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Mon Jul 10 2023
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
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Tue Jul 11 2023
The Score
Fugees
I was really enjoying it until Wyclef turned up
3
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Wed Jul 12 2023
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Not my genre or style. Too soft. She had a nice voice though.
2
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Thu Jul 13 2023
The Clash
The Clash
London’s calling to say this wasn’t my thing
2
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Fri Jul 14 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
I didn’t know what I though Massive Attaxk was but it wasn’t this
Listening to this I distinctly feel that yes, this is the sound of 91. How do I know this? Was I a six year old who was big on the scene at the time and just forgot?
I think what I mean by this is if I’d discovered this album when I was still musically formative, I’d easily made this my entire personality but alas, not this lifetime.
One Love kept threatening to be a track of add to my eternal playlist but just couldn’t commit to those dirty brass beats.
Blue Lines - sleepy spoken word rap was an interesting choice but again was just kidding that kick
Unfinished Sympathy - justifiably seen as a classic
Lately - I always enjoy a baseline that means I have to turn my volume down for self preservation
Hymn of the Big Wheel - excellent closing track for the priors
3.5
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Sat Jul 15 2023
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Got this album close to release on the back of Time to Pretend and Kids and remember my horrified dissapointment that nothing else came close and was a slog to sit through. I haven’t listened since do this will be a good experiment…
… turns out i was overreacting like a disappointed man, the rest of the album is perfectly solid but just not to the heights of those songs above.
3
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Sun Jul 16 2023
Odelay
Beck
Was dreading this but it was ok. Just ok.
3
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Mon Jul 17 2023
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Awful.
Probably inspired a lot of stuff I’ve subsequently like but I didn’t think much at all of the blue print.
1
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Tue Jul 18 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
Familiar songs that got a bit samey towards the end
3
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Wed Jul 19 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
If you allow me to be indulgent as always…
I was always Team Blur during the great Britpop wars but have grown to enjoy Oasis now the dust has settled, similar to the Bret Hart v Shawn Michaels debate of the sane era, being Team Bret it took to the 2000s for me to appreciate Michaels…
…and similar to Michaels, Oasis are oft imitated and probably much more influential but Oasis still seem completely unique.
This was a great album, I can see why it got so much hype at the time and can see too why it became such a weight round their necks thst they could never surpass.
4
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Thu Jul 20 2023
Born To Be With You
Dion
Completely new artist for me, nothing seemed even vaguely familiar.
Really enjoyed Born to be With You and added that into a rotation playlist of mine, and found myself enjoying the next few tracks too though a little less each
After halfway it became a bit of a slog and I think whatever track 1 was would have been my favourite as it was a case of new skin bias
Overall a decent listen but not one I’m likely to remember much about in a few weeks
3
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Fri Jul 21 2023
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
This was an excellent slice of fun. Basically nostalgia for the summer special episodes of Mork and Mindy and the like.
4
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Sat Jul 22 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
Yea sir, my addiction is dirty bass and chaos.
No sir, I’m not looking for a cure.
5
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Sun Jul 23 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
My enjoyment of that was like a roller coaster, but one of those ramshackle rickety wooden ones that doesn’t get very far off the ground. Will probably end up rated 1 star in lieu of 1.5 being a rating.
1
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Mon Jul 24 2023
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
The first of these albums I had to skip partially played tracks.
Some influences and technical skills similar to what I used to like when I listened to heavier stuff, but I really didn’t enjoy what they did with it.
One Day Like This is an excellent song in isolation though.
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Tue Jul 25 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
This was like a tray of choice cuts and blueprints for other people to take inspiration or plain steal for something later/better.
Realistically, to enjoy this I’d need to cut the songs down to 4 mins max and scale way back on Robert Plant which probably makes me a philistine.
I appreciate your service Led, no I do not want to make a donation.
2
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Wed Jul 26 2023
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
I quite like the wackadoodle song construction. Not hugely, but enough.
3
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Thu Jul 27 2023
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Murder Mystery was fun, the rest less so
2
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Fri Jul 28 2023
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Not my pick for listening to someone pick pickers.
2
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Sat Jul 29 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
A fun romp
3
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Sun Jul 30 2023
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Good production and the title track was excellent, the rest however very forgettable.
2
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Mon Jul 31 2023
Real Life
Magazine
The middle got a bit bogged down with filler, but the start and ending were pretty good.
I do like to think I like post-punk but it might just be the self indulgence I gravitate to rather than the actual music.
3
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Tue Aug 01 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Great to listen to in the background, with the already famous songs the standouts
3
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Wed Aug 02 2023
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
I waved goodbye to death metal a long time ago to take on this style as my jam, so stuff like this is always a treat.
I like most of this, finding it to be something if a mix tape in terms of styles.
3
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Thu Aug 03 2023
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Very beautiful but very dull, like being dragged through a museum of exhibits I have no stake in.
2
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Fri Aug 04 2023
Nevermind
Nirvana
I hadn’t thought I’d heard this before besides the obvious ones, but I must have years ago in the background of parties or gatherings and not realised.
So it can be said that it’s memorable, although it’s only really the classic tracks I enjoyed, the rest felt very filler, so as I suspect Nirvana are not really for me.
3
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Sat Aug 05 2023
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
I think I’ve been predisposed to think that Wings are corny, which I found to be mostly true however 1985 and Helen Wheels were both excellent.
3
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Sun Aug 06 2023
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Souvenir being the stand out though the rest was simply ok
3
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Mon Aug 07 2023
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Love Perry Farrell’s voice but not a big fan of the music itself.
3
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Tue Aug 08 2023
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
I found the quirks to be more annoying than interesting
2
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Wed Aug 09 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
There was a lot going on in the song construction which impressed but ultimately it was another one I’m unlikely to listen to again
3
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Thu Aug 10 2023
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Not my tempo
1
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Fri Aug 11 2023
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
A band I never thought I had heard before, just assuming they were Duran Duran.
Around about in line with some of LeBon and groups average stuff.
2
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Sat Aug 12 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Frontier Psychiatrist was an MTV2 classic, so nice to hear the rest of the album that spawned it.
4
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Sun Aug 13 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
This was one of the legendary albums thst I’ve heard about for so many years that it could never live up to the hype.
And it didn’t.
Lyrically it was excellent but musically I found my attention drifting.
2
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Mon Aug 14 2023
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
I was always a bit intimidated by Fiona Apple. She always felt like an art house boogeyman who was hung over as a threat to little boys and girls who casually said they liked all music.
I think the weakest part is her voice which was a bit generic when surrounded by terminal quirk and an instrumental album I might have preferred, certainly for the first couple of tracks but ultimately this was pretty decent.
3
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Tue Aug 15 2023
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Weird that Lenny and Motörhead are now basically dad rock. Fine for what it was though.
3
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Wed Aug 16 2023
Blackstar
David Bowie
Sacrilege I know, but I’ve never really got Bowie in any of his eras. Aside from a few songs that are usually associated with other things that I’ve liked he’s just not an artist I’m interested in.
Same goes for this one, though the last track is probably one of the best songs I heard in this challenge.
2
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Thu Aug 17 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
This album has a near 60 year legacy and I doubt I’ll remember anything about it after 6 minutes.
1
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Fri Aug 18 2023
Abraxas
Santana
Solid background ambience
3
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Sat Aug 19 2023
Who's Next
The Who
3
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Sun Aug 20 2023
Night Life
Ray Price
After track 2, I was ready to proclaim this to be the best thing since sliced bread before it settled into the honky think.
There is something mysterious about the dude, even down to the vaguely sinister sort of neon slasher movie cover art before that was an actual aesthetic
2
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Mon Aug 21 2023
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Sounds like a band I’ve never heard before.
Sounds like a band I’ve completely forgotten before.
2
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Tue Aug 22 2023
Melodrama
Lorde
Very samey with the framework being quite dull itself.
1
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Wed Aug 23 2023
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3
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Thu Aug 24 2023
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Each individual aspect (the vocals, the production, especially the bass) was great, but put them all together and it didn’t leave any kind of blended impression.
2
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Fri Aug 25 2023
I Against I
Bad Brains
I’m not a fan of punk usually but this was quite enjoyable. Genuinely might be my second favourite album from the genre I’ve heard. I think it being only 30 minutes helps.
3
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Sat Aug 26 2023
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
I appreciate it walked so daft punk could run, but the tracks were mostly grinds.
2
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Sun Aug 27 2023
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Not at all what I was expecting.
Very lush sounding
3
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Tue Aug 29 2023
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Sounds exactly what (I think) it was, some mates making an album of the favourite genre. Pretty fun listen but nothing I’ll revisit.
3
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Wed Aug 30 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
3
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Thu Aug 31 2023
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Reggae always just sounds like the intro forgot to bind to an actual song. I wait for the kick and it never comes.
2
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Fri Sep 01 2023
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
2
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Sat Sep 02 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
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Sun Sep 03 2023
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
3
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Mon Sep 04 2023
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
I like how silly the whole thing is. Definately sounds like it’s been licensed out to channel 4 for all their kitchen related idents in the 2000s
3
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Tue Sep 05 2023
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
This was pretty bland but Boogie on Reggae Woman was the stand out.
2
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Wed Sep 06 2023
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Avalanche is an all timer, but that put the rest of the album in the shade.
3
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Thu Sep 07 2023
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
An odd time capsule of a sound I completely forgot about.
3
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Fri Sep 08 2023
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
I think the 60s was the first era that music production wasn’t regimented by tyrants called stuff like The Colonel or actual Mafia men, hence we get this bizarre concoctions swinging wildly within itself.
I think I’ve narrowed it down for 5 categories
Great and will listen again: Dark Side if the Street
Started off not really caring about but When I think about it, actually enjoyed it : my uncle, hot burrito 2
Music i imagine the people from Tremors listened to : Christine’s tune, Sin City, hot burrito 1, do you know how it feels
Abysmal: Do Right Woman, Juanita , hippie boy
Has a boat horn or something that caused Physical pain : Wheels
2
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Sat Sep 09 2023
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
1
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Sun Sep 10 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Loved this on release, loved it still now
5
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Mon Sep 11 2023
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
The jangly 60s stuff was tolerable but the quirky storytelling stuff was utter garbage.
1
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Tue Sep 12 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
The definition of fine and forgettable
3
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Wed Sep 13 2023
Infected
The The
What is this?
It’s like the B52s are doing a soundtrack for an experimental Disney movie.
2
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Thu Sep 14 2023
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Not sure what was linked was the actual album but if the guy wants to make it hard to listen to his stuff so be it.
2
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Fri Sep 15 2023
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
I didn’t like this. I think the genre space rock should be much more exciting than what that was.
1
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Sat Sep 16 2023
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Beside the occasional killer baseline, this confirms that Stevie Wonder is not for me.
2
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Sun Sep 17 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Weeding the back garden listening to and enjoying The Police really makes a guy realise they are no longer a young man.
3
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
The most interesting dull album I’ve listened to, can’t really explain what I mean by that though.
2
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Abandoned in favour of some electro
1
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Lost Souls
Doves
Sea Song was the stand out, the others range from solid to inoffensive.
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Cross
Justice
This is one of my all time favourites. Stress a song I listen to regularly to this day.
5
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
I enjoyed this one, …Ulysses and Take it Back (which might be the first song with a harmonica I didn’t instantly hate) being the stand outs.
I figured Mothers Lament was a secret track or something that I’d have happily kept secret though (I could look this up but won’t)
3
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Fragile
Yes
Most of my teenage years were spent with my dad trying to convince me Yes were the greatest band to walk the Earth.
I never once humoured him.
Now 20 years later a random generator has forced me to listen.
And you know what?
Dad, they ain’t all that and their best song is still Owner of a Lonely Heart from GTA Vice City.
2
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Sun Sep 24 2023
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Nice but dull
2
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Mon Sep 25 2023
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Is it cool? Yes
Is it interesting?
Can I see why it’s held up as an all time classic? Yes
Am I ever likely to listen again? Probably not
Definition of a 3/5
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
I’ll be honest, I never knew this Queen existed.
The only one I was familiar with was Killer Queen. Some of it sounded quite like the other high camp Glam legends KISS too (teaser for a later album?).
Brighton Rock really stood out.
3
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
First Beatles album I’ve listened to, I think I’d get more out of it if I had listened to it as a progression from their earlier stuff.
Plus it gave me horrible flashbacks to when we had Beatles Rockband set up in Game sauchiehall street and people playing the same songs badly over and over again.
It was good though
3
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Thu Sep 28 2023
There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
Started off slow but kicked it up towards the end to the point I was sad it was over.
3
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
Sub par 70s rock
2
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Sat Sep 30 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Off to a great start - filled with others that were equally timeless but a bit of filler too.
3
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
This is everything I dislike about punk, post-, hardcore, where musically it just seems to be a celebration of being crap.
1
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
I wanna destroy you in cracking and I will relisten. The rest of the album was also pretty good. But I likely won’t relisten.
3
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Exactly what I expected, fine - no better
2
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
This washed over me completely, I barely noticed it. I probably owe them another listen but Spotify wrapped is coming up soon and I need to prioritise getting the embarrassing stuff out my top 5 so I have no time for redos.
2
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
First couple of tracks were ok (not You Really Got Me which was awful) but it died a death from middle to end.
2
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Sleazy and creepy…but in a bad way.
Probably my least favourite so far.
1
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Sat Oct 07 2023
Teen Dream
Beach House
It’s sounds a bit like if Tame Impala never discovered synths.
2
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Sun Oct 08 2023
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Ehhh…I think I’ll settle on I don’t know art, but I know what i like and this wasn’t for me.
1
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Early 2000s hip hop was a giant leap in production but that doesn’t make this particularly good.
2
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Ramones
Ramones
I used to despise the Ramones but I think that was linked to people who liked them rather than the band itself. In isolation it’s fine and Blitzkreig Bop is a great song.
3
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Wed Oct 11 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
This is quite good.
Big Black Snake Moan impression (which was invariably influenced by this)
3
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Urban Hymns
The Verve
1997 was when I first started listen to music properly so this was right in the sweet spot, I’ll probably rate it higher than it’s worth but that’s nostalgia for you. Also it was way longer than I thought it was gonna be.
4
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Lots of ‘oh, that was this guy’ songs on this one.
3
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Sat Oct 14 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Still a bit dull
2
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Sun Oct 15 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
Not as seminal as Doolittle but still an excellent listen.
4
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Clandestino
Manu Chao
I’ve never heard this before but it was all very familiar.
I reckon it’s from being played in those weird little independent shops thst primarily stocked incense and incense related wares just off the beaten path from the high streets of every town and when film studios realised their set dressing wasn’t quite Mexican or Cubano enough, they inserted this as soundtrack over cut aways to women standing in doorways and dogs on unpacked streets.
Fine overall but nothing to relisten to unless any of the above apply.
2
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Thriller
Michael Jackson
The run of Thriller - Best It - Billie Jean might be the best of any pop album
4
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
I feel like Tippi Hedren
1
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Thu Oct 19 2023
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
I was disappointed in this. It’s held up as one of the all time greats but most of it is pretty lacklustre and the production doesn’t compare to what he did later.
That being said, there was three great tracks on there, however not names I wish to write out or sing along to.
3
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
I found her voice pretty nondescript so wasn’t really listening to the lyrics until Flower where I realised I’d maybe misinterpreted everything before it.
However, I think I’m most drawn to the instrumental and production when listening to albums so as this was quite bland in that regard it’s not one I’m going to go back over.
2
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Sat Oct 21 2023
1984
Van Halen
I liked this one slightly more than the other VH, mainly through familiarity with the two ‘big’ songs near the start.
2
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Sun Oct 22 2023
Among The Living
Anthrax
Anthrax are very much spot 4 when it comes to the Big 4 of Thrash, but you can’t go wrong with the original recipe stuff from the 80s
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
The White Room
The KLF
It’s fine. That’s about it.
3
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Tue Oct 24 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
I was quite enjoying this until after Bullet The Blue Sky when it just became a U2 album. First couple are belters though.
3
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Wed Oct 25 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Of the three Bowie albums so far, this was the better one. Took a while for me to get into it but by the end I was fully on board. I don’t think I’ll ever listen to his stuff for fun, but it’s been interesting seeing the various eras
3
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
First track is a classic, rest pretty forgettable
2
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Fri Oct 27 2023
The Dreaming
Kate Bush
Some songs I’ll start to recognise from samples or such and then they’ll veer off wildly, makes for an interesting experience.
2
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Sat Oct 28 2023
2112
Rush
1
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Sun Oct 29 2023
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
Fresh sounding 80s hip hop, decent listen, and one track going on rotation - The Pros
3
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
I could sit in a blues bar and listen and enjoy…but not to this guy specifically
2
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Tue Oct 31 2023
The White Album
Beatles
I’ve never really gotten the Beatles before. They certainly had good catchy songs but there’s hardly a shortage of them…then I listened to this and I can see why the are held up the highest. I’m only about 50 years too late but I can say that this may be one if the greatest albums ever made.
I had to stop adding songs to my regular play playlists for fear that it would just be the whole album taking it over for over an hour (not Piggies though).
Martha My Dear, Rocky Racoon, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide…, Helter Skelter the stand outs for me if I had to pick.
5
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
3
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Our House was cracking. The rest I really couldnt tell you.
2
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Nowhere
Ride
A bit of a dirge and at times sounding like drums, guitar, vocals were in different recordings but interesting with it.
3
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Sat Nov 04 2023
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
I have nothing to say on this. It washed over me and left no impression. It didn’t hurt though.
2
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Sun Nov 05 2023
Eagles
Eagles
2
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Pretenders
Pretenders
Pretty solid stuff. Her voice is the obvious highlight.
3
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
1
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Fine background noise, The Girl from Ipanema so nice they played it twice.
3
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Nostalgia is a hell of a thing.
I don’t mind this, it reminds me of driving through to that chop shop in Linlithgow as a family and it being the album that everyone in the care didn’t protest
3
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Fri Nov 10 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
I always forget just how good Karma Police is until Iisten to it, and then I listen to it loads before forgetting all over again.
3
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Sat Nov 11 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Which Partridge quote is it going to be
‘Shitty Zombies’
Or
‘I’m not having a pop at the undead’
It was neither. Probably more like the scene in Shaun of the Dead when he goes to the shop and doesn’t notice the zombies.
Until the last song which I had no idea was them and was Gods gift to film and tv montages.
2
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Sun Nov 12 2023
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
2
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Mon Nov 13 2023
White Light
Gene Clark
Listened to most of it, got the point. A blunt one that’s not one I’m interested in further.
2
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Tue Nov 14 2023
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
The man is an arse but he writes good songs.
3
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
See yesterdays comments.
3
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Hysteria
Def Leppard
Solid
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
3
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Sat Nov 18 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Didn’t ever got going, which I understand is the point but I needed a kick somewhere.
1
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Sun Nov 19 2023
Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Every song plays the same trick…oh this sounds good, oh tom waits has turned up to dive bomb it.
1
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
This was 80% great, 20% naff. Spot on 4/5 album
4
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Tue Nov 21 2023
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
I’m enjoying this, sounds like the it could obviously soundtrack any disco or less obviously soundtrack any fight…at the disco.
3
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Wed Nov 22 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Big ‘bridging scene in an American Pie sequel’ energy.
2
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Thu Nov 23 2023
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Id probably rate it higher than 1 but otherwise I agree. I really liked track 1 but that probably could have been the case for any song he chose as track 1 - everything after just became a bit of a drone.
2
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
This is another one that smacks of ‘I’ve got 978 locked in but I’m spent, just add this bunch - who cares’
1
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Sat Nov 25 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
I think Prince is my ‘solid’ baseline, I enjoy everything he does fine, and love the obvious highlights.
3
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Sun Nov 26 2023
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
This is just annoying. I think the only reason I’ll give it more than 1 star is the audacity of it all.
2
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
I did a deep dive on The Beta Band a while ago, they’ll never be my favourite band but I do appreciate they bring something different to the plate if your ever in the mood for something slower and weirder
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Either was fast talk singing and plinky plonk guitars or a song that sounded like a David Bowie off it.
2
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Very much doesn’t sound like a 70s album. Dark broody stuff, very on brand for me but not spiky enough.
3
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Pretty bland 90s indie
2
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
This is great, but to me it is a sampler of what RZA subsequently did producing all the solo stuff that came around the same time which took the best of this an expanded it further.
The skits are rank though.
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden
I cannot be bothered with grunge or grunge affiliates for the most part, so I didn’t get much out of this. Black Hole Sun is the standout and the rest just sounded like lesser versions of it.
2
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Arular
M.I.A.
I thought this was the album I got on release which was pretty good, but that was Kala.
This was fine, but didn’t have any real highlights.
3
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Risque
CHIC
First track is rightly named
3
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
It felt like we were on an upward trajectory with the 3 previous Bowie albums but this was mince.
I couldnt tell you anything about any of the tracks.
2
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
I liked the vague menace permeating through the tracks
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free bird is a classic, the rest fairly forgettable
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Fri Dec 08 2023
American Pie
Don McLean
The first two I knew and recognised, the rest were pure filler to me. At some point it rolled into some other artist and I could not tell you when.
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Sat Dec 09 2023
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
I don’t mind this, he does bring something different. Though this is clearly juvenile and he himself probably cringes st the lyrics too.
It reminds me of the 50 Cent game that had loads of cameos from other rappers and they were all badasses except for Eminem who was a tweaking corrupt coward cop who looked like an idiot through the plot.
3
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Sun Dec 10 2023
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Probably should be more embarrassing than it actually was listening back.
Durst’s vocals are easily the worst part.
2
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Mon Dec 11 2023
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
2
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Tue Dec 12 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Fun, though without any surprieee.
3
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
This is fine, not something I’d expect to listen to again, but I can’t see myself listening to the full 55 minutes.
2
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
The first 3 seconds intro was the best bit, struggled to hit those heights again.
2
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Started this and quickly shut it off. It wasn’t bad it was just white noise.
1
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Sat Dec 16 2023
Violator
Depeche Mode
4 absolute classics on here and the rest is their unique sound, an easy thumbs up
4
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Sun Dec 17 2023
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Nice enough, though the even slower stuff was too much or a dirge
2
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Being There
Wilco
2
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Tue Dec 19 2023
The College Dropout
Kanye West
I like the music and the production but I’ve always found his delivery to be too flat
2
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Sulk
The Associates
I’m enjoying the gothy bits and the drums mixing with the synth.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard of these guys but definately one I’ll explore further.
4
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
A blast (beat) from the past.
Enjoyable as always
4
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Mott
Mott The Hoople
I’ve never heard of this band before yet I feel I’ve heard everything they’ve got to offer already. Fine, not very exciting.
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Sat Dec 23 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Nu metal became such a vague term very quickly but whatever it was/is - this is the quintessential representative.
Random DJ scratches
People who have no right to be rapping, rapping
Drop D guitars
Superfluous band members
Token shouting sections
Still a classic with no hint of irony.
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Sun Dec 24 2023
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
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Mon Dec 25 2023
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
2
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Tue Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
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Wed Dec 27 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
His deep voice singing almost seems like a joke, it’s like Ralph inneson when he’s on a podcast and it feels like it’ll damage your speakers.
It was pretty good though.
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
I remember people going mad for this at the time, pretty sure it was in the album charts top 10 for years but seems to have had no long term cultural affect. Like David Gray I guess.
Dull but harmless.
2
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
3
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
A fine slice of twee rock
3
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Sun Dec 31 2023
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Not bad, just not for me
2
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
Garbage modern country
1
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Tue Jan 02 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
It’s jangly jazz, I’m still uneducated to not really get it.
2
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Solid. Nothing flashy but good for listening to while in the office.
I think I got them confused with someone else as I was certain I’d heard them before but nothing rang a bell.
Once it finished it started up with Kool Keith which is always a treat.
3
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson
While I didn’t love this - I did like the gentle menace, like the train bit at the beginning of Dumbo. I know it’s harmless but there’s something underlying there.
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
I took a break about halfway as k found it very dull/samey. Coming back tonit for the back end was like listening to something altogether new and very very good. Do a three seems like a fair split.
3
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Sat Jan 06 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
3
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Sun Jan 07 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
Guessing the plot to this film, I’ll go -
A police constable is on a holiday cruise, stopping over in India somewhere, he’s not adverse to other cultures, such as dancing the cha-cha-cha early in the film but does see himself above it. Gets himself embroiled in a local crime of passion falling for the daughter of the victim as they have to combat someone bringing back colonialism to the region. They succeed, but he has to go back to his life and they share an emotional farewell on the docks as he boards. As she cries and waves him off, he comes up Behind her, choosing to stay. It’s never explained how he got of the boat. They embrace. Credits roll.
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Tue Jan 09 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
This is great. Dicks all over that Run DMC album that I thought was going be like this but most certainly wasn’t.
4
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out is still an excellent track. Rest, perfectly fine.
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
The better of the Ray Charles albums we’ve done so far
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Too odd
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Sat Jan 13 2024
Funeral
Arcade Fire
3
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Walk is an all time great, the others follow the familiar pattern but never to the same heights.
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
State of this album cover. Music is pretty good though.
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Listening to this was great, just some soft background country.
I hope the Highwaymen appear on this, I never get round to actually listening to it myself and now I use this list as an excuse to keep holding off on new stuff too.
3
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Tapestry
Carole King
This is very good. I think I just assumed it was going to be an Eva Cassidy style softness, but she’s got some grit in her lungs. The unpolished 70s production really makes it stand out too.
4
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
Solid stuff. A lot of songs I’d completely forgotten about snd s very good outro track.
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Paris 1919
John Cale
I listened to this this morning and have left it to marinate. My only memory is how annoying the organ was in the first song so I can’t say I enjoyed this.
2
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
It Ain’t No Fun to Me is worth holding on for. That bass/beat is something else from the rest of the album.
2
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Mostly just annoying. Short though.
1
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Gris Gris
Dr. John
This is not the worst album we’ve had but it’s the one I engaged with least. I just could not get into it at all.
1
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
I think I just assumed this was all going to be ballads for the boys, but it’s very like the Manic’s rock opera style. An eye opener.
3
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
All brand new, really enjoyed it
4
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Sat Jan 27 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
A stone cold classic
5
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Felt like generic punk but I did find myself getting into it as it went along.
3
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Mon Jan 29 2024
En-Tact
The Shamen
I enjoyed this, acid house was an interesting little pocket that didn’t last long.
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
The classics are just that. The fillers are just that.
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
I think whichever of kiss, ac/dc, Judas Priest etc I listened to i was likely to like abd the other just felt like worse versions so I couldn’t get on board.
2
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
It’s a good mixture of what seems like would be bsides on later stuff and some early experimentation.
3
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Having never listened to a Bob Dylan album this is exactly what I expected. I think I lose a lot from not really being a person that particularly listens to lyrics. But it is undoubtedly good.
3
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Sun Feb 04 2024
American Beauty
Grateful Dead
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
I’ve heard this comment recently, so I may have even stolen it from this chat…but this sounds exactly like the kind of forgettable rock that would be playing in The Bronze in Buffy the Vampire Slayer to a group of bored extras.
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
This was not too bad. It’s no phonk, but then nothing ever will be.
3
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
I liked the beginning but it drifted off and got a bit too ‘boy band’ towards the end
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
This is pretty good. Like being stuck in a loading screen for Tony hawk pro skater and not being that bothered about it.
3
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
This suffered from following the day after the Buzzcocks, which seemed a higher tier of 70s punk.
2
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
I don’t know if the version I listened to was a remaster or rerelease but the ‘wall of sound’ was impressive for time.
I’ve never been a huge fan but they influenced a lot of bands/genres I grew up loving so this gets a big thumbs up
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
His voice is the worst part but the music itself is pretty good.
3
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
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Tue Feb 13 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
As album covers go, I was expecting something different.
As band names go, this was exactly what I was expecting.
3
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
I fully appreciate that riot grrrrl is not made for me, so all criticism is moot. Musically it’s not bad, vocals are too messy.
2
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Nowhere near as seminal as the last one, but still a decent listen.
Safe to say that this version of Changes was significant better than the duet Ozzy did with Kelly
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
I really enjoyed the first half, a lot of great songs I’d never heard before but as Ben said, twists on more famous sounds, but it dropped off in the back end.
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson’s vocal are so distinct that listening to these guys without just feels like a cover band (appreciating that this was pre-Bruce)
Some hints of what was to come make this worthwhile though.
3
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Sun Feb 18 2024
The Man Who
Travis
I’ve never listened to this as a whole album but have likely listened to most of this just over time as singles and at peoples houses/in cars/radios etc.
Overall it’s a bit too soft but I find turn to be an all time great track.
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
Another one of the weird hand drawn faces cover arts that lead you to expect something different from the music.
Some decent indie on there.
3
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
The music is fine but his voice seems really put on, I ditched out after 5 tracks
2
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
It’s on YouTube as a 47 minute long video, which is probably its perfect form as just a meandering weird single entity.
Free form jazz, much like all the other jazz we’ve had here so far, not for me.
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
I really wanted to dislike this so I could pithily post this, but alas, it was actually ok.
Still, I’ll post it anyway.
https://youtu.be/UatQsjjOIAc?si=0fNbPRJQLt9QWEXQ
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Sat Feb 24 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Probably a 2.5, aka solid, but I’ll round up.
3
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Too much jangling.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Nick in different
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Very talented pianist but it’s not engaging me at all
2
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
A lot of the 80s sound has come back in fashion but this Casio keyboard basic drum beats hadn’t yet. Probably for good reason as it all sounds way too basic.
2
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
I can’t stand his voice and the deliberately crap style.
1
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Really enjoyed this. Dre’s production on point and the MCs all distinct, only a few bits of filler.
4
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
A little tip for listening to Jerry Lee Lewis, is to do so without ever checking his Wikipedia page in detail.
Would have been a fantastic gig to be at too.
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
3
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Mon Mar 04 2024
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Made no impression
2
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Didn’t leave much of an impression
2
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Wed Mar 06 2024
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
I like the rubbish production. Solid stuff.
I prefer Depeche Mode’s version of Route 66 though.
3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Maxinquaye
Tricky
This was fine. Not what I was expecting, I think he got more drum + bass later.
I’ve listened to one of his later albums (pretty much only because he was cool in The Fifth Element) and really didn’t like it at all.
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
2
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
To echo what others said, I thought he was more spoken word soul man but obviously not. I enjoyed it.
He was massive for a very particular moment in time so maybe another album will come up as I’m probably not going to listen otherwise though.
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Nice enough but a bit forgettable
2
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
A great listen, heavier than I expected.
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
Ive got through disc 1. I don’t think I’ll continue on with disc 2 as it was all a bit samey and bland, with the exception of We Will Not Be Lovers which felt like it sneaked in from a much darker album.
2
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Fri Mar 15 2024
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Another one that I’ll stop after disc 1.
The cover of Book of Love is great as Izzy says.
The rest, a bit subpar Divine Comedy.
2
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
everything is just in the way until Ash Williams favourite song Space Truckin’ comes on
3
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
only shallow is a fantastic track, the rest of the album can’t match those highs.
I feel I say this too much, but I can’t imagine listening to this in ‘91 and not been blown away, as if I’d just seen a new colour.
3
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Fine, but not leaving much of a footprint
2
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
I didn’t like this. It seemed like something that you’d hear at an open mic night rather than some all time album.
1
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Wed Mar 20 2024
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
I really liked the final track Pretty Big Mouth…which turned out to be from another one of their albums that had auto played. Everything from the above album completely washed over me unnoticed.
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Vulnicura
Björk
I didn’t last long, thought I was halfway through and looked to see that was the end of track 2.
1
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Same as the last zeppelin album, lots of good bits that have been covered or sampled elsewhere but altogether, not amazing.
2
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Sat Mar 23 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
3
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
He’s got a formula, fun one though.
3
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
The Cure trying to confuse me further by sounding more like The Cult than ever.
3
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
This is a bit rubbish.
2
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Sometimes I feel quite disconnected to the rest of culture.
This was in the charts for some insanely long period and I have no idea why?
There is nothing on it that’s really stand out and it’s quirky enough not to be middle of the road. enough to be a coffee table album. Was it just the cover?
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Elastica
Elastica
This could really do with a tidy up rerelease, but given how bad the production was the master tapes were probably misfiled somewhere daft like the centre of the sun.
Connection was the stand out track which was a theme song for Trigger Happy TV (a much better clearer version too)
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
This is the definition of ‘nice’
It’s probably also the definition of ‘won’t remember it’ and ‘won’t listen again’ but it was a pleasant soundtrack while walking in the rain.
3
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
This veers from sounding like nice background restaurant music to ‘is this from arrested development’ from track to track
2
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Sun Mar 31 2024
The Band
The Band
This was fine. I thought it would be lazier given their efforts bending the band and promotion in general but it has a few decent tracks and a few thst were forgotten as soon as finished
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
2
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Tue Apr 02 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
First time I’ve listened to this (although tons of songs I’d heard before no realising they were from this) - it was great, the first half especially.
4
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Wed Apr 03 2024
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
This is going to sound stupid and contradictory given I love the song Blinded by the Lights, but
I appreciate it’s a concept album made for entertainment but it comes across as so disingenuous, it may well all be true but it feels very fake.
But Blinded by the Lights is cracking, I can’t reiterate this enough
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Solid Air
John Martyn
2
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
2
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Sat Apr 06 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
I was looking forward to this but I should have known nothing will ever live up to his performance in Rocky 4
3
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Sun Apr 07 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Middling jazz
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Permission to Land
The Darkness
Naff.
Definately the band loses a lot of its effect by it not being the live performances and the look of ‘I cannot believe this is a success’ that drove those appearances.
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones have some all time classic songs (in this case Gimme Shelter) but from what I’ve heard so far by them, they are all spread apart on different albums , so you don’t get that amazing streak like the Michael Jackson album we had earlier.
So there was a lot of filler between the classic in track 1 and the well known closing track.
So to go full Alan Partridge I think my favourite Rolling Stones album would probably be the best of
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Pink Flag
Wire
Not the worst post punk we’ve had.
2
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
I’m enjoying this. A name I only know from The Simpsons lollapalooza that I guess I just wrote off as being smashing pumpkins lite.
The distortion adds to it instead of just seeming like a gimmick.
4
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
It can’t possibly live up to the back story but it wasn’t bad.
3
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Sat Apr 13 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
I’d listened to this before and really like it. Cloudbursting is great on top of the more famous tracks. A great weird listen.
4
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Sun Apr 14 2024
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Didn’t listen to it all but it was nice enough
3
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Sounds very much like Blur off cuts, but there are worse bands to be slightly worse than.
3
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
I thought this was going to be more dance-y than weird folk ghost-y, I must have confused it with something else.
3
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Thu Apr 18 2024
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Hadn’t heard of these guys before. Sounds like they have influenced a lot of stuff later on. Not really something I’ll revisit but decent enough.
3
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
Tried a couple of tracks but feared for my algorithm too much and binned it
1
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Sat Apr 20 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
2.5 rounded up
3
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Sun Apr 21 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Bland
2
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Love and Affection is a brilliant track, stops this from being fine but forgettable. The funk that sneaks in towards the end is a highlight too.
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
I thought it was fine, nice background music I should probably give another chance.
2
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
I think that 18 year old me would have been all over this, probably made it a pillar of my personality for a few months.
Whatever has happened in the ensuing 2 decades, I’m become now just a husk who listened to it, thought it was ok and promptly moved on.
3
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Destroyer
KISS
This is their most heralded album but it’s not my favourite. I find Great Expectations and Beth to be too naff but the rest is just good time bouncy rock and showcases their various talents, most sing and have very distinct sounding voices and Ace is a great guitarist.
Detroit Rock City is an all time great rock and roll track as the stand out,
I’ll give it 5 more for their whole catalogue than this album in particular as I’ll be surprised if any others turn up.
5
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Sat Apr 27 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Beautiful for sure but not real stand outs.
3
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Sun Apr 28 2024
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
3
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
I don’t know what I thought this was going to be, but 90s templates and layers was not what.
2
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Good listening for the morning
4
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Wed May 01 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
2
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Thu May 02 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles
2
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Fri May 03 2024
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
The second track is decent rockabilly but too over produced for me, but the rest is pretty bland
2
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Sat May 04 2024
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
I was looking forward to this one as I loved Clint Eastwood and the other singles back when it first came out but the rest was just filler.
The Day of the Dead sample was pretty cool though.
3
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Sun May 05 2024
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
3
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Mon May 06 2024
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
3
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Tue May 07 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
Pretty solid stuff. If I ever needed an album that at least 70% of the people in the room would enjoy I reckon this is the pick. Probably a 3.5 rating overall.
3
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Wed May 08 2024
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
I’ve never gotten Bruce and his popularity, I think he’s just on a different wavelength from my taste and this did nothing to convince me otherwise.
1
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Thu May 09 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Least shocking hot take ever said: Father and Son is still a brilliant song.
The rest was fine but don’t ask me to recall anything about it.
2.5
2
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Fri May 10 2024
Purple Rain
Prince
Great album with some absolute classics on it.
The associated film is a fun watch too.
4
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Sat May 11 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
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Sun May 12 2024
Sincere
Mj Cole
2
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Mon May 13 2024
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
2
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Tue May 14 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Beyond odd songs, I can’t really get into Radiohead.
That’s not to say this is bad, far from it, but it’s not something I’ll seek out again.
2.5
2
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Wed May 15 2024
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
I’m trying to remember anything about this from yesterday … I think I liked it?
2.5
2
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Thu May 16 2024
The Coral
The Coral
3
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Fri May 17 2024
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
3
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Sat May 18 2024
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
3 feels high but 2 feels too low.
3
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Sun May 19 2024
Da Capo
Love
Pretty fun
3
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Mon May 20 2024
Kala
M.I.A.
So, I had this album and completely forgot (hence my confusion over paper planes). I remember not really liking it at the time but on this relisten I thought it was great. There is something about modern musics played on lesser heard instruments that I really enjoy.
4
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Tue May 21 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The yeah yeah yeahs are great, I’ve slept on them far too much.
4
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Wed May 22 2024
Third
Soft Machine
This is interesting. Would make for good ambience but not sure if listen to it by choice. Also not convinced that what Spotify has is wholly accurate.
3
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Thu May 23 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
Not bad/not great - just fine
3
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Fri May 24 2024
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
This was cracking. Completely missed them as a band but will check out a bunch more now.
4
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Sat May 25 2024
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
2
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Sun May 26 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
This was great. I’d heard of him but assumed his sound to be completely different
4
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Mon May 27 2024
Snivilisation
Orbital
Heard one orbital song pretty much heard them all, but it’s a pretty good song.
3
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Tue May 28 2024
Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
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Wed May 29 2024
Very
Pet Shop Boys
Another group thst has a very obvious formula but also one thst is quite good
3
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Thu May 30 2024
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
This didn’t leave much of an impression, was fine though.
3
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Fri May 31 2024
Fun House
The Stooges
I liked this, in out 30 minutes, perfect time.
3
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Sat Jun 01 2024
London Calling
The Clash
2
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Sun Jun 02 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
One I listened to regularly prior to this. The single version of tainted love and where did our love go have one of the best transitions ever (not seen on this version sadly)
4
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Mon Jun 03 2024
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
A curious one. Interesting but not one to listen to again. 2.5
3
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Tue Jun 04 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
He’s obviously good, and Superstition is obviously an all time great song. But I just can’t get into him.
3
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Wed Jun 05 2024
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Everything about this is nice, but not something I can get into
2
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Thu Jun 06 2024
Let It Be
The Replacements
A bit all over the place. instrumentally it was interesting, vocals were the weakest aspect.
I enjoyed the cover of kiss’s black diamond though.
2
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Fri Jun 07 2024
Dirty
Sonic Youth
I always get Sonic Youth mixed with Smashing Pumpkins because of that Simpsons episode, and this album has not helped
Cool sound though, would listen again.
3
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Mon Jun 10 2024
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
This was a better Jane’s Addiction album, first half anyway. Been Caught Steaking is great of course.
3
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Tue Jun 11 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
3
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Wed Jun 12 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
I’m really enjoying this, the famous songs (tonight, zero, bullet…) really stand out but with every double album there is too much stuff on there thst could just be cut and left for later.
4
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Thu Jun 13 2024
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
I do quite like the jangly 60s guitar sound but not enough to really like one artist exceptionally. I think I’d probably get a kick out of something like Now! That’s What I Call Jangle so nothing feels too samey/state.
I appreciated that this was only 30 mins though
2
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Fri Jun 14 2024
Boston
Boston
This was pretty fun. Just a hint of prog stuff there to change it up so it wasn’t all just 70s rock sound.
3
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Sat Jun 15 2024
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Nice enough but not really for me
2
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Sun Jun 16 2024
Make Yourself
Incubus
Very back loaded, and not with particularly good songs only more recognisable ones. One I wouldnt have been gutted to miss.
1
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Mon Jun 17 2024
Closer
Joy Division
This was really good. The songs were his voice got pushed back in prominence to being an additional instrument it elevated it all. A Means to an End and Decades both stand outs.
4
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Tue Jun 18 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Not very exciting but fine
2
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Wed Jun 19 2024
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Great production, solid everything else. No real stand out tracks.
3
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Thu Jun 20 2024
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
I thought this was going to be naff and while it was, it’s was pretty listenable.
2
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Fri Jun 21 2024
LP1
FKA twigs
2
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Sat Jun 22 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest
It’s was fine. Music was pretty fun though his voice was the worst part for me.
3
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Sun Jun 23 2024
Close To You
Carpenters
Very nice stuff, never gonna listen to it again.
3
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Mon Jun 24 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Nowhere near as good as the other one, shame
2
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Tue Jun 25 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass
More rocky than I remember and really well produced. Not particularly iconic though.
3
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Wed Jun 26 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
This was great, familiar at times too. Probably a 4.5
4
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Thu Jun 27 2024
#1 Record
Big Star
This wasn’t really my thing. The sudden appearance of rocky Dont Lie to Me was very jarring, especially as the next song is almost Xmas folk music, then back to rock hooks after that.
Then In The Street literally rocks up at the end.
2
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Fri Jun 28 2024
Be
Common
Really well produced, not very exciting though.
3
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Sat Jun 29 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Good listen but I thought I’d recognise more, definately a good primer for what he did later.
3
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Sun Jun 30 2024
One World
John Martyn
If they’d all been as weird as the first track I’d have given this a higher rating.
3
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Mon Jul 01 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
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Tue Jul 02 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
This one was a bit bland.
2
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Wed Jul 03 2024
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
Not bad
3
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Thu Jul 04 2024
Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
I might be outing myself as a philistine but I found this to be utter garbage.
1
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Fri Jul 05 2024
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
I thought half was decent and the other half was pretty boring
2
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Sat Jul 06 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
High quality hip hop but even at half the time it’s too long
3
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Sun Jul 07 2024
Blunderbuss
Jack White
Jack White has a formula and this is very much that. It’s good though, but if you’d told this this was white stripes or from a different time period I’d have believed you.
3
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Mon Jul 08 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
This wasn’t bad, but it did over stay its welcome. Quite high on the jangle scale.
3
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Tue Jul 09 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
The joke review is that he could have released Hurt and then 12 tracks of static and it would still be seminal.
The real review is that even the songs that start off without you really enjoying them slowly turn into something brilliant just because of his voice.
Highlights-?Hurt, Personal Jesus, …Rose, Man Comes around
Lowlights if any - Danny Boy and Laredo
5
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Wed Jul 10 2024
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
Not for me
2
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Fri Jul 12 2024
NEU! 75
Neu!
Pretty good ambient stuff, sounds like it was quite ahead of it’s time.
3
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Sat Jul 13 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
A bit meh
2
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Sun Jul 14 2024
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
One of my faves from back in the day.
5
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Tue Jul 16 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Turns out i like the smiths
3
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Wed Jul 17 2024
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Middle of the road 90s country is not for me
1
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Thu Jul 18 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
Probably the most in need of .5 ratings here.
Probably a 2.51 though so I’ll round up.
Vaguely familiar but definitely new of that makes any sense.
3
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Sat Jul 20 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
I think I always knew that deep purple utilised the organ…but not this much.
2
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Sun Jul 21 2024
Music From Big Pink
The Band
One of those albums that probably influenced a lot but on its own is nothing special.
2
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Mon Jul 22 2024
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
3
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Tue Jul 23 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
Pretty much the only thing I like by Green Day is the song Basketcase and on first full listen, this did nothing to change that.
1
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Wed Jul 24 2024
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
The first track was amazing…but it was one of those albums where any album could have been track 1 and had the same response as the rest were all derivatives of the same style, albeit a very good one.
4
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Thu Jul 25 2024
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
I put this on expecting hip hop, alas I was disappointed and out it off after a few boring tracks
1
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Fri Jul 26 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
2