Jan 09 2023
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The Next Day
David Bowie
3
Jan 10 2023
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
3
Jan 11 2023
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
4/10. Opening track is the best on the album by a long, long way!
2
Jan 12 2023
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
1
Jan 13 2023
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5/10. Easy listening country rock. Bad Moon Rising comfortably the stand out track.
2
Jan 16 2023
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White Ladder
David Gray
An absolute classic. Desert Island Disc worthy album.
5
Jan 17 2023
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
A period of time I'm never getting back. Utter dross. A generous 1/10.
1
Jan 18 2023
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Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Middle of the road dullness.
2
Jan 19 2023
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With The Beatles
Beatles
It’s The Beatles. Not their best, but this is still better than most.
4
Jan 20 2023
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
Not really singing. Not very good rapping. Good beats. 6/10.
3
Jan 23 2023
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Solid 7. Enjoyable listen.
3
Jan 24 2023
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Who doesn't love a bit of Weller?
3
Jan 25 2023
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Vivid
Living Colour
2
Jan 26 2023
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Back In Black
AC/DC
Second half of the album is far better than the first. 7/10.
3
Jan 27 2023
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Not a great advert for Hip Hop.
2
Jan 30 2023
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Some good songs, but a bit wishy washy in places.
3
Jan 31 2023
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
4
Feb 01 2023
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Inoffensive but a bit dull.
2
Feb 02 2023
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Bland, uninteresting but inoffensive.
2
Feb 03 2023
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Awful. Nothing memorable of note, other than a sense of time being wasted listening to it. A generous 1 star.
1
Feb 06 2023
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Fragile
Yes
The bizarre instrumentals were the interesting bit in this self-indulgent mess of a record.
1
Feb 07 2023
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Not much to enjoy in this.
2
Feb 08 2023
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Unenjoyable throughout.
2
Feb 09 2023
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OK
Talvin Singh
Utterly dreadful.
1
Feb 10 2023
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Excellent guitar skills on show, but a bit overindulgent at times.
3
Feb 13 2023
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
A good listen, but not more than that.
3
Feb 14 2023
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Feb 15 2023
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Not a classic. 4/10.
2
Feb 16 2023
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
Really enjoyed the acoustic take on their songs.
4
Feb 17 2023
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
Some half decent songs in between the dross.
2
Feb 20 2023
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Excellent guitar-playing from Marr.
3
Feb 21 2023
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Queen II
Queen
It's Queen. It's never going to be bad, but it's not up there with their very best work.
3
Feb 22 2023
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Dry
PJ Harvey
I wouldn't turn it off if it was on the radio, but I wouldn't necessarily seek it out either.
3
Feb 23 2023
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Low-Life
New Order
3
Feb 24 2023
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Adore this album. Contender for the best Scottish album of all time.
5
Feb 27 2023
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
An improvement on the last album I heard by them. That’s hardly a ringing endorsement though.
2
Feb 28 2023
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Disintegration
The Cure
Quite a gloomy album, but the better sort of gloomy. A solid 7/10.
3
Mar 01 2023
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Not vintage Springsteen for me.
3
Mar 02 2023
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Low
David Bowie
It's Bowie. Sound and Vision easily the stand out track.
4
Mar 03 2023
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Oddly enjoyable.
3
Mar 07 2023
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
First half was ok. Then it just took a very odd turn.
3
Mar 08 2023
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
A solid album. Walk this way is clearly the stand out track though.
3
Mar 09 2023
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Very much an album of two sides. The first half is far better than the second.
3
Mar 10 2023
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Great album. Grabs your attention and doesn't let go.
4
Mar 13 2023
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
The music is better than the vocals. And the music isn’t great.
2
Mar 14 2023
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Easy listening.
3
Mar 15 2023
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Not particularly enjoyable or memorable.
2
Mar 16 2023
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Terrible vocals. Far too shouty.
2
Mar 17 2023
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Didn’t really grab my attention at all.
2
Mar 20 2023
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Fun House
The Stooges
Not bad. 6/10.
3
Mar 21 2023
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Solid 7/10. Easy listening.
3
Mar 22 2023
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
Reminds me a little of Self Esteem.
2
Mar 23 2023
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New Wave
The Auteurs
Disappointingly dull.
2
Mar 27 2023
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Moving Pictures
Rush
Odd and uninspiring.
2
Mar 28 2023
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Live At Leeds
The Who
7/10. Enjoyable.
3
Mar 31 2023
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
4/10. Not one I’d listen to again.
2
Apr 03 2023
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Stankonia
OutKast
7/10, with two stand out tracks.
3
Apr 04 2023
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
6/10. Waterloo Sunset is an absolute classic, though.
3
Apr 05 2023
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Dust
Screaming Trees
Found this a bit repetitive.
2
Apr 06 2023
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Close To The Edge
Yes
Far too experimental for me.
2
Apr 12 2023
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Headquarters
The Monkees
Not great. 5/10.
2
Apr 13 2023
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Live albums are never as good as one made in a studio, are they?
2
Apr 17 2023
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4/10. Not a classic.
2
Apr 18 2023
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Some incredible tracks, but a few that weren’t quite up to standard.
4
Apr 19 2023
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
5/10.
2
Apr 20 2023
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Not his best work, but better than lots of music in this genre.
3
Apr 21 2023
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
Bits of this were enjoyable, but not the songs in English.
2