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Mon Jan 23 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Not my usual brand of indie rock, but still a pretty good album. An interesting look into clubbing & pub hopping in North England from Alex Turner's perspective. Not subject matter I can really relate too, but a good listen and a good laugh at times nonetheless.
3
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Tue Jan 24 2023
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
My first full listen to what's considered as an all-time classic album, and I can see why. Phife & Q-Tip have great chemistry and the beats are on point!
favs: Check the Rhime, Jazz (We've Got), Verses from the Abstract, Scenario
least fav: What?
4
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Wed Jan 25 2023
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
There's still a number of non-English musical genres I'm still unaccustomed to, including African music & the work of Miriam Makeba, so this was a really insightful listen and Miriam herself is a great singer, even if the music itself didn't really hold my interest outside of a few songs. 3/5
fav: The Click Song
worst: One More Dance
3
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Thu Jan 26 2023
Pink Flag
Wire
Musically, punk (specifically short, hardcore punk like this album) is a genre that's never really caught my interest. That said, there were a number of songs on here I did like, mostly ones that deviated from that formula or ones where I could understand the lyrics.
favs: Strange, Lowdown, Fragile
least fav: Field Day for the Sundays
3
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Fri Jan 27 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
It's the album I often see cited as Bob Marley's definitive studio album and for good reason, as it showcases his militant/political and mellow/romantic sides in equal measure. It's not my favourite Marley album though, "Kaya" probably takes that (of all albums, amirite?).
favs: The Heathen, Jamming, Waiting in Vain, Three Little Birds
least fav: Guiltiness (if I had to pick one)
4
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Mon Jan 30 2023
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
favs: Things Behind the Sun, Parasite, Know
least fav: Which Will (ig?)
...I honestly don't have anything else to say otherwise.
4
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Tue Jan 31 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
favs: Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon, Fight Test
worst: In the Morning of the Magicians
3
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Wed Feb 01 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
favs: BabopbyeYa, Locked Inside, Come Alive
least fav: Make the Bus (ft. Of Montreal)
4
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Fri Feb 03 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
One of Elton's best-selling & most beloved albums... and one that's a bit too long for me to call one of my favourites of his. Still a really good album overall though.
favs: Bennie & the Jets, Candle in the Wind, I've Seen That Movie Too, All the Girls Love Alice
least fav: Jamaica Jerk-Off
4
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Mon Feb 06 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
5
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Wed Feb 08 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
favs: Sullen Girl, Pale September, Shadowboxer, Criminal
least fav: Never Is a Promise
5
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Tue Feb 14 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
4
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Fri Feb 17 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
favs: Billie Jean, Beat It, Thriller (the obvious 3 lol)
least fav: The Girl Is Mine
4
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Mon Feb 27 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
4
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Tue Feb 28 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
The first 6 songs are great. It drags a bit after that…
4
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
A good album, and I like the concepts behind each side, but there's quite a bit of fat that should've been trimmed from this album (namely the cerebral side and the half-baked story, overture & last two songs of the "operetta side"). It would've made for an even better album, though a more accessible listen too, which Todd wouldn't have gone for.
favs: Hello It's Me, Black Maria, I Saw the Light, Couldn't I Just Tell You, Dust in the Wind, It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference
least favs: I Went to the Mirror, Breathless
4
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
favs: "Living for the City", "Jesus Children of America", "Higher Ground", "Visions"
least fav: "Golden Lady" ig
5
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Arise
Sepultura
2
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
My first listen to a full Cure album aside from Disintegration. For the most part, it was pretty good.
favs: In Your House, A Forest, Seventeen Seconds
worst: Three
4
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
the Queen at full power here
favs: Ain't No Way, A Natural Woman, People Get Ready, Sweet Sweet Baby, Groovin
least fav: ...ig Come Back Baby if I had to choose...
5
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
favs: "Dancewitme", "Sumthin' Sumthin'", "Whenever Wherever Whatever"
least fav: "Reunion"
5
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
I'm not a big fan of the more theatrical side of Alice Cooper's persona which does bring this album down a bit for me. I still enjoyed it for the most part though.
favs: No More Mr. Nice Guy, Billion Dollar Babies, I Love the Dead
least favs: Mary Ann, Sick Things
3
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
fav: World Up My Ass
least favs: Wasted, I Just Want Some Skank!
2
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Garbage
Garbage
My first time hearing Garbage outside of "Stupid Girl" a few times. A pretty decent listen overall.
3
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Dummy
Portishead
favs: Biscuit, Glory Box, Sour Times, Sour Sour Times (a bonus track on the Canadian CD so it counts!)
least fav: Wandering Star
4
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Rust Never Sleeps was my introduction to Neil Young after my dad decided to pick up the record one day when we were out browsing. His voice took some getting used to, but yeah, I really dig this album now!
favs: “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)”, “Thrasher”, “Welfare Mothers”, “Ride My Llama”
least fav: “Sedan Delivery”
5
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
2
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Thu Mar 23 2023
The Real Thing
Faith No More
4
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Fri Mar 24 2023
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
3
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Mon Mar 27 2023
The Blueprint
JAY Z
Hov's most acclaimed album, and for good reason (though Reasonable Doubt, The Black Album & American Gangster give it some tough competition)
favs: "Renegade", "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)", "Blueprint (Mama Loves Me)", "Song Cry", "Takeover", "All I Need"
least fav: "Jigga"
5
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Of the little bits of ELP I've heard before, I'd definitely take their more simple acoustic guitar songs like "From the Beginning" over their usual keyboard-driven sound, though I don't think this is a bad record. It's an interesting listen at least, but I totally get why others (especially those who don't like prog rock in general) wouldn't dig this.
favs: "The Sage", "The Old Castle"
least fav: "The Hut of Baba Yaga (Pt. 1)"
3
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
4
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Risque
CHIC
I don't think it was smart to start the album off with its most recognizable (and best) song, and it was an even bigger mistake was to follow it up with the album's absolute worst song. I still liked this album for the most part tho. 4/5
favs: Good Times, My Feet Keep Dancing, What About Me
least fav: A Warm Summer Night
4
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Thu Apr 13 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
5
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
3
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Fri Apr 28 2023
Rapture
Anita Baker
A great album from one of my favourite vocalists!
favs: You Bring Me Joy, Watch Your Step, Same Ole Love, Sweet Love, Caught Up In The Rapture
least fav: No One In The World
5
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Mon May 08 2023
Heroes
David Bowie
4
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Mon May 15 2023
The Doors
The Doors
4
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Tue May 16 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
5
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Wed May 17 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
5
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Fri May 19 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
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Mon May 22 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
5
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Tue May 23 2023
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
4
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Wed May 24 2023
Play
Moby
4
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Wed May 31 2023
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Document
R.E.M.
4
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Thu Jul 06 2023
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
4
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Mon Jul 10 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
4
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
"Karma Chameleon" was a staple of my childhood thanks to my father, so I have a lot of nostalgia for that. The album as a whole is pretty good as well.
favs: It's A Miracle, Karma Chameleon, Church of the Poison Mind, Miss Me Blind
least fav: Victims
4
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Fri Jul 21 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
Like the Chic album that came after this, it's a good disco record where the singles make up the best songs.
favs: Le Freak, I Want Your Love, Funny Man
worst: At Last I Am Free
4
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
My personal least favourite of Hendrix's 3 main albums, though that's mostly because of the length. Still a really good album and a 60s psychedelic rock essential!
favs: Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Voodoo Chile, Gypsy Eyes, House Burning Down
least fav: Burning of the Midnight Lamp
4
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
The first 5 tracks a really good to great. It drags a bit from there outside of "Express Yourself", my favourite song of theirs.
favs: Express Yourself, Gangsta Gangsta, Fuck tha Police, Straight Outta Compton
worst: I Ain't tha 1
4
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Mon Aug 14 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
a good album, and I like the novelty of having each side dedicated to either swing or ballads, but I personally prefer soul music pioneer Ray Charles to pop crooner Ray Charles
favs: It Had to Be You, Just for a Thrill, Alexander's Ragtime Band
least fav: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
4
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Fri Aug 18 2023
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
One of the grittiest sounding albums I've ever heard from an established mainstream act, and while that's why it's taken a bit for me to come around to this album (and I don't think I'm still fully there yet), that's what I love most about it too!
favs: Family Affair, Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa, Time
least fav: There's a Riot Goin' On
4
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Mon Aug 21 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
favs: Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts), Can I Kick It?, Go Ahead in the Rain, Bonita Applebum
least fav: Youthful Expressions
4
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Mon Sep 18 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
4
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
4
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Pretenders
Pretenders
4
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Illmatic
Nas
4
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
5
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
4
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Wed Oct 11 2023
Music
Madonna
4
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Fri Oct 13 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
4
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
the combination of classic soul influences, hip-hop beats & D's silky, buttery voice is just too immaculate for words. My favourite D'Angelo album & quite possibly my favourite album of the entire 1990s decade!
5
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Thu Oct 19 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
The Queen of Soul’s masterpiece and a near-perfect album!
favs: Respect, Soul Serenade, Do Right Woman-Do Right Man, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Good Times
least fav: Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream (the only song I’d rate a 4/5 rather than 5)
5
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
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Wed Oct 25 2023
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
4
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
4
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Be
Common
4
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
4
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5