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Tue May 23 2023
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Took me back to high school. I remember hearing a couple of Elliott Smith tracks on a sampler CD from Journey's with Duncan Sheik and a few others and his tracks blew my mind. Then I heard one of his songs in Good Will Hunting and he was on the Oscar's performing and it feel so cool to know who Elliott Smith was when no one else at home did.
I bought this album and one day my dad drove my truck...that night he gave me a lecture about the kind of music I was listening to because ES said fuck or something. Good times 😂
5
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Wed May 24 2023
Different Class
Pulp
Not my jam. Technically fine, but found most of the tracks shared a sonic sameness that didn't really grab me.
3
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Thu May 25 2023
Frank
Amy Winehouse
She had an amazing voice and I wish this album had featured with a more in your face mix. The production feels the wrong side of sparse in places without really putting the focus on Amy's voice in those key moments.
3
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Fri May 26 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Was going to go 4 stars, but Breakdown and American Girl are stand out gems on a pretty run of the mill album beyond those tracks. A mishmash of country and slow rock showcasing a band trying to find their style. Also, why is Tom Petty wearing a bandolier with bullets on this album cover?
3
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Mon May 29 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Feels like the soundtrack to a lazy late Saturday lunch. Great to relax to, not anything I'd usually seek out.
3
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Wed May 31 2023
Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
Samba is samba and it's fine but not a go to genre, so hitting this after the Getz/Gilberto album felt like a retread
3
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Thu Jun 01 2023
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Proto-roots rock. It definitely feels like a late 60's record from a band that started in San Francisco, probably the biggest deal about this record is the throughline to American Beauty
3
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Fri Jun 02 2023
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
4
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Mon Jun 05 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Little Wing is Jimi Hendrix on full power, turning the guitar into a sacrament reminding us of the mystery and majesty of love
4
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Tue Jun 06 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols would've absolutely owned shitposting Twitter. It's hard to separate this album from what we know about the band and the time they emerged in. It's soaked with meaning beyond anything the band ever intended.
3
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Wed Jun 07 2023
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
First time listening to Gil Scott-Heron, amazing work.
5
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Thu Jun 08 2023
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
5
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Tue Jun 13 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
no notes
5
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Wed Jun 14 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
5
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Thu Jun 15 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5
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Fri Jun 16 2023
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
4
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Mon Jun 19 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
This is the epitome of "Cry because it's over, smile because it happened"
RIP Outkast, you changed the game and put ATL on the hip-hop map
5
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Thu Jun 22 2023
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Probably the first great hip-hop record, it's hard to hear as groundbreaking in a world shaped by what this crew put together. Spotify has a deluxe version that included some flow without instrumentation and I loved those bonus tracks
4
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Mon Jun 26 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5
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Thu Jun 29 2023
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
3