Sep 06 2022
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
4
Sep 07 2022
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Blur
Blur
WOO HOO
2
Sep 08 2022
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Imagine
John Lennon
Waaaah waaaah war bad, u gonna cwy wittle Johnny?
2
Sep 09 2022
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Honestly solid but I'd probably never listen on my own
2
Sep 12 2022
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
They have to be trolling rn
3
Sep 13 2022
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Sound Affects
The Jam
Nothing special. Sounds like XTC. Why did we need to hear this before we die? Saved one tho so I'll give it like a 1.5
2
Sep 14 2022
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Tago Mago
Can
Nice and relaxing and poggers
3
Sep 15 2022
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Street Life
The Crusaders
2
Sep 16 2022
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The Undertones
The Undertones
Sex pistols but unprovocative lyrics and cringe choruses
2
Sep 19 2022
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
1
Sep 20 2022
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Sadly goated.
Sounds like you're in a small town in the corn fields of Illinois
5
Sep 21 2022
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
Thought this might be a 2 but it just kept going and getting worse. 1 save.
1
Sep 22 2022
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
Had its moments. Relaxing
2
Sep 23 2022
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Probably like a 3.75 but I'll round up
4
Sep 26 2022
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Sep 27 2022
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
Metasis
3
Sep 28 2022
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
44 minutes in 😳
3
Sep 29 2022
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
2
Sep 30 2022
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Be
Common
3
Oct 03 2022
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The White Album
Beatles
3
Oct 04 2022
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce is good but idrfw this album
2
Oct 05 2022
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3
Oct 06 2022
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25
Adele
3
Oct 07 2022
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
2.4ish, had some meta
2
Oct 10 2022
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
I light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today
4
Oct 11 2022
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Decent but forgettable
2
Oct 12 2022
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Tfw you're swimming in a fish bowl
3
Oct 13 2022
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Sneaky 4 songs saved but also that song about having a gf in a coma irrationally pissed me off so much. That was peak cringe from Morrissey, who is no stranger to cringe.
3
Oct 14 2022
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
LeElvis
2
Oct 17 2022
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
3
Oct 18 2022
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
It would be cooler if his name was ciggy instead of iggy because this album sounds like how the smoking circle outside a dive bar smells. 3 stars
3
Oct 19 2022
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
BB was bumping. This album sounds like the wildest party since prohibition.
4
Oct 20 2022
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Technique
New Order
Pretty baller man. Felt the groove of the late 80s pulsing through my veins.
4
Oct 21 2022
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Dookie
Green Day
They named an album after poop and then sung about jerking off. Grow up, Green Day!
3
Oct 24 2022
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
durmiente residente
1
Oct 25 2022
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Feels like I've heard this one before
4
Oct 26 2022
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Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Resident sleepy jazz
2
Oct 27 2022
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Zappa is a troll eh Nolan?
Nolan: yuh
2
Oct 28 2022
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Take daft punks music and imagine a guy with frosted tips and a shark necklace making it and that's what this album sounds like
3
Oct 31 2022
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Blackstar
David Bowie
Tis a pity Jim was a whore eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
4
Nov 01 2022
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
Tori kinda snapped but not enough, eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
2
Nov 02 2022
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Leftism
Leftfield
Leftism? Biden's America eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
2
Nov 03 2022
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Nolan, you haven't been to the octagonecologyst in a while bud, you should really make an appointment soon!
Nolan: Yuh
3
Nov 04 2022
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The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Pretty groovy tunes eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
3
Nov 07 2022
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Me Against The World
2Pac
Fitting that this album is by 2pac, not Tupac, cause it stinks like a big ol' number 2!
1
Nov 08 2022
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Stankonia
OutKast
Quite the classic eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
4
Nov 09 2022
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Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
Surprisingly solid eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
3
Nov 10 2022
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Among The Living
Anthrax
Like Metallica but really bad
1
Nov 11 2022
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Woodface
Crowded House
Woodface whatface? P good Nolan
Nolan: Yuh
4
Nov 14 2022
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NEU! 75
Neu!
Relaxing but still meta. Lowers the heart rate a bit eh Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
4
Nov 15 2022
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Bad
Michael Jackson
Nolan are you okay, are you okay, are you okay Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
3
Nov 16 2022
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Decent tunes
3
Nov 17 2022
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
(Argument with Jim B concerning Nolan)
3
Nov 18 2022
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Quiet Life
Japan
Meh
2
Nov 21 2022
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
I'm gonna pog on you like I should
3
Nov 22 2022
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
4
Nov 23 2022
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
Reggae sux
1
Nov 24 2022
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Sip some black coffee, watch the rain fall, and listen to miles Davis pog for 2 hours. Would recommend
3
Nov 25 2022
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Horny boy
3
Nov 28 2022
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Baller
4
Nov 29 2022
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Don't you just love Heroin (the song)?
Nolan: Yuh
3
Nov 30 2022
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
Meh-tal -- you like that one Nolan?
Nolan: Yuh
2
Dec 01 2022
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Ball(er) McCartney
3
Dec 02 2022
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
Unexpectedly poggers
4
Dec 05 2022
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
P good
3
Dec 06 2022
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evermore
Taylor Swift
Had some moments
2
Dec 07 2022
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
At the beginning of listening it was good but then I wasn't in the mood for it at the end and it sounded like shit. Music in a nutshell
3
Dec 08 2022
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Black Metal
Venom
Didn't like wouldn't listen again
1
Dec 09 2022
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
We all know the classics but I thought the rest of the album was pretty forgettable. Also hot take but Janis's voice low key sounds horrible but it works
3
Dec 12 2022
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Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Old school
2
Dec 13 2022
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Another 80s sleeper with a one hit wonder
2
Dec 14 2022
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
I feel like some of my earliest music tastes were from riding in the car listening to pop radio when stuff like this was playing
3
Dec 15 2022
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
No woman no cry is a certified banger but the rest wasn't noteworthy
2
Dec 16 2022
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Not their best but still some solid Maiden
3
Dec 19 2022
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
LeJerry Garcia was a system Jam Bander carried by his team!
2
Dec 20 2022
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Sounds like if Daft Punk and Portishead teamed up to make ambient-inspired music. Listen at night for best effects
4
Dec 21 2022
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
The Octopus
2
Dec 22 2022
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Black Monk Time
The Monks
Kinda meta
3
Dec 23 2022
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S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
Pretty good, since I'm in such good holiday spirit on Xmas eve (observed) I'll round up to 4 here
4
Dec 26 2022
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
2
Dec 27 2022
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Arrival
ABBA
3 stars only for dancing queen
3
Dec 28 2022
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Stevie always meta
3
Dec 29 2022
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
I fucking love random European electronic music, gotta be one of my favorite genders
3
Dec 30 2022
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Boring
2
Jan 02 2023
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I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Playoff Lenny (Cohen)
4
Jan 03 2023
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
James Addiction (milk)
4
Jan 04 2023
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Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
Had some moments but overall pretty resident sleeper
2
Jan 05 2023
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Destroyer
KISS
Kiss blows. Only ever knew the one Kiss song on Guitar Hero 3 (Rock and roll all nite), but I didn't realize EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR SONGS is about the same things as rock and roll all nite (wearing leather, playing rock and roll, partying, and making love). Thank God their final tour ever ended last month so no one ever has to be subject to this crap in person again.
1
Jan 06 2023
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Very meta album and one of my all time top 100. She Bangs the Drums and Made of Stone are bangers. I Am the Resurrection is an awesome penultimate song. If I'm rating objectively I'd give it a 4.5 just bc it drags at some parts.
4
Jan 09 2023
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Just not my thing
2
Jan 10 2023
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
Jigsaw Falling into Place is a fire song but the rest of the album where Thom Yorke is just moaning sadly into the mic like a dog begging for food doesn't do it for me
3
Jan 11 2023
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Pretty meta, saved a bunch
4
Jan 12 2023
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
Another solid one
4
Jan 13 2023
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Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Shit 80s arena rock
1
Jan 16 2023
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Solid tbh
3
Jan 17 2023
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
As someone who has been to Portland, OR one (1) time, I can say with certainty that Elliott's music matches up perfectly with the vibe there
4
Jan 18 2023
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Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Meh
2
Jan 19 2023
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
First time I've listened all the way through. I thought it was an incredible album. It's got its share of hits, but even the lesser known songs were great and kept the album moving at a good pace. I love how many tracks flow into each other, giving a real sense of cohesiveness to the album. My new favorite Pink Floyd
5
Jan 20 2023
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Tapestry
Carole King
Had some spots but just not my thing
2
Jan 23 2023
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Few bangers but overall meh
2
Jan 24 2023
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Meta poggers
4
Jan 25 2023
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Elastica
Elastica
Average
3
Jan 26 2023
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Low
David Bowie
Solid Bowie, 3.5
3
Jan 27 2023
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Ketchup tier poggers
4
Jan 30 2023
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The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Q-Mid
2
Jan 31 2023
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C'est Chic
CHIC
Funky disco freak out
2
Feb 01 2023
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Roger
3
Feb 02 2023
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Headquarters
The Monkees
Meh
2
Feb 03 2023
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The Joshua Tree
U2
P good but bono is kinda cringe
3
Feb 06 2023
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Kinda mid besides master of puppets
2
Feb 07 2023
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Protection
Massive Attack
I liked like 75% of the sound of every song. Respect tho
3
Feb 08 2023
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Some good ones but overall meh. Reminded me of No doubt
3
Feb 09 2023
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
A couple bop.coms
3
Feb 10 2023
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
Resident zz
2
Feb 13 2023
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
theLonious
1
Feb 14 2023
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
Pre-drugs Beatles were shit
2
Feb 15 2023
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Not the best kinks but a few slappers
2
Feb 16 2023
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American Girl is an all time banger. RIP Tom Petty
3
Feb 17 2023
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Wild Gift
X
Not memorable but I fe white girl
2
Feb 20 2023
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Maxinquaye
Tricky
Inject the trip hop into my veins 💉
3
Feb 21 2023
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
People usually say MMLP is Eminem's best but I think it's this one. He's completely unhinged and super creative. There are plenty of hits but even the deep cuts like My Fault (+ skit beforehand), As the World Turns, and 97 Bonnie and Clyde go hard. No misses IMO
5
Feb 22 2023
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Maxwell
2
Feb 23 2023
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Morrissey aka peak cringe personified. He makes pretty good music though
3
Feb 24 2023
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Butterfly
Mariah Carey
Not the best but not the worst
2
Feb 27 2023
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Different Class
Pulp
Feel like I should like this album more than I do. Common people is kind of a banger
3
Feb 28 2023
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Solid album, some groves on here. Iggy finally clicking a bit for me
3
Mar 01 2023
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
"Neil Old"
Mike (just ripped bong): 😂🤣😂🤣
3
Mar 02 2023
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Solid album with some bops but some songs just 100% miss
3
Mar 03 2023
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Dog shit album and very cringe that they rap a line together by alternating words. Gotta give them back half a star though for the innovative (at the time) beats
2
Mar 06 2023
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Van Halen
Van Halen
it's so weird that "hair metal" was a genre. why did all of the bands have long hair and play the same music i don't get it
3
Mar 07 2023
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
This album is a party that I'm not cool enough to be invited to
4
Mar 08 2023
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
If I ever own a fancy Italian restaurant this album is gonna be blasting through those speakers 24/7
2
Mar 09 2023
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Decent album but nothing stuck out
3
Mar 10 2023
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Pretty solid for an oldie
3
Mar 13 2023
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Solid bowie
3
Mar 14 2023
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Stevie Wonder ripoff. 20 years too late bozo!
2
Mar 15 2023
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Trafalgar
Bee Gees
I listened to this 1 day ago but literally cannot remember a single note that I heard
2
Mar 16 2023
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
Cacaphony
4
Mar 17 2023
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave snapped on this one. Haven't ever liked him before listening to this album yesterday. Good stuff
4
Mar 20 2023
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Dank Neil Old & Crazy Horse. Ty Neil for pulling it off Spotify due to concerns about misinformation. I was able to listen on YouTube, a platform known for its high-quality and factual content, instead!
4
Mar 21 2023
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Pretty good stuff
4
Mar 22 2023
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Melodrama
Lorde
Queen
4
Mar 23 2023
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
Weird album, corny lyrics and very 90s-esque dramatic beats. Feel like the list has been heavy on 90s pop that's pretty mid
2
Mar 24 2023
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
decent but not really memorable
3
Mar 27 2023
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
some good ones here but overall an ok album
3
Mar 28 2023
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Some bops on here for sure
4
Mar 29 2023
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
RIP Amy. Sadly, it's one of the all time aged-like-milk moments that she sang about not going to rehab and then died from substance abuse 5 years later. Good album though.
3
Mar 30 2023
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Decent but not memorable
2
Mar 31 2023
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Mask
Bauhaus
Mid
2
Apr 03 2023
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Berlin
Lou Reed
Didn't love at first but it got good towards the end
4
Apr 04 2023
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This Is Hardcore
Pulp
🅱️ul🅱️
3
Apr 05 2023
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
Surprisingly meta
3
Apr 06 2023
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Purple Rain
Prince
Purple Rain (song) is a certified bop. Went to karaoke in NYC once and some guy was killing it on Let's Get Crazy. The rest of the album is a little weird and/or too freeform for me
3
Apr 07 2023
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Mott
Mott The Hoople
She Mott on my Hoople until I The
3
Apr 10 2023
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
She's no Etta James that's for sure
2
Apr 11 2023
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Decent album from Dr. Nick
3
Apr 12 2023
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Imagine being at the club in NYC while the Bill Evans Trio is belting out this classic 🎶 you'd get some of the best sleep of your life right in that club 😴
1
Apr 13 2023
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Unnecessarily long but somewhat troll
2
Apr 14 2023
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Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Solid collab
3
Apr 17 2023
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Most deep purple songs lull me to sleep but then some wake me up in a psychedelic dream state
3
Apr 18 2023
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
EXOSKELETAL
The folks will never forget the meta that was initiated at Terminal 5 in NYC in late September. The boof was hit, Mike V was met, Family Guy was watched (the open with Osama bin laden doing comedy), and the fellas initiated meta.
4
Apr 19 2023
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The Man Who
Travis
Mid
2
Apr 20 2023
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Low-Life
New Order
Can't get into this 80s sound
3
Apr 21 2023
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Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
It's like if you took a GTA radio station and made it into an album
3
Apr 24 2023
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Dolly kinda snapped
3
Apr 25 2023
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Closer
Joy Division
Dark, dark album, feels like it's Ian Curtis writing with one foot in the grave. The feels are here on this one
4
Apr 26 2023
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Standard
3
Apr 27 2023
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Generic 60s boop bop rock
2
Apr 28 2023
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Ride ripoff
3
May 01 2023
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On The Beach
Neil Young
Hey Jim, if you want Neil Old back on Spotify maybe you should stop supporting Joe Rogan spreading misinformation!
4
May 02 2023
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
Irish shanty ass music
2
May 03 2023
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
Nothing special
2
May 04 2023
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Moving Pictures
Rush
This absolutely melted peoples faces back in the 80s
4
May 05 2023
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
This album went kinda hard ngl. Reminded me of early Genesis
4
May 08 2023
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S&M
Metallica
Ngl, I was pissed at first when I saw this was a 2 hour long Metallica live album that I'd have to slog through. The SF Symphony Orchestra popped off though. Shout out to the legend Ennio Morricone for a little Ecstacy of Gold starting the album off. Surprisingly good overall
4
May 09 2023
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Classic but some songs on this are weak
4
May 10 2023
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Sonic Youth meets Blondie
3
May 11 2023
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Enough of the live albums cmon list
2
May 12 2023
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
P chill
3
May 15 2023
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
3
May 16 2023
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
George snapped. Def best Beatle
4
May 17 2023
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Standard 90s poppy college rock type stuff p solid tho
3
May 18 2023
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
Some bangers in this one for sure
3
May 19 2023
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Wacky background music
3
May 22 2023
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Teen Dream
Beach House
Mid house
3
May 23 2023
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The Specials
The Specials
2nd wave ska meta
3
May 24 2023
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Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Boring stoner rock
2
May 25 2023
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Generic MLB 2k ass music
2
May 26 2023
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Not bad tbh
3
May 29 2023
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Absolute classic. I'll never forget back in the Jersey days tailgating at the Bayonne Costco with some pig pistols and blasting Easily from this album. There was nothing like those fruit smoothie glizz burps. The list is on fire giving us this heater of an album heading into US MDW
4
May 30 2023
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Album was kinda carried by the hits and even those weren't Elton's best
3
May 31 2023
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Ooo-wee-ooo Nolan looks just like buddy Holly, Oh-Oh and Jim's Mary Tyler Moore
2
Jun 01 2023
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Went pretty hard actually
3
Jun 02 2023
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Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Not memorable the other goldfrapp was better
2
Jun 05 2023
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Cause I got one hand in my pocket, and the other one is typing "poggers". Fire album, we stan our queen Alanis
5
Jun 06 2023
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GREY Area
Little Simz
Jim hates
3
Jun 07 2023
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
They need Young bad
2
Jun 08 2023
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New Wave
The Auteurs
Reminded me of George Harrison
3
Jun 09 2023
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I Against I
Bad Brains
Easiest 2 stars of my life
2
Jun 12 2023
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Run DMC is so bad. How did people actually like this music? The terrible beats (guy just spamming cowbells or whatever that is), the choppy ass flow with EMPHASIS on every few words, and lyrics cornier than an Illinois farm make this so unlistenable. The only silver lining of this album is that it makes you appreciate how hip hop and rap have come so far since the mid 80s. This album should be left in the past and left off this list.
1
Jun 13 2023
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Marquee Moon
Television
Classic album with a lot of solid tracks
4
Jun 14 2023
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Heroes
David Bowie
Album overall is ok, gets weird in the 2nd half. Heroes is such a good song, though, that I gotta give it 4 stars. Those loopy guitar chords, the steady rhythm, and Bowie's lyrics match perfectly and vividly capture the profound significance that the little moments of everyday life can have on us. It might be in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.
4
Jun 15 2023
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Abraxas
Santana
Fuego
4
Jun 16 2023
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Kinda went hard. Didn't know this existed before, it's like a bonus arctic monkeys album
4
Jun 19 2023
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Take me out
4
Jun 20 2023
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Liquid Swords
GZA
Some decent songs but I just struggle to get into older hip hop/rap music as a whole
3
Jun 21 2023
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Pretty solid, especially for a 1964 album. Had some bops also the white stripes copied her
3
Jun 22 2023
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Depressing but in a good way. RIP Elliott
4
Jun 23 2023
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
No bueno
2
Jun 26 2023
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Your average bowie
3
Jun 27 2023
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Good album but not even my favorite wilco album. I respect the dark themes and somewhat ambient instruments, I just don't like them that much tbh. It's still got some bops in some of the more upbeat songs though
4
Jun 28 2023
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Back In Black
AC/DC
Never really liked AC/DC that much. They're bottom-tier dad rock with some very cringe songs. You shook me all night long is a good song tho
2
Jun 29 2023
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
Pretty good not gonna ngl. It's like the poppy jolly music in the lyrics but more experimental instrumentals. Makes for a nice cocktail of sound
4
Jun 30 2023
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Average album. Sounded decent but went in one ear and out the other. Good focus music
3
Jul 03 2023
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Decent album. A little poppy and a little psychedelic. The 60s seem like they were a much simpler time to get high with less stimuli all around. I imagine there were a ton of people that took LSD, tossed this record on, and had the trip of their lives. No cell phones, no internet, no distractions, just living in the moment with some Jefferson Airplane grooves in the background.
3
Jul 04 2023
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Standard Frank, don't like it that much
2
Jul 05 2023
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
It grows on me every listen. Coltrane was def cooking something up on this one, still don't know exactly what it is though
3
Jul 06 2023
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Django Django
Django Django
Solid trancy album, never heard of these folks before but I'll prob listen to them more
4
Jul 07 2023
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Dedicating this 4 star rating to Nolan. Ty Nolan
4
Jul 10 2023
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Great album with some amazing songs like Thinking About You, Bad Religion, and my personal favorite, Pyramids. On top of the innovative instrumentals, Frank's stream of consciousness style lyrics turn the song into an intimate space where he explores life, love, and lust. Ultimately, though, the same stream of consciousness style holds back the album as there are points where it is a little too loose and freeform for my liking. Easy 4/5 and nearly a 5/5 for me
4
Jul 11 2023
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Transformer
Lou Reed
Liked but didn't love
3
Jul 12 2023
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
This is the first soul music that I've really liked tbh
4
Jul 13 2023
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
I just can't get into this album. Unironically, I think I can't relate well to the subject matter bc of my privilege. I also don't like the sound of it
2
Jul 14 2023
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
The highs are high on this one but overall it's kinda raw and has some real stinkers. Shout out Jim's old boss Tony who rides a bicycle and wears superhero shirts.
3
Jul 17 2023
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
On one hand, it's got some classics like no sleep till Brooklyn and girls. On the other hand, the flows, beats, and lyrics are all kinda wack. It's good knowing that in later albums they were able to round out their sound into something a little more cohesive, but this one is a miss for me
2
Jul 18 2023
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Raw Power
The Stooges
The stooges/Iggy always have moments for me where they sound awesome but sadly just not consistently through their albums. Maybe it's Seinfeld effect though where they invented the sound and now it sounds generic after so many acts have followed and copied them
3
Jul 19 2023
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Before Marvel, there was the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young extended universe. Just like Marvel, they cranked out content but unlike Marvel, almost everything they did was high quality. This album is no exception!
4
Jul 20 2023
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Before Tom Wamsgams and Greg Hirsch, there was Brian Eno and David Byrne. Yup, these guys are the original disgusting brothers and, by God, they got stanky on this ol thang.
The album sounds like what AI would generate if it were trained on Eno and Talking Heads. It sounds like a musical representation of a description of a musical representation of a description of a song. It sounds like they recorded an album, cut it into chronological pieces, and randomly shuffled those pieces all around.
Is it interesting? Yes. Is it pleasant to listen to? Not really. 2 stars (one for each of these legends)
2
Jul 21 2023
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
I like Belle & Sebastian a lot and they're usually on my rotation of music that I regularly listen to. That being said, I just don't think this album is all that great. There aren't many songs or moments that stand out. I much prefer their pair of albums from 1998 where they really round into form and get creative
3
Jul 24 2023
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry was shooting flames out of his piano in the first half of this album but then he cooled off at the end
4
Jul 25 2023
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
Extremely average album. Exactly 0 standard deviations from the mean. Right at the center of the bell curve.
3
Jul 26 2023
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
There's something about Celtic music that just goes unreasonably hard. Combine that with Sgt. Pepper-like instrumentals and you got yourself a certified banger.
4
Jul 27 2023
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
Solid album, I'm starting to come around on Sonic youth, especially goo and post goo
4
Jul 28 2023
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Let It Be
The Replacements
Putting the MID in mid-80s
2
Jul 31 2023
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Old man Johnny
3
Aug 01 2023
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Yuh this was a yuh / 10 (2/5)
2
Aug 02 2023
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
Much bluegrassier than the other Stills, couldn't get into it very much
2
Aug 03 2023
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
I feel like this is the most Bob Dylan Bob Dylan record. He spits fire start to finish but also has some bangers like Mr. Tambourine Man and It's Alright Ma (shout-out AJ Soprano and his gf in season 6 for bumping this one).
4
Aug 04 2023
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Piss poor
1
Aug 07 2023
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Aja
Steely Dan
Some of these songs are solid but in some weird way the album feels a little pretentious
3
Aug 08 2023
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Playoff Lenny with his swan song. Common Leonard Cohen W
4
Aug 09 2023
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Queen II
Queen
Good album. I guess I'm a bit of a sucker for 70s prog rock. This was more than just prog rock though, it gave it an arena rock/opera feel to it as only Queen can do.
4
Aug 10 2023
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Close To You
Carpenters
We've only just begun is a bop but overall this album is very aged. The type of songs you'd hear playing at an arts and crafts store. RIP Karen Carpenter
2
Aug 11 2023
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Cross
Justice
Not a fan, felt like it went on forever. Too much noise not enough direction. Only had a few moments that were enjoyable to me
2
Aug 14 2023
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Ramones
Ramones
I liked the song Ramones off the album Ramones by Ramones where the lead singer said ahh were the Ramones hear us Ramone
3
Aug 15 2023
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
TIL there's a little drawing of a guy on this cover. I never saw it before but had it up on the PC Spotify and it was finally large enough to see. Mind blown 🤯. 3/5 music though
3
Aug 16 2023
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Didn't hit at all for me
2
Aug 17 2023
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Pink Flag
Wire
Short and sweet
3
Aug 18 2023
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Had some bops in here for sure. Common 90s electronic music W
4
Aug 21 2023
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
So many good songs but also so many duds. If Billy just took the best 12 songs from this whole double album it would be an easy 5.
Also, classic Billy Corgan releasing a 6-hour long deluxe edition with 3 full disks of demos and remixes. One of the most self-righteous musicians out there. Great musician though.
Last thought: one of the best shirts I own is themed off this album. Look up the Mellon collie Huf collab button down tee it's gas ⛽
4
Aug 22 2023
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The Yes Album
Yes
The prog champ of our generation? Not according to Nolan (Rush)
4
Aug 23 2023
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Really weird but in a good way. Felt like a horror movie
3
Aug 24 2023
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
😴
2
Aug 25 2023
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Ten
Pearl Jam
This album has everything:
- The smash hits (Jeremy, Black, etc.)
- A fire opener (Once)
- Good deep cuts (Deep, Porch)
- The song that people playing Skate 3 play while their character that looks like Jesus does a Christ Air off the Mega Ramp (Even Flow)
- The song that Nolan screams over and over while Eddie Vedder rants onstage and guys are passing out in the crowd (Release)
Altogether this album is a...Ten out of 10
5
Aug 28 2023
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Some bops
3
Aug 29 2023
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Groovy but felt short idk
2
Aug 30 2023
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Boring 80s quirk pop
2
Aug 31 2023
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
I think I gave the album with most of these songs a 4 but I don't like this over as much. idk why this album is on the list, feel like live albums that make the cut should be absolutely legendary (which this isn't) or have unique versions of songs that aren't recorded (which this kind of is but just a little extra jamming)
2
Sep 01 2023
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
90s electronic trance
3
Sep 04 2023
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Strong 3/light 4
4
Sep 05 2023
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
This feels like a distillation of the earlier White Stripes sound but with all of the fun stuff stripped away. Almost too minimalistic to make it good music and instead it feels like it's a Jack White ego piece
2
Sep 06 2023
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Sympathy
3
Sep 07 2023
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Really weird but I feel like I understood where he was coming from on some of this. Still doesn't make it good music
2
Sep 08 2023
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
I really liked the over-the-top theatrical instrumentals on this one. Overall enjoyable album
4
Sep 11 2023
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
This album is very EA Sports mid-2000s game menu core. Every track on this album sounds like it could be playing in MLB 2004 or Madden 05. Overall the album is a little too raw for my tastes except for Maps which is a classic.
3
Sep 12 2023
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
Mister MOJO RISING
3.5/5 round down
3
Sep 13 2023
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D
White Denim
Told Nolan I was listening to D and he thought he was getting Deez Nuts'd 🤣
4
Sep 14 2023
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Unbelievably wack. It's an hour long tirade of douchey, yet trashy rhymes that make you feel like you had one too many monsters before booze cruising around the streets of Jacksonville. The same way we look back in time at questionable fashion choices, I look back at this album and think "how the fuck was this ever popular?". This album is a cocktail of bud light, testosterone, energy drinks, cigarette smoke, and insecurity that gets spit out at the listener through the corniest bars of all time. Silver linings: I'm now realizing that I should be grateful that I was too young to ever get into this album or know who Fred Durst was while the album was popular
1
Sep 15 2023
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
This one surprised me. There were some moments of songs that were incredible and had me stop whatever I was doing to listen. The thing is, they'd always come back to earth on the next track. Pretty unique sound, though, with their steady house/dance rhythms, James bond-esque guitars, and their rambly talking heads-ish singer
4
Sep 18 2023
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Who's Next
The Who
Solid album with some classics
3
Sep 19 2023
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Doolittle
Pixies
Debaser is an all-time and probably my favorite pixies song (shout-out skate 3). A lot of other solid tracks on this one. I still feel like the pixies haven't really clicked for me yet so I'll give this like a 7/10 and round up
4
Sep 20 2023
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Doesn't sound great but there is some very troll poetry/lyricism in this one "A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous". Sounds like the fellas just took a bunch of LSD together and had fun at the studio making weird ass music
2
Sep 21 2023
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1989
Taylor Swift
Solid t swift album. Her sound is growing on me, or maybe it's just my girlfriend has played so much Taylor that's I've been incepted into liking her. For the hits, I hate shake it off so much. Blank space is ok and brings me back to college where 1 year everyone would play that song. The deeper cuts are good though
4
Sep 22 2023
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
Great album, just couldn't get to 5. Listen to Big Brother by Kanye to see how much of an ass Jay was to Kanye during this time
4
Sep 25 2023
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
It's a classic
4
Sep 26 2023
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
This went unexpectedly hard. I don't typically like old soul but Curtis was saucin on the track. Also listening to old music like this makes you realize how much today's hip hop is built on the backs of soul music (Chance with Pusha Man).
3
Sep 27 2023
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
This went pretty hard ngl. They were murdering those keys
4
Sep 28 2023
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Drunk
Thundercat
I just don't like Thundercats music really. Even the songs I saved would probably rank in the bottom 10% of all of the songs I've saved on my Spotify. It seems like the industry and other artists love Thundercat for whatever reason but I just can't get into it. When the album got to the point of him talking about how he loved Dragonball Z as a kid it was time to turn it off
2
Sep 29 2023
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Copper Blue
Sugar
It's not the most revolutionary album I've ever heard, but it's got that early 90s sound that I have a sweet spot for and it sticks to it consistently throughout the record. The sound is the perfect cross between the heavier shoegaze of the early 90s like Ride, Catherine Wheel, etc. and the poppier college rock that dominated the whole decade. All in all, I just really liked the album, although I don't think I can get to 5 stars since it didn't totally blow me away
4
Oct 02 2023
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Thom Yorke is the whiniest white boy I've heard since John Lennon.
Radiohead be like: beep boop society
I be like: beep boop 2/5
2
Oct 03 2023
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Too long but had some bops
3
Oct 04 2023
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Decent Bruce. Nothing crazy. If it's not one of his first 3 albums it's probably a 3
3
Oct 05 2023
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If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
She Crosby on my Stills until I Nash
3
Oct 06 2023
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Went into a wikipedia rabbit hole looking at Saskatoon Canada as I was listening to this. Canada is crazy, there's so much land and I feel like it must be snowy like 75% of the year in 75% of Canada. The fact that there are nightclubs in Saskatoon and that Joni Mitchell used to play in them blew my mind. Decent album but after a while the sound got kind of old to me :(
3
Oct 09 2023
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Moon Safari
Air
This list just doesn't miss with the 90s electronic albums, eh Nolan? This shit is smooth like butter on the bread and jam on the toast
4
Oct 10 2023
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
He said
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
2
Oct 11 2023
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Kind of a snooze fest but kinda good ?
2
Oct 12 2023
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Good Bowie album yuh
4
Oct 13 2023
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
Back in 2016, Flowers admitted that he considered The Strokes’ debut album to be better than his band’s own ‘Hot Fuss’ –and previously told NME that he felt “depressed” after hearing ‘Is This It’ for the first time. “That record just sounded so perfect,” he said. “We threw away everything [we were working on] and the only song that made the cut and remained was ‘Mr. Brightside.’”
It's a great story that Brandon ended up listening to Is This It at seemingly the perfect time, because he followed up that inadequacy he felt with the incredible Hot Fuss, which I think turned out even better than Is This It. Like a fine wine, it's aged well over the years, with Mr. Brightside becoming a party anthem and Somebody Told Me still getting airplay. It still has some flaws, though, so it's a tough choice between a 4 and a 5 for me. Let's walk through it
Jenny was a friend of mine - Good opener, great song
Mr. Brightside - Even though I've heard it a million times I never get tired of it
Smile like you mean it - One of the weaker tracks on this album
Somebody told me - Smash hit but, unlike Mr. Brightside, I get sick of this song
All these things that I've done - I saw a take once that "I've got soul but I'm not a soldier" makes no fucking sense and, frankly, I've got to agree. That tweet singlehandedly ruined this song for me, but, although it's corny, it's still a nice little ballad
Andy you're a star - I would say this is a weaker one. I still don't really understand this song
On Top - the horns at the beginning are abrasive, but once you're past that I think it's a decent song, but still one of the weaker ones on the album
Change your mind - This song starts off a strong stretch to end the album. I've always loved this one and its tone that yins and yangs between gloomy and hopeful
Believe me Natalie - The most underrated song on the album, it sounds and feels like a wonderful rambling drunk evening in NYC
Midnight show - DRIVE FASTER BOOOOOOOY
Everything will be alright - A mediocre closer, it's still got some moments as it ends the album with a haziness that engulfs the listener
All in all, this album has been around and on my rotation for a good portion of my life ever since I picked up the CD at a Best Buy as a 10 year old kid with my best friend at the time. The album was a 5 for me then, that same kid is still my best friend today, and Hot Fuss is still a 5/5 today.
5
Oct 16 2023
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Revolver
Beatles
I think this might be my favorite Beatles album. It's when you really start to hear the drugs come out in their songwriting and it makes the album somewhat of a journey. It's also a point where they seem to round into form with Paul providing poppy hits, John providing a psychedelic slant, and George bringing some wildcard elements that help expand their songs into different genres. Not totally consistent throughout, though, so it's only a 4/5 for me. Personal Favorites: Eleanor Rigby, Love You To, She Said She Said, For No One
4
Oct 17 2023
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Green
R.E.M.
R.E.M. has a lot of good albums 🔥. This is NOT one of them 🙅🙅🙅
2
Oct 18 2023
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
This went unexpectedly hard. It was like Talk Talk (last 2 albums) with some Seinfeld music influence. I'll be coming back to this one for sure
4
Oct 19 2023
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
Pros:
- the names of the songs were kind of spooky and funny
Cons:
-just about everything else
1
Oct 20 2023
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Bossanova
Pixies
Pretty fire and almost shoegazy pixies album
4
Oct 23 2023
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
You ever hear the saying that Pennsylvania is "Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between"? Well, this album is Gimme Shelter, You Can't Get What You Want, and dogshit in between.
2
Oct 24 2023
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Is This It
The Strokes
I love the Strokes and I love this album. I just think it's a little one-dimensional at times. Like 5/10 songs are all-timers but the others are only decent. It was a great start, though, and I think the strokes were able to build off of this start in later albums to really blossom into a powerhouse of a band
4
Oct 25 2023
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
I wish I could understand what they were saying
2
Oct 26 2023
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The Stooges
The Stooges
Solo Iggy way better than this
2
Oct 27 2023
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
Cherry Garcia
3
Oct 30 2023
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Aretha I love you girl but this album needs a remaster bad
2
Oct 31 2023
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The Band
The Band
This is how I wish Grateful Dead sounded
4
Nov 01 2023
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Kenya
Machito
This went kinda hard ngl
3
Nov 02 2023
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American Pie
Don McLean
Cousin Donny with a solid Americana staple
3
Nov 03 2023
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Faust IV
Faust
It was ok I guess. Should have smoked a Doobie beforehand, maybe then I would have given it a 4
3
Nov 06 2023
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
I never really liked this Bruce album or even the popular songs on it. Although it's good songwriting from Bruce, the album just doesn't sound good, especially compared to a lot of his other albums. Not a fan
2
Nov 07 2023
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Hotel California
Eagles
Wraparound Oakley's: On
Cigarette: lit
B*tch ex-wife: left me
Dodge ram: 85 mph
It's life in the fast lane time 😎
2
Nov 08 2023
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Ok music I guess. Never listening to this restaurant lobby ahh music again tho
2
Nov 09 2023
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90
808 State
Interesting mix, the style is like 2000s club but with 80s sounds. Went hard for about 3 songs
3
Nov 10 2023
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Love me some Chemical Bros. The list just doesn't miss with the 90s electronic
4
Nov 13 2023
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Parklife
Blur
Never heard this one by blur before but it was pretty good! Britpop baby yeah
4
Nov 14 2023
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
I can't have my handle named after stano and not give his girl Amy at least a 4. Amy actually snapped here
4
Nov 15 2023
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
SHREK IN THE WILD (My Beloved Monster)
Really good album with a lot of great tracks. E has that nice balance between utter depression and beautiful art in his songs. I'd recommend his autobiography to anyone that likes this album or just likes musician's stories in general.
4
Nov 16 2023
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Arular
M.I.A.
I bet...if you played this for a baby...they'd cry waaaah waaaah 😭
1
Nov 17 2023
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
It's a decent album, but super slow in the first half. I hate that the album art doesn't match the album at all
3
Nov 20 2023
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The Doors
The Doors
The Doors just don't stand out to me, probably since they're super famous and I've heard them throughout my whole life
3
Nov 21 2023
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The Cars
The Cars
There's only one good Cars song (Drive) and it's not on this album. L +
2
Nov 22 2023
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Infected
The The
It was decent, saved a few. Ty the the
3
Nov 23 2023
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
THROBBING synths. HOT and BURNING choruses. CRAMPING rhythms.
This album is PAINFULLY 80s.
3
Nov 24 2023
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
It sounds good but the songs are just bad idk how else to describe it.
2
Nov 27 2023
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
Get em high and breathe in breathe out are 2 mid songs but just about everything else on this album (including skits) is good, great, or incredible. Songs like Jesus Walks show Kanye's ability to make a smash hit while the school spirit skits show his humor. The New Workout Plan is one of the most unique hip hop songs I know and shows the creativity of Kanye in his beats, lyrics, and songwriting. Through the wire shows might be his best sampling. And finally, Two Words, one of Kanye's most underrated songs, shows Kanye's ability to bring the best out of features in his tracks to make truly unique and fantastic songs.
Prob a 9/10 album but a 5/5 for this list.
5
Nov 28 2023
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Homework
Daft Punk
Even though I like later DP releases I just don't like this one. The songs are moreso collections of noise than coherent songs imo. Maybe I'm not on enough layers of irony or something
2
Nov 29 2023
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Pretty darn good for old hip hop. I'd take this over Run DMC or even Beastie Boys. The beats were good and innovative for 1989. Some of those songs were great. But the majority was pretty forgettable
3
Nov 30 2023
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Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
This guy wrote a whole album about his weiner and somehow it ended up on 1001 albums to hear before you die
2
Dec 01 2023
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Illmatic
Nas
Just as close to perfect as you can get for a Rap album. Every song has something to offer and goes UNREASONABLY hard.
Listening to it really makes you feel like you're right alongside Nas gooning around and hustling in the streets of New York. Nas takes the relatively shallow subject matter of being a gangsta in the city and reflects thoroughly on it, giving the album an incredible depth where you can feel the conflicts of morality and practicality that many young people in cities across the world wrestle with every day.
10/10
5
Dec 04 2023
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Fine oldies album
3
Dec 05 2023
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
I'm not sure why the list felt the need to include this. How is this any different or better than the other prog rock albums around this time that were way more successful? There's definitely a dad rock bias in the list
3
Dec 06 2023
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Wynyrd Skynard, cause this album is taking no Ls
4
Dec 07 2023
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
It sounds so weird when British people rap lol talking about "the tele" and stuff while trying to sound hard. This album specifically was kinda whack at first but the more I listened the more I found myself bumping along. So I guess it turned out to be a solid listen
3
Dec 08 2023
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Young Americans
David Bowie
It was ok but not really too memorable. Fame gets stuck in my head and gets hella annoying
3
Dec 11 2023
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Mid and cap
2
Dec 12 2023
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
This went very hard. 60s live albums just have a different energy to them
4
Dec 13 2023
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The La's
The La's
Pretty GAS. There she pogs
4
Dec 14 2023
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Definitely better than that other Elvis!
So tacky that the first lines in the whole album are the same as the title of the album. L-vis Costello for that
3
Dec 15 2023
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
The highs are high and iconic but some of these tracks are wack and cap, like the skit where Dr. Dre is having sex with some lady. I'm listening to this album at work for God's sake!
+ Points for being the original Deez Nuts. 3.6/5
4
Dec 18 2023
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Welcome Jason and Dom (and Jason again) and whoever "garbanzo-beans" is to the group!
This album was decent, a few saves but overall didn't really click for me. It's funny that even though it's not really a pop album it has a similar but of sound to a lot of the late 90s/early 2000s pop songs around that time
3
Dec 19 2023
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Childhood is idolizing West Coast rap. Adulthood is knowing that NY and East Coast rap clears.
2
Dec 20 2023
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
For 1956 this was pretty meta. Nice little swing record. It wasn't very memorable, after a song or 2 it all blended together. Strong 2/Light 3
3
Dec 21 2023
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
ELO mixed with the Cure mixed with 3rd wave SKA. Sounds pretty bad when you mix it all together
2
Dec 22 2023
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
When I'm old and senile, don't send me to a retirement home. Send me up to the Poconos with a bottle of whiskey and this album and let me die a happy man
4
Dec 25 2023
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
This was good. Real good. Probably now my 2nd favorite Stevie album (after songs in the key of life)
4
Dec 26 2023
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Groooooooooooovy
3
Dec 27 2023
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Abbey Road
Beatles
This has gotta be one of the best if not the best Beatles album. It flows consistently throughout and the instrumentals on the songs were great.
4
Dec 28 2023
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Was looking forward to some classic country on this list and this one didn't disappoint
3
Dec 29 2023
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Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Crazy that this guy ended up doing film scores for like half of the Pixar movies. Album was ok I guess
3
Jan 01 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
Now this is the kind of dad rock I like! Soulful ramblings about making love, gypsies and making love to gypsies.
In some ways this feels thematically and lyrically similar to his previous album, Astral Weeks. However, on this one he really managed to tighten up the instrumentals and pull it together into more concise and coherent songs. Although many people probably like this album's style better, I prefer the long, freeform songs on astral weeks.
Tl;Dr Gypsy lalalala gypsy avenue
4
Jan 02 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Not gonna lie I just don't get this album as much as I feel like I should. It's got some potential and cool grooves but at the end of the day the songs themselves aren't very good imo
3
Jan 03 2024
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
This album spoke to me...I don't know what it said, though, since I don't speak Brazilian
On a real note, this actually went pretty hard. It was psychedelic and wacky and cacophonous in a good way. Much better than I expected opening the page and seeing a 1960s album from another language.
Was very close to giving it a 5. Maybe I'll listen a few more times and regret the decision but for now it's a 4
4
Jan 04 2024
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd was more like Stink Floyd with this Mid Barrett guy amirite? A couple decent moments but overall the direction of the album just didn't hit with me. The songwriting is a lot like the other Syd Barrett work that I've heard which isn't my favorite. We should all be glad that David Gilmour joined and Roger Waters took over the songwriting for the later albums
2
Jan 05 2024
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
Just didn't feel much of anything on this album. Aside from the 1 or 2 songs that I saved I won't ever be coming back to it
2
Jan 08 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
I used to like this more but Radiohead just doesn't do it for me like they used to. Whiny Thom. It's a pretty good album still, 3.5/5 rounded down
3
Jan 09 2024
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
POV: You're a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant man who retired with a multi-million dollar pension and moved to Key West with your wife (that you hate). Your kids (that you hate) are visiting. You're tempted to make a nice stiff drink when you wake up, but decide instead to take out your boat and throw on Nilsson Schmilsson to get away from the family. For just a moment, life is good.
3
Jan 10 2024
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Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
The Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (trigger warning Jim) extended universe might be one of my favorite genres of rock and music as a whole. Just chill ass dudes making chill ass music. Throw some folk in, some psychedelia, meet the Beatles, smoke a Doobie, and sing along to that beat. Poggers in chat
4
Jan 11 2024
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
More mom's Toyota Corolla core eh dom?
This album had some great moments, like that Las Vegas song, but it just wasn't consistent throughout. I'd give it another chance some time and also fw Sheryl Crow so maybe I'll check out her other stuff
3
Jan 12 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Edgar Allen Poe ahh music
3
Jan 15 2024
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
It took me 3 tries to get to listening this album all the way through since I was busy each time. By the time I got to the 3rd though it was actually pretty solid. Bang a gong baby
3
Jan 16 2024
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Guero
Beck
There are a bunch of good songs on here but a bunch of real snoozers as well. As much as I want to give it a 4 I just don't think this is Beck's best
3
Jan 17 2024
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
Kind of weird hearing a 24 year old sing so much about school. Move on brother, it's just creepy at this point! This album sounds like it's tailor made for playing faintly over the shitty speakers at a dive bar. The thing is, if you dropped me in the 70s, put 5 beers in me, gave me a couple cigs, and sent me to that dive bar, I'd rock right along with the music. 2/5
2
Jan 18 2024
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
I swear all albums before 1960 sound like Christmas music even if they have nothing to do with the holidays
2
Jan 19 2024
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Gold
Ryan Adams
The first song came on and I was thinking damn this is some good ol Americana. Classic but not too classic and catchy but not cliche. To my surprise, it more or less continued consistently throughout the whole album. Some songs stood out more, but overall there were no misses.
Altogether, since I enjoyed it, there were some great songs and really no duds, and the album flowed together the whole way through, and I'll definitely be coming back to it, I think this deserves a 5
5
Jan 22 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
80s music is the epitome of "I am cringe but I am free". Through all of the wacky, over-the-top, theatrical synths on this album, it actually turns out pretty good and has some fire songs on it
3
Jan 23 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
Damn Green Day is really marketing the shit out of their new album. First they do the subway concert with Jimmy Fallon, then they give our group American Idiot on the 1001 albums list!
I'm never not giving this album a 5. I've loved it for so long and I feel like I've grown up alongside it. There are no misses (except maybe homecoming) and there are plenty of songs that I've latched onto over the years. Jesus of Suburbia was one of my favorite songs in high school and is still up there now. Letterbomb used to be the song I'd play when maxing out my lifts in the gym. Whatsername is an all time listen and stare out the window of the car song. And there are so many more great ones.
5
Jan 24 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
This was good yuh. This guy was pissed at the UK and America
4
Jan 25 2024
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
As someone who mainly only knew the hits of the Rolling Stones, this list has really opened my eyes to how much terrible music they've made. This album was a struggle to listen to. Can I Get a Witness is the only mildly listenable song, but I could see that basic piano chord progression getting annoying after a few listens.
There is still plenty of other Rolling Stones on the list. It's time to remove this album and replace it with something newer and more listenable
1
Jan 26 2024
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2112
Rush
Yup Rush rips. We know this. Dom knows it, Jim knows it, Jason (if you're still out there) knows it. The 20 minute song rips, the rest of the album rips. Yuh^2/10 (yuh squared out of 10)
4
Jan 29 2024
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1984
Van Halen
A peppy, positive form of boomer rock
3
Jan 30 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Frank: doo-we-doo-wop it's the 1950s and I'm making whoopee with lots beautiful women
A bunch of horns: WAH WA WOMP
2
Jan 31 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Later led better
3
Feb 01 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
I liked this a lot. Dad rock-ish but also just a tad goofy. Good vibes all around
4
Feb 02 2024
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Forever Changes
Love
Another slapper! Never heard of Love before but damn this album was good. It's relaxing but still has a good amount of energy like a boiling pot of water that is bubbling just below the edge of the pot
4
Feb 05 2024
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Disintegration
The Cure
It’s that “fuck it, we 5” mentality. This is #47 on my topster. It’s just too good. Bob Smith and the boys really slow it all down for you and take you through the pain inside them at their own leisurely pace. Sit back and let it flow through you
5
Feb 06 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
I can call you Dutch, and Dutch when you call me you can call me Ace
3
Feb 07 2024
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Donovan McNabb
3
Feb 08 2024
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Ctrl
SZA
I liked this a lot. SZA is growing on me for sure
4
Feb 09 2024
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
These guys sound talented enough, but this type of music just isn’t my thing nowadays
2
Feb 12 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
I went in thinking this was going to suck and I was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t
3
Feb 13 2024
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
If I wanted jams this funky, I would have just gone to the Sea Monster lounge on December 15 with Jason, Dom, and Jim
2
Feb 14 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
I feel like I should like Marvin Gaye more than I actually do
3
Feb 15 2024
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
As a God fearing American, this was pretty g—
Just kidding, this was boring and weirdly religious. Uncle Randy with the increasingly common L
2
Feb 16 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
This shit was not what I needed to hear during a stressful day at work
1
Feb 19 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
He was killing it on those keys. Saved this to revisit while I’m reading or studying or rising & grinding
3
Feb 20 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Can’t 5 star this album fast enough. Once I hear that opening drum roll of Cherub Rock, the emotions of the album come rushing back and I get excited for the next hour of listening. Aside from all of the amazing sounds and creative guitar work, I love how personal to Billy Corgan it is.
As much as Billy Corgan is an egomaniac, control freak, and unpleasant pontificator, you can’t help but to feel bad for him as you start to understand that there is a deep insecurity rooted within him. This album feels like it’s Billy’s way of showing that insecurity to the world; of psychoanalyzing himself for all to hear. The record starts with and has some of its strongest moments in the grand, arrogant, powerful chords that capture Billy’s harsh side; the lust for greatness and belief in supremacy over all of the other poser musicians in the world (including those within his own band). While it progresses, it starts to see-saw between the grandiose and a milder, sweeter, sadder sound. As the Pumpkins guide us into these more melancholic moments, it begins to feel like you’re hearing the truth of how Billy feels inside. That he would gladly return all of the stardom and fame and acclaim for the chance to go back in time to those days of his childhood when he was the most disconsolate and make them just a little bit better. That every extra bit of fame makes him feel even worse for carrying around all the pain and makes him want to withdrawal from the world to spend his days in bed alone.
The album is magnificent, anxious, dejecting, angry, calm, and, most of all, beautiful. 10/10 — best non-singles: Hummer & Silverf***
5
Feb 21 2024
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
Actually pretty good album. Our House is a classic but it’s got other good songs too. -1 star for not being on Spotify or Apple Music
2
Feb 22 2024
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Part of me really wants to give this a 1. Not a single song or moment stuck out to me on the whole album. It feels scattered, unstructured, and zero-dimensional to me. However, Liz is consistent with her approach and I feel like there is <i>something</i> there with some meaning in the consistency…I just don’t know what
2
Feb 23 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
The first song with the trip hop-esque drum machine and classic singer/songwriter piano had me thinking this was going to be incredible but after that I didn’t think it was all that noteworthy
3
Feb 26 2024
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Ba dum bum bum bum bum bum core
2
Feb 27 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Nina snapped here. Lilac wine was good and so was four women.
3
Feb 28 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
This is IMO R.E.M.’s best and most consistent record. I remember the first time I listened to it start to finish and how it finally made me realize why people like REM. The final 3 song stretch of this album is 5 star worthy
4
Feb 29 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Not the worst Bob Dylan but also not the best. Like a rolling stone is overrated
3
Mar 01 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Day boi Mingus
3
Mar 04 2024
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Short, sweet, and to the point. Ty Otis
3
Mar 05 2024
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Yup, this is a classic
4
Mar 06 2024
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Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
I can’t tell if this completely sucks or it’s actually really good
3
Mar 07 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
I’ve always loved Me & Bobby McGee, and even though Janis didn’t write it herself she definitely snapped on it. There were some other bangers on this album too like cry baby.
3
Mar 08 2024
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
This is the 3rd nick cave album we’ve gotten on this list and I thought it was definitely the weakest of the bunch. Still, I just like his music in general. Even though this was weak for his standards I still feel a 3
3
Mar 11 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Nick is definitely growing on me. Kind of interesting that this album is on the list when it’s the least famous and least good of his 3 albums IMO. This is real sad boy fall music, you gotta be in the right mood for it. Tough 3 near 4
3
Mar 12 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
Although we’ve already had Eurythmics and Tears for Fears, there is a real argument that this is the most quintessentially 80s album we’ve gotten so far. The synths are deafening, the vocal reverb is intense, and the bass lines are Seinfeld-esque. What a weird time it would have been to be alive
4
Mar 13 2024
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
After Marilyn was dropping racial slurs left and right in the first song, I was sure this was going to be a 1. Fortunately, as I listened along, the Trent Reznor production sound came out and a lot of the songs just ended up sounding like a Nine Inch Nails rip off with edgelord lyrics. The lyrics on this album are like if Saw (the movie), Limp Bizkit, and a Facebook comment section had a baby. Overall, very strange vibes on this album, and Trent Reznor is just about the only thing going for it.
2
Mar 14 2024
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Whenever I open this website up and see an album from the late 70s, I really don’t know what to expect. I feel like it was a time when a lot of different musical techniques developed over the previous years were maturing and turning into genre-inventing movements (punk, 2nd wave ska, new wave, etc.). The Pleasure Principle seemed to be right at the beginning of a budding synth-pop wave that would take over the 80s and still remains the defining sound of that era.
I was really impressed at the creativity in the album with the use of synths. Unlike most later synth-pop, this album felt like it was a complete piece of art and effectively demonstrated the versatility that a synth and other electronic musical elements can provide an artist. Albums like this, ones that open your eyes to the pioneers of sound that expanded the musical palate of the world and that I would never have listened to otherwise, are the gems of this list.
4
Mar 15 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
I feel like no song was great on this but also no song was bad. More of a minimalist take on 80s music. Probably won’t ever listen to any of this again besides enjoy the silence. Strong 2
2
Mar 18 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Why did rappers in the 90s/early 2000s think it was a good idea to include skits of them fake having sex?? Was everyone that horny back then? Nothing worse than trying to concentrate at work while moans and dick sucking sounds from Biggie’s album come through your headphones.
Aside from being criminally horny and pathologically violent, I thought this was a decent album with some good moments and classics.
3
Mar 19 2024
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Bad Company
Bad Company
Yet another example of this list's bias for the middest of dad rock. I felt absolutely nothing as I listened to this. For some reason, the lead singer of the band Bad Company singing "Bad Company" over and over again on the song Bad Company from the album Bad Company just didn't do it for me. It's generic as can be. There are no impressive moments throughout the record. If you asked a random person to name as many dad rock bands as they could, how many would they name before Bad Company? Probably at least 30. This album should be at the top of the list of albums to remove for the next revision of the 1001 albums book. The only thing going for it is that it's not a horrible listen, so to me this is barely a 2
2
Mar 20 2024
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
Buck was trollin on this one
3
Mar 21 2024
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Lost Souls
Doves
Very surprised to see a second ! Doves album on this list. This one doesn’t hit anywhere near as hard as the first one we got. Even the other one had mostly boring-ish songs but it had enough musically to carry it and make it a solid overall album. This one was just the boring songs without much else. Good to see that they evolved as a band between this one and the other one we got which was released 2 years later I think
2
Mar 22 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
I don't see the appeal of Talking Heads that much. They've never clicked for me. I feel like they were a "had to be there" kind of band.
David Byrne played at a festival I went to in like 2017 but I didn't pay attention at all and didn't realize he was the lead singer of the talking heads lol whoops. Lost opportunity
3
Mar 25 2024
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
This low key ripped. Love me some Irish influenced music. Ty list for giving this to me in March ☘️
4
Mar 26 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
This ripped! It sounds a lot like progressive rock albums from the same era like CAN and Faust and Genesis and Pink Floyd but it’s more of a rock/pop/jazz genre fusion than any of these other albums. Very unique and very good. Had me zoned in at the PC absolutely tearing through work, writing emails at an impressive clip
4
Mar 27 2024
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
The whole album is kinda like a middle-song breakdown where the band slows down and gets quiet and lets the lead singer whisper. Like the second half of Nervous Young Inhumans by Car Seat Headrest. Except the whole album is this and the singer is speaking another language and it’s not ironic. I still fw it though, was an interesting album
3
Mar 28 2024
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
Groove is in the heart is just about the only thing noteworthy on this album, and apparently in this artists career
2
Mar 29 2024
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Jim u gotta show Dom the pic of Busta Rhymes at our gym in Hoboken. Not the best missy not the worst
2
Apr 01 2024
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
Mid and 😴. My sister says it sounds like something that would play at Kohls between Kohls Cash ads. Department-store-core
2
Apr 02 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
Chef from south park
3
Apr 03 2024
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
Didn’t realize this was the Steely Dan guy. Album is ok. Very 70s but with a little more smooth jazz/downtown city influence
3
Apr 04 2024
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Marvin serenading us with his instrument
4
Apr 05 2024
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Surprisingly good. Felt like this was full of sounds that other bands would build on in the 80s. Like punk Blondie. Light 4
4
Apr 08 2024
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The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
I liked this more than I thought I would seeing the album cover and band name. First thoughts were that it sounds very much like massive attack/chemical brothers/other 90s dance music but I feel like there were some unique wrinkles in there like the 70s-rock-esque organs they’d mix in. Overall pretty good listen with some unique and interesting songs
4
Apr 09 2024
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Kendrick sample in the wild (from probably my favorite Kendrick song) on the first track went hard. The watergate song was pretty troll. Overall I really enjoyed it but gotta -1 for not being on spotify
3
Apr 10 2024
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
Enjoyed this. Don’t really know enough about metal/thrash music to write anything intelligent here. Take my upvote, kind stranger!
4
Apr 11 2024
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Dogshit Tom Waits ahh cacophonous stinky French “album”
1
Apr 12 2024
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Sheet Music
10cc
There’s a kid I know from school that thinks he’s the funniest person in the world and does standup comedy. The thing is, he’s painfully unfunny and the “jokes” in his routine just kind of boil down to talking in weird goofy voices. I feel like this is the demographic that this album is tailor-made for.
Sorry for being a hater, but this album pissed me off so much that now random kids from my past are catching strays. See what putting bad albums on here does, list maker? There’s only one thing that can cure my rage and it’s WEEZER’s BLUE ALBUM (put it on the list!)
1
Apr 15 2024
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Passionately anti-woke guy from high school that still posts his entire life on Facebook core.
2
Apr 16 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Been thinking long and hard about whether to give this a 5 and decided if I’m thinking about it this much it’s a 5.
I discovered this album right around the beginning of covid when things were really really shitty. The morale of the world was low and the anxiety was high from all of the unknowns. Yoshimi is forever linked in my mind to this time, especially as it explores a lot of the same themes that the world was confronting at the time like mortality, courage, and fight or flight. Musically, it also mirrors the time with the dream-like tracks (magicians, hypnotist, pavonis mons) intertwined with reflective musings (fight test, do you realize).
So to me, this album doesn’t evoke a great mood or anything, but it does make me appreciate how far things have come since 2020. It’s a good listen
5
Apr 17 2024
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Dog Man Star
Suede
Very solid album. Nearly 5 stars + saved
4
Apr 18 2024
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Kinda cap dad rock. Musically it feels decently creative but the songwriting and singing to me miss the mark. No saves, will probably never listen to this one again
2
Apr 19 2024
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
Most average 70s punk record
3
Apr 22 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
I want to like this album more but after the first 2 songs there’s very little else that’s good IMO. Hot take but Closer is the better Joy Division album. Disorder absolutely rips in Skate 3
3
Apr 23 2024
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Opus Dei
Laibach
Feels like they’d play this at an Illuminati meeting in Eastern Europe. Not bad tbh
3
Apr 24 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
I was recently wondering what Hole actually sounded like after visiting MoPop and seeing that this is the band where Courtney Love originated. I enjoyed this a lot, nice little ripper. Light 4
4
Apr 25 2024
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Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
More EA Sports game menu core! This and Fever to Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are MLB 2k5 pilled and Madden 04 celled.
In fact, a song on this album was actually in a Tony Hawk game soundtrack. So I’ll expand the genre to PS2 core. Some defining characteristics of PS2 core: distorted guitars…and vocals…and everything else, pop-punk lyrics, couch co-op, media player buried in the settings where you can remove songs from your game, that one dad in your neighborhood that had the PS2 internet card and played strangers in madden online, rogue rap songs that can’t be found on the internet anymore, bad graphics and worse dialogue, chaotic drums. I look back with fond memories but objectively don’t love the music
3
Apr 26 2024
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
Here it is…. My first 0/5!
Really didn’t enjoy listening to this, so that’s a 1/5. Adding in the -1 for not being on Spotify, that’s a 0/5 folks.
That being said, it was a unique album. The fact that it was recorded in English and in German by the singer is wild. It’s just so far removed from my style of music that I could barely stand it.
1
Apr 29 2024
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Ripper of an album! I’ve got like 3/4 of this album saved. It’s got some classics like the Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills. I’ve definitely set some PRs at the gym to Hallowed be thy Name and the Prisoner. Strong 4
4
Apr 30 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
This whole album kind of blends together. There’s some crazy guitar which, fittingly, with all of the distortion and layers with the bass, sounds kind of like a bug buzzing. I like Dino jr. but don’t love this album
3
May 01 2024
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
I thought this album was awesome. It’s like the Asian Fusion of trip-hop. I’ve just never heard anything like this before and some of those songs were incredible and unique. There were a few songs that were a tad annoying, but overall the experiments on the album worked very well. I’m looking forward to returning to this at some point and think it has potential to change my perspective and tastes in music long term
4
May 02 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
Early Beatles is nursery rhyme tier. These guys are down so bad. They’re so thirsty for just a bit of human affection on every song on this album. Beatles pre-drugs are one of the most overrated and cap bands of all time. Beatles post-drugs are genre-defining, game-changing psychedelic pop. Sadly, this album falls in the former category.
2
May 03 2024
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
A live album of a bunch of songs that are already on this list. Not sure why this qualified, there wasn’t much energy or anything. It just sounded like Bob Dylan singing Bob Dylan which is exactly what it was
3
May 06 2024
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Completely okay music. Good for focusing or for a quiet morning but won’t ever be in my regular rotation. It’s like some abstract art you see in a museum that you appreciate and admire but you'd never buy a piece like it for your own house.
WHAT DOES HE KNOW? BRIAN ENO
3
May 07 2024
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Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
Musically, I was surprised. Lyrically, I was not
3
May 08 2024
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
You really have to be in the mood for Kate Bush or else she sounds horrible. Wasn’t in the mood today :( The maximalist yet abrasive sound is just too much
2
May 09 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I like CCR but I don’t really like any songs on this album. Except maybe proud Mary
2
May 10 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
David Byrne yelling about stuff
3
May 13 2024
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
It’s 2016, I get dropped off in a field in the middle of Dover, DE. I’m fresh off a breakup and full of adrenaline and can’t wait to get hammered and dance around. I find my buddies’ campsite and Josh who’s been awake on a Molly binge for 72 hours nearly has a stroke when I show up. My trusty fake ID and the bit of cash from long hot days at the deli get enough drinks in me to kill a small village while I’m inside the festival grounds. There’s some trend where girls are daring their friends to make out with strangers, so I’m snogging random women left and right. I find my new fwb and her friends and jam with them at Blink 182 (the Matt Skiba era L) and then lose them in the crowd immediately after. With no service, having lost everyone, and unsure how I’m going to get a ride home, I wander into the Mumford and Sons crowd. They quiet the crowd and announce that they have a special guest coming out to perform…and they bring out BAABA fucking MAAL.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk about the time I saw Baaba Maal IRL at Firefly in 2016. 2/5 album
2
May 14 2024
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
Solid album, chill vibe
3
May 15 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
This was much more solid than I thought it would be looking at the cover. Love me some Irish influenced music
3
May 16 2024
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All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
I had no idea Queen Latifah was a musician lol just thought she was an actress. Anyway, I just really dislike this period of hip hop. Pretty much everything from my Run DMC reviews also applies here. This one is probably just a tad better and more listenable though
2
May 17 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Some sweet soul music, I’d put this above a lot of other soul we’ve gotten so far on the list
3
May 20 2024
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
It’s a typical Lenny album. Old man yells at cloud energy but in a good way. He’s that type of grandpa that smokes weed and participates in protests with the Green Party.
3
May 21 2024
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If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
At one point this album was a 5 for me but it’s not anymore sadly. Still a great and somewhat unique album that I’ve listened to a lot since I’ve found it. The stars of track and field and the title track are highlights for me, but I think this album also has some snoozers like Fox in the Snow. My grandmas name was Judy and she loved horses, so I always smile at that last track, but I still think it’s one of the weaker tracks.
4
May 22 2024
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Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
1st song was serial killer vibes. Average 80s album, probably shouldn’t be on this list
2
May 23 2024
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Vivid
Living Colour
Strong 5 consideration but ultimately, I didn’t like it as much as I feel like a 5 should be liked. Still, this was a very impressive album. Cult of Personality is an absolute banger and might be a top 5 Guitar Hero III song. The rest of the album, which I hadn’t heard before, was a wonderful blend of many different flavors of dad-rock. These ranged from Van Halen-esque over-the-top arena rock to grounded and groovy Fishbone-like bass lines which truly gave the album some….living colour
4
May 24 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The most Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers album. Flea slapping on the bass, Frusciante pumping in sweet melodies, Anthony Kiedis singing about his penis. It has some of their best songs (Under the Bridge, I Could have Lied) mixed with some of their most annoying (Apache Rose Peacock, If You Have to Ask). It has Sir Psycho Sexy which is both one of their best and one of their most annoying (that police woman verse…Jesus Christ).
Ultimately, while the Chili Peppers are iconic and world-famous from Flea and AK, their best music comes straight from Frusciante’s genius. This album has some songs that feature John heavier and those are the good ones. The others sound like Flea and AK on a drug bender and, while those songs can be fun, they sound like shit.
3
May 27 2024
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
This album was pretty solid, especially for 1960. One More Dance was an absolute vibe with Charles Coleman cracking up on the track. It was a cool mix of African music with traditional folk music, definitely a good unique inclusion on this list
3
May 28 2024
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Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
The guy's got some pipes (and apparently like 1,000 albums on spotify?) but this was a very, very long album. It was decent background music and honestly not the worst thing I've ever heard. 2/5
2
May 29 2024
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
This settled into a nice smooth groove. Soukora was kind of a banger! Also Ry Cooder is a pretty sick name
3
May 30 2024
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Suicide
Suicide
If nothing else, this album was…interesting. Its sound is like low-fi drone background with satirical classic rock/pre-new-wave vocals. It almost sounds like Nick Cave if he were to say every word on an over exaggerated out breath. The subject matter lives up to the bands name, it’s dark, obsessive, mutilatory, and deranged. Frankie Teardrop is the peak of the album and one of the darkest songs I’ve heard.
I actually didn’t mind it overall. I’m glad I listened but I can’t imagine returning to this album much as long as my mental health remains in good shape
3
May 31 2024
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Solid Air
John Martyn
If Nick Drake joined up with the Grateful Dead to make an album of contemporary coffee shop background music, the result would be this album. I enjoyed it. Low 4
4
Jun 03 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
This era is the only era where live albums are better than the studio ones. So much energy. The Jerry Lee Lewis one that we got and this one both hit. As soon as Fats Gonder introduced JB I knew it was gonna slap.
4
Jun 04 2024
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Bad Leonard Cohen ripoff
2
Jun 05 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Classic album. Paradise by the dashboard light is an all time song. Ty meat
4
Jun 06 2024
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Just a phenomenal album. It's honestly not one of my favorite albums to listen to because of how abrasive it can be, but I appreciate the greatness of it all. It's harsh, thoughtful, insane, haunting, and brilliant all at the same time. I love the little details of the album, like how the title and album cover match the subject matter so well.
Most of all, I love how relatable it ends up feeling (theoretically) and how Trent Reznor used all of the tools to his advantage to maximally fill the auditory space on each track to convey the intense and manic mental breakdown of the character in the album. If music is all about being a medium for expressing feelings and emotions, this album does it as well as any that I know of.
5
Jun 07 2024
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
An absolute Gatsby-esque party of an album. It just lasted a little too long and ended up making me feel as if the party would never end as my energy drained and I prayed that everyone would leave my house soon.
3
Jun 10 2024
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Before jumping into the listening of the album, my immediate reaction to this album cover is that it's shit and I'm afraid of the music that I'm about to hear if it matches the vibes in this cover. The cold war era diner esque building with the basic 60s/70s font mixed with the 90s/2000s appearance of Hawley gives some immediate dissonance when combined. Even separately, they are not very pleasant to look at like beige mixed with brown.
After listening, I kinda see how the music matched the cover. The music itself wasn’t bad. It was like some sappy 60s/70s love songs with 2000s content and a thick layer of irony. It reminded me a lot of The Magnetic Fields’ 69 love songs. Decently pleasant listen but nothing stood out in particular
3
Jun 11 2024
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Debut
Björk
I feel like one day Björk is going to click for me but she just hasn’t yet. I think this album is a good starting point though and I may return to it and give it another chance some day
3
Jun 12 2024
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
You tell him girl 💅
3
Jun 13 2024
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
All timer. Nothing else to say
4
Jun 14 2024
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
Flaming Lips meets electronic disco pop. It slapped
4
Jun 17 2024
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Bland indie. Put some spices on that chicken damn
3
Jun 18 2024
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
IM TRYING IM TRYING IM TRYING IM TRYING
Best pavement album IMO. Zurich is stained, Conduit for Sale, Summer babe, Jackals False Grails all bangers.
4
Jun 19 2024
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American Gothic
David Ackles
This is almost nearly close to being good music, but it just doesn’t hit. Every time it’s about to build to something good, he switches it up on us. It’s musical edging
2
Jun 20 2024
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Odessa
Bee Gees
Solid album! The opera influence at the end went dummy
4
Jun 21 2024
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Something about that Sub Pop late 80s/early 90s album art vibe makes me think that every release through their label is going to be a cacophonous shitstorm of loose and angry grunge. I’m picturing early dinosaur jr. but with even more distortion. This album didn’t fit that mental mold, though. It was pretty solid honestly and had coherent songs that I enjoyed. They’re like a fuzzier sounding sonic youth. Light 4
4
Jun 24 2024
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
The instrumentals are basic and very indicative of the era but Little Richard kills it on the vocals and with his energy. I can see how he had so much influence
3
Jun 25 2024
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The Coral
The Coral
Of all the 2002 rock albums to put on the list, this one was picked? Instead of Turn on the Bright Lights??? Ridiculous… Gonna go make my own list, with blackjack and hookers
3
Jun 26 2024
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
You don’t hate jazz, you fear its lack of boundaries
3
Jun 27 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
More Toyota Corolla core. Solid album tbh
3
Jun 28 2024
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
I thought I hated all early rap because of past Run D.M.C. albums on this list, but turns out I just hate Run D.M.C. This album kinda ripped, the beats were fire and it was a party on the track but also with meaningful lyrics. I’m no longer afraid of early rap
4
Jul 01 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Long one. Nothing really stood out aside from the intros
2
Jul 02 2024
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Common list L not including the best album from an artist. How in the world was this chosen over Songs For the Deaf?? Also, …Like Clockwork should be on one of the revised versions of the list as it’s a masterpiece IMO.
This album is fine. Desert rock QOTSA with those deep throbbing guitars. I like this kind of music so it’s a 4 for me. The other 2 albums I mentioned would probably be 5s
4
Jul 03 2024
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
The Adam Sandler cigarette album
5
Jul 04 2024
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
The one with I want you to want me yeah. Ok album
3
Jul 05 2024
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
Light 4 for the grunge
4
Jul 08 2024
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Shleep
Robert Wyatt
I like this guys music. It’s as simple as that.
4
Jul 09 2024
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Ys
Joanna Newsom
I can certainly see the appeal and the reason that this album is on this list. However, I personally did not like this album at all. Listening feels like biting into a juicy, ripe fruit with a flavor that I just don’t like. The album meanders along like a butterfly flapping through a garden, jerking in the wind to whichever direction it feels, occasionally stopping on a bright and beautiful flower. And while this would be a sight to behold for some, I personally don’t belong in this metaphorical garden ogling at the beauty of nature (I’d be something like a caveman doing brute, monotonous tasks in the metaphorical Yeezus world).
All things considered, it’s probably objectively a 4, personally a 2, and -1 for not being on Spotify, so giving it a 2
2
Jul 10 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
More 90s electronic (ish?). This was a good mix of a bunch of different styles. Some tracks were like the Deee-Lite album that was also on this list but more fleshed out. Others were more in the Fatboy Slim/Chemical Brothers mold with hypnotizing beats and chopped up samples. Still others sounded almost like an Oasis ballad. Only some tracks really stood out on their own as good songs, so I’ll give it a light 4
4
Jul 11 2024
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
This album fluctuates between fantastic songs, forgettable songs, and the worst songs you’ve ever heard. Luckily, most of the bad songs are short, but you can’t ignore the bad taste they leave
3
Jul 12 2024
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
Boring and forgettable. I will probably never think of this album again, much less listen to it. On to the next
2
Jul 15 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Before Toyota Corolla, what was the mom car? Joni Mitchell is pre Toyota Corolla core
3
Jul 16 2024
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Da Capo
Love
Forgettable and average
3
Jul 17 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Could fall asleep to this (in a bad way). Pretty boring but had just a bit of that jam band essence. If Grateful Dead is a Dr. Pepper, this is a La Croix
2
Jul 18 2024
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Kind of an exhausting Paul Simon album. So many words just to say nothing important or relevant or thoughtful. Also he’s a wife beater
2
Jul 19 2024
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Troll covers. Peaceful music
3
Jul 22 2024
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
I get why this is globally rated low as it’s unpolished and abrasive, but I really enjoyed this. It got my adrenaline pumping and has a crazy vibe to it. It’s the musical equivalent of getting punched in the face, tasting blood, and feeling your anger ignite you as your endorphins kick in and numb you.
The bass absolutely rips, the guitar shreds, and Nick Cave is on one here, sounding like David Byrne going through a manic episode. This’ll put some hair on your chest!
4
Jul 23 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
She had some pipes ngl
3
Jul 24 2024
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin is growing on me, the music definitely gets more listenable each time I try. Still, it’s just kind of boring music that I feel like you need a specific headspace for. Maybe it’s my 21st century, constantly stimulated brain that can’t handle it, or maybe it’s meant to be enjoyed on a cocktail of rave drugs.
It’s hard to argue with the influence that Aphex Twin had. I feel like, if modern music is a tree, aphex twin’s music is at the roots of the tree, foraging through the ground for vital rhythms and sounds that allow the greater musical industrial complex to thrive. I wonder if every other mid-20s white guy that wants to become a DJ knows that he’d probably be off doing something else like jogging or playing video games or developing a cocaine habit on Wall Street if not for Aphex’s influence.
3/5
3
Jul 25 2024
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Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
On one hand, this is kinda groovy early 2000s rock that sounds like a Eddie Vedder-ified White Stripes. On the other hand, there's just something about Kings of Leon that feels strangely pretentious, and this rubs me the wrong way. I really don't know what to give this album so I'll just give it a 3
3
Jul 26 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
When you’re in a don’t miss competition and your opponent is Parallel Lines by Blondie 😳
This album slapped. 0 misses start to finish and even some bangers in there. Picture This and 11:59 are two favorites that I hadn’t previously heard.
The album was a nice mix of pop/rock/new wave, but it wouldn’t reach the highs that it does without the singer Debbie Harry. She’s got pipes that mix extremely well atop the new wave grooves and guitars and she kills the performance from start to finish.
Welcome to the 5 club, Blondie
5
Jul 29 2024
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
The first song was so shit that I was mentally writing another “no Turn on the Bright Lights but this”. It turned out to have a few good songs, though. Extremely EA Sports mid-2000s game menu core. Bland garage rock with a psychedelic twist. Just a hair above a 2
3
Jul 30 2024
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
This is NOT your average punk album. Oh wait…that’s exactly what this is
3
Jul 31 2024
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Solid Black Sabbath album. Most songs were pretty good but some were dull. That’s all I have to say about that
3
Aug 01 2024
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
60s sensibilities
3
Aug 02 2024
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
Decent ambient/atmospheric background music. Kinda museum exhibit core
3
Aug 05 2024
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Sounds like a bad musical. Tom Waits? More like Two (out of five) Waits XD
2
Aug 06 2024
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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
The guy has some pipes but the songs weren’t that good imo. Just not my favorite type of music
2
Aug 07 2024
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Just terrible. Generic ass music with cringy angst lyrics and nursery tier rhymes. I’m glad America won the revolutionary war so that we don’t have to be exposed to this garbage on our airwaves
1
Aug 08 2024
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
This was really good especially for 1966. This plus some LSD probably melted faces and obliterated egos back then.
4
Aug 09 2024
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
I’ve always liked this one even though it’s Great Value Kanye. Kick Push is a classic
4
Aug 12 2024
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Find this full album on any digital platform challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
3
Aug 13 2024
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Pornography
The Cure
This album has grown a lot on me since the first listen. Some songs sound like the Cure parodying themselves. You can hear the early roots that eventually blossomed into Disintegration, which is an all time album, on this album.
The more I listen to the Cure, the more I like and appreciate them. They have a ton of versatility over their discography and kind of do it all on the pop/rock/post punk spectrum.
4
Aug 14 2024
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
The more late 60s rock I listen to, the more I think that rock peaked as a genre then and anything after was watered down. I surprisingly liked this album a lot
4
Aug 15 2024
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Fell to my knees in a Wendy’s as Scooby Snacks came on and turned my review from a 4 to a 3.
This album is actually a pretty fun musical cocktail. The nu-rap vocals mixed with funky beats and a little jazzy/SKA garnish end up complimenting each other very well. The problem is, this album is PAINFULLY 90s, and the subject matter is some of the most mind-numbing, dated garbage I’ve ever heard. It’s lyrically about 1 level above limp bizkit tier.
3/5 for the sounds
3
Aug 16 2024
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
Weird slow singing style that sounded the same after a while. Pretty much every song was mid
2
Aug 19 2024
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
New Wave? More like Poo Wave…because this stank!
2
Aug 20 2024
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Risque
CHIC
Decent album. Would be a vibe in the 70s at a disco
3
Aug 21 2024
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Was pretty good and enjoyable chill music. You already know I saved this to the reading/focus playlist
4
Aug 22 2024
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Bloke
3
Aug 23 2024
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
When I say Poussez, you say poussa!
Poussez!
Nolan: poussa!
Surprisingly good groove. Désespoir is an early favorite and hella fun song with like 3 musical twists and turns. Saved 1 song and didn’t hate the entire album and that’s all you can really ask for an album in a completely different language
3
Aug 26 2024
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Imagine Dragons if they made good music
4
Aug 27 2024
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War
U2
Bono
4
Aug 28 2024
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Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Happy go lucky ahh music
3
Aug 29 2024
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Signing Off
UB40
Resident sleeper. Reggae sux
2
Aug 30 2024
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
2nd Rod Stewart in 7 days. Starting to hate his voice. Fantasizing about finding him on the streets of Britain and giving him a cough drop.
2
Sep 02 2024
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Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Unique album. Not bad
3
Sep 03 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
This has some fire on it for sure. Kind of weird concept for an album but Arcade Fire does their thing and squeezes as much content from the concept as possible, while teetering on the edge between fantastic and pretentious
4
Sep 04 2024
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
Pretty average late 70s punk. Nothing special
2
Sep 05 2024
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Man this album is full of star power. The average American probably knows over half of this album just from incessant radio play of the hits (of which there are many). The album itself didn’t age too well, but I think this is more of a product of the genre than the content. It’s in a tough spot between the regrettable hair metal era of the 80s and the “hard” rock era of the early 2000s that I wish we could forget. Somehow, the album ends up being a blend of the best of all of these deprecated sub genres of rock and ends up standing out amongst it all.
4
Sep 06 2024
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
>Bang the hell out of the drums
>Sing about sci fi action fantasy government conspiracy gore war gun bullshit
>2 minute guitar solo
>Song over
This shit rocks
4
Sep 09 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
I was ready to come in with the hot take that Velvet Underground is overrated and was only popular bc of Andy Warhol, but this album was actually really good. Good job folks
4
Sep 10 2024
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Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
Quirky little album. Fusion of all kind of weird stuff
3
Sep 11 2024
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
The Byrds trying to be a British electric blues band…brutal
2
Sep 12 2024
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You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
It’s ok Morrissey, America hates you too!
Good album though
4
Sep 13 2024
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Western vibes for sure. Wouldn’t return to this although it was a nice vibe while I’m out west
3
Sep 16 2024
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Roots
Sepultura
Too damn long. Half decent songs at the beginning but I really don’t like this genre
2
Sep 17 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
Banger after banger
4
Sep 18 2024
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Close To The Edge
Yes
The progchamp of our generation
4
Sep 19 2024
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
Way too long! Second half definitely was better than the first half which was Run DMC levels of cap. Early hip hop is so brutal sometimes.
2
Sep 20 2024
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Doesn’t have the weirdness of Trout Mask Replica but also doesn’t really have the uniqueness of it. Forgettable album save a few songs.
2
Sep 23 2024
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Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
The beats were cool, the raps weren’t amazing but had more unique style than their excessively corny peers of early rap. Giving this a 3 but I could see it becoming a 4 if I end up revisiting it again
3
Sep 24 2024
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
The more screaming they did on the songs, the worse they were. However, I thought the slower songs were really enjoyable. Saved a couple
3
Sep 25 2024
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
It’s not my cup of tea per se but I can see the influence that this has, especially on later albums in this list like Björk and the Cure
3
Sep 26 2024
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Good ol’ good ol’ music
3
Sep 27 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Not my favorite flavor of 80s pop
2
Sep 30 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Early R.E.M. slapped. Imagine being in college and this is the hottest thing on the college radio station. Would be sick
4
Oct 01 2024
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Low key some bumping bluegrass. I liked it
3
Oct 02 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Sgt. pepper rip off in the first song. The rest of the album was ok, the white bread of music
3
Oct 03 2024
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
Smooth and easy listen
3
Oct 04 2024
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
Weird album. I feel like they were onto something a little bit though. I hear a lot of the elements that make up today’s critically acclaimed experimental hip hop in this album. The beats are their own little world sometimes.
3
Oct 07 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
Actually pretty solid besides the hits. The deeper cuts were way different than I expected from only knowing the hits
4
Oct 08 2024
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Raw but rockin
4
Oct 09 2024
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
This got better as it went along IMO. It’s a little early to say this but it feels like a period piece for 2020, the crazy and emotional year that it was.
3
Oct 10 2024
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Solo Neil Young: I sleep
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: REAL SHIT
I love this album so much and think it’s Neil’s best by far. “Down by the River” and “Cowgirl in the Sand” are two fantastic songs that serve as pillars of the album. There’s something about the leisurely yet precisely deliberate pace of each that is hypnotizing and transforms the soundscape into a world with rushing rapids, a hot dry sun, and a meaningful hard days work.
Sit me down in that album cover in the shade of the tree with a glass bottle of coke and let me look out over the mountains. That’s what this album sounds like
5
Oct 11 2024
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Trio
Dolly Parton
Here’s a trio for you: this was mid, cap, and L
2
Oct 14 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
This is a solid album that’s a good bridge between alt rock Radiohead of the bends/pablo honey and the deep beep boop stuff. I can’t seem to get into Radiohead as a whole and I realized as I was listening to this album that it’s because of Thom Yorkes voice and singing style. I hate it. The moany, pitch-changing, falsetto wailing is insufferable. I can’t even tell what he’s saying bc he draws out every other word for 10 seconds.
4
Oct 15 2024
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
This was brutal to listen to not knowing the language that they were speaking in combined with the instrumentals that were just the same chord progression over and over again. It all felt like psychosis to my western music adjusted brain
1
Oct 16 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Fuck it we 5 mentality. This has always been my favorite Bob Dylan album. It’s his peak of songwriting and instrumental sound IMO. So many bangers on this one like I Want You, Stuck Inside of Mobile, Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. It’s also versatile, with wacky songs like Pill Box Hat and Rainy Day Women. Altogether a phenomenal album. Probably a 9/10 rounded up
5
Oct 17 2024
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
It’s always awesome when an album’s sound matches its cover. This was surprisingly really, really good! It’s a high 4 for me for the creativity and fearlessness (and the songs are good too)
4
Oct 18 2024
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Nothing stood out here. Just another psychedelic album
2
Oct 21 2024
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
An interesting mash of genres. The poppiness and funkiness was good, the hip hop was ok, and the raps were Hopsin tier (bad). A whirlwind of an album that didn’t end up holding my attention for the right reasons
2
Oct 22 2024
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
This did not sound ANYTHING like the cover. It caught me really off guard. Fun album with an eclectic mix of rock and new wave sub genres
4
Oct 23 2024
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Skylarking
XTC
I really dislike XTC and their happy go lucky sound
2
Oct 24 2024
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
Piss Piss. I hated it
1
Oct 25 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
It’s good music, it just is. The perfect album to cast to your TV while you sit on the couch with a book and a cup of coffee to sip on. Inner peace core
4
Oct 28 2024
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Rapture
Anita Baker
Pretty decent soul
3
Oct 29 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
This one has some of my favorite talking heads songs. Heaven…Heaven is a banger. Overall a little too raw and weird though for me to bump consistently
3
Oct 30 2024
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Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Ba dum bum bum ahh music
3
Oct 31 2024
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Epicly 80s
4
Nov 01 2024
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
This is my type of music. Droney shoegazy spacey atmosphere. I get why some people wouldn’t like it but I love this shit
4
Nov 04 2024
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Is there just not enough good music out in this world? This is like the 10th trip-hoppy late 90s/early 2000s album that sounds about the same as all the others. But I don’t even know what to replace it with for 1001 albums, maybe the 2010s and 2020s have more gems now that electronic and industrial elements have fused more solidly into the fringes of music to put a hyperpop/intense spin on a lot of genres for eclectic new blends of sounds. But lord knows the boomer that made this list won’t include any of that
3
Nov 05 2024
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Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Goon squad
3
Nov 06 2024
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Second straight day of Elvis (more like L-vis) Costello. I’m sick of this wanker
2
Nov 07 2024
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Not bad honestly. Groovy and easy listening
3
Nov 08 2024
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
Broke millennial version of the Chemical Brothers
2
Nov 11 2024
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
Before the went full vacuum cleaner. It sounds just like they took Loveless and dialed back the deep frying 50%. Pretty good tbh
4
Nov 12 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
Drug inspired Britpop. On one hand this album has some filler, and might be a track or 2 too long. On the other hand, the best songs on this album (Bittersweet Symphony, The Rolling People, The Drugs Don’t Work) are incredible. I’ll give it a 5 since it’s my favorite britpop album
5
Nov 13 2024
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Museum exhibit core. Stimulating on the imagination yet at the same time strikingly repetitive and bland
2
Nov 14 2024
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Nowhere
Ride
Some of these songs are sick and I love the shoegaziness. It drags on a tad too long, and it’s also not the best Ride album IMO. Light 4
4
Nov 15 2024
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Sister
Sonic Youth
This was a musical album by the band Sonic Youth
3
Nov 18 2024
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No Other
Gene Clark
Boomer
2
Nov 19 2024
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Holy mid. Resident sleeper
2
Nov 20 2024
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Future Days
Can
This has gotta be the most resident sleeper CAN album out of all resident sleeper CAN albums (of which there are many). I CAN’t give this any higher than a 3
3
Nov 21 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Idk why I had such a negative opinion of these guys going in. This album was solid. Vocals like a less ridiculous talking heads with the punky/pre new wave instrumentals make for a good, almost trippy, yet stoic mix.
4
Nov 22 2024
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Autobahn
Kraftwerk
Not my favorite flavor of prog. Can’t believe a whole subgenre was named after these guys
2
Nov 25 2024
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Big Iron is a certified hood classic (shoutout fallout new Vegas). The rest of this album is rootin…and certainly tootin
3
Nov 26 2024
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
WTF THESE GUYS COVERED OS MUTANTES. This is the type of little satisfaction that the list is good for. Random album I’d never listen to on my own covers a song from another random album I’d never listen to on my own. Completely useless yet satisfying thing that no one outside of this list will ever understand.
3
Nov 27 2024
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Live At Leeds
The Who
Live albums, to make up for the shittier sound quality, off pitch singing, and unbalanced mixing, have to be incredible in some other way to be considered great. I didn’t think that was the case here. My generation medley was the closest thing to greatness but it was slow and dull.
2
Nov 28 2024
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
Honestly stunned that this doesn’t have a lower rating. Bollocks cacophony
1
Nov 29 2024
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
In high school I watched some 80s movie about Michael J Fox doing a bunch of cocaine (before I knew who Michael J Fox is or what cocaine is). I don’t remember any details of the movie, yet when I heard this album that movie is all I could think of. Just sounds like an 80s New York cocaine romance vibe
3
Dec 02 2024
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
My expectations for this were all time low since much of The Rolling Stones discography can be a brutal listen. Luckily, this album exceeded those expectations and was only slightly bad
3
Dec 03 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
Decent enough I guess. White stripe
4
Dec 04 2024
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
I love this album so much. The freeforminess of it all and how Van’s wails dance around the beats like a leaf flapping in the wind. This album has been out for almost 60 years, yet no one has been able to replicate the magic on it unlike other pieces from its era. Madame George is firmly in my top 100 songs of all time. Just a beautiful album even if the guy who made it is an all time asshole nowadays
5
Dec 05 2024
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Not only is this one of the best Stevie Wonder albums, it’s also one of the best albums of all time. Stevie is throwing 100 throughout the album with many bangers throughout and an insane consistency over the 1 hour 45 minute runtime. It’s fun, poppy, and lighthearted but also deep and reflective. It’s the type of hits we all love mixed with jamming and unconventional songwriting. Tl;dr this rocks
5
Dec 06 2024
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
The first few songs were bad. The rest of the album was even worse!
Don’t like the aggressive, limp bizkit cover band playing at a country bar, nu-metal mashups? Good news! You get to hear kid rock auto tuned to hell singing some slow jams too.
And if you got through the first hour of the album and thought “it’s been bad but at least it hasn’t been racist”, that last song will shatter even those expectations.
Silver linings: I never have to listen to this again!
1
Dec 09 2024
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
This was gas! Ty Tina
4