Aug 31 2023
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
3
Sep 02 2023
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Not as good as their later stuff with Bruce Dickinson. Not sure why this would make the book?
3
Sep 03 2023
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Meh
2
Sep 04 2023
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Meh
3
Sep 05 2023
Blur
Blur
3
Sep 06 2023
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Honestly? Barely listenable. There are a couple of nice songs on it, but it turns out Kurt Cobain already heard them and did vastly superior covers of them. The rest is mediocre.
2
Sep 07 2023
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
βWhatβs the next best band after the Beatles? Ah the Stones, obviously.β Received wisdom, right? Butβ¦eh. Not for me. I donβt get it. At all. Sorry.
3
Sep 09 2023
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Obscenely wonderful voice.
5
Sep 10 2023
Connected
Stereo MC's
Good lord. In what world is this possibly up for consideration for the 1001 albums you must hear? If it was the 1001 best albums of 1992, Stereo MCsβ Connected would have no business being in the list. I gave each track a minute and it was the biggest waste of time in my life. Iβve given one star and this album is much worse than those.
1
Sep 11 2023
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
3
Sep 13 2023
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
I get that itβs an important record and that itβs influential etc. just didnβt do much for me.
3
Sep 14 2023
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Yeah, great. Such a distinctive sound. MB was a great pop star, and the songs are good.
4
Sep 17 2023
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Good lord, no thanks
1
Sep 18 2023
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
4
Sep 19 2023
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
In my early 20s I would have probably called this my favourite, or at least one of my 5-6 favourite albums.
Iβm nearly 40 now and my love of Dylan has dimmed slightly - I actually think the brilliance of his lyrics is slightly overstated and his musical output isnβt consistent - but I still love this record. The best songs on here , for me I Want You, Just Like, Sooner Or Later, Sad Eyed Ladyβ¦ Look I mean Iβm a massive softy and make no apologiesβ¦are all just tremendous. Subjective opinion: Itβs not quite as good an album as Blood on the Tracks, which is just about perfect in terms of song crafting. Itβs a 4.75 album for incredible moments and overall good consistency level.
5
Sep 20 2023
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Brilliant record. She could have been bigger thanβ¦very big things.
4
Sep 21 2023
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Sep 22 2023
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
3
Sep 23 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Wonderful. Among the best pop music thatβs ever been made.
5
Sep 24 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
1
Sep 25 2023
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
1
Sep 26 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
5
Sep 28 2023
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
3
Sep 29 2023
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Obviously brilliant.
5
Sep 30 2023
Homework
Daft Punk
Meh
3
Oct 03 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5
Oct 04 2023
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
Really delightful record.
4
Oct 05 2023
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Such a banger. Five stars. FΓΌnf stars.
5
Oct 06 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
I adore this album. Itβs like a member of my family (except that I like spending time with it). Its familiarity never reduces my enjoyment. Maxwell and Octopus are objectively shit songs but literally every other second of the album is magnificent. A fitting swansong - vastly better than Let It Be or the (IMHO) overrated White Album.
5
Oct 07 2023
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
3
Oct 10 2023
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
3
Oct 11 2023
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
5
Oct 13 2023
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
2
Oct 14 2023
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
5
Oct 15 2023
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
4
Oct 16 2023
Eagles
Eagles
2
Oct 18 2023
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Controversial this butβ¦donβt get it. Itβs all just βlook at meβ rock cliche. Iβd rather give it a miss.
3
Oct 19 2023
Whatever
Aimee Mann
1
Oct 20 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
4
Oct 24 2023
Blunderbuss
Jack White
2
Oct 25 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
Trip down memory lane. Itβs held up well actually; more consistent than I remembered.
4
Oct 26 2023
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
3
Oct 27 2023
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Not for me, Clive.
2
Oct 28 2023
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Meh
3
Oct 29 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Really not that special for me. Sorry MJ fans. And not just because he was a paedophile - I just donβt find it to be the sensational music that everyone thinks it is.
2
Oct 30 2023
Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
3
Oct 31 2023
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
2
Nov 02 2023
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
5
Nov 03 2023
Queen II
Queen
3
Nov 04 2023
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Disappointing. A great voice, but the songs on here are hit and miss.
3
Nov 07 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
5
Nov 08 2023
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
I
1
Nov 09 2023
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Now youβre talking.
5
Nov 10 2023
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
2
Nov 12 2023
Signing Off
UB40
1
Nov 13 2023
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Jesus, what a guitarist. A genius.
5
Nov 14 2023
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Lord above. What a magnificent genius he is. Ostensibly hereβs a little fella who plays three instruments- voice, guitar and harmonica. He does none of these things to virtuoso standards, or even particularly well. His songs totally lack the melodic or harmonic invention of his peers McCartney, Wilson etc. Their lyrics, when written down, are not great poetry by any standards. Sorry, Dylanophiles, itβs true. Production? Did he even take an interest? Not sure but thereβs not much going on if interest. And yet. And yet to argue against his genius using any of these points would be to completely miss the wood for the trees. And what a wood it is, for these songs, the songs of BIABH and of Dylan in his golden era from the early mid 60s til 76, quite simply do a better job of conveying the human experience than almost anyone elseβs. He is a great, a legend, iconic, worshipped, for a reason.
5
Nov 15 2023
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
2
Nov 16 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
4
Nov 17 2023
Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
Nov 18 2023
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
2
Nov 19 2023
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Not for me
1
Nov 20 2023
With The Beatles
Beatles
Marvellous. A combination of the early signs of utter genius, and some rip roaring covers. God I love them.
5
Nov 22 2023
Da Capo
Love
4
Nov 23 2023
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
This is hardly essential. Jeez.
1
Nov 24 2023
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
5
Nov 25 2023
I Should Coco
Supergrass
Whatβs this doing here? Holy hell. Absolute mediocrity.
2
Nov 26 2023
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
1
Nov 29 2023
Document
R.E.M.
4
Nov 30 2023
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
2
Dec 01 2023
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
Weird that the band themselves dont love this record. I think itβs as good as any of their others, and I like it a lot.
4
Dec 02 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
5
Dec 03 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
5
Dec 04 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
5
Dec 05 2023
S&M
Metallica
5
Dec 06 2023
Slipknot
Slipknot
5
Dec 11 2023
La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
2
Dec 12 2023
Live!
Fela Kuti
5
Dec 13 2023
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
3
Dec 14 2023
The Joshua Tree
U2
4
Dec 15 2023
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
Dec 16 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Not my cup of tea at all. 3 stars because it was essentially easy listening, which is what it sets out to be. But it wasnβt interesting at all. Would never listen again.
3
Dec 17 2023
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
4
Dec 18 2023
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
5
Dec 19 2023
Disintegration
The Cure
Good but not the stone cold classic some would have you believe.
3
Dec 20 2023
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
3
Dec 21 2023
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Dec 22 2023
Maxinquaye
Tricky
5
Dec 25 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
5
Dec 27 2023
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
2
Jan 01 2024
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Schlocky horror. Not a lot beyond the surface. Itβs just glam rock, really. Totally ruined by the recent revelations about him as a person. Canβt enjoy this at all now, not that it was particularly worth a listen.
1