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Thu Aug 18 2022
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
4
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Fri Aug 19 2022
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
I get why people like The Boss, and I really like a few of his songs ("Streets of Philadelphia") but I don't understand the absolute obsession some people have for his music. This album is ... fine. But not for me.
3
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Mon Aug 22 2022
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
There are some nice, warm guitar tones throughout this album, and there's no question the songs are full of catchy pop hooks. But otherwise, there's not a lot of meat on this bone, at least to me.
2
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Tue Aug 23 2022
The Undertones
The Undertones
I've only been doing this for a few days and this is the first album I've heard that made me say, "Holy shit, how did I not know about this band?"
"Teenage Kicks" is a great song but this album is full of catchy hooks and fun, upbeat pop punk that will make you thing of The Clash, The Ramones, and Dead Kennedys. I love it, and I will definitely be adding The Undertones to my library.
5
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Wed Aug 24 2022
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
I heard this album when it first came out but never really gave it a second listen. I'm glad I got the opportunity to revisit it. Cohen's voice may not be what it once was but the poetry is as vivid as ever, and the backing music, especially the chorus, is enchanting throughout this wonderful album.
4
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Thu Aug 25 2022
L.A. Woman
The Doors
I used to love this album when I was a teenager. Now I hear a pretty run of the mill blues album.
2
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Fri Aug 26 2022
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
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Mon Aug 29 2022
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
My first real exposure to Elton John came in a fast food drive thru (I think it was Burger King?) in 1994. They were giving away copies of his Greatest Hits CD, and I quickly became infatuated with it. I listened to it on a loop as I drove from Arizona to Alaska that year. Good times. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road.
3
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Tue Aug 30 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
"Vincent" is nice.
2
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Delicious and smooth, with a hint of rage.
4
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
As I drift in and out of consciousness, with Lana del Ray's sweet and sultry voice weaving a tapestry of love and regret in my peaceful mind, I find myself wondering, "she doesn't believe in the chemtrails conspiracy, does she?"
4
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Fri Sep 02 2022
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
This band makes me feel like my girlfriend is really, REALLY mad at me.
2
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Mon Sep 05 2022
My Generation
The Who
3
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Tue Sep 06 2022
Face to Face
The Kinks
Man, the 60s were a wild time. So many harpsichords!
3
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Wed Sep 07 2022
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
If Type O Negative did a Vegas residency.
3
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Thu Sep 08 2022
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
I've always loved Kate Bush's voice but her music seems so inaccessible to most people. Call it uncompromising, I guess, as she was in her own world and did whatever the hell she felt like doing, but much of this album sounds like a fun house acid trip, at least to me.
3
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Fri Sep 09 2022
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
I tried. I really tried.
2
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Mon Sep 12 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Got this suggestion the day after the Queen died, as did many others, apparently. Cheeky. Great album.
4
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
I feel like I got kinda drunk just listening to this album. And then got laid and went off to the war.
4
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Wow, thank you for this. I don't think I've ever listened to a whole Aretha album all the way through before. I got chills during "Good to Me as I am to You." What an amazing talent.
5
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Thu Sep 15 2022
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
I'm not an expert on hip hop and it's not my preferred genre, but there is a joy in this music that is largely absent from hip hop today.
4
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Mon Sep 19 2022
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
At first, this sounded like gimmick-y children's music. But it grows on you.
4
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Tue Sep 20 2022
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
I'm a boy. And I don't feel like having fun right now.
3
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1
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Thu Sep 22 2022
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
4
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Wow. I am realizing that my appreciation for Bowie does not nearly go deep enough. This is amazing. LOVE "Cracked Actor." Thank you.
4
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Raw and soulful. An absolutely perfect little time capsule of psychadelia-infused blues rock from 1971. Love it.
5
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
I did not hate this as much as I thought I would.
3
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Thu Sep 29 2022
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
4
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
3
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Mon Oct 03 2022
S&M
Metallica
"You know what this thrash metal needs? A string section." — no one ever
1
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
4
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Thu Oct 06 2022
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson's falsetto cuts through this album like a crystal sword through cheesecake.
4
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Fri Oct 07 2022
White Light
Gene Clark
This is a weird one. Gene Clark has a nice voice, and the backing musicians are terrific, but on first listen (I've never heard this before at all), his songs seem overwrought and wordy. But I also get the impression that this may be one of those records that grows on you over time.
3
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Tue Oct 11 2022
Metallica
Metallica
This is the album that ruined Metallica for me.
2
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
2
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Wow, what a blast of pure energy this short, rollicking album is.
4
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Mon Oct 17 2022
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Haunting and powerful. This is the Bruce Springsteen I really love. His voice is perfect for these songs of longing and regret. Amazing album.
5
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Thu Oct 20 2022
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
3
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Fri Oct 21 2022
In Rainbows
Radiohead
This is a very good album — a classic, even, for it's time. But isn't it kind of weird that none of this music is really memorable? Shouldn't a classic album have songs and melodies that stick with you over time?
4
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Mon Oct 24 2022
The Score
Fugees
A certified hip hop classic.
4
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The house band to the Vietnam War.
5
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Thu Oct 27 2022
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Great stuff. "Damaged Goods" is a certified banger. The Clash meets Devo.
4
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Tue Nov 01 2022
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd is in my Top 5 bands for sure — Animals, Dark Side of the Moon, and The Wall are all five stars — but I just can't with Sid Barrett. It's like if the Beatles made an album that was nothing but Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds. Sid Barrett going nuts was the best thing that ever happened to Pink Floyd.
2
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
4
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Fri Nov 04 2022
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
3
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
3
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Tue Nov 08 2022
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
2
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Wed Nov 09 2022
High Violet
The National
3
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Tue Nov 29 2022
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Heroin, meet cocaine .
3
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Thu Dec 01 2022
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
4
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
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Wed Dec 07 2022
The Specials
The Specials
3
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Thu Dec 08 2022
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
3
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
This is the album that finally broke my suburban, white parents — they were absolutely beside themselves when they heard me listening to “Fuck the Police.” It was wonderful. Thank you, NWA. ❤️
4
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Tue Dec 13 2022
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Bold, unique, and thought-provoking.
4
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
2
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Thu Dec 15 2022
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This and “My Aim Is True” are two of the great rock albums of all time.
5
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Mon Dec 19 2022
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
3
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
4
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Thu Dec 22 2022
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Holy shit I forgot how much this album rocks. THANK YOU.
5
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
3
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Mon Dec 26 2022
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
I took a day off the project for Christmas. Big mistake! There is nothing worse than being forced to listen to an entire album of Christmas music the day after Christmas. 😂
3
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Tue Dec 27 2022
Violator
Depeche Mode
Damn, I forgot how great this album is.
5
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Wed Dec 28 2022
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
4
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Survivor
Destiny's Child
3
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
If aliens landed from the planet Qualtrar and asked to experience Earth music from the 1990s, this is the album I would choose to show them. I would give this six stars if I could.
5
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Vivid
Living Colour
I used to love this band when I was in middle school but it has not aged well.
2
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Tue Jan 03 2023
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson’s magnum opus. An eargasm for the ages.
5
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Wed Jan 04 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Warm and whimsical. I love this.
4
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
All hail the forefathers of metal. 🤟
5
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
2
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
And on the seventh day, the Lord said, “Let there be funk.” And there was. And it was good.
4
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
2
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
3
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
When I was twelve years old, I bought my first album — a cassette tape of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that I saw at the Smitty's grocery store in Mesa, Arizona. I think I liked the colorful album cover and the outlandish outfits. I took it home and pressed play, and began a musical journey that has led me in many different directions but always — ALWAYS — back to the Beatles and this glorious, wonderful album. Thank you, lads.
5
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
The greatest jazz album of all time.
5
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Wed Jan 18 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Wow, the last three days have been “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Kind of Blue,” and now this. I’m running out of stars to give out.
5
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
4
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
3
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
2
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
2
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
3
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Mon Jan 30 2023
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
4
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
I'm a dad and I rock.
4
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Moody 80s alterna-rock. Before goth was goth.
4
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
2
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
The Doors at their best.
4
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Mon Feb 06 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
4
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
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Thu Feb 09 2023
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
4
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Fri Feb 10 2023
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
3
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
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Tue Feb 14 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
For a folk-pop album from the early 2000s, this holds up surprisingly well.
4
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
4
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Thu Feb 16 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
3
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Mon Feb 20 2023
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
3
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Tue Feb 21 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
If Leonard Cohen did a prison stint.
4
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Sincere
Mj Cole
I don’t often give one-star ratings but when I do, it’s ALWAYS some British electronic garbage.
1
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
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Tue Mar 07 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Reign In Blood
Slayer
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
3
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Damn, now I have FOMO about never seeing Cheap Trick live.
4
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
3
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Smart, thoughtful social criticism here, a la Public Enemy and Rage Against the Machine. The music, though, isn't as bold.
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
2
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Mon Mar 20 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
4
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
3
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
3