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Fri May 19 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
I don't know how I could rate it anything else, this albums iconic. I had never listened to the entire thing before, so it was cool hearing the second half of the record. 1/1001
5
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Sat May 20 2023
Different Class
Pulp
Very British and very 90s, but I liked it more than I thought I would. The chord progressions & lyrics held my attention.
Standout Tracks
- Common People
- Disco 2000
- Something Changed
- Underwear
2/1001
4
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Sun May 21 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
I haven't listened to much hip hop before, but this was really good. The music and lyrics were consistently great across the album. The theming tying the whole album together was also cool.
Standout Tracks
- To Zion
- Doo Wop (That Thing)
- Forgive Them Father
3/1001
Listened 5/20/23
5
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Mon May 22 2023
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Not really my thing, but it grew on me through the second half of the album.
Standout Tracks
- Murder Was The Case
- Ain't No Fun
- Doggy Dogg World
4/1001
Listened 05/21/22
4
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Tue May 23 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Iconic - knew most songs going in, still great to listen to. Everything is a standout track.
5/1001
Listened 5/22/23
5
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Wed May 24 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
This album is slow, but the arrangements are insane. I think this will grow on me even more with more listening. Walk On By and Phoenix are so good!
5
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Thu May 25 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Pretty good, but also older stuff. This might grow on me, I could see why it would've been popular in its day.
Standout Tracks
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Most tracks didn't stick out for me, but it was pleasant throughout.
Standout Tracks
- Country Road
- Oh Susanna
- Sunny Skies
Listened 05/25/23
8/1001
4
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Sat May 27 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
ooo extricated list ooo
This album is... nice, but it all kind of blends together, nice for background but there are better singer-songwriters out there. Didn't need to be as long as it was.
9/1001
Listened 5/26/2023
2
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Sun May 28 2023
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
This album's atmosphere is great, it's fun to listen to, but it's also not really something to listen to consciously, more something to have on in the background. It's really long and repetitive, so it kinda suits that. The sci-fi stuff makes it stand out.
Down Through the Night is the best track on this album, I also thought some of the spoken interludes were cool or at least funny. Some elements of the other longer songs are interesting.
Respectfully a 3/5
Listened 5/27/23
10/1001
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Actually pretty nice throughout! Point off for "Dad-Rockiness" in some spots though. It was interesting to listen to a full Steely Dan album. I also found out that there is no guy called Steely Dan! Some tracks were just "nice", they didn't really stick out, but they were definitely better than other stuff.
Standout Tracks
- Dirty Work
- Kings
- Midnite Cruiser
Listened 5/28/23
11/1001
4
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Tue May 30 2023
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
This album really wasn't my thing, but I've gotta give credit where credit's due. I don't really like the "modern-motown" sound, but they nailed it. Amy Winehouse is impressive.
Day later note - it's growing on me
3
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Wed May 31 2023
Future Days
Can
Atmospheric, nice, but no standouts yet. Lots of potential to grow on me. I'd heard about it before without knowing, actually, so it was nice to learn what it was. Kinda reminds me of Peewee's Playhouse.
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Interesting to listen to Fiona Apple, remembering the pandemic-era hype. She's definitely a singer songwriter. I think a lot of the lyrics were interesting or at least speaking to something true, but other sounded dorky. Everything in the second half is better overall, took my thoughts from a 2 to a hesitant 3.
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
Good, interesting to hear music from Senegal! Some of the "western" aspects date it though (but I kinda like them). It was pretty nice!
Standout Tracks 4, 7, 9, 10
3
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Sat Jun 03 2023
Sound Affects
The Jam
Pretty "jam-y" (they named the band right), but the atmosphere was good. It seems like there's a lot to the lyrics.
I like the second single, but the tracks all kinda fade together.
3
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Sun Jun 04 2023
Pearl
Janis Joplin
Better than some of the other stuff I've listen for this, 3 but leaning towards 4. The organ was 70s-y (positive). I don't remember the exact tracks I liked, but the one with "freedom is having nothing less to lose" and "lord won't you..." stood out.
3
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
I'd put this somewhere near hawkwind, the sci-fi was cool or at least interesting and the music was nice, but nothing that stood out.
3
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Tue Jun 06 2023
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
The first 20 minutes of this and the last 15 or so are really good! The middle I could take or leave, but I still really liked the album. The story makes it something else, and it's always great to get introduced to new instrumental music.
4
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
This was actually really good. The music was good, and the lyrics were interesting, or painted a picture, or resonated.
"And marriage is when we admit
Our parents were right"
"When the world falls apart some things stay in place"
"Our place in History is as
Clock watchers, old timers, window shoppers"
Standout Tracks
- Greetings to the New Brunette
- The Marriage
- Levi Stubb's Tears
- Wishing the Days Away
- The Passion
The album overall was great
5
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Thu Jun 08 2023
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Fun! Interesting to listen to the whole album. I was kinda surprised by just how synth pop -y it was. I like the music throughout though! While nothing really stood out, some of the titles or concepts were cool.
- Living a Boy's Adventure Tale
- Hunting High and Low
- The Blue Sky
- Love is Reason
This is even better on a relisten.
5
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Fri Jun 09 2023
The Specials
The Specials
The Ska was fun! The rhythms had a lot to get into. Some tracks kinda dragged, but overall, this was nice. The best track is Dawning of a New Era.
4
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Sat Jun 10 2023
Marquee Moon
Television
I would've dismissed this as bland dad rock, but the guitar hooks are amazing!! Guiding Light and Marquee Moon are the best tracks.
4
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Sun Jun 11 2023
Eagles
Eagles
Maybe could've been 3. I thought it was going to be better at the start but by the last few tracks I wanted the album to end. Aggressively mid dad rock. Witchy Woman and Nightingale were pretty good though.
Listened 6/11/23
2
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Mon Jun 12 2023
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Pretty good, but I'm not really used to country. I like the ballads.
Standout Tracks
- 2 Kool 2 Be 4 Gotten
- Drunken Angel
- Lake Charles
- I Lost It
- Metal Firecracker
Listened 6/12/23
3
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Tue Jun 13 2023
My Generation
The Who
Almost a 4, but some parts have really aged, otherwise, rock-y fun!
Standout Tracks
- I Don't Mind
- A Legal Matter
- Instant Party
3
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Wed Jun 14 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Very calming, groove-y. There's a lot to the lyrics. The stuff was well done, but it felt a little slow to me.
BT:
1, 9, 12, 14
3
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
I don't get experimental jazz! : ) But this was nice to clean to after the end of the school year. The trumpet was great. The music felt like controlled chaos.
3
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
This is the guy who did Me and My Arrow!! Album was nice overall, bt 2 & 6.
4
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Sat Jun 17 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
This was definitely a Coldplay album. I liked it more than I thought I would though. Almost a 5, but nothing was really crazy, it all sorta flowed together.
BT:
Spies
We Never Change
Shiver
4
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Sun Jun 18 2023
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Only 1 star off bc I'm not super into metal (yet). This was really fun. The lyrics sounded kinda stupid sometimes, but other times they were so edgy they looped back or actually good. The instrumentals were still way better than any of that, consistently impressive. Track 7 is the best.
4
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Mon Jun 19 2023
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
Didn't know about Olomide before, definitely do now. If nothing else, the vocals were really good. Cool to learn more about Congolese music, but this felt kinda long for what it was. Nice background party music though? I zoned out as it went on... Some elements stood out, but weren't really developed, parts on tracks 4 and 7.
(Listened 6/18/23, before "previous" album)
2
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Tue Jun 20 2023
Synchronicity
The Police
Nice, but no standout Tracks except for the single I already knew. 2nd side is the better one, but the first synchronicity track is also good.
BT
- Every Breath You Take
- King of Pain
- Murder By Numbers
4
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Wed Jun 21 2023
Berlin
Lou Reed
This album was really heavy, but also really good. I don't really have the experience to really understand a lot of it, it'll be interesting to come back to when I'm older. The music and lyrics are both memorable, they create a gloomy and uncertain atmosphere together. The music gets better as the album goes on.
BT:
- Men of Good Fortune
- How Do You Think It Feels
- Oh Jim
- The Kids
- The Bed
5
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Sister
Sonic Youth
It's crazy how much you can hear this albums influence on newer stuff. Sonic Youth was a name I recognized before but had never actually listened to. I've been reading a lot of Neil Gaiman's Sandman recently, this would make a good soundtrack.
BT
- Catholic Block
- Hot Wire My Heart
4
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Fri Jun 23 2023
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
Solid album, it really cooks in some spots, but the album is longer than it probably needed to be, the tracks kinda fade together. Still, liked it more than I thought I would, almost a 4.
BT
- Manish Boy
- Bus Driver
3
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Sat Jun 24 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
This was pretty Dad rocky, and at first I thought it was repetitive, but the instrumentals and musicianship are insane! (And it's crazy they got away with these lyrics in the late 60s). The best track is The Lemon Song, but What is and What Never Should Be, Thank You, and Ramble On were all also pretty good.
4
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Sun Jun 25 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Kate Bush's music is so distinct and atmospheric that even the worse tracks were still interesting. It's really something to see where she takes each song concept and music wise. Bush is always 5/5
BT
- This Woman's Work
- The Fog
- Never Be Mine
- Deeper Understanding
- the entire second side of the album & title track as honorable mentions
5
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Mon Jun 26 2023
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
This was really good! It held my attention throughout, musically and lyrically, there's a lot to get into.
BT
- Mama's Always On Stage
- Mr. Wendel
- Fishin' 4 Religion
- Natural
- Tennessee
5
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Tue Jun 27 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Literally short n' sweet, some interesting and hooks & lyrics/concepts.
BT
- Scarborough Fair
- Homeward Bound
- Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall
- For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
- A Poem on the Underground Wall
5
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Wed Jun 28 2023
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Right on the fence between 3 & 4 for this one. Gonna go with the benefit of the doubt though. The tracks would be kinda slow on their own, but the whole thing was really groovy, and the lyrics were sharp.
BT
- Cybele's Reverie
- Tomorrow is Already Here
- Motoroller Scalatron
- Slow Fast Hazel
4
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
With respect, this album is a 2, some of the other albums I've rated as 2s could've been 1s. The lyrics are nice enough, and the melodies are sweet enough, but everything sounds very similar.
BT
- A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
- The Old Revolution
2
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Fri Jun 30 2023
Ten
Pearl Jam
This was actually really good. Pearl Jam was a lot darker than the impression I had of them. Every track was consistently good, it's an album you can listen to front to back.
BT
- Master/Slave
- Alive
- Black
- Jeremy
- Oceans
- Why Go
- Garden
5
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Sat Jul 01 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Ah! This is even better than the Simon & Garfunkel stuff! Even on tracks that were sorta boring, there was some good hook that sorta redeemed the track, and most didn't even need this! The second side was noticably rougher though. Solid Album!
BT:
- Mother and Child Reunion
- Duncan
- Run That Body Down
- Everything Put Together Falls Apart
- Peace Like a River
5
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Sun Jul 02 2023
Black Metal
Venom
I can see where a lot of metal came from this, but by itself it was just ok. I started losing attention during the second half of the album, the lyrics and music were kinda repetitive and the former were dumb (only sometimes in a fun way). Still, parts of tracks 4 and 5 were pretty good. I'd give this a 2.5.
3
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Mon Jul 03 2023
Movies
Holger Czukay
In some ways, I liked this more than Future Days. The variety of music really showed off where the music could be taken, this is definitely my favorite experimental album so far (it's also the most pop-y). Each track has at least one interesting part. Persian Love is beautiful, the middle to end of Hollywood symphony is great, Oh Lord Give Us More Money is insane and Cool in the Pool is generally fun. Someday, I may get this kind of music.
4
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Tue Jul 04 2023
1989
Taylor Swift
Taylor freakin' Swift. Where to start? I feel like a lot of people find this album easier to bash because of the reputation (and demographic) of the artist's fanbase, while at the same time know that this isn't exactly groundbreaking stuff. I was like 7 when this came out, so I'm gonna score it the "nostalgia point". I see all this hype around Swift, and I think "maybe I'll like her, this sounds interesting", and then I'll pull up the album and the tracks are like "Bad Blood" [radio pop you hear at the dentist's]. 3/5, maybe 3.5/5
3
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Wed Jul 05 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Jazz instrumental, but it flows along and is fun, I didn't find myself waiting for tracks to end despite their length. The guitar in Messy Bessie stood out, but the album overall is pretty good.
4
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Thu Jul 06 2023
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Better than I thought it would be, pretty good overall. I started to zone out over the second half of the album though, but the first half has some good stuff.
BT
- Goodbye Toulouse
- London Lady
- Princess of the Streets
Low 4/High 3
3
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Fri Jul 07 2023
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Cool to listen to a Pavement album, I've wanted to for a minute. The overall vibe was nice, some of the lyrics were cool, few standouts though.
BT
- Trigger Cut
- Loretta's Scars
- Here
- Perfume V
4
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Sat Jul 08 2023
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Dad rock-y, but cool to listen to, guitar is nice throughout. The best tracks are really good though, Waterline & Sultans of Swing.
4
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Sun Jul 09 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
4/5 because it's kinda long for a dance album and gets a little too "indie" in spots, but otherwise this is really cool. Insane how they had this sound back in 2000. Liked the overarching story.
BT
- Stay Another Season
- Close to You
- A Different Feeling
- Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life
- Frontier Psychiatrist
- Little Journey
7/19/23
4
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Mon Jul 10 2023
Electric
The Cult
Some parts are kinda catchy, but this album is repetitive and kinda blockheaded. Less revolutionary and more retro for 1987, this felt like it came out earlier than it did.
BT
- Peace Dog
- Aphrodisiac Jacket
2
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Tue Jul 11 2023
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
This album really makes you think, Fruit Tree is insane given the context of Drake's life. Solid for when it came out, you can really see how it influenced stuff like Kate Bush and The Cure.
BT
- River Man
- Time Has Told Me
- Saturday Sun
5
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Wed Jul 12 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Turns out What's Going On and Let's Get It On are very different albums. This feels like the platonic ideal of R&B. Seriously still holds up.
BT
- What's Goin On
- What's Happening Brother
- Mercy Mercy Me
- Right On
- Inner City Blues
5
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Thu Jul 13 2023
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
This was way better than I thought it was gonna be! It might be the angst, but I thought the lyrics were pretty good, and the music had some good hooks.
BT
- One Chord Wonders
- Bored Teenagers
- Safety In Numbers
- Great British Mistake
4
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Ah! This was nice! Kinda aimless, but atmospheric.
BT
- Aht Uh Mi Hed
- Island Letter
4
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Sat Jul 15 2023
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
This was really solid considering it's age, and even without that it's still good. Blows the high school jazz band versions I know out of the water.
BT
- Flight of the Foo Birds
- Teddy The Toad
- Whirlybird
4
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Sun Jul 16 2023
Dog Man Star
Suede
Really good britpop, slower in the second half though. Lyrics make the songs feel like epics.
BT
- We Are The Pigs
- Heroine
- The Wild Ones
- The Power
- The Asphalt World
5
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Eternally Yours
The Saints
Solid 70s punk, might relisten eventually
BT
- Lost and Found
- Memories are Made of This
- New Center of the Universe
4
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Tue Jul 18 2023
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Billy Joel but like good Billy Joel. It's a solid listen if you ignore the datedness and the cheesiness. Consistent throughout.
BT
- Moving Out
- Vienna
- Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
- Only the Good Die Young
5
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Wed Jul 19 2023
#1 Record
Big Star
It feels like so much was shaped by this album that on its own it sounds a little like a wild collection of 70s music sounds, for better or worse. 3.5, rounded up.
BT
- Feel
- The Ballad of El Gordo
- The India Song
- St 100/6
4
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
Love it! Songs I knew before, songs I didn't. Nothing I didn't like though, and I want to listen to it again to get even more out of it.
BT
- One Way or Another
- Heart of Glass
- Sunday Girl
- 11:59
- Fade Away and Radiate
- Will Anything Happen
5
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Fri Jul 21 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Little too beatles-y in some spots, but generally solid. Mixed feelings about the title track. Never expected any album here to immediately make me think "Naruto??", much less this one.
BT
- Jet
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Mamunia
- Picasso's Last Words
4
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Mixed feelings about this album - the lyrics feel like poetry, and the good tracks are good, but I can't get into the blues stuff. I'll give it a 5, it could definitely grow on me.
BT
- Like A Rolling Stone
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Queen Jane
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- Desolation Row
5
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Sun Jul 23 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
I like this more than the other dad rock on the list, but generally wouldn't listen to on my own. Best Tracks are the singles + Adam's Apple
4
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Mon Jul 24 2023
Make Yourself
Incubus
This is so 90s alt angst-cheesy but so good for what it is
BT
- Privilege
- The Warmth
- Stellar
- Drive
- Pardon Me
4
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
I'm not totally into the Who's older-rock stuff, but I can respect how much they influenced later stuff. They're way better live, I liked this more than my generation - I finally "got" Substitute & Summertime Blues
4
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Wed Jul 26 2023
One World
John Martyn
Rough start, and kinda dad rock-y, but very chill & upbeat. The sound of the last track surprised me given when this came out. 4.5.
BT
- One World
- Big Muff
- Couldn't Love You More
- Sweet Certain Surprise
- Dancing
- Small Hours
4
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Thu Jul 27 2023
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
Edgy in a good way
BT
- Dirge
- Death Threat
- Aisha
- Aladdin's Story
- Broken Little Sister
4
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
3.5, rounded up. Some tracks are slower and/or worse, but the ones that work really do. The concept is interesting, and I liked this more than the other "world" albums I've had before.
BT
- Broken Skin
- Letting Go
- Homelands
- Tides
- Nadia
- The Conference
- Nostalgia
- Broken Skin
4
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Sat Jul 29 2023
Beautiful Freak
Eels
4.5, rounded up. Kinda dull in a few spots, but overall good 90s indie/alt, I like the genre so it was nice to learn about another band. The lyrics have good prose. Guest List is so good.
BT
- Susan's House
- Not Ready Yet
- Guest List
- Your Lucky Day In Hell
- Manchild
5
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Sun Jul 30 2023
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
This one feels insane, bit old but you can really see why it's here. Seriously creates an atmosphere.
BT
- She Called My Name
- The Gift
4
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Mon Jul 31 2023
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
Sounds ahead of its time, I liked it. Only knew about it from the Simpsons scene before.
BT
- In a Gadda Da Vida
- Most Anything You Want
- Flowers and Beads
- Are You Happy
4
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
While the good tracks feel sorta overplayed, and this isn't my favorite Fleetwood Mac album (Tango in the Night), this is still incredible. First time I listened through the entire thing.
BT
- Dreams
- Never Going Back Again
- Don't Stop
- Go Your Own Way (if it wasn't in that damn drug commercial every single day when i was like 9)
- The Chain
- Gold Dust Woman
- Silver Springs
5
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Wed Aug 02 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
Mostly forgettable but had some nice spots, would've been better shorter. Sounds like it's from a movie you'd watch in freshman English.
BT
- Cause a Rockslide
- Disillusion
- Epitaph
3
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
That one reply about Disney Channel was right, but some of this was still fun. European stuff is always ... interesting
BT
- Rock Against Ass
- Zillion Dollar Sadist
- Prince of The Rodeo
- Are You Ready For The Darkness
3
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Dry
PJ Harvey
A little too indie for me but I liked it more than other stuff, & PJ (to the extent of my knowledge) did this relatively early. A lot of the songs are about men (some are good, some are eh). The second half of the album is when it gets good.
BT
- Oh My Lover
- Plants and Rags
- Fountain
- Water
-
3
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Sat Aug 05 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Longest album I've had so far, but good blues/country, though it isn't really my thing. The instrumental tracks and second half of the album were better. It's kinda jam-y background music.
BT
- In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
- Whipping Post
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Another album that's really nice to have on in the background, I liked and 'got' this more than Bitches Brew, I should probably come back to both at some point. Davis's work is top tier trumpet & jazz, though sometimes it's easy to forget that his style of jazz was something new.
BT
- Blue In Green (the piano section is so good)
- All Blues
- Flamenco Sketches
4
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
My local college indie station kinda has a limited selection even though with their license they could play a lot more stuff. This was slightly above middle of the road, but feels like something I would get really interested in if it happened to play on that college station. Basement Scene is really good though, and the lyrics were cool.
BT
- Basement Scene
- Desire Lines
- Don't Cry
- Helicopter
4
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Tue Aug 08 2023
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
So good musically, & fun lyrics. Easy to listen through the whole thing, especially with the instrumentals breaking it up.
BT
- Sure Shot
- Tough Guy
- Sabotage
- Get It Together
- Sabrosa
- The Update
- Futterman's Rule
- Flute Loop
- Ricky's Theme
- Do It
- Heart Attack Man
- Bodhisattva Vow
- Transitions
5
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Wed Aug 09 2023
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
I liked this more than Led Zep II, which I had earlier - I think I'm starting to 'get' them. It sounds better when you listen to it outside, I think late summer was a good time to get this album.
BT
- Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
- Dazed and Confused
- Your Time is Gonna Come
- Black Mountain Side
- Communication Breakdown
4
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Thu Aug 10 2023
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Honestly, I kinda liked it for country-ish dad rock. The vocal harmonies were cool, & I liked the instrumental tracks.
BT
- Music is Love
- Tamalpais High
- What Are Their Names
- Song with No Words
4
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Fri Aug 11 2023
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Really didn't expect this sound from the title, but it was really good! It's sorta like REM, but way better. Cool lyrics sometimes. A fall-y album.
BT
- In My Mind
- What Gets Heard
- Understanding
- Liberty For Our Friend
- If'n
- Time With You
4
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Sat Aug 12 2023
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Reggae classic, and the first Marley album I've listened to, and has a message that's still relevant, but kinda falls off on the second half. 3.5
BT
- Concrete Jungle
- Stop That Train
- Midnight Ravers
4
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Sun Aug 13 2023
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
My favorite instrumental stuff so far, really good 2000s/late 90s-y electronica. Docking a star b/c it could've been shorter, but this is great for what it is. 4.5 stars.
BT
- Keeping Pigs Together
- Some Kind of Kink
- Don't Go Nowhere
- The Rough and the Quick
- Bussing
- I Stole Your Car
- Alaska Street
- Belladonna
- They're Hanging Me Tonight
4
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
I wanted to like this, but outside of the Supermassive Black Hole, and some aspects of some tracks, I don't get Muse's style of music. I kinda really hate when I can hear the vocalist breathe. Maybe it'll get better someday though. 3.5 stars.
BT
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Map of the Problematique
- Invincible
- Assassin
- Exo-Politics
- Hoodoo
3
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Interesting to hear earlier Elton John, and listen to a full album, since I only knew Tiny Dancer off this one. Overall, consistently good.
BT - honestly any of them except holiday inn....
4
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Heroes
David Bowie
I've only listened to Bowie's earlier stuff, so this surprised me, but I really liked it. The music makes you feel emotional.
BT
- Beauty and the Beast
- Joe the Lion <3
- Heroes <3
- Sons of the Silent Age <3
- Sense of Doubt
- The Secret Life of Arabia
5
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Quiet Life
Japan
I think this album is respectfully a 3, I think a lot of my past 4s could've been 3s, 3s 2s, & 2s 1s. I liked the synthpop, but it didn't knock me away. Maybe it'll grow on me? I'd listen to this over a lot of other stuff though.
BT
- Despair
- In Vogue
- Halloween
- Alien
- The Other Side of Life
3
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Fri Aug 18 2023
The Wall
Pink Floyd
First time listening to a full pink floyd album, and while I wouldn't listen to this for fun, this was interesting as a concept album, and the music sounds better to me as a part of a whole. Uncomfortable, long,depressing, and better for it. 4.5 rounded up.
BT
- In the Flesh?
- The Thin Ice
- One of My Turns
- Hey You
- Is Anybody Out There
- Vera
- Comfortably Numb
- Run Like Hell
5
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Sat Aug 19 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
This was cool, I tried to put more of my attention into it to understand jazz. There's this really good bit on the third track. I wouldn't usually listen to this, but the skill is still definitely there.
3
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Tue Oct 10 2023
The Doors
The Doors
Pretty good, very 60s. Wouldn't really listen to it for fun but had some cool parts. Kind of reminds me of Scooby-Doo.
BT
- The Crystal Ship
- Alabama Song
- Light My Fire
- The End
3
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Wed Oct 18 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
It all sounds the same but it isn't bad either. It's fun!
BT
- Fucking in Heaven
- Praise You
3