Jul 08 2022
                            
                            
                                
Live At The Harlem Square Club
                                Sam Cooke
                            
                    
                    
                            looooooooooooooove this album
                    
                    faveourite track: it's all right / for sentimental reasons, the anti-domestic violence tune
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 08 2022
                            
                            
                                
Chirping Crickets
                                Buddy Holly & The Crickets
                            
                    
                    
                            is this an ironic performance? is this a concept album? pov: you are a boy-man who just wants to fuck. you have no idea what love is, but you do know how to play guitar and sing
                    
                    k standout track for me: not fade away. the arrangement on this track works for me. sparser, but still high energy (prolly helps that there're less lyrics on this one, so less chance to groan)
                    
                    this is fine mindless music in the background!
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 10 2022
                            
                            
                                
Rage Against The Machine
                                Rage Against The Machine
                            
                    
                    
                            popular? interesting? radical? sure. there aren't many rock groups singing against racism and other abuses of power. but it's so lightweight. does it rally more than it catalyzes? de la rocha's life adjacent to his music gives weight
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 11 2022
                            
                            
                                
From Elvis In Memphis
                                Elvis Presley
                            
                    
                    
                            i was pretty confused about this album's sound. so much going on, so many instruments, so many different musical ideas attempting to be expressed all at once. then i saw on wikipedia that this was his comeback album after doing a bunch of movie soundtracks
                    
                    suddenly, it all made sense. 
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 12 2022
                            
                            
                                
Disintegration
                                The Cure
                            
                    
                    
                            proposal: goth as a musical genre is primarily about clothes. the group of pasty faced people rockin bed head wearin all black, maybe some chains? whatever they're listening to? that's goth
                    
                    how else do you get a connection between the cure and marilyn manson??
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 13 2022
                            
                            
                                
Parallel Lines
                                Blondie
                            
                    
                    
                            it's fun! it's cheesy! it wants you to sing along! it's not going into my collection, but you can have a good time working with this in the background, especially around folks who love the album
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 14 2022
                            
                            
                                
Ace of Spades
                                Motörhead
                            
                    
                    
                            buddy holly but make it metal?
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 15 2022
                            
                            
                                
Ray Of Light
                                Madonna
                            
                    
                    
                            i was dreading this album, and it's over an hour long. not familiar at all with madonna's actual work, but by reputation i expected a bland pop album
                    
                    instead, i'm hearing.. a poppier portishead or massive attack? cleaned up a bit, scrubbed of most of the grunge, but still recognizable. wonder if madonna got really into trip hop and this album popped out?
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 16 2022
                            
                            
                                
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
                                Eurythmics
                            
                    
                    
                            i like the title track, but this album  isn’t my jam. but, new appreciation for influence on acts like la roux in 2009? and i have to think the fifth element was borrowing her look. 
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 17 2022
                            
                            
                                
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
                                Jerry Lee Lewis
                            
                    
                    
                            In 1956, Jerry moved in with his cousin Jay's family and started raping Jay's twelve year old daughter. Jerry and Jay thus began a successful career on stages around the country where no-one had the sense or decency to boo them out of town.
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 18 2022
                            
                            
                                
Odessa
                                Bee Gees
                            
                    
                    
                            hang on i'm confused. i thought this was the cardio-pulmonary resuscitation band? these songs are mellower than a cucumber
                    
                    there's a strong opening track, and i'm not mad at the album, just.. confused
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 19 2022
                            
                            
                                
Raw Power
                                The Stooges
                            
                    
                    
                            ok wow i'm still shifting my mental model but i'm feeling there are multiple punk, uh, lineages(?)
                    
                    the clash, sex pistols, the smiths.. those are punk sure but they don't feel punk to me. throw the ramones in there too?
                    
                    stooges led by iggy pop? this feels in the lineage of punk that leads to the pixies, nirvana, mxpx, five iron frenzy, less than jake, good riddance, nofx
                    
                    but iggy pop will always be a problematic listen because with stardom came statutory rape of young teens
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 20 2022
                            
                            
                                
Green Onions
                                Booker T. & The MG's
                            
                    
                    
                            i had a good time with this album. it's the raw material for endless remixes, samples, arrangments, etc
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 21 2022
                            
                            
                                
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
                                Faces
                            
                    
                    
                            utterly forgettable, not sure why this is interesting
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 22 2022
                            
                            
                                
16 Lovers Lane
                                The Go-Betweens
                            
                    
                    
                            meh. ya know, in a list of a thousand anythings you need, there's gonna be at least a few ya actually didn't need
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 23 2022
                            
                            
                                
Tea for the Tillerman
                                Cat Stevens
                            
                    
                    
                            some good songs, others ok. stand out: father's and sons
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 24 2022
                            
                            
                                
Elvis Is Back
                                Elvis Presley
                            
                    
                    
                            a hundred times better than the later memphis record we got a couple weeks ago, but minus two stars for "fever", and two stars for priscilla.
                    
                    the performance of "fever" was actually a pretty good cover of peggy lee's arrangement. here's an additional verse i added, mimicking the style, historicity, and politics of peggy lee's additions to the original song by eddie cooley, otis blackwell, and willie john:
                    
                    emmett till and carolyn bryant
                    had a very mad affair
                    when his cousin tried to kill her
                    he said, "curtis, oh don't you dare"
                    
                    she gives me fever
                    with her kisses
                    fever when she holds me tight
                    fever
                    i'm her mister
                    and cousin, won't you treat him right
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 25 2022
                            
                            
                                
Rio
                                Duran Duran
                            
                    
                    
                            the hits on this album are hits for a reason, and the rest is solid
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 26 2022
                            
                            
                                
Fever To Tell
                                Yeah Yeah Yeahs
                            
                    
                    
                            not sure how maps coheres with the rest of the album, but i'm glad it was published! y control could have been the final track, but that leaves ten fun tracks in a row!
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 27 2022
                            
                            
                                
Slanted And Enchanted
                                Pavement
                            
                    
                    
                            in theory, this is a lot of what i like. i.. just don't like it. any of it. gonna have to disagree with sh; this is not a "perfect record"
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 28 2022
                            
                            
                                
Take Me Apart
                                Kelela
                            
                    
                    
                            i love the percussion and bass lines, and while i love her voice, the melodies put on top of everything don't usually work for me. bumping a star cause i re-listened to specific tracks on their own, outside of an album play, and they worked better for me? i wonder if i enjoy kelela's pieces more as singles, than as an entire album i'd queue start to finish
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 29 2022
                            
                            
                                
Selling England By The Pound
                                Genesis
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 30 2022
                            
                            
                                
Vol. 4
                                Black Sabbath
                            
                    
                    
                            without this album, the world would not have heard charles bradley's sublime recording of "changes"
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Jul 31 2022
                            
                            
                                
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
                                Oasis
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 01 2022
                            
                            
                                
Dr. Octagonecologyst
                                Dr. Octagon
                            
                    
                    
                            I have to imagine this was originally a script submitted to Troma Studios. Cool sound, love to see prior work for Gorillaz and Deltron 3000.
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 02 2022
                            
                            
                                
All Mod Cons
                                The Jam
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 03 2022
                            
                            
                                
Your Arsenal
                                Morrissey
                            
                    
                    
                            i can't tell if this is supposed to be kinda cheesy or not, but i can't help but smile when the guitars veer into batman theme territory. had a good time with this album
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 04 2022
                            
                            
                                
This Nation’s Saving Grace
                                The Fall
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 05 2022
                            
                            
                                
Yank Crime
                                Drive Like Jehu
                            
                    
                    
                            i'm digging a lot of this album. same scene as the slightly later (i think) at the drive in (and much later, mars volta)
                    
                    echoes of the entire future screemo genre can be heard here. put some operatic polish on it and tighten the production quality and you have something resembling system of a down
                    
                    buuuuut you're gonna want to skip at least the first 30-40 seconds track five super unison. i'm feeling generous so i'll call it an homage to the endless and ear splitting space odyssey 2001 scene
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 06 2022
                            
                            
                                
Inspiration Information
                                Shuggie Otis
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 07 2022
                            
                            
                                
evermore
                                Taylor Swift
                            
                    
                    
                            more enjoyable than i expected? mostly not for me, but i did like "no body no crime". a sordid tale of lust, cunning, and revenge; with nods to hardboiled romance thrillers like double indemnity and gone girl
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 08 2022
                            
                            
                                
Bryter Layter
                                Nick Drake
                            
                    
                    
                            i recognized drake's name cause garden state soundtrack, but whoa i recognize his voice as coming right before lebanese blonde and the only living boy in new york
                    
                    great album
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 09 2022
                            
                            
                                
Straight Outta Compton
                                N.W.A.
                            
                    
                    
                            not for me, but now I've finally heard the class "fuck the police" song! there's some cool tracks. prolly need to listen again when i can listen to the lyrics
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 12 2022
                            
                            
                                
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
                                Ministry
                            
                    
                    
                            Every track is mind numbingly boring. No-one needed to hear this before they died. There are easily 1001 other albums that should've taken its place.
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 13 2022
                            
                            
                                
Songs In The Key Of Life
                                Stevie Wonder
                            
                    
                    
                            sir duke!
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 14 2022
                            
                            
                                
Out of Step
                                Minor Threat
                            
                    
                    
                            there are multiple lineages of punk (blurred, naturally). the stuff i listen to is clearly in the lineage that includes minor threat. had no idea the sound goes this far back!
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 15 2022
                            
                            
                                
Dirty
                                Sonic Youth
                            
                    
                    
                            wtf
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 16 2022
                            
                            
                                
First Band On The Moon
                                The Cardigans
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 17 2022
                            
                            
                                
Californication
                                Red Hot Chili Peppers
                            
                    
                    
                            rhp is hit and miss for me, and this album is more miss than hit. this album could have been half the tracks and under 30m. after easily, you can smash skip until "right on time". i'm not mad at californication being a hit, but it's sooooo long, and for what?
                    
                    my ★★★★☆ cut of this album:
                    
                    Around the World
                    Parallel Universe
                    Scar Tissue
                    Otherside
                    Get on Top
                    Easily
                    Right on Time
                    Road Trippin'
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 18 2022
                            
                            
                                
Gentlemen
                                The Afghan Whigs
                            
                    
                    
                            y'know if i were at a show at a smaller venue and these guys were playing a show with a band i wanted to see, i'd prolly be having a good time. but i wouldn't be going out of my way to listen to them
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 19 2022
                            
                            
                                
Drunk
                                Thundercat
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 20 2022
                            
                            
                                
Bat Out Of Hell
                                Meat Loaf
                            
                    
                    
                            what a weird album 😄 not likely to revisit, but fun
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 22 2022
                            
                            
                                
Vivid
                                Living Colour
                            
                    
                    
                            i wasn't expecting to have such a good time with this album. definitely will be coming back to this
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 23 2022
                            
                            
                                
System Of A Down
                                System Of A Down
                            
                    
                    
                            i've loved this album since i first downloaded it one track at a time on a shoddy bluelight banner ad serving internet connection
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 24 2022
                            
                            
                                
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
                                Frank Sinatra
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 30 2022
                            
                            
                                
Aftermath
                                The Rolling Stones
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Aug 31 2022
                            
                            
                                
Paranoid
                                Black Sabbath
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 01 2022
                            
                            
                                
Sincere
                                Mj Cole
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 02 2022
                            
                            
                                
Graceland
                                Paul Simon
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 03 2022
                            
                            
                                
Deja Vu
                                Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 04 2022
                            
                            
                                
Alien Lanes
                                Guided By Voices
                            
                    
                    
                            This bit of the Pitchfork review is all ya need to know:
                    
                    "Pollard’s method was to write five duds in order to get one perfect tune, and then release all six songs. In the end, making art was like breathing for Pollard—you can’t inhale oxygen without exhaling carbon dioxide."
                    
                    3.5/5 to a best of tho?
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 05 2022
                            
                            
                                
Slippery When Wet
                                Bon Jovi
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 06 2022
                            
                            
                                
Odessey And Oracle
                                The Zombies
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 07 2022
                            
                            
                                
Sign 'O' The Times
                                Prince
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 08 2022
                            
                            
                                
Ten
                                Pearl Jam
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 10 2022
                            
                            
                                
The Queen Is Dead
                                The Smiths
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 12 2022
                            
                            
                                
Brilliant Corners
                                Thelonious Monk
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 13 2022
                            
                            
                                
Back In Black
                                AC/DC
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 14 2022
                            
                            
                                
Shaft
                                Isaac Hayes
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 15 2022
                            
                            
                                
The Age Of The Understatement
                                The Last Shadow Puppets
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 16 2022
                            
                            
                                
Arrival
                                ABBA
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 17 2022
                            
                            
                                
Lost In The Dream
                                The War On Drugs
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 19 2022
                            
                            
                                
Suicide
                                Suicide
                            
                    
                    
                            this album is forgettably bad and i don't get why it's in this collection
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 20 2022
                            
                            
                                
Moving Pictures
                                Rush
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 21 2022
                            
                            
                                
The Lexicon Of Love
                                ABC
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 24 2022
                            
                            
                                
Cosmo's Factory
                                Creedence Clearwater Revival
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 25 2022
                            
                            
                                
Blue Lines
                                Massive Attack
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 26 2022
                            
                            
                                
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
                                Happy Mondays
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 27 2022
                            
                            
                                
The Atomic Mr Basie
                                Count Basie & His Orchestra
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 28 2022
                            
                            
                                
Gasoline Alley
                                Rod Stewart
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 29 2022
                            
                            
                                
Golden Hour
                                Kacey Musgraves
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 30 2022
                            
                            
                                
The Dreaming
                                Kate Bush
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 01 2022
                            
                            
                                
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
                                Kanye West
                            
                    
                    
                            trump
                    
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                            Oct 02 2022
                            
                            
                                
Immigrés
                                Youssou N'Dour
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 03 2022
                            
                            
                                
I'm Your Man
                                Leonard Cohen
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 04 2022
                            
                            
                                
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
                                The Smashing Pumpkins
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 06 2022
                            
                            
                                
Savane
                                Ali Farka Touré
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 10 2022
                            
                            
                                
Rhythm Nation 1814
                                Janet Jackson
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3