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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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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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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