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Tue May 16 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
1978
"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" (track 1) is a keeper
Has "Take Me to the River" which is a classic
"The Big Country" is a great change of pace and is makes me think of Neutral Milk Hotel (was probably an inspiration)
4
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Wed May 17 2023
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Meh. Not bad, but nothing that stood out to me. The guitar was very uninteresting and Neil Young was mostly singing loud (which I find to be whiney) rather than singing softly (like For What It's Worth or Old Man).
3
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Thu May 18 2023
Blur
Blur
Good for the most part. The sound is pretty diverse, so it doesn't get boring. Sometimes it has the feel of weird to be weird, but mostly it's interesting. Essex Dogs sucks ass. I had to skip it.
4
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Fri May 19 2023
Urban Hymns
The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony is a classic, and Lucky Man is pretty great too. The rest of the album is a bit... meh. Not bad, just standard 90's pop rock sound to me. There's a little bit of synth here and there to mix things up, but nothing to adventurous.
2
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Sat May 20 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Good vocals and good melodies. "Wild World" is always awesome.
3
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Sun May 21 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
All the classics. Great, but I can only take so much reggae.
4
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Mon May 22 2023
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Good Chicago Blues. Apparently this is the band that Eric Clapton and a few other big names were in before they got their breaks. Vocals aren't great, but guitars and horns are pretty nice.
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Great band, great album. Good variety between tracks and changes in tempo.
5
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Wed May 24 2023
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
1960. This woman is crazy prolific. Amazing story of being exiled from South Africa and then returning after 30 years when apartheid ended. Also, she's awesome. The song "Mbube" is definitely where they stole "Hakuna Mattata".
4
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Thu May 25 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
the song "Hotel California" is so overplayed for me it's tough not to skip it. I'll try to grit my teeth and get through it...
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Cool sound. Kinda like Super Tramp but darker and more punk. Occasionally Apparently they were bigger in the UK. Definitely recognized their biggest hit, Spellbound. Good song.
3
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Sat May 27 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
5
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Sun May 28 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
This is a five star just off the track list.
5
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Mon May 29 2023
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I had to skip the first 5-6 tracks and then just gave up.
1
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Tue May 30 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Her vocals are great, but the lyrics don't rhyme and she just rambles about God a lot.
2
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Wed May 31 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
Lots of hits on this one, but I just don't care for U2 that much.
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Low
David Bowie
Way to synth heavy for my taste. Had some good tracks, but I would never listen to the whole thing end to end again.
2
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Fri Jun 02 2023
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
This was not made for me.
1
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
4
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Sun Jun 04 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
Corporate rock at its best. Every song is good to great.
5
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Mostly ambient noise stuff with intentionally distant echo-y vocals. Unique, but def not something you "have to listen to before you die".
2
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Thu Jun 08 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Good blues album.
4
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Fri Jun 09 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
I like Cyndi Lauper, but she's no Madonna. A few bangers, and the rest were okay.
3
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Sat Jun 10 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Like a poor man's Bob Dylan. More spoken word poetry over a guitar than anything else.
2
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
Pretty good album. A few really good tracks, and none that are awful.
4
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Tue Jun 13 2023
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Good british pop/rock. Have a nice variation to the sound which was a little Blur at times and a little Arctic Monkeys on other tracks.
3
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
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Thu Jun 15 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
Probably the weakest Green Day album. No idea why this is here and not Dookie or Nimrod.
3
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Really good R&B album. Even as background music, it got me moving a bunch of times.
4
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
Good jazz with Africa flavor.
4
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Sun Jun 18 2023
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
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Mon Jun 19 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Couldn't finish it. Like if McClusky decided they weren't annoying and screechy enough. And also decided that melody and rhythm wasn't important. And also that it's not music if it doesn't hurt your brain.
1
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Fri Jun 23 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
2
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Sat Jun 24 2023
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
5
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Sun Jun 25 2023
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
3
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Mon Jun 26 2023
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
3
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Tue Jun 27 2023
The Score
Fugees
4
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
3
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Thu Jun 29 2023
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Very hair metal. Good bellowing on some and machine gun lyrics in others.
4
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Fri Jun 30 2023
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Parklife
Blur
okay. very british.
3
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Sun Jul 02 2023
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
Very good album. I'd probably give it 5 stars if I hadn't burnt myself out on the Hives years ago.
4
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Leftism
Leftfield
Just techno stuff. I imagine it may have been groundbreaking at the time, but nothing special to me.
2
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Tue Jul 04 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Surprisingly good. I think "Bloody Well Right" was the only track I recognized, but I liked it all.
4
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Good folk. A bit weird at times.
3
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4
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Sat Jul 08 2023
Metallica
Metallica
The "Black Album". Good metal, but Master of Puppets is better. This was the age where James Hedfield adds a "yugh!" to the end of the last word at every sentence.
4
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Sun Jul 09 2023
The Predator
Ice Cube
4
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
Probably just on this list because it was influential.
2
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Sun Aug 06 2023
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
Great album, great band. Looking for this on vinyl.
5
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Tue Aug 08 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Meh. British pop rock. Didn't stand out to me.
3
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Slow harp stuff. Not for me.
2
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Technique
New Order
3
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Sun Aug 13 2023
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
5
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Mon Aug 14 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
This is so far down the list of Beatles albums I would've picked. Not bad, but not Sgt. Peppers either.
3
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Tue Aug 15 2023
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
2
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Night Life
Ray Price
Good, old-school country.
3
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Good background synth type 80's stuff.
3
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Sat Aug 19 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Fine for background music.
3
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Sun Aug 20 2023
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
3
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Mon Aug 21 2023
NEU! 75
Neu!
so sick of these ambient noise albums. Who picks these for a top album?
1
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Tue Aug 22 2023
The Specials
The Specials
70's british ska with reggae influence. Sounds like they had an impact on 311 and Sublime.
3
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
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Thu Aug 24 2023
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Sounds like either the Who or The Beatles depending on the song.
4
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Fri Aug 25 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
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Sat Aug 26 2023
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Good early british pop/punk.
3
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Sun Aug 27 2023
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
2
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Mon Aug 28 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
This album made me appreciate Bruce Springsteen. Especially the close with Jungleland.
5
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Sat Nov 11 2023
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
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Sun Nov 12 2023
The Clash
The Clash
Good british punk, but it gets old
4
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Mon Nov 13 2023
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Adele
This album made me like Adele. She's pretty impressive.
3