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Tue Sep 06 2022
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
I loved the album! Cat Stevens has a stunning voice, fragile yet masculine, and the remaster lets every note on the guitar come through clean as anything. The lyrics are super 70s, but "Hard Headed Woman" and "Father and Son" both speak plainly and resonate with me. Great experience!
4
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Wed Sep 07 2022
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
Mumford and Laddie Bairns. Country wishes it was this authentic, and this fun. Difficult to understand, but the wide array of instruments the album calls upon- accordion, fife, strummed piano??- keep it interesting.
3
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Thu Sep 08 2022
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Diabolical, cerebral, free. Some stunning solos in there, but just listening to the rhythm section alone doing their dirty work was a joy to behold. Great high listen.
5
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Fri Sep 09 2022
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
I feel like this album is only on this list because it has both Shout and Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Otherwise, it’s just uninspired 80s pop; fun to listen to as a time capsule of what music used to be, but mostly devoid of character and innovation.
2
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Sat Sep 10 2022
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Bizarre choice. The album didn’t feel like it had direction particularly, nor were any of the tracks compelling— the last track, “Some Girls are Bigger than Others,” left me entirely nonplussed— and I feel like it was selected only because of Queen Elizabeth’s passing.
5
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Sun Sep 11 2022
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
I love Steely Dan! Iconic album. Reelin' in the Years, Turn that Heartbeat Over Again, Dirty Work, all music that's still popular today, but I fell in love with Midnight Cruiser on a full listen. I'm amazed this was their first studio album, because the music is so utterly listenable and so well put-together. Great stuff!
5
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Mon Sep 12 2022
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
I guess I’m buying, because I thoroughly enjoyed the album! It feels like there are aspects to enjoy on a multitude of levels, between the ever-shifting rhythm patterns in the kit and the high-flying runs in the guitar. Tons of fun!
5
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Tue Sep 13 2022
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Kind of a nothin burger. I think it was trying to be punk, in which case the amateurish album design makes sense, but the creativity the songwriters could show was often blocked by the lack of execution on its cooler hooks.
2
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Wed Sep 14 2022
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
I didn’t know this album had all the old-school bangers. I’ve never listened to it in its entirety, but I’ve osmosed every track from other media enough that the whole thing seemed nostalgic for a time I never knew. Incredible what music can do, and what one album can represent for so many!
4
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Thu Sep 15 2022
One World
John Martyn
Not much to say. I didn’t actively dislike anything, I thought a lot of the dissonances the vocalist chose were fun, but the music felt a little too lounge-y for my taste.
2
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Fri Sep 16 2022
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
What a batshit album. Who asked for prog rock Mussorgsky? Absolutely nobody, but there were some pretty ripping moments in Baba Yaga nonetheless.
4
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Sat Sep 17 2022
In Rainbows
Radiohead
I guess I’m a Radiohead fan now.
5
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Mon Sep 19 2022
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Strong album! I didn’t know Pastime Paradise was the source for Gangstas Paradise; crazy how many amazing tracks Stevie Wonder managed to fit onto one album. Good stuff!
4
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Tue Sep 20 2022
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
My first and still my favorite Coltrane album. Nobody will ever cover A Love Supreme, nor should they; it stands into the future as a testament to the greatest jazz can offer.
5
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Wed Sep 21 2022
Me Against The World
2Pac
I didn’t expect to see this album on the list, but overjoyed to have gotten to listen in full. It’s crazy how many lines 2Pac seems to predict misfortune for himself, still calling out men for trying to be hypermasculine, still criticizing his own choices on his rise to stardom. I wish I could’ve seen what rap would’ve been like if he’d been able to stick around.
5
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Thu Sep 22 2022
2112
Rush
I always love prog rock! Changing meters, melodies, tempos, to fit the story it weaves is so fun. Great album!
4
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Fri Sep 23 2022
The Bends
Radiohead
Idk man I’m really liking Radiohead
5
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Sat Sep 24 2022
1989
Taylor Swift
1
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Sun Sep 25 2022
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
French rap. Decent sound, but it’s tough to appreciate rap in a foreign language.
3
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Mon Sep 26 2022
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Not really to my taste, but a smooth album. The artist has a beautiful voice, used to great effect.
3
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Tue Sep 27 2022
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Meh. I realize Dylan's an iconic lyricist and performer, but I just feel like so often he's talking about something deeply esoteric or maybe even entirely harebrained. You can't just write slant lyrics about eleven different things and always come out with an American classic, and I feel like the album is just full of misses. Maybe just not my cup of tea.
2
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Wed Sep 28 2022
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
Bad. Bad album, not fun to listen to. Annoying, repetitive sound. Bad bad.
1
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Thu Sep 29 2022
New Forms
Roni Size
3
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Fri Sep 30 2022
Live Through This
Hole
2
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Sat Oct 01 2022
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
4
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Sun Oct 02 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
4
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Mon Oct 03 2022
Suicide
Suicide
1
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Tue Oct 04 2022
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
3
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Thu Oct 06 2022
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
With a full hour of music, the album managed to say very, very, very little. Not unpleasant to listen to, but I felt as though I was waiting for the actual album to start the whole time. Like listening to how pure gluten tastes.
1
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Thu Oct 13 2022
Violator
Depeche Mode
It was good! I don’t think Depeche Mode is as much my thing, but still a solid album.
3
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Fri Oct 14 2022
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
3
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Sat Oct 15 2022
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
4