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Wed Mar 01 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Delightful album. one of the few live albums that really captures a sense of audience and interplay there. Dark and cheeky, solemn and wisened. Gave me a whole new respect for country music.
5
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
An unexpected range in tone from piano ballads to driving doom riffs. As someone put off by later Black Sabbath with Master Of Reality I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of vocals and all around musicianship. Not quite as innovative as earlier Black Sabbath but it's hard to reinvent the wheel.
4
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
A few good tracks, with nice use of old prog rock ideas in a folk setting. Otherwise, approaches coldplay a little too close for an American group.
3
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
Very very fun and so deeply in the 90s! Feels like a heist movie and a car chase simultaneously on some tracks. And yet, such hypnotising alluring beats and gorgeous drums cut through the cheese to leave me with the best breakbeat album I've ever heard.
4
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
DRUGS!! very lovely album, interesting psychedelic ideas. just generally very pleasant. And yet, so rich with sadness and frustration. Very beatles inspired but with a sorrow all of its own.
4
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Kind of bland, nasal funk rock. Some inspired, mostly not.
2
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
Bright, vibrant, romantic but decontextualised from the cinema it comes from it can come across as bland in places
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
OMGOMGOMG
All I'm saying, pretty baby... la la love you, don't mean maybe...
This album is gold dust back to front, its gorgeous, it's raw, its fun, its everything. it's just a masterpiece.
5
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Mon Mar 20 2023
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Much more interesting and rich for sit down listening than most funk. lots of fun jazz ideas and less poppy than some other earth wind and fire.
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Fun and bubbly, heartwarming and true. Not exceptionally special but does what it does well.
4
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Really gorgeous vocals. Don't feel like listening to it once did it justice and so its an album I'll definitely revisit.
3
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Bright and shiny, fun and psychedelic. lots of new wave influences on a beautifully melodic and symphonic backdrop. Weaves guitar into symphonic music in a way that is often missing from progressive rock ideas. That being said, it lacks a certain willingness to be creative of inventive in a bold manner.
3
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Tue Mar 28 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
The title says it all. AROo
Very cool pre alt sound, very special. Didn't stick in my brain a lot melodically but i don't think it's trying to. The contrasts hold a place in me though.
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Blur
Blur
A very pessimistic album. Somewhat lacking the romanticism of other blur records to leave a catchy but bitter taste in the mouth. Still some bangers and i do love the britcore vox
2
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
I actually think this album kinda rules and is surely not good but retains the essence of punk: youthful stompy and a little uncreative
3
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
GUHHH GHH GUHHHHH HGHHHH KYAHHHHHH
5
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Mon Apr 03 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Bit shit and boring, shite vocals and some decent guitar x bass melodiez
2
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Tue Apr 04 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Excellent beeps n boops. ze Germans win again
4
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Permission to Land
The Darkness
Its fun garbage eh? I have a special place in my heart for the darkness and while i prefer one way ticket this album still holds pleasant in my soul. wouldn't go out of my way to listen tho
2
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
You can really hear that this was released when Reagan was president
Vroooom kapow liberty rock n roll
sent from my 1978 Dodge Magnum
2
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Tue Apr 11 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Better than i remembered. Last four tracks bang. Delightfully youthful. Still a lot of tracks that i don't enjoy, probably due to bejng overplayed rather than any deep fault of the music:just tunes that dont lend themselves to massive relistening imo.
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Faith
George Michael
George...
You were fruity, you were fun. This album is missing some of that fruit juice. Too straight! But the first track rules. And the album cover is so sexy it's awesome. Good for you and rest in peace big man
3
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Tue Apr 18 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
I feel like I could listen to this album forever. its got this fascinating contrast between these somewhat bland lyrics and a structurearound them that makes them feel so very very honest. George really wants to love. It also just sounds unlike anything else I've heard. Realy yum.
4
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Pleasant but bland
2
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Thu Apr 20 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
This album frikkin rules. it's so yum. it's sleasy and grimy and more musical than i remembered. and i can really relate to it because they're 21 soon turning 22
5
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
And i thought AM was as arctic monkeys at a karaoke as you could get 😃
astonishingly bland
Interesting things that happened while listening to this album: getting chased down by a dog for being a skater which was a pleasant reprise for my soul
1
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Mon Apr 24 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
I liked this album and its shtinkin words and grooves
YEAAAA BOIIIIII
4
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
eezzz like uhhh a nothing album. goez nowhere waffles extensively. i really want to be cool and like this but its kind of nothing
2
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
I liked it :) a lot
very sweet and sincere
Cute lil album
4
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Dare!
The Human League
If it was just don't you want me on loop i wouldnt have been able to tell
2
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Mon May 01 2023
Queen II
Queen
Way worse than expected lol
2
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Tue May 02 2023
The Clash
The Clash
Heck yea now THATS some good punk! i think i actually prefer this to london calling, which was recommended to me greatly by a friend who loves punk a whole lot. so i guess this album made me feel happier with being opinionated about punk. i compare it to the dead Kennedys because they covered i fought the law, and i think where the dead Kennedys are edgy and witty the clash instead presents this very honest, cincere plea to class solidarity. its just delightful. Not all tunes but mostly !
4
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Wed May 03 2023
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Zappacore with enough falsettos that you know without a doubt that this man sired Jeff Buckley. Unfortunately less directional than his son's music. Truly heroin music. Kinda bad production asw. and despite all this i liked it! very fun and bright, nice basslines. sits itself as of its time so intensely.
3
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Fri May 05 2023
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Huh... album that i listened to a few times hoping i just didnt get it yet but it has just started grating. i like that its in Spanish and some of the bass is nice. some nice jazz elements as well. maybe if i was dancing i would enjoy it more.
2
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Mon May 08 2023
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
This was really fantastic , funky and catchy hip hop, with so many iconic and legendary tracks. but goddam there is so much misogyny in here. like such a crazy amount. like whole tracks just dedicated to the bitches being untrustworthy.
3
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Tue May 09 2023
Protection
Massive Attack
Really cute and catchy, chill and pleasant. Unique uses of synths and samplings even within the context of othwr massive attack stuff. Really enjoyed
4
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Wed May 10 2023
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
This album is WAY TOOO LONG but i really enjoyed it regardless! Floaty and atmospheric without being directionless. Really pretty songs. Just very pleasantly beautiful.
4
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Thu May 11 2023
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Serious surprise in how good this was. Corny as hell in places but really tight flow, fun parody. Sometimes it's corny to the point of unpleasant but like 70% of the tracks i would say are good. this is an album to be listened to shamefully, alone, but listened to nonetheless
4
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Fri May 12 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
What a fuckin snoozefest
1
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Mon May 15 2023
The Doors
The Doors
Woooo
The allegations are true, i am a rock organ enjoyer. and enjoy i did. gorgeous wee album, best in the first half but full of lovely tunes.
Oh to have hit a blunt before listening to this
4
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Tue May 16 2023
Face to Face
The Kinks
I thought this was ok but like thoroughly underwhelming and forgettable.
2
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Wed May 17 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
First Certainly sounds like it's from the 90s. Very boring and bland pop rock with some country influences. The start of the first track before we go into the dirtbag guitar makes one hope for something interesting to happen. no cigar.
1
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Fri May 19 2023
Dirt
Alice In Chains
I wrote out a massive paragraph and accidentally hit the back button and I can't be bothered to rewrite most of it. but I will write about my favourite song on the album; rain when I die. This song ties the closest their later self titled album in its foray into sludge/doom ideas. It uses this to invoke so clearly the feeling of confusion, delirium and fear accompanying Layne's addiction. While these ideas are explored in other ways in other parts of the album, through different lenses, this track for me has stuck in my mind for many years. The return from fadeout at the end invokes so strongly this overwhelmingness that is still unlike anything else I've really heard. There's many other excellent tracks on this album, but Rain When I die really encapsulates the overarching themes. The only real exception to this in my opinion is Rooster, which has always felt like Jerry's song to me. I could honestly go through this album and stop every 10 seconds to talk about why I think every bit is masterful and gorgeous but I've tried to write this review twice now and been shafted by not finishing it and losing it, so I will just close out and say that this album, while less in my rotation now than it was as a teen, still remains one of my favourite albums of all time.
5
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Mon May 22 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Ok to be entirely honest, youtube music didn't have this album so i listened to like half of it before getting bored of restarting it in my browser. The stuff i heard was good! Its bob dylan what can i say. the more i listen the more I enjoy. its freewheeling and sad. But he would do well to have his sinuses checked. Doesn't dtop him thinking up good little tunes though! 3 stars because ay oh you deserve it lil guy
3
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Tue May 23 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
U know i enjoyed this! Some really nice funk progressions and she's a talented vocalist. Nice songwriting. The collabs and being a double album didnt seem to really add much though. I do have a soft spot for jazz progressions without solos. I will say i prefer my suites a little more deliberate but i have the utmost respect for hitting lots of ideas without committing fully to any of them when a good 50% of the explorations are meaningful.
3
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Thu May 25 2023
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
Its like if The mountain goats lost he soul in a deal with a violin player
1
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Fri May 26 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
WHOAAA what a torturous nistake it was listening to this on the bus. I could feel my heart beat rising qith thrill and excitement. I wanted to get up and dance so bad. this album was incredible! What intense vocals. So raw, so energising. Thrilling and boisterous. Little Richard explains so much to me about bridging the gap between 12 bar blues rock n' roll and rock. RIP
5
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Mon May 29 2023
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
The first track doesn't sell me but there's some such pretty, serene progressions. serene but not in a sense of boring background noise, but a sweeps one away kind of serene. one of few albums where it ends before I'd like it to. Very romantically sad, surprised its a rob no on that front but i understand the lack of melodic definition being offputting.
I do think nick drake is growing on me
3
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Tue May 30 2023
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
I really like this album.. . mm yes very yum...
morrisey needs a tissue but so do i because its now allergy season and so i am snotting my way to work rn having relistened to morriseys insights such as some girls are bigger than their mothers
i still like the album becoz he dujnks on the queen. and its true, the queen IS dead
nice groovy basslines melded with the drums to make a great driving upbeatness contrasting pleasantly , with a good bit of tongue in cheek ,with morriseys woes
i like the non focus on virtuosity but it can leave some parts of the album quite samey; though this atmosphere feelz cultivated
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
#1 Record
Big Star
Tragically boring
2
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Tue Jun 06 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Ooooh this hit close!! Listened to this on an evil feeling work day and it was like agh. very good. RAW
4
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Wed Jun 07 2023
The Cars
The Cars
Synthy basses and sparkly expressive vocals. Very fun and pretty, joyous to listen to. The kind of album I'm grateful to have been on this list. I prefer this album to their later stuff. It speaks much more to a playfulness. I do think it's a little embarrassing that they're doing brit voice and dont have the excuse of being british.
4
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Hmm.
I lile the nostalgia of the production and some of the tracks like in the end have fantastic flow. its almost like a begrudging acceptance that his flow is interesting. but generally it's pretty good. Its just v white and v nu metal and its hard to seperate that mentally from limp bizkit lol. The lyrics are angsty in quite an unapologetic way. its an interesting album for sure, and presenting the album as a thoery that nu metal can be a medium forBenninghams self expression, coherence of issues in combination with the frustration of what has been is one of the most meaningful things that nu metal as a genre can be seen to represent.
4
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Mon Jun 12 2023
2112
Rush
This is my least favourite rush album off the top of my head, with my core memory being "what's this I've found.. a guitar... i can play it... and make muuuuuusiyiiic"
and yeah it mostly sucks
theres some nice guitar solos and i like the leaning into hamster geddy lee in the priest of the temple of seres that rules
Rush has so many better records though!!!
2
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
Fame is fun and funky, lots of nothing tracks. Interesting production. nice use of reverb and chorusing, not just on vox but on saxophones in particular asw. he sucked at singing so bad on this album
2
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Wed Jun 14 2023
LP1
FKA twigs
I've listened to this quite a few times to try and get it. Lyrically it's bland and uninspiring, tales of remarkably impersonal intimacy. The production, use of noise and synthesisers are the main appeal of the piece. The noise complements well with the use of jarringly placed tuplets and percussion cutting into pop choruses. The combination of this with the spacey production and unfamiliar timbres make this a very effective psychadelic piece but the lyrics and choruses still feel like such a drawback on the piece as a whole.
3
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
4
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
AGHHHH augh thos albums so good i love it so bad.. the first 5 tracks are just incredible vocal mastery. crashing falsetto on brighton rock. joyous. excellent guitar and lovely reverb... mmmmmm yummy awooo
5
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
i grew up with this album a wee bit so its dear to my heart. its sweet and fun, if bland in places. most of these tracks are very familiar and cosy for me. I acknowledge that its generally quite samey and Jeff Lynn is not a particularly great vocalist. but the orchestral elements are used in delightful ways.
3
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
Better than other Coldplay I've heard without doubt! I don't think I'd go out of my way to listen to it. But its the kind ogfmusic that makes me happy that people get to make music. Its nice and shiny, this sweet wee intersection of brit pop and shoe gaze. I particularly like shiver. Cute little waltz. Nice interweaving of mathsy riffs with a pop song. But the lyrics certainly leave something to he desired. My mum told me that Coldplay weren't that bad and I should listen to this album when i was like 14 or 15 and I never got around to it so I'm happy I did.
3
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
fun.primus punk. or more accurately primus is 90s this i guess. very unnerving mixes of tonality between bass and guitar. Big up these guys
4
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
sososososso goddam boring
1