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Sat Jul 09 2022
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Started somewhat slow but then really came on towards the end. The hit was Wake Up and it's a great song. Rebellion is great. Definitely an Arcade Fire album. Deep song meanings and such a wonderfully distinct sound. I think it will need to be listened to again to appreciate it fully.
4
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Sun Jul 10 2022
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
This is a fantastic album. Etherial sounds throughout. Themes of love and self reflection. It's a trip from start to finish. I want to listen to it again, and I want to listen to it again with my mind slightly altered.
5
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Mon Jul 11 2022
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Love this record. Start to finish it is great. Favorite son is Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains). Reminds me of growing up and nails the aprehension I feel for my children's future. It's nostalgia and dread all at once but in the best way. Technology and development are changing the world from what we grew up in to an uncertain future and no assurances of our place in it.
5
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Tue Jul 12 2022
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
An album of 4 chord breakup songs. The music is okay, but not really my sort of thing. The big tracks are catchy and the appeal is obvious.
2
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Wed Jul 13 2022
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Funky. Soulful. Fun as hell. Addiction, lust, love, philosophy of life. Hits from start to finish. Flea's bass and Fruchante's guitar are awe inspiring, Kiedis's lyrics are insane at times and deeply powerful others. Chad Smith holds it all together with precision drumming throughout.
4
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Thu Jul 14 2022
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Early Stones with heavy blues influence. A lot of tounge in cheek digs at society of the times, just as sharp today as then.
3
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Fri Jul 15 2022
Van Halen
Van Halen
I remember hearing this as a kid when my dad played the vinyl. Headbanging then and headbanging today. Insane riffs from Eddie catapults this record into the stratosphere. Van Halen taught a lot of people how to rock. Tap tap TAPAROOO, ERUPTION!!!
3
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Sat Jul 16 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Fiona's haunting voice and poignant lyrics with her piano holding it all together. Great album. New favorite track is "The First Taste" with a smooth bossanova sound and a well told story. "Pale September" is beautiful.
3
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Sun Jul 17 2022
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Non stop audio assault. Relentless energy start to finish. It must have been something to have been there to see this man live. He went 100 miles an hour his whole life and didn't care who he pissed off.
3
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Mon Jul 18 2022
Clandestino
Manu Chao
Good vibes and chill sound. Caribbean influence with spanish flair. This is the first album I hadn't heard before being recommended here and I like it. Maybe not an everyday listen, but around a campfire with friends would be the perfect ambiance. Pass the puff and relax into the mood.
4
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Tue Jul 19 2022
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Essential trip hop. Excellent album and has a spot in regular rotation.
4
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Wed Jul 20 2022
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
Mid 90s electronic. I remember them from the Trainspotting soundtrack but never listened to anything else from them. Couple of bangers on there.
3
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Thu Jul 21 2022
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
The best Dylan album.
4
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Fri Jul 22 2022
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Had never heard of this and now I am a big fan. What a great sound. Steel guitar solos, electric guitar, soulful vocals. Just great music.
5
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Sat Jul 23 2022
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
That's Jane's Addiction all right.
3
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Sun Jul 24 2022
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
This one surprised me. A few songs were old favorites, but some new good songs and the original of a song I didn't know was a cover.
4
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Mon Jul 25 2022
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
It is the acoustic equivalent of a mid 90s cross colors hoodie.
2
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Tue Jul 26 2022
1984
Van Halen
4
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Wed Jul 27 2022
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Couldn't name a Miles Davis track, but I know several albums and this one doesn't disappoint. Felt more up beat than Kind of Blue, but that makes sense even just from the titles. Great listen
4
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Thu Jul 28 2022
1989
Taylor Swift
Better than I had expected. There were a couple of tracks I liked and a few I didn't. Blank Space and Style were good, and you can't help but dance to Shake it Off.
2
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Fri Jul 29 2022
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
This record is a mood. I like it and I will listen again. Wilmot is my favorite track.
4
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Sat Jul 30 2022
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
I had no idea this would be classified as a rock album, but it deffinitely is. Just the one massive hit off this record but a lot of good songs are there to hear.
3
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Sun Jul 31 2022
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
The center of punk and rock fusing into grunge. Don't look too close or you'll go blind.
3
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Mon Aug 01 2022
Horses
Patti Smith
I can hear a lot of bands that came after Patti in this album.
3
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Tue Aug 02 2022
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Who doesn't like early Beatles. Classic songs throughout.
3
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Wed Aug 03 2022
Technique
New Order
It is an interesting mix of early electronica and new wave melodies. Not bad
3
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Thu Aug 04 2022
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
It was behind the TV the whole time! Haven't listened to this in a while and it was nice to revisit. Mike Skinner was criminally underrated.
4
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Fri Aug 05 2022
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
This is punk rock. Well informed and insightful lyrics, fast paced and driving sound, middle finger to the establishment. I think I have to go overthrow a government now.
4
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Sat Aug 06 2022
Heroes
David Bowie
While not my favorite Bowie album, this one is still high on the list. It's such a departure from the earlier work of Ziggy. Great sound and rocking grooves drive this record.
4
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Sun Aug 07 2022
Infected
The The
I liked Slow Train to Dawn.
2
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Mon Aug 08 2022
The Yes Album
Yes
Syncopation and Chris Squire on bass. Yes Yes Yes!
4
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Tue Aug 09 2022
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Another great from Marvin Gaye. This is the record to put on when it's time to get down.
4
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Wed Aug 10 2022
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
If this is truly the birth of punk rock, it's obvious. 30 minutes of classic punk.
3
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Thu Aug 11 2022
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Great album and an amazing talent. Damn shame what they did to her.
So much soul and emotion bottled up in this record.
4
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Fri Aug 12 2022
Odessa
Bee Gees
Didn't know the BeeGees did epic concept albums. Don't think I needed to know. Soaring sounds and odd subject matter. Not something I want to hear again, but glad I was able to hear this side of a band I thought was just disco pop.
2
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Sat Aug 13 2022
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
If you don't like this that's okay, but just know that you are wrong.
One of the greatest hip hop records of all time not only on it's own but for everything that came after it.
4
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Sun Aug 14 2022
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
A record from 1983 that sounds like it sampled every hip hop album since 1990. Then it has some caribbean vibes and African influence to boot. What a wild ride.
3
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Mon Aug 15 2022
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The best of the unbelieveable CCR run? I think so.
4
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Tue Aug 16 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Jean Genie, Cracked Actor, and an interesting cover of 'Let's Spend the Night Together' were the highlights.
4
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Thu Aug 18 2022
Is This It
The Strokes
Love this record
5
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Weee ooooo this sounds just like Buddy Holly.
4
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Sat Aug 20 2022
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Weee ooooo this sounds just like Buddy Holly.
3
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Sun Aug 21 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Kind of a mellow album from what I knew of The Boss. Good listening American music
3
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Mon Aug 22 2022
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Elvis Costello is fine. It does mostly sound like the same song on repeat, but I wojuldn't call it bad music.
3
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Tue Aug 23 2022
Moondance
Van Morrison
SO many classics on this record. Excellent
5
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Wed Aug 24 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
The iconoic voice of Cohen is grating, but the message is powerful. Amazing poetry but musically I prefer it in small doses.
3
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Thu Aug 25 2022
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Easy listening. Amazing musicianship, these guys can flat out play. Surprisingly deep lyrics and themes. I had heard all the hits on the radio and knew they were very talented musicians, but I was never into it enough to actually listen. I have a new appreciation for Steely Dan.
4
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
This is music to get romantic with. Like Led Zepplin IV in Fast Times but better
4
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Sat Aug 27 2022
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Mellow trippy sounds.
4
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Sat Sep 10 2022
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Beautiful voice. Some interesting covers that I hadn't heard before. Not something I would normally listen to, but I am glad to have heard it.
3
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Sun Sep 11 2022
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
This sounds like the orgins of The Dropkick Murphys. Irish folk and punk fusion with some middle eastern and spanish influence as well. What a wild mix of sound that comes together in a wonderfully strange way.
3
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Good sound with a few standout tracks that I liked. Damaged and Movin on Up were favorites.
3
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Linkin Park was super cool when I was 20. 20 years later, not so much. Lyrically interesting but the music just doesn't do anything for me almost to the point of being annoying.
2
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
The harmonies.
4
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Thu Sep 15 2022
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
3
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
Nice ambient trip hop. Relaxing for work or studying
4
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Sat Sep 17 2022
Bossanova
Pixies
Pixies are great and this is a good album.
4
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
It's a Marvin Gaye record. Good soul/R&B. Amazing voice. Social commentary. Good stuff
3
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
Kind of lost in the era and genre. Nothing really jumps out to me.
3
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Revolver
Beatles
A key album in The Beatles transition from a live act to a studio band. Lots of experimental sounds with the earlier pop song style. Great album.
4
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Melancholy rock sound.
3
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Dirt
Alice In Chains
Top notch start to finish. Lane's voice is haunting and soothing at the same time. Excellent
5
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
The original hip hop songs in one album. I didn't think I would see a 'Best Of' record on here, but here we are.
2
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
His career was so short all the hits are on one record. Could listen over and over.
5
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Thu May 04 2023
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Folksy protest music.
3
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Fri May 05 2023
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Bought this when it came out. Still slaps.
4
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Sat May 06 2023
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
What an incredible live album. Pure energy start to finish. Crank it up and hold on. Excellent!
5
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Sun May 07 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
Excellent
5