Jan 02 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4
Jan 03 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Good album but only hints at the great things that are to come from all the iterations of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. A lot of elements on this album are repeated to greater effect on later projects. I recognize this is not judging the work on its own terms, but I can’t forget the existence of the other works and I can’t I hear the things in their later, more refined and capable form.
3
Jan 04 2023
Live Through This
Hole
Competent, by the numbers. You know, like Uptown jazz.
2
Jan 05 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
I have spent a lot of time with this album in my life. Like others we’ve heard so far, this is good but only hints at how good his later work becomes.
4
Jan 06 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Superstitious is one of my favorite songs.
4
Jan 07 2023
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Jan 08 2023
The Bends
Radiohead
5
Jan 09 2023
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
The shtick gets old and this one sags in the middle. “Underbelly” is great and refreshing near the end but not enough to make up for the previous 4 or 5 tunes straight with no perceptible shift in tone.
2
Jan 10 2023
Pink Flag
Wire
It struck me how meticulously clean the drums were.
3
Jan 11 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
Dead serious. 3 stars. It’s competent and, as a Beatles fan, I love the shuffle-beat skiffle of their roots. But this s not why we love the Beatles. It isn’t why they’re iconic and it doesn’t merit being on the list of 1001 albums I need to hear.
3
Jan 12 2023
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
There’s a weird association in my head between Bragg and Robyn Hitchcock, which is strange because I listened to Hitchcock in High School and I didn’t discover Bragg until my 20s. Now, though, when I hear either I think of the other.
3
Jan 13 2023
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
I tried to like it. I really did. And any one of those songs is fine. Good, even. But, man that album felt like a slog to me. There’s just so much of it. And every song is not as [adjective] as [contemporary reference band].
2
Jan 14 2023
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
5
Jan 15 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
Like, it’s fine. This is probably the Apex of Green Day.
3
Jan 16 2023
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Almost called a 4.
3
Jan 17 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
3
Jan 18 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
I don’t have Fatboy Slim nostalgia goggles?
4
Jan 19 2023
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Really liked what was going on here. Title track was fantastic. Might be gimmicky? I might not care.
4
Jan 20 2023
The Clash
The Clash
3
Jan 21 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
I think I didn’t understand what Janelle Monáe was, before.
4
Jan 22 2023
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
Probably guilty of things I’ve marked other albums down for. Don’t care, I’m real into this stuff.
4
Jan 23 2023
John Prine
John Prine
3
Jan 24 2023
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
All one volume, screamed at the tippy-top of the singer’s range. All one energy, at one of two tempos. Awful. “Eileen” is s finger and deserved hit status. The whole album is a dog. Maybe they were important for Ireland or something.
2
Jan 25 2023
Murmur
R.E.M.
Not my favorite REM album. The REM lyrical formula where they string together some unrelated phrases to simulate depth of thought is pronounced on this one. It’s fine, though. Way better than Dexy’s Midnight Runners.
3
Jan 26 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Man, I totally forgot about Pulp.
4
Jan 27 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
My first five. I sang along with some songs I haven’t heard in 20 years. This might be too subjective a reason, but I’m going to choose to lean into it. People go on about Kid A, but OK Computer is my Kid A.
5
Jan 28 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
The Boy in the Bubble seems weirdly prophetic. I could never hear Call Me Al again and be okay with it. A lot of gems on this album, though.
4
Jan 29 2023
Mask
Bauhaus
3
Jan 30 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
Jan 31 2023
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
4
Feb 01 2023
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
The album for today is a novelty album called "Bongo Rock." A bunch of covers, most of them predictable. It's an hour twenty minutes long. Most of it, mildly entertaining at best. Then it stops me entirely in my tracks with a cool 70s slow funk arrangement of "Sing, Sing, Sing." Then immediately loses me again with a lazy instrumental "(I can't get no) Satisfaction."
2
Feb 02 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
I guess I was aware of the Afghan Whigs but never spent much time paying attention to them. Was surprised to find out this is an album about being sad about having a boner. This is Incel Rock. I didn’t care for it, and “Angst in My Pants” is my favorite Sparks song.
1
Feb 03 2023
Soul Mining
The The
3
Feb 04 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
Feb 05 2023
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Almost defies critique. I’ve docked other albums for sprawling of Lodi g focus, but it works here. It exists entirely within its own set of rules, so if isn’t fair to impose a set of rules onto it in order to review it. I’m going to default to five stars.
5
Feb 06 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
2
Feb 07 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
I love this album so much.
5
Feb 08 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
I don’t know if this is the best Iggy Pop album, but The Passenger is for sure my favorite Iggy Pop song.
4
Feb 09 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
Starts and ends strong, but not even close to Lennon’s best post-Beatles work. “How?” shamelessly rehashes “Long and Winding Road.” It’s the most blatant example of how lazy this album is. Lennon, at his worst, is a sanctimonious fuck and he gets a bunch of it out of his system here.
2
Feb 10 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Every tune a single.
5
Feb 11 2023
Who's Next
The Who
Good album, but sags a little in the middle. “Going Mobile” is, generously, lazy.
3
Feb 12 2023
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
When it’s good, it’s great. But it isn’t good all the way through.
3
Feb 13 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
3
Feb 14 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
I was going to under-rate this to make sone sort of statement, but the break after “64” to the intro of “Lovely Rita” is one of my favorite sounds.
5
Feb 15 2023
All Directions
The Temptations
Man, I totally forgot about “Run Charley Run.”
4
Feb 16 2023
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
It pulled me in and lost me several times, but “Monster Love” won me over.
3
Feb 17 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
3
Feb 18 2023
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
4
Feb 19 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
3
Feb 20 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
I might have the nostalgia goggles on for this one a little bit.
5
Feb 21 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
I’m not ashamed to say “I prefer their later stuff.”
2
Feb 22 2023
Elastica
Elastica
It’s fine.
3
Feb 23 2023
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
3
Feb 24 2023
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
I don’t know enough about this music to know if this is a good example, but I had a good time listening to it.
4
Feb 25 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
3
Feb 26 2023
Garbage
Garbage
I love Garbage.
4
Feb 27 2023
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
3
Feb 28 2023
Kenya
Machito
This is an excellent example of this sort of thing.
5
Mar 01 2023
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
4
Mar 02 2023
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
5
Mar 03 2023
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
2
Mar 04 2023
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
Inventive, interesting. Disarmingly simple in execution. Novel without being overly quaint or precious. “Sogourney Weaver” is my new favorite song.
5
Mar 05 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
4
Mar 06 2023
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3
Mar 07 2023
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
3
Mar 08 2023
Destroyer
KISS
2
Mar 09 2023
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Pablum.
2
Mar 10 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
My favorite version of Birdland.
4
Mar 11 2023
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
2
Mar 12 2023
In It For The Money
Supergrass
3
Mar 13 2023
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
3
Mar 14 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
Mar 15 2023
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
Pretty sure there’s a better Sonic Youth album to be on this list.
2
Mar 16 2023
High Violet
The National
3
Mar 17 2023
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
4
Mar 18 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Setting aside Biggie’s contribution to the nature of rap and what it was, this is an amazing album in terms of what makes an album interesting regardless of the specific content. It plays like a prog rock concept album in that regard. No one’s pulled it off as well since.
5
Mar 19 2023
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
Mar 20 2023
Dust
Screaming Trees
4
Mar 21 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
3
Mar 22 2023
Harvest
Neil Young
4
Mar 23 2023
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
4
Mar 24 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
4
Mar 25 2023
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
5
Mar 26 2023
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
4
Mar 27 2023
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
3
Mar 28 2023
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
3
Mar 29 2023
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
The production on the album doesn’t exactly hold up. I would have picked something more recent if there’s only one Afrika Bambaataa album listed. Putting that aside, there’s a lot here to enjoy.
4
Mar 30 2023
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
4
Mar 31 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
His first album is a 5, I think.
4
Apr 01 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
Apr 02 2023
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
3
Apr 03 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
Apr 04 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
4
Apr 05 2023
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Laura Nyro is hard to rate, I think. I think she’s great, but sometimes an individual tune just misses me.
This album is pretty great. It coalesces into something like an over-arching narrative by the end or feels like one to me.
4
Apr 06 2023
Repeater
Fugazi
Why wasn’t I into Fugazi in the 90s?
5
Apr 07 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
The Go-gos built a formula that works. Is it good? Maybe?
3
Apr 08 2023
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
5
Apr 09 2023
Kenza
Khaled
4
Apr 10 2023
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
4
Apr 11 2023
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4
Apr 12 2023
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2
Apr 13 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
4
Apr 14 2023
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
This is my kind of weird. Not what it pretends to be. There’s something eldrich lurking in the lyrics that never reveals itself.
4
Apr 15 2023
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
I mean, it’s fine.
3
Apr 16 2023
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
4
Apr 17 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
3
Apr 18 2023
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
I’ve always been reluctant to admit that Jane’s Addiction is good.
But it is.
4
Apr 19 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
Apr 20 2023
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
4
Apr 21 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
3
Apr 22 2023
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
5
Apr 23 2023
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
4
Apr 24 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
I might have had the nostalgia goggles on for this one. I can’t tell.
4
Apr 25 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
3
Apr 26 2023
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
3
Apr 27 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3
Apr 28 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
Apr 29 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
5
Apr 30 2023
Closer
Joy Division
4
May 01 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill has the goods, for sure. I’m not sure the narrative of the concept lands all the way through, but it’s a solid effort.
3
May 02 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Make my funk the P-Funk.
5
May 03 2023
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
2
May 04 2023
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Outlaw Country! Or starts out that way. Then it shifts to sad-sack country.
3
May 05 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
4
May 06 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
I never liked this. This listen did not change my mind. My current standard for ratings is that if it is better than Bongo Rock it gets three stars. I concede here in the notes that this album is, but I’m rating it two stars anyway. They’re lucky they aren’t getting one star for not really being better than my only one star rating, Afghan Wigs.
2
May 07 2023
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
May 08 2023
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
It just didn’t go anywhere.
2
May 09 2023
Drunk
Thundercat
4
May 10 2023
Black Metal
Venom
This is another one that was such a big deal at the time but so much came after it that it now seems quaint by comparison.
3
May 11 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
4
May 12 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
3
May 13 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Best live album I’ve heard on the list so far. Fewer of the sort of live mishaps that generally show up (I’m looking at you, Cheap Trick at Budokan).
5
May 14 2023
Nixon
Lambchop
4
May 15 2023
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
4
May 16 2023
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
5
May 17 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
4
May 18 2023
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
5
May 19 2023
Document
R.E.M.
3
May 20 2023
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
4
May 21 2023
Heroes
David Bowie
4
May 22 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
May 23 2023
Kid A
Radiohead
4
May 24 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
5
May 25 2023
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Not my kind of music, but I recognize this is a good album if I put my preference aside. It’s produced well and all the performances are sincere and proficient.
4
May 26 2023
Pornography
The Cure
3
May 27 2023
Blunderbuss
Jack White
4
May 28 2023
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
4
May 29 2023
Sister
Sonic Youth
3
May 30 2023
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
4
May 31 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4
Jun 01 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
4
Jun 02 2023
Crazysexycool
TLC
4
Jun 03 2023
The Doors
The Doors
4
Jun 04 2023
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
4
Jun 05 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West
He has some ideas and things to say, but there’s little follow-through. The beats are lazy. Even when the raps open with a strong thesis, the rhymes and construction fall flat. Overall, lazy compared to even his least-inspired previous work. He’s better than this.
2
Jun 06 2023
Arrival
ABBA
I don’t love ABBA, and I could go the rest of my life and never hear Dancing Queen again. I have to admit, though, that Bjorn can write a song. Not necessarily a song that I like, but an objective dinger nonetheless.
4
Jun 07 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
4
Jun 08 2023
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
The most profound thing I’ve learned doing this exercise is that I’m kind of into Missy Elliott.
4
Jun 09 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
Jun 10 2023
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
4
Jun 11 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3
Jun 12 2023
Stankonia
OutKast
4
Jun 13 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
I liked this more than I expected to. Still a 3.
3
Jun 14 2023
Damaged
Black Flag
4
Jun 15 2023
1989
Taylor Swift
I grieve for the artist Taylor Swift would have been if she didn’t get so successful so young and nail down such a focus group-formula so early. I don’t think this is Taylor Swift’s level best. I think she’s being artistically lazy. Maybe I’m wrong and this is the best she can do. Or maybe this is what she consciously aspires to.
Can’t argue with her success.
3
Jun 16 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
When it’s good it’s great. The rest of the time it’s okay.
3
Jun 17 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
This is a very good album. But Nirvana just never hits quite the same again.
3
Jun 18 2023
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Good art is made of good choices and it’s become pretty clear that Brittney wasn’t making a lot of choices.
Not a personal slam on Brittney. I think she’s great. I just don’t think this album is.
2
Jun 19 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
4
Jun 20 2023
L.A. Woman
The Doors
It got my mojo rising.
3
Jun 21 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann really knows how to write a song.
4
Jun 22 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
3
Jun 23 2023
The Real Thing
Faith No More
3
Jun 24 2023
Odelay
Beck
4
Jun 25 2023
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
4
Jun 26 2023
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
3
Jun 27 2023
British Steel
Judas Priest
5
Jun 28 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
4
Jun 29 2023
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
5
Jun 30 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
3
Jul 01 2023
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4
Jul 02 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
3
Jul 03 2023
Risque
CHIC
4
Jul 04 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Jul 05 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
5
Jul 06 2023
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
3
Jul 07 2023
Quiet Life
Japan
3
Jul 08 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
3
Jul 09 2023
Forever Changes
Love
2
Jul 10 2023
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
4
Jul 11 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
Jul 12 2023
American Pie
Don McLean
I’ve heard “American Pie” probably hundreds of times in the last decade or so, but so haven’t listened to it since I was a kid until this listen. It deserves to be every bit the American classic that it has become.
4
Jul 13 2023
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
4
Jul 14 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band
4
Jul 15 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
5
Jul 16 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
4
Jul 17 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
5
Jul 18 2023
My Generation
The Who
4
Jul 19 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jul 20 2023
Different Class
Pulp
3
Jul 21 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
2
Jul 22 2023
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
3
Jul 23 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
5
Jul 24 2023
Purple Rain
Prince
4
Jul 25 2023
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
5
Jul 26 2023
Kimono My House
Sparks
4
Jul 27 2023
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
It’s… like, almost good.
3
Jul 28 2023
Survivor
Destiny's Child
4
Jul 29 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
4
Jul 30 2023
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
3
Jul 31 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
4
Aug 01 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
3
Aug 02 2023
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
4
Aug 03 2023
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
3
Aug 04 2023
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
5
Aug 05 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
5
Aug 06 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
When Kanye is good, he’s amazing. I wish it were a greater percentage of his stuff.
3
Aug 07 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
3
Aug 11 2023
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
4
Aug 12 2023
Low-Life
New Order
They’re still coming together here.
3
Aug 13 2023
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
3
Aug 14 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
4
Aug 15 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
Aug 16 2023
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
3
Aug 17 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
I kind of don’t like Supertramp, but accounting for taste, it’s a good album.
4
Aug 18 2023
New Forms
Roni Size
3
Aug 19 2023
xx
The xx
Clearly influenced by a lot of groups I like, but nothing particularly ventured. It’s okay?
3
Aug 20 2023
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
3
Aug 21 2023
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
When 50’s good, he’s incredible. I want it to be more of the time on this album. If you’re going to have Eminem hype you, you have to outdo him on the next verse. That being said, “party like it’s your birthday” is fully ensconced in the culture, possibly worldwide. You can’t ignore a feat like that.
4
Aug 22 2023
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
Aug 23 2023
Palo Congo
Sabu
4
Aug 24 2023
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
3
Aug 25 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
The singles are strong, along with a couple of the other numbers.
3
Aug 26 2023
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
Aug 27 2023
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
3
Aug 28 2023
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
5
Aug 29 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
3
Aug 30 2023
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
3
Aug 31 2023
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
3
Sep 01 2023
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
4
Sep 02 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
3
Sep 03 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
5
Sep 04 2023
Achtung Baby
U2
3
Sep 09 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
I remember hearing this album for the first time and I’ll never forget it. It’s one of those albums.
5
Sep 10 2023
Disintegration
The Cure
3
Sep 11 2023
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
3
Sep 12 2023
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
4
Sep 13 2023
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3
Sep 14 2023
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
Sep 15 2023
Sound Affects
The Jam
3
Sep 16 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
It’s really probably a 3 and I don’t like the arguing “but it’s so important to stuff that happened later,” but it’s so important to stuff that happened later.
4
Sep 17 2023
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
3
Sep 18 2023
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I like this album except the arbitrary synth screaming. WEEEEooooWEEEEEEEEEEEOoooooWEEE-EE-EEEEEE!!
4
Sep 19 2023
Homework
Daft Punk
4
Sep 20 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
3
Sep 21 2023
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
Sep 22 2023
Phrenology
The Roots
5
Sep 23 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
4
Sep 29 2023
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
3
Sep 30 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
Oct 01 2023
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
4
Oct 02 2023
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
3
Oct 03 2023
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
5
Oct 04 2023
Faith
George Michael
3
Oct 05 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
4
Oct 06 2023
Bummed
Happy Mondays
I liked this more than I remember liking it.
4
Oct 07 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
4
Oct 08 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
4
Oct 09 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
3
Oct 10 2023
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
3
Oct 11 2023
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
Oct 12 2023
Nowhere
Ride
3
Oct 13 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
3
Oct 14 2023
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
5
Oct 15 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
4
Oct 16 2023
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
4
Oct 17 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
3
Oct 18 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
4
Oct 19 2023
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
4
Oct 20 2023
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
4
Oct 21 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
5
Oct 22 2023
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
3
Oct 23 2023
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
4
Oct 24 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie
Bowie’s last album is challenging. But fuck it, it’s Bowie.
5
Oct 25 2023
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
Deserves all the adoration The Cure gets.
4
Oct 26 2023
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
3
Oct 27 2023
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
3
Oct 28 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5
Oct 29 2023
Face to Face
The Kinks
3
Oct 30 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
4
Oct 31 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
5
Nov 01 2023
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
4
Nov 02 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
Nov 03 2023
Eagles
Eagles
I can’t rate Elvis Costello’s first album up for being packed full of singles and then not do the same for this album just because I don’t particularly care for The Eagles.
4
Nov 04 2023
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5
Nov 05 2023
1999
Prince
I almost rated this four stars because there are three or four better Prince albums. But it’s still better than more than at least 81% of everything else, so 5 stars it is.
5
Nov 06 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
5
Nov 07 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
5
Nov 08 2023
Suicide
Suicide
It’s a little sparse, but I like what’s going on.
4
Nov 09 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Nov 10 2023
Copper Blue
Sugar
I’ve panned a lot of albums on this list for being all one tone. I concede that Sugar is guilty of this, but I really like this album. I never pieced it together before, but I think the reason I don’t like Smashing Pumpkins is because they aren’t Sugar. Four stars +1 bonus star for the most aggressive tambourine playing ever recorded on a couple of those tracks.
5
Nov 11 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
5
Nov 12 2023
Being There
Wilco
4
Nov 13 2023
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
Nov 14 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
4
Nov 15 2023
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
3
Nov 16 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed
4
Nov 17 2023
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
5
Nov 18 2023
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
3
Nov 19 2023
Orbital 2
Orbital
I like this sort of thing.
4
Nov 20 2023
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
4
Nov 21 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Max Weinberg is a very clean drummer.
3
Nov 22 2023
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
3
Dec 02 2023
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
I be like Ice-T, but I like 1992’s Body Count (I e-T’s hardcore band) album better than this one.
3
Dec 03 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
3
Dec 04 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
Dec 05 2023
Sea Change
Beck
4
Dec 06 2023
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
3
Jan 06 2024
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
4
Jan 07 2024
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
5
Jan 08 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
4
Jan 09 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
5
Jan 10 2024
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
4
Jan 11 2024
The Band
The Band
4
Jan 12 2024
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
4
Jan 13 2024
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
Jan 14 2024
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
4
Apr 30 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
3
May 01 2024
The Predator
Ice Cube
4
May 02 2024
Street Signs
Ozomatli
3
May 03 2024
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
3
May 04 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
I was wrong to dismiss Fiona Apple in the 90s.
4
May 05 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
3
May 06 2024
Hotel California
Eagles
3
May 07 2024
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
May 08 2024
Like A Prayer
Madonna
3
May 09 2024
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
4
May 10 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
5
May 11 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
3
May 12 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
May 13 2024
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
Not his best work.
2
May 14 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
4
May 15 2024
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
3
May 16 2024
Konnichiwa
Skepta
3
May 17 2024
16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
2
May 18 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
2
May 19 2024
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
3
May 20 2024
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
5
May 21 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
5
May 22 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
3
May 23 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
3
May 24 2024
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
3
May 25 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
5
May 26 2024
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
4
May 27 2024
Leftism
Leftfield
This is the soundtrack the next time I play Clank! In Space!
4
May 28 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
4
May 29 2024
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
3
May 30 2024
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
3
May 31 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
2
Jun 01 2024
Marquee Moon
Television
3
Jun 02 2024
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
3
Jun 03 2024
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
5
Jun 04 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
4
Jun 05 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
3
Jun 06 2024
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
3
Jun 07 2024
Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
4
Jun 08 2024
Melodrama
Lorde
4
Jun 09 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
3
Jun 10 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
Jun 11 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
5
Jun 12 2024
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
3
Jun 13 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
3
Jun 14 2024
B-52's
The B-52's
3
Jun 15 2024
Tapestry
Carole King
4
Jun 16 2024
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
4
Jun 17 2024
Pump
Aerosmith
2
Jun 18 2024
Hot Fuss
The Killers
4
Jun 19 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
4
Jun 20 2024
Black Monk Time
The Monks
3
Jun 21 2024
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
4
Jun 22 2024
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
4
Jun 23 2024
Horses
Patti Smith
5
Jun 24 2024
The Yes Album
Yes
4
Jun 25 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
3
Jun 26 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
Jun 27 2024
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
Jun 28 2024
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3
Jun 29 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
4
Jun 30 2024
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
4
Jul 01 2024
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
3
Jul 02 2024
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jul 03 2024
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
3
Jul 04 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
4
Jul 05 2024
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
4
Jul 06 2024
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
3
Jul 07 2024
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
4
Jul 08 2024
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
3
Jul 09 2024
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
3
Jul 10 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
Jul 11 2024
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
4
Jul 12 2024
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
4
Jul 13 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
5
Jul 14 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4
Jul 15 2024
Close To The Edge
Yes
3
Jul 16 2024
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
4
Jul 17 2024
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
4
Jul 18 2024
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
The thing that drives me nuts about this album is that there are sone good songs. Wonderwall is fine. Champagne Supernova is good. Don’t Look Back in Anger is great. The filler songs, though are soooooo lazy. I expect more from a genius, especially if that’s how the artist describes themselves.
3
Jul 19 2024
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
3
Jul 20 2024
Close To You
Carpenters
We’ve Only Just Begun is s banger.
3
Jul 21 2024
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
5
Jul 22 2024
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
3
Jul 23 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
5
Jul 24 2024
NEU! 75
Neu!
4
Jul 25 2024
Faust IV
Faust
3
Jul 26 2024
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
4
Jul 27 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
3
Jul 28 2024
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
4
Jul 29 2024
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
4
Jul 30 2024
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
4
Jul 31 2024
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
3
Aug 01 2024
London Calling
The Clash
4
Aug 02 2024
Ctrl
SZA
4
Aug 03 2024
Solid Air
John Martyn
3
Aug 04 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
Aug 05 2024
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
3
Aug 06 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
4
Aug 07 2024
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
3
Aug 08 2024
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
2
Aug 09 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
3
Aug 10 2024
School's Out
Alice Cooper
3
Aug 11 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Aug 12 2024
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
When it’s good it’s very good.
4
Aug 13 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
4
Aug 14 2024
California
American Music Club
4
Aug 15 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
This album gets off to a slow start, but once it picks up it cooks all the way through.
5
Aug 16 2024
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
4
Aug 17 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
Aug 18 2024
Le Tigre
Le Tigre
5
Aug 19 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
5
Aug 20 2024
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
4
Aug 21 2024
Illmatic
Nas
4
Aug 22 2024
Tical
Method Man
4
Aug 23 2024
Be
Common
4
Aug 24 2024
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
4
Aug 25 2024
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
I don’t think it’s great, but I dig it.
Possibly in spite of myself.
4
Aug 26 2024
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
2
Aug 27 2024
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
3
Aug 28 2024
90
808 State
3
Aug 29 2024
Rocks
Aerosmith
3
Aug 30 2024
Out of Step
Minor Threat
3
Aug 31 2024
Atomizer
Big Black
3
Sep 01 2024
25
Adele
Not sure you need both 21 and 25 on this list, but okay.
4
Sep 02 2024
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
3
Sep 03 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
5
Sep 04 2024
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
Sep 05 2024
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
3
Sep 06 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Let Me Roll It is a great tune.
3
Sep 07 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Sep 08 2024
evermore
Taylor Swift
4
Sep 09 2024
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
3
Sep 10 2024
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
5
Sep 11 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
4
Sep 12 2024
Wild Gift
X
4
Sep 13 2024
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
3
Sep 14 2024
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
5
Sep 15 2024
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
4
Sep 16 2024
2112
Rush
3
Sep 17 2024
Bad Company
Bad Company
Probably more of a 3, but I have Rush’s 2112 a “3” and I want to know that at least old person rated Bad Company higher than they did 2112.
4
Sep 18 2024
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
4
Sep 19 2024
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
3
Sep 20 2024
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
Sep 21 2024
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
4
Sep 22 2024
Night Life
Ray Price
3
Sep 23 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
5
Sep 24 2024
White Ladder
David Gray
3
Sep 25 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
4
Sep 26 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
3
Sep 27 2024
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
4
Sep 28 2024
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
2
Sep 29 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
3
Sep 30 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
Oct 01 2024
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
4
Oct 02 2024
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3
Oct 03 2024
Snivilisation
Orbital
3
Oct 04 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
5
Oct 05 2024
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3
Oct 06 2024
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
4
Oct 07 2024
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
3
Oct 08 2024
I See You
The xx
3
Oct 09 2024
The Slider
T. Rex
4
Oct 10 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
5
Oct 11 2024
Arise
Sepultura
3
Oct 12 2024
Cross
Justice
3
Oct 13 2024
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
3
Oct 14 2024
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
4
Oct 15 2024
1977
Ash
It sounds like Elliot Smith goes electric.
3
Oct 16 2024
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
5
Oct 17 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
4
Oct 18 2024
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
5
Oct 19 2024
Clandestino
Manu Chao
3
Oct 20 2024
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
4
Oct 21 2024
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4
Oct 22 2024
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
3
Oct 23 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
4
Oct 24 2024
Feast of Wire
Calexico
4
Oct 25 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
3
Oct 26 2024
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
4
Oct 27 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Oct 28 2024
The Cars
The Cars
4
Oct 29 2024
Funeral
Arcade Fire
4
Oct 30 2024
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
I don’t care for this sort of thing, but this is a good example of it. Dwight Yoakam is a very good singer who is skilled at the traditional country and western vocal affectations.
4
Oct 31 2024
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
5
Nov 01 2024
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
4
Nov 02 2024
A Seat at the Table
Solange
4
Nov 03 2024
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
4
Nov 04 2024
Smash
The Offspring
There are no songs I like on this album, but it’s a pretty good album. It’s cohesive and it’s well-paced throughout. I just don’t like it very much.
3
Nov 05 2024
Dry
PJ Harvey
4
Nov 06 2024
More Specials
The Specials
4
Nov 07 2024
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
1. Mariah Carey is s gifted and skilled singer and absolutely deserves to be famous.
2. I will never listen to this album again.
3
Nov 08 2024
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
4
Nov 09 2024
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
5
Nov 10 2024
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
3
Nov 11 2024
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
4
Nov 12 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
I haven’t listened to this album in probably 30 years and I was surprised how good it was. Maybe because I wrote the Femmes off as haphazard. This isn’t strictly fair- this album is all very on-purpose. The lyrics are deft in a way I never previously gave credit for.
And don’t get me wrong, I loved this album and listened to it a bunch back in the day. I just didn’t take it as seriously as maybe I should have.
5
Nov 13 2024
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
4
Nov 14 2024
Roots
Sepultura
I don’t know that this list needed multiple Sepultura albums, but this one is my favorite.
4
Nov 15 2024
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
4
Nov 16 2024
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
5
Nov 17 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
🌽
3
Nov 17 2024
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
I liked this more than I expected to.
3
Nov 18 2024
Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
4
Nov 19 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
4
Nov 20 2024
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
3
Nov 21 2024
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Nov 22 2024
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Nov 23 2024
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
3
Nov 24 2024
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
3
Nov 25 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
3
Nov 26 2024
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
3
Nov 27 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
Nov 28 2024
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
4
Nov 29 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
Nov 30 2024
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
Dec 01 2024
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
3
Dec 02 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
Dec 03 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
5
Dec 04 2024
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Overproduced to a degree that it doesn’t show off Bonnie Raitt, which is a shame. I love Bonnie Raitt.
3
Dec 05 2024
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
This one grew on me as I listened; I have the opposite experience with most electronica.
3
Dec 06 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Dec 07 2024
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
4
Dec 08 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
5
Dec 09 2024
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
3
Dec 10 2024
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
Borderline 2. I need someone to explain to me why this is better than King Julien.
3
Dec 11 2024
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
5
Dec 12 2024
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
I’ll be honest: I didn’t know what this was but my first thought was “this sounds like Grinderman.”
4
Dec 13 2024
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
4
Dec 14 2024
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
4
Dec 15 2024
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4
Dec 16 2024
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
4
Dec 17 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
3
Dec 18 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
4
Dec 19 2024
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
3
Dec 20 2024
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
3
Dec 21 2024
Rapture
Anita Baker
3
Dec 22 2024
Third
Soft Machine
3
Dec 23 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
5
Dec 31 2024
Boston
Boston
3
Jan 01 2025
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
5
Jan 02 2025
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
4
Jan 03 2025
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
5
Jan 04 2025
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
3
Jan 05 2025
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
5
Jan 06 2025
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
As much as I resent Jane’s Addiction for making Dave Navarro famous, this is a good album.
5
Jan 07 2025
Among The Living
Anthrax
3
Jan 08 2025
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
4
Jan 09 2025
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
4
Jan 10 2025
Sheet Music
10cc
4
Jan 11 2025
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
5
Jan 12 2025
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
3
Jan 13 2025
Teen Dream
Beach House
3
Jan 14 2025
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
4
Jan 15 2025
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
3
Jan 16 2025
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive is a killer track but that stereo channel switching can fuck right off.
3
Jan 26 2025
Trio
Dolly Parton
3
Jan 27 2025
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
3
Jan 28 2025
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
4
Jan 29 2025
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
4
Jan 30 2025
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
5
Jan 31 2025
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
4
Feb 01 2025
Movies
Holger Czukay
4
Feb 02 2025
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
5
Feb 03 2025
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
4
Feb 10 2025
Make Yourself
Incubus
3
Feb 11 2025
A Northern Soul
The Verve
4
Feb 12 2025
Street Life
The Crusaders
3
Feb 13 2025
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
4
Feb 14 2025
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
Feb 15 2025
I Against I
Bad Brains
4
Feb 16 2025
Blue
Joni Mitchell
4
Feb 17 2025
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
3
Feb 18 2025
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
3
Feb 19 2025
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
4
Feb 20 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
Feb 21 2025
Django Django
Django Django
4
Feb 22 2025
Zombie
Fela Kuti
5
Feb 23 2025
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Feb 24 2025
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
4
Feb 25 2025
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
4
Feb 26 2025
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
5
Feb 27 2025
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
4
Feb 28 2025
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
5
Mar 01 2025
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
4
Mar 02 2025
Lost Souls
Doves
4
Mar 03 2025
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
3
Mar 04 2025
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
4
Mar 05 2025
Real Life
Magazine
5
Mar 06 2025
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
5
Mar 07 2025
Protection
Massive Attack
5
Mar 08 2025
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
Mar 09 2025
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
Mar 10 2025
Manassas
Stephen Stills
5
Mar 11 2025
Dookie
Green Day
4
Mar 12 2025
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
You could probably put together a cogent argument that the amount I like this means I’m old.
5
Mar 13 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
Mar 14 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
Mar 15 2025
The Blueprint
JAY Z
5
Mar 16 2025
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
The best Doors album.
4
Mar 17 2025
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
The Jesus and Mary Chain is what you get if you take everything I listened to in the 90s in the amount I listened to it and put it in a blender.
5
Mar 18 2025
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
4
Mar 19 2025
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
4
Mar 20 2025
Debut
Björk
5
Mar 21 2025
The Visitors
ABBA
3
Mar 22 2025
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
Mar 23 2025
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
3
Mar 24 2025
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
4
Mar 25 2025
Ingenue
k.d. lang
4
Mar 26 2025
The World is a Ghetto
War
4
Mar 27 2025
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
3
Mar 28 2025
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
3
Mar 29 2025
GREY Area
Little Simz
3
Mar 30 2025
White Light
Gene Clark
3
Mar 31 2025
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
5
Apr 05 2025
Born To Be With You
Dion
3
Apr 06 2025
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
3
Apr 07 2025
Skylarking
XTC
4
Apr 08 2025
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3
Apr 09 2025
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
3
Apr 19 2025
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
3
Apr 20 2025
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
Apr 21 2025
The La's
The La's
5
Apr 22 2025
Parklife
Blur
4
Apr 23 2025
The Undertones
The Undertones
3
Apr 24 2025
GI
Germs
Germs > Sex Pistols. There, I said it.
4
Apr 25 2025
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Apr 26 2025
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
5
Apr 27 2025
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Better than PiL
4
Apr 28 2025
Young Americans
David Bowie
4
Apr 29 2025
Ten
Pearl Jam
I’ve never cared for Pearl Jam much so I’m giving this album an extra star to offset my bias.
4
Apr 30 2025
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
5
May 01 2025
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
4
May 02 2025
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
5
May 03 2025
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
3
May 04 2025
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
5
May 05 2025
Dirt
Alice In Chains
4
May 10 2025
Connected
Stereo MC's
This is one of the ones I wish I liked less.
4
May 11 2025
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
5
May 12 2025
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
4
May 13 2025
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
3
May 14 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella is peerless, but the Gershwin songbook as arranged presented here is syrupy and ponderous. This entry could have been Ella Sings Cole Porter.
4
May 15 2025
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
4
May 16 2025
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
5
May 17 2025
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Hard to rate- groundbreaking at the time but pales compared to what comes after.
4
May 18 2025
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
May 19 2025
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
3
May 20 2025
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
4
May 21 2025
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
May 22 2025
D
White Denim
4
May 23 2025
The Who Sell Out
The Who
3
May 24 2025
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
4
May 25 2025
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
4
May 26 2025
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
5
May 27 2025
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
3
May 28 2025
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
4
May 29 2025
Play
Moby
4
May 30 2025
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
3
May 31 2025
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
Jun 01 2025
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
3
Jun 02 2025
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
3
Jun 03 2025
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
4
Jun 04 2025
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
4
Jun 05 2025
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
5
Jun 06 2025
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
4
Jun 07 2025
Vivid
Living Colour
4
Jun 08 2025
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
3
Jun 09 2025
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
4
Jun 10 2025
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Finland must be a wild place.
3
Jun 11 2025
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
4
Jun 12 2025
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
4
Jun 13 2025
Smile
Brian Wilson
3
Jun 14 2025
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
4
Jun 15 2025
Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
4
Jun 16 2025
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
5
Jun 17 2025
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
4
Jun 18 2025
Elephant
The White Stripes
4
Jun 19 2025
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
3
Jun 20 2025
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
This album is full of shining moments, but I found it tedious by the end.
3
Jun 21 2025
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
4
Jun 22 2025
Opus Dei
Laibach
3
Jun 23 2025
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
3
Jun 24 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
If you weren’t careful, you wrote Louie Prima off as a novelty act. He’s more than that, though. Also, Keely Smith is one of the forgotten gems of pre-rock and roll popular music. Her voice is the mathematical average of Ella and Doris Day.
4
Jun 25 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
4
Jun 26 2025
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
3
Jun 27 2025
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
5
Jun 28 2025
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
4
Jun 29 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
Jun 30 2025
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
4
Jul 01 2025
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
4
Jul 02 2025
Hms Fable
Shack
3
Jul 03 2025
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
4
Jul 04 2025
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
4
Jul 05 2025
Music
Madonna
3
Jul 06 2025
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
Jul 07 2025
Fragile
Yes
4
Jul 08 2025
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
4
Jul 09 2025
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
4
Jul 10 2025
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
4
Jul 11 2025
The Grand Tour
George Jones
3
Jul 12 2025
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
3
Jul 13 2025
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
4
Jul 14 2025
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
5
Jul 15 2025
Fun House
The Stooges
4
Jul 16 2025
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
3
Jul 17 2025
Calenture
The Triffids
If this is Christian Rock, it’s the best I’ve ever heard. If it isn’t, it’s competent and sounds like a lot of the bands I like from the time.
4
Jul 18 2025
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
3
Jul 19 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
Jul 20 2025
Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
Jul 21 2025
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
4
Jul 22 2025
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
Jul 23 2025
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
3
Jul 24 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
3
Jul 25 2025
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
Jul 26 2025
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
4
Jul 27 2025
Very
Pet Shop Boys
3
Jul 28 2025
Sulk
The Associates
2
Jul 29 2025
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Hard to argue with those Quincy Jones arrangements.
4
Jul 30 2025
The Libertines
The Libertines
3
Jul 31 2025
Spiderland
Slint
4
Aug 01 2025
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
3
Aug 02 2025
Slipknot
Slipknot
4
Aug 03 2025
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
3
Aug 04 2025
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
4
Aug 05 2025
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
4
Aug 06 2025
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
4
Aug 07 2025
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
3
Aug 08 2025
The Specials
The Specials
4
Aug 09 2025
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
4
Aug 10 2025
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
5
Aug 11 2025
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
4
Aug 12 2025
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
4
Aug 13 2025
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
3
Aug 14 2025
Shadowland
k.d. lang
4
Aug 15 2025
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
3
Aug 16 2025
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
4
Aug 17 2025
Mott
Mott The Hoople
4
Aug 18 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
4
Aug 19 2025
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
3
Aug 20 2025
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
4
Aug 21 2025
Kala
M.I.A.
3
Aug 22 2025
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
It’s like Windows 95 is starting up for 48 minutes. Loved it.
5
Aug 23 2025
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
3
Aug 24 2025
Metallica
Metallica
3
Aug 25 2025
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
Aug 26 2025
Technique
New Order
4
Aug 27 2025
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
4
Aug 28 2025
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
5
Aug 29 2025
Pyromania
Def Leppard
3
Aug 30 2025
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
Aug 31 2025
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
4
Sep 01 2025
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
4
Sep 02 2025
Is This It
The Strokes
5
Sep 03 2025
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
4
Sep 04 2025
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
3
Sep 05 2025
The Coral
The Coral
5
Sep 07 2025
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
4
Sep 08 2025
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
4
Sep 09 2025
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
4
Sep 10 2025
Take Me Apart
Kelela
4
Sep 11 2025
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Sep 12 2025
Rio
Duran Duran
4
Sep 13 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer
When it’s good it’s very good.
4
Sep 14 2025
Woodface
Crowded House
4
