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Sun May 14 2023
The White Album
Beatles
Back in the USSR has a cool guitar solo.
Blackbird is a beautiful song!! 💝
Rocky Raccoon is a cute song :)
Helter Skelter was a good song
I enjoyed sexy Sadie and honey pie too.
Overall really well put together album that I could listen to anytime. Had a bit of everything, but wasn't musically boring at all - each song was really interesting and creative. 5/5
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Mon May 15 2023
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
Overall kinda mid album. I enjoyed the rhythm of I'm So Young. Dance Dance Dance was fun, and I know Help Me Rhonda because my dad sings it all the time. The variety of instruments used was pretty cool, but otherwise I thought the way they used the instruments was generally pretty bland. A little boring in general. 3/5
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Tue May 16 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
Hey, my dad listens to this ahaha
I accidentally clicked on the collector's edition of this album instead of the normal one, but I guess I'll listen to the full thing lmao - 29 songs / 2:30 instead of 9 songs / 46 minutes!
Cool bassline and sax solo in Rio
Hold back the rain is cool!
I liked Save A Prayer - some very cool sounds, like the loop, the strange violin-y thing they have going on, etc
Overall, a little repetitive, but entertaining. 4/5
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Wed May 17 2023
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Bongos! (You ain't the problem) Also just a very groovy song
Rolling: Kinda reminds me of MGMT's little dark age in some of the sound effects. Cool though
I've been dazed: ooh we roll right through the album! didn't even detect the song change. uplifting and enlightening song!
Piano Joint (intro): suspenseful yet groovy
Piano Joint: I could learn this on the piano!
Living in denial: kinda weird, not my favorite song. Also not a bad song though, just not my jam.
Hero: Cool beat! I think the guitar solo would have been really cool if it wasn't so distorted but that's also the sound he's going for
Hard to say goodbye: OOHH! That's an intro. If I was making a movie like Baby Driver, I feel like this song would belong in a movie like that, but I have no idea where it would go!
Final Days: even though the song is about the last days on the planet, it feels inspiring, like it's our collective first day :)
Interlude: The monologue at the start of the song is a good memorial (maybe wrong word - reminder?) of racism
Solid Ground: Nice chord progression
Overall: First album in this project that I had never heard of, and I'm very glad I did. It has so much going for it: a wide variety of sounds, some jazz influence, and an emotional rollercoaster. Meant to be listened to as a full album, not individual songs. Was a pleasure to listen to, I'll have to remember it for later :D 5/5
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Thu May 18 2023
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Senior Service is groovy :)
Oliver's Army is familiar, but I had never looked at the lyrics - We need to stop fighting!
Goon Squad is a good song - upbeat, more "rough", more punky :) more along my style
OOH SUNDAY'S BEST IS SUPER COOL - very unexpected in this album but very welcome! circusy in a way.
This album isn't particularly *my* album but overall I thought it was alright. It definitely had its highlights, but I don't know if I'll go out of my way to listen to the songs I haven't favorited again. 4/5
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Fri May 19 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Breathe is a strong song. Pretty good
DIESEL POWER! new theme song ahaha
Funky shit: so many synths!
Ooh I love the drumline in Serial Thrilla. It also sounds like the music in The Matrix's lobby shootout scene
Minefields: finally some non-synths! Sounds like I'm in a medival blacksmith shop lol
I'm not gonna lie this music all sounds kinda the same
Narayan has a cool chant though! toast approves
Firestarter: honestly gives me doom eternal vibes in a weird way ahaha
I wonder what this genre is called. Electronic? Techno? Hip hop? I'd call it techno-hiphop but I'm not sure. It's a very 90's sound
Wikipedia says that it's "big beat" or also electropunk which I suppose I see.
The genre does have some cool drum riffs but it gets really repetitive really quickly. Music to do parkour to ahahaha
As far as the album goes, I think it's accomplishing what it's trying to, but I think it's just too repetitive. It does have some cool motifs going on each song, but I think each song is still mostly more of the same.
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Sat May 20 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Novacaine for the soul: a little weird, but that hasn't hurt anybody! I'm still enjoying it :D
I like this! It's weird, it's vibey, it's dynamic, it's good. between 4 and 5 stars.
My Beloved Monster would have been a good song to end the album on.
Flowers- Interesting use of instruments, with angel choirs, beach guitars, and synths XD
I thought there were a lot of good songs in this album, a lot of dynamic and interesting things going on. It maybe could have leaned a little bit more on the "weird" aspect of it, or maybe have made it a little heavier, but otherwise I liked it! 5/5
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Mon May 22 2023
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Well balanced. I feel like the album wasn't trying to be pretentious but amounted to quite a lot. Relatively quiet, but otherwise I liked it. Favorite songs: Glory, Soap Star Joe, Mesmerizing.
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Wed May 24 2023
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
It was alright. It definitely had its gems, but overall I didn't feel like the album was particularly inspired. Favorite song: Mr. Siegel.
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Thu May 25 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Based on the spotify stats, we can very clearly see that there are exactly two (2) hits here in this album, no more, no less: "Breakdown" and "American Girl". (Both of which I very much liked, American Girl was a strong song to end the album on)
I also liked Fooled again and Hometown Blues.
Overall the album felt very easy-listening, usually slower and more melancholy tracks. I thought it was decent, 4/5.
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Fri May 26 2023
Fragile
Yes
Roundabout is the "to be continued..." meme! It's also a really good song, I've never heard the whole thing!
As an album, it felt determined, but in a sad and melancholy way. Like, the protagonist of a story who was fighting for something they knew they had already lost. I really enjoyed it, 5/5.
Favorite Tracks: Roundabout, South Side of the Sky, Mood for a Day. Maybe Heart of the Sunrise.
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Sat May 27 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
I really loved Since I left you!
The whole album is very smooth, even though it doesn't have everything. It's Chill, lo-fi, but also very high-energy and extremely creative. Some albums feel long even though they're only 30-40 minutes, this album felt very smooth, even though it was a full hour it went by very quickly. Absolute rollercoaster of an experience, 5/5.
Favorite songs: Since I Left You, Stay Another Season, Two Hearts in 3/4 Time, Electricity, Frontier Psychiatrist, Little Journey.
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Sun May 28 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Under the pressure is very vibey, gives me "running down a dream" vibes but a little more chill
Red Eyes is the perfect song to stare out the window to
Suffering - I think this is indicative of the whole album, but especially in this song, they just turned the reverb ALL the way up damb
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Mon May 29 2023
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
I have now been indoctrinated into folk. This is all I want now. 5/5
Favorite song: San Francisco Baby Blues
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Tue May 30 2023
The Next Day
David Bowie
It was alright. The album seemed like a darker version of Bowie's heroes, which was cool, but I thought a lot of the music was more or less just alright.
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Wed May 31 2023
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Album was alright. I thought the lyrics were good in each of the songs, but I don't love the style.
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Not my favorite Beatles album, but a Beatles album nonetheless :D
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Sun Jun 04 2023
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
I liked it! It was really bluesy but also really mellow. It reminded me of Led Zeppelin, but somewhat less intense, Zepp can get very intense at times. Favorite song: freedom rider, for the sax solo.
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
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Wed Jun 07 2023
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Kinda weird but yeah sure
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