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Fri Sep 15 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Great for late night blog writing! Good, upbeat but chilled vibes
3
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Sat Sep 16 2023
OK Computer
Radiohead
I’m not a fan of Radiohead. Bit too depressing and dreary for me. But I’d forgotten how good this album is. I feel like they lost me after this album. Nice to relive it though!
4
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Sun Sep 17 2023
Suede
Suede
I have no idea why this would need a 25th anniversary edition?!! One track almost made me interested. Hasn’t aged well. Typical dreary early 90s indie dross. If this was cutting edge and started some sort of musical revolution that needs celebrating, I’m over the moon I don’t know about it
1
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Mon Sep 18 2023
Harvest
Neil Young
Brilliant, time less album. This is the kind of album that really shows how difficult the 5* rating is. Should it deserve a 5? It’s so close. And so much better than other 4* ratings but equally you don’t want to devalue 5* ratings by dishing out too many. I’m probably overthinking this
4
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
This is why I love this platform. Both an artist and genre I wouldn’t ever go near. Enjoyed listening to it! There are a few tracks id listen to again. Maybe not the whole album - country just isn’t really my thing. But I’ve got a whole new appreciation for Dolly the songwriter! Lovely stuff!
3
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Total musical boredom….
1. Don’t Know Why - really apt question for this album - you ask yourself that 14 times
2. Seven Years - how long this album felt and how many years it took off my life
3. Cold Cold Heart - the core of the production team and record label who released this
4. Feelin’ The Same Way - not sure I’ll ever feel the same again
5. Come Away With Me - only if you promise to never sing anything from this album
6. …Shoot The Moon - if this album was the moon I’d be unleashing my entire arsenal on it. Then asking NATO to borrow more weapons
7. Turn Me On - by turning this off
8. Lonestar - incredibly I prefer Charlie from Busted
9. I’ve Got To See You Again - I hope not
10. Painter Song - Kevin Painter would make a better album
11. One Flight Down - I can only assume the pilots were listening to this
12. Nightingale - I’d rather spend a night in Gail Platt than listen to this again
13. The Long Day Is Over - totally misleading and really disappointing when you find out there’s another track to come
14. The Nearness Of You - I’ve told you before, don’t come near me
1
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Shaft
Isaac Hayes
Made my car journeys extremely dramatic! Some absolute bangers on this album, interspersed with lots of ‘vegas lounge room fillers’. The 20 minute long track at the end of the album seems unnecessary and is loooong and repetitive. It’s made me want to watch the film!
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Brilliant album! Haven’t listened to it in about 10 years. Every song feels epic
4
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Sat Sep 23 2023
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Effortlessly brilliant. How is an album made in 1959 still so modern sounding and so relevant? Incredible. Totally timeless
4.9
4
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Sun Sep 24 2023
Out of Step
Minor Threat
3
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Mon Sep 25 2023
Dirty
Sonic Youth
Good album. Really long album! Enjoyed it but got a bit bored towards the end
3
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Tue Sep 26 2023
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Serious piano overload. I would love to listen to this album with a piano player. I feel likes it’s so technically brilliant that it’s a bit lost on me. Can’t help but admire the shear talent and passion. Incredible!
4
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Didn’t realise that Adele song was a cover. Good album. I feel like there is so much Dylan to listen to that this can’t be the best by a long way. It was all fine. Nice. Average. Will listen again but probs will investigate earlier Dylan
3
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Thu Sep 28 2023
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Great first album. Shame they went down hill quickly from here and just became a commercial band focussed on money making
4
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
Great low-fi indie album
3
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Sat Sep 30 2023
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Musically it deserves a 5. Morrisey makes it a 3
3
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Sun Oct 01 2023
Street Life
The Crusaders
Brilliant Saturday afternoon album! The full version on street life with full instrumental is worth the whole album getting a 4
4
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
Too quiet. Too mellow. Forgot it was even on half way through. From a period where it seemed to be everyone’s agenda to try to make atmospheric, anthemic, seminal albums. Rubbish
2
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Tapestry
Carole King
Brilliant album. Perfect
5
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Good Paul Simon album. Everything you’d expect. Nothing particularly special but catchy!
3
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Boston
Boston
3
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Springsteen writing songs to sell out stadiums. Crowd pleasing anthems - but samey across the whole album
3
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Sat Oct 07 2023
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Regretfully a great album full of bangers
4
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Sun Oct 08 2023
A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
Lovely album! Almost Tony Bennett esqe at times. Loved it. Makes the five star rating system frustrating. I want to give it more than 3 but have to rate based on other albums 72/100
3
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Mon Oct 09 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
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Tue Oct 10 2023
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
3
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Wed Oct 11 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Any talking heads will get 4/5. Although this is far from their best - it’s still brilliant
4
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Great album. Good to listen to early Cure. Very inspiring to listen to more
4
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Don’t know why everyone thinks this is the greatest album ever. It’s fine. Maybe I haven’t listened to it in the right mood
3
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Sat Oct 14 2023
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Packed with bangers! He’s the greatest dancer is up there with my fave disco tracks - loved it
3
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Sun Oct 15 2023
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Too eclectic. Brilliance mixed with total garbage
2
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Green
R.E.M.
3
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
Great album!
4
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Wed Oct 18 2023
21
Adele
Worries me that this thing will have an Ed Sheeran album at some point. 1 extra point cos she can sing
2
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Thu Oct 19 2023
One World
John Martyn
Great album. Musically brilliant. Very eclectic
4
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Fear and Whiskey
Mekons
Meh. Bit meh. Fine. Not too good, nothing too bad. Hoped for more
2
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Sat Oct 21 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Everything you’d expect
2
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Sun Oct 22 2023
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
3
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Nice eclectic album. Some bangers. Some not so bangers. A great album for the right sort of mood. Want to listen to it on vinyl
3
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Wed Oct 25 2023
Aja
Steely Dan
Genius. Brilliant
4
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Near perfect album!
4
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
I’m not sure this genre will ever be me. Although I appreciate the opportunity to listen to it and it bought smiles, laughter and dancing to my household so bonus points for thay
3
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Sat Oct 28 2023
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Suffragette City is such a banger
4
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Sun Oct 29 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
4
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Rocks
Aerosmith
Proper dad rock
3
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Is This It
The Strokes
4
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Bit the same. Appreciate it was ground breaking at the time though
3
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Dookie
Green Day
4
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Sat Nov 04 2023
American Idiot
Green Day
No thanks
2
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Sun Nov 05 2023
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
I just can’t abide by morrisey. The music will never out shine how utterly irritating he is in every way
3
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Elastica
Elastica
Raw! Great album! 3.8
4
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Brilliant vibes!
4
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
3
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Good grunge. Bit too grungy in places
3
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Ray Of Light
Madonna
Didn’t expect that!
3
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Sat Nov 11 2023
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Classic album. Can’t believe another cover of Alexandra Burke - she must be rolling in royalties
4
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Sun Nov 12 2023
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Found the album really stressful. The relentless mind bending repetition gave me actually heart palpitations and genuine anxiety
2
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Mon Nov 13 2023
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
Genius! If you don’t appreciate how good this gig must have been. Listen to more Van Morrison and appreciate how much he changed and orchestrated every track to make it unique. Education in live performance
5
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Tue Nov 14 2023
The Stooges
The Stooges
Good but expected more
3
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
Left me constantly wanting more fr the album. Never delivered
2
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Good solid album! Better on vinyl
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Kenza
Khaled
Total surprise. Track 2 was a total banger! Really enjoyed the album - first listen was amazing. Second listen it started to get a bit annoying
3
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Sat Nov 18 2023
MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
All time classic
4
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Sun Nov 19 2023
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Nice. Almost lovely. But really samey and doesn’t really ever get anywhere. I just want to walk into my local and see him on the piano. I imagine live it’s unreal
2
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Mon Nov 20 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Bit boring. Might not have been in the right mood to listen to it. Going to give it a re-listen
3
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Wed Nov 22 2023
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
Overall this album is psychedelic or furry enough! The start of the album felt a bit of a mish mash of all sorts of music but The middle part of this album is incredible! Some absolute bangers. 3.5
3
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Thu Nov 23 2023
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Great guitars. Wasn’t sure after first track - great driving album! 3.6
4
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Van Halen
Van Halen
Was Van Halens aim to become the pinnacle of a genre called Dad Rock? And kind of ridiculed as a result? Not sure. But with listening to Dad Rock, the excitement fades fast and the boredom sky rockets. I just want to watch spinal tap
2
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Sat Nov 25 2023
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Jaaaaazzzzzzzzz! 4.0
4
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Sun Nov 26 2023
Wild Gift
X
Solid album. Lots of genres. The Spotify playlist after this album was awesome - probs better than the album. 3.3
3
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
This album should be titled ‘Anxiety Inducing Electronic Nonsense’ I got 14 minutes into track 1, realised the album is like 2 hours and gave up. Terrible. My first project failure. No one needs this in their life. I’m sure if I was in a field gurning my nuts off on day 5 of a life changing bender, in the middle of a field listening to this with a whole load of terrible people I’d thoroughly enjoy it. But in the car, the morning of total toddler meltdowns and stress levels beyond comprehension, this is the last thing anyone needs. 0.5
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
I didn’t enjoy this album as much as I have in the past. Not sure I was listening on the correct format or in the right mood. Anyway, gotta rate it based on current listen - 3.4
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Adam & The Ants both stood and delivered with this album. Not sure the remastered version with 4000 versions of everything on it lasting 2.5 hours is worth it but all the same - cracking kitchen prep album! 3.8
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Thu Nov 30 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Favourite Beatles album? I’d have to say, the best of the Beatles. 4.8
5
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Fri Dec 01 2023
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
Really interesting album! Got worse after fat boy slim went solo. 3.2
3
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Sat Dec 02 2023
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Adore the flow of this album! Intensity, tempo - it’s amazing! Some total bangers. Hard to choose my favourite track. 4.6
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
I’ve never taken the time to listen to Bob’s actual albums. And after this, I’m ashamed of myself. I’m going to erase every time I’ve ever listened to legend from my memory and work through his back catalogue. Thoroughly enjoyed this! 4.5
5
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
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Tue Dec 05 2023
xx
The xx
I finally understand what my wife keeps going on about. I just wished it got a bit bigger than it did…….Nice anthemic feel but gets a bit boring. One track started sounding a little bit Chris Isaac which was nice. Feels like it’s building somewhere but never quite gets there. 3.1
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
‘Lovely stuff! Not my words, the words of Shakin’ Stevens’ 3.8
Great guitars and amazing bass lines!
4
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Scott 2
Scott Walker
What the bloody hell was that? I was sold Scott Walker as a ‘genius’ - theres a fine line between lunacy and genius. How does anyone tread that line, wobbling both ways for an entire album and end up still on that line, leaving me without a clue as to what my feelings are towards it all. An incredible group of musicians with a guy singing everything he sees and does in the style of a las vega lounge show. Whats not to love?…..don’t ask me, i’m just as confused as everyone else. 2.5
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Fri Dec 08 2023
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
There’s only potentially one more inspirational kitchen prep album. 3.8
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Sat Dec 09 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Very good listen. Much prefer his earlier work. The stuff about his blue shoes and his time in prison, rocking out with the other inmates! 3.7
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Sun Dec 10 2023
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
First track was a good reminder to go get some laundry detergent from home bargains. Also good to see a track mentioning Melon Coulis. Melon coulis isn’t something you see very often. I think it’s probably the texture of the melon. Doesn’t really break down too well. Would probably be quite mushy and not a pleasant texture. Also, who wants a melon coulis? Sounds a bit gross. Just have a shot of midori and crack on. That’s what I say. 1.5
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
The kind of album that makes me sad, angry and annoyed that I don’t live in the 60s and this incredible music was being churned out all the time. 4.4
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Great experience! 4.1
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Wed Dec 13 2023
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
I can only assume that it’s albums like this that led to Gwyneth Paltrow leaving Chris Martin 1.4
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
I was there. The band were in front of me. My jaw was on the floor the entire time. In 6 hours I listened to this 4 times and bought the vinyl. Incredible stuff. 4.9
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
2 certified total bangers and the rest is a bit of all sorts. Hard to focus as one track is great then the next is total madness. 2.8
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Sat Dec 16 2023
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
The more I listen to Simon and Garfunkel the more I can’t help but feel that Garfunkel was holding Simon back the whole time. Everything’s lovely but not really all that inspiring to make me listen again 3.0
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Sun Dec 17 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Bit meh! 2.5
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Didn’t expect to enjoy that as much as I did! Great for a hungover Monday morning 3.5
4
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Tue Dec 19 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Good start. Got a bit samey. Nice though. 3.0
3
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Moon Safari
Air
Very nice 3.8
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
Absolutely world class hip hop. So much going on! There isn’t a single weak track on the album 4.6
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
Probably the best opening to an opening track on any album ever. Made an excellent soundtrack to stomp through the festive crowds in town. 4.4
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Sat Dec 23 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Changed my whole perception of Black Sabbath! Enjoyed this far more than I expected 3.8
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Sun Dec 24 2023
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Excellent! Really good soundtrack for housework. 3.6
4
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Mon Dec 25 2023
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Didn’t expect such a funk fest. Pleasantly surprised 3.2
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Tue Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Prefer ‘now that’s what I call Christmas’ 1.5
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Wed Dec 27 2023
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Total jazz! 4.8
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Thu Dec 28 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
My emotional response to this album is astonishing! I think it’s foundations are in 15 year old me starting to feel like I was finding myself In a really good way. Starting to be happy with who I was becoming. The opening bars to The Shining still gives me that feeling deep in my gut that I’m about to pour out some sort of emotion. For some reason, I fill with happy tears. Yet it’s not my favourite album in the world! Weird! 4.4
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
The 2 periods of time where I would have most loved to have been in my 20s would have been mid-late 60s and early 90s - I’d have been no use to anyone but would have had the best time!
This is from that period where every band was just made up of some blokes from down the pub - which means every album starts with some bangers then slowly fizzles out into the same track repeated over and over - gets very boring! Maybe pills would make it better? 3.1
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
I realise since Woolworths shut their root to market has disappeared. But I feel like they should stick to what they do best and make really great unlicensed best of’s and collections. 4.7
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Sun Dec 31 2023
The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
They have gotten away with murder here. Unbelievable! Total rip off of Steely Dan. Even the vocals are almost identical. Ed Sheeran gets pulled up for one chord - where’s the law suit? Madness! 4.4
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones
A short while ago I thought the undertones were a bit of a one hit wonder band - what a total moron! Bangers everywhere! 4.1
4
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Tue Jan 02 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Sheer Perfection 5.0
5
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Wed Jan 03 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
It’s 2006, I’m driving HGVs around the Cotswolds in the sunshine. Life’s good, money flowing, living for the weekend, travelling all over the places. This albums becoming an anthem of the summer. Zero pressure, everything positive. Roll on to now, it’s 2024, I’m married with 2 kids. Self employed scraping together every penny I possibly can. Just attempting to survive each day as it comes. Constantly questioning whether I’m doing the right thing. Second guessing everything. And this album is irritating and just a load of nothingness. The real circle of life! 2.5
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
We all know how technically brilliant tori amos is. Great voice. And lovely to listen to in small doses. Small doses being less than an entire album. Preferred the stuff she did with Kellogg’s 2.0
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Fri Jan 05 2024
The Doors
The Doors
I struggled. I’ve never really been sure what all the fuss was about with Morrison. I’m sure this was mind bending and totally groundbreaking at the time but listening now it just sounds like a demented fairground ride from a low budget horror movie. Doubt I’ll listen again. 2.4
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Sat Jan 06 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
This is like the ramblings of a mad man. A former genius who’s gone totally mental but he did some good things some time ago, so everyone just accepts it - we are all idiots. Possibly the most frustrating album I’ve ever listened to. I can’t play a single musical instrument but I feel like I’d be capable of writing a better album than this. I love early police albums. This is totally abhorrent. I’m pretty sure Ed Sheeran has written better albums than this. I’m blown away by how much I can’t stand this 0.1
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Sun Jan 07 2024
Being There
Wilco
So middle of the road you can easily forget it’s even playing. Just listen to Eels - you’ll have a much better time 1.9
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Great stuff. Right level of kind of atmospheric for me. Some albums try a bit too hard. This seemed effortless solid 4.0
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
I have always yearned to love Prince albums but i can never quite get there. I feel like he’s the natural born live performer whose albums would never live up to that. Not a studio artist. Couple of bangers on here though. 3.8
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
Total grooves! Enjoyed this so much more than I expected. A genre I gave no time to. Loved it 4.3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Good but I preferred the stuff he did with Bill Crosby, Stan.D.Stills and Kate Nash. 4.5
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Scott 4
Scott Walker
Didn’t really enjoy Scott 2. Enjoyed this a bit more. I can definitely appreciate the musical genius behind it all but it just doesn’t really sit with me that well. All a bit too dramatic for me. Feels like a soundtrack to a 60s musical tv drama at times. 3.0
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Sat Jan 13 2024
Odelay
Beck
I can finally see what all the fuss is about. What a great career resurgence. Great to see Jeff Beck do something so forward thinking. Excellent. 4.1
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Graceland
Paul Simon
A perfect ode to Elvis 5.0
5
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Abbey Road
Beatles
It’s like listening to 5 or 6 different albums in one. So hard to even comprehend how good it is! 5.0
5
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Joint fave stones album 4.8
5
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Wed Jan 17 2024
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Really appreciate this style of hip hop - considering what was happening at the time. Feels like it’s part of a big movement. A bit like punk though - gets a bit too shouty for me! 3.4
3
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Nice album. Very pleasant listen. It came and went nicely but never really struck a chord. Very easily faded into the background 2.5
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
Lots of noise. Some nicer noises than other. Right when you think you’re getting into it. It sounds like someone’s thrown the drum kit off the top of a multi-storey car park! Which takes you right back to twitching unexpectedly 2.0
2
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The first and only true punk album I’ve ever enjoyed. And so it begins! BRING ON THE PUNK. 4.5
5
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Sun Jan 21 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles
Exactly the kind of album I’m doing this for. Really struggling to rate this. Not really like anything I’ve heard before but not in an abstract way. 3.4
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Enjoyed this - although it’s really really 60s. Not sure I’ll listen again but it didn’t offend me 3.0
3
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Lovely stuff. 4.5
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Paris 1919
John Cale
Sat on the fence with this one. Absolutely epic moments with totally forgettable ones in equal measures 2.5
3
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
I’m starting to lose faith with this process. I mean, we get total unknown bands like this yet I still haven’t had any of the Boo Radleys Albums. 3.4
3
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Arise
Sepultura
My ears vomited 0.0
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Another day and still no boo radleys - interesting. 4.2
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Sun Jan 28 2024
White Ladder
David Gray
Striving to hear that bit in Sail Away when he whistles, live. Just wow. Sunday afternoon, Glasto legends spot. The world stops. For 5 minutes there’s peace in the world. Everyone listening. Everyone whistling. I think we can all agree that THIS was what John Lennon Imagined! 1.9
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Mon Jan 29 2024
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
Have a thought for the drummers poor legs on that bass drum. 3.8
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Different Class
Pulp
Always had this nailed as a ‘great album’. Possibly one of those albums that I’ve always thought was ‘cool’ to love. Have listened to tracks off this regularly and love them. Not listened to the entire album for maybe 10-15 years. A few bangers with largely forgettable fillers. Disappointed - I realise why I didn’t listen to the whole album anymore 3.2
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Chelsea Girl
Nico
Lovely stuff. 3.6
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Very very nice. Still no boo radleys 4.0
4
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Made my throat hurt just listening to the shouting! Fortunately I like sore throats. 3.8
4
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Sat Feb 03 2024
In Utero
Nirvana
Prefer The Boo Radleys. 4.0
4
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Heroes
David Bowie
Didn’t really get into this. Bit too out there for me. Shame, I was very excited about listening to it 3.0
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Very nice 3.6
4
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Brilliant! Great! Well Done to everyone! 4.7
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Caused an outer body experience and unlocked a new part of my soul 4.9
5
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
The rare occasion I enjoyed the second disc of a mega album as much as the original release. Bangers everywhere. 4.4
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
I’m just not sure if I love David Bowie that much. This was good. Didn’t love it. Don’t think I enjoyed it as much as ziggy. Anyway. We’ll see - I’m going to listen again 3.8
4
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
I can see why they had to apologise to Ms Jackson - their language is appalling. Really hard work explaining those words to the kids in the car. They only knew 3 or 4 of them already. 2.4
2
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Sun Feb 11 2024
The Poet
Bobby Womack
Not sure this should have ever happened. Can something be so smooth that it loses any credibility? I listened to a new (ish) Smokey Robinson album called ‘Gasms’ recently - similar vibes. Is it a joke? I’m not sure. What’s that song about secrets all about? Why’s he singing about KFC and some tasty apple pie. Weird. 1.8
2
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Enjoyed it. As with all hip hop from this era. Love the individual tracks but by the end of the whole album it all feels a bit samey and tedious. I have to really concentrate to pick up the lyrics! Happy I listened to it. 3.2
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Tue Feb 13 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Wowee. Loved this. Loved all of it. Great vibes. Will definitely be on my regular listening list. 4.4
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
The greatest band of all time! Custodians to the single greatest banger ever written. Also owners to this largely forgettable 90s indie classic. 2.4
2
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Shadowland
k.d. lang
A female Chris Isaac - not really my bag but not really offensive to my ears in anyway. I’ll never listen again 3.0
3
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
I’m off to Brighton to set up and run the most left wing political group from the beach. It MUST NOT trip over into Communism! Good but ill never listen to it again 3.3
3
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Sat Feb 17 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Pockets of upbeat relief from what is otherwise the mood changing depression you expect from Radiohead. I imagine this album gives Radiohead fans absolute raging boners (men and women) - am I a Radiohead fan or have I just had a slightly promiscuous thought? I’m not sure 3.5
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
I confidently told my wife to play this album during our game of scrabble this afternoon. Promising ‘you’ll love this’. She switched to ‘her choice’ before the end of track 1. 4.4
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Harmless, fine, fairly non-existent, you might say boring. Absolutely nothing about this makes me want to turn it off or ever listen to it again. 2.5
3
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
I don’t remember feeling like this album had so many fillers in it. Maybe it’s just my age. 3.5
4
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Shot by his dad! Real shame! This isn’t his best work. Also a real shame. 3.4
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Forever Changes
Love
This project has allowed me to mature. This might be one of the only times i fully agree with my best friend 4.8
5
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
Thank god this is only 39 minutes long. What is going on? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills! Morrissey and Thom Yorke - either of them could just record an entire album of arm pit farts and it would get nothing but rave reviews! At least with the smiths at least there was some great music he was ruining with his incredibly frustrating voice! This has nothing to offer me! It worries me how much more of him I’ll have to listen to on this project. No wonder Lesley Ash left him and got that terrible lip job! He should have stuck with Martin Clunes - his TV stuff was marginally less frustrating than his music! I’m not sure Even Bob The Builder could fix this. 2.0
2
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Sat Feb 24 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Come a long long way since Fame Academy. Fair play 4.2
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Make Yourself
Incubus
Sometimes I wish you’d know they were the good old days when you were actually in them. 4.4
4
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Atomizer
Big Black
Lots of noise. Largely not great noise but on occasion it didn’t make me want to turn it off. Although it got very close very often 1.4
1
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Tue Feb 27 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Fats Domino, Derek & The Dominos, Phats & Small - think about it. 2.4
2
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Phrenology
The Roots
Pretty much perfect. Incredible album 4.7
Fave Track: The Seed
5
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Solid Air
John Martyn
Excellent. This guy is my find of this project so far 4.4
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Queen II
Queen
Any band who is renowned for having incredible ‘greatest hits’ albums - especially plural greatest hits albums generally have terrible albums. Queen should have just stuck with their first 2 greatest hits albums and night at the opera. Apart from that who cares? Had to listen to 35 minutes of guff before getting to a bonefide banger ‘seven seas of Ryne’ 1.3
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Sat Mar 02 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Really great. All 4 discs of the same album. 4.4. Marginal regrets is it a 5? Closest album on the 4/5 star mark so far. Hmmm
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Don’t chuck out sub genres based on a really quite prejudice view of the full genre. Thank you project overlord for finding me a dnb genre I can really appreciate! 4.0
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Smash
The Offspring
Nice to have an album where all the best songs aren’t just crammed into the first 5 tracks. Actually thought the album got better as it went along. Will listen to some tracks again but probs not the whole album 3.2
Fave Track - Not The One
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Producer: what’s the idea then guys?
RUN DMC: (hits Casio keyboard demo button)’this sounds cool’
Producer: ‘oh wow. Ok. So what are you going to rap about?’
RUN DMC: ‘Have you ever noticed that Little Bo Peep rhymes with sheep?’
Better than their first album - there’s more cowbell in it
3.1
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
Kinda feel totally blindsided by this. Didn’t know what to expect. Loved it. Real varied album. Can’t wait to listen again. 4.3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Just sounds like 3 talented people who are just complete tossers. Trying to show off to each other about how great they are. It just leaves you with a pile of steaming self indulgent shit that reeks of arrogance 0.4
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
Enjoyed this. Can’t decide whether that’s because I listened to it just after being forced to listen to a god awful Emerson, Lake & Palmer live album that made me wish I didn’t have any ears. Will listen again. 3.3
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Melodrama
Lorde
Not my thing. The kind of music that’s Popular with idiots who think they ‘love’ music and ‘hate’ commercial pop but only listen to radio 1 breakfast shows. It’s basically commercial pop from a different era 2.5
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Sun Mar 10 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Hated this album when it first came out. Loved it when I just listened to it. What does that tell you? 4.3
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Lovely, beautiful! Stunning album. Gives me all the Sunday afternoon red wine vibes! Which is exactly when I’ll listen to it! Not sure it will get much play outside of that - but doesn’t take away from how lovely it is! 3.7
4
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
I’m not sure I’m musically gifted enough to understand how good pink Floyd were. Atmospheric but not sure if it’s my thing 3.2
3
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Bit too much for me. Enjoyed it more than expected though. 2.6
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Found it frustrating. Kept almost loving it. Then it would just get a bit too abstract and jarring. Almost like a not so good yeasayer! 2.5
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
So close to a perfect score. Brilliant 4.9
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Great album. So many bangers. Problem is when I think about it, I’m not sure it’s even in their top 3 albums? Or maybe even top 5? But how many of them will appear in this list? Consistently brilliant albums! 4.3
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Nevermind
Nirvana
Just a great album. Near perfect. Then there’s just a bit too much of a shouty track at the end. 4.5
5
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Mon Mar 18 2024
2112
Rush
This is the dad Rock I hoped I’d find on this journey! Not too cheesy, lovely level of guitar that doesn’t make you feel like you’re listening to a support band off spinal tap. 4.0
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Parklife
Blur
Haven’t listened to this in about 25 years. Thought it would be nice to remember it. Not really sure I know many of the tracks. Proceeds to sing the entire album word for word with a beaming smile. 4.5
5
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Out of all the albums that are a bunch of horrible and abrasive sounds shoved together completely randomly to a point that my ears shut down and try to tear themselves off the side of my head - this has been my favourite so far - 1.4
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I’m realising that I’m not an ELP fan and I never will be. Just too much. Feels too self absorbed and just arrogant. I feel like this is an album that would be played by your alpha Romeo driving yuppy uncle at a family do, who’s marriage is falling apart for obvious reasons and is just too keen to appear ‘cool’ and thinks this music is relevant. Having said that. It was better than the appalling live album I had the other week 2.1
2
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Fri Mar 22 2024
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Good rock! Gets a bit tiresome towards the end of the album. Glad my fave track wasn’t the one I knew 3.1
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Really enjoyed this. Constantly threatened to get a bit boring and samey before whisking me off to a whole new place. Packed with lovely building tracks. 4.2
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
A mixture of epic bangers and boring dross. Over rated, underwhelming 3.3
3
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Brilliant. Makes me want to watch re-runs of flava of love - the best reality show ever created. Why isn’t it back on tv? 4.5
5
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
Very nice 4.1
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
I originally listened to the wrong LCD Soundsystem. Then listened to this one. What a great day. 4.6
5
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
What is it with all the self indulgent prog nonsense? 1.1
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Headquarters
The Monkees
The problem with the monkees is that they just always sound too much like the monkees. Apart from this album where they don’t sound like the monkees. Which is also a problem. The deluxe edition of this album is a whopping 36 tracks long. Another problem. It’s so samey. But that’s because there are so many different versions of the same tracks. And when each track is less than 3 minutes on average it’s impossible to care about what you’re listening to. Nice to know there is a side of the monkees I didn’t know. Another side of the monkees I don’t want to listen to. 2.5
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Take me back to a time when pop music was exploratory and worth something. Sheer perfection 5.0
5
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Sun Mar 31 2024
The Renaissance
Q-Tip
Really enjoyed this! Love the groove! 4.1
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Pavement has always been a band I’ve wanted to love more than I actually ever do! Prefer some of the less loud tracks. Can get a bit ‘noisy’ at times. Maybe I’m just an old man these days? 3.4
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Hard to pick a favourite track. My fave talking heads album. 4.7
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Wed Apr 03 2024
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Loved it 4.4
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Lovely vibe to the whole album. Calmed my chaotic morning down exactly how I needed it to be! Will listen again very soon 4.2
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
The biggest surprise of the project so far for me. Never thought I’d find any level of metal I’d love. Let alone thrash metal! Brilliant! Great drums, great guitars and vocals that actually let you listen to that. Marvellous - will be a time and a place album to play but over the moon i now have it in my arsenal 3.6
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Sat Apr 06 2024
Low
David Bowie
Lost me in the last 1/3 of the album. My friend said I have to be on heroin to get it. I called everyone I know. Couldn’t get hold of any. I just don’t move in heroin circles. I wished albums like this would flag the need for heroin. I can’t just magic it up. Surely they should have a warning or something like the parental guidance sticker from the 90s. ‘Heroin Advised’ or something. I feel like the lack of heroin has really dampened my experience of this album. 3.4
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Sun Apr 07 2024
Pump
Aerosmith
I tried to make love in an elevator once. It was far more difficult than Aerosmith make out. Maybe you aren’t supposed to do it in the lift of a 2 floor Marks and Sparks but you haven’t even got your pants down before you’re interrupted by an old person with mobility issues - Aerosmith really need to be more clear about how this works. 2.2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Palo Congo
Sabu
Very much appreciate this. Very happy it’s on here. Appreciate the serious musicianship involved but not something I’ll likely listen to again 3.1
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who
Decent album. Nice listen. Bit boring 2.4
2
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Seemed fun for a couple of tracks. Gets boring fast. Too samey and makes me feel slimy when I listen to it. 2.3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
What is it with Marvin? First he starts trying to find out what’s going on? Then he’s insisting we get it on. Half way through this he insists we keep getting it on. Before long he wants you. And you’re in the midst of midnight love. Surely this is the tell tale signature sign of a sex pest? 4.9
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
The question ever always thinks about is. If you had a Time Machine, would you go back and kill Chris Martin. Everyone’s answer is yes. But at which point in time? I’d say just after this album was released. If Coldplay had decided this was it, I think this would have been considered one of the great albums of all time and coupled with the assassination - their fame would be set in stone. Unfortunately I don’t have a Time Machine and even more unfortunate is that Coldplay continued and continue to make music. Music that’s getting considerably worse by the day and has created an entire fan base of pure idiots. They lose points for this. They also lose points for blatantly ripping off Jeff Buckley in track 2 - it’s so Jeff Buckley I had to check my Spotify wasn’t on the blink. 3.8
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Sat Apr 13 2024
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Everything you would want from an album with tracks titled Ramble Tamble and Ooby Dooby! Lovely stuff 4.4
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Sun Apr 14 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Lovely! 4.2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
The kind of hip hop that makes it impossible to keep up with when one track ends and the next starts. Not sure. Bit boring. Bit samey 2.5
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Abraxas
Santana
Some serious classic bangers on this! To think he’d eventually fulfil his life long life dream and work with Rob Thomas! We all have to start somewhere I suppose. All a bit too guitar-y for me. This is what Rob Thomas does so well - pulls the guitar back down to laymen’s terms so we can all understand just how incredible it is. 3.1
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Wed Apr 17 2024
The Rise & Fall
Madness
Better than expected! Always had them down as a ‘best of’ band - no point listening to the albums. As per usually, I was generally right. Some great tracks though. 3.2
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Faith
George Michael
Wait? What? He was gay?
5.0
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Shame he’s dead! 4.5
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Sat Apr 20 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Best Bruce album so far. Much more ‘real’ than the rest. Really proving why the boss is the boss. 4.5
5
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Sun Apr 21 2024
Scum
Napalm Death
Are the seriously talented band not really angry that the vocalist ruins everything? 1.2
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
My favourite track from this album wasn’t even on this album. It was the first track of the Spotify radio playlist that started after this album finished. It wasn’t even by this band. It was by The Monkees and I hate the Monkees. So let’s recap
1. Totally forgettable album
2. Best Track Isn’t Even On The Album
3. Best Track isn’t even by Small Faces
4. Best Track is by a band I hate
1.2
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
This has completely wet my Dylan whistle! I can’t wait to dive in further. The middle 4 tracks are potentially the best 4 continuous tracks from the middle of an album I’ve heard. 4.6
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Wed Apr 24 2024
The Who Sell Out
The Who
Don’t get it. Dont find it funny. Pretty arduous listen. Never got the who or why they had the career they had/have. This does nothing to make me want to explore them more. Awful 0.8
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Achtung Baby
U2
Lynn? Are those your mums cataract glasses? 2.0
2
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Good album. Few bits a bit too abstract for me but enjoyed it 3.4
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Sat Apr 27 2024
War
U2
Sunday Bloody Sunday! What a great song. It really encapsulates the frustration of a Sunday, doesn't it? You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think Sunday, bloody Sunday! 4.0
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Sun Apr 28 2024
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Took a few tracks to get into it. But once i was in I found a real appreciation for this album! 3.3
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Mon Apr 29 2024
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Generally a bit forgettable although also feels forward thinking. Probs would sit with some early 90s stuff to be honest. 2.7
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Blur
Blur
The first half is brilliant, the second half not so much. I’d say it’s an album of 2 halves. One brilliant half, one not so much half. The first half is the brilliant half. 3.2
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Wed May 01 2024
Document
R.E.M.
It’s really hard not to love REM. it’s like I really try to not like them. But I can’t do it. 3.8
4
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Thu May 02 2024
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
An album that is fine. Just sort of passed me by. Struggled to even notice a favourite track. Although Grey Lagoons increased my driving speed by 10% so maybe that’s it. 2.5
3
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Fri May 03 2024
Another Green World
Brian Eno
I heard from a friend that Brian Eno has a secret husband called Howard. I don't think I trust him though, he's never met Brian. And I mean, Howard Eno? 2.7
3
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Sat May 04 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
I almost cried because all I wanted was to see them perform this album. That will never happen. Dreams don’t come true 4.8
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Sun May 05 2024
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Remember that old school parenting technique. Find your kid smoking. So you force them to smoke 50 cigarettes back to back to make them hate smoking. Only it doesn’t work. It makes them love it - you can’t understand why. In this case, the cigarettes are bluegrass, rootin’ and a tootin’ country music. The brand is this album. Relentless foot tapping music that makes you feel like you should hate it but after 2 hours you seem to have been brainwashed to quite enjoy it. 3.2
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Mon May 06 2024
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
First 3/4 of this album is spectacular! Starts to wind down too early. Gets a little boring. Would have been better with maybe 2-3 less tracks. Still great though 4.2
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Tue May 07 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Just what is the point. I don’t get it. Wont ever get it. What are the lyrics on about? Blah blah the chime of the bell in the past life of the children of the dead in the gallows of satans arsehole…..blah blah. Best track was actually by AC/DC on the Spotify radio playlist that came on after this. 1.8
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Wed May 08 2024
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
The start to live forever might be the most gut wrenching, soul destroying start to any song. The terrible drum beat followed by the totally disheartening ‘ai sed, maaayyyybeeeee’ - makes me wish music didn’t exist. Still don’t quite get why this album is so highly rated or oasis for that matter. Can’t really see what they bought to anything apart from a generation of awful fans who are stuck in the past, poncing around with mop haircuts (wishing they were Paul Weller), wearing 90s lower league football away shirts in their worn bootleg jeans and worn adidas gazelle trainers. Still pretending that whatever either Gallagher brother does is actually relevant. Apparently it must be cool to love shit hair, shit shoes, shit football and shit music. Would be a better album without the overplayed singles that all sound the same. Listening to this was a terrible start to my honeymoon 3.4
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Thu May 09 2024
Future Days
Can
Enjoyed this more than expected. Quite pleasant although a little too abstract. Unlikely to listen to it again but thank you for the opportunity to listen! 2.5
3
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Fri May 10 2024
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Brilliant! The samples are ace. It’s all over the place with so many genres. Loved it. 4.7
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Sat May 11 2024
Sea Change
Beck
It’s really an album of three halves. The first half is beautiful! Stunning! The second half starts to drag a touch but still lovely. The third half got a bit boring. But all the same lovely. So one beautiful half and 2 lovely halves. 3.6
4
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Sun May 12 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
Ok. Quite enjoyed it. Sort of 2.6
3
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Mon May 13 2024
Gold
Ryan Adams
Exactly as it was in 2001. 10-15 minutes of going. Wow - this is great. Then an hour of wondering. Wow - this is shit; please end now. 2.1
2
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Tue May 14 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Never really got the doors until this album. I hadn’t really noticed Jim Morrisons voice before this. Sounds incredibly mature for his age. Remarkable. Great to see they ditched the mental fairground organ a bit. Much more enjoyable 4.1
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Wed May 15 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
How do you follow something like rumours? Unbelievable! Gets better as it goes on. Second half of the album is genius! 4.7
5
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Thu May 16 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Some of Billy’s best bangers on here! Lovely stuff! 4.0
4
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Fri May 17 2024
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
A really thought provoking album. The thoughts are largely negative. Really great first 2-3 tracks. Then it seems to slide in to bizarre sort of chaos.
Incredible songwriting to foresee the exact point I would start to struggle with this album and shove a track called ‘Somebody Stop The Music’ right there. This is of course followed by a show of pure arrogance to then continue the album with even more irritating tracks than the ones that already sent me over the edge.
Why does every track sound like my mate Hairy Jon is bellowing it out after a couple of pints of scrumpy down the pub?
I feel like this needs a disclaimer attached to it and should only be listened to by people at the absolute peak of their mental health. Any cracks in your mindset and this album will find them and totally exploit them, potentially leaving you in a right mess.
Is it worth the risk? No. Not if you ask me!
1.9
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Sat May 18 2024
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Great jazz. The perfect length of jazz album. 38 minutes. Exactly my jazz limit. 4.4
4
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Sun May 19 2024
Protection
Massive Attack
A real struggle to finish. Painfully boring and hard work to get through. Proud of myself for my dedication to this project and finishing the album. Genuine sigh of relief when it ended. 1.0
1
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Mon May 20 2024
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
This was fine. I had quite high expectations. Didn’t quite get there for me. 3.0
3
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Tue May 21 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic monkeys are a prime example of a band I’ve decided I can’t stand based entirely on their popularity and fan demographic! Nothing to do with the music. I definitely don’t get the whole buzz around that tosspot. The main bloke. Alex The Twat or whatever he’s called. Heralded as a generational song writer and lyricist - don’t get me wrong, it’s catchy and great but just because he can write a song about taking a taxi in Sheffield doesn’t mean he should be considered ‘relatable’ and categorised with some of the best song writers ever. Anyway, back to this album. I remember it coming out, all the buzz by the radio 1 listeners who think they are alternative so a band with actual instruments is cool. Didnt it sell in like a record time? I remember loving it. So I’ve gone in open minded without arctic monkey prejudice! It’s actually brilliant. Hard hitting, relentless. I really love it. Frustrates me in a way that I know it pretty much word for word and that I can’t help but sing along to it! I don’t know who I am anymore 4.5
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Wed May 22 2024
Fun House
The Stooges
I’ve always thought that I should love the stooges. Somehow never got round to listening to them. I had the stooges first album - which was a bit of a letdown and a real shame. This was a total banger! Right up until the last track. Why take the shine off a brilliant album? Another shame. Albeit a shame at the end of brilliance! Im punishing them for it. Big time. This album was up in the high 4s until that last track - I hope they learn their lesson 3.8
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Thu May 23 2024
Butterfly
Mariah Carey
I was hoping for more. I have 2 older sisters and grew up on this stuff. I was expecting my long lost inner 14 year old girl soul to be unlocked and set free. It wasn’t. This was awful. Boring. Irritating. I struggle to see how it’s on this list? I don’t see how it influenced anything. Just seems like another manufactured pop record. Am I missing something? 1.8
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Fri May 24 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
This was ok. I had quite high hopes. Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood but it didn’t really ignite anything for me. If I wasn’t a 40 year old dad who starts to fall asleep after 9pm and hasn’t been on a ‘late night session’ in living memory, id be tempted to say that this would be a perfect post-pub record to listen to into the early hours of the morning while my heads spinning from drinking too much whiskey. Unfortunately, 10am on a Wednesday with a ton of work to do - it didn’t really resonate with me that well. Very pleased to have listened to it though. 3.1
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Sat May 25 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Early Johnny is the just brilliant! Great stuff! 4.4
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Sun May 26 2024
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
For such a short album, it takes ages to get going. The first 2/3 seems to be just about it finding its way, then right when you finally want more it’s over! 1.8
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Mon May 27 2024
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
I had an uncle called Ray. Not even sure he was my uncle. He was really old. Maybe my grandads brother? Not sure. Anyway. We called him Uncle Ray. When he died I remember saying to my mum ‘it’s a shame about Ray’. It was a shame. He was a bit of a legend. Anyway, you’ll probably find this more interesting than this album. It’s not offensive in any way. Just a bit boring and samey. 2.5
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Tue May 28 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
The Spotify radio playlist that plays following this album is better than the album 2.4
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Wed May 29 2024
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Starts way too freaky, then gets really good, then gets way too freaky again. Another album of 3 halves! 2.8
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Thu May 30 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Get a bit fed up of everyone playing the same Elton hits all the time. Lovely reminder of just how great he is when you get to listen to an album largely made up of songs not considered his greatest hits! 3.9
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Fri May 31 2024
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
What a bloody find! Incredible album! Proper journey! There I was thinking badu was like an 80s Beverly Knight! Revelation! 4.7
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Sat Jun 01 2024
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
No thanks. The second half of the album salvaged half a point 1.0
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Sun Jun 02 2024
The La's
The La's
Total delight! I used to find there she goes way over played and slightly annoying. Why’s it taken me so long to listen to an entire album by The La’s. Brilliant. 4.6
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Mon Jun 03 2024
Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
You can just about spot the exact moment they decided to launch themselves head first down the water slide of commercial sell out shite, belly flopping right into the pool of irritating music. A pool ladened with coldplays piss! Feels like such a sell out album. Average almost post rock drums to try to create some sort of anthemic sound, gravely vocals with bang average, middle of the road lyrics. A recipe to get idiots to love your music. I’m a little bit of one of those idiots though! Would be better if sex on fire and that other god awful single wasn’t on this at all. 2.2
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Tue Jun 04 2024
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
This doesn’t half drag on! Hows it only 33 mins. Felt like a lifetime! Starts well, then just drags on. Maybe it’s a bit too samey for me! It was fine. 2.7
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Wed Jun 05 2024
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
I can’t think of another voice that calms my mood as much as Joni. Everything in the world seems easier when I’m listening to Joni. Not heard this Joni album - a bit different to others which is nice. Some quite eclectic vibes going on! 3.8
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Thu Jun 06 2024
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Enjoyed this far more than i thought i would! Learnt a lot from reading about him! Excellent song writer! 3.5
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Fri Jun 07 2024
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
This album is about 43 mins 55 seconds too long. The first 5 seconds are great! 1.1
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Sat Jun 08 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Excellent. As expected - can’t deny little wing is an all time banger! 4.2
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Sun Jun 09 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Only recently found out knopfler was from Glasgow! Always thought he was from somewhere Salt Lake City or something like that. Maybe Philadelphia? Anyway, got to be the best opening 3 tracks to any album! It’s almost like they knew exactly what I wanted at every point of this album. Totally effortless! There I am thinking this guitar is cool but I really fancy some pan pipes. BAM - hits us with ride across the river! Amazing! 4.4
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Mon Jun 10 2024
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
Absolutely loved this! Listened straight through twice. 4.5
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Tue Jun 11 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
It takes a real mix of guts and pure narcissistic arrogance to put your all time total banger as the first track on an album. Surely it’s a recipe for disaster? Not for Sade - she doesn’t stop throwing out bangers. What an album! 4.8
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Wed Jun 12 2024
Faust IV
Faust
Lovely surprise! Didnt think I was gonna enjoy this at all. Way ahead of its time! Couldnt believe it was from 1973! Parts were a bit all over the shop for me but will definitely listen again. 3.4
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Thu Jun 13 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
I love Paul Simon and listened to a few S&G albums and never quite got what everyone loves about them. Always feels like a bunch of pixies in a folk band trying to impress their fairy friends with terrible music. But this record is a total banger! Feels way more Simon than Garfunkel - so maybe that’s the problem! 4.6
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Fri Jun 14 2024
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
Stick to what you’re good at lads. Get back to some catchy indie pop/rock. 1.2
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Sat Jun 15 2024
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Good, nostalgic Christian Rock! I think we should all discount Mr Brightside from our thoughts when rating this album. Such a nausea inducing pile of shite that it doesn’t seem fair to score this album 0.0 just because it’s got one of the worst and most overplayed songs in history on it. That being said, there were a few tracks I had forgotten which I enjoyed. 3.0
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Sun Jun 16 2024
High Violet
The National
Great. Just really great 4.5
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Mon Jun 17 2024
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
Outrageous! What a record! Absolute education in how to blend 4000 musical genres and make them all harmonise perfectly! Completely took me by surprise! 4.7
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Tue Jun 18 2024
The Clash
The Clash
If all punk was like this. I’d probably be a massive fan of punk. Lovely to find some more musically focussed punk rather than sticking some obnoxious tweeb in front of a microphone ruining everything 4.5
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Wed Jun 19 2024
Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Another album in this list that’s a bit too out of my realm to fully appreciate. I don’t know if there’s some context to this I’m missing but I’m struggling to see how it’s in this list. Whether it’s some sort of seminal album that did something significant to country music? I don’t know. I’ve never heard of Emmylou Harris. I feel like she’s probably an important figure in some way and done something significant but this all just feels a bit too boring for me to be bothered to look into it. I feel like I want it to be one thing or another. Country or rock/pop. Actually I don’t want it to be country - I’m not a fan of country. Maybe that’s the problem? 2.4
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Thu Jun 20 2024
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
This was fine. Ok. Nothing to dislike but nothing to love. Quite enjoyable but largely forgettable hip hop. 2.5
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Fri Jun 21 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
I saw Robert Plant walking in Kidderminster when I was about 6. My dad pointed him out but I didn’t know who he was. Saw him again when I was 38 at my step daughter’s horse riding school. He didn’t recognise me. 4.4
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Sat Jun 22 2024
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Got totally lost in this album. In the most brilliant way. It almost carried me along without me realising! Lovely stuff. 4.8
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Sun Jun 23 2024
Odessa
Bee Gees
Total surprise! Pretty mega sound! Triumphant! Didn’t enjoy the first half. Loved the second. 3.4
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Mon Jun 24 2024
The Slider
T. Rex
Enjoyed this. Not as much as I’d hoped. Doubt I’d listen again. I’ve heard better T rex on other albums. 3.2
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Tue Jun 25 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
If you ask me, Meatloaf is best served lightly spiced with some aromats let nutmeg, clove, fennel seeds. Served with caramelised fennel and a blackberry sauce. It’s really quite marvellous! Theres no 2 ways about it! 4.3
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Wed Jun 26 2024
NEU! 75
Neu!
Exactly the sort of album I’m hear to find! Feels really forward thinking and way ahead of its time. There are tracks on this I’ll listen to again, and tracks I’ll happily not. But really appreciate the album! 3.2
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Thu Jun 27 2024
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
A massive 80s slap in the face! It opens with potentially the greatest pop song of all time. And just about holds up to that for the rest of the album. A little samey in places but a quality 80s pop album! 3.8
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Fri Jun 28 2024
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
He was better with the attractions. I find everything he does is so Elvis Costello. Not necessarily samey but just really really elvis Costello. Nowhere near his best work. 3.2
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Sat Jun 29 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
I struggle to understand how on earth this is on this list. This does to music what B*Witched did towards the Good Friday Peace Agreement! 0.8
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Sun Jun 30 2024
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Thoroughly enjoyed this! First 3-4 tracks felt like a totally different album to the remainder. Started with some proper good dad rock. Not cheesy at all. Just proper dad rock. The kind of dad rock I’ve hoped exists. Not just stupid cliched guitar solos. Brilliant stuff. 4.1
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Mon Jul 01 2024
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Wowee! What a find! Like a mix of Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and Carole King. I’m not sure why I’ve never heard of her before. Incredible voice! 4.5
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Tue Jul 02 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
I imagine this was out of this world to actually go and see live. I just struggle with connecting with some of these live albums. Can’t question Sam Cooke’s incredible talent! Glad I listened but doubt I’ll turn to it again. 3.2
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Wed Jul 03 2024
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Meh! This was fine. Nothing much to complain about but likely won’t listen again 3.0
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Thu Jul 04 2024
In It For The Money
Supergrass
Richard III is a total banger. I find supergrass have a few bangers but largely just filler. Never really grabbed my attention 3.0
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Fri Jul 05 2024
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Plenty of warbling. Too much warbling to be honest. Cant argue that her voice is incredible and also really irritating! Felt like I should have been sat at a small local folk festival at Sun Down pretending to enjoy a local pint of ‘proper’ cider when I’m really just concerned that it’s stripping all the lining from my stomach. 2.6
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Sat Jul 06 2024
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I finally get the whole nick cave thing 4.7
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Sun Jul 07 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Second half is better than the first. Wont listen again. 2.2
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Mon Jul 08 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
Hoped for sea shanties got middle of the road Brit pop. Hard to even gauge an opinion on something so middle of the road. Much like being married to me - hard to criticise but equally hard to love 2.5
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Tue Jul 09 2024
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Exactly how my wife describes my technique in the bedroom - completely effortless 4.7
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Wed Jul 10 2024
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Lady punk - marvellous! 3.6
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Thu Jul 11 2024
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
Absolutely barmy! A total rollercoaster. Right when you think it’s awful, it suddenly gets pretty amazing. Before reverting to being terrible but finishing ok! Never heard anything like it 3.2
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Fri Jul 12 2024
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Didn’t think I enjoyed this at all. But looking back I also saved 3 tracks from the album. What does that tell us? I have no idea so I’m going with my gut. I didn’t enjoy it at all. 2.9
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Sat Jul 13 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Good jazz! Not too mental! Expected extreme drum and bass based on the cover. I was NOT disappointed! 3.4
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Sun Jul 14 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
I have this thing with this album. When I first start listening, I find it jarring and hard to get into. About 4-5 tracks in, it takes off. It’s incredible. I play it back through and the first 4/5 tracks are some of my faves! It’s like I need to get into a David Byrne frame of mind! Incredible although not their best album 4.6
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Mon Jul 15 2024
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
I’ll just never get beyond morrissey being the biggest tosspot that ever existed. I’ve tried, I just can’t! 2.5
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Tue Jul 16 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Blimey! There are some bangers on this! 4.6
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Wed Jul 17 2024
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
Better than it was in 2007. Maybe it was ahead of its time but I used to really hate it apart from maybe 2 tracks. 3.7
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Thu Jul 18 2024
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
My attitude towards elvis Costello and the attractions changes with the wind. I love them as much as I find them irritating. 2.5
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Fri Jul 19 2024
The Libertines
The Libertines
Very few albums do well when they play their best song first. Especially when they follow it with the worst 4-5 tracks before marginally salvaging the wreckage with the back end of the album. I feel like the album should have started around ‘Campaign of Hate’ and finished with ‘Can’t Stop Me Now’ (ish). Anyway, hugely overrated! 3.3
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Sat Jul 20 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Better than Maggot Brain but I can’t remember what I rated maggot brain. So this is really where we are explore just how inconsistent my scoring is throughout this whole nonsense. 3.4
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Sun Jul 21 2024
Timeless
Goldie
If this album was 45 minutes long, I might well be lording this as one of the great finds of this project. It would have really resonated with me. But this feeling soon passes by and makes you feel like you’re stuck on a really frustrating level on a PS1 game - some sort of secret underground room in Metal Gear Solid. It just goes from great to frustrating 2.4
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Mon Jul 22 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
This made me wish I had older siblings that listened to things other than Alicia’s Attic - how did these guys pass me by? Really enjoyed it! 4.1
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Tue Jul 23 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Perfect 5.0
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Wed Jul 24 2024
Raw Power
The Stooges
Strange relationship with the stooges. I love listening to them but also always have a nagging feeling that I want it to end soon. Strange! This was good though. Felt quite ‘raw’ 3.7
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Thu Jul 25 2024
Sister
Sonic Youth
I adore parts of sonic youth. Then it suddenly just gets a bit too noisy and kind of irritating! 3.2
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Fri Jul 26 2024
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
I enjoyed this. But I generally enjoy indie rock. Felt like this could have really been any generic indie rock. Lacked a bit of individuality for me. Or did this just influence loads - I dunno, I can’t be bothered to find out. 3.4
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