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Fri Dec 09 2022
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Noisy. Good. A couple of really good songs.
4 out of 5.
4
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Sat Dec 10 2022
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Ok. Nothing stood out. Feel like Elvis would be a lot better live than on record.
2
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Mon Dec 12 2022
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
Not my usual thing but clearly fantastic. Like sitting with the most interesting stranger you've met in a bar of late night cafe. A collection of stories really.
5
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Tue Dec 13 2022
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Brilliant. Great lyrics, funny, wry.
4
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Wed Dec 14 2022
Cross
Justice
Ok. Not my thing.
2
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Thu Dec 15 2022
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Somehow less than the sum of its parts. Not memorable to me.
2
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Fri Dec 16 2022
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Even better than I remember it.
5
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Sat Dec 17 2022
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Loved it actually. Sounds like the sun and good food.
4
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Mon Dec 19 2022
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Not a huge fan. Noisy but I didn't get excited by it.
2
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Tue Dec 20 2022
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Every song sounds brand new. Catchy, edgy, cool.
5
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Wed Dec 21 2022
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
3
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Thu Dec 22 2022
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3 to a 4 just for Stay.
4
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Fri Dec 23 2022
Abraxas
Santana
Not memorable.
2
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Sat Dec 24 2022
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
3
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Sun Dec 25 2022
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Interesting and raw but not really a great album.
2
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Tue Dec 27 2022
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Brilliant. Colourful, positive, clever, inspiring. Can hear they must have been an influence on Outkast.
5
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Wed Dec 28 2022
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Clever and interesting but just lacks good tunes. The last three tracks are really good (Stay Hungry, Take Me to the River and The Big Country) because they have actual melodies. Too much filler in the rest though.
2
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Thu Dec 29 2022
Let It Be
The Replacements
I very nearly loved this. Tight band, singer has a great voice and there are *nearly" some great tunes. I think if I'd discovered this in the early 2000s when The Strokes etc were big it would be part of my canon. As it is only really good because the melodies just aren't quite there. Checked this by listening to Is This It after which I'm sure is a better album.
3
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Fri Dec 30 2022
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Goin Back is a good song. The rest is pretty boring.
2
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Sat Dec 31 2022
25
Adele
Overproduced and boring. I expected it to be better.
1
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Sun Jan 01 2023
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
Perfect running music. Will go back to this a lot.
4
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Tue Jan 03 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
Pleasant enough. Forgettable.
2
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Wed Jan 04 2023
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Fine. Perfectly pleasant with a nice atmosphere but nothing that stood out and made me really pay attention.
2
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Thu Jan 05 2023
Suede
Suede
This was good. Lots that still sounds really fresh and the band is so tight. There is some samey filler and was erring towards 3 but the last track pushed it to 4 for me. Would relisten.
4
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Fri Jan 06 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Liked this more than I expected to. It's poetry to music but LCs voice cracks and whispers and points towards the suggestion of great melody. Easy to see why he's been covered so much.
4
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Sat Jan 07 2023
GREY Area
Little Simz
Pretty boring. Most interesting when it's most personal. Won't listen to this again. One track I think was ok.
2
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Sun Jan 08 2023
Bummed
Happy Mondays
Solid 3. Interesting and original and still sounds fun but lots of songs samey.
3
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Mon Jan 09 2023
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Yeah really good. Some great tunes and full of attitude. Could hear the ancestral DNA of so many bands in this too: RHCP, Vines, Hives, The Strokes, The Libertines.
Great but not quite 5/5 as some songs too samey.
4
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Tue Jan 10 2023
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
4
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Wed Jan 11 2023
Virgin Suicides
Air
3
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Thu Jan 12 2023
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Pretty. Boring.
Pretty boring.
2
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Fri Jan 13 2023
British Steel
Judas Priest
4
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Sat Jan 14 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Grew and grew on me. It's not my usual thing but every song seems to get better and better the more you listen to it. It's also so technically brilliant. Loved it.
5
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Sun Jan 15 2023
Violator
Depeche Mode
4
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Mon Jan 16 2023
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Found this unlistenable. Get it might be ,really innovative, creative etc but not for me.
1
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Tue Jan 17 2023
Vivid
Living Colour
Like an exemplar for 3! Pleasant enough, good fun, some good memorable tunes but never really lifts off.
3
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Wed Jan 18 2023
Achtung Baby
U2
4
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Thu Jan 19 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bounces along pleasantly enough.
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Closer
Joy Division
Interesting and I can see why important but not enough distinct songs to get over three.
Obvs huge influence on loads of other bands. Ian Curtis sounds like singer from Editors.
3
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Like A Prayer
Madonna
4
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Nice enough with a couple of songs I'd listen to again but all just a bit too twinkly and light to get better than 3.
3
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Different Class
Pulp
5. Obviously.
5
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Aja
Steely Dan
Boring. Really boring.
2
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Loved it. Would have been five if a little shorter with some of the samey filler tracks cut out. Anyday is an exceptional song. Made for listening to while driving into a desert sunrise.
4
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Thu Jan 26 2023
The Rise & Fall
Madness
I expected to like this a lot more than I did. Our House is fun and the whole album bounces along with some neat nostalgic lyrics.
But somehow it never really turned into anything much more.
2
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
Unremarkable. Some neat production and listenable but no songs I'd ever play again or remember. Can't see how it deserves a place on 1001 best albums but not offensive.
2
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
My favourite ever album. I deliberately avoid it most of time to stop if feeling familiar so this was a treat. Every song is brilliant. And as always struck by just how heavy they were, how good the musicianship was and the clarity of Kurt's diction. My archetype 5/5.
5
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
I get this is fun and in the summer for a barbecue it might be good. But it's long and pretty smaey. And while I don't want to be a prude some of the lyrics are jarring.
2
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Not what I expected at all and really liked it. I don't know what genre it is. Glam?
3
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
A hard sort to review as I know I just like this blues country rock genre. Going for 3 as I enjoyed it all the way through and a couple of hooks stood out but not higher as felt no urge to listen to any of them again.
3
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Thu Feb 02 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
Really liked this. Important and excellent. Can hear so much of what came later in it.
Cars.
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
I get this is important. I can hear the influence it had on other stuff. But the stuff that came after is just.. better.
2
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Sat Feb 04 2023
The Score
Fugees
3
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
2
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Mon Feb 06 2023
My Generation
The Who
4
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
An entirely different album when listened to on headphones. I'll return to this. Maybe beginning to get the people who reckon Radiohead better after OK Computer are coming from at least.
3
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music
2
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
First time I've listened to an Arcade Fire album since the revelations about Win Butler.
Has really changed how I hear them. The songs are great but the emotional response I had to them has gone.
Really sad about it.
2
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Had never listened to this all the way through before. BiUSA had me thinking this would be a 5 but then it dipper for a bit with some filler. Then it hits Bobby Jean and into Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark and My Hometown. Can't think of any other album that finishes as strongly.
Best song Bobby Jean.
4
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Loud and shouty. Couldn't find a tune. Gave up it half way through.
1
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
3
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Tue Feb 14 2023
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Brilliant. Sort of heavy but also really beautiful. Loved every song and listened to in repeat the whole day. I just wish it had been longer!
5
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
The same song 12 times. But a really good song so that's fine.
3
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Mostly dull.
2
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Fri Feb 17 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Just don't like jazz that much.
2
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Sat Feb 18 2023
Dust
Screaming Trees
3
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Sun Feb 19 2023
Da Capo
Love
Twiddly and fiddly and twee and long.
Was glad when it was over. I don't like psychodelic rock.
2
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Mon Feb 20 2023
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
Gloriously silly. Jesus built my hotrod the most fun think I've listened to in ages. Loved it! Some songs too samey for five but may be unfair as suspect in this genre that's part of the point.
4
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Tue Feb 21 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
Not as good as I remember. Some real classics but mixed in with a fair bit of filler designed to deliberately make it less appealing than nevermind.
4
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
Pleasant enough. People who like this sort of thing probably rated it higher.
3
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
So bored of psychodelic 60s rock.
Pleasant enough but.. boring.
2
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Sat Feb 25 2023
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
A mixture of Enya and The Cranberries. This sounds damning but I *loved* it. The first time on this I've heard and album on this I'd not heard before and played it on repeat all day. Best songs, Wolf in the Breast, Iceblink Luck and the standout Heaven or Las Vegas.
5
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Smile
Brian Wilson
2
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
3
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Very dull.
2
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Wed Mar 01 2023
The Doors
The Doors
4
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
2
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Sat Mar 04 2023
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
Would have been a five if the songs were all 2 minutes shorter.
4
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Sun Mar 05 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
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Mon Mar 06 2023
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
3
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Almost Cut My Hair
3
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Make Yourself
Incubus
Awful. I tried to give this a fair shot by listening to every song, but midway through each I skipped to the next because I found bear it. Then I spent the first half of the next song wondering if the one after could be even worse. Dreadful.
1
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Sat Mar 11 2023
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
3
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Sun Mar 12 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
Listened to it while gently pottering around tidying the house on a Sunday afternoon. It was perfectly fine for that.
3
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Boston
Boston
2
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
I'd give this a 3.5 if I could but have gone for 3. It's samey but also the sort of album with songs on that you meet at certain important points of your life and your life feels a film with a soundtrack.
3
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
2
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Thu Mar 16 2023
The Clash
The Clash
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
2
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Sat Mar 18 2023
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
2
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Kala
M.I.A.
4
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Paris 1919
John Cale
3
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
3
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Sun Mar 26 2023
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
1
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Ew.
1
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Odelay
Beck
2
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Wed Mar 29 2023
The Man Who
Travis
4
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
4
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
3
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Sat Apr 01 2023
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4
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Sun Apr 02 2023
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
3
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
3
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
1
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Thu Apr 06 2023
I Should Coco
Supergrass
4
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Chris
Christine and the Queens
4
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Sat Apr 08 2023
Stardust
Willie Nelson
2
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Sun Apr 09 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
3
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
3
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Being There
Wilco
4
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
4
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Thu Apr 13 2023
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
2
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
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Sat Apr 15 2023
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
3
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Sun Apr 16 2023
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
4
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Mon Apr 17 2023
A Northern Soul
The Verve
4
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
4
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Wed Apr 19 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Tical
Method Man
2
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Fri Apr 21 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
4
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Sat Apr 22 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
2
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Sun Apr 23 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
3
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
3
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
4
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Slipknot
Slipknot
1
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
2
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Fri Apr 28 2023
Revolver
Beatles
3
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Sat Apr 29 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
3
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Sun Apr 30 2023
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
4
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Mon May 01 2023
Pretenders
Pretenders
3
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Tue May 02 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
2
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Wed May 03 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
2
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Thu May 04 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
3
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Fri May 05 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
3
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Sat May 06 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
3
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Sun May 07 2023
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
3
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Mon May 08 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
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Tue May 09 2023
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
3
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Wed May 10 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
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Thu May 11 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
3
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Fri May 12 2023
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
2
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Sat May 13 2023
Technique
New Order
3
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Sun May 14 2023
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
3
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Mon May 15 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
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Tue May 16 2023
Marquee Moon
Television
5
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Wed May 17 2023
Snivilisation
Orbital
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
2
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Fri May 19 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
3
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Sat May 20 2023
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
2
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Sun May 21 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
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Mon May 22 2023
Sea Change
Beck
3
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Tue May 23 2023
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
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Wed May 24 2023
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
3
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Thu May 25 2023
Nixon
Lambchop
2
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Fri May 26 2023
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
3
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Sat May 27 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
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Tue May 30 2023
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
5
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Wed May 31 2023
Is This It
The Strokes
5
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
3
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5