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Wed Mar 01 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
I haven't really listened to Sam Cooke before, so don't know how this compares to the studio versions.
As a live recording, this is pretty good. The way you can hear the crowd throughout, and you can tell they were just having a ball. You can imagine what it would have been like to be there.
Sam has a strong, raspy kind of voice, well suited to this kind of music. The songs did get a bit "samey" for me, but all clipped along at a nice pace and kept the part-vibe going.
3
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Thu Mar 02 2023
Graceland
Paul Simon
I remember my parents had this album, but I haven't really listened to it before.
The way the western sensibilities merged with the African stylings really worked. I really like some of the guitar work - it was quite unique, or at least as far as I've heard.
Paul Simon is really quite a gifted lyricist - there were some quite nice lines in there.
The title track was my favourite. I've heard "you can call me al" to many times to enjoy that one.
3
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Fri Mar 03 2023
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
not what i expected. i think I had them mixed up in my head with the band "Boston". a lot of nice work on the horns, and some pretty big guitar freakouts. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. my favourite track was the final track, "Liberation" which was wa big guitar freakout before coming together at the end.
3
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Mon Mar 06 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
I had a copy of this album already, but haven't listened in a while. It's a pretty heavy album - brutal really with all the sounds they through at you and pretty relentless. There is quite a contrast between Chuck D's political commentary and Flavor Flav style
3
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Tue Mar 07 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
I've heard this one so many times before, I don't know if I even need to listen to it for this project, or even need to write any listening notes
4
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Wed Mar 08 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Not really for me. I can appreciate the harmonizing and complexity though.
3
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Thu Mar 09 2023
Blur
Blur
I've listened to and enjoyed their "Brit-pop" albums, but hadn't heard this one before. I think I was put off by "Song No. 2" which was really over played.
There were some nice songs on this one, and I really liked some of the guitar work
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
I really liked this album. I have a copy and have listened to it a few times before. It reminds me in feel of the musician "Panda Bear" but with quite different instrumentation. I always thought the singer was male, but was surprised on checking wikipedia that they are a duo with a woman singer.
4
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
this was OK as background music, but not really my thing. i did find my head nodding a long now and then
3
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Grace
Jeff Buckley
wow - I've heard this before but never really appreciated. the way his vocals soar is just amazing. great album
4
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Wed Mar 15 2023
New Forms
Roni Size
2
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Thu Mar 16 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
2
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Mon Mar 20 2023
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
2
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Tue Mar 21 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
3
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
2
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
3
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Fri Mar 24 2023
The Poet
Bobby Womack
3
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Permission to Land
The Darkness
4
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
1
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
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Thu Mar 30 2023
NEU! 75
Neu!
4
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Fri Mar 31 2023
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
2
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Mon Apr 03 2023
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
1
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Eternally Yours
The Saints
3
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
2
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Fri Apr 07 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
2
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Mon Apr 10 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
2
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Music From Big Pink
The Band
3
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
I liked some of the riffing but overall not really for me
3
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Thu Apr 13 2023
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
I had heard this one before and was happy to see it as the selection for the day. I really like this one. I was surprised to see some of the other reviews - a lot of people really hate this one. I guess his voice is kind of love it or hate it.
4
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Fri Apr 14 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
3
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Tue Apr 18 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
i don't really get why this is always cited as such an important album.
2
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
great album. Breakdown, Anything That's Rock and Roll and American Girl are standouts
4
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Thu Apr 20 2023
Woodface
Crowded House
nice to see an album from an NZ band, but I've heard most of the tracks too many times on radio and such to enjoy this. I was surprised by how dark some of the lyrics were
2
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
3
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
3
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Tommy
The Who
2
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Wed Apr 26 2023
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
2
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
3
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Fri Apr 28 2023
Boston
Boston
2
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Mon May 01 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
3
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Tue May 02 2023
High Violet
The National
3
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Wed May 03 2023
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
4
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Thu May 04 2023
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
2
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Fri May 05 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
4
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Mon May 08 2023
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
2
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Tue May 09 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
4
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Wed May 10 2023
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
3
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Thu May 11 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
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Fri May 12 2023
Arrival
ABBA
insipid
1
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Mon May 15 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
2
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Tue May 16 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
3
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Wed May 17 2023
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
2
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Thu May 18 2023
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
3
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Fri May 19 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
3
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Mon May 22 2023
Parklife
Blur
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
2
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Wed May 24 2023
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
2
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Thu May 25 2023
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
2
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Tue May 30 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2
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Wed May 31 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Different Class
Pulp
4
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Great album. Blister in the sun is so overplayed, and I've heard it so many times, I can't listen to it any more, so I skipped it
4
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Wed Jun 07 2023
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
4
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Thu Jun 08 2023
The Grand Tour
George Jones
3
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
3
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Mon Jun 12 2023
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
2
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
This album came out when I was a teenager, and was starting to form my own tastes in music, so it is quite an important album for me and hard to rate it objectively.
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
4
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
3
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
2
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Mon Jun 19 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
3
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
2
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Wed Jun 21 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
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Thu Jun 22 2023
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
2
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Dookie
Green Day
3
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Odelay
Beck
4
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Tue Jun 27 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
2
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Wed Jun 28 2023
1984
Van Halen
1
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
2
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Fri Jun 30 2023
The Rise & Fall
Madness
2
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
2
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
2
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Wed Jul 05 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
3
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Let It Be
The Replacements
2
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
4
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Mon Jul 10 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
2
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
2
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Wed Jul 12 2023
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
3
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
1
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Fri Jul 14 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
a bit boring
2
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Who's Next
The Who
2
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
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Wed Jul 19 2023
A Northern Soul
The Verve
2
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Revolver
Beatles
4
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
3
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
2
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
5
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
dreck
1
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
3
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
2
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Be
Common
2
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2
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Wed Aug 02 2023
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
2
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Kimono My House
Sparks
High-concept album. A lot of falsetto. Quite interesting, but not really my thing
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
4
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
2
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Tue Aug 08 2023
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
4
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Thu Aug 10 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
3
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
2
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
4
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
3
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Wed Aug 16 2023
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
2
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
3
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
I liked this one more than I thought I would
3
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
2
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Tue Aug 22 2023
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
4
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Wed Aug 23 2023
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
4
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
2
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Django Django
Django Django
4
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Mon Aug 28 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
2
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Tue Aug 29 2023
The Blueprint
JAY Z
3
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
3
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Thu Aug 31 2023
The Score
Fugees
4
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
4
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
3
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
4
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3
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Thu Sep 07 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
2
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Too much orchestration - not enough fingerpicking
3
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Mon Sep 11 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
3
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Copper Blue
Sugar
3
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
4
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Pretenders
Pretenders
3
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Wed Sep 20 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
The Cars
The Cars
2
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
this one took me back. I was never a big fan of this album, and I forgot how grating his voice was, but all in all, I enjoyed it -there are some really good songs on this, even if it is a bit over long.
4
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
This is something special
5
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
a bit samey for me
3
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
2
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Fri Sep 29 2023
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
4
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
4
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
3
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Wed Oct 04 2023
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
3
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
amazing
5
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Fri Oct 06 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
5
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
3
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Tue Oct 10 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young
4
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Wed Oct 11 2023
Protection
Massive Attack
3
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Spiderland
Slint
4
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
4
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Cross
Justice
4
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
5
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Wed Oct 18 2023
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
I thought I would like it when it started, but it turns out it was a bit overdone and boring
2
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Thu Oct 19 2023
The Coral
The Coral
2
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Fri Oct 20 2023
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
3
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
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Wed Oct 25 2023
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
4
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
3
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
i liked it more than I thought i would. the funk guitar and bass was nice
3
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Tue Oct 31 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
3
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Wed Nov 01 2023
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
2
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
I'm not really a Rolling Stones fan, but have to admit, this is a great record.
5
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
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Mon Nov 06 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
could hardly finish it
1
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Future Days
Can
this one i really enjoyed
4
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
3
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Fri Nov 10 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
boring
2
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
This one was a surprise. I'd heard of her before, but not sure what I was expecting, but not his. I really enjoyed this one - she has an amazing voice. Stand out tracks for me were Down to Zero and Love and Affection.
4
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
a bit bland for my liking
2
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Nixon
Lambchop
4
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Connected
Stereo MC's
boring and generic
2
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Aja
Steely Dan
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
4
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Thu Nov 23 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
2
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
a bit generic and boring
2
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Mon Nov 27 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
3
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Wed Nov 29 2023
90
808 State
2
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
3
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
this one takes me back. I was a teen when it came out, so didn't really understand their message on anything but a superficial level, but definitely felt it.
4
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
4
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
I think this album was a bit inconsistent. There wer some great tracks, but some average ones as well.
3
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Diamond Life
Sade
boring
2
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Tue Dec 19 2023
The Doors
The Doors
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
great album - not sure how I'd missed this one in the past
4
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
I have heard this one many times before. This is a classic album and of course if ends up on this list. I know people hate his voice and harmonica playing, but since when do you need a pleasant singing voice to make great and important music?
5
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Abbey Road
Beatles
4
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
Great Album. RIP David Berman
5
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
i think this is an amazing album.
4
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
so cool
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
I liked this. Although on a surface level, it seems pretty straight ahead and simple, there was a surprising level of depth.,
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
bit boring for me
2
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
2
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
4
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
3
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Wed Feb 28 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
funky
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Moving Pictures
Rush
3
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
amazing
4
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
4
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
World Clique
Deee-Lite
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
4
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
blast from the past - but a great album
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
3
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Mon Apr 22 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
4
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Fragile
Yes
3
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
4
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Fri Apr 26 2024
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
4
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Thu May 02 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
liked this more than i thought I would. surprised that was the 2nd or 3rd best selling album of all time
4
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Fri May 03 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
4
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Mon May 06 2024
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
4
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Tue May 07 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
4