Jul 26 2023

Album 🔗

Clandestino

Manu Chao

Kinda lost me at "king of the bongo" but I thought this was overall quite enjoyable

3

Mar 01 2023

Album 🔗

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

3

Mar 02 2023

Album 🔗

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

3

Mar 03 2023

Album 🔗

The Atomic Mr Basie

Count Basie & His Orchestra

3

Mar 04 2023

Album 🔗

good kid, m.A.A.d city

Kendrick Lamar

2

Mar 05 2023

Album 🔗

This Year's Model

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2

Mar 06 2023

Album 🔗

Goo

Sonic Youth

2

Mar 07 2023

Album 🔗

Protection

Massive Attack

4

Mar 08 2023

Album 🔗

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

3

Mar 09 2023

Album 🔗

Urban Hymns

The Verve

3

Mar 10 2023

Album 🔗

Dire Straits

Dire Straits

2

Mar 11 2023

Album 🔗

Murder Ballads

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

3

Mar 12 2023

Album 🔗

The Chronic

Dr. Dre

2

Mar 13 2023

Album 🔗

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

The Pogues

1

Mar 14 2023

Album 🔗

From Elvis In Memphis

Elvis Presley

2

Mar 15 2023

Album 🔗

Doolittle

Pixies

4

Mar 16 2023

Album 🔗

Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

3

Mar 17 2023

Album 🔗

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

2

Mar 18 2023

Album 🔗

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

2

Mar 19 2023

Album 🔗

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills & Nash

3

Mar 20 2023

Album 🔗

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

2

Mar 21 2023

Album 🔗

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago

2

Mar 22 2023

Album 🔗

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

1

Mar 23 2023

Album 🔗

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

3

Mar 24 2023

Album 🔗

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

4

Mar 25 2023

Album 🔗

It's Blitz!

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

4

Mar 26 2023

Album 🔗

Another Music In A Different Kitchen

Buzzcocks

3

Mar 28 2023

Album 🔗

Close To You

Carpenters

2

Mar 29 2023

Album 🔗

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

4

Mar 30 2023

Album 🔗

Different Class

Pulp

2

Apr 01 2023

Album 🔗

Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

Two good songs and then bluuuurgh

2

Apr 02 2023

Album 🔗

Entertainment

Gang Of Four

2

Apr 03 2023

Album 🔗

Pictures At An Exhibition

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

2

Apr 04 2023

Album 🔗

Deloused in the Comatorium

The Mars Volta

3

Apr 05 2023

Album 🔗

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

3

Apr 06 2023

Album 🔗

The Clash

The Clash

2

Apr 07 2023

Album 🔗

Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

Pavement

4

Apr 08 2023

Album 🔗

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

3

Apr 09 2023

Album 🔗

Kid A

Radiohead

5

Apr 10 2023

Album 🔗

Ray Of Light

Madonna

2

Apr 11 2023

Album 🔗

Rubber Soul

Beatles

4

Apr 12 2023

Album 🔗

Bitte Orca

Dirty Projectors

3

Apr 13 2023

Album 🔗

Take Me Apart

Kelela

1

Apr 14 2023

Album 🔗

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

3

Apr 15 2023

Album 🔗

Fisherman's Blues

The Waterboys

2

Apr 16 2023

Album 🔗

Low

David Bowie

3

Apr 17 2023

Album 🔗

Slayed?

Slade

1

Apr 18 2023

Album 🔗

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

George Michael

2

Apr 19 2023

Album 🔗

Very

Pet Shop Boys

1

Apr 20 2023

Album 🔗

Superfuzz Bigmuff

Mudhoney

2

Apr 21 2023

Album 🔗

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

4

Apr 22 2023

Album 🔗

Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

4

Apr 23 2023

Album 🔗

BEYONCÉ

Beyoncé

3

Apr 24 2023

Album 🔗

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground

4

Apr 25 2023

Album 🔗

Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C.

2

Apr 26 2023

Album 🔗

Bone Machine

Tom Waits

5

Apr 27 2023

Album 🔗

Superunknown

Soundgarden

4

Apr 28 2023

Album 🔗

Pink Flag

Wire

2

Apr 29 2023

Album 🔗

Catch A Fire

Bob Marley & The Wailers

2

Apr 30 2023

Album 🔗

You've Come a Long Way Baby

Fatboy Slim

5

May 01 2023

Album 🔗

Abraxas

Santana

3

May 02 2023

Album 🔗

Live At The Star Club, Hamburg

Jerry Lee Lewis

2

May 03 2023

Album 🔗

Out of Step

Minor Threat

2

May 04 2023

Album 🔗

Deja Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

4

May 05 2023

Album 🔗

Grace

Jeff Buckley

Jeff still fresh

5

May 06 2023

Album 🔗

Your New Favourite Band

The Hives

3

May 07 2023

Album 🔗

Paul's Boutique

Beastie Boys

3

May 08 2023

Album 🔗

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

3

May 09 2023

Album 🔗

Selling England By The Pound

Genesis

Some surprisingly interesting moments early on but the rest of it kinda washed over me

3

May 10 2023

Album 🔗

Live At The Regal

B.B. King

Aside from a moment of questionable banter, this is a good time! Would listen again

4

May 11 2023

Album 🔗

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

4

May 12 2023

Album 🔗

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

2

May 13 2023

Album 🔗

Abbey Road

Beatles

So close to a 5 but the last few songs kinda lost me

4

May 14 2023

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Wild Gift

X

2

May 15 2023

Album 🔗

Band On The Run

Paul McCartney and Wings

4

May 16 2023

Album 🔗

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

4

May 17 2023

Album 🔗

Heavy Weather

Weather Report

2

May 18 2023

Album 🔗

Vincebus Eruptum

Blue Cheer

2

May 19 2023

Album 🔗

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

5

May 20 2023

Album 🔗

Moon Safari

Air

4

May 21 2023

Album 🔗

Live / Dead

Grateful Dead

2

May 22 2023

Album 🔗

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

3

May 23 2023

Album 🔗

Superfly

Curtis Mayfield

4

May 24 2023

Album 🔗

The Köln Concert

Keith Jarrett

2

May 25 2023

Album 🔗

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

Brian Eno

Interesting in places but not really vibing with the vocal sampling thing here, especially in the first few tracks

3

May 26 2023

Album 🔗

Sex Packets

Digital Underground

Like it was written by 12 year olds, and with nothing musically interesting enough to make up for that

1

May 27 2023

Album 🔗

Blue Lines

Massive Attack

4

May 28 2023

Album 🔗

16 Lovers Lane

The Go-Betweens

Solidly mediocre

3

May 29 2023

Album 🔗

The Only Ones

The Only Ones

2

May 30 2023

Album 🔗

Harvest

Neil Young

4

May 31 2023

Album 🔗

Walking Wounded

Everything But The Girl

2

Jun 01 2023

Album 🔗

Whatever

Aimee Mann

1

Jun 02 2023

Album 🔗

Mama's Gun

Erykah Badu

3

Jun 03 2023

Album 🔗

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

Always love Benny and the Jets and, hell, even the title track, but for me this pretty much fizzles out after that

3

Jun 04 2023

Album 🔗

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Some of the lyrics in here made me want to give this less but I gotta admit it's a solid listen

4

Jun 05 2023

Album 🔗

Real Life

Magazine

Awful

1

Jun 06 2023

Album 🔗

Dummy

Portishead

5

Jun 07 2023

Album 🔗

The Slider

T. Rex

3

Jun 08 2023

Album 🔗

Billion Dollar Babies

Alice Cooper

2

Jun 10 2023

Album 🔗

Eliminator

ZZ Top

1

Jun 11 2023

Album 🔗

Truth And Soul

Fishbone

2

Jun 12 2023

Album 🔗

Kenza

Khaled

1

Jun 13 2023

Album 🔗

The Next Day

David Bowie

3

Jun 14 2023

Album 🔗

Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

5

Jun 15 2023

Album 🔗

World Clique

Deee-Lite

2

Jun 16 2023

Album 🔗

Vol. 4

Black Sabbath

4

Jun 17 2023

Album 🔗

The Boatman's Call

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4

Jun 18 2023

Album 🔗

Who's Next

The Who

More dull than I remember The Who being... one of these stars is probably only because of Baba O'Riley

3

Jun 19 2023

Album 🔗

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

4

Jun 20 2023

Album 🔗

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul

3

Jun 21 2023

Album 🔗

Unhalfbricking

Fairport Convention

4

Jun 22 2023

Album 🔗

All Hope Is Gone

Slipknot

Listened to about a minute from another room and that was plenty. Absolutely not my jam

1

Jun 23 2023

Album 🔗

Broken English

Marianne Faithfull

2

Jun 24 2023

Album 🔗

Purple Rain

Prince

But I think Albie gives it a 4 🕺

3

Jun 25 2023

Album 🔗

Synchronicity

The Police

3

Jun 26 2023

Album 🔗

Destroy Rock & Roll

Mylo

2

Jun 27 2023

Album 🔗

Liquid Swords

GZA

4

Jun 28 2023

Album 🔗

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

2

Jun 29 2023

Album 🔗

Blunderbuss

Jack White

3

Jun 30 2023

Album 🔗

Dr. Octagonecologyst

Dr. Octagon

3

Jul 01 2023

Album 🔗

D

White Denim

3

Jul 03 2023

Album 🔗

James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

3

Jul 04 2023

Album 🔗

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

3

Jul 05 2023

Album 🔗

At San Quentin

Johnny Cash

4

Jul 06 2023

Album 🔗

Elvis Is Back

Elvis Presley

You know what, I'm into it

4

Jul 07 2023

Album 🔗

Tommy

The Who

Probably only gets a 3 because of my very specific Almost Famous nostalgia

3

Jul 08 2023

Album 🔗

Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

YES

4

Jul 09 2023

Album 🔗

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple

For a hot second this was a 3 because I really like Child in Time but unfortunately everything else is a massive bore

2

Jul 10 2023

Album 🔗

Marquee Moon

Television

Title track very good, everything else less interesting

3

Jul 11 2023

Album 🔗

C'est Chic

CHIC

Feels harsh but I'm never going to touch this again

1

Jul 12 2023

Album 🔗

Maverick A Strike

Finley Quaye

2

Jul 13 2023

Album 🔗

Back to Mystery City

Hanoi Rocks

2

Jul 14 2023

Album 🔗

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

A classic and a Good Time

4

Jul 15 2023

Album 🔗

Pink Moon

Nick Drake

4

Jul 16 2023

Album 🔗

Mermaid Avenue

Billy Bragg

Pleasant but dull

3

Jul 17 2023

Album 🔗

Rust Never Sleeps

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Let's just pretend I wasn't enthusiastically dancing to "welfare mothers make better lovers" with my son. That aside, this was a good listen! Albie seal of approval

4

Jul 18 2023

Album 🔗

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

David Bowie

Probably more of a 4.5, but I enjoyed every song (and so did Albie)

5

Jul 19 2023

Album 🔗

Kenya

Machito

I don't think this is my kind of jazz... feels like the soundtrack to an 80s Disney caper

2

Jul 20 2023

Album 🔗

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

I put this on in the car and Albie instantly fell asleep and I think I agree with that assessment

2

Jul 21 2023

Album 🔗

Soul Mining

The The

Quite torn between a 2 and a 3 here. Couple of good songs but the rest very meh

2

Jul 22 2023

Album 🔗

All Mod Cons

The Jam

Bit yawny

2

Jul 23 2023

Album 🔗

25

Adele

Was actually quite enjoying the first few tracks but then it just all got quite boring beyond that

2

Jul 24 2023

Album 🔗

Ingenue

k.d. lang

Listened from the other room and that was already too much. Blergh

1

Jul 25 2023

Album 🔗

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Bruce Springsteen

Oh no I hate this too (sorry Chris)

1

Jul 26 2023

Album 🔗

Clandestino

Manu Chao

Kinda lost me at "king of the bongo" but I thought this was overall quite enjoyable

3

Jul 27 2023

Album 🔗

Live And Dangerous

Thin Lizzy

Dull

2

Jul 28 2023

Album 🔗

The Colour Of Spring

Talk Talk

2

Jul 29 2023

Album 🔗

Smash

The Offspring

More of a 2.5 but rounding up because nostalgia

3

Jul 30 2023

Album 🔗

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

Started off a 4 but ended up more of a 3.5

3

Jul 31 2023

Album 🔗

My Generation

The Who

S'fine

3

Aug 01 2023

Album 🔗

The Slim Shady LP

Eminem

Admittedly didn't get very far into this. The Slim Shady violence shtick wasn't funny then and it's unlistenable now

1

Aug 02 2023

Album 🔗

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Bit dull innit

2

Aug 03 2023

Album 🔗

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

I quite liked a few of these tracks but the overall effect was a bit... dreary?

3

Aug 04 2023

Album 🔗

Imagine

John Lennon

Imagine just make me think of Gal Gadot now but this is a really solid album

4

Aug 05 2023

Album 🔗

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

A couple of standouts here but the rest is a bit dull. Foo Fighters dull is quite listenable though

3

Aug 06 2023

Album 🔗

Spiderland

Slint

Definitely not for me either

1

Aug 07 2023

Album 🔗

3 + 3

The Isley Brothers

Probably a 3.5 but I thought it just never quite reached the heights of the first track

3

Aug 08 2023

Album 🔗

Guero

Beck

4

Aug 09 2023

Album 🔗

Faust IV

Faust

I didn't hate it but it seemed kinda all over the place and some of it was really grating

2

Aug 10 2023

Album 🔗

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Soft Cell

I don't hate all of it

2

Aug 11 2023

Album 🔗

Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes

I actually kinda liked this! Hectic, sometimes a bit grating, but sometimes great

3

Aug 12 2023

Album 🔗

Born To Run

Bruce Springsteen

Stop it with the Bruce now

1

Aug 13 2023

Album 🔗

Microshift

Hookworms

This was fine I guess, but with a rubbish closing song. I found it hard to pay any attention to this while it was on

2

Aug 14 2023

Album 🔗

Tidal

Fiona Apple

3

Aug 15 2023

Album 🔗

Maggot Brain

Funkadelic

4

Aug 16 2023

Album 🔗

Heaux Tales

Jazmine Sullivan

3

Aug 17 2023

Album 🔗

Treasure

Cocteau Twins

2

Aug 18 2023

Album 🔗

Hotel California

Eagles

1

Aug 19 2023

Album 🔗

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

Much more interesting than I expected

3

Aug 20 2023

Album 🔗

Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

MC Solaar

Probably more of a 3.5, but I really enjoyed this

4

Aug 22 2023

Album 🔗

Violator

Depeche Mode

I don't think I hated this as much as everyone else but it's definitely a one and done

2

Aug 23 2023

Album 🔗

The White Album

Beatles

5

Aug 24 2023

Album 🔗

Nothing's Shocking

Jane's Addiction

3

Aug 25 2023

Album 🔗

New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Simple Minds

2

Aug 26 2023

Album 🔗

Talking Heads 77

Talking Heads

3

Aug 27 2023

Album 🔗

I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

Sinead O'Connor

Probably a 2.5 - real conflicted on this one. Wasn't vibing on first listen but picked up a lot more on second. A couple of these songs I really liked. And of course there's **that** song. RIP

3

Aug 28 2023

Album 🔗

Suede

Suede

Probably a 2.5 but I doubt I'll listen again

2

Aug 29 2023

Album 🔗

Live!

Fela Kuti

3

Aug 30 2023

Album 🔗

When I Was Born For The 7th Time

Cornershop

1.5 but rounding down for "I think the funky days are here again"

1

Aug 31 2023

Album 🔗

Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield

Oh, THOSE tubular bells

2

Sep 01 2023

Album 🔗

London Calling

The Clash

3

Sep 02 2023

Album 🔗

That's The Way Of The World

Earth, Wind & Fire

3

Sep 03 2023

Album 🔗

Palo Congo

Sabu

2

Sep 04 2023

Album 🔗

Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)

Bob Dylan

3

Sep 05 2023

Album 🔗

Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine

3

Sep 06 2023

Album 🔗

The Joshua Tree

U2

4

Sep 07 2023

Album 🔗

Ill Communication

Beastie Boys

3

Sep 08 2023

Album 🔗

Dig Me Out

Sleater-Kinney

This kind of thing wasn't really my jam back in the day but I enjoyed this one more than I expected to

3

Sep 09 2023

Album 🔗

The Wall

Pink Floyd

This takes me back to pretending to discover Pink Floyd for the first time as a teenager after actually first hearing them through my parents

4

Sep 10 2023

Album 🔗

Strangeways, Here We Come

The Smiths

3

Sep 11 2023

Album 🔗

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz

3

Sep 12 2023

Album 🔗

Songs For Swingin' Lovers!

Frank Sinatra

All Sinatra is Christmas vibes

3

Sep 13 2023

Album 🔗

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

2

Sep 14 2023

Album 🔗

Frampton Comes Alive

Peter Frampton

2

Sep 15 2023

Album 🔗

Group Sex

Circle Jerks

1

Sep 16 2023

Album 🔗

Pearl

Janis Joplin

3

Sep 17 2023

Album 🔗

Lazer Guided Melodies

Spiritualized

Prob a 3.5. Background music, but the very good kind

3

Sep 18 2023

Album 🔗

Live At The Harlem Square Club

Sam Cooke

Fun, and the live aspect is actually beneficial for once. Also toddler approved

4

Sep 19 2023

Album 🔗

Are You Experienced

Jimi Hendrix

A classic, but not 100% bangers

4

Sep 20 2023

Album 🔗

Homework

Daft Punk

3

Sep 21 2023

Album 🔗

The Blueprint

JAY Z

3

Sep 22 2023

Album 🔗

Brown Sugar

D'Angelo

3.5 I reckon

3

Sep 23 2023

Album 🔗

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder

3

Sep 24 2023

Album 🔗

New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury

Ewww

1

Sep 25 2023

Album 🔗

Hysteria

Def Leppard

2

Sep 26 2023

Album 🔗

Fear Of A Black Planet

Public Enemy

3

Sep 27 2023

Album 🔗

Roger the Engineer

The Yardbirds

3

Sep 28 2023

Album 🔗

Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon

Would've been a 5 easy back in the day, but it's still very good even if some of that is nostalgia. This is the glory days of KOL back when you couldn't understand anything they said

4

Sep 29 2023

Album 🔗

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Dead Kennedys

2

Sep 30 2023

Album 🔗

The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

3

Oct 01 2023

Album 🔗

Private Dancer

Tina Turner

Prob a 2.5. I found myself vibing with this more than expected (especially I Can't Stand the Rain) but I'm not about to throw on some Tina anytime soon

3

Oct 02 2023

Album 🔗

Sign 'O' The Times

Prince

2

Oct 03 2023

Album 🔗

OK Computer

Radiohead

Easy

5

Oct 04 2023

Album 🔗

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

5

Oct 05 2023

Album 🔗

They Were Wrong, So We Drowned

Liars

Used to love that first song back when I was a yoof, but I found the rest of the album a bit too murky and unmemorable

2

Oct 06 2023

Album 🔗

Sail Away

Randy Newman

2

Oct 07 2023

Album 🔗

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

3

Oct 08 2023

Album 🔗

Imperial Bedroom

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

2

Oct 09 2023

Album 🔗

Bookends

Simon & Garfunkel

3

Oct 10 2023

Album 🔗

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

3

Oct 11 2023

Album 🔗

Surf's Up

The Beach Boys

3

Oct 12 2023

Album 🔗

Foxbase Alpha

Saint Etienne

2

Oct 13 2023

Album 🔗

Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black

Public Enemy

2

Oct 14 2023

Album 🔗

Funeral

Arcade Fire

4

Oct 15 2023

Album 🔗

Meat Puppets II

Meat Puppets

Prob this is somewhere between 2 and 3 but overall it's interesting enough to make me generous

3

Oct 16 2023

Album 🔗

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age

4

Oct 17 2023

Album 🔗

Automatic For The People

R.E.M.

Couple of boring songs in the middle there but the rest elevates it. Ditto on the funeral sads front though

4

Oct 18 2023

Album 🔗

La Revancha Del Tango

Gotan Project

3

Oct 19 2023

Album 🔗

Arise

Sepultura

1

Oct 20 2023

Album 🔗

Rust In Peace

Megadeth

1

Oct 22 2023

Album 🔗

Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

2

Oct 23 2023

Album 🔗

In Utero

Nirvana

Really more of a 3.5 but rounded up cause the hits are still really good

4

Oct 24 2023

Album 🔗

Brothers

The Black Keys

So good, every song is a winner

5

Oct 25 2023

Album 🔗

The Stranger

Billy Joel

2

Oct 26 2023

Album 🔗

Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters

2

Oct 27 2023

Album 🔗

Rocks

Aerosmith

2

Oct 28 2023

Album 🔗

Hot Fuss

The Killers

It was a 2 and then a 3 and then very much back to a 2 again

2

Oct 29 2023

Album 🔗

Sheet Music

10cc

A bit all over the place, but way more interesting than Steely Dan

3

Oct 30 2023

Album 🔗

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

Prob a 2.5, but I was bored more often than I was not

2

Oct 31 2023

Album 🔗

Moving Pictures

Rush

It's OK, but the singer sounds like a little goblin man and I can't get past it

2

Nov 01 2023

Album 🔗

Chore of Enchantment

Giant Sand

It's OK? But I'm not super into the vocalist

2

Nov 02 2023

Album 🔗

...And Justice For All

Metallica

Just so not my jam it's unlistenable

2

Nov 03 2023

Album 🔗

Reign In Blood

Slayer

See also: the Metallica one

1

Nov 04 2023

Album 🔗

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

5

Nov 05 2023

Album 🔗

Achtung Baby

U2

3

Nov 06 2023

Album 🔗

Eli And The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

3

Nov 07 2023

Album 🔗

The Score

Fugees

This is so good! Lauryn Hill is amazing

4

Nov 08 2023

Album 🔗

Metal Box

Public Image Ltd.

3

Nov 09 2023

Album 🔗

The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

4

Nov 10 2023

Album 🔗

Chris

Christine and the Queens

Also not my jam

2

Nov 11 2023

Album 🔗

KIWANUKA

Michael Kiwanuka

4

Nov 12 2023

Album 🔗

Brutal Youth

Elvis Costello

Probably a 1.5 but I'm feeling unchained l uncharitable. I don't understand Costello's fame

1

Nov 13 2023

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It's A Shame About Ray

The Lemonheads

2

Nov 14 2023

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Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

3.5, actually

3

Nov 15 2023

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Pacific Ocean Blue

Dennis Wilson

Some of this is kinda interesting but overall impression is boring. 2.5

2

Nov 16 2023

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Joan Armatrading

Joan Armatrading

2

Nov 17 2023

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Tarkus

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Feels like an inferior version of other similar things

2

Nov 18 2023

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The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

I don't hate this as much as the other one

2

Nov 19 2023

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The Number Of The Beast

Iron Maiden

Not my thing but still kinda fun

3

Nov 20 2023

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Our Aim Is To Satisfy

Red Snapper

3

Nov 21 2023

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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Marty Robbins

Heck yeah

4

Nov 23 2023

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Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Some fun moments, but overall like a less interesting Devendra Banhart. 3/3.5

3

Nov 24 2023

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Machine Head

Deep Purple

2

Nov 25 2023

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Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

Very listenable but just a wee bit dull

3

Nov 26 2023

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Hot Shots II

The Beta Band

3.5 I think - started off strong but by the end I was a bit bored

3

Nov 27 2023

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Club Classics Vol. One

Soul II Soul

2

Nov 28 2023

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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

Maybe it's more of a 4.5 but it hit just right

5

Nov 29 2023

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Disraeli Gears

Cream

4

Nov 30 2023

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Rip It Up

Orange Juice

2

Dec 01 2023

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Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs

2

Dec 02 2023

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I Should Coco

Supergrass

3

Dec 03 2023

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Diamond Life

Sade

2

Dec 04 2023

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Black Monk Time

The Monks

3

Dec 05 2023

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Music in Exile

Songhoy Blues

3

Dec 06 2023

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Millions Now Living Will Never Die

Tortoise

4

Dec 07 2023

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A Grand Don't Come For Free

The Streets

I heard some from the other room and have no desire to seek out the rest

1

Dec 08 2023

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Elephant

The White Stripes

Rating this on the strength of the track listing alone

5

Dec 09 2023

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

3

Dec 10 2023

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The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

3

Dec 11 2023

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Figure 8

Elliott Smith

3

Dec 12 2023

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Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan

I reckon David Palmer should do all the vocals

3

Dec 13 2023

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Virgin Suicides

Air

4

Dec 14 2023

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Murmur

R.E.M.

2.5 - not bad, just really bloody boring

2

Dec 15 2023

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Slanted And Enchanted

Pavement

3.5

3

Dec 16 2023

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Lust For Life

Iggy Pop

4

Dec 17 2023

Album 🔗

Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur

3.5 but I probably won't revisit

3

Dec 18 2023

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Dog Man Star

Suede

2

Dec 19 2023

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Court And Spark

Joni Mitchell

3

Dec 20 2023

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Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

4

Dec 24 2023

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Berlin

Lou Reed

3

Dec 25 2023

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Stand!

Sly & The Family Stone

4

Dec 27 2023

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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

3

Dec 28 2023

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Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

3

Dec 29 2023

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White Light

Gene Clark

3

Dec 30 2023

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Let's Stay Together

Al Green

4

Dec 31 2023

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Tragic Songs of Life

The Louvin Brothers

3

Jan 01 2024

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Calenture

The Triffids

1

Jan 02 2024

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Metallica

Metallica

2

Jan 03 2024

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Dance Mania

Tito Puente

3

Jan 04 2024

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The Fat Of The Land

The Prodigy

4

Jan 05 2024

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Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

3

Jan 06 2024

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Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

3

Jan 07 2024

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Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

Generally speaking, this is not my thing, but for Dolly I guess I make an exception

4

Jan 11 2024

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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4

Jan 12 2024

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The Last Of The True Believers

Nanci Griffith

Enjoyed this more than I expected to, maybe somewhere between a 3 and 3.5?

3

Jan 14 2024

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If You're Feeling Sinister

Belle & Sebastian

3

Jan 15 2024

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Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

4

Jan 16 2024

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Reggatta De Blanc

The Police

2

Jan 17 2024

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Arular

M.I.A.

3

Jan 18 2024

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Highway to Hell

AC/DC

2

Jan 19 2024

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Garbage

Garbage

3

Jan 20 2024

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So

Peter Gabriel

2

Jan 21 2024

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Actually

Pet Shop Boys

2

Jan 22 2024

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Born To Be With You

Dion

2

Jan 23 2024

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

4

Jan 24 2024

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L.A. Woman

The Doors

4

Jan 26 2024

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Physical Graffiti

Led Zeppelin

4

Jan 27 2024

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Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin

Some of my absolute faves in here, but sprinkled with some just alright ones

4

Jan 28 2024

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Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

3

Jan 29 2024

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Emergency On Planet Earth

Jamiroquai

3

Jan 30 2024

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(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Oasis

4

Jan 31 2024

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Beauty And The Beat

The Go-Go's

3

Feb 01 2024

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Picture Book

Simply Red

And you're lucky you got that

2

Feb 02 2024

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Hunky Dory

David Bowie

Love this album, fave Bowie

5

Feb 03 2024

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Axis: Bold As Love

Jimi Hendrix

4

Feb 04 2024

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

4

Feb 05 2024

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Live At Leeds

The Who

3

Feb 06 2024

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Either Or

Elliott Smith

Better than the last one, but only by a little

3

Feb 07 2024

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american dream

LCD Soundsystem

4

Feb 08 2024

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Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

3

Feb 10 2024

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Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Absolutely smashed this as a young'un, and it's still solid

4

Feb 11 2024

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Hunting High And Low

a-ha

Yawn

2

Feb 12 2024

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Sunshine Hit Me

The Bees

Rounding up for nostalgia, I still love this

5

Feb 13 2024

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Toys In The Attic

Aerosmith

No

2

Feb 14 2024

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Bright Flight

Silver Jews

Tuneless vocalists often work for me, but not in this case! Dreary

2

Feb 15 2024

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Here Are the Sonics

The Sonics

Not unenjoyable, but honestly they just feel like a bunch of hacks making pale imitations of far better artists. Toddler's review: "Turn it off. Music all gone now"

2

Feb 16 2024

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Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Deranged, unlistenable, but I respect the weird

3

Feb 17 2024

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Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG's

3

Feb 18 2024

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It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison

1

Feb 19 2024

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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

Lucinda Williams

2

Feb 20 2024

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Siamese Dream

The Smashing Pumpkins

5

Feb 21 2024

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There's No Place Like America Today

Curtis Mayfield

4

Feb 22 2024

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Haunted Dancehall

The Sabres Of Paradise

I thought it was neat while listening but I will never think of it again

3

Feb 23 2024

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The Gershwin Songbook

Ella Fitzgerald

3

Feb 24 2024

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The Doors

The Doors

5

Feb 25 2024

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The Age Of The Understatement

The Last Shadow Puppets

3

Feb 26 2024

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Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

Didn't mind the music, hated the vocal styling. Felt like a weak facsimile of other better singers

2

Feb 27 2024

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S&M

Metallica

If not for the orchestra I would've turned this off immediately, so +1 for that! Stop trying to make me like Metallica please

2

Feb 28 2024

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Porcupine

Echo And The Bunnymen

3

Feb 29 2024

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The Poet

Bobby Womack

3

Mar 01 2024

Album 🔗

Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

4.5 I reckon

4

Mar 02 2024

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Cross

Justice

4

Mar 03 2024

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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Derek & The Dominos

3

Mar 05 2024

Album 🔗

Mothership Connection

Parliament

3

Mar 06 2024

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Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos

3

Mar 07 2024

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Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

4

Mar 10 2024

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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast

Badly Drawn Boy

4

Mar 13 2024

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Dear Science

TV On The Radio

Prob a 3.5 - not their best but still a decent listen

3

Mar 14 2024

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Clube Da Esquina

Milton Nascimento

2

Mar 16 2024

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The College Dropout

Kanye West

Some of these songs I really liked but whyyy so many dumb interludes?!

3

Mar 17 2024

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Tapestry

Carole King

2

Mar 18 2024

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Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

4

Mar 20 2024

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Document

R.E.M.

Outside of the two everyone knows, this is dead boring

2

Mar 21 2024

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Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

Confession: I think Nick Drake is pretty but dull

3

Mar 22 2024

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Stardust

Willie Nelson

Didn't expect this to be so crooner-y? Not for me

2

Mar 23 2024

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The Bends

Radiohead

I mean, yeah

5

Mar 24 2024

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The Idiot

Iggy Pop

4

Mar 25 2024

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Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

4

Mar 26 2024

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Thriller

Michael Jackson

Wanted to like this more than I did

3

Mar 27 2024

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Darklands

The Jesus And Mary Chain

3

Mar 28 2024

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Boy In Da Corner

Dizzee Rascal

3

Mar 29 2024

Album 🔗

This Is Fats Domino

Fats Domino

3

Mar 30 2024

Album 🔗

Shake Your Money Maker

The Black Crowes

Nope

1

Mar 31 2024

Album 🔗

Graceland

Paul Simon

3

Apr 01 2024

Album 🔗

Nowhere

Ride

3

Apr 02 2024

Album 🔗

Blur

Blur

3

Apr 03 2024

Album 🔗

Come Find Yourself

Fun Lovin' Criminals

2

Apr 05 2024

Album 🔗

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

The Kinks

4

Apr 08 2024

Album 🔗

The Undertones

The Undertones

3

Apr 09 2024

Album 🔗

Locust Abortion Technician

Butthole Surfers

1

Apr 16 2024

Album 🔗

Dig Your Own Hole

The Chemical Brothers

3

Apr 17 2024

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Ready To Die

The Notorious B.I.G.

2

Apr 19 2024

Album 🔗

Odelay

Beck

4

Apr 20 2024

Album 🔗

2112

Rush

2

Apr 21 2024

Album 🔗

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

3

Apr 22 2024

Album 🔗

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

4

Apr 23 2024

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Doggystyle

Snoop Dogg

Just couldn't really stick this one out

2

Apr 24 2024

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Future Days

Can

Cool layered vibey vibes with a few sublime moments. Very surprised this is from the 70s - could easily be now

4

Apr 25 2024

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Damaged

Black Flag

This feels harsh but I just couldn't. I don't think I would've been into this even during my "punk phase"

1

Apr 26 2024

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Myths Of The Near Future

Klaxons

3

Apr 27 2024

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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

4

Apr 28 2024

Album 🔗

D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle

TOO STRESSED

1

Apr 29 2024

Album 🔗

Emperor Tomato Ketchup

Stereolab

Wow these guys really suffered from the "too many bands with similar names" problem

4

May 01 2024

Album 🔗

Wonderful Rainbow

Lightning Bolt

In hindsight, this was not appropriate Sunday night mending a sweater on the couch music

2

May 05 2024

Album 🔗

Third

Portishead

4

May 06 2024

Album 🔗

Who Killed...... The Zutons?

The Zutons

3

May 09 2024

Album 🔗

Music for the Masses

Depeche Mode

Possibly even a 3.5? Enjoyed this more than I expected to

3

May 10 2024

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Central Reservation

Beth Orton

3

May 11 2024

Album 🔗

Fly Or Die

N.E.R.D

2

May 12 2024

Album 🔗

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

3

May 13 2024

Album 🔗

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

5

May 19 2024

Album 🔗

The Nightfly

Donald Fagen

This is bad even for the supermarket playlist

1

Jun 06 2024

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Leftism

Leftfield

3

Jun 07 2024

Album 🔗

Here, My Dear

Marvin Gaye

I can't give that voice not a 4

4

Jun 10 2024

Album 🔗

Hot Buttered Soul

Isaac Hayes

4

Jun 19 2024

Album 🔗

John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic

2

Jun 20 2024

Album 🔗

Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Girls Against Boys

1

Jun 21 2024

Album 🔗

Swordfishtrombones

Tom Waits

Yep, I still love this

5

Jul 02 2024

Album 🔗

Natty Dread

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Loved some of this, enjoyed just about all of it - an unexpectedly good time

4

Jul 04 2024

Album 🔗

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

3.5 - very into the first track but I found everything after that surprisingly dull/forgettable

3

Jul 23 2024

Album 🔗

Is This It

The Strokes

I was never a huge Strokes fan but this album is solid and I can't separate the nostalgia feelings of that sound

4

Jul 28 2024

Album 🔗

There's A Riot Goin' On

Sly & The Family Stone

3

Jul 29 2024

Album 🔗

Mott

Mott The Hoople

2

Jul 30 2024

Album 🔗

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo

Devo

I had fun

4

Jul 31 2024

Album 🔗

The Visitors

ABBA

2

Aug 13 2024

Album 🔗

Teen Dream

Beach House

4

Aug 14 2024

Album 🔗

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

3

Aug 15 2024

Album 🔗

Copper Blue

Sugar

Awful

1

Aug 16 2024

Album 🔗

Fuzzy

Grant Lee Buffalo

Started strong, became very meh

2

Aug 17 2024

Album 🔗

Sheer Heart Attack

Queen

3

Aug 22 2024

Album 🔗

Low-Life

New Order

3.5

3

Aug 25 2024

Album 🔗

People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

4

Aug 27 2024

Album 🔗

Floodland

Sisters Of Mercy

2

Aug 28 2024

Album 🔗

1977

Ash

2

Aug 29 2024

Album 🔗

The Low End Theory

A Tribe Called Quest

4

Sep 10 2024

Album 🔗

(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

3.5 - 3.75 for the obvious highlights

3

Sep 11 2024

Album 🔗

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

3

Sep 16 2024

Album 🔗

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

2

Sep 17 2024

Album 🔗

Music For The Jilted Generation

The Prodigy

Probably more of a 3.5, but this makes me want to get drunk and run around

4

Sep 18 2024

Album 🔗

All Hail the Queen

Queen Latifah

3

Sep 19 2024

Album 🔗

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes

4

Oct 03 2024

Album 🔗

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

4

Oct 04 2024

Album 🔗

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

Enough with the Byrds already

3

Oct 06 2024

Album 🔗

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

3

Oct 07 2024

Album 🔗

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

4

Oct 09 2024

Album 🔗

São Paulo Confessions

Suba

2

Oct 10 2024

Album 🔗

The Contino Sessions

Death In Vegas

4

Oct 16 2024

Album 🔗

Dirty

Sonic Youth

3.5. Points for rhyming Encino with "why are you so mean-o"

3

Oct 19 2024

Album 🔗

Kimono My House

Sparks

1

Oct 24 2024

Album 🔗

Ambient 1/Music For Airports

Brian Eno

3.5? Lovely, but so hypnotic I'd only recommend for the commute home (no driving)

3

Oct 30 2024

Album 🔗

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

3

Oct 31 2024

Album 🔗

Rock Bottom

Robert Wyatt

2

Nov 01 2024

Album 🔗

NEU! 75

Neu!

I was into the first few songs and then... not so much

2

Nov 03 2024

Album 🔗

Sound of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

5

Nov 04 2024

Album 🔗

So Much For The City

The Thrills

Not bad, but for me the vocals are really on the border between listenable and insufferably whiny

3

Nov 06 2024

Album 🔗

Dust

Screaming Trees

Totally unmemorable

2

Nov 10 2024

Album 🔗

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

4

Dec 09 2024

Album 🔗

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

Ew

1

Jan 24 2025

Album 🔗

Vauxhall And I

Morrissey

3

Jan 25 2025

Album 🔗

This Is Hardcore

Pulp

This is...not what I was expecting

2

Jan 26 2025

Album 🔗

Oxygène

Jean-Michel Jarre

I don't really understand why most background stuff like this makes it on here, and I don't know how to rate it. Felt like I was in an 80s fantasy video game

2

Jan 27 2025

Album 🔗

Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam

Entirely too much croon for me

2

Feb 05 2025

Album 🔗

Make Yourself

Incubus

3.5, upgrading cause I still have a soft spot for The Warmth. Early 2000s me would be horrified by this rating - I was obsessed with this album back in the day, but the shine has really worn off now. The bigger radio hits are unlistenable

3

Feb 12 2025

Album 🔗

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

5

Feb 14 2025

Album 🔗

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

Not a fan

2

Feb 17 2025

Album 🔗

New Forms

Roni Size

S'fine

3

Feb 18 2025

Album 🔗

Ctrl

SZA

3.5 - not at all my usual jam, but I enjoyed this

3

Feb 19 2025

Album 🔗

Armed Forces

Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Blergh

1

Feb 21 2025

Album 🔗

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

Really liked the first song but the rest was not for me

3

Feb 22 2025

Album 🔗

All Directions

The Temptations

3

Feb 24 2025

Album 🔗

At Fillmore East

The Allman Brothers Band

3

Feb 25 2025

Album 🔗

I Am a Bird Now

Antony and the Johnsons

Gorgeous

5

Feb 27 2025

Album 🔗

Debut

Björk

3.5 - not my fave Bjork but she's never not interesting

3

Mar 02 2025

Album 🔗

Rejoicing In The Hands

Devendra Banhart

Love me some Devendra

4

Mar 09 2025

Album 🔗

The Last Broadcast

Doves

Yawns all round

2

Mar 10 2025

Album 🔗

Get Behind Me Satan

The White Stripes

4.5 - very close to a 5, this one's a goodie that gets stronger as it goes along

4

Mar 11 2025

Album 🔗

Go Girl Crazy

The Dictators

Not my jam

2

Mar 27 2025

Album 🔗

Crocodiles

Echo And The Bunnymen

3

Apr 02 2025

Album 🔗

Risque

CHIC

2

Apr 07 2025

Album 🔗

Sea Change

Beck

I really liked this actually - took a while to get into this not-usual-Beck vibe, but it grew on me

4

Apr 08 2025

Album 🔗

Cut

The Slits

2.5 - a bit too discordant in a way that doesn't quite work for me

2

Apr 09 2025

Album 🔗

More Specials

The Specials

2

Apr 10 2025

Album 🔗

Parachutes

Coldplay

I too am annoyed I have to admit to maybe liking Coldplay

4

Apr 19 2025

Album 🔗

xx

The xx

4

Apr 24 2025

Album 🔗

GREY Area

Little Simz

4

May 04 2025

Album 🔗

Definitely Maybe

Oasis

Even more boring than I expected

3

May 06 2025

Album 🔗

Ten

Pearl Jam

Can't argue with that

5