Jan 02 2023
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Good musically just not my thing, will try some of his other songs at some point
3
Jan 03 2023
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
4
Jan 04 2023
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Gets progressively better (less folky) but not my thing. Opener and closer the highlights
3
Jan 05 2023
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Building steam and midnight good songs
3
Jan 06 2023
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
James brown is good and worth a listen but this album is a pain to listen to as half of it is screaming fans.
Enjoyed lost someone but it seems to be the only version of that song. He has 4 different songs called lost someone.
2
Jan 09 2023
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Blues chords and catchy chorus’.
Not much else going on don’t really get the hype.
2
Jan 10 2023
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The Who Sell Out
The Who
Don’t get it at all, massively bland
1
Jan 11 2023
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Elevator music
2
Jan 12 2023
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Some good songs but a little raw for me, reminds me in patches of early cage the elephant
3
Jan 13 2023
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Queen II
Queen
Brilliant album, proper talents and fantastic production for its time
4
Jan 16 2023
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Decent but not my thing
3
Jan 17 2023
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Alright but heavily influenced by better bands of the time
3
Jan 18 2023
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Woodface
Crowded House
Starts off sounding like REM ends up sounding like Travis, weak second half of the album
3
Jan 19 2023
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Just plain weird
2
Jan 20 2023
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Surprisingly easy to listen to, might give it a second listen but the middle of the album was forgettable
3
Jan 23 2023
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Phrenology
The Roots
Not my jam but the seed is a great tune
3
Jan 24 2023
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Great musicians
3
Jan 25 2023
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Medúlla
Björk
A bit too experimental for me
3
Jan 26 2023
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Some good tunes, like their energy. A great album.
4
Jan 27 2023
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Some good funk, they won’t go when I go is a great little interlude
3
Jan 30 2023
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Fine
3
Jan 31 2023
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Decent album, something a bit different 3.5, family tree is great
3
Feb 01 2023
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Couple of decent tunes but a lot of it droned on
3
Feb 02 2023
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
The instrumentals are decent but he’s not much of a vocalist
3
Feb 03 2023
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
My expectations were low and I’m still disappointed
2
Feb 06 2023
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Crap
2
Feb 07 2023
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Drunk
Thundercat
Not my style
3
Feb 09 2023
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On The Beach
Neil Young
Not my genre but liked a fair bit of it, best song revolution blues
4
Feb 10 2023
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
Nice album, shades of portishead
4
Feb 13 2023
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Solid 3.5, much prefer it to other albums of its time
3
Feb 14 2023
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Me Against The World
2Pac
Not for me
2
Feb 15 2023
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En-Tact
The Shamen
Dross
1
Feb 16 2023
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
All about showing off his vocals, some of its ok
3
Feb 17 2023
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
One dimensional, same tone rapping over the same beats
2
Feb 20 2023
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
Just classic Neil Young, he’s good. alberqueque and the album closer are the highlights
4
Feb 21 2023
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Close To You
Carpenters
Fine, basically the mamas and papas again
3
Feb 22 2023
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Weird covers, drags on in the middle
2
Feb 23 2023
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Very good music just not something I’d listen to
4
Feb 24 2023
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Stankonia
OutKast
Pretty fresh but fades massively, gasoline dreams and ms Jackson are great
3
Feb 27 2023
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
More folky than I expected, not really for me
3
Feb 28 2023
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
It’s one of the best
5
Mar 01 2023
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
A man shouting over frantic drum beats and guitar fills for an hour and a half, couldn’t finish it
2
Mar 02 2023
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Brilliant, 4.5.
4
Mar 03 2023
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Great album, more blues inspired than I thought it would be. Brown sugar, sway, wild horses and can’t you hear me knocking are brilliant. 4.5
4
Mar 06 2023
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
Too folky for me
2
Mar 07 2023
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Nothing original, soulless
2
Mar 08 2023
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Better than expected but country isn’t really my thing
3
Mar 09 2023
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
Not for me
2
Mar 10 2023
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Didn’t expect the hip hop and reggae influences, couple of good songs though
3
Mar 13 2023
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Really good, fades a bit in the middle, great blues album
4
Mar 14 2023
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Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Once you’ve heard the first song on the album you’ve heard the whole album
2
Mar 15 2023
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Nah
1
Mar 17 2023
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Bossanova
Pixies
Decent, the happening is the best, quite like dig for fire and is she weird
3
Mar 20 2023
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Dookie
Green Day
Brilliant, 4.5
4
Mar 21 2023
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Hit and miss, some real talent in there and I admire the freedom and creativity
3
Mar 22 2023
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
Drags on a lot, most songs are a couple of minutes too long
2
Mar 23 2023
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Interesting but some of it is too lacking in melodies/structure,
Some good tracks and worth a relisten though
3
Mar 24 2023
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Absolutely brilliant, will re-listen again and again.
4
Mar 27 2023
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My Generation
The Who
Bland
2
Mar 28 2023
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Solid enough blues album but won’t be listening again
3
Mar 29 2023
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Good, needs a relisten with full headphones
3
Mar 30 2023
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NEU! 75
Neu!
Second half much more listenable and lively than the first but still lacks edge
3
Mar 31 2023
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Decent blues album, better than expected, Maggie May and that’s all right are the highlights
3
Apr 03 2023
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1989
Taylor Swift
Good pop
3
Apr 04 2023
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Pretty uninspiring really
2
Apr 05 2023
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Nice, but didn’t do a lot for me
3
Apr 06 2023
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Risque
CHIC
Liked the vibe, good funk but the songs just dragged on for too long and lost their focus
3
Apr 07 2023
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Need another listen to really get it
3
Apr 10 2023
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Not bad at all
3
Apr 11 2023
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Ramones
Ramones
Completely unoriginal and bland, like listening to the same song on loop
1
Apr 12 2023
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Abbey Road
Beatles
Much better than sgt pepper
4
Apr 13 2023
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
A little bland, some decent tunes though
3
Apr 14 2023
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Some interesting sounds but every song is 3 minutes too long, you need to be on some kind of mind altering substance to enjoy it
3
Apr 17 2023
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Incel anthems described as teenage angst, good music, bad vibes
3
Apr 18 2023
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Really good, massive Bowie influences 3.5
3
Apr 19 2023
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Did not rate this at all
2
Apr 20 2023
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
I’m clearly not intelligent to get this, give me some melodies please
2
Apr 21 2023
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Funky but not my thing
2
Apr 24 2023
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Marquee Moon
Television
None of it really stood out
2
Apr 25 2023
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Very well polished album just lacks a little edge in places
3
Apr 26 2023
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Slight dip in the middle but very very good album
4
Apr 27 2023
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Mask
Bauhaus
Interesting, probably worth another listen
3
Apr 28 2023
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
A bit too soft and slow for me
3
May 01 2023
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Some great songs but a touch one dimensional
3
May 02 2023
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Good stuff probably needs a second listen
3
May 03 2023
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Some great songs in here but half of the album is annoyingly whiny
3
May 04 2023
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Horses
Patti Smith
Some good songs, definitely influenced a lot of bands
3
May 08 2023
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
Didn’t feel cohesive as an album but some good songs, relisten needed
3
May 10 2023
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Orbital 2
Orbital
Dull, not for me
2
May 11 2023
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Really liked the first half of this surprisingly, will listen to more of his stuff for sure, 3.5
4
May 12 2023
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Bland, not sure what this offers compared to say Dolly Parton
2
May 15 2023
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Great stuff from a great man, grows with every listen
4
May 16 2023
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
This list doesn’t need more than one Leonard cohen album, utterly bland
2
May 17 2023
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Bland, didn’t do anything for me
2
May 18 2023
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Good but nothing sticks long in the memory
3
May 19 2023
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Not nearly as good as pranoid
3
May 22 2023
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1984
Van Halen
Not really my thing, feels a bit like a novelty act
3
May 23 2023
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Raw Power
The Stooges
2
May 24 2023
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Maybe I had to be a teenager in the 80s to love this
2
May 25 2023
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Some interesting melodies and decent background music
3
May 26 2023
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Much better than I thought, just not my thing
3
May 29 2023
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Not for me, decent though
3
May 30 2023
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Some good tunes in here but half of it is bland and similar to others in the genre
3
May 31 2023
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Disintegration
The Cure
Not my favourite cure album, lacks focus
3
Jun 01 2023
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Microshift
Hookworms
Really enjoyed this, shame about the lead singer being a rotter
4
Jun 02 2023
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
Overhyped? Maybe, but still musically very good with great production
4
Jun 05 2023
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Lacks a bit of originality and spark for me
3
Jun 06 2023
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
Really didn’t engage with this
2
Jun 07 2023
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
Perfectly listenable, just wouldn’t choose to listen to it again
3
Jun 08 2023
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
A bit like early Beatles without the charm
3
Jun 09 2023
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Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Didn’t really get on with this, nothing stood out
2
Jun 12 2023
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
Solid writing, needs a relisten
3
Jun 13 2023
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Did not listen
1
Jun 14 2023
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
Some really nice tunes here, will listen to more
3
Jun 15 2023
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
Not really sure what this was
2
Jun 16 2023
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Ten
Pearl Jam
A bit too heavy for me, but it was fine
3