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Thu Mar 09 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Of its time but a good listen and will give it another go.
3
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Fri Mar 10 2023
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
Neil evolving and good to hear an album from the period between the early CSNY years and the later sound.
3
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Mon Mar 13 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
5
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Tue Mar 14 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Wed Mar 15 2023
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Some good old time music with a great proper band behind him
4
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Thu Mar 16 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
3
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Fri Mar 17 2023
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
3
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Mon Mar 20 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
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Tue Mar 21 2023
Dookie
Green Day
2
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Wed Mar 22 2023
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
4
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Thu Mar 23 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Not enough quality for a single album put into a double album. Not my favourite you may guess.
2
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Fri Mar 24 2023
All Directions
The Temptations
Nicely understated and surprisingly enjoyable. Of it's time great vocals and musicianship.
4
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Mon Mar 27 2023
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
3
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Tue Mar 28 2023
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
4
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Wed Mar 29 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West
Sorry not my cup of tea
1
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Thu Mar 30 2023
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
3
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Fri Mar 31 2023
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Curate's egg. But production's good.
3
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Mon Apr 03 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Doesn't do much for me, but nevertheless a half decent attempt at being a singer- songwriter. It lacks much in the way of edge and grit which you get with others you may want to compare against.
3
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Tue Apr 04 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
Nope. Not for me. I'll leave it to others to provide the plaudits. I guess this one is a matter of taste so not fair to review. I can sort of appreciate some of the later stuff but not this.
2
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Wed Apr 05 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
1
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Thu Apr 06 2023
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Sleepy jazz club stuff.
2
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Fri Apr 07 2023
Atomizer
Big Black
2
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Mon Apr 10 2023
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
These days it’s refreshingly simple with good ol’ boy vocals and unadulterated honest guitar work. Some nice tunes and musical compared to most of the tripe produced today.
4
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Tue Apr 11 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
3
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Wed Apr 12 2023
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
One good track, twelve not my type of stuff.
1
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Thu Apr 13 2023
Debut
Björk
2
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Fri Apr 14 2023
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Wouldn’t be my choice but for a 1971 album this contains a surprising blend of influences and musicianship. Probably a good band to have seen live.
3
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Mon Apr 17 2023
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
I wonder how many modern day soulless streaming stars will compare against this in another 58 years? Great voice, great songs and musicality to match. This is what music is about - songs you can sing and that stay with you. Just brilliant.
5
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Tue Apr 18 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Some great tracks - makes you wonder what could have been. What hasn't been said. Ed Sheeran eat your heart out.
5
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Wed Apr 19 2023
Smile
Brian Wilson
3
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Fri Apr 21 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
2
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Mon Apr 24 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
A couple of great tracks but for me the rest is struggling to meet Bruce’s high standards - better before and better to come.
3
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Tue Apr 25 2023
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
A band in transition but some great tracks for 1970 and not what everyone expected.
3
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Wed Apr 26 2023
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
If I keep getting albums like this I’ll give up.
1
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Thu Apr 27 2023
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
3
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Fri Apr 28 2023
Black Metal
Venom
Sounds like me doing bad screamy karaoke. Awful. I understand it is a genre, but nothing here for me.
1
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Mon May 01 2023
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
2
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Wed May 03 2023
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
4
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Thu May 04 2023
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Really? Can’t think even the band would think this was what they were put on this earth to do.
1
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Fri May 05 2023
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
A difficult third album. I like Roxy Music but this recording is not them at their creative best.
3
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Sat May 06 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Innovative but really everything leads up to the model and then goes downhill.
2
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Sun May 07 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
2
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Mon May 08 2023
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Awful. As my son would say - just awful.
1
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Tue May 09 2023
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Odd one. Not enough musicality in it for me.
3
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Wed May 10 2023
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Got to accept this is 1972 but it all feels like a jam session with little direction. Mediocrity defined - I guess they are all accomplished musicians but the total is less than the sum of the parts.
2
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Thu May 11 2023
The Bends
Radiohead
Great album that really works as a whole. Not listened to Radiohead much before as often put off by the vocals. But this is good stuff.
5
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Fri May 12 2023
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Awful
1
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Sat May 13 2023
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Excellent pop album with some great songs throughout. Of it’s type rarely beaten.
5
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Sun May 14 2023
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Offensive from the start. Plain terrible pretentious rubbish. -5
1
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Mon May 15 2023
The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
Not a great album but interesting to see a number of the tracks produced by Dave Gilmour. You can hear early PF but this has regressed rather than progressed. But nonetheless part of rock history.
2
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Tue May 16 2023
Imagine
John Lennon
Always wondered why I'd not listened to this all the way through before. Same this time. Sort of lacking.
3
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Wed May 17 2023
Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
I prefer Enigma who were similarly experimental. This was tedious but then again it’s not for serious listening - mainly wallpaper.
2
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Thu May 18 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Headache stuff.
1
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Fri May 19 2023
Bad
Michael Jackson
Great name for the album
2
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Sat May 20 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Some great stuff and then some other stuff
4
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Sun May 21 2023
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson’s voice is distinctive and engaging. Love the pace of the album and the pared back nature.
4
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Mon May 22 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Can ye be bothered - no!!!
1
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Tue May 23 2023
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Three or four well known great songs but for me the rest is a bloke singing and a choir in the background.
3
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Wed May 24 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
This all seems a bit limited and expressionless.
2
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Sat May 27 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Maybe without Little Richard there wouldn’t have been the Beatles.
4
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Sun May 28 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
A bit ponderous but still great song writing and playing.
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Not fair to rate in any objective way as it’s not a form of music I take to.
3
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Tue May 30 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
My sort of era and DB has produced some great stuff. Band is good but mostly it’s not something I would add to any playlist.
3
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Wed May 31 2023
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Utter tripe - how does this ever get into anyone’s top 1001. Shows how subjective this whole exercise is. Scraping the barrel.
1
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Music sort of fine but the vocals annoy throughout. Sounds like a bunch of lads trying to be a bit indie different.
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Sorry, this sounds like someone who got decks for Christmas and was working out how to annoy everyone. Not my thing - maybe I’m missing something, though whatever it is I can live without, thank you.
1
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
I like some DP but this too repetitive for me. Good in its day
3
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Mon Jun 05 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Never an oasis fan but this is surprisingly good throughout with a few stand out tracks. Shame sibling rivalry caused it to end as the sum of the parts is definitely (maybe) greater than the individual components.
4
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Tue Jun 06 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Not an album I would listen to. More a collection of short punky songs. Still learning their trade.
3
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Great performer but tedious album.
3
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Fri Jun 09 2023
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
3
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Sat Jun 10 2023
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Nice background.
3
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
2
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
3
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Tue Jun 13 2023
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Great opener but for me downhill from there.
3
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Smash
The Offspring
Not for me
2
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Just a great album. Clapton found his voice and musicianship is superb.
5
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Sun Jun 18 2023
The Band
The Band
Some decent songs but a fair bit of filler for my taste
3
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Excellent album. What’s not to like about the writing, the melodies. Strong stuff and just compare it with the tripe produced today with no quality whatsoever.
5
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Manufactured, repetitive and over-produced. These are the sorts of tracks that make me turn off the radio. Sadly fits in well with most current artificial producer pop.
1
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
2
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Fri Jun 23 2023
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Not great, no Boris the Spider, but signs of what they could produce and shows they were in a state of transition
3
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Sun Jun 25 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Seeds of things to come. Of its time.
3
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Mon Jun 26 2023
The La's
The La's
3
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
His Bobness. You either like him or you don’t. I do. Rating the albums serves little purpose as they all form part of a journey.
5
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Give someone a keyboard for Christmas and this is what you get
1
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
3
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Oh, for goodness sake.
1
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Parklife
Blur
Maybe I’m just getting old but this is when mediocrity became mainstream.
3
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Sun Jul 02 2023
Odessa
Bee Gees
3
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
1
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
1
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Easy listening
4
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Sat Jul 08 2023
The Blueprint
JAY Z
No thank you. Awful, but then again I’m a fifties child.
1
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Bit whiny for my liking but production is good
3
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
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Wed Jul 12 2023
GI
Germs
Awful
1
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Music
Madonna
3
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Sat Jul 15 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2
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Sun Jul 16 2023
Who's Next
The Who
Gave it another listen just to be sure. At that time I seem to remember Pete Townsend was one of the first to use the newly invented synthesiser and it wasn’t easy like with all the digital wizardry the producers have today and who are creating music soup.
5
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Grim
1
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Too much screamy stuff for my liking. But some decent playing hidden in between. My son likes it.
3
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Wed Jul 19 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Maybe one for the teenagers amongst us
2
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Liquid Swords
GZA
Ugh
1
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
3
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Thu Jul 27 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
3
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Pretty awful - tedious monotonous voice. No saving graces that I can hear.
2
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Sun Jul 30 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
3
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Mon Jul 31 2023
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Great background - and that’s in a positive way
4
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Lovely album with great production, brilliant songs, great voices. One of my favourites
5
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Gold
Ryan Adams
A bit formulaic for my liking. Generic light country rock stuff.
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
3
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Tue Aug 08 2023
London Calling
The Clash
4
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
3
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Fri Aug 11 2023
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3
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Wed Aug 16 2023
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Of it’s time with a couple of great tracks, but then …
3
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Fri Aug 18 2023
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Awful.
1
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Mon Aug 21 2023
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
I like something quiet and melodic. 5 stars compared to the average rap album but overall best left to the perpetual teenagers.
2
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Tue Aug 22 2023
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
2
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Wed Aug 23 2023
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Great anarchic album. Neil expressing his true self.
5
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Fri Aug 25 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Excellent melancholic album. Some really lovely tuneful and melodic with great acoustic playing.
5
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Sat Aug 26 2023
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Well, sultans of swing is a great tune with outstanding lyrics. The rest sort of doesn’t measure up to that. But the boys had to start somewhere as a band.
3
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Sun Aug 27 2023
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
3
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Mon Aug 28 2023
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
1
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Of it’s time and a cover of a Jim Reeves song says it all. My parents may have liked because there wasn’t’t much else around prior to the Beatles explosion.
2
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
No
1
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Thu Aug 31 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
3
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
3
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Sat Sep 02 2023
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
3
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
2
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
You can hear how this was at the start of a bigger movement and whether they led or followed is probably irrelevant. Overall not my cup tea and glad similarly sounding bands moved on, some to become great. But not this lot.
2
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
4
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Just limp for my liking and all one tempo. But given when it was ….
3
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Difficult to rate as some very good songs and a few duds.
4
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Fri Sep 08 2023
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Classic album
4
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Sat Sep 09 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
Never a fan apart from odd bits - same here
3
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Sun Sep 10 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Thoughtful, well produced, good musicianship and in their own way sticking to their guns and doing what they do best - avoiding the pitfalls of pop. Guy Garvey’s voice is full of real northern (UK) soul.
5
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Just such an average album that seems to lack any real spark.
3
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Tue Sep 12 2023
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Sounds a bit like Jim Reeves doing Elvis impersonations.
Never quite understood why he morphed into this sugary soppy ballad singer - the rest of the world moved on.
2
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Wed Sep 13 2023
British Steel
Judas Priest
Oh dear. Nothing original here. A follow on band.
2
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
2
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Fri Sep 15 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Utter tripe. Best bit is start to sergeant pepper then all downhill.
1
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Sun Sep 17 2023
B-52's
The B-52's
2
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
3
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Signing Off
UB40
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Great voice and musicianship. Thoughtful songs and a bit of a classic.
4
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Sat Sep 23 2023
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Great background
3
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Excellent first groundbreaking album. One of the best beginnings to an album I know. And Ossie’s voice is great for someone of such tender years.
5
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
Great pop album with occasionally a bit more to it. Favourite tracks Hungry Like The Wolf and Hold Back The Rain. Great production.
4
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
4
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Oh dear, really, rather not.
1
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Not that smashing. Best track is the opener before any vocals. A generous 2.
2
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Sat Sep 30 2023
Be
Common
Not my cup of tea I’m afraid.
1
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
2
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Not sure what to make of this. It is what it is and sort of nothing special. Why is it even here?
2
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Basket of Light
Pentangle
Took me back a few years to a time before crude and non-musical music took over the world. A joy to behold.
5
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Not his finest hour. Tedious to the extreme. Why did he think anyone would want to listen to this.
2
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Sat Oct 07 2023
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Not really a doors fan but love the bluesy feel of this album.
4
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Sun Oct 08 2023
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Excellent album that I’d not heard before. Got me listening to more of their work. Don’t know how I missed them.
5
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Er no.
2
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Wed Oct 11 2023
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Of it’s time, not my cup of tea and repetitive. But ok if you like that sort of thing.
3
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Vulnicura
Björk
2
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Er no.
2
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Sat Oct 14 2023
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Not a great album and too many short poppy songs and a lack of rock credentials.
3
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
3
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
For it’s time this was an excellent album. A much underrated band
4
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
3
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
A difficult listen. Not interested I’m sorry to say. Sort of thing that makes me turn off the radio.
1
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Sun Oct 22 2023
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
A bit dismal for my liking and all trying to sound like Lou Reed while being a bit punky.
2
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Tue Oct 24 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
Classic album with some great songs, good tunes and some fine playing.
5
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Wed Oct 25 2023
Destroyer
KISS
Nope. No depth to it and the generic vocalisations drive me bonkers. Bit embarrassing really for grown men.
1
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Raw Power
The Stooges
2
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Sat Oct 28 2023
Is This It
The Strokes
3
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Sun Oct 29 2023
A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
2
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
French avant-garde. Too avant-garde for me though.
2
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Odelay
Beck
Can’t think of anything interesting to say about this mess of noise. Jumps around into all sorts, none of which I like. School kids will like it because it’s dares to be different - but that’s it.
2
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Orbital 2
Orbital
2
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Saw Dr John not long before he passed and what an excellent show. The groundwork is here in this album which at times is just great.
4
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Sun Nov 05 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
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Tue Nov 07 2023
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
2
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Ramones
Ramones
One of a kind and a bit of a laugh
4
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Surprisingly entertaining. Not a particular country fan but this live feel album was a great listen.
4
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Fri Nov 10 2023
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
I think I’d turn the lights out before the end of the second track. Not my cup of cocoa.
2
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Sat Nov 11 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
Never properly listened to this album all the way through before. It is really a complete pleasure to listen to. Some great stuff.
5
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Sun Nov 12 2023
Technique
New Order
Always waiting for another True Faith but it never happened.
3
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Her fans like it.
2
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Tue Nov 14 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
3
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Sat Nov 18 2023
Dirt
Alice In Chains
2
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Sun Nov 19 2023
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
3
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
Nope. Just screaming nonsense mostly. Given 2 as it’s slightly better than most rap.
2
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Excellent thoughtful and intelligently entertaining. One of my all time favourites. Tangled up in blue and Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts are great in every respect.
5
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Wed Nov 22 2023
A Northern Soul
The Verve
3
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Thu Nov 23 2023
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
2
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Sun Nov 26 2023
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
2
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Some nice stuff but dire straits do get a bit samey after a while. Always think they should do better.
3
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Tue Nov 28 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Something my son would like.
1
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
One long track with gaps. Couple of songs rise above the rest but overall, for me, just missing spark.
3
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Great music for an art gallery or son et lumiere experience. Meditative.
4
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
The Slider
T. Rex
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Slayed?
Slade
4
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Sat Dec 09 2023
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
3
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Sun Dec 10 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
3
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
1
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Tue Dec 12 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
2
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Pitched at 13 year olds who like jumping up and down. Really awful.
1
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Bad Company
Bad Company
I preferred the early original bands and surprised at the change of direction. But listenable back in the 70s and still ok today. Strangely they seem to lack energy and excitement.
4
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Sat Dec 16 2023
The Predator
Ice Cube
Ugh.
1
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Tue Dec 19 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Excellent album that holds together throughout. A proper listening experience compared to modern day pop rubbish. One of the best albums ever.
5
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
I did buy this album when it came out going a bit on Mr Frampton’s previous life with Humble Pie. Unfortunately he had gone all US soft rock and overall the album is something of a let down. I still have the album and truth to say it hasn’t been played much.
3
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Maxinquaye
Tricky
Oh God please help me …
1
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Fri Dec 22 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Oh dear …
1
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Sat Dec 23 2023
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Give them their due, at least they try to make music and introduce some melody - and it’s all sweary like so much tripe around.
4
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Mon Dec 25 2023
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Of it’s time. Maybe a reason they were new to me.
2
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Wed Dec 27 2023
Like A Prayer
Madonna
For such a global megastar I found this album really weak. Not much beyond the singles and not much more than a cobbled together collection of songs.
2
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
3
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Sun Dec 31 2023
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
2
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
Too indie for my taste.
3
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Tue Jan 02 2024
Moon Safari
Air
Wallpaper music in my view. Not objectionable like a lot of stuff on here but not memorable on any way. The music just doesn’t engage.
2
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Pyromania
Def Leppard
Teenage rock - not for me.
2
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Fun House
The Stooges
2
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
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Sat Jan 06 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
1
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Sun Jan 07 2024
Tago Mago
Can
2
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Great album to have on in the background - good to hum along to. Different end of the spectrum to some stuff that pops up too often on here.
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Passes the time
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Not great. Should be much better
2
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Sat Jan 13 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Awful. When did music die.
1
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
It’s better if you play it twice the speed. But it’s Leonard Cohen, and he does what he does.
2
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tedious drivel - never did get it and still don’t.
2
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Wed Jan 17 2024
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
2
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Thu Jan 18 2024
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
2
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
2
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Let’s stay together and 8 fillers. Not my cuppa I’m afraid. At least he wrote his own stuff.
3
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Sun Jan 21 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
4
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Mon Jan 22 2024
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
3
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who
Of it’s time. Great to hear Keith Moon giving it his best. I think you have to have been there. I think the digital versions lose a bit of the magic.
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
In its time this would have been good darkened room stuff and a way to get down with your friends who knew the world was changing. It must have led somewhere in an age before the music industry went off the rails with an ever increasing range of genres and unlistenable or mediocre noise.
3
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
3
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Couple of nice songs and a bit of jamming to fill the time. Like Proud Mary though but wouldn’t have bought an album just for that even in 1969.
3
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Just one of the great albums. Coherent and tells some wonderful stories. One of my all time favourites.
5
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
A collection of songs, a couple of which I know . I like more from an album.
2
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Not a fan. Never understood the plaudits.
2
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Thu Feb 01 2024
25
Adele
2
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
2
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Truth
Jeff Beck
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Dismal
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Marquee Moon
Television
Better if they edited out the vocals - personally can’t understand the overall high scoring for this. Really tedious in my books. 📚
2
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Wed Feb 07 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Great album and Ray Davies shows himself to be a writer of some excellent enduring songs.
5
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Classy artist
4
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Sat Feb 10 2024
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
1
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Sun Feb 11 2024
One World
John Martyn
John Martin takes some adjustment to appreciate his work but overall he’s fine by me. This album rewards concentration.
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
No thank you.
1
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Spiderland
Slint
Not heard of them before but a great album. Kept getting ‘Red’ phase King Crimson. Drumming was excellent and controlled.
5
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Would have been a 3 but any album with a track as good as Bad Moon gets an extra point straight away
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Great album. Right for any time of day. I listened while eating my cornflakes.
5
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Tue Feb 20 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3
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Fri Feb 23 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica
1
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Sat Feb 24 2024
1999
Prince
3
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Live Through This
Hole
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Guero
Beck
2
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
2
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
Ugh!!
1
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Sun Mar 03 2024
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Great album. Particularly like Mary’s Place.
5
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
I guess the musicianship is good but I find it tedious.
2
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
2
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Thu Mar 07 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
3
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
4
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Palo Congo
Sabu
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
2
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
4
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Sun Mar 17 2024
evermore
Taylor Swift
3
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Garbage
Garbage
Oh dear. What makes people think this is good. Just a grungy noise.
2
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
2
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
2
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
3
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Arise
Sepultura
2
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
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Tue Mar 26 2024
The Yes Album
Yes
Super album. Just love it.
5
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
4
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
2
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
5
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
4
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
3
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Repetitive awfulness, but at least no foul language. So an extra 0.5 for that. This album demonstrates how art and creativity is missing from music so maybe they were ahead of the game on that.
2
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Boston
Boston
Hard going is what Mrs P said and I have to agree.
3
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
I realise the list is only one person’s view, but really this is rather off the mark for me. Ultimately nobody could have listened to every album produced and as a result there are many out there that could replace this one. Mediocrity at best.
2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
3
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
LP1
FKA twigs
1
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Fri Apr 12 2024
90
808 State
Or really music in my view but I guess it is an album which years ago you could have melted and made into a flower pot.
2
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Sat Apr 13 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
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Sun Apr 14 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
2
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Why have I not heard this before. Great album and the matured voice is a revelation.
5
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
Authentic sounds. Started really well but for me tailed off a bit.
4
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
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Sat Apr 20 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
3
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Sun Apr 21 2024
I Against I
Bad Brains
1
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Sulk
The Associates
Headache stuff - but better than rap.
2
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
3
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Ctrl
SZA
1
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Thu Apr 25 2024
In Utero
Nirvana
At least it’s not rap. 1.5 in that case, rounded up.
2