Nov 16 2022
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Not a big fan of this older style of blues-y rock in general, nothing against this album in particular.
3
Nov 17 2022
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Country Life
Roxy Music
First track on the album was really good. A lot of the rest didn't stand out/wasn't as memorable but overall I enjoyed the experience.
4
Nov 18 2022
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Dry
PJ Harvey
4
Nov 21 2022
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Only made it through one third of the first track. I have nothing against Miles Davis specifically but I can't possibly describe how not into jazz I am.
1
Nov 22 2022
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
3
Nov 23 2022
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Too slow, had a hard time keeping me interested. Not a fan of songs that are both slow and don't have a strong vocal melody, they just feel forgettable in the end.
2
Nov 24 2022
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Doolittle
Pixies
I had only heard Where is my Mind before now but I knew that Pixies are said to have inspired many alt rock bands of the 90's and 00's and I can tell why after this. I think this would have blown my mind were I alive in 1989, but it's fun to retrospectively hear shades of different bands I like throughout this album.
5
Nov 25 2022
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
4
Nov 28 2022
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Achtung Baby
U2
4
Nov 29 2022
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Diamond Life
Sade
2
Nov 30 2022
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Sincere
Mj Cole
Not interested
1
Dec 01 2022
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Didn't love it, but I actually finished it, which I can't say for a lot of the albums on here. Not for me but it's not bad music.
2
Dec 02 2022
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Smile
Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys are fine but this is just boring
1
Dec 05 2022
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Pink Flag
Wire
Enjoyed this. I generally like punk except for the common punk thing where the lyrics devolve into unintelligible shouting. There are a few songs on here that do that
4
Dec 06 2022
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
I didn't even notice the songs were 9 minutes long because I was having so much fun
5
Jan 03 2024
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Mask
Bauhaus
Unhinged Joy Division
3
Jan 04 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Turns out I don't hate rap, I just hate modern rap. I can get behind this.
4
Jan 05 2024
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Pelican West
Haircut 100
It's alright but I probably could've died without hearing it
3
Jan 06 2024
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
I'm convinced that no one actually likes jazz and they just say they like jazz because they think it makes them seem sophisticated.
I'll give it a 2 because at least it was just boring instead of utterly unlistenable cacophony like some jazz.
2
Jan 06 2024
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Blackstar
David Bowie
This is the first time I've heard this and honestly, Bowie's done better. It has its moments (Lazarus and I Can’t Give Everything Away stand out to me) but nothing on here comes close to the magic of 70's Bowie.
3
Jan 07 2024
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Whatever
Aimee Mann
It's not bad but it's a little generic.
3
Jan 08 2024
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
I was apprehensive when I saw this because 60's music has generally been lost on me (excepting the Beatles and a select few Rolling Stones and CCR songs), but this album grew on me. It just emanates an authenticity and charm that much of modern music lacks.
This might be against the grain but I think this album is much better on the songs that aren't just acoustic guitar and vocals. The supporting instrumentation on the more \"uptempo\" (relative to this album) songs is quite good. Wooden Ships and Long Time Gone made it onto my classic rock playlist.
A pleasantly surprised 4.
4
Jan 09 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
My first introduction to Steely Dan. The album was enjoyable as a whole but only "Peg" stood out to me as something I'd want to revisit frequently.
I see this isn't generally considered the peak Steely Dan album, so I'm looking forward to getting more because this was on the cusp of being something I'd really like but not quite there.
3.5
3
Jan 10 2024
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
Of course I'm familiar with Queen, but I'm not sure I've ever listened to an entire Queen album before. This was an excellent place to start. Good all the way through.
Highlights (excluding the three hits, which I've heard before): '39, Sweet Lady (Brian May shines here).
I actually didn't mind I'm In Love With My Car, but it does break the flow of the album a little. It felt like dropping a Van Halen song in the middle of a Queen album.
5
Jan 11 2024
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
Last summer, as my friend and I left Boulder for Yellowstone, we were delayed by traffic outside the CU football stadium. Frustratedly craning my neck from the passenger seat, I spotted a sign: Dead and Company.
We realized that neither of us had ever listened to any of the Grateful Dead. Aware of their massive following and contributions to American music history, I decided to remedy that by downloading a Grateful Dead playlist from Spotify.
Leaving Jackson a day later, we lost service and Spotify switched to offline mode: downloaded music only. Cruising down the highway through the heart of the Wild West with nothing but open road ahead, Tetons clawing the sky to our left, Great Plains unfurling to our right, and roadtrip vibes immaculate, seemed the perfect time to indulge in some quintessential Americana.
We made it through four Grateful Dead songs before turning on something else.
If that wasn't the time to appreciate the Grateful Dead, when is?
Not now either, apparently.
1
Jan 12 2024
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
It's enjoyable but Come on Eileen is the only thing truly memorable on here.
Also why does this guy sound just like Robert Smith?
3
Jan 13 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
I'm not that familiar with the Beatles' early work aside from a few singles. This was fun, I enjoyed it, and I discovered a few new songs for my playlisfs. On the other hand a few songs felt a little generic, like they could've been written by any pop band of the time period.
Highlights: And I Love Her, Any Time At All
4
Jan 14 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
I've always been daunted by the 2 hour runtime so I've never listened to this album all the way through despite loving the singles and Siamese Dream. I'm glad that this project finally motivated me to do so.
Even though it's 2 hours long, I enjoyed every minute of it. There isn't as much bloat on here as I expected, although the second half is just good while the first half is mind-blowing. If this was the first half only--with 1979 promoted to the first half--it would be a 5 but I have to acknowledge the inconsistency and give it a 4.5.
Highlights:
Jellybelly, Here Is No Why, Galapogos, Muzzle
4
Jan 15 2024
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Yeezus
Kanye West
Setting aside my thoughts on the artist, the one thing you can't deny about Kanye's work is the exceptional production level. Almost every sound is carefully chosen and placed to set the atmosphere. It's compact and flows well; very few moments feel out of place or unnecessary.
I say \"almost\" and \"very few\" because the autotune in \"Blood On The Leaves\" is a choice. A bad one. The only track I would skip if I were to listen again.
I have never been much of a rap fan--even after (or maybe because of) exposure to countless rap playlists at college parties in the mid-2010's--but even I can tell Kanye has elite flow. It's a real shame he's deplorable as a human being, because he'd be one of a short list of modern rappers that I actually want to listen to.
Highlights: Black Skinhead, I Am A God
A reluctant 4.
4
Jan 16 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
When I got my first iPod in the early 2000's, there was already a smattering of U2 songs in our fledgling iTunes library. One of my parents must have been a fan. Coincidentally, some of U2's greatest hits became some of the first songs I fell in love with. So admittedly, there's a nostalgia factor here as I find Bono's voice soothing and I've always been impressed with The Edge's guitar chops.
I've never heard this whole album before, as I started to explore other bands and genres once I was old enough to buy my own music and never got around to a U2 discography deep dive. I only knew With Or Without You and I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For from this one.
I liked it a lot. Not a single song felt like wasted space on the album. I already used this word earlier, but it fits; the whole album felt soothing. I got chill out and just vibe for 50 minutes, forgetting about all the things I'm supposed to be worrying about. Another one for the record collection.
P.S. Joshua Tree National Park is a cool place and I totally understand why it would inspire someone to write music.
Highlights: Where The Streets Have No Name, Bullet The Blue Sky, Trip Through Your Wire
A nostalgic 5.
5
Jan 17 2024
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
The first half was a little too slow and I was getting ready to not like this at all, but it picked up the tempo at Back Home for a few songs that I quite enjoyed. His voice is exceptional but I think the music is a little too barebones for me.
Highlights: Back Home, The Bottle
H2O Gate Blues is an interesting one. Musically, it's basically not a song, but lyrically and atmospherically it was captivating. The inclusion of an \"audience\" gave it a very lifelike feeling. It was like I was transported to a bar in the 1970's, and it was a great time capsule of how people felt about the state of the country at the time (and some of it is unfortunately way too relevant still). The answering machine bit actually made me laugh out loud.
3
Jan 18 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
It's not just the songwriting but the sound design is also exquisite. I've messed around using synthesizers to write music before and could barely scratch the surface. I can only imagine the untold hours spent on this album in production painstakingly perfecting every sound.
The sounds chosen throughout the album lend to the brooding nature of the album (the backing vocals run through a synthesizer are my favorite touch, especially on Waiting for the Night). Something in this music just resonates deep in my soul on a level I can't put words to. Stirring, sinister, sensual, provocative, perturbing, primal.
Highlights (besides the hits), Sweetest Perfection, Halo, Blue Dress, kind of all of it?
Note: I listened to the 2006 remaster with bonus tracks
5
Jan 19 2024
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Dookie
Green Day
My introduction to Green Day came through Boulevard of Broken Dreams in the American Idiot era. I was not alive for the heyday of this album, and I think I've never given it the respect it deserves as a consequence. Of course I know the four big hits, but I've only rarely listened to the whole thing. It's energetic and a lot of fun to listen to all the way through.
I know Green Day can be controversial, but to me it's simple. It's just good.
Highlights: Longview, She, Sassafras Roots, When I Come Around, the breakdown of Welcome To Paradise, \"am I just paranoid, ayuhyuhyuuuuh!\"
5
Jan 20 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Wonderwall gets a lot of memes and some actual hate for being overplayed, but I will die on the hill that it only got so big because it's genuinely an all-time great song.
The rest of this album is pretty close to that level, honestly. I found a few really good new songs besides the three hits I already knew.
Highlights: Roll With It, Some Might Say, Morning Glory
5
Jan 21 2024
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Crazysexycool
TLC
Waterfalls is a great song with an unnecessary rap bridge and the only reason this earns a 2. The rest is entirely forgettable. I had to take a break after Waterfalls when I realized it wasn't close to over and I had several more songs that all sound the same to go.
2
Jan 22 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
This album is conflicting for me. There were parts that I liked and flashed potential. And then there were parts that were boring, annoying, and confusing.
I generally don't consider lyricism when rating, but the lyrics were also so bipolar that I had to comment on it. There are some very good lyrics on here. "I want to be like water if I can because water doesn't give a damn" is damn clever.
But for every line like that, there's a headscratcher like
"We're off to the land of hot middle-aged women"
or this so-bad-I-had-to-laugh line:
"The sky is low and gray like a Japanese table and my horse's legs look like four brown shotguns."
Highlights: the parts of Time Will Break The World that didn't make me laugh, and the last minute of Transylvania Blues goes hard
2
Jan 23 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
She kinda sounds like Janice from Friends but it doesn't matter because damn she can SING. The instruments, arrangements, and songwriting are all really interesting on top of that.
4
Jan 24 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
I never appreciated the Beatles until I had a guitar teacher who was a huge fan. I wrote them off as boomer pop music and didn't bother to listen closely outside of the few hits I couldn't avoid.
Then my teacher asked me to learn While My Guitar Gently Weeps. I had never heard of it before.
I know, I know, Eric Clapton played guitar on the recording, so I can't claim that the guitar on this song is what opened my eyes to the Beatles. Well George Harrison wrote it so it still counts.
I learned the song, but to this day never can come close to Clapton's performance (or Prince's, for that matter). Regardless, this is now one of my favorite songs of all time.
Later my teacher showed me how to play Blackbird, and on top of just being a beautiful song, it is SO MUCH fun to play on guitar, and easy to loop over and over. I sometimes sit around and just play Blackbird idly while watching TV or something. Plus, it impresses the hell out of my friends who don't play.
This album opened my eyes to the brilliance of the Beatles, promoting them from \"basic boomer band\" to regular rotation.
Highlights (besides the aforementioned): Dear Prudence; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; Julia; Birthday; Helter Skelter, Revolution 1
5
Jan 25 2024
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Electric
The Cult
The guitar riffs are solid but the vocals just sound like they're trying too hard to be ACDC. I feel like this could've been very good with a little more originality; I've heard this kind of music done better by several other bands. I listened to Love after this and I really feel like that's the one that should've made this list.
2.5 because it's unoriginal but at least enjoyable.
Highlights: Lil' Devil, King Contrary Man, Love Removal Machine
3
Jan 26 2024
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
The only song I've ever heard by the Cardigans is Lovefool, so I was expecting a full album of bubblegum pop here, and while I like that song, I thought I would get bored real quick.
This was very good, and surprisingly not quite as pop-y as I expected. Step On Me was even a little grunge-y at times. I feel like it could've worked as a Pixies song.
Highlights: Step On Me, Lovefool, Iron Man
4
Jan 27 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
I didn't live through Satanic Panic, so after hearing this I just have to ask...THIS is what people were up in arms about 40, 50 years ago? All the Betties who had their britches in bunches back in the day need to give black metal a try. This is paler than their skirt-concealed, taboo ankles in comparison.
They missed out on some great fucking music while they were busy being Paranoid.
5
Jan 28 2024
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
Music to be sad-horny to
4
Jan 29 2024
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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
I am not much of a folk person, so I found this pretty boring, like I do a lot of folk music.
The title track is not bad though.
2
Jan 30 2024
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Slash is good at guitar
5
Jan 31 2024
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Fragile
Yes
It's exactly 12 minutes of good music and 38 minutes and 38 seconds of the recording engineer's wasted time in the studio.
3
Feb 01 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
This right here is why I started doing the 1001 albums project. This is fucking great, and I would never EVER have heard of Fela Kuti in my usual music circles.
5
Feb 02 2024
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American Pie
Don McLean
I'm not really a fan of folksy singer-songwriter, but Don McLean is winning me over.
4
Feb 03 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
I listened to this on a run and found myself almost sprinting during Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution.
5
Feb 04 2024
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
This was almost a good album. There are some good ideas here but, with comically short track lengths, nothing has enough time to breathe. Despite that, it flows very well and is quite good as a holistic album experience.
Until Ex-Supermodel. That song made me cringe viscerally the whole time, and the album never really picked back up after there.
3
Feb 05 2024
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Arular
M.I.A.
I actually didn't hate this as much as I thought I would. In fact, I really liked it. A lot of the vocals toed the right side of the line between creative/unique/interesting and off-putting. This very much could have been a generic, annoying hip-hop album but the production and care put into the sounds pushed it over the top.
4
Feb 06 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
This list is really opening my eyes to soul music. This was great hype music to study to.
4
Feb 07 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
I listen to some modern progressive rock bands but regrettably have never done my due diligence into the roots of the genre. This is phenomenal. Very cool to see the obvious influence on modern music I like. I will be spending much more time with this album in the near future I think (maybe skipping the second half of Moonchild...).
5
Feb 08 2024
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
It's creative and unique but it's repetitive and not enjoyable. At one point three songs had gone by and I thought I had been on the same song the whole time because he was still just chanting "Trans-Europe Express". The title of the final track is apt because that's what this album felt like.
I understand this was influential on stuff like Depeche Mode and Daft Punk, but those bands are actually fun to listen to.
1
Feb 09 2024
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Repeater
Fugazi
This is very good musically, but I've never enjoyed shout-y vocals. If there was more melody in the vocals I might have loved this. While I'm glad I listened to it once, I don't feel like I'll be revisiting.
3
Feb 10 2024
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Garbage
Garbage
Where has this album been all my life? I've only heard "Only Happy When It Rains" before, so I was expecting an album of poppy alt-rock, but this unexpectedly dives into an atmospheric blend of industrial and trip hop.
5
Feb 11 2024
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Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
She's clearly a very talented singer but this severely did not need to be a double album. It's incredibly bloated.
I'm not sure what was more uncomfortable to listen to, the horniness of "Nasty Naughty Boy", which features literal sex moans a la boys goofing off in a middle school classroom, or the 5 straight minutes of ego stroking on "Thank You".
1
Feb 12 2024
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
About a year ago I watched a video of two guys doing a bracket of the best indie songs of all time. In the end My Girls by Animal Collective won out. Intrigued, I excitedly listened to the GOAT indie song that I've been missing out on.
That was when I realized the people making the video had terrible taste. My opinion has not changed after listening to this album in full.
1
Feb 13 2024
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Illmatic
Nas
I liked this, the overall vibe is really good, but I felt it started to get repetitive and the songs blurred together after a while.
3
Feb 14 2024
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The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
I've been listening to this hold music for so long I forgot who I'm calling.
1
Feb 15 2024
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Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
4
Feb 16 2024
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Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
Not sure why this made the list over Only By The Night. Not their best work but I can't complain.
4
Feb 17 2024
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
I don't normally like jazz but this is a fuckin viiiibe.
4
Feb 18 2024
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Third
Portishead
So today I learned what trip hop is.
4
Feb 19 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
3
Feb 20 2024
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
3
Feb 21 2024
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
3
Feb 22 2024
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
If "chill beats to work/study to" was an album (and that's exactly what I did while listening to it, but it didn't help my enjoyment).
2
Feb 23 2024
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
It's decent dad rock but wasn't worth skipping YouTube ads every 5 minutes for
3
Feb 24 2024
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21
Adele
Adele is one of very few artists on mainstream pop radio who are actually talented. This album is raw, genuine, and just plain good. It doesn't matter how many times I've heard Rolling In The Deep, Set Fire To The Rain, or Someone Like You; I'll always be excited when they come on.
Plus she covered The Cure on this. Love it.
5
Feb 25 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters has a nice voice but I just can't do blues; all the songs sound the same. I also learned harmonica might be my least favorite instrument after hearing the same fucking trill one hundred times.
2
Feb 26 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
Bittersweet Symphony is such a great song but honestly nothing else is really memorable here.
3
Feb 27 2024
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
I didn't hate it but it really doesn't re-capture the magic of Rumours.
3
Feb 28 2024
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
I'm not a rap guy but this is actually much better than 90% of rap I've heard. It was trending towards a 4 for me before it just dragged on way too long and then the homophobia was really cringe.
2
Feb 29 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Her voice is amazing, but outside of a couple highlights I found most of the arrangements to be a little plodding.
3
Mar 01 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
I liked it but it's always a little awkward when the best song on the album is a cover.
3
Mar 02 2024
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
3
Mar 03 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
It gets a 2 because of Top Gun but other than that, I've never been able to get past blues songs all having the same chord progression and bass line. I find it makes it really hard for a particular song, album, or artist to stand out and makes the majority of it forgettable.
2
Mar 04 2024
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My Generation
The Who
A common talking point about music is the opinion that a band's older music is better and fans wish they would go back to that style and make music like that again.
Apparently, that must not be true of The Who; this is just forgettable outside of the title track.
2
Mar 05 2024
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
I'm not typically a jazz fan but this was pretty good.
3
Mar 06 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Mar 07 2024
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Frusciante is good at guitar.
5
Mar 08 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Good shit
5
Mar 09 2024
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Raw Power
The Stooges
3
Mar 10 2024
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
Fast drumming!
INCOHERENT YELLING!!
Power chords!
This album is 21 minutes and 40 seconds long, or about 18 minutes and 36 seconds longer than my tolerance for it, because every song sounded the same. The only redeeming factor was the guitar; even if the riffs are simplistic, they're entertaining.
2
Mar 11 2024
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
I'm hesitant now whenever boomer pop stuff comes up on this list but I actually liked this. I'd give it a 3.5 if I could
3
Mar 12 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Crazy how much metal has evolved over the years. This sounds like a lot of other hard rock of the era, but fast forward 40 years and you're listening to some guy with neck and hand tattoos shriek his lungs up through his esophagus into your ear drums while another guy who looks ambiguously like he just walked out of either a comic book store or a gun show is going to fucking town on a 32nd note blast beat.
5
Mar 13 2024
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
An otherwise interesting album with complex and skillfully performed instrumentals is ruined by a drunk man rambling over the top of it.
2
Mar 14 2024
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
I love this list on days like today.
4
Mar 15 2024
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
You know, I thought this was gonna be a real chore after the first track. But I put it on while working and eventually settled into kind of a groove with this. It was almost like listening to a soundtrack, which I do sometimes to help me focus.
3
Mar 16 2024
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Liquid Swords
GZA
3
Mar 17 2024
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
This is far from my era or genre but Aretha makes it hard not to take notice.
4
Mar 18 2024
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Kimono My House
Sparks
This is something alright.
4
Mar 19 2024
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
I'm not very familiar with Radiohead's electronic era (I haven't listened to Kid A either outside of two songs), and I don’t normally like electronica.
That being said, something about Radiohead just resonates with me. Every album that I've heard is a transcendent, almost out-of-body experience. It just takes me to a place, a mood, a headspace that not a lot of other music can.
5
Mar 20 2024
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
I just don't care.
1
Mar 21 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
It was forgettable but I didn't hate it. The perfect 3.
3
Mar 22 2024
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Low-Life
New Order
4
Mar 23 2024
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Who you calling pinhead? I wanna be Steely Dan.
4
Mar 24 2024
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Be
Common
This list is really making me appreciate rap a lot more.
4
Mar 25 2024
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Make Yourself
Incubus
4
Mar 26 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
I started to get the feeling I was waiting too damn long for a table at an overrated, overpriced restaurant.
His voice is soothing at least.
2
Mar 27 2024
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
3
Mar 28 2024
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Homework
Daft Punk
This album really makes you feel like you're going around the world.
4
Mar 29 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
This album released during my first semester of college and I could not go anywhere without hearing Shake It Off, Blank Space, or Bad Blood. I grew sick of those songs quite quickly, but always had an appreciation for Style, Out of the Woods, and Wildest Dreams.
This is the first time I've listened to it in 10 years, so I decided to check out Taylor's Version. I was expecting to like the songs I used to like, roll my eyes at the songs I used to roll my eyes at, and get bored of it all somewhere during the bonus tracks. But Taylor's Version really elevated this from a notable but played out pop album (probably a 3.5) to a 5 for me.
The reimagined production breathes new life even into those songs I used to feel faint disdain for (just compare the toms on Bad Blood to the original). In the bonus tracks, Taylor re-embraces the chillwave influences that made Midnights an intriguing surprise a few years ago, and this section actually became a highlight for me instead of a drag.
5
Mar 30 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Mar 31 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Funky as hell.
5
Apr 01 2024
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
I'm glad I had the opportunity to listen to some sitar music. It has a very unique sound that's able to create a certain mood that traditional Western instruments can't. I found the fusion of sitar with synthesizer very interesting.
I'm not generally a fan of putting covers on an album. I love standalone covers when the new artist puts their own unique spin on it. But it feels unoriginal and a bit pandering to put them on albums, which I feel should be representative of the artist's own ideas and personality.
In this case they only served to pull me out of that mood that this album otherwise does a good job of creating.
3
Apr 02 2024
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
A few years ago I heard the singer/guitarist of one of my favorite bands, bought Jeff Buckley's guitar but I didn't even know who he was or why that was significant. Now I finally understand.
5
Apr 03 2024
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
3
Apr 04 2024
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
This is what I'm doing this challenge for. Some unique stuff I never would've found on my own.
4
Apr 05 2024
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
4
Apr 06 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
I'm not really a folk guy but this is some good shit.
4
Apr 07 2024
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B-52's
The B-52's
Funny story, I am not a huge Panic at the Disco fan but there is one particular song I like a lot from them: Nicotine. The reason I like Nicotine is because it has an absolutely killer guitar riff.
Well, after listening to this album it turns out I don't just like Nicotine, I actually like Rock Lobster, because Nicotine interpolates the guitar riff from Rock Lobster.
4
Apr 08 2024
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
I haven't been the biggest fan of electronica from this list, but I think this might be the best non-Daft Punk electronica album I've heard so far. This actually had some variety of grooves I could get into instead of the endless repetition that seems to typically plague the genre. I did get the feeling that the album overstayed its welcome by the end, but overall I found myself enjoying it.
4
Apr 09 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Music is best when it allows you to feel what the artist was feeling when they created it, and this album certainly made me feel like I was stoned and goofing off with my buddies.
4
Apr 10 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Ohhhhh fuck yeah
5
Apr 11 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
I have previously been a Miles Davis hater on here but I liked this. These songs had melody and felt like songs.
Maybe that rejection of musical conventions is what draws others to something like Bitches Brew, but that's exactly why it wasn't for me.
This was.
4
Apr 12 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Losing My Religion is the only R.E.M. song I've ever heard before this, and now I'm wondering why I never thought to check them out any of the hundreds of times I heard that song.
5
Apr 13 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I'm a blues hater but this is refreshing
4
Apr 14 2024
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Buffalo Stance was good. I was really into this for the first few tracks but I felt it kind of started to drag towards the end.
3
Apr 15 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
I've been really conflicted on electronica throughout this list. I always think there are some very interesting ideas going on, but then I always think they take those ideas and beat them into the ground, and then do it again, and again, and again.
This is one of the better electronica albums on the list, and I liked Since I Left You a lot.
3
Apr 16 2024
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
They managed to make a hip hop song a staple at every white couple's wedding reception and that is a feat in itself.
4
Apr 17 2024
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Being There
Wilco
I should be listening to more Wilco.
4
Apr 18 2024
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
3
Apr 19 2024
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Apr 20 2024
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Revolver
Beatles
4
Apr 21 2024
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
3
Apr 22 2024
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
3
Apr 23 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
4
Apr 24 2024
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
The only other artist I've heard say their own name so many times on their music is Jason Derulo. Parts of this album are Jason Derulo-tier but other parts were quite good actually.
3
Apr 25 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
Apr 26 2024
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
3
Apr 27 2024
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
3
Apr 28 2024
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Phrenology
The Roots
There were some good parts (The Seed (2.0) stands out, but it went on a little too long for me.
3
Apr 29 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
3
Apr 30 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
And it was also the night that the skeletons came to life
The bones are their money
So are the worms
They pull your hair up, but not out
To turn into a man and have another chance at life
But if they pull it out they turn to bones
5
May 01 2024
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Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
2
May 02 2024
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
2
May 03 2024
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
The album flowed very well and felt cohesive.
3
May 04 2024
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
You have to at least admire the craft and research. I grew up in Illinois and didn't even get all the references.
4
May 05 2024
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Is This It
The Strokes
I was so excited when this one popped up (although it's not the cover art I'm used to). Every single song on this album is on one or more of my Spotify playlists. The production is crisp, the performances are tight, not a moment out of place on the whole album.
As an amateur guitarist, my favorite thing about this album is the way they use the two guitars playing separate but interlocking lines to add complexity to simplistic song structures.
5
May 06 2024
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Clapton is technically impressive on this, sure, but it's musically uninteresting.
2
May 07 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
May 08 2024
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
3
May 09 2024
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
I'll admit I've only heard of Kate Bush because of Stranger Things, and while Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) is a very good song, it did not prepare me for the rest of this album, which was also very good but in different ways.
5
May 10 2024
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Shleep
Robert Wyatt
The opening track was kind of interesting but then, yeah, it devolved from there. I don't even remember much about this album at the end of the day except rolling my eyes at one point featuring a jumble of horns and thinking "great, more shitty jazz fusion no one asked for".
2
May 11 2024
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
This album carried me through training for my first marathon. I'd pump this shit into my headphones on a long run after 2 hours of podcasts. Always gave me such a huge second wind for the last 45 minutes.
RIP Chester
5
May 12 2024
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
3
May 13 2024
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En-Tact
The Shamen
I've been an Electronica hater on here but I actually liked this one. It's not as plodding and repetitive as other albums in the genre I've heard. It was pretty groovy.
4
May 14 2024
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London Calling
The Clash
Modern punk is very hit or miss with me, but man apparently I love the roots.
5
May 15 2024
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
3
May 16 2024
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
The most generic, smack dab average album I've ever heard. The absolute definition of a 3. I thought about giving it a 2 for lacking originality but I didn't hate it. I was just apathetic.
3
May 17 2024
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High Violet
The National
4
May 18 2024
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The Band
The Band
3
May 19 2024
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
This list is making me realize I like Indian music.
4
May 20 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
This album has never transcended to "masterpiece" in the way some other Radiohead albums have for me, but I still have no complaints.
2+2=5, There There, and A Wolf At The Door rank among the highlights of Radiohead's discography.
5
May 21 2024
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Parklife
Blur
I've been lighter on britpop than a lot of people seem to be on here but maybe I'm starting to get fatigued. This just didn't interest me at all.
2
May 22 2024
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
This album is a lot like a ride on the actual Chicago Transit Authority: it takes too long and has some garbage in it (Free Form Guitar).
2
May 23 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
May 24 2024
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Purple Rain
Prince
4
May 25 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
Pleasantly surprised.
4
May 26 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
My dad's favorite album of all time.
5
May 27 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Pyramids fucking slaps dude what
5
May 28 2024
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
May 29 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
0 3 5
0 3 6 5
0 3 5
3 0
4
May 30 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
My discovery of Joy Division was a coincidence that came by way of two different bands, and came way too late in my life.
There's a song I used to hear on the local alt station when I was young called "Let's Dance to Joy Division" by The Wombats. I liked it but never stopped to ask "what the fuck's a Joy Division?"
About a decade later in 2020, Third Eye Blind, who I discovered on the same radio station, released a song called "Disorder", and I LOVED it. I put it on all the playlists I made that year.
I kid you not, I listened to that song for a whole year without knowing it was a cover. Then one Monday in 2021, I booted up Spotify's Discover Weekly playlist and heard a familiar bassline.
"There's a WHOLE BAND with more music like this?"
"This band is what the Wombats have been talking about??"
I listened to this album and loved every melancholic minute of it.
5
May 31 2024
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
An easy way to identify whether an artist sucks is if they shout their own name in any of their songs.
1
Jun 01 2024
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Music good, lyrics bad
3
Jun 02 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
There's one good song, there's some generic blues-y slog, and there's one extremely annoying song (Dear Doctor).
3 instead of 2 because Sympathy for the Devil is legitimately very good.
3
Jun 03 2024
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Whoever did the mixing had the chance to make this an actually good album by just turning the volume on the vocal tracks all the way down.
1
Jun 04 2024
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Yeah boiiiiiii origin story
4
Jun 05 2024
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
Jun 06 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Keep on chooglin' y'all
4
Jun 07 2024
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
I'm not usually a folk guy but Fred must've caught me in the right mood, or just drew me in with that smooth voice.
4
Jun 08 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
In this case, there is a strong negative correlation between the quality of the music and the quality of the person who made the music.
5
Jun 09 2024
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
2
Jun 10 2024
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Kala
M.I.A.
M.I.A. walks a VERY fine line between annoying and intriguing. It sounds like something I should hate but her music just fascinates me.
4
Jun 11 2024
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
As a certified blues hater, this is by far the best blues album on the list so far.
4
Jun 12 2024
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Live!
Fela Kuti
I listened to this while rearranging furniture in my apartment. It gave me superhuman lifting ability.
4
Jun 13 2024
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
3
3
Jun 14 2024
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Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
2m
2
Jun 15 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jun 16 2024
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
I thought this was really interesting. Haven't heard a lot of music like this before.
4
Jun 17 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
4
Jun 18 2024
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1999
Prince
I started out enjoying it but my rating just kept dropping as it went on. Every song was too long, too same-y, and too horny.
A word of advice to all musicians everywhere from now until the end of time: never put actual sex noises in your songs ever. I guarantee your audience who's probably just listening while debugging some code at work is not as horny as you were when you recorded the song.
2
Jun 19 2024
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OK
Talvin Singh
This...honestly kinda slaps. Damn
4
Jun 20 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
You know, I hated this at first but then I started pretending I was listening to video game boss music and it got a lot better.
3
Jun 21 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
This was surprisingly interesting. I found myself vibing with it all the way through, it just grew on me track after track.
5
Jun 22 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
Super surprised by this. Big Florence and the Machine vibes.
5
Jun 23 2024
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
There's a lot of good music out there to discover. I ain't got time to finish this.
1
Jun 24 2024
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Follow The Leader
Korn
I have Freak On A Leash on my workout playlist so I thought I might like this, but that song basically took the best things about the album and distilled them into one decent song.
The rest of the songs all blur together and there are way too many slow interlude-y parts with just drum and bass and weird synthesizer in the middle of otherwise heavy songs that break the flow.
I do appreciate the metal take on scatting, it's weird and I love it.
3
Jun 25 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Jun 26 2024
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
If I went to this show in real life I would be bored as hell. Instead I listened to a fake show, by myself, so I was somehow even more bored than bored as hell.
1
Jun 27 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
4
Jun 28 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
I've never given Elton John a fair shake beyond his mega-hits. Damn. Sorry.
5
Jun 29 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
Jun 30 2024
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Offbrand Beatles, don't really understand what impact this had on music history to make the list.
2
Jul 01 2024
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The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Very conflicting. I liked the overall vibe and the instrumentals were good. The vocals were sometimes interesting and sometimes grating. Made me feel something at least.
3
Jul 02 2024
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
These classic rock live albums never sit well with me. They always just feel like a circlejerk. \"Look how good I am at playing my instrument!\" Okay, but can you play music on it that doesn't bore me to tears?
Smoke on the Water was good but there's also a track that's basically just a 9 minute drum solo and then a track where the singer tries to mimic his guitarist which was basically just 5 minutes of screeching.
1
Jul 03 2024
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
The reputation as one of the best albums of all time is not undeserved.
5
Jul 04 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kiedis can be cringey but I would listen to an 8 year old singing songs about Fortnite if John Frusciante played guitar on the track. This album has a nice blend of galloping funk riffs and the beginnings of virtuosic solo ability he would become renowned for when he returned to the band for Californication and beyond.
5
Jul 05 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
5
Jul 06 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Jul 07 2024
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Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
2
Jul 08 2024
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
I like the energy on this despite at times feeling like I was too white to be allowed to listen to it.
4
Jul 09 2024
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
That harmonica will haunt my dreams tonight.
1
Jul 10 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
3
Jul 11 2024
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
3
Jul 12 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
3
Jul 13 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Like listening to shopping mall Christmas music.
2
Jul 14 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
I've never been to Iceland but now I know what's it like to get stoned there.
5
Jul 15 2024
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Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
I'm genuinely bewildered how I've lived most of my life with alternative/indie rock as my self-proclaimed favorite genre and never encountered these guys on the radio, Spotify, YouTube, etc. The algorithm let me down.
5
Jul 16 2024
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
4
Jul 17 2024
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
3
Jul 18 2024
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
The first song was good and had me thinking I was in for a King Gizzard-style ride. The rest was tedious.
I appreciated Bomb Yourself's shoutout to Japanese video game franchise Final Fantasy. Nobuo Uematsu would be proud.
2
Jul 19 2024
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
This man has the absolute most British voice I've ever heard. That's not why I rated it a 2 though, I just didn't like it.
2
Jul 20 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
I dunno shit about Eurovision, but thank you Europe for bringing us ABBA.
5
Jul 21 2024
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
4
Jul 22 2024
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The Specials
The Specials
3
Jul 23 2024
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The Cars
The Cars
4
Jul 24 2024
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
This surprisingly slapped.
5
Jul 25 2024
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
Jul 26 2024
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Goo
Sonic Youth
Was it interesting? Very. Did I like it? I still don't know.
4
Jul 27 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
Jul 28 2024
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
3
Jul 29 2024
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
3
Jul 30 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Man if I'd heard this when I was really into alternative rock in high school it would've been my entire personality.
5
Jul 31 2024
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
4
Aug 01 2024
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Elastica
Elastica
3
Aug 02 2024
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
Aug 03 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
5
Aug 04 2024
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The Stooges
The Stooges
This album started out with a bang on the first two songs but then followed it up with 10 minutes of the most inane bullshit I've ever heard. It never quite picked back up from there
3
Aug 05 2024
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
This entire album sounds like someone's first session with a new synth VST just playing around with all the presets.
2
Aug 06 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
Aug 07 2024
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Eagles
Eagles
4
Aug 08 2024
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
4
Aug 09 2024
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
4
Aug 10 2024
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
4
Aug 11 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Eh.
2
Aug 12 2024
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
2
Aug 13 2024
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2
Aug 14 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
3
Aug 15 2024
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
I appreciate what this man did for Toy Story but this album was kind of boring. Also, why is a guy from Los Angeles obsessed with singing about Ohio?
2
Aug 16 2024
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Forever Changes
Love
2
Aug 17 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Aug 18 2024
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
3
Aug 19 2024
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Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Tedious.
2
Aug 20 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
Aug 21 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
I have been trapped in this elevator for 68 minutes. Please send help.
1
Aug 22 2024
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
3
Aug 23 2024
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
2
Aug 24 2024
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Kid A
Radiohead
I fell in love with rock Radiohead after hearing OK Computer in full about a year ago. The Bends is my favorite Radiohead album and I think In Rainbows is nearly perfect.
I've never really understood electronic Radiohead.
It's taken me a long time and multiple attempts to get into this album. I have a few songs on I liked but never liked it as a full experience, but it's starting to click on this listen.
That being said, How to Disappear Completely is still the clear standout. It's a beautiful, beautiful song and I think it's Radiohead's magnum opus.
5
Aug 25 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
I'll admit I judged an album by its cover. I saw the genre, saw that it was a live album, and was preparing for a lot of eye rolling.
But this was good. It really put into focus mode for getting some work done.
4
Aug 26 2024
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
I have a theory that every band/artist who says their own name at any point in their lyrics does not make good music. Exhibit A: DJ Khaled. Exhibit B: Limp Bizkit (Getcha Groove On).
2
Aug 27 2024
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Blur
Blur
3
Aug 28 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
3
Aug 29 2024
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The Real Thing
Faith No More
3
Aug 30 2024
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
A few months ago my dad gave me remnants of his record collection and I started listening in alphabetical order. And so it came to be that Aerosmith's Toys In The Attic was the first album I ever listened to on vinyl.
It was a lot more bluesy than I expected. I usually don't like blues rock but it worked really well here blended in a hard rock context.
4
Aug 31 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
I cannot listen to Johnny Cash without thinking of I Think You Should Leave.
The bones are their moneyyyy
So are the woooorms
5
Sep 01 2024
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Protection
Massive Attack
There have been a couple trip hop albums on this list (Massive Attack, Portishead), and that's a new genre I had never heard of, but I gotta say I like all of what I'm hearing.
5
Sep 02 2024
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Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
I'm pretty sure I could've recorded this album and sounded better.
1
Sep 03 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Sep 04 2024
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Top tier prog rock. Love the use of "glitchy" sound effects in instrumental sections.
5
Sep 05 2024
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
Are Canadians even allowed to make country music?
2
Sep 06 2024
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
3
Sep 07 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
3
Sep 08 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Kinda vibed with this one tbh
4
Sep 09 2024
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
B U M B A B A B U M B A Y A B A Y A
2
Sep 10 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
This feels blasphemous but it's a liiiiitle bit bloated. I felt like the highlights were REALLY good but a lot of the deep cuts were forgettable, so it doesn't work quite as well as a whole.
4
Sep 11 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
Sep 12 2024
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
Extremely boring. It all kind of blurs together, I'm not even sure I could identify when one song ended and another began.
2
Sep 13 2024
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
2
Sep 14 2024
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
4
Sep 15 2024
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
5
Sep 16 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
I just don't like jazz.
2
Sep 17 2024
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Ramones
Ramones
DA BLITZKRIEG BOP
5
Sep 18 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
4
Sep 19 2024
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix is the GOAT
4
Sep 20 2024
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Dust
Screaming Trees
4
Sep 21 2024
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Van Halen
Van Halen
This album has it all: the brown sound, Eruption, Runnin' with the Devil was my go to Guitar Hero song as a kid, Ain't Talkin' Bout Love is one of my favorite classic rock songs as an adult.
I got to see Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstrat in the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Definitely cooler than Captain America's shield or Dorothy's red shoes for me.
5
Sep 22 2024
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Sulk
The Associates
I hated the vocals most of the time but the instrumentals were really good most of the time.
3
Sep 23 2024
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
The indiest of indie rock. Shout out to Chicago's corncobs
5
Sep 24 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
2
Sep 25 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Way too long for bang average dad rock. The first half of Layla is the only standout and even that song drags on too long.
2
Sep 26 2024
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
4
Sep 27 2024
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
I've been very on the fence with electronic music on this list. This is the first one that feels like a breath of fresh air in the genre, blending electronica with indie rock vibes and vocals. This album was just really fun the whole way through.
5
Sep 28 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Sep 29 2024
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
3
Sep 30 2024
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
I tried to stick it out but then I saw I was less than halfway through
1
Oct 01 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Incredible voice. Just a pleasantly relaxing album.
5
Oct 02 2024
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Hms Fable
Shack
"Mom, can we listen to Oasis?"
"No, we have Oasis at home."
Oasis at home:
2
Oct 03 2024
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Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
I would've spent the whole time trying to put myself in the headspace of someone who would record this and say "Ja, das ist das Vermächtnis, das ich dieser Welt hinterlassen möchte" ("yup, this is the legacy I want to leave on this world") but I was too distracted by the nails scraping on chalkboards inside my head.
1
Oct 04 2024
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
3
Oct 05 2024
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
This was so good. Seamlessly blending genres, flowing from track to track with ease, this was an introspective, relaxing experience.
Parts of it remind me of an extremely polished version of John Frusciante's solo work, which I love.
5
Oct 06 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Mind-numbingly boring most of the time, excruciatingly painful to the ears at others (I had to turn the volume waaaay down during some literal screeching from a trumpet at one point).
1
Oct 07 2024
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
All I did was look at the cover art and suddenly James Hetfield was in my living room yelling "DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME"
5
Oct 08 2024
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
4
Oct 09 2024
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Debut
Björk
This is absolutely amazing.
I now understand why Mitski is one of the only trendy pop artists I Iike. The influence on modern "experimental" pop is so clear. Can't wait to get more Björk on this list.
5
Oct 10 2024
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
3
Oct 11 2024
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
4
Oct 12 2024
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C'est Chic
CHIC
I had a theory that any artist who chants or shouts their own name in any of their songs makes bad music.
This album tested that theory. Overall I enjoyed it but it's not without flaws. The guitar and bass were both grooves hell but a lot of the songs got very repetitive.
3
Oct 13 2024
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Close To The Edge
Yes
Siberian Khatru slapped
4
Oct 14 2024
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
4
Oct 15 2024
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Tommy
The Who
Pinball Wizard is kind of fun. The rest is long and not that interesting.
3
Oct 16 2024
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Classic country isn't that bad tbh
3
Oct 17 2024
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
3
Oct 18 2024
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
God I wish I were that duck right now
1
Oct 19 2024
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War
U2
4
Oct 20 2024
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
4
Oct 21 2024
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Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
4
Oct 22 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
4
Oct 23 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
4
Oct 24 2024
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Wannabe Beatles
2
Oct 25 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Despite the cringiest title imaginable, I kinda liked this. Some real swamp-rock-Zeppelin vibes
4
Oct 26 2024
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Not my favorite album by The Smiths but I can't give them any less than a 4
4
Oct 27 2024
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
3
Oct 28 2024
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
Oct 29 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
Oct 30 2024
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
2
Oct 31 2024
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Soul Mining
The The
Can't decide what's better, the music or the name of the band
5