Aug 16 2023
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
wow!
3
Aug 17 2023
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Revolver
Beatles
I don’t think I have ever listened to a whole Beatles record. I am pretty sure I have most only listened to compilations.
This is a really great record. Many of the songs I have been hearing my whole life yet it still sounds fresh.
4
Aug 18 2023
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
3
Aug 21 2023
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Cool record. I wish rap was still like this. Or not. Very original.
3
Aug 22 2023
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Very cool. Electro dance metal. Such matrix. Very Neo. Wow.
3
Aug 23 2023
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Definitely sounds like a classic. It is important to read the history of the record to appreciate the era this records unifying impact.
3
Aug 24 2023
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Very David Bowie. Very listenable. 47 years after release it still sounds like it could be released today by someone wanting to sound a bit retro. Stay sounds like something that could be released by the Black Keys… maybe without the disco roller skating riffs.
3
Aug 25 2023
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
Totally bizarre. Seems to be some kind of space opera. Psychedelic spacey Back Sabbath? I dunno. Just weird.
2
Aug 26 2023
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Guero
Beck
I listened to this one alot when it was first released. One of Beck’s better ones. Definitely one of his weirder experimental ones.
4
Aug 26 2023
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
Very Arcade Fire. Kind of all the same. No memorable melodies. I feel like I am supposed to really like Arcade Fire but … meh.
1
Aug 27 2023
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
Easy listening. Good album. Maybe a re-listen some day. No tracks for my best of 1001 playlist
3
Aug 28 2023
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
ambient slow soul(?). Sounds nice. Well produced. Nothing really memorable.
2
Aug 29 2023
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
It's OK. "Bang a Gong" is clearly the one hit but it has been overplayed in countless TV ads.
2
Aug 30 2023
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
It was ok. Joni Mitchell is a national treasure. My favourites are very earliest stuff.
2
Aug 31 2023
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
A fusion of the Rolling Stones and Nirvana? Grunge inspired R&B. Good but probably not listen again.
2
Sep 01 2023
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
This is a great album to have playing while doing work that requires concentration. I discovered Brian Eno’s ambient work some time ago. I also listen to Tim Hecker’s ambient work. In fact, I have Eno and Hecker on an “ambient” playlist already.
4
Sep 02 2023
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Good one. Running up that Hill is the obvious standout. The other tracks are not ones I felt I needed to hear again. Three stars.
3
Sep 03 2023
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Great record. First track - Chameleon - has melodies I remember. Second track - Watermelon Man - is delightfully strange. Third track Sly starts sounding muddy then takes off into another world. Fourth track - Vein Melter - odd name for a cool low key tune.
4
Sep 04 2023
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Bland, beige, and morose rock music. Recording quality seems poor and muddy. I don’t understand the allure. Like Arcade Fire, I think I am supposed to really like this band but… meh. Nothing on this record makes me want to hear it again.
One star.
1
Sep 05 2023
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Pretty cool record. No stand-out tracks or hooks but I think I would listen to this again as an ambient album.
It has a weird 80s vibe for something from the early-2000s.
3
Sep 06 2023
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
This from another era. Feels like it’s right before the time rap changed from being fun to being fun and silly to grumpy and raw.
2
Sep 07 2023
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
4
Sep 08 2023
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
The album is kind of boring. Lovefool is the obvious standout but it seems to me that this song is overplayed everywhere and I am pretty sure I would be happy if I never heard it again. Iron Man cover is sort if interesting but nothing to write home about. One star.
1
Sep 09 2023
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Stone cold classic.
4
Sep 10 2023
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
Sweet Dreams is the obvious standout. Everything else is ok. Might listen again sometime.
3
Sep 11 2023
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Pretty good. Nice background music. Might listen again.
3
Sep 12 2023
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Pretty good. Will likely listen again. Some bits get a bit repetitive - but I guess that's the point.
3
Sep 13 2023
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
First track is interesting. The rest is meh.
2
Sep 14 2023
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Why is this on the list? Garbage. Zero stars if I could.
1
Sep 15 2023
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Heavy Bill Withers vibes. This is a really great soul record. Lots of instrumental. Experimentation is tasteful and interesting. Definitely will listen again
3
Sep 16 2023
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
4
Sep 17 2023
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
First track was the best. Production seemed really good. I’d listen again - maybe with translated lyrics.
3
Sep 18 2023
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Rio
Duran Duran
Quintessential 80s album.
3
Sep 19 2023
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Not my cup of tea. Gives me anxiety.
1
Sep 20 2023
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Mostly insufferably boring.
1
Sep 21 2023
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
"Do it Again"... oh, that's Steely Dan!
"Dirty Work"... oh, that's Steely Dan too!
"Reelin' in the Years" This one too!
Great sounding album. Four stars
4
Sep 22 2023
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
Meh. It’s ok but I don’t hear the greatness.
2
Sep 23 2023
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
not really my jam
2
Sep 24 2023
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
This is definitely a great album.
4
Sep 25 2023
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
It was OK. probably will not listen again.
2
Sep 26 2023
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Uh. C’est un classique.
4
Sep 27 2023
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Very good. The first track is one that I have heard a thousand times but never knew where it was from. Now I do. Cool.
3
Sep 28 2023
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Gold
Ryan Adams
Pretty good. Not really my cup of tea. Likely will not listen again.
2
Sep 29 2023
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Mr. Soul is the obvious stand-out that you still hear 55 years later. The rest of the tracks feel like unfinished-yet-cold-be-great songs.
3
Sep 30 2023
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
It's ok. Better than 1969's The Velvet Underground. Not bad for some interesting ambient music.
2
Oct 01 2023
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The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Wow this sounds great - lot's of acoustic sounds.
3
Oct 02 2023
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Interesting but likely not memorable.
2
Oct 03 2023
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Fantastic record. Definitely plan to listen to this again and take-in all the lyrics.
3
Oct 04 2023
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Sounds progressive for 1985. Nothing really stands-out to me.
2
Oct 05 2023
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The Stooges
The Stooges
Pretty good. Might come back to this one.
2
Oct 06 2023
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Some big hits here. Still had some of the very early rock-and-roll sound. They were just beginning to get musically interesting.
3
Oct 07 2023
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Meh
2
Oct 08 2023
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
No review needed.
4
Oct 09 2023
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Blackstar
David Bowie
Super Strange. I’ve already listened to this many times. Still don’t know what to make of it. Seems like something that is forgettable OR will be come to know as his crowning achievement.
3
Oct 10 2023
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Ok. First track’s shifting time signatures was off-putting.
2
Oct 11 2023
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New Wave
The Auteurs
It's ok.
2
Oct 12 2023
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
I just cannot get in to Punk rock music. I do try.
1
Oct 13 2023
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Pretty good.
3
Oct 14 2023
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Nice record. Sounds great. Three stars.
3
Oct 15 2023
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
meh
2
Oct 16 2023
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
I’ve heard this before. It’s in the same category as Soeaker Boxx. Good rap.
3
Oct 17 2023
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Cool record. Will listen again.
3
Oct 18 2023
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Fucking shite. Greatest musical hoodwink of all time.
1
Oct 19 2023
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Wouldn't it be Nice and God only Knows are the obvious standouts. The rest is decidedly meh. Why is this album a classic? Just those two songs? 2/3 stars.
2
Oct 20 2023
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
Cool. Reminds me of Paul Simon’s Graceland and Rythm of the Saints.
3
Oct 21 2023
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Very cool. Retro futuristic. Will listen again. Three Stars.
3
Oct 22 2023
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Sister
Sonic Youth
Meh.
2
Oct 23 2023
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New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
One hit. Rest was weird.
2
Oct 24 2023
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
Pretty much a classic.
3
Oct 25 2023
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Pretty cool
3
Oct 26 2023
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Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Very awesome.
4
Oct 27 2023
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Just as meh as all the Velvet Underground albums.
1
Oct 28 2023
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Kinda cool. Will listen again.
3
Oct 29 2023
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Parachutes
Coldplay
3
Oct 30 2023
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Sheet Music
10cc
Interesting and quirky... maybe even a bit silly.
2
Oct 31 2023
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Two undeniable classics: Superstition and You Are the Sunshine of My Life. The rest is pretty mundane should music. Three stars.
3
Nov 01 2023
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Brothers
The Black Keys
Very cool. Very cool.
3
Nov 02 2023
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Dummy
Portishead
Excellent... subtle vibes.
4
Nov 03 2023
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Bad Company
Bad Company
Mega classic.
4
Nov 04 2023
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Ten
Pearl Jam
Super grunge classic.
4
Nov 05 2023
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
3
Nov 06 2023
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Infected
The The
Wow. Very cool 80s. It has the 80s sounds but none of the cheese. Not sure how that works. Three stars
3
Nov 07 2023
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Pretty cool electronic and sample-heavy. Nice ambient for coding/working.
3
Nov 08 2023
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
3
Nov 09 2023
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
M’eh
2
Nov 14 2023
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
not bad
2
Nov 15 2023
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Destroyer
KISS
Classic
3
Nov 16 2023
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GI
Germs
2
Nov 17 2023
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Pump
Aerosmith
Classic eighties rock.
3
Nov 18 2023
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Must listen again soon.
3
Nov 19 2023
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The Clash
The Clash
This is the kind of punk I like.
3
Nov 20 2023
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
very nice. a classic.
3
Nov 21 2023
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Quite good. Will listen again.
3
Nov 22 2023
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
I've this in my collection since the nineties. Excellent.
4
Nov 23 2023
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
3
Nov 24 2023
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
Textbook dethmetal. Cool.
3
Nov 25 2023
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Nov 26 2023
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Murmur
R.E.M.
3
Dec 02 2023
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Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
pretty good
3
Dec 03 2023
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The Next Day
David Bowie
3
Dec 04 2023
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B-52's
The B-52's
5
Dec 05 2023
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Arrival
ABBA
I guess people will be singing along with, and dancing to, most of the songs on this album until the end of time.
4
Dec 06 2023
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
Dec 07 2023
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Nixon
Lambchop
M'eh. Not sure why this is on the list.
2
Dec 08 2023
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
3
Dec 09 2023
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Kind of boring.
2
Dec 10 2023
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
m'eh
2
Dec 18 2023
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Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
1
Dec 19 2023
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Dec 20 2023
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Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
not bad. Jazz new wave.
3
Dec 21 2023
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Not bad. A bit dated now. Kind of repetitive. 3 out of 5.
3
Dec 22 2023
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Solsbury Hill is the standout. The rest is ok.
3
Dec 23 2023
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Garbage
Garbage
2
Dec 24 2023
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
1
Dec 25 2023
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
3
Jan 04 2024
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
It's ok. I was not in to Blur back in the day. Still seems a bit boring to me.
2
Jan 05 2024
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Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
Boring
2
Jan 06 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
Great album. So many songs I know that I didn't realize was the same artist. let alone on the same album.
4
Jan 07 2024
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Its OK. The Girl from Iponema - of course - is a standout.
3
Jan 08 2024
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Quiet Life
Japan
Boring
2
Jan 09 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Jan 10 2024
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Sep 14 2024
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
I don't think I am the target audience for this one but it sounds great.
3
Sep 15 2024
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
4
Sep 16 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
"Piece of my Heart" is the one memorable song. Interesting live recording but mostly forgettable for me.
3
Sep 17 2024
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Live At Leeds
The Who
4
Sep 18 2024
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
3
Sep 19 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
3
Sep 20 2024
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
3
Sep 21 2024
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Van Halen
Van Halen
5
Sep 22 2024
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
3
Sep 23 2024
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Dookie
Green Day
Greatness. Definitely a classic.
5
Sep 24 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Excellent. Definitely worth repeated listens to parse the lyrics and to hear the inmates' reactions. Tres cool.
5
Sep 25 2024
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American Pie
Don McLean
Two fantastic songs. The rest sadly forgettable.
3
Sep 26 2024
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
Like a Prayer is a banger. Interesting that I think most of the world will be unfamiliar with the version of Express Yourself on the album - this is not the version we know from the music video. Cherish is good. The rest is m'eh. This 1989 album definitely feels like it is straddling the 80s and the 90s.
4
Sep 27 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Very good. Needs another listen.
4
Sep 28 2024
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
Great album. Still sounds fresh. So many hits.
3
Sep 29 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Wow. Very good bluesy hippie folk. Recording is amazing. Def will will listen again.
4
Sep 30 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
3
Oct 01 2024
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All Directions
The Temptations
3
Oct 02 2024
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
2
Oct 08 2024
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
Nice ambient Latin electronica? Cool. Will listen again.
3
Oct 09 2024
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
Starts interest. Gets weird (You Need your Head). Dogfight Giggle... umm. This album is just some kind of weird experiment.
2
Oct 10 2024
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
ok
2
Oct 11 2024
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1984
Van Halen
One of the greatest rock albums ever. In Van Halen's discography, it is second only to their debut album.
5
Oct 12 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
Classique
4
Oct 13 2024
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Rocks
Aerosmith
Not bad.
3
Oct 14 2024
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
3
Oct 15 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
Oct 16 2024
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
Meh
2
Oct 17 2024
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Not bad. Great example of early 80s new wave
3
Oct 18 2024
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Elephant
The White Stripes
Very goog. Seven Nation Army is the obvious standout but the rest is also great.
4
Oct 19 2024
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Is This It
The Strokes
3
Oct 20 2024
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Being There
Wilco
3
Oct 21 2024
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Microshift
Hookworms
3
Oct 22 2024
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
3
Oct 23 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Oct 31 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
Nov 01 2024
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Dog Man Star
Suede
3
Nov 02 2024
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
I don't get the infatuation with Leonard Cohen.
1
Nov 03 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
It’s a good album. I like it but I don’t believe to be deserving of the masterpiece label it seems to have.
3
Nov 04 2024
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
3
Nov 05 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
Truly great. 10 out of 5 stars.
5
Nov 06 2024
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Real Life
Magazine
M’eh
2
Nov 07 2024
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
Hot garbage. Why is this even on the list? Pretty bland and unoriginal hiphop.
1
Nov 08 2024
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
3
Nov 09 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
classic
5
Nov 10 2024
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Night Life
Ray Price
3
Nov 11 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
3
Nov 12 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
4
Nov 13 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
3
Nov 14 2024
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Awesome.
4
Nov 15 2024
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
3
Nov 16 2024
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Purple Rain
Prince
Very nice.
4
Nov 17 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
4
Nov 18 2024
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
1
Nov 19 2024
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
Nov 20 2024
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Connected
Stereo MC's
Ok.
3
Nov 21 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Very nice.
4
Nov 22 2024
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Dare!
The Human League
3
Nov 23 2024
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
4
Nov 24 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
2
Nov 25 2024
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
4
Nov 26 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
4
Nov 27 2024
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
Nov 28 2024
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
2
Nov 29 2024
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
It’s Neil Young. It’s good. Not sure why it’s on the list.
2
Nov 30 2024
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Classic.
4
Dec 01 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
3
Dec 02 2024
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Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
3
Dec 03 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
3
Dec 04 2024
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
2
Dec 05 2024
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Achtung Baby
U2
4
Dec 06 2024
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
One memorable song
2
Dec 07 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
One song. Rest is ok.
3
Dec 08 2024
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Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
Not sure why this is on the list
2
Dec 20 2024
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
forgettable
2