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Wed Mar 01 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Classic. Didn't know all the songs, but enjoyed most (not so much 10th Ave).
Felt very dramatic at times -like musical theatre almost.
I enjoyed the slow songs too!
Keyboard/sax/guitar/little trumpet/slightly gravel sound in the voice - it's a unique and identifiable soundset.
4
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
That artwork is sick.
Kinda gets repetitive if you dont have an ear for it.
Five magics was my favorite. Made me feel like I was playing DND in the 80s.
Hangar 18 is pretty bangin too though.
I'm trying to think where else I would like to listen to this at. And I think my answer is at a monster truck rally
2
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
This feels like "California summer beach day folk music". It's chill and easy. Harmonica and organ take up space and are sustained.
I feel like Bob is really a beat poet who just happens to use music. I mean how many original words are in each one of these songs?! Big vocab.
I guess he throws in blues too. I feel like his voice is constantly pushing and pulling. Not my fave for consecutive listening.
3
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Mon Mar 06 2023
B-52's
The B-52's
What a bunch of atomic weirdos. I can't help but see drugged out people from the 50s with tin foil hats trying to contact aliens. That being said, the instrumentation keeps my head bopping and my energy high, almost like I'm caught in a ufo tractor beam of steady positive groove.
I dig it. 9/10
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Machine Head
Deep Purple
Hell yeah- what a relief from Megadeath. This is good classic rock in my book. It goes hard with some sick solos but it's not gratuitous. It pushes the edges in the right way.
I never new the story/lyrics to smoke on the water were so basic, lol. Did you read the Wikipedia entry?
Listened to it twice
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Wed Mar 08 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
It feels.....
It feels like I'm in a garbage can that's on fire and being beaten by chains and hammers in the middle of an iron ore refinery in a prison colony on a moon of Jupiter. Was that the intent?
The grunge and distortion on that guitar are grating - I'm just not that angry.
Closer is a weird song(watch the music video), but I do like it
I think you have to be in the mood to listen to NIN and I'm rarely there anymore.
2
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Cool... That happened.
Seriously this is just melt into a couch and not return music.
I left it on in the background during my morning routine and it was pleasant but that's about as far as I go. In reading about it I learned what the "shoegaze" music genre means
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
I dig it
4
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Wow, so good. I didn't know this guy by name but I'll definitely look for more.
This was perfect atmosphere for physical work. It made me feel loose and care-free.
Afrofusion jazz has great rhythm and play.
5
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Wow, mid 2000s nostalgia is rushing over me. It's like alt rock with a folk and punk undertone. (Honestly their aggressive songs remind me of the stranglers a bit!)
But they have so much range and a lot more heart than other rock bands of their time.
Great lead vocalist(s), and great use of so many instruments: all the standards plus strings and xylophone or some shit.
Each song is its own standalone great track.
The album is so easy to listen to. A great road trip album for sure.
5
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
The all-high-end guitar grunge just doesn't sit well with me. I tried without headphones and it was next to impossible. Headphones give me a better picture of the soundscape, but still....
The hardest walk, candy, enjoyable.
2
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Thu Mar 16 2023
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Feels a bit safer and more cookie cutter / polished than his younger stuff. I feel like I should be a 50 year old, retired or just chillin on the weekend barbecuing with my other upper middle class friends at the lake house.
Kinda lame. (I'm being judgey)
2
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
A nice listen. Good variety and classic folk Americana sound. I haven't listened to much Neil young on purpose.
This album helped me realize I like variety of songs but also loyalty and authenticity to a genre. (Looking at you old Springsteen bringing in Indian music for the world song...)
Album art looks like a 9th grader is learning Photoshop.
4
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Hot house omarigirgrgrhgrshid is my jam. Also, ever since the world began.
For the 60s I feel like these guys go pretty hard. Definitely feel the 50s swing in some songs(Jeff's boogie) but again, they push the variety of sound/style. They have some that psychedelic kooky-ness as well. (Some frank Zappa vibes)
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Tue Mar 21 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
New to me.
Okay hear me out - this guy's voice reminds me of a blend of Lenny Kravitz and sting and Chris Martin(Coldplay).
It's kinda dreamy and wispy but he also pushes the rock with it.
I like the creative instrumentation(strings and horns and multiple keys) between the songs, and their unique structure(prolonged builds and rare instrument highlights/voices). It's definitely not a cookie cutter album. Lots of minor keys and I like that too(the fix -spoooooooky, needs to be in a wes anderson movie)
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
Meh - easy background music. Not much else for me.
3
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Holy sappy synthesizer batman.
3
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Fri Mar 24 2023
I Should Coco
Supergrass
Yeah, a great album. Feels like a very lively alt/punk British pop rock that took a lot from the Beatles and their playfulness.
Alright - I know that song!
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Yeah it's just not my band. I don't like gentle kinda underspoken poem songs.
I tried to listen twice, but it just made me angry.
For sure they have some catchy melodies on occasion, but on the whole, I never found a groove.
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Soul Mining
The The
The instrumentation and sound 🤌 so good. Loved it. That piano solo(uncertain smile) hit me in the right spot and I loved the back half of the album. I guess I like new wave?!
But lead vocals killed me. B grade David Bowie was taking me out of it.
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Hmmm christian vibing honkey tonk of the 60s. Easy going and corny. I hate it.
Lazy day- solid 50s style rock song. Just too little too late.
2
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
About time for some club dancing music. I think the secret track go west made me smile the most. Feels like a rally call for a fun gay party.
I also feel like if I did drag this music would either be a part of my warmup or actual routine.
3
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
Very nice to add in a different genre and style (as mentioned by b and e).
Back to life is the only one I knew. All the others were a bit droning for me. Those drum beats are set early and don't really change. It's much much more about the words and their play while the instrumentation just lays a base.
That being said, no real hits for me.
3
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Mon Apr 03 2023
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Have to admit it kind of just played in the background and I rocked along. I liked it but I didn't give it much more thought
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Kenya
Machito
Dude this makes me want to put on a white jacket and go party in Havana in the 50s. Damn. I'm picturing the whole fancy club, everybody dressed up nice and drinking cocktails while the boys in the band lay down groovin beat after groovin beat.
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
It's so good, for so long.
It's well balanced, its free, it drives, it plays.
The acoustic parts are lovely.
Kashmir smacks so hard. I can't imagine hearing that for the first time.
5
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
Yeah . I dig this.
Morrissey, like many Brits of this era, have this kind of grand sad moody kind of sound to me.
Sometimes others go too far in either direction, but this feels balanced.
I'm gonna dig in more.
5
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Another great listen. I don't really know enough to critique or comment on these albums, but I love having them on while I work and will return to them for cooking and date nights
4
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
My dad showed my Zappa and the mothers of invention when I was a teenager, so I was expecting this to be way weirder.
I was pleasantly surprised!
Yeah some go too long, but others like peaches and umbrellas are really nice!
4
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
A little to disorderly and chaotic for me
2
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Thu Apr 13 2023
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Those first few moments of the album - I thought we were going to reggae land.
This was a good listen, but i got tired of the nonstop high falsetto vocal. I needed a break and a grounding that never came.
But the instrumentation was dope.
4
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Fri Apr 14 2023
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Yeah, strong high school vibes.
This Coldplay was a nice turn of the century neo soft rock to me. Chris Martin has an airy and lofty voice, and the band supports that with a sort of ethereal sound.
Scientist is soo good. I loved clocks then, but now it just feels kinda old and cheese.
4
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Arrival
ABBA
Abba does not suck.
I grew up listening to Abba on road trips with the family, so they will always remind me of happy loving times.
The music is catchy and bright. The voices are unique.
And any band that has a song about kissing the teacher rules.
Tiger is kind of annoying, but I want to change it to "Tyler" and use it as my creeping song.
5
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Dream-pop, new to me and I like it.
The album started a bit meh for me, but the mid and back end picked it up.
It reminded me of aurora mixed with the cranberries (vocals mainly) and something else I can't quite identify.
I like the kind of swooping atmospheric sounds that do give a dreamy feel.
4
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
How do you not love a band with a song "rock against ass", "don't say motherfucker, motherfucker" and " rendezvous with anus" all in a row!?
This album is perfect teenage boy rediculousness. It's high energy, in your face fun. It definitely makes me want to go get into shenanigans.
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
Noise and metal and scream and grunge and metal and noise and static and loud and scratch and thrash and words and metal and bang and loud and crap
5
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Fri Apr 21 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
New to me, never listened to George alone, but I really liked this! At times it felt like the Beatles or Paul Simon or Bob Dylan or something else altogether. Great range of songs (perhaps too many) but it was solid through out. Gonna put it on again on a long drive for sure.
4
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
Yeah good shit.
4
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Tue Apr 25 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
So many relationship emotions.
I liked this.
4
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Got too repetitive for ambient music
2
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
Sorry Ethan.
2
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Fri Apr 28 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
Yeah not my favorite. I always feel like there's something missing from the musicality/performance of Bowie's voice. It's like a weird British-fem-robot.
The music is solid but it never captures me and makes me want to ride along at full speed.
3
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Mon May 01 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
I really liked this. It felt like "polished" punk in that all the songs were still high energy and in your face fun, but it felt like the musicians knew what they were doing. It didn't feel like a bunch of emotional youths lashing out, but instead, seasoned artists who just wanted to live in the punk genre.
Felt like a "mature" mashup of the offspring and greenday.
4
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Tue May 02 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Nice that it was MD, but I'm rarely in the super experimental mode.
3
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Wed May 03 2023
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
What a nice change of pace. Tina has such a unique and impassioned voice. It's like she's constantly begging and hoping and clawing for more in so many songs.
This album makes you listen to the message, and care for the person underneath.
4
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Thu May 04 2023
LP1
FKA twigs
Certified bedroom banger
5
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Fri May 05 2023
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Started strong, got a bit toonexperimental and drawn out.
3
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Mon May 08 2023
Who's Next
The Who
4
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Tue May 09 2023
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
I love Willie. His classics are timeless. But also a lot of these felt the same, so I'm not in a rush to go listen again. But his reputation and impact deserve my 4
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Wed May 10 2023
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
Felt like pretty happy/fun punk. I liked it.
4
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Thu May 11 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
This grew on me. These guys seem honest, juvenile at times, also very focused on tv, money, and women. But I liked it. I love the full story arc and closure at the end.
4
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Fri May 12 2023
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
Meh. Felt like an album about nothing, just kinda sounds and random instruments.
2
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Mon May 15 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
This album resonates with me....
And I have good memories of it.
Its sillly and creative and hits hard and has variety. It doesn't feel like the hip hop that I dislike. It has a story and a message.
5
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Tue May 16 2023
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
So many classics! I didn't know they were all on this album.
Feels like Bob Dylan crawled into a punk basement in the UK in the 80s/90s.
5
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Wed May 17 2023
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Easy enough listening. But yeah, feels very trans for"dark and dangerous" music.
I pictures this thriving at q and brew. Just solid manly rich for a bunch of dudes shooting pool
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Pelican West
Haircut 100
Okay I love this. It feels like proto-vulfpeck. They had to draw from these guys.
The amount of silky sax and moving guitar and upbeat lyrics and music. Hell yeah. I'm gonna explore more of these guys.
5
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Fri May 19 2023
The Cars
The Cars
Great all around. I really liked that last song in addition to all the known classics
5
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Mon May 22 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Solid
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
I was really into the beginning. Felt like the new wave I'm coming to realize I love. But then it got weird and cinematic/dramatic which wasn't what I needed for work mode. Maybe again in another mood
3
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Wed May 24 2023
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
I did not like that.
2
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Thu May 25 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
Also. Started okay. Got worse
1
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Fri May 26 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
I listened to this 100 times the year it came out. Still holds up for me. It's dramatic and theatric music without being over the top. Muse all the way.
5
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Tue May 30 2023
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
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Wed May 31 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
That rod Stewart voice - soulful and a little rough - very nice, but only in small chunks for me. A whole album gets a bit "one note" style wise. But pepper in some rod Stewart to many a playlists.
I liked this more than faces.
4
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
Groovy and funky
4
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
I wanted it to be a 4, and it was close, but it didn't quite lock in for me ,
3
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Mon Jun 05 2023
1984
Van Halen
Classics all the way. Always loved the piano use in Van Halen.
5
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
A little too quirky free form for me.
I was going to say it's good background ambient music but some of the repetitive percussion gets grating
2
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
I wanted it to lock in and take me with it... But it never did. Just felt average'ish
3
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
I love how this bridges 60s styles with new rock trends. It occupies a sweet pocket that I don't think a lot of bands found -either swinging farther into each side of the spectrum.
Super solid and fun to listen to.
4
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Wow so much variety in this one with so many classics.
However- the songs I didn't like, I really didn't like. And that's what prevents the five. Some of those just sounded so synthy and cartoony.
This album also has like 3 songs that are the base for other songs I didn't know about!!! Past time paradise?! Amazing
4
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Well, now I know what I'll put on if I'm ever stranded in a cabin with my girlfriend and I'm trying to keep her calm and docile.
This was some gentle music.
3
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
I love there gentle voices damnit.
They take you to another place.... "The 60s" I think it's what is called. Where love and kindness are what we're all after.
Flowers never bend was new to me and it's an instant favorite. That song captures my view on life and death, albeit a simplified one.
These songs are so short and fleeting. I wonder why they chose to never draw it out? They believe in their message and no need to belabor it, I guess. So good.
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Took me a while to finish, but man I loved this album.
It takes you on quite a journey with lots of different sounds beyond the 70% solid alt rock. It feels like they took orchestration and composition more serious. Especially with the length of the album. The soft and hard fighting against each other is lovely.
Corgan's voice is of course unique, and I can see how it could get old, but I dig it throughout.
Will listen again on a roady.
5
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
I can see me listening to this on a porch looking over a golden field of grain 20 years from now.
I feel like honky tonk gets a pretty cheese reputation, but this was great for me.
4
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Dramatic, a bit spooky and weird. I would only select this for very few choice scenarios
2
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Mon Jun 19 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
How. Is. Every. Song. A. Classic.
10/5 stars. 'nough said.
5
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Tue Jun 20 2023
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Not my jam. A little to silly.
I get real tired of drum loops.
3
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
Nah.
I don't like one sappy man and his guitar music
2
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Cute. But she needs a better man. That guy sounds like a jerk to her.
3
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Tried it. Can't do it.
1
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Mon Jun 26 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
Love me some happy 80s pop rock.
Okay, let's talk about it.
It has this cloud of happiness that welcomes you in. Some call that cheesy and silly, too soft and whimsical. I love it because it makes me feel like I'm in a joyful montage in an 80s movie. Pure innocence and fun. It's like a version of bliss. And so what if it's not realistic, it let's me escape to a better place. And for that I love it.
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
I liked this more than the previous one. It felt more lively and less serious.
115th dream, lol.
Handful of classics supported by a suite of other solid songs.
4
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Wed Jun 28 2023
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
Things I want to say to queen latifah after listening to this:
1. Your name is queen latifah
2. You know how to spell
3. You like to make rhymes and are good at it and people should tell you that so you don't have to as much.
2
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
I dig it.
Painter of women was my favorite.
And I was swinging a hammer when 9 lb hammer came on, so it gets bonus points.
4
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Muddy waters - great at what he does.
Too much blues for me.
After 5 songs I just feel bummed and tired.
I feel bad giving a low score because this is purely preference, not a comment on song-writing, musicianship, or skill.
2
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Marquee Moon
Television
3
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Deep purple: Let's play solos!
Me: no thanks, the standard songs are fine
Deep purple: (already 2 minutes into solo) YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
2
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Karma chameleon, amazing of course, and it's repetitive but still pleasant. Man, that was an indicator of things to come. Some of the other songs just feel like a line on repeat. Gets a bit droning.
3
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
First half of the album just made me feel like I was watching "blade" with Wesley snipes. Then a few real nice chill tracks. Then more forgettable trancey stuff.
3
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Bad bad seeds.
2
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Live swinging music, super fun. It's fun to astral project yourself back to that club with the sites and smells and sounds.
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
In Rainbows
Radiohead
4
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
I wonder how many people say "rumors is better"
Cause it's true.
This had some fun to it and I prefer the Stevie songs.
What am I supposed to do with tusk itself though? Listen to only that song at burning man?
3
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Whoah. I had heard of this band, and of course recognized the classics, but I really like it.
Was it like a rock (lil country thrown in?) British mash up?
I'm confused and happy
4
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
I hate the band name.
I'm confused by the music.
But for the mood it hit me in, it worked.
3
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
I feel like this album has "lazy and carefree" performance and I don't mean that in a bad way. It's just loose and a free and a little unpolished, which makes it sexy?
4
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
Rocking, psychedelic, a bit mopey in the middle, but also weird and silly.
3
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
I am the egg man
2
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
4
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Chris
Christine and the Queens
That was fun and frenchy
4
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Mon Jul 24 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
4
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Blur
Blur
3
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Black Metal
Venom
2
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Fri Jul 28 2023
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
80s fun
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
2
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Tue Aug 01 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
4
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Shadowland
k.d. lang
3
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Atomizer
Big Black
I did not like this.
1
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
I liked the songs I knew... Which was surprisingly a lot. But I didn't care for the others...
3