 3 stars in light of who he is. 3/5
3
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Sun Nov 27 2022
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
Its OK. I dont know if I would say that everyone should hear it though. 2/5
2
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Mon Nov 28 2022
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
You can hear some of the influences on later alternative music, but the album itself isnt anything outstanding or particularly special. Its aggressively average. 3/5
3
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Tue Nov 29 2022
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Transformative in every conceivable way. Transcendent. 4/5
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Wed Nov 30 2022
Tapestry
Carole King
Great album. The best word to describe it would be "real". You know? Anyway, every single track is a top 10 and the theme is difficult to define but is definitely present. 5/5
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Thu Dec 01 2022
The Doors
The Doors
It really is an excellent album and sums up the tone and theme of the 60s rock bands of LA in a perfect way. 4/5
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
Staten Island is really only good for two things - The mob, and the wu-tang. This kind of wraps up and connects all that shit into a modern gangster mobster rap 90s thing. Anyway, its a good album. 4/5
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Sat Dec 03 2022
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Its got one or two good tracks, but its fucking leonard cohen. again. 3/5
3
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Sun Dec 04 2022
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
This is a hell of a good album. Top 10 tracks throughout, amazing theme, and perfect music. 5/5
5
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Mon Dec 05 2022
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
This is pretty good. Not great, but pretty good. 3/5
3
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Not bad, kind of classic but there arent any top 10 tracks or anything. 3/5
3
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Wed Dec 07 2022
Suicide
Suicide
I dont hate it, and its certainly unique. Especially when you consider the time it was released, its groundbreaking stuff. That said, there arent any stand out tracks and its not amazing. 3/5
3
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Different Class
Pulp
Pretty good, but as an american its sooooooooo british it hurts. 3/5
3
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
Its smooth and easy, nothing offensive to the ear here. But its also completely unremarkable. This could be the music you hear in a supermarket or shopping mall. I dont hate it, but its very weird that it would be included on a list of must-hear albums. 3/5
3
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Sat Dec 10 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Heaven help me for the way I am
Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done
I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand
But I keep living this day like the next will never come
5/5
5
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Sun Dec 11 2022
En-Tact
The Shamen
Future feeling, new sensation
Body is rocking and the mind is reeling
And rolling race changing motion
Flowing like a river into the ocean
Better get yourself ready for the new vibration
My vision, one nation, one tribe
One day'll come the might to move any mountain
3/5
3
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
OK, so this album is apparently discontinued and not available on any streaming service. I was able to hear a few of the isolated tracks, but I cant properly judge the entire album. 3/5
3
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Tue Dec 13 2022
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Difficult to quantify exactly what makes this such a good album - There are plenty of other songs about homelessness and the disenfranchised. There are plenty of other intense guitar heavy rock songs from the 70s. Somehow this stands out among the crowd and is indeed an album that everyone should hear. 5/5
5
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Queen II
Queen
Fear me you loathsome, lazy creatures
I descend upon your earth from the skies
I command your very souls you unbelievers
Bring before me what is mine
At the seven seas of Rhye
Decent album, not their best though.
3/5
3
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Decent album - Consistent theme and a bunch of earworm tracks. If you dont like the sound of the 2000s then its not going to change your mind, but its a decent album. 3/5
3
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Sound Affects
The Jam
From a US perspective - It's OK, but nothing particularly special IMO. 40 years later, there arent any tracks which I remember or that held up. I guess they kind of sound like the beatles, but thats not necessarily a good thing. 3/5
3
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
I recommend biting off more then you can chew to anyone
I certainly do
I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time
Feel free
Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind)
Hold it up (to the rays)
You wait and see when the smoke clears
One of the top 100 albums of all time. Every track is solid, and the theme is outstanding.
5/5
5
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Sun Dec 18 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology
Ain't got time to make no apology
Solar radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight
4/5
4
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
I dont even know how to rate this. Its upbeat, I guess? 3/5
3
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
The thing we should all ask ourselves is how did the british successfully convince the entire world that they were the ones to emulate? This is an OK album, but nothing about it other than its british-ness stands out at all. 2/5
2
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Woodface
Crowded House
Well, there's a small boat made of china
It's going nowhere on the mantlepiece
Well, do I lie like a lounge-room lizard
Or do I sing like a bird released?
I have no idea how this middle of the road, frankly just not good, album ended up on this list.
1/5
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Thu Dec 22 2022
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Outstanding funk. 4/5
4
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Fri Dec 23 2022
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
Its OK, but nothing special as albums go. 3/5
3
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Sat Dec 24 2022
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
OK, first of all we all should know that Eric Clapton is a complete piece of shit. Just a garbage human. Its telling that the biggest hit on this album is a song he stole from a black guy. All that said, hes also a great guitarist and does an excellent job of appropriating other peoples music for his own. Eric Clapton is a 1/5, but the album is a 4/5. Lets settle on a 2/5 - I really cant overstate how awful of a person he is.
2
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
I really like Primal Scream, and this is a very good album. Its got at least three stand out tracks, and the whole theme of being on drugs among young people is very consistent.
4/5
4
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Mon Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
I was hesitant considering the whole Spector thing (being a murdering psycho that is), but this is actually a great holiday album! 5/5
5
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Tue Dec 27 2022
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
I remember when this was popular in the 90s - Its not the kind of thing that I would typically listen to but its actually a good album nonetheless.
3/5
3
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
It's a very good album and has a sound that is unique even after being imitated since its release. 4/5
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
First of all, this is a good album. Its got a TON of other social and racial factors tied up in how its perceived and who the artist who made it is, but in the end its a damn good album and it represents something that everyone should at least make an effort to understand. 5/5
5
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Fri Dec 30 2022
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Baby, life's what you make it
Don't backdate it
Baby, don't try to shade it
Beauty's naked
3/5
3
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Sat Dec 31 2022
Liquid Swords
GZA
When I was little my father was famous
He was the greatest samurai in the empire
And he was the Shogun's decapitator
He cut off the heads of a hundred and thirty-one lords
It was a bad time for the empire
The Shogun just stayed inside his castle and he never came out
People said his brain was infected by devils
My father would come home, he would forget about the killings
He wasn't scared of the Shogun, but the shogun was scared of him
Maybe that was the problem
Then, one night
The, the Shogun sent his ninja spies to our house
They were supposed to kill my father but they didn't
That was the night everything changed
This album is crazy good. 5/5
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Ctrl
SZA
Good album. 3/5
3
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Mon Jan 02 2023
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Heres the thing - This is technically a great album. The beats, vocals, themes, music, theyre all outstanding.
BUT its so heavily produced and led by committee that its impossible to give it a good score. How can I say its a great album if it was written by 500 people and then each track was fed through a focus group before release? Its not an album that you can really get into, but its got tracks that you can really visualize the toyota commercial for.
Its OK, I guess - But I cant rate this any higher than a 3. 3/5
3
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Tue Jan 03 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Amazing. Despite the usual complaints about only british pop music being on this list, I actually agree with this one - Everyone should hear this album (especially catholic high school girls!). 5/5
5
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Wed Jan 04 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
Reminiscent of Elliott Smith, but not in the "everyone should hear this" category at all. 2/5
2
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
More brit rock. Its OK, but its not an "everyone must hear this" album. 2/5
2
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Ugh.
"I won't say anything 'cause no one ever listens to me, anyway. I might as well be a Leonard Cohen album." - The Young Ones
1/5
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
The future's uncertain and the end is always near
I LOVE this album.
5/5
5
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The animals are winding me up
The jungle call
The jungle call
Who-ha who-ha who-ha who-ha
In Xanadu did Kublai Khan
A pleasure dome erect
Moving on keep moving on, yeah
Moving at one million miles an hour
Using my power
I sell it by the hour
I have it so I market it
You really can't afford it, yeah
Really can't afford it
4/5
4
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Mon Jan 09 2023
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden
We used to kick routines and presence was fittin'
It was I, The Abstract
And me the five footer
I kicks the mad style so step off the frankfurter
Yo, Phife, you remember that routine
That we used to make spiffy like Mr. Clean?
Um, um, a tidbit, um, a smidgen
I don't get the message so you gots to run the pigeon
One of the best. Rhymes like literally no one else has ever produced and the purest east coast hip hop that the 90s ever had.
5/5
5
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
really an outstanding album just in general, and when you get some perspective as to who they were at that time and what new york city was like in 1970 it kind of blows your hair back.
4/5
4
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Why was this album included on a must listen list? Its so aggressively mediocre it hurts. Why.
1/5
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Thu Jan 12 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Really good album. People are gonna say that its too "preachy" or that its too "clean" compared to its contemporaries, but the basic reality is that its a really fucking good album.
4/5
4
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
Something about the way you taste
Makes me wanna clear my throat
There's a message to your movements
That really gets my goat
I looked for silver linings
But you're rotten to the core
I've had just about all I can take
You know I can't take it no more
3/5
3
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Sat Jan 14 2023
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Crazy that this punk political message is still relevant in 2023. Great album.
4/5
4
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Kala
M.I.A.
I really love one track, paper planes, but the rest of the album is a solid meh.
And its worth noting that paper planes is mostly a banger because of the Clash sample.
Its a little complicated, as I'm a big fan and proponent of anti-establishment music in general, and MIA does a good job of bringing attention to some things that are otherwise ignored. But the trouble is the album is derivative and not that great.
2/5
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Mon Jan 16 2023
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
I'm trying to give this album a chance, but its just not good. Theres very little to suggest it to anyone - Lyrics are uninspired and melodies are derivative and boring.
This is pretty bad.
1/5
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Virgin Suicides
Air
This is a good album! I never saw the movie or heard of this soundtrack, but its very good. Not a lot of top 10 tracks, being a soundtrack and all, but its got good theming and its easy to get lost in it. Definitely better than average. 3.75 out of 5.
4/5
4
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Marquee Moon
Television
Remains unknown
It's time to sit up
Up on the throne
It's seen before but it's always new
So look close and see who's come thru
Never again to face this night
I already marked 3 songs from this album as "loved" in Apple Music. Its not one of my all time favorite albums or anything but its pretty fucking good.
4/5
4
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Eyes burning the way through me
Overwhelm, destroying so sweetly
Now there is a fire within me
A fire that burns
3/5
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Before you go
Do me a favor
Give me a number
Of a girl almost like you
With legs almost like you
I'm buried deep in mass production
You're not nothing new
I like to drive along the freeways
See the smokestacks belching
Breasts turn brown
So warm and so brown
4/5
4
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Kid A
Radiohead
In a little while
I'll be gone
The moment's already passed
Yeah, it's gone
And I'm not here
This isn't happening
I'm not here
I like OK computer better as a collection of songs, but I agree that this is probably the more "must-listen" album. Its a fantastic album with great themes and a bunch of top 10 tracks. 5/5
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
In this town there lived an outlaw
By the name of Texas Red
Many men had tried to take him
And that many men were dead
He was vicious and a killer
Though a youth of twenty-four
And the notches on his pistol
Numbered one and nineteen more
One and nineteen more
This album is so fucking good. One one level, its something that everyone should hear as a representative of the era and genre.
On another level, its got amazing pace and theme, and these tracks are absolutely amazing.
5/5
5
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
ugh. Its so melodramatic and emo, and he is SUCH an asshole.
1/5
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Tue Jan 24 2023
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
The keeper of the city keys
Put shutters on the dreams
I wait outside the pilgrim's door
With insufficient schemes
The black queen chants
The funeral march
The cracked brass bells will ring
To summon back the fire witch
To the court of the crimson king
5/5
5
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Wed Jan 25 2023
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
I havent heard any other U2 albums on this list yet, but this is not their best work. Its got a couple of decent songs, but its nowhere near the quality of achtung baby or joshua tree. Its not "bad" but its not great.
3/5
3
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
The hysterical bride in the penny arcade
Screaming, she moans, "I've just been made"
Sends out for the doctor, who pulls down the shade
And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in"
And the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside
He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride
"Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it's not poison"
Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes
Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food
I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
Every single track is amazing and the whole album is fucking great.
5/5
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Fri Jan 27 2023
The Slider
T. Rex
Automatic shoes
Automatic shoes
Give me three D vision
And the California blues
Me I funk but I don't care
I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair
The 70s were a weird decade and this was a fine example. I like weird, but the trouble here is that the album kind of sucks.
1/5
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
When I kiss you
I feel a thousand different feelings
A cover of chills
All over my body
And when I feel them
I quickly try to decide which one
I should try to put into words, wooah
Try to put into words
Ive got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.
4/5
4
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Metallica
Metallica
What I've felt, what I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be, never see
Won't see what might have been
What I've felt, what I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free, never me
So I dub thee unforgiven
I agree that this should be on a list of albums that everyone should hear at least once. Its an outstanding representation of metal, and the albums theme and tracks are perfect.
5/5
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Goodbye, Norma Jeane
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name
You cant deny that there are some catchy tracks, but its not a 4 star album.
3/5
3
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Well, it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it's so painful when something that is so close
Is still so far out of reach
Its so LA it hurts, and its a good catalog of 70s rock. Overall, its decent.
3/5
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Blur
Blur
This album does not belong on a "must listen before you die" list under any circumstances - Its really mid. Theres like one top 10 track and the rest is totally forgettable, damon-albarn-fucking-around-on-a-mixer stuff.
1/5
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Thu Feb 02 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Leaving all the sorrows and the pain
There's no love between us that remains
Although you are the one
You're not the same
So the other side of the road
Can only take me back home
Now this is actually an album that everyone should hear before they die. Some of the best funk of the decade, packed with great tracks.
4/5
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
OK
Talvin Singh
I feel like this is on the list so that british publishers can feel like theyre "multicultural" and "not colonizers". Well, heres the thing - the albums not great, and the british are fucking awful.
2/5
2
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Señores y señoras
Nosotros tenemos más influencia con sus hijos que tú tiene, pero los queremos
Creado y regado de Los Angeles, Juana's Addicción
Outstanding album. Pretty much perfect.
5/5
5
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
You never listen to a word that I said
You only seen me
For the clothes that I wear
Or did the interest go so much deeper
It must have been
The colour of my hair
This is some solid punk, great album with good theme. Its not a top 10 thing, but thats not what its about AT ALL.
4/5
4
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Mon Feb 06 2023
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Is this album on this list as a prank? Why the fuck would anyone want to hear this weird hippy shit. Seriously, its REALLY bad.
1/5
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Tue Feb 07 2023
The Band
The Band
I took up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
And she tore it up and threw it in my face
Just for a laugh
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
I sure would like to see
That's when that little love of mine
Dips her doughnut in my tea
Its funny in retrospect that a bunch of canadians wrote a song (not the quoted one) that the american south held so dearly. But in the end the whole thing is actually worth a listen.
3/5
3
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Walking down the street
Shooting people that I meet
With my rubber Tommy water gun
Here come the deputy
He's gonna come and get a me
I gotta get me get up and run
Outstanding album - basically perfect.
5/5
5
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Listen to my bluebird laugh
She can't tell you why
Deep within her heart, you see
She knows only crying
Just crying
Decent album.
3/5
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Tonight I go to hell
For what I've done to you
This ain't about regret
It's when I tell the truth
And once again
The monster speaks
Reveals his face and searches for relief
A little boy is tied to you
Attracted only 'til it comes unglued
Great album. Tells a story in a way that most dont.
4/5
4
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Sat Feb 11 2023
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Absolutely fucking incredible.
5/5
5
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Really a great album. Hit tracks and a great theme - For some reason I always associate it with Canada and not New York, even though I know that its all CBGBs and shit. Anyway, great album.
5/5
5
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
Interesting. I never heard this before, and its pretty good.
3/5
3
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Its decent - Not bad at all, but not amazing. I dont know why this would be on a list of albums that everyone should hear before they die.
3/5
3
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Wed Feb 15 2023
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
As I walked out in the streets of Laredo
As I walked out in Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay
Honky. Tonk.
Its a good album, and a good representation of the genre.
4/5
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimi
And, man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimi
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "death"
I said to him
You can't always get what you want
Amazing album on so many levels. The tracks are all top 10 stuff. The theme is so solid, so profoundly sympathetic to the death of an entire generation of hippy asshole optimists.
5/5
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Fri Feb 17 2023
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
One, two, three, four, five
People think cause we are here
Our jazz ran out the ships won't steer
No more. We picked up on the rhythm here
If you just take a toot and have a beer
We're gonna make it clear
Yes, and when the morning gets here
Jazz and soul
Great funk album. This was a weird time in America's history, and this album does give you some insight into how some people were dealing with it.
5/5
5
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Sat Feb 18 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
One of the greatest albums of all time.
5/5
5
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Decent. I dont agree that everyone should hear it, and its not like a special album for any reason, but decent.
3/5
3
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
You're only acting like
You are somebody
But I don't no say
You know nobody
You're only a show off
Your painted face, yeah
But underneath that face
Your just a disgrace
Amazing album, I agree that this is one that everyone should hear.
5/5
5
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Absolutely excellent album.
5/5
5
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Wed Feb 22 2023
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
5/5
5
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Thu Feb 23 2023
The Blueprint
JAY Z
Decent. The wild thing is you can totally hear how he’s going to eventually be a much bigger deal than this album. 3/5
3
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Hes a scumbag and this album is crap. Why is this on this list?
1/5
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Sat Feb 25 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Amazing. Not so much for the album part, which is incidental, but amazing music performed amazingly by an amazing artist.
5/5
5
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
What?
3/5
3
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Mon Feb 27 2023
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
So I can see (hear) how this album influenced a lot of other bands work in the late 60s and 70s and maybe even the 80s, but that doesnt make it "good". Its overwrought and the lyrics are boring and unappealing. All of the albums which were influenced by this are better than the original work itself. All in all, I'd rather be listening to the Moody Blues.
2/5
2
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
The Who are great, and one of the best bands of the era to experience live. That said, the mixing is not great and these recordings barely qualify for an album. It gets 4 stars for the quality of the music but loses 1 for the recording.
4/5
4
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worse
She said, "Listen baby, you can hear the engine ring"
"We've been up and down this highway, haven't seen a goddam thing"
He said, "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash"
"The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash"
They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost
They didn't care, they were just dyin' to get off, and it was
Life in the fast lane
OK, a couple of things - One, 1976 was a fucking amazing year for music. Two, this album is one of the handful on the list that I 100% agree is one that every human should hear.
5/5
5
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Thu Mar 02 2023
The Specials
The Specials
And you think it's about time that you died
And I agree, so you decide on suicide
You tried but you never quite carried it off
You only wanted to die in order to show off
And if you think you're gonna bleed all over me
You're even wronger than you'd normally be
And the only things you want to see are kitsch
The only thing you want to be is rich
Your little pink up-pointed nose begins to twitch
I know, you know, you're just a little bitch
One, two
5/5
5
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
I spent an entire summer of my life listening only to this album. It very certainly changed my life.
5/5
5
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Sat Mar 04 2023
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common too
It's a sin
So, its an OK album but I'm confused by its presence on this list. Why is this an album that everyone should hear before they die? Because its more 80s brit pop? Cant have too much of that?
3/5
3
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Workin' out them simple things day by day
Words and dreams just cross through my mind
I been sympathizing, compromising things to say
But everything's been going my way
Well should I stay, should I leave
How can I be here
Words and dreams all pass through my mind, and I still
Spend some time with you
Never heard of this band or album before. Not bad. Bluesy guitar, good vocals, pretty good.
4/5
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Meh. Why the fuck is this on this list? Oh right, its UK pop shit.
2/5
2
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Boston
Boston
Now you're climbin' to the top of the company ladder
Hope it doesn't take too long
Can't cha see there'll come a day when it won't matter
Come a day when you'll be gone
I understand about indecision
But I don't care if I get behind
People living in competition
All I want is to have my peace of mind
Such a great fucking album. Every track is a killer and the theme is an outstanding vision of rock in the US in the 1970s.
5/5
5
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie
Dont get me wrong, I love Bowie. He was an amazing artist and brought new ideas and life to music in a way that rivals Mozart.
However, this album is not his best. Its self indulgent and not up to his self set standard. I know, I KNOW, its his last work and should be celebrated, but not in a way where we tell everyone that they HAVE to hear this album. Thats not fair to Bowie, either.
2/5
2
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Solid album. Not enough hip hop on this list in general, and this is a welcome addition. That said, its not a five star album. Its solid at four stars but not holy-shit-you-must-hear-this five stars level.
4/5
4
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Meh.
2/5
2
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Sat Mar 11 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry, baby, don't cry
Don't cry
Thats how this incredible album starts - which maps the global music of the mid-80s, a time when technology had become the new favorite deity and drugs were cheap and plentiful.
Did he appropriate music and culture from Africa and the Caribbean? You bet your fucking ass he did. It doesnt detract from the album, which is outstanding. Paul Simon, who couldnt write a bad song if he tried, stealing from global music and writing a masterpiece.
5/5
5
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Sun Mar 12 2023
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Hard times are coming to your town
So stay alert, don't let them get you down
They tell you times are tough, you hear that times are hard
But when you work for that ace you know you pulled the right card
Hard times got our pockets all in chains
I'll tell you what, homeboy, it don't have my brain
All day I have to work at my peak
Because I need that dollar every day of the week
Outstanding.
5/5
5
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Its OK. Decent, but not great.
3/5
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Odelay
Beck
She's got a hand on a wheel of pain
She can talk to the mangling strangers
She can sleep in a fiery bog
Throwing troubles to the dying embers
She's alone in the new pollution
Good album. I admit that I didnt appreciate it when it released, but in retrospect I understand what some of my friends were making such a big deal out of.
4/5
4
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Station To Station
David Bowie
Some of these days, and it won't be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car twenty foot long
Don't cry, my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe, oh Lord
I believe all the way
Come get up, my baby
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years
Solid Bowie album.
4/5
4
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Do you realize
That you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize
We're floating in space?
Do you realize
That happiness makes you cry?
Do you realize
That everyone you know someday will die?
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round
Up there with Dark Side. No shit.
5/5
5
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
I never heard of this before, but its not bad. Decent tracks, nice and relaxing. Reminds me of Thom Yorke or maybe Peter Gabriel.
3/5
3
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Sat Mar 18 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Her neon mouth with the blinkers-off smile
Nothing but an electric sign
You could say she has an individual style
She's a part of a colorful time
Secrecy of lady-chrome-covered clothes
You wear 'cause you have no other
But I suppose no one knows
You're my plastic fantastic lover
Fucking hippies made an excellent album. They all turned out to be some of the most awful rotten people later!
5/5
5
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West
At this point it hardly even matters whether the music or the album is any good, because kanye is SUCH a narcissist racist shithead asshole that nothing can ever get past that.
1/5
1
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Mother Earth is pregnant for the third time
For y'all have knocked her up.
I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe
I was not offended
For I knew I had to rise above it all
Or drown in my own shit.
Outstanding album. One of the best things George Clinton ever made.
5/5
5
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Wed Mar 22 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Booooring.
Strictly mid. Doesnt belong on the list.
1/5
1
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Thu Mar 23 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
It all feels so contrived. Its OK, but its def not great.
3/5
3
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Revolver
Beatles
Is this the best beatles album? I'm partial to the white album, but this is so goddamn good that its hard to tell which is better. Anyway, its a 5/5, but the whole beatles catalog would be tough to score under a 5.
5/5
5
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Slow down, Joe, I'm a rock-and-roll man
I've twiddled my thumbs in a dozen odd bands
And you ain't seen nothing 'til you've been
In a motel, baby, like the Holiday Inn
This is a weird album - I dont love it, but its inescapably catchy tracks and lowkey positivity in some kind of dark scenarios makes it a decent album.
3/5
3
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Sun Mar 26 2023
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
I'm feeling so tired, can't understand it
Just had a fortnight's sleep
I'm feeling so stuffed, I'm so distracted
Ain't touched a thing all week
I'm feeling drunk, juiced up and sloppy
Ain't touched a drink all night
I'm feeling hungry, can't see the reason
Just had a horse meat pie
Yeah when you call my name
I salivate like a Pavlov dog
Yeah when you lay me out
My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright
Yeah, you got to mix it, child, you got to fix
It must be love, it's a bitch
This is a GOAT album - When it was released on vinyl, the fucking zipper on the album worked!
5/5
5
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Now I wanna know, now-now I wanna known why
You never look me in the face
Broke a confidence just to please your ego
Should've realized you know what I know
You're in suspension you're a liar
Such a great album that defines the punk sound even today in 2023.
5/5
5
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Tue Mar 28 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
They heard me singing and they told me to stop
Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock
These days, my life, I feel it has no purpose
But late at night the feelings swim to the surface
'Cause on the surface the city lights shine
They're calling at me, "Come and find your kind"
Sometimes, I wonder if the world's so small
That we can never get away from the sprawl
I mean, its pretty good.
4/5
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Holy shit this is a bad album.
Why would this piece of britpop shit be an album that "everyone should hear before they die", unless it was to make sure that everyone is exposed to middle of the road bad music made by rich English people?
1/5
1
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Thu Mar 30 2023
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Hustler, word, I pull the trigger long,
Grit my teeth, spray till every nigga's gone.
Got my block sewn, armored dope spots,
Last thing I sweat's a sucka punk cop.
Move like a king when I roll, hops,
You try to flex, bang, another nigga drops.
You gotta deal with this cause there's no way out,
Why? Cash money ain't never gonna play out.
I got nothin to lose, much to gain,
In my brain, I got a capitalist migraine.
I gotta get paid tonight, you muthafuckin right.
[something] my grip, check my bitch, keep my game tight.
So many hos on my jock, think I'm a movie star.
Nineteen, I got a fifty thousand dollar car.
Go to school, I ain't goin for it,
Kiss my ass, bust the cap on the Moet.
Cause I don't want to hear that crap,
Why? I'd rather be a New Jack-----Hustler
Brilliant.
5/5
5
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web and I'm caught in the middle
So I turned to run
The thought of all the stupid things I've done
And I, I never meant to cause you trouble
And I, I never meant to do you wrong
And I, well if I ever caused you trouble
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm
I think I'm supposed to hate coldplay? Thus; I didnt want to like this album, but the problem is - its fucking excellent and I ended up really enjoying it.
4/5
4
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Sat Apr 01 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Um. So somehow something got fucked up and they put the music from the exorcist on this list. Just figure someone should know that they made a mistake, because theres no earthly way this would be an album that anyone should listen to, much less everyone should listen to.
1/5
1
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Sun Apr 02 2023
LP1
FKA twigs
Meh.
3/5
3
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
From distant star to this here bar
The me, the you, where are we now?
Hurray the blues of everyone, Allison
Outstanding album, worth the listen.
4/5
4
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Close To You
Carpenters
LOL this is schmaltzy and awful, but its also somehow simultaneously great. I'm going 4/5 because I honestly dont know how to evaluate this album.
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
Well she tossed all night like a raging sea
Woke up and climbed from the suicide machine
With her Spanish candles and her Persian poems
Stuck on the rocks inside opus 40 stoned
And scratching her wrists in the pouring rain
She collapses down upon the ocean floor again
Tears in waves minds on fire
Nights alone by your side
Catskill mansions buried screams I'm alive
She cried but I don't know what it means
Somewhere out there across the moonlit sands
There's a line drawn like the lines on her own hand
And slamming her eyes locking the door
She collapses down upon the ocean floor again
This is a great album, especially if you like Flaming Lips. Its not perfect, but its great.
4/5
4
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
This album and Taylor in general are the anti-gonzo - The compromise between actual rock and the easy listening take-it-safe-just-do-what-everyone-else-is-doing mentality that was used to poison the counter-culture movement of America in the last half of the 20th century.
Its the lowest common denominator of music for a bunch of disillusioned hippies finally realizing in 1970 that they werent ever going to get any of that freedom and consciousness expansion shit they thought they were going to win 5 years ago.
I feel like I should maybe rate it higher just because its finally not a britpop album on this awful list, but I cant bring myself to give it better than a 2.
2/5
2
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
I think "take five" might be the quintessential jazz song. Like, if someone says "jazz", you would think of that song.
3/5
3
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Sat Apr 08 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Anyway, heres Wonderwall.
3/5
3
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Sun Apr 09 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
Amazing album. Left us too soon.
5/5
5
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
3
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Tue Apr 11 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Firestarter.
4/5
4
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Cut
The Slits
Hey, it’s that album with boobs on the cover! J/k - it’s actually a really good album with a lot of replay-able tracks.
4/5
4
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Thu Apr 13 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
Meh.
3/5
3
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
great album.
4/5
4
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Sat Apr 15 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
This is a GOAT album. Every track is amazing, as a whole its fucking transcendent.
5/5
5
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Sun Apr 16 2023
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Decent. Not amazing, but decent.
3/5
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
Meh. More brit-pop techno-disco-electro shit. Nothing special and not on the level of anything anyone would say you must hear before you die.
2/5
2
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
For real, most incredible guitar playing of all time.
5/5
5
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Wed Apr 19 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
I agree that this is an excellent album that everyone should hear.
5/5
5
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
I had never heard this album before today, and it's crazy how good it is and how I missed it! Great album, with good themes and excellent tracks. Not quite GOAT material, but outstanding work nonetheless.
4/5
4
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Smooooooth Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
3/5
3
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Sat Apr 22 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
The second-best Beatles album.
5/5
5
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Sun Apr 23 2023
American Pie
Don McLean
A long, long time ago
In a galaxy far away
Naboo was under an attack
And I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn
Could talk the federation in
To maybe cutting them a little slack
But their response, it didn't thrill us
They locked the doors and tried to kill us
We escaped from that gas
Then met Jar-Jar and Boss Nass
We took a bongo from the scene
And we went to Theed to see the Queen
We all wound up on Tatooine
That's where we found this boy
Oh my, my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry
He left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
Did you know this junkyard slave
Isn't even old enough to shave
But he can use the Force, they say
Ahh, do you see him hitting on the queen
Though he's just nine and she's 14
Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday
Well, I know he built C-3PO
And I've heard how fast his pod can go
And we were broke, it's true
So we made a wager or two
He was a pre-pubescent flyin' ace
And the minute Jabba started off that race
Well, I knew who would win first place
Oh yes, it was our boy
We started singin'
My, my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
Now we finally got to Coruscant
The Jedi Council we knew would want
To see how good the boy could be
So we took him there and we told the tale
How his midichlorians were off the scale
And he might fulfill that prophecy
Oh, the Council was impressed, of course
Could he bring balance, to the Force?
They interviewed the kid
All training they forbid
Because Yoda sensed in him much fear
And Qui-Gon said, "Now listen here"
Just stick it in your pointy ear
I still will teach this boy
He was singin'
My, my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
We caught a ride back to Naboo
'Cause Queen Amidala wanted to
I frankly would've liked to stay
We all fought in that epic war
And it wasn't long at all before
Little Hotshot flew his plane and saved the day
And in the end some Gunguns died
Some ships blew up and some pilots fried
A lot of folks were croakin'
The battle droids were broken
And the Jedi I admire most
Met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast
Well, I'm still here, and he's a ghost
I guess I'll train this boy
And I was singin'
My, my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi
We were singin'
My, my this here Anakin guy
Maybe Vader someday later, now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin', "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
Weird Al did it better.
2/5
2
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Mon Apr 24 2023
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
OK, but … why?
2/5
2
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
Your mama got snake skin teeth
Your mama wears coat hangers for earrings, dude she looks like
Your mama was making sex threats to Ricky Bell and shit
Your mama jacked the Kool-aid man for a sip, nigga
Your mama was walking down on Sunset with a 99 cent sign on her back
(You're a sellout) Your mama's a sellout nigga your mama
Nigga your mama did a pop tune nigga
Your mama's glasses are so thick she look into a map
And see people wavin' at her
Your mother got an Ouija board on her back
Sidney with EQ and everything what he be sayin'
His mother be hooked, fishin' with a hook and reel at the frozen food section
Tre's mama got Playdough teeth
Your mother be eatin' Daytons like Now and Laters and shit
Your mama's an extra on the Simpsons and shit
Your mama's so fat you can't even see her legs
It just looks like she's just gliding across the floor
I mean really, those rhymes are tight.
4/5
4
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
On the beach we're sitting
Hugging, squeezing, kissing
Why must it be
That you always creep
Into my dreams
In my dreams
When I'm sleep at night, baby
I feel those moments of ecstasy
When you sleep at night, baby
I wonder do I creep into your dreams
Or could it be I sleep alone in my fantasy
3/5
3
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
It's bad. Like, really bad. No conceivable reason why this album would be on this list unless someone was being paid off.
1/5
1
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Fri Apr 28 2023
90
808 State
Dance music. It doesnt make for a great album, but the tracks are OK.
2/5
2
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Sat Apr 29 2023
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Meh. Nothing outstanding about this album, except is has "Killing Moon" on it, which is a great track.
3/5
3
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Sun Apr 30 2023
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
I haven't ever heard of this album before, and it took me by surprise how good it was. It's not life-changing or anything, but it's quite good - The quintessential sound of 80s British post-punk.
4/5
4
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Mon May 01 2023
Hysteria
Def Leppard
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Lookin' like a tramp, like a video vamp
Demolition woman, can I be your man?
Razzle 'n' a dazzle 'n' a flash a little light
Television lover, baby, go all night
Sometime, anytime, sugar me sweet
Little miss innocent sugar me, yeah, yeah
Now c'mon, take a bottle, shake it up
Break the bubble, break it up
Pour some sugar on me
Ooh, in the name of love
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon, fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
I can't get enough
5/5
5
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Tue May 02 2023
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
It's decent, but not great.
3/5
3
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Wed May 03 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
One of the best albums of all time. Amazing theme, great tracks, amazing artwork, its got it all.
5/5
5
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Thu May 04 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
I had never heard of them before, but I like this album. Good theme and catchy tracks; good vocals tie it all together.
4/5
4
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Fri May 05 2023
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Brilliant.
5/5
5
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Sat May 06 2023
Pornography
The Cure
Robert Smith is on a whole different level. I know the Cure and like them, but I hadn't heard this album before. Its on their usual standard, which is to say that its pretty damn good.
4/5
4
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Sun May 07 2023
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Meh. Neil Young and Crazy Horse are OK, but this is a boring and repetitive album.
2/5
2
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Mon May 08 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft
(Then we can dig it)
So good. One of the pillars of the Stax sound, and deserves to be on a top 100 list.
5/5
5
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Tue May 09 2023
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Everyone is trying to get to the bar
The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven
The band in Heaven, they play my favorite song
They play it once again, they play it all night long
One of the best of all time.
5/5
5
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Wed May 10 2023
Celebrity Skin
Hole
Its OK but not amazing and I'm not sure that I agree that it belongs on a top 1000 list.
3/5
3
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Thu May 11 2023
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Decent. It's not great, and might not belong on the list, but I appreciate that American post-punk got a spot, so I'm giving it a 3.
3/5
3
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Fri May 12 2023
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
This is a lot of fun to listen to, and it's got a lot of replayability. I guess that old-time sound is still alive and well!
5/5
5
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Sat May 13 2023
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Really? The album only has one good track, and it's on the 1001 list?
2/5
2
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Sun May 14 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Nobody makes albums designed to be good for fucking anymore.
5/5
5
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Mon May 15 2023
The Man Who
Travis
I initially said "Meh" and gave it three stars, but after listening to this album all the way through to the end, I can now say that it's actually bad and give it 1 star. It's got nothing redeemable in lyrics or melody throughout. It's essentially late-90s UK elevator music, just pointless and bad.
1/5
1
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Tue May 16 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Come on, although you try to discredit
You'll still never edit
The needle, I'll thread it
Radically poetic
Standing with the fury that they had in '66
And like E-Double, I'm mad
Still knee-deep in the system's shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I'll give you a dose
But it will never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air, in the land of hypocricy
Fucking A plus album right here! This is the absolute best way to put into words how the 90s counterculture felt and what we thought we knew and could take action on then. This is one of those high water marks of a generation.
5/5
5
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Wed May 17 2023
Movies
Holger Czukay
It is now time to dance on sprockets.
1/5
1
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Thu May 18 2023
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
It's OK but nothing remarkable. No standout tracks or themes. And then I read the wiki and this guy may be a terrible person.
1/5
1
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Fri May 19 2023
Low-Life
New Order
This is a good album. Solid theme, catchy tracks, does exactly what you think its going to do and does it well.
4/5
4
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Sat May 20 2023
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Outstanding musicians who work extremely well together. With all this talent, it's not surprising that this is an excellent album.
5/5
5
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Sun May 21 2023
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
This is actually kind of dull. There aren't any tracks that I would save or any theme that would make me want to listen to the entire album again. It's just Brian Eno-style "experimental" fucking around for 45 minutes.
2/5
2
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Mon May 22 2023
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
Kind of has a Sugarcubes/Bjork thing going on at first, the more I listen the more I like it. Never heard of Suba before, but this is good shit.
4/5
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
Absolutely incredible. Everything about this album, this moment in time and these musicians, is exceptional.
5/5
5
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Wed May 24 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
I never heard of Calexico before, at least not directly. They may have been on a compilation or been on a soundtrack, but didn't jump out at me. That said, this is a good album. Its got great theming - This is an album of the American desert if I ever heard one - and a few tracks have replay-ability.
4/5
4
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Thu May 25 2023
Palo Congo
Sabu
Not bad. Not great either, but not bad.
3/5
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Biggie never appealed to me the way other hip hop of the 90s did, and I thought it was ridiculous when people said he was assassinated. I was like, well he's an admitted criminal and drug dealer in his lyrics, why is anyone surprised when violent people meet violent ends?
Anyway, listening to the whole album today, I can see the appeal that eluded me in the 90s. Its a good album.
4/5
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Sat May 27 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Incredible album that defined hard rock/metal for a generation. Its hard to look at anything past and see that it still shines despite knowing what we do now about the artists and the environment, but this album does indeed continue to shine.
5/5
5
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Sun May 28 2023
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Running around robbing banks
All whacked on Scooby Snacks
I actually like this album a lot. I'm not saying that its "good" or that it "belongs on a 1001 best albums list", but I do like it.
4/5
4
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Mon May 29 2023
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
This is just crap.
1/5
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Tue May 30 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
This is so unremarkable that I'm inclined to believe that this albums inclusion on this list is the result of someone's having been paid off.
I mean really. I make it a point to listen to each of these albums at least once through, but this one was a real challenge to not skip the aggressively boring tracks.
1/5
1
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Wed May 31 2023
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
No I'd rather go and journey
Where the diamond crescent's glowing
And run across the valley
Beneath the sacred mountain
And wander through the forest
Where the trees have leaves of prisms
And break the light in colors
That no one know the names of
And when it's time I'll go and lay
Beside the legendary fountain
'Till I see her form reflected
In its clear and jewelled waters
And if you think I'm ready
You may lead me to the chasm
Where the rivers of our visions
Flow into one another
I will want to dive beneath the white cascading waters
She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic
And mention all the things I'll lose
That really have no value in the end she will surely know
I wasn't born to follow
Its pretty hippy-dippy shit, but its actually pretty good too. Giving the album a 3 due to its only having one outstanding track, though.
3/5
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
Hey, you want to listen to some terrible modern nu-metal from Iowa? No, me neither.
1/5
1
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Down the street you can hear her scream you're a disgrace
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool
He cries oh girl, you must be mad
What happened to the sweet love you and me had
Against the door he leans and starts a scene
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
Absolutely amazing album. Hendrix is a transcendent guitarist, thats a given - But this album goes beyond his skill as a guitarist and shows what a great songwriter and overall musician he was.
5/5
5
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Holy shit, this is a great album - I cant believe I never heard of this before! I mean, sure, everyone knows smoke on the water, but I had no idea they made an album like this one.
5/5
5
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Sun Jun 04 2023
Real Life
Magazine
Meh. Not bad, but also not great. I never heard of this band or album before, and they're OK.
3/5
3
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Fantastic album. My buddy Dave was working at tower records outlet when this came out, and this hot french girl came in and was looking for this album. He had to tell her that they didnt sell it at his part of the store and sent her to the other building. He was so bummed that he didnt get to sell her this album - I was intrigued enough to buy it myself. I mean, if this album gets hot french girls to tower records, dont you want to have it on repeat?
5/5
5
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Tue Jun 06 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
The 2000s were kind of a wasteland for american art. Compared to previous generations, music wasnt the great communicator and rallying of a generation that it had been. This was one of the like 20 albums of the decade that was something that everyone had heard and tended towards liking it.
4/5
4
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Wed Jun 07 2023
The Rise & Fall
Madness
This album isnt available on any streaming services, so I listened to Madness (1983), which was the next closest thing.
I like the band Madness a lot, and I do think that UK ska should be represented by one album in the 1001 list. It does stand out, even on this anglophile list, as an exceptional entry.
4/5
4
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
Holy shit, this is awful.
I knew that Genesis was very different before the pop songs they produced in the 80s, but I hadnt heard it before. Having now experienced it, I guess its good that they split up later to make better stuff independently.
1/5
1
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Parklife
Blur
Sounds like the soundtrack to a guy ritchie movie. Its not bad, but this list is making me increasingly weary of british music. Its also boring.
2/5
2
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Sat Jun 10 2023
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Excellent album by an excellent band which would later be reshaped to be a really shitty band by racists. But for that time and that place, they were amazing.
5/5
5
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
When the night's quiet and you don't care anymore
And your eyes are tired and there's someone at your door
And you realize you want to let go
And the weak lies in cold walls you embrace you
At your insides and baby I ain't no liar I walk
Streets of fire
Incredible. Love is the force that conquers all the bad shit in America.
5/5
5
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
Then I whispered Not even you can hide
You see, you’re just like me
I hope you’re satisfied
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Everybody must get stoned? I couldnt agree more.
5/5
5
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Tue Jun 13 2023
The White Album
Beatles
Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace
Molly is the singer in a band
Desmond says to Molly girl I like your face
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand
Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on brah
La-la how life goes on
Ob-la-di ob-la-da life goes on brah
La-la how life goes on
-And-
Your inside is out when your outside is in
Your outside is in when your inside is out
So come on come on
Come on its such a joy
Come on its such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy
Make it easy, make it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
Enough said, really.
5/5
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Arise
Sepultura
I never knew sepultura was from brazil, but then again I never really cared. This is OK, but its not great, and its far from the best representative of thrash metal.
2/5
2
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl
But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son
And right now, you could care less about me
But soon enough, you will care by the time I'm done
This is an excellent album. Its exceptional in theme and in replay-ability, I dont think that theres anything else that directly compares to it in terms of a blues-rock album.
5/5
5
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
Its so fucking bad, the only list this should be on would be the "worst albums ever recorded by a band who later made better work".
1/5
1
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
This album is like some ancient alien technology shit. Its beautiful and strange, and I dont understand it in the slightest.
4/5
4
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Sun Jun 18 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord
Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They got no work to do
If you're going down to Chicago
GOAT album right here.
5/5
5
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Mon Jun 19 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
I mean, you figure Rush has to be on the list someplace, and I guess that Moving Pictures is probably the most logical album to appear on a list of 1001 essential albums.
Its a good album, and can be repeated endlessly. I'm not saying I like it, because I don't. But I recognize quality, and its very good.
By the way, did you know that the British royal family owns like 90% of the land in Canada?
4/5
4
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Tue Jun 20 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Ugh. Just no. This is a bad album, and should not be on any list of good albums.
1/5
1
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Upstairs in bed with my ex-boy
He's in a place, but I can't get joy
Thinking on you in the final throes
This is when my buzzer goes
Run out to meet your chips and pita
You say when "we're married"
'Cause you're not bitter
"There'll be none of him no more"
I cried for you on the kitchen floor
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told you I was trouble
You know that I'm no good
This is a spectacular album. Themes and tracks are some of the most profoundly dark stuff you'll ever hear, and the overall album is absolutely excellent.
5/5
5
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Thu Jun 22 2023
The Libertines
The Libertines
I'm getting so bored with british music from this list.
I cant find anything redeeming or interesting about this album. Its sooo boring. Its got like one halfway decent track that I probably wont listen to ever again.
1/5
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Fri Jun 23 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
If I lose this dream
It's goodbye love and happiness
Yes you're the one I need
I don't want a love that's second best
There've been things all of my life
I wanted to do that made me blue
Help me hold onto this dream
For sometimes dreams often come true
And they all come true they all come true
For me and you
Wait a minute baby
This album is so fucking good that it makes up for all the awful britpop and UK post punk shit that I've had to endure on this list. This is a solid soul album that will change your life the first time you experience it.
5/5
5
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Sat Jun 24 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Very superstitious,
Writing's on the wall,
Very superstitious,
Ladders bout' to fall,
Thirteen month old baby,
Broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck,
The good things in your past
When you believe in things
That you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition aint the way
Stevie Wonder is a musical genius!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0_vTUnokNU
5/5
5
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Sun Jun 25 2023
Guero
Beck
Meh. One good song and a bunch of forgettable stuff. Not terrible, but why in the world would anyone put this on a list of 1001 albums that everyone should hear?
3/5
3
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
This is a great album but its not their best work (Synchronicity is). Anyway, it does indeed deserve to be on a list of albums that everyone should hear and its got a shitload of replay-ability and some great stand out single tracks.
4/5
4
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Tue Jun 27 2023
War
U2
Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says
Say it's true
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one
I will begin again
Good album. Not one skippable track, and you could put it on repeat for a week and not ever get tired of New Years Day.
5/5
5
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Rocks
Aerosmith
Decent. Aerosmith is a little overrated, IMO, but this is a decent album.
3/5
3
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
It's a god awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling no
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
Amazing. There really arent any words which do justice to this album, its just outstanding and absolutely deserves to be on a list of the albums that everyone should hear.
5/5
5
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Debut
Björk
He's exploring the taste of her
Arousal, so accurate
He sets off the beauty in her
He's Venus, a Venus as a boy
All across your lips, oh, then until
Well be that, it's a little now, until
He believes in a beauty
He's Venus as a boy
He believes in a beauty and gentle
She's incredible. There isnt anyone else like Bjork, she is a truly unique voice and artist.
5/5
5
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Night and day
I dream of making love
To you now baby
Love-making
On-screen
Impossible dream
And I have seen
The sunrise
Over the river
The freeway
Reminding
Of this mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me
Man, I fucking love New York too. She gets it.
4/5
4
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Sun Jul 02 2023
Protection
Massive Attack
This girl I know needs some shelter
She don't believe anyone can help her
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage
But you don't wanna get involved
You tell her she can manage
And you can't change the way she feels
But you could put your arms around her
I know you wanna live yourself
But could you forgive yourself
If you left her just the way you found her?
I stand in front of you
I'll take the force of the blow, protection
This is some quintessential 90s sound. Massive Attack is a great band, and this is a good album. Not great, but good.
4/5
4
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Mon Jul 03 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
I said I'm trapped inside the ghetto and I ain't proud to admit it
Institutionalized, I could still kill me a nigga, so what?
If I was the president
I'd pay my mama's rent
Free my homies and them
Bulletproof my Chevy doors
Lay in the White House and get high, Lord
Whoever thought?
Master, take the chains off me!
America is a pretty fucked up place - We went a long time with white people not recognizing the shit that the white government and white people have done to black people.
4/5
4
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
I like the arctic monkeys, but this album in no way belongs on a list of the best albums of anything ever.
2/5
2
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
My spirits made up of the ocean
And the sky and the sun and the moon
And all my eyes can see
I cannot go back to your land of gloom
Where black jagged shadows
Remind me of the coming of your doom
I want my own land
Take my hand and come with me
It's not too late for you if it's not too late for me
To find my homeland
Where a man can stand by another man
Without an ego flying
With no man lying
And no one dying by an earthly hand
Let the devils burn and the beggar learn
And the little girls that live in those old worlds
Take my kind hand
My smile is stuck
I cannot go back to your frownland
Here's the thing, this isnt FOR you. Its for THEM. The people who made this album made it because THEY wanted it. They didnt give a fuck that it wasnt going to make any money, it was ART. Art for the sake of art? Man, we could use more of that in this late-stage capitalist hellscape.
5/5
5
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Thu Jul 06 2023
B-52's
The B-52's
She came from Planet Claire
I knew she came from there
She drove a Plymouth Satellite
A-faster than the speed of light
Planet Claire has pink air
All the trees are red
No one ever dies there
No one has a head
Great album! 4/5
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
Thank you friends
Wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you
I'm so grateful for all the things you helped me do
All the ladies and gentlemen
Who made this all so probable
Thank you, friends
I rejoice to the skies
Dear ones like you do the best I do
As far as can see my eyes
THIS is why I started listening to this list - I never heard of or heard this album before, and its excellent!
5/5
5
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Sat Jul 08 2023
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
it ain't no use in turning on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
And it ain't no use in turning on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
But we never did too much talking anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right
How many albums can you think of where EVERY SINGLE TRACK is amazing?
5/5
5
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Sun Jul 09 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Its OK, but not great. Couple of good dance tracks, and there you have Madonna's last good album. Its got no place on a list of albums that everyone should hear before they die.
3/5
3
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Mon Jul 10 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
I wish I could go back to the late 90s and hear this again for the first time.
4/5
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Do not attempt to adjust your radio, there is nothing wrong
We have taken control as to bring you this special show
We will return it to you as soon as you are grooving
Welcome to station WEFUNK, better known as We-Funk
Or deeper still, the Mothership Connection
Home of the extraterrestrial brothers
Dealers of funky music
P-Funk, uncut funk, The Bomb
Coming to you directly from the Mothership
Top of the Chocolate Milky Way, 500, 000 kilowatts of P-Funk-power
So kick back, dig, while we do it to you in your eardrums
And me? I'm known as Lollipop Man, alias the Long-Haired Sucker
My motto is
Make my funk the P-Funk
I want my funk uncut
You gotta love George Clinton. This is an undeniably funky album.
4/5
4
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Picture Book
Simply Red
Simply no reason for this to be on this list. Is this like a nostalgia thing for Brits?
1/5
1
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
The original album/recording wasnt on itunes or spotify, but youtube had a version of the original album. So, it took some more clicks than usual to get to the album but it was worth it! Really great classical Indian album, very relaxing and beautiful.
4/5
4
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Les allees, les venues, labyrinthe, mais qu'y vois je?
La sortie, je la voie, elle est la, on est peu,
Bien trop peu, au travers, murs epais je peux le faire,
Faire tomber, les ecrans, do trompage, do trompage
Different from everything else, and in a really great way.
4/5
4
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Sat Jul 15 2023
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
You know I'm born to lose
And gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it, baby
I don't want to live forever
And don't forget the joker
Pushing up the ante
I know you got to see me
Read 'em and weep
The dead man's hand again
I see it in your eyes
Take one look and die
The only thing you see
You know it's gonna be
The Ace of Spades
So fucking good.
4/5
4
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Sun Jul 16 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
Its like an even worse version of Neil Diamond. I mean seriously, how does anyone find any value in this? I had never heard this before, and I was better off not knowing about this terrible shit.
1/5
1
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Microshift
Hookworms
It is now time to dance on Sprockets.
Seriously, why is this very mid shit on this list?
1/5
1
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Tue Jul 18 2023
All Directions
The Temptations
Love woke me up this morning feelin' fine
I had you on my mind
Love woke me up this morning
And I haven't had a heartache today
And all my little tears are gone away
Skies are blue because of you
Love woke me up this morning
Thinkin' of last night
You know, you make me feel all right
Love woke me up this morning
I'm so glad baby
Because of you, happiness is really mine
And my cloudy days are far behind
Absolutely incredible album. Some of the most original sounds youll ever experience, and papa was a rolling stone is one of the top 10 songs of all time.
5/5
5
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
I fucking hate Eric Clapton, but I cant deny that this is a fantastic album.
4/5
4
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
All my life I spent the night
With dreams of you
And the warmth I missed
And for the things I wished
They're all coming true
I've got my love to give
And a place to live
Guess I'm gonna stay
It'd be a peaceful life
With a forever wife
And a kid someday
Well, it's early nights
And pillow fights
And your soft laugh
Fantasy world and Disney girls
I'm coming back
This is a good album, but its weird. Its weird like the fact that Brian Wilson was friends with Charles Manson and let the whole family stay at his place for a long time - Its some heavy incongruous shit thats hard to wrap your head around. But its also a really good album.
4/5
4
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Green
R.E.M.
Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing
I'm very scared for this world, I'm very scared for me
Eviscerate your memory
Here's a scene
You're in the backseat laying down, the windows wrap around
To the sound of the travel and the engine
All you hear is time stand still in travel
And feel such peace and absolute
The stillness still that doesn't end
But slowly drifts into sleep
The greatest thing you've ever seen
And they're there for you
For you alone, you are the everything
Amazing album in its theme and its lyrics, and also in its encapsulation of the feeling of a decade. I dont always agree with this list, but this is definitely one of the albums that everyone should hear.
5/5
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
I want to reach out and touch the sky
I want to touch the sun, but I don't need to fly
I'm gonna climb up every mountain of the moon
And find the dish that ran away with the spoon
I've crossed the oceans, turned every bend
I found the plastic at the gold at rainbow's end
I've been through magic and through life's reality
I've lived a thousand years and it never bothered me
Got no religion, don't need no friends
Got all I want and I don't need to pretend
Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'll tear up your mind
I've seen the future and I've left it behind
This is basically a perfect album. Even better if you are intimately familiar with the chemicals that helped to create and appreciate this music.
5/5
5
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Sun Jul 23 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Meh. Middle of the road brit punk shit. I know, I know, theyre a huge influence on other (better) bands and artists, but meh.
2/5
2
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Mon Jul 24 2023
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
Whoa. This is WEIRD. I think I like it, though.
4/5
4
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Tue Jul 25 2023
London Calling
The Clash
When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun
When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row
You can crush us, you can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
Solid album, great sound. Fundamental to what came after.
4/5
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Its not a great album. Its interesting, and punk with a saxophone is different, and the lyrics are smart, but its not great. Or even good.
2/5
2
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Excuse me, I seem to have ended up on the list of "Albums that no one should have to hear before they die" somehow.
This is shit. Its just bad. Lyrics, music, themes, its all shit.
1/5
1
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Sounds of the 60s! Pretty good (if incredibly derivative in every conceivable way) and some decent tracks on this album I hadnt heard before.
3/5
3
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Sat Jul 29 2023
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Down and out
It can't be helped
But there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny
It's what the fighting's all about
Out of the way it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died
One of the top 10 best albums of all literal time. In thousands of years, this will still be remembered as a great human achievement.
100/5
5
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Sun Jul 30 2023
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Its OK, but not the best Madonna album. I feel like Madonna being on this list more than once is kind of wrong, though?
3/5
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Pretty good album. Unique sound, has a genuine, honest feel to it.
3/5
3
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Good stuff! I dont have a lot to say about this other than that its a great album full of earworm tracks that will have you upbeat and whistling all day.
4/5
4
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
If man is five
And if the devil is six
Then God is seven
This monkey's gone to heaven
Fucking excellent album! Great themes and overall sounds, and the tracks are all top 10 stuff.
5/5
5
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Quiet Life
Japan
I'm sure that this is someone's favorite album. I am not that person. The only saving grace is a decent velvet underground cover.
2/5
2
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Maxinquaye
Tricky
This is a sex album, and thats not a bad thing.
4/5
4
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
Meh. Its not bad, but its not good. My parents hated Neil Young, and I suspect this album was the reason why. And why in the world should everyone hear this?
3/5
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Skylarking
XTC
Decent album with a great closing track. Its a little stodgy, and not to my personal taste.
3/5
3
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Mon Aug 07 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
I agree that this is an album that everyone should hear. This represents some of the best metal of the 80s, and Metallica is an incredibly tight band.
5/5
5
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Tue Aug 08 2023
L.A. Woman
The Doors
I want to tell you 'bout Texas radio and the big beat
Comes out of the Virginia swamps
Cool and slow with plenty of precision
With a back beat narrow and hard to master
Some call it heavenly in its brilliance
Others, mean and rueful of the Western dream
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft
We have constructed pyramids in honor of our escaping
This is the land where the Pharaoh died
The Negroes in the forest brightly feathered
They are saying, "forget the night
Live with us in forests of azure
Out here on the perimeter there are no stars
Out here we is stoned, immaculate"
Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache
I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God
I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
The meager food for souls forgot
I'll tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul
I'll tell you this
No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn
I'll tell you 'bout Texas radio and the Big Beat
Soft, driven, slow and mad, like some new language
Now, listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the Texas
I'll tell you 'bout the Texas radio
I'll tell you 'bout the hopeless night
Wandering the Western dream
Tell you 'bout the maiden with wrought iron soul
This is actually difficult to grade. This is an excellent album the first time you hear it. However, after MANY repeat listens it gets a bit stale. Also, in retrospect these guys stole all the good hooks. Still, it carried me for almost a decade - 4 stars.
4/5
4
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Wed Aug 09 2023
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
I never heard of Nancy Griffiths or this album before - Not great, but not terrible either. Its nice for like one listen, but nothing sticks and its kinda monotone. That said, Nancy has a good voice, but the album as a whole is a 2.
2/5
2
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
90's goth, but now from the perspective of 2023.
Oh, the 90s. The decade that gave us so much for music also gave us Marilyn Manson. This album may as well be a NIN album, though - Its very clearly a Trent Reznor production, you can hear his footprint all over this.
Theres some level of rear view perspective to be applied to the album's criticism of the hypocritical nature of the American religious community, and it turns out that MM was completely correct in their message - The fascist "christian" scumbags of america have done their level best to fuck everyone over in the name of their racist ideology.
Anyway, its a decent album. Couple of good tracks, and the theme is solid.
3/5
3
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Fri Aug 11 2023
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
What. The. Fuck.
I think I figured out this list - Its not just like "the best albums ever that everyone should hear", its also "holy shit this is the worst album of all time and you have to hear it to believe it".
This is the worst album I have ever heard, and possibly even the worst of all time.
0/5 (have to give 1 star, but its not even a 1 star album)
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Sat Aug 12 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
I pulled over to ask where we was at
His index finger, he tipped up his hat
El segundo, he said, my name is Pedro
If you need directions, I'll tell you pronto
Need a civilization, some sort of reservation
He said a mile south, there's a fast food station
Thanks, señor, as I started the motor
Ali said, "Damn, Tip, what did you drive so far for?"
5/5
5
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Sun Aug 13 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Do you like commercial british mediocre wanna be punk? Then you might like this shit.
Seriously, this very obviously doesnt belong on this list. Its apparently a "best of" album (although how you would establish that any of this shit is the best of their awful catalog is beyond me), and it sucks.
1/5
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Mon Aug 14 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
Are all the beatles albums on this list? Like, if you had to choose 3 beatles albums would this be one of them? I'm not sure, but I dont think that it would. Its a good album, maybe even a great album, but the beatles basically defined rock and roll for a generation or more. Anyway, 4 stars.
4/5
4
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Tue Aug 15 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
Wikipedia - "often ranked among the best albums of the nineties"?!?!
In no way is this album "among the best albums of the nineties". The production quality is OK, and thats the most generous thing I can come up with.
1/5
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
What you gonna do when you get out of jail?
I'm gonna have some fun
What do you consider fun?
Fun, natural fun
I like this album. BUT its not great - its really only got two good tracks. In general, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth's contributions to The Talking Heads are more memorable/relevant.
3/5
3
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
I want you to know
He's not coming back
Look into my eyes
I'm not coming back
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Don't look down
Shove it in your mouth
If you'd been a dog
They would've drowned you at birth
Look into my eyes
It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth
So knives out
Cook him up
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
I want you to know
He's not coming back
He's bloated and frozen
Still there's no point in letting it go to waste
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
Basically Kid A part 2, and thats not a bad thing.
4/5
4
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Zombie no go go, unless you tell 'em to go
Righteous.
4/5
4
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Sat Aug 19 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Legendary album. Its kind of a masterpiece of production and songwriting - Theres a reason why its like 34x platinum or whatever.
5/5
5
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Sun Aug 20 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Never heard of this album or band or artists before. Listening to it now, its not remarkable, its kind of forgettable. If someone told me that it was a practical joke and this was composed for a parody album about the 60s, I might believe it.
2/5
2
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Are you really trying to tell me that there werent 1001 other albums that were better than this one? I feel like all you have to do to be on this list is be
from the UK. Its not even a requirement that you be halfway decent or have any talent whatsoever.
1/5
1
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Tue Aug 22 2023
New Forms
Roni Size
Its OK, but not like an essential album or anything.
3/5
3
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Fucking incredible.
5/5
5
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
I dont hate it.
3/5
3
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
OK, this is one of the rare times I agree with this list - This is one of the 1001 essential albums of all time.
5
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Sat Aug 26 2023
The White Room
The KLF
Oh look more british euro trash shit. Gets one extra star for nostalgia.
2/5
2
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Sun Aug 27 2023
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Not the worst, but absolutely not my thing. Bonnie has talent, thats for sure, but this album is the sort of music that makes me leave a room.
3/5
3
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Mon Aug 28 2023
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock n roll, baby.
4/5
4
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
So cool. Seriously, you could keep a side of beef in this album, thats how cool it is.
5/5
5
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Wed Aug 30 2023
The World is a Ghetto
War
So funky it'll make you want to institute change for the better in your community.
5/5
5
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Thu Aug 31 2023
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
There are much more relevant Rolling Stones albums than the first one. That said, its not a bad album.
3/5
3
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Fri Sep 01 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Good wallowing in self inflicted pain music, but its not a "great album." In fact, its repetitive and boring, and not great.
2/5
2
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Sat Sep 02 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
Meh. Are you really telling me that when you count up all the albums on earth, there arent 1001 albums better than this?
Its OK, but its not great. In fact, I'm hard pressed to define it as good. Decent guitar work, but nowhere near the best stuff any of these musicians have made.
2/5
2
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Decent club music from the early 90s. Not great by any measurement, and not an album I would say needs to be heard by anyone before they die. That said, I have a soft spot for this music that I grew up with, and its not a "bad" album.
3/5
3
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
Dennis Miller's weekend update represent.
5/5
5
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Horses
Patti Smith
Great punk album, I agree that this is a worthy member of the list. This is a perfect representation of the East Coast punk sound of the 70.
4/5
4
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Perfect.
5/5
5
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Never heard of this album or artist before, and the music style itself is something I dont hear often (even in New York!). I like it.
4/5
4
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Fri Sep 08 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Meh. Synth of the 80s. Its distinctive, but repetitive. Cars is a great track, but the rest of the album isnt memorable.
3/5
3
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Sat Sep 09 2023
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Not awful, but its hard to understand why this is an essential album. Its OK. But its not much more than OK.
2/5
2
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Sun Sep 10 2023
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
Makes me feel like I'm in a John Hughes movie.
On an unrelated note, there is WAY TOO MUCH brit pop bullshit on this list. I find it incomprehensible that when presented with a catalog of all albums in the world, that this one somehow didnt have 1001 albums better than it.
3/5
3
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Lost Souls
Doves
Never heard of this album before - Its not bad. Maybe I was busy with other stuff in 2000? Anyway, its good and reminiscent of other stuff in that period - I hear more Filter/Coldplay sort of vibes than Oasis in here.
4/5
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Ugh. Elvis Costello and the Attractions sounds like a middle school band, cant stand this album.
1/5
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Wild Gift
X
Good original sound. I never heard this album before, but its a good precursor and original muse for the punk-pop of the late 80s.
4/5
4
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
When I watch you come, baby, I just wanna run, far away
You're not the kind of person 'round I wanna stay
When I see you walking down the street
I step on your hands and I mangle your feet
You're not the kind of person that I want to meet
Oh, babe, you're so vicious
You're just so vicious
5/5
5
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Fri Sep 15 2023
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
I'm walking through the desert
And I am not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
And I do not want what I haven't got
I have learned this from my mother
See how happy she has made me
I will take this road much further
Though I know not where it takes me
I have water for my journey
I have bread and I have wine
No longer will I be hungry
For the bread of life is mine
I saw a navy blue bird
Flying way above the sea
I walked on and I learned later
That this navy blue bird was me
I returned a paler blue bird
And this is the advice they gave me
You must not try to be too pure
You must fly closer to the sea
So I'm walking through the desert
And I am not frightened although it's hot
I have all that I requested
And I do not want what I haven't got
I never listened to this album all the way through before - I initially dismissed Sinead as "too cool for herself" and only really heard Nothing Compares 2U. That was really something, but it wasnt enough to make me listen to everything else.
Well, its an excellent album and she was an excellent singer (and human). I'm not surprised, just aware that it was me getting in my own way again.
5/5
5
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Sat Sep 16 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Ah, se ela soubesse
Que quando ela passa
O mundo sorrindo se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo por causa do amor
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes ah
When she walks she's like a samba that
Swings so cool and sways so gently
That when she passes, each one she passes goes ah
Oh, but he watches her sadly
How can he tell her he loves her?
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead not at he
Excellent sexy album. Why isnt sexy music more popular any more?
5/5
5
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Sun Sep 17 2023
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
British DJs. Its not bad, but I'm partial to electronica from the early 90s. Honestly I would probably give it a higher score if I hadnt had to listen to like 100 albums by mediocre british artists on this list already.
3/5
3
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Its fine. I dont love it, but its OK.
3/5
3
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"?
I talk to him everyday
What do you mean, "I don't support your system"?
I go to court when I have to
What do you mean, "I can't get to work on time"?
Got nothing better to do
And, what do you mean, "I don't pay my bills"?
Why do you think I'm broke? Huh?
If there's a new way
Oh, I'll be the first in line
But it better work this time
What do you mean, "I hurt your feelings"?
I didn't know you had any feelings
What do you mean, "I ain't kind"?
Just not your kind
What do you mean, "I couldn't be the President
Of the United States of America"?
Tell me something, it's still "We the people" right?
If there's a new way
Oh, I'll be the first in line
But it better work this time
Can you put a price on peace?
4/5
4
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Wed Sep 20 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Two scientists are racing
For the good of all mankind
Both of them side-by-side
So determined
Locked in heated battle
For the cure that is their prize
But it's so dangerous
But they're determined
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children
I fucking love the flaming lips. This album is brilliant, and has some of the best storytelling journeys in music ever.
5/5
5
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Its good, but its not great. Maybe this album set a standard, but it sounds so much like all the other 70s rock, you know? Anyway, its got a few good tracks but it doesnt grab me for some reason.
3/5
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
This is one hell of a good album. Bunch of hit tracks, and even though I'm tired as fuck of british artists from this list its due its 4 stars.
4/5
4
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Sister
Sonic Youth
There's something in the air there
It makes you go insane
Brings you back to me
It's been so long
All's I have to do is live along
It's coming, coming down over me
Do you want to see the explosions in my eye?
Do you want to see the reflection of how we used to be?
Beauty lies in the eyes of another's dream
Beauty lies lost in another's dream
It's coming, coming down over me
Do you want to see the explosions in my eye?
Do you want to see the reflection of how it used to be?
Hey, baby
Hey, sweetheart
Hey fox, come here
Hey, beautiful
Come here, sugar
4/5
4
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Sun Sep 24 2023
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
Not bad. Theme tracks of the 80s.
4/5
4
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
Rebel souls
Deserters we are called
Chose a gun
And threw away the sun
Now these towns
They all know our name
6 gun sound is our claim to fame
I can hear them say
Bad company
And I won't deny
Bad, bad company
Till the day I die
5/5
5