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Wed Mar 01 2023
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2/5
Having listened to it once, I have no desire to listen to it again. Not that I could say that it was bad, just not at all suited to my personal taste. Too many songs sounded like they were designed for an over-caffeinated Canadian goose - loud, repetitive, monotonous staccato of honking/singing.
2
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Thu Mar 02 2023
25
Adele
Hmmm…. She certainly does have a great voice. Rich and smooth. But there doesn’t seem to be a whole hell of a lot else going on. It sounded better in the evening, making dinner and drinking a beer, than in the morning with coffee and a crossword. But in both cases, it was sort of just hanging out in the corner, a good-looking vase or a thriving potted plant. Yep, that’s nice, but I’m not going to dwell on it. 3/5.
3
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
I wish I had aged as well as this album.
4
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
3
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
This one is not for me. Never a fan of improvisational Jazz, that was clearly a big influence for Morrison. I can understand why this was not a commercial success; while you can hear some of what made Moondance such a hit when it came out a couple of years later, the accessibility and charm of that album are absent from Astral Werks. I found it a little tedious and repetitive. I’ll bet the musicianship was top-notch, but it doesn’t do much for me. Too much harpsichord and flute.
2
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
It’s strange how some things/people loom so large in the culture, but you can easily go 50 years without actually directly experiencing them. I believe this is the first time I listened to a full Elvis album, and probably the first time hearing any of these songs. It wasn’t quite what I expected.
3
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Listening to this, I wonder if this album was the inspiration for not one, bur two of the characters on 30 Rock: Tracy Jordan and Dr Spaceman. Good show. Good album. I’ve been a big fan of MF Doom for a long time, this album seems comparable.
4
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
What the hell? How was this ever popular?
1
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Mon Mar 13 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
So good. Favorite tracks include Rolling and Hero.
4
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Not bad
3
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Yeah, pretty good. I don’t care for the cover of “I Got You Babe”, but the rest is solid. Seems like the sort of record that if I had heard it at the right time could have been a favorite. Smart, funny, energetic.
4
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I remember this album from when it came out, now more than 20 years ago. It still sounds pretty good, though I probably haven’t listened to it in 10 years prior to this. “Maps” and “Modern Romance” are my favorites here.
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
Meh.
2
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
4
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Basket of Light
Pentangle
2
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
I didn’t think I would like this. Really, I was fairly certain I would not care for it. Never would have listened to it if not for this project. But now I have listened to it, 4 or 5 times so far, and I guess I like it. I am in no way qualified to review it or offer any insight, but I was shocked at how compelling I found it. Love the bass and percussion.
5
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Debut
Björk
“Human Behaviour” is a good song.
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
This was ok. I like Belle & Sebastian generally, but this album is not one of my favorites. It’s sort of just ‘there’.
3
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Wed Apr 05 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
Super fun. High energy, funny, irreverent, slightly smutty. I can’t believe I never heard of this band.
4
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Dookie
Green Day
3
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Hms Fable
Shack
Enjoyable. If I had first heard this at a different time in my life, I may have been a big fan. Sounds a lot like that one La’s album, or some of Oasis. Typical Brit-Pop, I guess.
3
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Mon Apr 10 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Lots of hits. I can’t do as good a job as Klosterman discussing the merits of Billy Joel.
3
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Silly
2
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Most dance music is just dance music.
This is like most dance music.
2
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Thu Apr 13 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
2
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Despite having heard “Like a Rolling Stone” hundreds of times before (not because I am a Dylan fan, just because it’s ubiquitous and I’ve been around for a while), this was the first time I really paid attention and listened to the lyrics. I appreciate so much more. This song is straight-up old-hearted and mean. I love it. Dylan”s contempt and the evident pleasure he expresses at the downfall and comeuppance of this “Miss Lonely” is great.
4
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
This album evokes no emotional response from me.
2
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
If I ever decide to go ahead with that remake of The Merv Griffin Show that I’ve dreamed about for years, waking horrified and sweat-soaked every time, I now know the music to play us into and out of commercial breaks. Hail Cthulhu.
2
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
3
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
3
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
2
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Mon Apr 24 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Yeah, boyeeeee!
4
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Tue Apr 25 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
The soundtrack to an art school version of the Smurfs, leaning heavily on Gargamel as the antihero.
Mostly tedious crap, with occasional brief moments where it is mildly entertaining.
1
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Fri Apr 28 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Noodling
3
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Mon May 01 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
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Tue May 02 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
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Wed May 03 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
4
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Thu May 04 2023
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
In the proper context, I’d guess that this is a great work of art. I don’t have the background to understand that context at this time, so purely as a listening experience for me, this was a 2.
2
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Fri May 05 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Victoria!
3
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Mon May 08 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
4
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Tue May 09 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
5
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Wed May 10 2023
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
1
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Thu May 11 2023
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
3
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Fri May 12 2023
Signing Off
UB40
Saxamaphone sounds good.
3
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Mon May 15 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
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Tue May 16 2023
The Bends
Radiohead
4
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Wed May 17 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie
3
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Fri May 19 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
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Mon May 22 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
2
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Tue May 23 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
3
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Wed May 24 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
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Thu May 25 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
4
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Fri May 26 2023
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
3
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Tue May 30 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
3
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Wed May 31 2023
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
1
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
4
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
4
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
5
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
You could say it was feisty, but that would only be true if you meant it sounded like what you might get if you fed Feist a fistful of sedatives.
2
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Fri Jun 09 2023
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
2
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
2
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
Jesus, man… could you change the channel? Man, c’mon, I had a rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
3
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Guero
Beck
Not bad, but definitely not his best.
3
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
2
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
3
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
3
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Suede
Suede
2
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Tue Jun 27 2023
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
3
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Wed Jun 28 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
3
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
2
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Fri Jun 30 2023
evermore
Taylor Swift
3
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina.
2
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
3
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
5
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
2
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
2
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Thu Jul 13 2023
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
2
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
2
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
3
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Tue Jul 18 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
3
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Wed Jul 19 2023
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
2
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Thu Jul 20 2023
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3
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Fri Jul 21 2023
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
1
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
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Tue Jul 25 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
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Wed Jul 26 2023
1999
Prince
4
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
2
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Fri Jul 28 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
2
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Ramones
Ramones
2
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Wed Aug 02 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
3
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Destroyer
KISS
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Risque
CHIC
2
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
3
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
3
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Mon Aug 28 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
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Tue Aug 29 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
4
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
2
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
1
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
2
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
4
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Mon Sep 11 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
4
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
2
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Thu Sep 14 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
2
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Fri Sep 15 2023
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
3
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
3
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Horses
Patti Smith
2
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
2
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Infected
The The
3
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Fri Sep 29 2023
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
4
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Mon Oct 02 2023
xx
The xx
3
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
3
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
2
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
3
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
1
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Tue Oct 10 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
2
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Wed Oct 11 2023
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
3
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Thu Oct 12 2023
The Real Thing
Faith No More
2
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Fri Oct 13 2023
The Band
The Band
5
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
2
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
2
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
3
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
1
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
2
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Wed Oct 25 2023
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
2
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
It goes on forever.
2
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
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Mon Oct 30 2023
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
3
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Thu Nov 02 2023
En-Tact
The Shamen
2
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Tiny Dancer bumps the rating up 1 spot by itself. That scene in Almost Famous was fantastic.
4
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
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Tue Nov 07 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
2
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
3
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2
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Fri Nov 10 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
2
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
2
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
3
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
2
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
3
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Mon Nov 27 2023
My Generation
The Who
4
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Wed Nov 29 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
4
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
2
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Fri Dec 01 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
1
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Smash
The Offspring
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band
5
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Garbage
Garbage
2
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
3
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Fri Dec 15 2023
School's Out
Alice Cooper
2
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
3
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Wed Dec 20 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
3
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Wed Dec 27 2023
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
3
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
3
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
4
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
1
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
2
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Tue Jan 09 2024
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
4
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Mott
Mott The Hoople
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
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Wed Jan 24 2024
New Forms
Roni Size
3
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Thu Jan 25 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4
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Fri Jan 26 2024
The La's
The La's
4
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
2
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Wed Jan 31 2024
The World is a Ghetto
War
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
4
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Teen Dream
Beach House
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
4
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Future Days
Can
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
2
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Fri Feb 16 2024
The Visitors
ABBA
2
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
2
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
2
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Be
Common
2
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
3
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Document
R.E.M.
5
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Mon Mar 04 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Timeless
Goldie
At 40-45 minutes this album could have been merely unappealing, two stars. Instead, it is an excruciating, repetitive 113 minutes. The name is ironic given how intensely aware it made me of the length of an hour. One star.
1
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Black Metal
Venom
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Cut
The Slits
3
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
2
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Wed Apr 03 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
4
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
2
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
2
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Sea Change
Beck
3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
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Fri Apr 12 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
3
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
2
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Melodrama
Lorde
3