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Thu Jan 19 2023
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Jangly. Poppy. Not something I’d search out on my own. But not a bad listen.
Just not my cup.
3/5
3
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
This is more my speed.
I did take a course on the history of rock music and this kind of classic, foundational music was something I was really into.
There's so much energy here.
I can imagine being a kid in 1957 and this would have been like getting shocked if you stuck a fork in the electric socket. Your hair standing on end, your spine-tingling, and your feet jittering.
This is just amazing because I can't even imagine rocking on a piano like this now.
Besides Billy Joel and Elton John, do we even see pianos anymore in rock setups?
I'll totally come back to this. I forgot how great this album was.
5/5
5
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Mon Jan 23 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
This is pretty mellow for my liking.
It also is my first James Taylor album. I know him. Never listened to him though.
Not bad. Not something I’d be to interested in listening to regularly.
It feels timeless and dated at the same time.
‘Fire and Rain’ is a great song. But that’s about it for me on this one.
For a greatest album, I feel like it should have more hits or really sticky songs.
Cormac called it pleasant. But why am I listening this country stuff?
3.5/5
75/100
4
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Torn between 3 & 4 stars here.
It’s a good album. Uneven in spots. But I have fond memories of it as well.
75/100
4/5
3
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
4
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
I like the beats. The rhymes not so much.
2
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
I’m surprised that I enjoy this.
It also reminds me of a period of time in music.
Reading the liner notes on Apple Music, adding guitar would have killed these songs.
Trust the artist.
4
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Tue Jan 31 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
This is great for just grooving and locking in on my work.
I like jazz and EDM for focusing.
4/5
85/100
4
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
I like this.
It’s depressing but good.
4/5
83/100
4
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Garbage
Garbage
72/100
3/5
Solid. Trippy. I remembered it differently than when I listen in 2023.
3
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
AMAZING!
5/5
90/100
5
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Mon Feb 06 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
3
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Tue Feb 07 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
3
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
Never listened to Morrissey before.
It’s nice. Sad but nice.
3
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3/5
Melodic and heavy.
3
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Hms Fable
Shack
Power pop is how I’d describe this.
Pleasant but nothing special.
2
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Technique
New Order
3
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
An Irish jig or something.
Knew the name but nothing else. I like this even if it’s completely something I’d never listen to.
Pop with Irish folk influences.
4/5
4
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Cmon. This is the best. 5/5
5
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
3
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Fine. Not my thing. Not that interesting to me.
2/5
2
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
“I don’t believe you! You’re a liar! Play it fucking loud!”
5/5
5
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Tue Feb 21 2023
High Violet
The National
A favorite of dad rock.
5/5
5
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Wed Feb 22 2023
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
New to me.
I knew the name, but this is solid classic 70s-ish rock.
Hints of psychedelic music. Poppy.
I’m not sure I’d search it out normally, but I like it and I’d listen again.
4
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Thu Feb 23 2023
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
3
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden
4
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Tue Feb 28 2023
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
This is wild.
I never would have known this was The Beach Boys.
These are complicated songs with serious subject matter that still rock and hit.
Crazy. If you are a set in the stone The Beach Boys have to be poppy listener, you’ll hate this. If you can approach it from a new angle, this is pretty interesting to listen to.
4
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
The guitar picking is good. It’s totally fine. But not my thing.
3
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Good. Not great.
At points fun. At others, repetitive.
Would I listen to it again? Some of it. An hour? Not sure.
3
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Pleasant. Fine. Not great.
3
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
4
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
5
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
4
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
2
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
Enjoyed this more than I might have thought.
5
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Woodface
Crowded House
I didn’t find this all that interesting. In places, I forgot I was listening to it.
2
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Tue Mar 14 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Like it but wouldn’t search it out.
3
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
5
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
This sounds before it’s time. It’s crazy the sounds that these guys used.
5/5
5
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
5
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Mon Mar 20 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Epic
5
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
Not my thing.
2
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
3
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Purple Rain
Prince
Obviously 5/5
5
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Tue Mar 28 2023
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
3
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
4
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Fri Mar 31 2023
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
4
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Tue Apr 04 2023
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Not my favorite.
Muddy guitar that sounds a little generic dirty rock guitar.
2/5
2
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Follow The Leader
Korn
Knock off Rage Against the Machine.
2
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
I thought the Korn album was awful.
This is the worst music I’ve ever heard.
1
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
4/5
4
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
3
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Thu Apr 13 2023
25
Adele
I always walk away from these Adele albums saying she has a great voice and the music is solid, but it’s music that doesn’t move me a lot.
There’s always that last step she doesn’t take.
2
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Fri Apr 14 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
Would never have discovered this without the site.
I wasn’t sure what I was listening to at the start but by the end I loved it.
5/5
5
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
3/5. Not my favorite Funkadelic but some of the songs still jam.
3
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
I saw someone say "this is a soft 4."
I feel that.
The guitar work and tone are great. The musicianship is tight. But, at the same time, it isn't as over the top great as I might have started out thinking.
Maybe a rounded up 3.5 to a 4 for me.
But good stuff and if it was on in the background, I wouldn't be pissed.
4
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Boston
Boston
4/5
Before my time but good.
4
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Palo Congo
Sabu
4
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Mon Apr 24 2023
The Doors
The Doors
5
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Debut
Björk
5
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
3
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Da Capo
Love
2
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Fri Apr 28 2023
Aja
Steely Dan
4
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Mon May 01 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
5/5
I’ve listened to this a lot lately due to the Ryan Adams take on the album.
I’d forgotten how great it was.
5
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Tue May 02 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
A nightly soundtrack during the early nights of my career when I was involved in nightclubs.
A great album.
4
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Wed May 03 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4/5
4
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Thu May 04 2023
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
2
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Fri May 05 2023
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
Some of this is good. Some of it is filler.
I remember having a lot of fun at this tour though.
I’ll go 3/5
3
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Mon May 08 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
Seductive, obviously.
Not as dated as you might expect.
3/5
3
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Tue May 09 2023
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
2
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Wed May 10 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Make sure you go for the explicit version.
I like the beats and jazz influence. The flow is different compared to the hip-hop I grew up on.
But it’s a solid album.
3/5
3
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Thu May 11 2023
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
I think this might be what I sound like when I'm in the shower, singing, after having had a few too many.
It isn't a very appealing thing to listen to.
Most of this is incoherent.
I wouldn't know that this was in any way someone attached to the formation of Pink Floyd.
This was just not very good.
1
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Fri May 12 2023
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
3
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Mon May 15 2023
Metallica
Metallica
Not sure if this is really metal since Metallica had evolved so much by this point.
But it’s heavy and melodic and I have time for it when it comes up in my suggestions.
5
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Tue May 16 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
I like this.
Love the energy and the beats. Still feels fresh.
4/5
4
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Wed May 17 2023
Drunk
Thundercat
I can understand the negative reviews. The first couple of tracks felt like some sort of joke.
But as I got deeper into the album, it started to come together for me.
Some good beats. Very mellow like a micro dosing funk.
4
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Thu May 18 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
The ultimate in inoffensive butt rock.
Totally groovin’ and nothing too far out there.
You wouldn’t get any complaints or compliments playing this at a backyard BBQ.
4
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Fri May 19 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4
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Mon May 22 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Love these songs. Knowing some music history, I know that The Go-Gos are a bit more punk than this record would lead you to believe.
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Like this. I do agree that it is heavily polished but isn’t that sort of the thing with a studio album?
I won’t go as far as to give it 5 stars but solid 4 for me.
4
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Wed May 24 2023
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
Maybe folk isn’t my thing. I do feel like it could be songs from a renaissance festival.
Not bad but not something I’d choose to listen to regularly.
3
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Thu May 25 2023
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3/5
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Totally fine.
Just a random walk in the 90s power pop world.
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Just the right album for a holiday weekend.
The driving beats. The songs that are familiar. The songs that aren’t as famous. It all mixes nicely together to make a really good album.
4/5
4
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Tue May 30 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
This is the most boring form of pseudo-intellectual rock I've listened to in a while.
It isn't bad.
It is just boring and been done a hundred times earlier on this list.
This sounds like the kind of music my dentist would have on while performing a cleaning on my teeth.
2
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Wed May 31 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
This is one where the context really matters because I get it: samples and sampling!
It is a totally fine album to listen to, but because it is 2023, the amount of sampling is the shoulder shrug emoji.
I typically try and put myself into the mindset of what must this have sounded like when it came out and can't quite get there with this one.
It isn't dated per se. It doesn't feel relevant to me either.
I just feel like it sounds like a lot of the electronic albums on this list.
Which is probably a testament to how important this one was at the time, but as a listener now...not as important.
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Who's Next
The Who
5
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Harvest
Neil Young
5
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
4
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Loved this one. It was ahead of its time when I first listened to it in the 90s.
I’ve occasionally put this on over the years.
To me, it holds up and doesn’t sound dated.
It’s a vibe.
4/5
4
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
This is pretty amazing. I only knew the newer stuff starting with Mule Variations.
I really like this and am going to add this to the rotation.
4
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
3
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Mon Jun 12 2023
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
4
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Dummy
Portishead
A regular before this came up in my project.
I like the beats and the indecipherable lyrics because it doesn’t disrupt me when I’m working and is soothing.
As far as a trip hop album goes, I think this is what I consider trip hop to be. I don’t know if I would be able to tell you any other albums.
Groovy. Ethereal. Seductive.
5 of 5.
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
3
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
4/5
Solid but not spectacular.
4
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Mon Jun 19 2023
Illmatic
Nas
4
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Scott 4
Scott Walker
3
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Smile
Brian Wilson
3
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
I’ve always loved this album. When my son was a little guy, we listened to this all the time on the way to preschool.
What holds me back is when I’ve seen them in concert the show isn’t as good as the album, but that isn’t the albums fault. Good solid, blues based rock.
4/5. If I could, I’d probably go 4.5 but not all the way to 5.
4
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Smash
The Offspring
2
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Wed Jun 28 2023
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
3
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Vespertine
Björk
4
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Play
Moby
5
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Torn between 4 and 5. This is the most consistent Stones album I’ve listened to IMO.
The musicality is amazing. The riffs and jams are solid.
I’m going 4 but could have said 5 on another day.
4
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
3
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Thu Jul 06 2023
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
3
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Fri Jul 07 2023
McCartney
Paul McCartney
2/5
2
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Great musicianship.
I only know ‘Jenny’ but a good solid album.
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
I get the glam influence. I didn’t find this to be essential or especially great.
The hits are good, but the rest feels like filler. I’ll go 3 due to the hits, but this is really a 2.
3
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
What is chamber music anyway?!
Never knew that’s what this style is supposed to sound like.
It isn’t bad. I wouldn’t call it good. The lyrics are hokey with a little Lawrence Welk thrown in.
Won’t remember this. Won’t likely ever look for it again.
2
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Really solid album. A lot of great songs that I had totally forgotten about, but knew them as soon as the first notes played.
Probably a 92-93, but I’ll give it a 5.
1984 is the only song that seems out of place. It isn’t very good. But it’s the last song.
5
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
My wife says, “all bangers.”
I was never a huge fan until this year when I went to see the show at the baltimore arena. I’m a convert.
5
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
2
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
2
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Parklife
Blur
3
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
I like this one better as a whole than some of the other Bowie albums I’ve received.
The hits are always great, but I’ve found the albums a bit more uneven.
This one is thematic and consistent. I guess this is Thin White Duke Bowie, but I try avoid too much research in this.
Punk with dance beats.
4/5
4
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
3
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
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Fri Jul 28 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Love it.
Great dance album.
5/5
5
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Mon Jul 31 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
5
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Highway to Hell is a banger. The rest is repetitive.
It’s all good but a bit one note.
2
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
It’s a lot.
Not bad, a lot. But not 5 star great either. It can be a touch indulgent in places.
But it’s very funky and eclectic.
I’ll go strong 4 stars but not quite 5.
4
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Survivor
Destiny's Child
5
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Fri Aug 04 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
This is a solid album throughout. It’s got hip hop, soul, R&B, and it vibes.
I don’t know if I ever listened to the whole album all the way before, but I would put this on just like the Erykah Badu album I heard earlier on in this.
Just good music.
4
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
4
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Tue Aug 08 2023
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Peak folk Dylan. Some very memorable songs.
Maybe not my ultimate Dylan, but I’ll go 4.
4
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
5
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Thu Aug 10 2023
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
4
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
4
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Starts strong. Some of it is good. Some of it is average or below.
72/100
3
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Perfectly fine.
Pretty one note for the most part. Nothing to be bothered by.
3
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
I remember drinking at a bar in Ft. Lauderdale with one of the guys that Marilyn Manson had fired from the band back in the 1990s.
I also remember a NYE show in Ft Lauderdale as well.
I haven't listened to this stuff in years, but I was surprised at how much of it I remember from my early-20s.
In listening to these albums, I try to put myself in the mindset of where or what I would think of the album with no knowledge of the artist or the years since the album was released.
So, I'll grade this album on that scale as a 4/5...like a 89.
4
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
A double album that has songs that will fill a double album.
Not 100% bangers, but nothing that’s really filler.
I think this holds up well. I was a fan in the days. I’m still a fan now.
5
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
This album hasn't aged one bit...it is as fresh as it was the first time I heard it.
The power. The lyrics. The creativity.
I think it might be hard for folks to realize how radical this was when it first came out in the early-90s. There wasn't any rap/rock mainstream music minus the Run DMC/Aerosmith collab of "Walk This Way".
5/5
5
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Tue Aug 22 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
This is a great album.
I heard talk about Flint's water in the opening...man, nothing changes.
5/5
5
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Green
R.E.M.
5
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
I find this to be awful because it feels designed to be inoffensive and bland.
I read the description and the context and that makes it even worse IMO.
It’s techno and a coming out party at once and it’s less likely to make me dance than anything I’ve listened to in a while. And, it seems pretty generic and not super introspective from a sexuality standpoint.
Really disappointing.
2
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Suicide
Suicide
2
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Mon Aug 28 2023
Blunderbuss
Jack White
3
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
I like this one.
It has range from heart ache and soul to rocking and bopping.
Most people will know most of these songs. I'm really into this version of 'Satisfaction', it is pretty amazing.
5
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
Totally fine. Not good. Not bad.
2.5 so 3. I guess.
3
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Thu Aug 31 2023
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
This is one that I have a favorable impression of due to the time it came out.
It was 2002 and it was Bruce's response to the September 11th, terrorist attacks. It was also the first Bruce Springsteen album I ever really got into.
Moving to NYC in 2002, the album felt poignant to the angst and uncertainty that people felt during that first year after the attacks. I remember visiting NYC for the first time in May 2002 staying in a hotel downtown on Wall Street and waking up with a bloody nose because of the grit and pollution still in the air.
Then I remember moving there in November 2002 and it wasn't that people had moved on, but it had become a joyous time in NYC because people seemed to just embrace that it could all go away.
So when I listen to this album, I think of all of this.
On a scale of 0-100. This is around an 89 for me. But do to everything I reviewed, I'll probably give it 5 stars for the combo music and emotional context.
5
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Moon Safari
Air
I've actually listened to this one a lot over the last year or so because it is ambient and that helps me work on things without the distraction of lyrics.
I know nothing about the band and nothing about any of this, but I love the textures and the grooves.
Since it is on regularly in my house...I'm going 5 stars.
5
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
I know the Talking Heads, I know 'Once in a Lifetime'.
I was excited to listen to this one because my wife went to see David Byrne's show on Broadway on a business trip a few years back.
I didn't think this was bad or good. 'Once in a Lifetime' was and is still a good song. The rest of the stuff just kind of blended together for me.
I wouldn't need to listen to the full album again.
3/5
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Tue Sep 05 2023
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
I like this. I started with going 4, but this is a 5 because it’s fresh and the remastered version brings out the brightness of the instruments.
I’m going 93/100
5
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
C'mon...
Do I even need to review this one for my group? I've been to 20 Pearl Jam shows to the point where 'Alive' has moved from a lament to a celebration.
When I was sick with COVID and the complications from Long COVID, the thing that kept me going was the Pearl Jam show at MSG scheduled for 9/11/22.
I got there and 'Garden' tore me up.
The production on the album is very early-90s and the remixed version of the album is truer to the band's live sound, but this is an anthemic album...one that I still listen to regularly.
5/5
5
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
3
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
The hits hit hard. The entire album is a little more mixed.
Some of the subjects are going to come across as dated. I try to keep the context in mind when rating this one.
An iconic album but not as complete as I remember it.
4
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
4
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
It’s good.
I can see why Nirvana and other bands were inspired by this.
4
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
As the kids say, "low key" banger.
This is pretty great. I didn't realize I was going to know all of these songs. The more surprising thing is that the sound is still vibrant and alive.
This is a really great example of early American rock 'n roll.
95/100
5 stars
5
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Tue Sep 19 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
I enjoyed this. A lot of interesting beats.
4
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
I enjoyed this.
Probably add this to my workday rotation.
5
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
I like it.
Very techno and house.
4
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Fri Sep 22 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young
Didn’t love it or hate it. 2.5
3
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
4
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Wed Sep 27 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Tommy
The Who
Love ‘Tommy’.
As a kid, my son and I would listen to it all the time. He loves ‘Pinball Wizard’ even now as a surly teenager.
5
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Fri Sep 29 2023
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
Great voice. Great artist.
This was too one tone for me to get very excited about though.
3/5
3
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4/5
4
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Tue Oct 03 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4/5
Not as revolutionary now as I’m sure it was in the days.
It’s a very tight album. I was torn between 3 & 4 because I was expecting a bit more. But I realized I’ve been too ready to drop a 3. And, 3 should be reserved for the “meh, didn’t hate it and don’t need it.”
4
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
2
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
3
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
5
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
4/5
4
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
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Wed Oct 11 2023
Pink Flag
Wire
4
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Thu Oct 12 2023
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
I remember this. It’s catchy and somewhat silly.
I don’t know if it belongs on a list like this but I enjoy it as a novelty compared to some of the more serious options we’ve had over time.
2/5
2
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Fri Oct 13 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
I have always really loved this one.
Reading the reviews, I never took into consideration the influences that helped bring this one to life.
For me, it reminds me of living in NYC in the mid-2000s.
5/5
5
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
4
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed
4/5
4
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Not my favorite LZ but still pretty rocking.
5
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
This is in the regular rotation as it is.
'Seven Nation Army' is an all-time rock anthem for that riff alone.
The best part of this album isn't the rocking, but the simplicity of the music. It is simple, but powerful.
5/5
5
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Wed Oct 25 2023
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
3
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
This is dark...
On the other hand, it is unbelievably catchy.
Weird, but beautiful.
I don't know. It is totally out there.
I love it.
5/5
5
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
It's fine.
I didn't lose my mind over this even though I remember Ryan Adams name checking 'Viva Hate' at the start of his first solo album. So I kind of expected more.
It is fine.
It is a bit one tone for me. And, sad.
I wouldn't need to listen to this regularly and I wouldn't necessarily turn it off if it was on.
3/5
3
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
5/5
From a Dylan standpoint, this is it. The song craft is just perfect.
5
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
For me, it’s poppy and punk at the same time.
This is the formula that the Foo Fighters have used for years now, but it’s all Dave Grohl, trying to figure out what he’s going to do now that Kurt Cobain is dead.
Is it top of the Foo Fighters pyramid, IMO no. But it is fun and great.
So 5 stars for me.
5
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Wed Nov 01 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
This is pretty great.
I knew a lot of these songs from other artists. It’s just a lively, fun album.
If this is Big Band, I dig it.
5/5
5
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Not the worst thing, but not really good either.
2/5
2
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Fri Nov 03 2023
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
I enjoyed this more than I expected.
It’s not terribly transformative, but the beats work and the context of the music is solid.
4
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Sounds like a soundtrack to a spaghetti western.
It’s good.
4/5
4
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Tue Nov 07 2023
L.A. Woman
The Doors
4 star
4
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Atomizer
Big Black
1
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
4
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
4
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
3
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Pretty joyous and funky.
4
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
4
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
4
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
2
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Mon Nov 20 2023
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
4
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Tue Nov 21 2023
S&M
Metallica
4
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Wed Nov 22 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
I forgot I was even listening to this.
It is fine but not 100% memorable to me.
2
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Thu Nov 23 2023
The La's
The La's
4
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
4
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
3
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Tue Nov 28 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
A couple of all time hits on here that tons of people will know.
It’s also very specific to the 80s.
It’s catchy and easy to listen to. I like it. I might not catch myself going back to it regularly but you do have to admit that Cyndi Lauper did a tremendous job of building a persona for her that started with this album.
4/5
4
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Wed Nov 29 2023
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
4/5
I liked this more than I thought I would. It’s poppy.
4
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
2
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Tapestry
Carole King
3
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
4/5
4
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Homework
Daft Punk
4
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
3
3
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
This is a pretty epic pop album.
You have to really divorce yourself from MJ’s personal life but it’s a great pop album.
4
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Tue Dec 12 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
4
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
4
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Soul Mining
The The
2
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
2
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Mon Dec 18 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
4
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Tue Dec 19 2023
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
3
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Perfectly fine.
Totally average.
Wouldn’t need to search this out.
3/5
3
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Thu Dec 21 2023
1989
Taylor Swift
All bangers. 5/5.
5
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Fri Dec 22 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
4
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Mon Dec 25 2023
Ramones
Ramones
5
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Tue Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5
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Wed Dec 27 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Catchy and fun.
4/5
4
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
I don’t know what this is.
It’s fun. It’s interesting. I don’t know if I’d ever search it out.
3
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
4
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Tue Jan 02 2024
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
I will admit, I didn’t get Wilco for a long time.
I saw them open for REM. Meh.
Listened to their stuff because a woman I was dating loved them. Meh.
Had a chance to listen to their live album. Finally got it.
That’s a long intro into once I got it, I listened to this album with fresh ears and it’s just great.
It’s sort of the best of Wilco in the songs are well crafted and musicians are experimental without stealing from the songs.
Excellent stuff.
5
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
I like country music in some ways. But this isn’t it for me.
2/5
2
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
4
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Listened to it twice. I guess I liked it. 😁
5
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Wed Jan 10 2024
B-52's
The B-52's
4/5
4
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
4/5
4
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Mon Jan 15 2024
The Joshua Tree
U2
This is probably the peak of U2. It’s anthemic and grandiose.
It’s driving and soft.
They’ve never been my top top favorite but this is pretty great.
5
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
4
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
4
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
3/5
3
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
5
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
4
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Thu Jan 25 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
3
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Bossanova
Pixies
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
5
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Take Me Apart
Kelela
Not something I couldn’t have lived without hearing. But not bad. If my baseline is average at 2.5. Round up to a 3.
3
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
4
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
3
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
4/5
4
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Tue Feb 13 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
4/5
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
3/5
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Phrenology
The Roots
4
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Fri Feb 16 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
3/5
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
4
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Bummed
Happy Mondays
I’ve still listened to Kid Rock during this project. So this isn’t the worst thing.
But it is fucking awful.
1
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
4/5
The beats are great. The lyrics, meh. Not as catchy as other stuff but the music hits.
4
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
3/5
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
4
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Tue Feb 27 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
4/5
4
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
4/5
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
2
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Mon Mar 04 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Love this. Moody and melodic. Its not my favorite Radiohead album but I put it on regularly as mood music to work to.
5
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
5
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
4
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Orbital 2
Orbital
I like electronic music, but this is not a good example of the genre.
2
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Fri Mar 08 2024
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Not the worst thing I’ve ever listened to, but it is close.
1
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Mon Mar 11 2024
The Band
The Band
4
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
5
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
This is great.
The blues like they should be.
5
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
5
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
Hard meh.
2/5
2
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Mon Mar 18 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass
Pretty good. I like it more than I imagined when I saw it pop up.
Jangly. Catchy. A bit dated, but still fun.
4/5
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
5
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Wed Mar 20 2024
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
4
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Tue Mar 26 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
5
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
3
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
1984
Van Halen
4
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Wed Apr 03 2024
The Slider
T. Rex
4
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Sea Change
Beck
4/5
4
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Street Signs
Ozomatli
4
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Mon Apr 08 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Couldn’t find the album but picked out the songs and made a playlist.
4
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Tue Apr 09 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
3/5
3
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Trio
Dolly Parton
3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
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Fri Apr 12 2024
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
The cover of “I See a Darkness” is the only highlight and the only thing I remember about this.
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
4
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Tue Apr 16 2024
The Yes Album
Yes
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Quite pleasant.
4/5
4
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Dare!
The Human League
2/5.
LCD Soundsystem’s shout out gets this 2 stars.
This isn’t that great minus the last song.
2