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Mon Aug 29 2022
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Forgot how good this band is. Dear Science is my third favorite album of theirs, and I listened to/appreciated it again, and Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes and Return To Cookie Mountain.
4
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Tue Aug 30 2022
Elephant
The White Stripes
Great rock album, forgot how solid it is beginning to end
5
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Wed Aug 31 2022
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
I hadn’t listened to this album all the way through. It’s a sonic odyssey. But not my favorite album of theirs.
4
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Thu Sep 01 2022
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
Unlistenable…but that’s probably the point.
1
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Sat Sep 03 2022
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Each song has more offensive lyrics than the next. The racism and chauvinism age poorly.
1
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Tue Sep 06 2022
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
I respect him and his music, but the genre isn’t my favorite. He’s one of the best in his space.
3
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Wed Sep 07 2022
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
I did my jazz phase but this is one I wish I knew about when I was into the genre
4
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Hms Fable
Shack
Mixed reviews…I had never heard of this band and at the time the album would’ve resonated with me…now, though, the 90s alternative rock genre sounds weak if you’re hearing new music from the time.
3
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
What an odd collection of songs…can’t tell what this band wants to sound like because they’ve replicated all the styles of their day.
1
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Sat Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
It’s an ok Smiths album
3
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Sun Sep 11 2022
Dog Man Star
Suede
The London Suede doesn’t age well
1
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Face to Face
The Kinks
Good-sounding early Kinks album. Hadn’t listened to a studio album before this, and didn’t realize across how many decades and albums their hits stretched. No single album sums up their reign, though, so not a high score.
3
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Low-Life
New Order
Some really good songs but also some not. The singer’s voice isn’t always up to the task.
3
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Great album all the way through!
5
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Never heard of these clowns, but maybe they influenced some musicians and definitely influenced teenage boys to think it was ok to act like jerks. Many offensive lyrics and would never be on my top albums list.
1
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Sat Sep 17 2022
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Not my jam
2
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Sun Sep 18 2022
The Bends
Radiohead
This album and OK Computer would be on my best list
5
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Mon Sep 19 2022
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Amazing singer and songwriter. Forgot how good this album is.
5
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Tue Sep 20 2022
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Sometimes good and sometimes insane.
4
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Influential and genre defining album, but too long
4
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Thu Sep 22 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
This is such a good album! I’ve always been curious about her music, but never gotten into it. And now I want to listen to other albums of hers.
5
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Fri Sep 23 2022
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Forgot about this group. Hadn’t listened to the entire album, but it’s worth listening.
5
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Sat Sep 24 2022
Quiet Life
Japan
I used to love music like this, but better, like Duran Duran.
3
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Sun Sep 25 2022
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
In its time, it was 5 stars and I wore out my cassette tape of it listening over and over. Not a best album of all time, though.
4
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Several hit songs, and some weird but good ones
5
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
I can’t take them seriously
2
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
5
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Thu Sep 29 2022
The Poet
Bobby Womack
If you hadn’t heard the songs or heard of Bobby Womack, and read the lyrics out of that context, you’d wonder if it was a joke.
2
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
All good songs, and even a couple hits
5
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Young Americans
David Bowie
It’s not the Thin, White Duke’s best, or even top 5 album.
4
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Glad to be turned on to this artist. Hadn’t heard of him, and his lyrics are clever and music is unique and good.
5
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Decent album with a couple hits. Not their best. Not even sure if it’s top 1,000 of all time.
4
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Really terrible! Couldn’t stand it, and have no idea why someone thinks this is one of the best albums ever.
1
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Wed Oct 05 2022
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Great album. Hadn’t listened to it before but knew some songs on it and already liked them. But subtracted a star because there was already another Kinks album recommended fairly recently.
4
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Fri Oct 07 2022
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
New to me. Classic soul 1.0
5
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Sat Oct 08 2022
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Legendary singer/songwriter and solid album I hadn’t heard before.
5
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Sun Oct 09 2022
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
This got me to listen to more than just a handful of popular songs of theirs. I can see how influential they were.
4
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Mon Oct 10 2022
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
I still listen to it regularly
5
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Wed Oct 12 2022
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
5
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Thu Oct 13 2022
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
5
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
Never heard of him, and liked many of the songs
4
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Sat Oct 15 2022
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Great album, but deducting one star because it’s the second time an album of theirs has been shown.
4
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Sun Oct 16 2022
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Disliked the singer’s voice, but reading about this band I hadn’t heard of, I respect its roots. And it got me to listen to Minutemen!
2
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Mon Oct 17 2022
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
I know this album well.
5
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Tue Oct 18 2022
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
A couple hits…just ok
3
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Wed Oct 19 2022
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
Deducted one star because there are several superior U2 albums
3
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Thu Oct 20 2022
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
It would be five stars if this list hadn’t already recommended to Rolling Stones albums
4
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Fri Oct 21 2022
Abbey Road
Beatles
Great
5
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Sat Oct 22 2022
Synchronicity
The Police
There are a couple unlistenable songs but the rest are five stars
4
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Sun Oct 23 2022
American Pie
Don McLean
Weak sauce
3
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Mon Oct 24 2022
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Excellent album that I hadn’t listened to in a while.
5
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Tue Oct 25 2022
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Better than any other of his albums I’ve heard
4
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Wed Oct 26 2022
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
One of the best of all time
5
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Fri Oct 28 2022
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
What even is this?
2
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Sat Oct 29 2022
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
I used to be heavy into grunge rock but most of it has dated poorly
3
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Sun Oct 30 2022
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
Strange as a compilation but a couple good songs. Never listened to him.
2
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Mon Oct 31 2022
Pink Flag
Wire
For a short time during my teens I would’ve liked this, and it’s good, but it’s not my genre anymore.
2
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Tue Nov 01 2022
Different Class
Pulp
Juvenile
1
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Wed Nov 02 2022
Virgin Suicides
Air
I like Air and hadn’t heard this album. Probably because it’s a movie soundtrack and some of the songs have monologues which is reducing its rating by a star.
3
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Thu Nov 03 2022
Dare!
The Human League
A good record in its day but not doing it for me today
3
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Fri Nov 04 2022
Rio
Duran Duran
4
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Sat Nov 05 2022
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
Stopped listening to hard punk music when I stopped skateboarding
1
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Sun Nov 06 2022
Viva Hate
Morrissey
Not his best album, but mostly good songs
4
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Mon Nov 07 2022
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Would’ve been just ok in the 80s to me
2
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Wed Nov 09 2022
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Decent album. I knew one song from Elbow from a later album already and liked it.
4
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Fri Nov 11 2022
Tago Mago
Can
Good musicians + poor song writing
3
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Mon Nov 14 2022
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
New artist to me and this album sounds the best since it’s less electronic and more mellow
4
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Tue Nov 15 2022
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Yup, good album
4
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Wed Nov 16 2022
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
A couple original hits a too many covers
3
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Thu Nov 17 2022
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Their music has never made me want to binge because it’s milquetoast. But I can listen to a few songs before getting antsy.
3
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Fri Nov 18 2022
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
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Sat Nov 19 2022
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
A couple decent songs but not a strong album
2
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Sun Nov 20 2022
Scott 4
Scott Walker
What a wet blanket of an album…never heard of him, and won’t be listening again.
1
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Mon Nov 21 2022
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
5
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Tue Nov 22 2022
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
5
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Wed Nov 23 2022
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
They were imitating the Ramones and Sex Pistols on a few songs. This is before they got their signature sound. But you can hear it on a few songs.
3
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Thu Nov 24 2022
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
Not a good album of theirs. But, it got me back into them. I went back and listened to “The Great Migration” which was one of my favorite albums for a couple of years in the mid 2000s. I also tried listening to other albums, but only found that I liked the one.
3
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Fri Nov 25 2022
Ten
Pearl Jam
No longer one of the greatest albums ever, but once was, to me
3
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Sat Nov 26 2022
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
I thought Iggy Pop was only a punk rocker, but this was more like Bowie or Velvet Underground.
4
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Sun Nov 27 2022
London Calling
The Clash
5
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Mon Nov 28 2022
New Wave
The Auteurs
Shit sandwich
1
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Wed Nov 30 2022
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
I couldn’t find one good song on this or any of their albums. A singer doing a Robert Smith impression doesn’t match this group’s so-so instrumentals.
1
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Thu Dec 01 2022
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Fun stuff
5
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Fri Dec 02 2022
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
This is clown music
1
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Sat Dec 03 2022
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
One of the all time great albums
5
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Tue Dec 06 2022
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
No good songs on the entire album
1
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Wed Dec 07 2022
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Some very good songs. Had never gotten into him. Great voice.
4
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Fri Dec 09 2022
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
1
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Sat Dec 10 2022
White Light
Gene Clark
Never heard any of his music before or of him, but really good singer-songwriter music.
4
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Sun Dec 11 2022
Raw Power
The Stooges
Gave an extra star out of respect for Iggy, but I can’t listen to a whole album of this music since I stopped being an angry teen
3
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Just terrible
1
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Great
4
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Great album
4
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Transformer
Lou Reed
Great
5
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Guitar dumb diddling
1
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Mon Dec 19 2022
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Drippy lame music
2
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Tue Dec 20 2022
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
A few hits, but you’ve gotta be in the mood
3
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
They seem like they’d be no fun at all
2
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Thu Dec 22 2022
Nevermind
Nirvana
Great album and five stars in its day
4
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Some good hits
4
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Sat Dec 24 2022
Basket of Light
Pentangle
This is music for a renaissance fair.
1
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Sun Dec 25 2022
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
Hippy dippy bullcrud
1
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Tue Dec 27 2022
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Some fun songs and a hit
3
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Wed Dec 28 2022
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Hadn’t listened to any albums, but liked their popular songs. This was great.
5
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Self-indulgent trash-ballads
1
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Fri Dec 30 2022
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
This can’t be a real band
1
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Sat Dec 31 2022
Harvest
Neil Young
Great album, several hits
5
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Sun Jan 01 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Had only heard 3-4 of the songs but others are good too. Two in the middle are duds.
4
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Mon Jan 02 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
5
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Tue Jan 03 2023
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Legendary vocalist but not my favorite genre
3
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Wed Jan 04 2023
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Listening to a Zappa album is always a trip with unexpected moments of brilliance. But a lot of eye rolling too.
3
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
5
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
Cute
3
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Sat Jan 07 2023
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Forgot about this band since I prefer Bjork solo. A few good songs but many nerve-grating ones thanks to the male vocalist.
3
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
One of the best albums of all time
5
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
The first track uses the most offensive racial slur repeatedly.
1
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Like a cut rate Patti Smith
2
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Shadowland
k.d. lang
Her voice is 4 stars but this album’s not her best work.
3
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Very interesting! I would’ve been way more into this artist in 1993. His sound mixes southern soul, 90s jam bands, and folk.
3
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Fri Jan 13 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
Delusional brassy ear trash
1
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
I didn’t know this band before. They’re like if The Flaming Lips were not good.
1
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
Not my jam but great voice and well-respected name
2
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Tue Jan 17 2023
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
One of the best albums ever
5
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
One of the best of the 1990s!
5
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Half a star extra for 2 years of HS French helping me understand a few of the words. Half a star for this guy’s passionate singing. But how could this be listenable more than once every 10 years?
2
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Foppish fake flower power. With two decent hits.
2
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Who knew what a weirdo Peter Gabriel was? The style of this album is all over the place.
3
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Great voice and album
4
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Street Signs
Ozomatli
I liked one song from a different album.
2
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Tue Jan 24 2023
More Specials
The Specials
I forgot about how popular they were in the 80s and 90s. But listening to an entire album is work. I give them 3 stars because they belong in the pantheon of good music and influenced the ska movement.
3
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
One of the best artist’s best albums
5
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Thu Jan 26 2023
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Good album
4
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Fri Jan 27 2023
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
If you give his voice some time, it’s more heartbreaking than just grating, like in the beginning. Definitely a mood
4
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Great album
5
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Forgot how awesome this was
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Putting this terrible album as one of the best of all time is some kind of joke.
1
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
I used to like their music but never liked their singer’s voice
3
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Sun Feb 05 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
Some solid hits
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
Bad psychedelics
2
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Some big hits but also some whiffs
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Microshift
Hookworms
I wanted to like a couple of the songs but they didn’t ever hit
2
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Sat Feb 11 2023
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
1-2 moments of good music, and lots of meh
2
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
Fat stack of hits
5
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Mon Feb 13 2023
The Band
The Band
One of the best
5
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This was already shown
1
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Thu Feb 16 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Very moving songs - new album to me
4
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
I liked them more 20 years ago
3
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Sat Feb 18 2023
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Literally any other Stephen Malkmus album is better than this one. He’s one of my all time faves, but this is trash
2
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Was king of its time
4
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
Not completely terrible
2
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Tue Feb 21 2023
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
I’d only heard one song of theirs from a different album, and this was solid mood music.
4
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Wed Feb 22 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Excellent album
5
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Solid Air
John Martyn
Never heard of this artist before, but some good songs on here.
3
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Closer
Joy Division
I’ve never really been able to like this group
2
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Sat Feb 25 2023
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
I realize they had future stars and were influential, but their sound is plain silly
2
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Excellent
5
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Horrific falsetto ruins decent melodies
1
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
I was wondering if the Pixies would ever show up on here.
5
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Born To Be With You
Dion
Sappy
2
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Had only previously heard a few songs from it, but he’s one of my favorites.
5
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
Objectively bad singing
2
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Tue Mar 07 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
Might be pleasing to the ear on some songs if the singer wasn’t so deranged.
1
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Pretty bland except for the one hit
3
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Thu Mar 09 2023
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
2
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Sat Mar 11 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
5
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Sun Mar 12 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
5
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Mon Mar 13 2023
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
4
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
5
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
Little to like
2
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
4
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Bummed
Happy Mondays
The singer’s voice is grating
1
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Sat Mar 18 2023
Like A Prayer
Madonna
3 hits and a lot of bleh
3
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Mood
4
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music
Hadn’t heard their earlier work. Some songs are really good.
3
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Very good album
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
A great album
5
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
Pretty bad! Almost one star. But there was one song that was ok.
2
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Some really great songs I’d never heard.
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
Nice sounding but forgettable songs
3
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Some grooves but also some elevator music
3
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Not their best but solid
4
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
4
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Mask
Bauhaus
Bad
1
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Sat Apr 01 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Probably would’ve sounded ok to teenage me 30 years ago
2
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Sun Apr 02 2023
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
I forgot how happy this band makes me when I listen.
4
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
Derivative of Jimi Hendrix
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Weak
2
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Take Me Apart
Kelela
More studio production and smooth sounds than heart and soul.
2
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
I loved it 30 years ago and is still great
5
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Is This It
The Strokes
A great album for its time, but the sound gets tiresome fast and never evolved.
3
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Tapestry
Carole King
Almost every song is familiar
5
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Thu Apr 13 2023
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
Hot garbage
1
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Atomizer
Big Black
Pee-you! It stinks
1
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Sat Apr 15 2023
Low
David Bowie
A five star artist who made albums that usually had one or two unlistenable songs on each.
4
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Sun Apr 16 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
So fun and weird
4
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Mon Apr 17 2023
One World
John Martyn
Terrible sounding voice…a poor Sting impression
1
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Obviously
5
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Not listenable
1
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Thu Apr 20 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
I used to wear this record out
5
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
Great artist, meh album
3
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Sat Apr 22 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Good jazz is sometimes an oxymoron
2
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
4
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Sat Apr 29 2023
John Prine
John Prine
Some clever lyrics
4
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Mon May 01 2023
Music
Madonna
Not one of her best, or one of THE best
1
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Tue May 02 2023
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
My favorite Elliott Smith album. The electric guitar seems normal when listening to the album alone. But when listening to his catalogue, it seems aggressive and mad.
5
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Wed May 03 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Grating yet somehow boring. Later albums are 2 stars
1
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Thu May 04 2023
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Strange but fun at times
2
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Fri May 05 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
1% of the time, I’m in the mood for jazz. Yesterday was a 99% day
2
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Sat May 06 2023
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
This and his next two albums have some phenomenal songs on them.
5
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Sun May 07 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
4
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Mon May 08 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
I forgot how many duds were on this one
3
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Tue May 09 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Many great songs
4
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Sat May 13 2023
Chelsea Girl
Nico
A couple ones I’d heard and liked.
3
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Sun May 14 2023
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
I added a few songs to playlists, but only for certain moods.
3
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Mon May 15 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
Gets boring after a few songs
2
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Tue May 16 2023
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
Dislike the singer’s voice. Overindulgent childish lyrics.
2
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Wed May 17 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Listening to it chilled me out
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Derivative and at times annoying vocals. But a couple of good grooves.
2
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Fri May 19 2023
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
5
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Sat May 20 2023
Vespertine
Björk
I loved earlier albums but hadn’t heard this one. The music transports me.
5
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Sun May 21 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Game changing
5
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Mon May 22 2023
Da Capo
Love
Too many genres and weird vocal choices by the lead singer
2
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Tue May 23 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
3
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Thu May 25 2023
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Great voice, many good songs, somewhat uneven album
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Vomit emoticon
1
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Sat May 27 2023
Document
R.E.M.
There are way better albums of theirs
3
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Sun May 28 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
They sound like if The Offspring and Queen had a baby that nobody wanted.
2
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Mon May 29 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
A couple hits but plenty duds
3
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Tue May 30 2023
Dirty
Sonic Youth
Transports you back to the 90s
4
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Wed May 31 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Game changer
4
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Thu Jun 01 2023
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Smooth and relaxing
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
The Rise & Fall
Madness
I’ve never liked them…silly lyrics and stolen reggae sounds
1
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Sat Jun 03 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
You forget that before bands find their sound, many have a terrible first album. They don’t know what they want to be yet.
2
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Sun Jun 04 2023
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Classic arena rock album
3
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Mon Jun 05 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
I’ve listened and liked it many times over the years.
4
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The lead singer sounds unhinged, the chorus of “Gang Bang” made me cringe, and in “Next,” I heard the f-word (not fuck…the other one). How this is one or the 1.001 best albums is confounding.
1
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Calenture
The Triffids
They’re the mayonnaise of 80s music
1
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Woodface
Crowded House
Several great songs I already liked.
4
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Superb
5
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Sat Jun 10 2023
The Cars
The Cars
Amazin’
5
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
It had been a long time since I listened to this fun album
5
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Let It Be
The Replacements
Excellent band. Not my personal favorite Replacements album.
4
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
Fun to listen to
4
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Eagles
Eagles
Very fine
4
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Woof
2
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Station To Station
David Bowie
5
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Sulk
The Associates
I’ve never heard of this band, but apparently they make screamy garbage music.
1
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Sun Jun 18 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
5
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
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Wed Jun 21 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
I didn’t know he was still making albums as of 2016. Some of the songs on this are as good as any he ever made 30 years ago.
5
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
I’ve listened to this album dozens of times over the years.
5
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Sat Jun 24 2023
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Every song is ruined either by their favorite annoying instrument the electric jug or the singer caterwauling.
1
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Sun Jun 25 2023
Fun House
The Stooges
Raw and romping
3
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
I’ve been listening to his album “What Will We Be” for years and hadn’t heard this album. His vocal style isn’t fully fledged yet on it, and it is annoying how inconsistent it is from song to song.
3
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Tue Jun 27 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
It’s easy for me to rate just about any Elvis album with 5 stars.
5
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
Had heard songs from this album but not the album itself. A few new-to-me songs but all good.
5
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Thu Jun 29 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Many good grooves but the high concept songs made the album uneven
3
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Pretenders
Pretenders
Awesome band. I had only heard the hit songs on this album but it’s all good.
5
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Something doesn’t add up here
1
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Sun Jul 02 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
3
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
90s alternative nostalgia, but absent the initial popularity
1
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
I had only heard a couple of songs off this album, but the whole thing is gold.
5
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Dry
PJ Harvey
4
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
Not her best work
1
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Damaged
Black Flag
Even when I was young, angry, and listening to skater punk, this would’ve been too hard.
1
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Sat Jul 08 2023
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Sun Jul 09 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
That was lots of fun!
5
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
5
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Elastica
Elastica
I loved the micro phase of music they co-led with Garbage, Courtney Love, and others. Harder than the Breeders, more fleeting than Sleater-Kinney. Just a blink of the eye.
5
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
4
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Sun Jul 16 2023
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
I’m not listening to this again but it didn’t hurt my ears
2
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Mon Jul 17 2023
White Ladder
David Gray
5
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
A lot of soulful moaning and oohs and lalalas without any choruses
2
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Mouse music
1
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Odessa
Bee Gees
Each song felt like a different class in school, and I’m done with school!
2
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Just the worst sounding voice
1
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
5
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Mon Jul 24 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
The first album was far better
3
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
2
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Horses
Patti Smith
Can’t believe this came out in 1973…it’s still so modern sounding
5
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
5
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Sat Jul 29 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
4
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
Great licks, pitch perfect singer, bad lyrics
3
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Never heard of them or any of their songs. A few good melodies but uneven vocals and genre contortions.
2
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Soul Mining
The The
Vocals were all over the place
2
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
Off pitch singing, terrible lyrics, no melody, and broken tempos.
1
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Debut
Björk
5
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Barely anything
2
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Mon Aug 07 2023
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Very ambitious, and took too big of a swing
2
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Tue Aug 08 2023
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
One hit
1
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Street Life
The Crusaders
It was kinda fun
3
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Weird but at times good
3
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Tue Aug 15 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
Fun but repetitive
3
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Even the bad Elvis albums are relatively good
4
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Disintegration
The Cure
4
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Fri Aug 18 2023
California
American Music Club
The singer sounds like the most boring version in the Evan Dando multiverse
1
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Sat Aug 19 2023
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
5
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Sun Aug 20 2023
Traffic
Traffic
A couple duds but solid
4
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
A bunch of lads goofing around
2
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
5
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
Great voice, but band’s sound was all over the place
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
Even unpopular Radiohead albums are full of gems
4
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed
Some real nice songs in there
4
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Sat Aug 26 2023
The Last Broadcast
Doves
A couple songs might make good background music. No songs are good foreground music.
1
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Sun Aug 27 2023
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Every song that I almost added to one of my playlists gave me a reason not to by adding some strange quirk.
2
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Thu Aug 31 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
I had only heard/liked one song on the album besides what I knew from the Hugh Grant movie. This had several good songs I added to my playlists.
4
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Sat Sep 02 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
One or two sweet songs. This guy has 100% of Nilsson’s weirdness and 50% of his talent.
2
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
A lot of musical/vocal talent that falls short on songwriting/lyrics.
2
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
5
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Heroes
David Bowie
5
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Thu Sep 07 2023
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Singer can’t sing, and the songs are no fun
2
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
3
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Sat Sep 09 2023
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
5
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Sun Sep 10 2023
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
I can see why I went through the entire decade of the 90s never having heard of them. Their music is ear stabbingly bad.
1
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Mon Sep 11 2023
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Lots of chill songs
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Some good grooves, but some dead spots
3
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Wed Sep 13 2023
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
I would’ve liked their bad playing and singing more if I’d known them when I was young and angry.
2
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Some bands’ music sounds more important than it is. Their tight playing and sonic experiments with studio sounds don’t save them.
2
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Sat Sep 16 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
5
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Sun Sep 17 2023
The World is a Ghetto
War
Some pretty groovy jams in addition to the one big hit
4
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Mon Sep 18 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
I was wondering when this under appreciated band would show up as a recommendation!
5
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Vulnicura
Björk
Many weird and wondrous songs.
4
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Thu Sep 21 2023
I Against I
Bad Brains
Bad is right
1
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Moon Safari
Air
Fell in love with this album 20 years ago! Great to hear it again.
5
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
They sound effected and self important.
2
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Sun Sep 24 2023
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
I respect the heck out of this band. But in later years, they got even tighter.
3
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Mon Sep 25 2023
NEU! 75
Neu!
Soulless music that’s easy to ignore.
1
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Faith
George Michael
So many mega hits.
4
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
4
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
I don’t know who decided this band was good, but it wasn’t me.
2
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Suicide
Suicide
All of the songs were different sounding than any other group. But, all of the songs sounded alike. And then one of the songs was 10 minutes and ruined the album.
2
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Sat Sep 30 2023
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
5
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
All over the place musically and a waste of a solid voice.
3
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
1
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
No hits on the album, and no songs I recognized, yet a gem of a record.
5
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Highly Evolved
The Vines
The song selection is schizophrenic. The album has too many moods.
2
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Unintentionally hilarious! Someone should’ve had a tighter leash on the comical use of studio sounds. If that aspect had been more subtle, and the lyrics weren’t so childish, there might be something there since there’s keyboard, beat, and melody talent.
2
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Sat Oct 07 2023
The Undertones
The Undertones
Sometimes melodic, sometimes edgy. The lead singer’s thin, trembly voice can barely keep up sometimes.
2
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Sun Oct 08 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
5
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Mon Oct 09 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
5
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Pleasing to the ear at times and a supreme lead vocalist, but incongruous as a whole album.
3
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Wed Oct 11 2023
Celebrity Skin
Hole
5
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
Really difficult to rate because they sound familiar (Lou Reed impression) but some of the lyrics are too cute and rhymey.
2
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Sat Oct 14 2023
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Dripping with unwanted 90s alternative nostalgia.
2
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Sun Oct 15 2023
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
A little uneven but ultimately a good album
4
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Psychedelic junk and borrowed soul music
2
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
Some good grooves
4
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Picture Book
Simply Red
Was expecting my memory of this band being bad to ruin the listen. But a few songs were unexpectedly pleasing and I hummed along to the two radio hits.
3
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Sat Oct 21 2023
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
5
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Sun Oct 22 2023
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
2
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Mon Oct 23 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Many great tunes and only a couple granny songs.
4
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Just doesn’t do it for me. Too calm and lilty.
3
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
4
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Fri Oct 27 2023
War
U2
4
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Sat Oct 28 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
Just mid. I remember liking his solo stuff more, but now I realize only a few songs here and there are decent.
3
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Sun Oct 29 2023
Nowhere
Ride
Is this a Stone Roses cover band?
2
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Odelay
Beck
5
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
5
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
5
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Fri Nov 03 2023
The Man Who
Travis
5
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Sun Nov 05 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
5
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Mon Nov 06 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
5
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Tue Nov 07 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
This sounds like a pirate musical revue at a Renaissance fair.
1
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
5
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Respect
3
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Sat Nov 11 2023
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Gorgeous voice and pretty melodies
4
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Sun Nov 12 2023
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
More than one time, the shrillness of the song made my ears bleed
2
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
2
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
This album is a journey. Some beautiful songs and some painful ones.
4
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Wed Nov 15 2023
The White Album
Beatles
5
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
A few very nice, pleasant songs and a few I never want to hear again.
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Rapture
Anita Baker
It puts you in a mood, for sure
4
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Sat Nov 18 2023
Medúlla
Björk
This was a weird one that I hadn’t listened to before. I loved her first two albums.
3
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Sun Nov 19 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
A few poppy hooks and sparse original melodies not supported by an overindulgent lead singer.
2
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
Bad singing, bad rapping
1
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
GOAT
5
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
I forgot how great this album is!
5
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Hadn’t heard this one but love many of her songs.
5
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
Never heard of them, but wish I had heard of them before
5
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
I remember liking them better than I do. But, it was good to remember that they exist, and had influence on the sound from that time.
3
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
5
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
It had some calm moments and not too much psychedelic nonsense.
4
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
I miss listening to this album!
5
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
They occupy the unenviable position of being between Pop and EDM in the early 2000s. And unlike Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem, they do not nail it.
2
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Sun Dec 10 2023
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
5
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Mon Dec 11 2023
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Powerful pipes, but some of the song tropes aren’t timeless
3
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Tue Dec 12 2023
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
This is more than I listened to them in the entire decade of the 90s! Good sound; not what I remember.
4
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
5
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Sat Dec 16 2023
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
Delightfully odd! A mashup of TV On The Radio’s singer and Fugazi’s music. A few moments of brilliance.
3
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Sun Dec 17 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
5
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Fun trip down memory lane with more hits that I remember.
4
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Tue Dec 19 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
5
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Brilliance, stupidity, weirdness
3
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
The lyrics are still important in these songs, despite my taste in music changing since the album’s release.
4
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Too much noodling. But some good jams.
3
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
4
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Technique
New Order
5
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
I never much liked the lead singer’s voice but respected and liked the music
3
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Repeater
Fugazi
I remember discovering them and this album blowing my mind
5
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
They have a calm and pleasing sound and hadn’t heard of them before
4
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Dumb name, dumb sound
1
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Tue Jan 09 2024
The Slider
T. Rex
Not as good as Electric Warrior
4
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Bjork Light
2
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
I’ll admit that I enjoyed some of the musical arrangements and song structure, but Jim Morrison is remembered as a buffoon who wrote children’s book lyrics for the average educated manchild.
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Crazysexycool
TLC
Smooth R&B
4
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Sat Jan 13 2024
G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
I couldn’t decide if I liked or hated this group 25 years ago and I still can’t
2
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson
Had some brilliant moments of harmony and melody only he can think up
4
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Arrival
ABBA
Their music transports you, even if you don’t want to go there and even if that place is sometimes meh
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Hadn’t heard this album before or really heard his live voice. It was great. His studio tracks have an echo effect and it waters down his powerful pipes.
4
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
Their songs are weird in a bad way, like they are trying to fail. There could be a good, melodic album here if not for the added sounds and shrieks.
2
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Drunk
Thundercat
The bad: Lyrics using the word “retarded,” use of a fart sound in a song, and way too long of an album. The good: genre bending, inspired, and original.
2
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
4
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Mon Jan 22 2024
The Specials
The Specials
3
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Tue Jan 23 2024
No Other
Gene Clark
3
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Couldn’t get through the whole album…wasn’t feeling it
2
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Great album
4
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
The singer makes my ears bleed for more than one song at a time.
2
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Quaint
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
One of my favorite Elvis albums and easily one of the greatest 100 of all time.
5
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
One of my absolute faves, ever
5
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Had only heard a couple songs by them but hearing an entire album makes me appreciate their contribution. But, many mid songs.
3
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Too jazzy at times. But their hits are recognized and respected.
3
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Sun Feb 04 2024
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
Slushy ear garbage
1
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Mon Feb 05 2024
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
I had only heard their two radio songs and already knew I liked the singer’s voice. But listening to the album gave me an appreciation for the musicianship of the rest of the band.
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Hard to believe so many hits were on one album
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
Eh
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Copper Blue
Sugar
I forgot about this record! Brings me back to good times while listening to it. This album and band is the best incarnation of Bob Mould.
5
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Some songs are pretty, some try to hard to be country music
4
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Sat Feb 10 2024
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
Had never heard this album of covers and imitations. Still honing their craft and not a great album.
2
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
1
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Dumb drug music
1
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Wed Feb 14 2024
D
White Denim
I’ve enjoyed their album “Stiff” for many years but hadn’t dived into their catalogue. This was less polished but still good.
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
Clever lyrics, crisply and quickly delivered, great singing voice and melodies.
4
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
I couldn’t finish the album because I never liked this band
1
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Great group, not their greatest album
4
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Sun Feb 18 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
Weak and annoying lead singer voice, decent melodies
2
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Mon Feb 19 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Many better albums than this but one of the greatest bands
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Nixon
Lambchop
Why would anyone choose to sing in that grating, silly voice?
1
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Their micro genre got lost in time, and I don’t want to be taken back
1
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
I can’t imagine ever wanting to listen again, but there were several clever turns of phrase in the lyrics and a consistent vibe.
3
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Lots of beautiful music and great singing which establishes a strong and consistent mood but on the downside, sometimes the gratuitously crass lyrics spoiled the mood.
3
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Solid album all the way through
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
It’d be average psychedelic rock with a capable singer…but this poor fella’s voice and enunciation…fingernails on a chalkboard.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
I can tell this band had fun recording the goofy storytelling songs and singing the LSD lyrics, but does anyone over the age of 20 actually enjoy hearing it?
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Parklife
Blur
One good song
1
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
2
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
I disliked how the album started, but deeper cuts proved to mellow out his sound
3
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Sat Mar 02 2024
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
When this album originally debuted, I wanted it to be as good as Sound of Silver, and the self titled album. But it wasn’t, and it’s still a dud.
3
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
1
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Mon Mar 04 2024
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
Great arrangements
4
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Wed Mar 06 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Hadn’t heard it; really great
5
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
His voice grates on me after too many songs
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
So strange that they’re actually good at times.
2
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Gris Gris
Dr. John
I had never listened to a Dr. John album and didn’t know the character and music were so complex and developed.
3
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Haven’t heard a bad CCR record yet
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Some fun songs I’d never heard
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Sheet Music
10cc
I like their AM gold songs… who knew they could also sound so terrible
1
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Wed Mar 13 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
Cute
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Great and sloppy
4
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Sat Mar 16 2024
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Easily forgettable
2
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Tue Mar 19 2024
#1 Record
Big Star
Great band, forgotten by many
4
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Forgettable
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
Just ok. Beatles-like and not deep
3
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
His songs are good when there is a little to no singing. Unfortunately, this had a lot of singing.
2
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
I had liked only one of their songs when they were at their best
2
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Music From Big Pink
The Band
The songs that aren’t hits are not bad. The history of this album surpasses the music, though.
3
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Another classic find I’d never heard of. It starts really strong but the lead guitar droning and grating lead vocals detract from the staying power.
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
Hadn’t listened to this in a while. A game changer.
5
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Thu Mar 28 2024
A Northern Soul
The Verve
Just couldn’t finish it. I have never liked this band.
1
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hadn’t heard this album, just a lot of the songs. Heard a good new one but also heard some duds.
4
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Had never heard of her. Cool voice.
4
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Future Days
Can
Some of their music sounded modern; they must have influenced some bands.
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Zappa’s singing and lyrics are so bizarre that they trick you into thinking the music and melodies are terrible, too.
2
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
I tend to hear his songs playing everywhere and don’t listen to albums. But this one was good.
4
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Another Green World
Brian Eno
Probably the best album of his
4
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Thu Apr 04 2024
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
The world music sounds of David Byrne are hit or miss. Overall a unique album.
4
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Fri Apr 05 2024
All Mod Cons
The Jam
I’m slowly learning that I only like a few songs off one album by The Jam and this ain’t it.
3
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Sat Apr 06 2024
Spiderland
Slint
This album would have really spoken to me when I was an emotionally unstable teenager. Fortunately, I am stable and a grownup, and the darkness and angst come across weak.
2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Amazing that these songs still sound good
4
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I had only recognized one song on this; it’s a good find and I thought I knew all the Elvis albums
5
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
I applaud their originality but the offensive lyrics toward women and purpose built strangeness triggers eye rolls.
2
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Thu Apr 11 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Mixed bag of orchestra rock and psychedelic noodling
2
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Highly polished, boring, and nowhere near as raw or fun as his debut album.
3
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Sat Apr 13 2024
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
Very difficult to respect/hear serious lyrics with the beachy falsetto harmonies and light instrumentation.
3
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Sun Apr 14 2024
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
I would have liked them better when it was the 90s
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Only a couple of the songs were really good
2
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
A good old album
4
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Kid A
Radiohead
A lesser Radiohead album is still pretty hood
4
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Cut
The Slits
Had never heard of them but a few songs deeper in the album had me grooving
3