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Thu Jan 19 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
I totally understand why this was a hit in 1972. Folk was still an influence in popular music that was able to really be put out there.
This album doesn't sound dated by any stretch of the imagination.
But you can tell from the instrumentation that this is an album that wouldn't have mass appeal in 2023.
I like the album, but I don't know that I would need to really listen to this regularly.
It is a bit too mellow for me and I prefer Bob Dylan and Neil Young when it comes to things that have the influence of folk to them.
I'll give this a solid 83.
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Fri Jan 20 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
This is pretty funky.
I love this one.
I forgot how badass Erykah Badu was on this album or at this time. This is amazing.
When I need to chill and just relax, I'll come back to this one. I'm glad this is in my algorithm now.
95/100 or 5 stars in the 1001 album ranking.
5
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Sat Jan 21 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Solid.
In retrospect, not spectacular but very good.
I love Rod Stewart after reading his book so I’m leaning towards giving it a bit more grace.
3.75/5
77/100
4
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Sun Jan 22 2023
Tommy
The Who
5
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Mon Jan 23 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Great album. I’ve had it on reps since I saw the band in Boston in November. Before that I knew of them, but didn’t really know them.
Now I listen to them all the time.
5/5
95/100
5
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Tue Jan 24 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Great album. So much of 90s hip hop is here.
This is FUNKY.
5/5
92/100
5
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Low
David Bowie
I like this.
Maybe not the one filled with catchy pop hits but the sonic palette is insane.
4
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
5/5
100
Whatever.
I’ve been a lifelong Pearl Jam fan at this point.
I’ve been to 20+ shows.
Everytime I hear Alive it’s a celebration.
5
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Fri Jan 27 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
5
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Sat Jan 28 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
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Sun Jan 29 2023
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
Crazy but I’m totally into this.
I’d have never thought I’d enjoy it so much.
I’d definitely listen to this again.
5
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Great album. Just perfect as an example of raggae.
5
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Wed Feb 01 2023
Closer
Joy Division
I’d never pin this as being from 1980.
It doesn’t feel 40+ years old. It doesn’t have the same production values minus the drums.
I like it.
Not a constant but solid stuff.
82/100
4/5
4
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Thu Feb 02 2023
Metallica
Metallica
5
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
Totally dig this.
4/5
4
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Sat Feb 04 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
This is excellent.
Totally going into my rotation of music to work to.
5
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Sun Feb 05 2023
Who's Next
The Who
5
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Mon Feb 06 2023
A Northern Soul
The Verve
2
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Tue Feb 07 2023
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
My grandma loved Elvis. I have watched Blue Hawaii more than I should ever have had to.
This is the start of Elvis. It’s wild how wide his influences are.
Maybe not as jaw dropping as Little Richard but sort of awesome to hear now.
4
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Thu Feb 09 2023
Among The Living
Anthrax
My first Anthrax album.
Very hard.
I’m maybe not as big a fan of this as I am of Megadeath or other metal bands.
I can appreciate why folks like this though.
3/5
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Fri Feb 10 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
‘Fame’ and ‘Young Americans’ are solid songs.
The rest is a vibe, but not a must listen album.
3
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Sat Feb 11 2023
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
“In da club” is a banger.
The beats hit.
The guests are great. But on the whole, I feel this is less than the sum of its parts.
3
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Sun Feb 12 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
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Mon Feb 13 2023
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
3
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Tue Feb 14 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
I don’t know if I ever listened to the entire album before.
But this is raw and intense. These are songs you’ve heard or know the names of in a lot of instances. But I get the hype about this concert now.
5/5
5
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Wed Feb 15 2023
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
Solid. I like it.
Atmospheric.
4/5
4
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Thu Feb 16 2023
Different Class
Pulp
2/5
2
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
4
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Sat Feb 18 2023
No Other
Gene Clark
3
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Sun Feb 19 2023
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
It’s great. It’s too much. It isn’t really an album.
3
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Mon Feb 20 2023
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
3
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Tue Feb 21 2023
The Specials
The Specials
Still sounds fresh.
4
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Wed Feb 22 2023
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
2
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Thu Feb 23 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
5
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Fri Feb 24 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
3
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Sat Feb 25 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Not my thing. I was like, “will this ever end?”
The sonic landscape is fine. The vocals are fine. Everything is fine, but I think I had higher hopes for a Fleetwood Mac album.
In looking at the reviews of others, they put the album in the context of everything happening around the band.
I don’t have that historical reference. So, for me, it is just sort of a hodgepodge of sounds, vocals, and styles.
Not something I’d come back to…
‘Sara’ is a good song though.
2
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Sun Feb 26 2023
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
4
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Mon Feb 27 2023
Me Against The World
2Pac
4
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Tue Feb 28 2023
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
It’s great. It’s important. This album has influenced so many albums and artists and songs.
It is also uneven. So I’ll say 4 not 5.
But still really cool. So many influences here.
4
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Wed Mar 01 2023
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
3
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Thu Mar 02 2023
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
4
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Forever Changes
Love
Wouldn’t need to listen to this regularly.
It could be because this kind of pop was never my thing but it just sounds like the soundtrack for a forgettable 60s youth movie made in 2015 to be nostalgic.
2
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Sat Mar 04 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
Strong 4.
4
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Sun Mar 05 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
5
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Mon Mar 06 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
4
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
4
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
3
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Thu Mar 09 2023
The Score
Fugees
Loved it.
5
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
3
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Sat Mar 11 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
I like this. I’ve never listened to this guy before, but I might listen again.
4
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Sun Mar 12 2023
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
5
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Eternally Yours
The Saints
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Parklife
Blur
3
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Wed Mar 15 2023
GREY Area
Little Simz
I like this more than I thought I would. The newer British hip hop has been stronger than I might have thought.
4
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
4/5 I’d listen again.
4
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3
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Sat Mar 18 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
5
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Sun Mar 19 2023
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
2
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Not my thing.
2
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
2
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Repeater
Fugazi
4
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Eagles
Eagles
3
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Sat Mar 25 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
3
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Sun Mar 26 2023
Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
If I knew this was what I was listening to it would be fine.
Know it’s some trippy ambient music going in.
3
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Guero
Beck
I’ve been revisiting Beck lately. This is a funky, wide ranging album.
I’d put this up there as one of the best Beck albums from start to finish.
I have no problem listening to this over again.
4/5
4
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Tue Mar 28 2023
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Listened to this a couple of times. I like it.
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
4
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
2
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
4
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Sat Apr 01 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
2
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Sun Apr 02 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
3
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Mon Apr 03 2023
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
White Ladder
David Gray
2/5
2
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Thu Apr 06 2023
1989
Taylor Swift
5/5
Great pop album with great production.
5
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Fri Apr 07 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
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Sat Apr 08 2023
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
4
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Sun Apr 09 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
1
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Couldn’t do it.
One hit. So I’ll give it a 2.
2
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Tue Apr 11 2023
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
I know the name, but never listened to Marianne Faithful before.
Probably cool not listening to this again. There’s not much interesting to me in this one.
I’m guessing the atmospheric stuff was rarer in the 70s when this came out. But to me it feels tired and uninteresting.
2
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Thu Apr 13 2023
Illmatic
Nas
3
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
4
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Sat Apr 15 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
I enjoy this.
I can’t tell if it is dated. Some of it is but a lot of it still feels fresh.
It is still an album I can’t divorce from the 90s. I’ll come back to this because it’s catchy. That holds up.
5
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Sun Apr 16 2023
The Grand Tour
George Jones
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Real Life
Magazine
4
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Tue Apr 18 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
I get the concept but 3 hours of this crap.
Come on.
I thought this was a joke.
The only joke was on me for listening to this crap. Never need to hear this again.
1/5
1
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Fri Apr 21 2023
The Band
The Band
4
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Sat Apr 22 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
4
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Sun Apr 23 2023
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
As funky as it can get. But still a little filler in spots.
4
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Nixon
Lambchop
It’s bad knockoff Cat Stevens.
2
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
4
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
4/5
4
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Fri Apr 28 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
3/5
3
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Sat Apr 29 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3/5
3
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Sun Apr 30 2023
Technique
New Order
3
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Mon May 01 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
4
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Tue May 02 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 04 2023
Odelay
Beck
3/5
Interesting. A bit uneven, but totally radical at the time it was released.
3
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Fri May 05 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
4/5
4
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Tue May 09 2023
Stankonia
OutKast
3/5
3
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Wed May 10 2023
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
3
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Sun May 14 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
4
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Mon May 15 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
I’ve been on a little of a run with the Pumpkins lately.
This is a really great album that doesn’t fit into the grunge mold of the time even if it’s 90s guitar driven rock.
5
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Tue May 16 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Great hip hop album.
One of the most intense concerts I ever saw was the Wu opening for Rage.
The Wu’s impact is everywhere still.
5/5
5
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Wed May 17 2023
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
4/5
4
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Sat May 20 2023
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
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Wed May 24 2023
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
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Thu May 25 2023
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
4
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Mon May 29 2023
Pump
Aerosmith
A little too ‘80s for me, but still fun.
3/5
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Pleasant music. Good. Not great. Wouldn’t turn it off. Not sure I’d search it out either.
3
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
4
4
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
5/5
The voice isn’t great, but these songs are something else.
That it’s just one album, wow! Because for most artists this would be enough to make a career.
5
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
5
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Sat Jun 10 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
4
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
3
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Boston
Boston
4/5
4
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4/5
4
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Wed Jun 14 2023
I Should Coco
Supergrass
2
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Thu Jun 15 2023
McCartney
Paul McCartney
2
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Be
Common
4
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
3
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Thu Jun 22 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
This has always been my favorite Beatles album because I think it was the first one I really got into.
I love this one. It is straight ahead catchy pop. It’s just the perfect early Beatles album because you have the drums and bass driving the music. The harmonies. The lyrics. The catchiness.
It’s all just there.
Do I love other albums by the Beatles? Certainly. But this my first love and my favorite.
5
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Sulk
The Associates
Not my thing. I don’t even find this a good example of 80s synth pop. It’s just sort of meh for me.
2
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Sat Jun 24 2023
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
3
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Mon Jul 03 2023
School's Out
Alice Cooper
4
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Opus Dei
Laibach
I’m not sure if I love this or hate it.
I don’t know what this is. But I’m kind of into this.
3
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
3
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Meh. I was excited because of the song by The National, but it’s kind of generic alt rock or maybe it’s not.
2/5
2
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Sun Jul 09 2023
The Blueprint
JAY Z
Great. 5/5
5
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
5
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
It’s not all bangers. But it’s a solid album.
You have interesting influences and the hits are great.
4
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Fri Jul 21 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Expansive. Indulgent. But very listenable.
Like an exotic ear massage.
This is a giant F you to John and Paul were the geniuses of the Beatles.
4
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
4
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Sun Jul 23 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
A banger. Some peak Neil Young and Crazy Horse. A mix of light and loud.
5/5
5
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Purple Rain
Prince
This has been a favorite since I was a kid. It’s got a bit of everything.
It’s pop, but not.
Rock, but more.
Dance, but something else.
80’s excess, but more sophisticated.
Just great.
5/5
5
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Tue Jul 25 2023
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Interesting stuff.
Never really listened to The Pogues before. My wife’s family is almost 100% Irish and I have a son with a very Irish name. So I have to listen to this and enjoy it.
I don’t think it is a full 4 stars for me, but it is more than 3 stars. So I think I will go 4 stars because I would listen to this again.
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Love the beats. The lyrics may be a little over my head.
Like The Streets, this one may grow on me as I become more familiar with it.
3
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
It could be that I’m sitting here on a Saturday night, having a drink, chilling…but this feels pretty good.
4
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Fri Jul 28 2023
New Wave
The Auteurs
Perfectly inoffensive.
Nothing much memorable about this at all.
Like elevator music from the 90s.
2
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Sat Jul 29 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
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Sun Jul 30 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West
I can’t tell if I love it or hate it. The beats are pretty great. The lyrics are hit or miss.
I’m really torn on this one.
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Sheet Music
10cc
4
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
4
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Wed Aug 02 2023
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
This was the first album I really got into U2 on.
Seattle, 2000-2001. I had this thing on constantly at the Bauhaus coffee shop.
This is U2 at peak preachy, but still catchy.
5
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Thu Aug 03 2023
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
2
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Fri Aug 04 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
3
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
3/5.
I get it. I’m not that much of a hard rocker though.
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Medúlla
Björk
Interesting. Not electronic. Not entirely vocal driven. Somewhere in the middle.
3/5
3
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Mon Aug 07 2023
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
I had no idea what I was going to hear when I put this on. It is a really solid synth pop thing.
I’d totally listen to this again. I really enjoyed it.
It takes the best of dance, synth, and pop and puts it together. The band is quite charismatic and lively.
Not quite 5 stars, but solid 4.
4
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Wed Aug 09 2023
So Much For The City
The Thrills
Meh. 2/5
2
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
5
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Wed Aug 23 2023
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
3
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
The Doors
The Doors
5
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
3
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
This still sounds fresh for the most part, especially the hits and more recognizable songs.
I like this one.
I think I am slightly too willing to drop 5 stars, but this is pretty innovative in the context of rock music and guitar playing...so I think the 5 stars is deserved here.
I'll go 90/100.
5
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
I've never heard this, but I do know the songs.
So, probably better than I imagined.
4/5
4
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Sat Sep 02 2023
The World is a Ghetto
War
From the start with 'The Cisco Kid' this is funky...
I'd listen to this again. It is funky and still sounds fresh. The music is great.
5/5
5
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
3
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Movies
Holger Czukay
3
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
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
3
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Mon Sep 11 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
Love this one. The first time I listened to this, I had no clue what I was listening to. But it grew on me and it’s in the regular rotation now.
5
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Good. Not the best Black Sabbath album IMO.
3/5
3
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Meh.
2
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Arrival
ABBA
Solid 4/5
4
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Fri Sep 15 2023
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
4
4
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Sat Sep 16 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
What an album!?
I've been a fan of Johnny Cash. Especially the older stuff with Rick Rubin, but I hadn't listened to this in a while or since I can remember.
This is just raw and amazing. It is all heart, emotion, and simplicity.
Fuck!
5/5
5
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Sun Sep 24 2023
Gold
Ryan Adams
4
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
4
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
A little dated production wise but the songs hold up well.
There are some mid-90s bangers with a little filler but not too much. TBF, almost all of these albums had some filler.
I’ll go strong 4.5, but round up to 5 like in school.
5
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Tue Oct 03 2023
21
Adele
Adele has an amazing voice. But it’s also music that is just there.
3
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
This is a mix of styles.
What I notice most is how rough and energetic this is compared to other Stones albums.
Not 5 stars but solid 4.
4
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
Remember hearing this around 2004/2005 as an advance thing.
I’ve enjoyed it over the years. But always felt like KoL left a little to be seen. Like they only got part of the way to where they could have.
4
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Middle of the road punk for me. Not quite average.
2
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Sat Oct 07 2023
1984
Van Halen
The hits are hits. The rest of the album isn’t as solid.
4
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Sun Oct 08 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
Swinging country music.
I don’t remember listening to Dwight Yoakam but knowing him as Julia Roberts’s ex-husband.
This is a good country album, catchy.
Kind of higher than a 3.5 and slightly below a 4. I’ll round up because I wasn’t expecting much and got a lot more than I expected.
4
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Mon Oct 09 2023
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Is it possible to go higher than 5 stars?
This is just a perfect psychedelic rock album. I am not even a Pink Floyd fan and this is just lush, well constructed, anthemic, and timeless.
5
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
Started slow for me, but it grew on me.
3
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Wed Oct 11 2023
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Chaotic. Not bad. Not as amazing as some of the reviews led me to hope for.
Good though.
3
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
This is amazing.
I was grooving to the entire album.
It holds up too. That’s fortunate, but unfortunate as well.
This is a straight banger.
5
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
3
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Sat Oct 14 2023
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Definitely something I appreciate more having worked through this project.
Also, when I was younger and this first came out, I didn’t really get past the singles.
Now, I appreciate the influences and how subtle a lot of this is.
Solid album that’s not what you’d expect from early Beastie Boys albums.
4
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Sun Oct 15 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4/5
4
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
This is probably the only album besides ‘The Blueprint’ that I’d call perfect of the 200+ I’ve had so far.
This is just perfect.
It still feels fresh and amazing.
5
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
4
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Thu Oct 19 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 Oct 20 2023
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
3
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Sat Oct 21 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
4
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Sun Oct 22 2023
Hysteria
Def Leppard
It’s a lot. It’s great. It’s a touch dated.
It’s a bit of everything 80’s.
4
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Rocks
Aerosmith
I like it because it’s got groove and funk.
It’s also only ok because the songs aren’t that great compared to the hits.
It’s something I’d listen to but wouldn’t intentionally put on.
3
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Wed Oct 25 2023
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
3/5
3
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
I mean, this is Mariah...so you know it is going to have a certain amount of vocal quality.
It does.
But this isn't the album filled with all the poppy, danceable hits that I associate with Mariah.
It is a solid album, but not as much fun as I think I want from someone so connected to pop and dance and high flying vocal trilling.
It was really more of background music to me.
2/5
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Fri Oct 27 2023
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
That’s a solid 2 from me.
2
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Sat Oct 28 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
5/5
Still almost perfect. Hasn’t aged a second.
5
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Sun Oct 29 2023
Make Yourself
Incubus
2
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
2
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Tue Oct 31 2023
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
This is the blues.
Rock has nothing on the real blues when it comes to soul because this is generational pain coming through in music form.
That’s not meant to take away from rock, but just that we might think we know blues based music but we don’t until we hear real blues.
4/5
4
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
2
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Thu Nov 02 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
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Sat Nov 04 2023
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
I’ve only known Lemmy by reputation. But I have to say this doesn’t disappoint.
Again, it’s straight ahead rock.
The lyrics are out of touch with today but in 1980, this shit must have been poetry.
5
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Sun Nov 05 2023
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
3
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Mon Nov 06 2023
More Specials
The Specials
3
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4 stars
4
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
4 stars.
4
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
4
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
5
5
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Sat Nov 11 2023
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5
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Sun Nov 12 2023
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
4
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
3
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Sat Nov 18 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
4
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Sun Nov 19 2023
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Fun. But my French isn’t good enough.
3
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
5
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Wed Nov 22 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
3
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Thu Nov 23 2023
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
4
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
4
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Sat Nov 25 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
3
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Sun Nov 26 2023
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
To me this is the peak Pavement album.
I loved this one in the 90s. It still holds up and has a freshness to it. It’s likely because it tried so hard to not sound like grunge.
Anyway, if I’m listening to a Pavement album, this is it for me.
5
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Sincere
Mj Cole
I’m more inclined to electronic music than I was when I was younger. That said, I’ve got more experience listening to music.
In 2000, this would have been zero point zero from me. I know this.
Now, I find this sort of simplistic and repetitive. I have a hard time fitting it into a spot in my thinking where it was ground breaking or innovative.
It’s very much like asking ChatGPT to make me some banging electronic tracks.
It is inoffensive, so I might have it on in the background when I’m working because I like to play music that’s not going to distract me.
2
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
I’d be inclined to go 3 here but the title song was so bad. I needed to subtract a point.
It’s kind of middling electronic music.
2
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
4
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
2
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Queen II
Queen
3
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Grace
Jeff Buckley
4
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
3
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Tue Dec 05 2023
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
2/5
2
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
3
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
To me peak Dylan. 5/5
5
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Can I go more than 5. This was my first ZZ Top album as a kid.
So this wins due to nostalgia.
5
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Sat Dec 09 2023
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
4/5
4
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Sun Dec 10 2023
Manassas
Stephen Stills
3
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
3/5
3
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
It’s not bad. It’s just not interesting.
2
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
4
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Sat Dec 16 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
4
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Sun Dec 17 2023
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
4
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Night Life
Ray Price
2
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Tue Dec 19 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
4
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
4
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie
4/5
4
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4
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Sat Dec 23 2023
Blur
Blur
3
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Sun Dec 24 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
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Mon Dec 25 2023
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
4
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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
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
3
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
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Fri Dec 29 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
4
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Cross
Justice
4
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Sun Dec 31 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
5
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3
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Tue Jan 02 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
3/5
3
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
3
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Thu Jan 04 2024
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
4
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
2
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Sat Jan 06 2024
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
4
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Sun Jan 07 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Not my thing. Loud, abrasive and those are the redeeming qualities of this one.
I know it’s Nick Cave, but it’s just too chaotic and incoherent to even be considered something as a jumping off point for me.
2
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Roxy Music
Roxy Music
2
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Teen Dream
Beach House
Totally fine.
Norway, I like.
It’s not great or offensive. I would have been fine not listening to this in my lifetime.
3/5
3
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Sat Jan 13 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3/5
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Tago Mago
Can
“I was there. At the first CAN show, in Cologne.”
3 stars. Maybe 2 if it wasn’t due to LCD Soundsystem
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
3
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Thu Jan 18 2024
The Joshua Tree
U2
5
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
4
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Dummy
Portishead
5
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Sun Jan 21 2024
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
2
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
I’ll put this on my list of things to work to.
It’s just right for deep work and deep thinking.
4/5
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
I dig it and I don’t know a word of French.
5
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Great stuff.
5
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
2
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Homework
Daft Punk
3
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Sun Jan 28 2024
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
3
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Mon Jan 29 2024
California
American Music Club
Can’t find it easily. Gets 1 star.
1
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
4
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Third
Soft Machine
I enjoy this. It’s interesting and unusual.
I like to listen to stuff without words when I work and this fits that bill nicely.
4/5
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Like A Prayer
Madonna
One star for each hit. But pretty average the rest of the way.
3/5
3
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
2/5
Repetitive and a bit lame.
2
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Sat Feb 03 2024
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
5
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
2
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Imagine
John Lennon
4
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who
5
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Mon Feb 12 2024
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
2
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Tue Feb 13 2024
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
The Predator
Ice Cube
3/5
3
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Fri Feb 16 2024
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
4
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
4
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
3
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
3
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Protection
Massive Attack
4
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Bummed
Happy Mondays
1
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4/5
4
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Wed Feb 28 2024
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
3
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Marquee Moon
Television
4
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
This is some good renaissance fair shit.
4
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
4
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Roots
Sepultura
Not my thing but I did appreciate the creativity.
3
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
I’d forgotten about this album but when KoL were first on the scene one of their promoters sent me a copy because I was involved in the entertainment business.
I was sworn to not share it with anyone.
I had this on a loop for a long time in 2004/2005.
Along with Eagles of Death Metal.
Laugh. It’s cool. I do as well.
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
This is some of the dullest music I’ve ever heard.
Good god man.
1
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4/5
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
It’s fine. Not great. I enjoyed it. 3/5
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
4/5
4
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
3/5
3
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
These songs are classics.
I didn’t realize this album had so many classic Dylan songs on it.
This is a 5 from me.
5
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
3/5
3
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
4
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Sun Apr 14 2024
Play
Moby
5
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Atomizer
Big Black
2
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Dare!
The Human League
This is a one hit thing.
I was interested due to the name check by LCD soundsystem. But meh.
2
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
Meh. 2/5
2
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
3/5
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
3
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
This is better than I would have expected.
Sure, Smoke on the Water but it’s good blues based rock.
4
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Pink Flag
Wire
4
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
4
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Sat Apr 27 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
3
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Sun Apr 28 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
2
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Chelsea Girl
Nico
2
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Wed May 01 2024
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
3/5
Nice electronic music but nothing essential.
3
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Thu May 02 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3/5
3
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Sat May 04 2024
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
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Sun May 05 2024
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
2
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Mon May 06 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
3
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Tue May 07 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
5