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
Mar 02 2023
25
Adele
Hmmmβ¦. She certainly does have a great voice. Rich and smooth. But there doesnβt 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, thatβs nice, but Iβm not going to dwell on it. 3/5.
3
Mar 03 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
I wish I had aged as well as this album.
4
Mar 06 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
3
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. Iβll bet the musicianship was top-notch, but it doesnβt do much for me. Too much harpsichord and flute.
2
Mar 08 2023
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Itβs 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 wasnβt quite what I expected.
3
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. Iβve been a big fan of MF Doom for a long time, this album seems comparable.
4
Mar 10 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
What the hell? How was this ever popular?
1
Mar 13 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
So good. Favorite tracks include Rolling and Hero.
4
Mar 14 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Not bad
3
Mar 15 2023
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Yeah, pretty good. I donβt care for the cover of βI Got You Babeβ, 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
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 havenβt listened to it in 10 years prior to this. βMapsβ and βModern Romanceβ are my favorites here.
3
Mar 17 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
Mar 20 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
Meh.
2
Mar 21 2023
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
4
Mar 22 2023
Basket of Light
Pentangle
2
Mar 31 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
I didnβt 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
Apr 03 2023
Debut
BjΓΆrk
βHuman Behaviourβ is a good song.
3
Apr 04 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
This was ok. I like Belle & Sebastian generally, but this album is not one of my favorites. Itβs sort of just βthereβ.
3
Apr 05 2023
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
Super fun. High energy, funny, irreverent, slightly smutty. I canβt believe I never heard of this band.
4
Apr 06 2023
Dookie
Green Day
3
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 Laβs album, or some of Oasis. Typical Brit-Pop, I guess.
3
Apr 10 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Lots of hits. I canβt do as good a job as Klosterman discussing the merits of Billy Joel.
3
Apr 11 2023
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Silly
2
Apr 12 2023
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Most dance music is just dance music.
This is like most dance music.
2
Apr 13 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
2
Apr 14 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Despite having heard βLike a Rolling Stoneβ hundreds of times before (not because I am a Dylan fan, just because itβs ubiquitous and Iβve 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. Dylanβs contempt and the evident pleasure he expresses at the downfall and comeuppance of this βMiss Lonelyβ is great.
4
Apr 17 2023
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
This album evokes no emotional response from me.
2
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 Iβve 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
Apr 19 2023
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
3
Apr 20 2023
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
3
Apr 21 2023
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
2
Apr 24 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Yeah, boyeeeee!
4
Apr 25 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
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
Apr 28 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Noodling
3
May 01 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
May 02 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
May 03 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
4
May 04 2023
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
In the proper context, Iβd guess that this is a great work of art. I donβt have the background to understand that context at this time, so purely as a listening experience for me, this was a 2.
2
May 05 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Victoria!
3
May 08 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
4
May 09 2023
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
5
May 10 2023
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
1
May 11 2023
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
3
May 12 2023
Signing Off
UB40
Saxamaphone sounds good.
3
May 15 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
May 16 2023
The Bends
Radiohead
4
May 17 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
3
May 18 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie
3
May 19 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
May 22 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
2
May 23 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
3
May 24 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
May 25 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
4
May 26 2023
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
3
May 29 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
3
May 30 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
3
May 31 2023
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
1
Jun 01 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
4
Jun 02 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
4
Jun 05 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
4
Jun 06 2023
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
5
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
Jun 09 2023
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
2
Jun 12 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
2
Jun 13 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
5
Jun 14 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
Jesus, manβ¦ could you change the channel? Man, cβmon, I had a rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
3
Jun 15 2023
Guero
Beck
Not bad, but definitely not his best.
3
Jun 16 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
2
Jun 20 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
3
Jun 21 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
3
Jun 22 2023
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4
Jun 23 2023
Suede
Suede
2
Jun 27 2023
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
3
Jun 28 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
3
Jun 29 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
2
Jun 30 2023
evermore
Taylor Swift
3
Jul 03 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
Jul 04 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3
Jul 05 2023
Headquarters
The Monkees
Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina.
2
Jul 06 2023
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
Jul 07 2023
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
3
Jul 10 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
5
Jul 11 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
2
Jul 12 2023
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
2
Jul 13 2023
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
2
Jul 14 2023
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
2
Jul 17 2023
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
3
Jul 18 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
3
Jul 19 2023
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
2
Jul 20 2023
(Pronounced 'Leh-'NΓ©rd 'Skin-'NΓ©rd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3
Jul 21 2023
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
1
Jul 24 2023
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
Jul 25 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Jul 26 2023
1999
Prince
4
Jul 27 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
2
Jul 28 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
Jul 31 2023
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
2
Aug 01 2023
Ramones
Ramones
2
Aug 02 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
3
Aug 03 2023
Destroyer
KISS
3
Aug 04 2023
Risque
CHIC
2
Aug 21 2023
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Aug 22 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
3
Aug 23 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
3
Aug 24 2023
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1
Aug 25 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
3
Aug 28 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
Aug 29 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
4
Aug 30 2023
Dance Mania
Tito Puente
2
Aug 31 2023
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
1
Sep 01 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
2
Sep 04 2023
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
Sep 08 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
4
Sep 11 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
4
Sep 12 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
4
Sep 13 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
2
Sep 14 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
2
Sep 15 2023
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
3
Sep 18 2023
Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
Sep 19 2023
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
1
Sep 20 2023
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
3
Sep 21 2023
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
3
Sep 22 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
3
Sep 25 2023
Horses
Patti Smith
2
Sep 26 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
2
Sep 28 2023
Infected
The The
3
Sep 29 2023
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
4
Oct 02 2023
xx
The xx
3
Oct 03 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
3
Oct 04 2023
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
Oct 05 2023
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
2
Oct 06 2023
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
3
Oct 09 2023
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
1
Oct 10 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
2
Oct 11 2023
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
3
Oct 12 2023
The Real Thing
Faith No More
2
Oct 13 2023
The Band
The Band
5
Oct 16 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
2
Oct 17 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
2
Oct 18 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
3
Oct 19 2023
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
1
Oct 20 2023
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
3
Oct 23 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
2
Oct 25 2023
Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
2
Oct 26 2023
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
It goes on forever.
2
Oct 27 2023
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
Oct 30 2023
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
3
Nov 02 2023
En-Tact
The Shamen
2
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
Nov 06 2023
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
Nov 07 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
2
Nov 08 2023
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
3
Nov 09 2023
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2
Nov 10 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
2
Nov 13 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Nov 14 2023
Ace of Spades
MotΓΆrhead
2
Nov 15 2023
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
3
Nov 16 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
2
Nov 17 2023
Country Life
Roxy Music
4
Nov 20 2023
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
Nov 21 2023
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
3
Nov 27 2023
My Generation
The Who
4
Nov 29 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
4
Nov 30 2023
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
2
Dec 01 2023
American Gothic
David Ackles
1
Dec 04 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
4
Dec 05 2023
Smash
The Offspring
3
Dec 06 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Dec 07 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band
5
Dec 08 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
Dec 11 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
Dec 12 2023
Garbage
Garbage
2
Dec 13 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
3
Dec 15 2023
School's Out
Alice Cooper
2
Dec 18 2023
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
3
Dec 20 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonΓ‘e
3
Dec 27 2023
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
3
Dec 28 2023
Viva Hate
Morrissey
3
Dec 29 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
Jan 01 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
4
Jan 04 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
1
Jan 08 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
2
Jan 09 2024
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5
Jan 10 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
4
Jan 11 2024
Mott
Mott The Hoople
3
Jan 12 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Jan 19 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
Jan 24 2024
New Forms
Roni Size
3
Jan 25 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4
Jan 26 2024
The La's
The La's
4
Jan 29 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
3
Jan 30 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
2
Jan 31 2024
The World is a Ghetto
War
4
Feb 01 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
4
Feb 05 2024
Teen Dream
Beach House
2
Feb 06 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
4
Feb 12 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
3
Feb 13 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
4
Feb 14 2024
Future Days
Can
3
Feb 15 2024
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
2
Feb 16 2024
The Visitors
ABBA
2
Feb 19 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
2
Feb 20 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2
Feb 21 2024
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
2
Feb 23 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
Feb 26 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
2
Feb 27 2024
Be
Common
2
Feb 28 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
3
Mar 01 2024
Document
R.E.M.
5
Mar 04 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
3
Mar 12 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
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
Mar 18 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
Mar 19 2024
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
Mar 20 2024
Black Metal
Venom
2
Mar 21 2024
Cut
The Slits
3
Mar 22 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
2
Apr 03 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
4
Apr 04 2024
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
2
Apr 05 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
2
Apr 08 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
2
Apr 09 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Apr 10 2024
Sea Change
Beck
3
Apr 11 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
Apr 12 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Apr 15 2024
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
3
Apr 16 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
2
Apr 17 2024
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
2
Apr 19 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
3
Apr 22 2024
Melodrama
Lorde
3
Apr 26 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
1
Aug 06 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
3
Aug 07 2024
Born To Be With You
Dion
2
Aug 08 2024
BEYONCΓ
BeyoncΓ©
2
Aug 09 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
2
Aug 12 2024
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
2