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Mon Sep 18 2023
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
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Tue Sep 19 2023
Disraeli Gears
Cream
Feel transported back to the 60s.
Sparked the desire to rebel against the system by gathering a bunch of unwashed shaggy-haired long-term students to sit around on the floor with, consuming God knows what from Serenity's garden.
4
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Wed Sep 20 2023
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
3
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Thu Sep 21 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
3
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Fri Sep 22 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Two absolute bangers. rest is ok.
Minus points for having to think about Michael Jackson while listening to Michael Jackson.
3
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Mon Sep 25 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
The album sounds like my perception of George Harrison. Musically very solid, but no unique selling point. Back and forth between "Does not bother me" an "Seems to be close to greatness, but that certain something is missing". Admittedly, rather the former than the latter.
3
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Tue Sep 26 2023
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
I don't know anything about jazz.
After listening to this album, I now know one thing.
This is a really nice jazz.
4
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Wed Sep 27 2023
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
Caught myself thinking "Why is it even on this list" and "when is it over?". Managed to listen to the whole thing, though.
2
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Thu Sep 28 2023
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
I will not speak
4
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Refreshingly distinctive. Not something I would enjoy actively listening to repeatedly, but great background music.
Main associations were James Bond Soundtracks and Ennio Morricone.
4
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5
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Tue Oct 03 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
These songs sound like they were meant to be a movie soundtrack! Sadly, the movie seems to be a progressive avantgarde flick I don't get.
3
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Thu Oct 05 2023
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
Couldn't bring myself to listen to it all. Really not my thing. Has some decent tunes, but also some really obnoxious ones.
2
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Fri Oct 06 2023
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
This one really faded into the background. Couldn't tell you what I've listened to after "The Healer".
3
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Mon Oct 09 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
Funky disco funk. Oldshool kinda funk. Not the cool Vulfpeck kinda funk. Still funk tho.
3
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Boston
Boston
Boston came out swinging with "More Than a Feeling" directly followed by "Peace of Mind". Punches you right where your late 70s classic rock nostalgia would be, if you were old enough. Quickly runs out of gas, though. There is no lasting impact.
Still very easy and kind of fun to listen to ...since it might be the most generic rock album I've ever heard. 3.5/5
3
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Wed Oct 11 2023
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
This is a concept album. You feel that it is carefully crafted to sound a specific way, and invoke specific emotions. Joy is not one of them.
It takes you on a journey and tells a story. A story that you probably didn't want to hear.
Each song is musically distinct and interesting enough to catch your attention, but I wouldn't listen to any of them as part of my usual rotation.
Lyrics are repulsive. Sometimes deliberately so, sometimes because of cringy edginess.
The Downward Spiral is not to be enjoyed, but to be experienced.
4
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Thu Oct 12 2023
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ballads about murder, literally.
Musically, the album is very boring. At some point I found myself skipping ahead or just reading the lyrics, because they are what makes the work artistically valuable for me.
Should have been "Murder Poems".
2
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Meh.
3
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
This was surprisingly bad. Almost felt deliberately bad. I've never heard anything by Neil Young, but it sounded like a satirical imitation of what a Neil Young album sounds like.
2
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Tue Oct 17 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young
Just rated Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night" with 2/5, immediately got "On the beach"...
I have to say that it starts off way better. After my first Neil Young album, I wasn't sure if he really couldn't sing, or if it was his "style". Seems to be both. However, it stands out less here.
Overall ok, a couple of good songs, but mostly fades into the background.
3
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Hard to rate... Really left no lasting impression for me. 90s grunge influences, but too whiny for my taste. The music is actually quite good, but the singing/voice/lyrics are just… existent.
3
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Truth
Jeff Beck
This is excellent music. I wish I could appreciate it more, but I just don't feel Blues and Hard Rock that much.
Would have given three stars when just taking into account how much I enjoyed listening, but I think this deserves better.
...even if it doesn't: Making me feel like this should be appreciated by someone warrants 4 stars.
4
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Fri Oct 20 2023
Shadowland
k.d. lang
Damn, this is very much country.
Some songs like I "Wish I didn't love you so" also dip into Sinatra-esque traditional pop-easy listening-jazz-swing-big band.
But then k.d. lang blasts you with southern country and whatever Honky-Tonky is again.
Transports you right into an old dirty bar, places a whiskey in your hand and gives you a feeling of longing for the good ol' days.
Surprisingly enjoyable. 3.5/5 | 7/10.
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Good listening to it once to know it exists. Earliest 90s Hip-Hop.
3
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
No highlights, no lowlights. Just some alt rock album.
3
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Wed Oct 25 2023
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
The fact that it didn't annoy me half as much as I expected based on the music genre and 10-unique-words-per-song lyrics is a testament to the album's quality.
3
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Electric
The Cult
Reminds me of Danzig.
This is an above standard Hard-Rock album.
However, it gets quite monotonous after about 3/4.
3.5/5
3
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Gives me nothing.
2
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Moving Pictures
Rush
Quite nice. Tom Sawyer and YYZ are good tracks. This is a good album overall.
4
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
A day later, I don't remember a thing. Neither positive nor negative.
3
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
I liked the cover image... Yes, that's it.
Still giving two stars, since it fades into the background nicely.
2
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
With how many people praise Led Zeppelin and because I really like Metal and Hard Rock, I was expecting to be blown away by this album.
I was not. It was good, but I did not enjoy a single song enough to listen to it again or even it to one of my playlists. If I had been around when the album first came out, I could have seen myself becoming a huge fan of the band, but today it barely makes 4 stars.
4
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
I think that the title "Schmerzen Hören" (Hearing Pain) aptly describes the overall listening experience of the album. I also think that this was the intention of the artists (I deliberately do not refer to them as musicians). The only question that remains is: why?
1
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
I get the feeling that jazz music is to be enjoyed secondarily whilst primarily partaking in a social activity. If you happen to listen to it alone, you wish you'd be sitting in a smokey cocktail bar, sipping on a good drink and talking the good talk. At least with this album.
4
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Cross
Justice
With good headphones, this feels like a brain massage at times. Both physically and psychologically. Hard to explain. I like it.
4
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Wed Nov 08 2023
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
I know this album. I love the band. It might not be the best System of a Down album, but it has such a unique character and songs that easily still hold up today, that I will round up my rating of 4.5 and give it 5 stars.
5
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
I tend to give mediocre albums 3/5. This is just another psych rock album and I have already forgotten half of it right after listening. No highlights.
3
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Kala
M.I.A.
Sometimes sounds like Die Antwoord, but worse. Sometimes sounds obnoxious, sometimes kind of cool, most of the time simply not my taste.
2
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Mon Nov 13 2023
xx
The xx
Probably one of the few albums on this list that I've actually completely listened to beforehand. Makes it hard to rate.
I would describe it as: Effortless, cool, indie, catchy - not flashy, minimalistic, mellow.
Not really an album I would show off to friends or recommend because of its musical greatness, but an album that really scratches a specific itch.
Like when you go for vanilla ice cream or just a plain cheeseburger instead of the fancier options.
That being said, Intro and Crystalised are still bangers.
4
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
This album is a bundle of songs for lovers of swingin'. About lovers. Who do swingin' ... Probably in the old/original sense of the word. With this disarming honesty, I can't find a flaw in a composition/thematic sense. Every song is pleasant, but the album does not feature any hits besides "I've got you under my skin"
4
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Wed Nov 15 2023
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
Chill, and starts out strong with "The Shining" in my opinion. But then gets real boring real fast. All in all subpar.
2
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Murmur
R.E.M.
Interesting to hear more from REM than "Losing my Religion". Okay music, but not very memorable.
3
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Fri Nov 17 2023
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
My first time actively listening to Elvis!
The music is okay. But the "King of Rock n' Roll" seems to heavily emphasize the Roll. Either Rock meant something very different back in the day, or this is already the struggling to breathe Elvis (doesn't look like it on the cover, though).
Overall verdict: Not for me
3
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Station To Station
David Bowie
An album I enjoyed listening, but nothing really stuck. 3.5/5
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
This album makes me want to buy a record player, buy this record, and play it.
Listening feels like watching the clear night sky in a warm summer night.
4
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Wed Nov 22 2023
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Makes you feel a really wide range of emotions. It's funny, appalling, sad, impressive, genius, cheap, dirty, thought-provoking, ...
An album that has an artistic quality.
Not purely enjoyable, though, which makes it a 4/5 for me.
4
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Thu Nov 23 2023
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
ok
3
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Moon Safari
Air
Features a few surprise "Hits" that are well known and good, but not good enough to merit more than 3 stars.
3
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
I don't get it.
2
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
This album deserves samples of a bunch of my other reviews - expertly put together!
I don't get it. I don't get it. I don't get it.
Sometimes sounds obnoxious... most of the time simply not my taste.
But then gets real boring real fast.
boring real fast fast fast fast fast
All in all subpar. Yes, that's it. Gives me nothing.
The only question that remains is
The only question that remains is
The only question that remains is
why?
1
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Wed Nov 29 2023
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
"Hey check it out, we can create music electronically now! Listen:" beep boop bwwwwp - "Cool, right?"
Every other track sounds like the pre-installed demo tunes electronic keyboards play.
2
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Wanted to write "Ok Boomer music", but it's not ok. It's boring Boomer music. The annoying kind of boring, not just the easily forgettable kind.
2
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Just some ambience sounds... Admittedly, with a rather unique vibe.
Should you have listened to this before you die? No.
Does it hurt? No.
At least not if you have something to do while this plays in the background.
3
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Mon Dec 04 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
jazzy
3
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Stankonia
OutKast
Maybe a bit too long, the album features so many quality tracks that I cannot argue for anything lower than 4.
4
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
"Get Innocuous" and" Time to Get away" are not the greatest songs to start the album with. 2/5
But "North American Scum" and "Someone Great" are excellent follows. 4/5 "All My Friends" is clearly the highlight in my opinion. 5/5
It gets worse again from there, but not too bad. 2-3/5
"New York, I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down" the only song I already knew and love. 5/5
Overall 3.16.
Seems like an unfair score for an album from which I really enjoyed about half of the songs and actually saved one of them for repeated listening.
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Eagles
Eagles
Mixing Country and Rock is like mixing beer and wine. While you might personally strongly prefer one over the other, individually the options are still respectable. However, when you mix them you get this unholy amalgamation of fermented bitter-sour, half bubbly hop-grape juice. Imagine the tase. That is what listening to this album feels like.
2
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Screamadelica
Primal Scream
I have already forgotten what any of the songs sound like, and I will have forgotten that this album even exists by tomorrow.
2
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Still undecided if it's pleasantly boring or boringly pleasant.
3
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
Not really music I can lose myself in.
But I guess that is the biggest compliment I can give to it. When I was listening to this album the first time, I got excited about each next song, curious what It will sound like, who will sing it, what it will be about, ....
The album features songs that are distinct enough to feel like an anthology, but at the same time, they are intricately connected by something I cannot describe and will approximate by simply calling it "The Beatles". You really get the feeling of listening to some of the greatest musicians of all time, even if the music itself isn't really your taste.
Something in there transcends music and becomes something else. You can really dig into each song and find information/historical context/meaning/interpretations/...
Abbey Road demands recognition.
4
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Wed Dec 13 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Many really good approaches, but not refined enough.
With every song (except for "Mr. Brightside") I thought, "Wow, this is going to be good," and then even before the halfway point I was kind of bored.
Hot Fuss features the absolute Indie-Rock classics "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me", and none of the other tracks overstay their welcome enough to become annoying, but for me the album still lacks this special something that would raise it above the average.
3
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
I don't get emotional with Bowie and without emotions all that is left for me are a few good and well known songs in a mass of ok background music.
3
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
"Seven Nation Army" is probably the most used/overused entry song for prom kids, boxers, stage artists, ... and for a good reason. It's also the entry song for this album, so you know the hype is real.
"There's No Home For You Here" is really good.
"I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" is really good.
"In The Cold, Cold Night" is really good.
"Ball and Biscuit" is really good.
"The Hardest Button To Button" is really good.
"Little Acorns" is really good.
Elephants are really good animals...
This album is really good. 4.5/5
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Wow… brown sugar really aged like milk.
Besides that, no song could really incite any emotion in me.
2
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Tue Dec 19 2023
Raw Power
The Stooges
Sounds very... raw.
Not the deliberate, constructed, delicacy kind of raw like sushi or carpaccio. More like half cooked chicken breast on a salad without dressing.
2
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Ok Boomer.
2
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
Oh, shut up, Loretta!
Your man probably wouldn't have to come home a drinkin' if you could stop being home a whinin' constantly.
2
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Fri Dec 22 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
With Oasis it's always difficult to find the balance between "I can't listen to these songs anymore" and "There's a good reason why these songs have been played so often.
3.5/5
3
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Mon Dec 25 2023
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Basied as f
3
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Tue Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
I will play this during Christmas.
3
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Wed Dec 27 2023
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
snore
2
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Forever Changes
Love
Some forgettable psych-rock album. Not bad, not outstanding.
2
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
Above average indie rock. Right up my alley, but admittedly not outstanding enough to rate it any higher than 3.5.
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
What does it say about myself, when I don't find this album to be particularly dark/gothic/sad/moody/... ? Just an okay rock album. Quite nice jingling.
3
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
It's the fucking girl from Ipanema!
This album feels like smelling the faint hint of perfume when walking past an attractive stranger.
Like the first sun rays gently warming your face on a cold spring day.
Pleasant.
4
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Wed Jan 10 2024
The World is a Ghetto
War
A sound and style I have not heard before. More fascinating than purely enjoyable for me, but in no way bad. 3.5/5
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
This probably was the weirdest shit in the 80s.
Jig of Life really caught me off guard.
Overall, not my cup of tea, but you really have to appreciate the artistic effort that this album radiates.
3.5/5
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Ups and Downs. Sounds and feels like Old Dirty Hobo Rock. That assessment might have been influenced by the cover image and the lyrics of Aqualung, though. Not really something I enjoyed listening and would listen to again. 2.5/5
2
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Ok, but didn't blow me away.
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Absolute early 2000s nostalgia.
Need For Speed Most Wanted vibes (even though it features no Linkin Park songs, I know).
The only criticism I have is that the album lacks distinctiveness in its songs. Everything sounds kind of the same (but still excellent, of course)
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Bird really is something else... 5/5 stars.
The rest of the album is Alabama without the sweet home feeling.
3.66 overall to elevate it over most other 3 star ratings of mine.
3
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
I like Jazz, I like Funk, I like Vulfpeck (just discovered that Dean Town is an homage to Teen Town), but for some reason I don't like this album. Almost every track reminds me of 70/80s sitcom theme songs or sound effects. Maybe it's a musical "too many cooks" situation.
2
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
The interludes sound like a parody of GTA San Andreas dialog.
2
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
This one just didn't really phase me. Which is quite sad, because the lyrics really are beautiful and the melodies and harmonics soothing, but everything is just so understated. Voice, delivery, instruments, composition, tone, .... This album feels like a beautiful picture, but undersaturated to a point that it looks almost black and white.
2
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Message In A Bottle is the only reason I rate this album 3 stars.
3
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
My first impulse after the first two tracks was to skip this whole album. Over an hour of mediocre rap with a weird pitched voice? No, thank you.
Now, after listening through it all, I'm not glad I didn't.
Admittedly, it grows on you. I have gotten to a point where I was neither annoyed nor excited, a tranquil headspace of pure existence. Weirdly enough, the only track I that kind of broke me out of my trance and the only one I remember listening to was "A Film Called (PIMP)". Cannot deny some head nodding going on.
But that's it.
2
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Thu Jan 25 2024
S&M
Metallica
I get why this album is on this list. Symphony and Metal. An orchestra and Metallica. This is a very weird combination - something you should have heard before you die.
And it's not even bad. However, you get the gist after like 6 songs and really don't need over two hours of it. I suppose only die hard Metallica fans can listen to and enjoy it all.
Personally, I won't be coming back to this album, but I'm glad I know it exists.
3
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Listening to this album feels like playing around with a sensory bottle. At first, you are intrigued and entertained by the colorful waviness. But after a few minutes you are left with only indifference.
2
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
First thought: Oh, that album with the funny mustache picture.
Final thought: Oh, that album with the funny mustache picture.
2
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Garbage
Garbage
Quite alright. Metric vibes.
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Vivid
Living Colour
Surprisingly good. "Cult of Personality" is a banger. Head nodding almost all the way. Really nice riffs and solos. Funky. Metal.
Still lacks that certain something and more standout tracks to justify more than 3.5 stars.
3
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Movies
Holger Czukay
That was some weird stuff. Exactly the kind of weird I want, though. Not annoying (not particularly good either), just existing in its own little cosmos. Glad I got to experience this.
3
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Some forgettable 70s rock album. Again.
It has earned some sympathy points from me for not being as generic as others, though.
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Different Class
Pulp
Kind of creepy.
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Shout: 4.5/5
The Working Hour: 3/5
Everybody Wants to Rule The World: 4/5
Mothers Talk: 2/5
I Believe: 2/5
Broken: 2/5
Head Over Heels / Broken: 3/5
Listen: 3/5
-> 2,9/5
3
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Debut
Björk
I really wanted to like Björk, just for the sake of her being an Icelandic girl with an ö in her name.
But these are just lazy synth pop tunes with her mumbling, shouting, slurring and stretching vocals on top.
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Bad Company
Bad Company
Meh. Some forgettable Rock. Solid, but nothing special.
3
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Wow, what a surprise. Already knew Franz Ferdinand and Take Me Out is a regular on my playlists, but the band was never one of my favorite Indie Rock bands. Didn't expect the rest of their songs to be up to par, let alone on one single album. Nothing I would rate less than a 3.5. However, no 5/5 either.
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Another forgettable 70s psych rock album.
2
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
This one probably melted faces when it came out. What a debut.
Three masterpieces that have been played to death accompanied by tracks that kind of fly under the radar, but still fly high.
Somehow hard to rate today because of the overall weariness, but I guess I can give it the most rock solid solid rock rating: 4/5.
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
The Third Neil Young album I have heard, and I have to say the best one yet. I don't know if I am simply getting used to Neil's voice, if it's actually better on this album, or if it has dulled my mind and senses beyond repair.
3
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Tue Feb 20 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
I see why Fats Domnino has been highly influential and am glad that this album is on the list. However, it doesn't really hold up to today's standard (or at least my taste). Dusty classics.
3
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
You can't deny the *sound* of this album. Every note, ring, twang, chime, tingle, and clink sounds massive. Impactful in just the right way. I've already had the top three of the songs of this album saved in my go-to playlists.
Maybe that's why you feel full of it after listening to 5+ songs back to back. It's not like they suddenly sound bad, they are even varied enough to not be boring, but by the end I couldn't stand the sound anymore.
I would compare it to overstuffing yourself at the fast food joint of your choice. At first, it's great and all, but after eating all of these sugary fat bombs, all you feel is disgust towards what's in front of you and yourself.
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
Refreshingly German, but also boringly repetitive. While I'm glad this exists, I will also try to avoid repeating this experience.
Thank you for travelling with Deutsche Bahn.
2
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
I listened to this up to "Julie" and after a day I couldn't remember a single song, the name of the album or even the artist. The music up to this point is so incredibly unremarkable, that I was seriously considering rating the album 1 star.
Then I listened to "By This River". Oh boy. Still not the biggest fan of Brian Eno's voice, but this song is beautiful. Remarkable enough to make it worth listening to the whole album.
The last songs blend into irrelevance again.
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
I can't.
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
This album is the pure, distilled essence of mid-2000s indie rock. Sharp, fresh, crisp, cool, iconic. Not a single song that flops, but banger after banger that hits you at high speed.
I have been looking for something to criticize, but I have nothing.
5
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson
I expected much from this album. Was disappointed. Not only because every time I hear Michael Jacksons voice, I have to actively blend out thoughts about those South Park episodes and him being a child molester, but also because most of these tracks are just generic disco pop tracks with trivial lyrics. Of course, you have your three standouts: Thriller, Billie-Jean, and Beat It, but to be honest, Thriller isn't even that great.
So overall, we have two songs that I can actually enjoy listening to today.
Inclined to give it 2 starts, but it probably deserves a molestation condemnation compensation bonus
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Me Against The World
2Pac
Elongated syllables and double track. Boring beats, boring delivery, boring flow. Maybe the lyrics are poetic, but I couldn't be bothered to really listen.
I don't really care about the album's cultural significance or 2Pac as a person, which leaves me really not caring about this at all.
2
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Close To The Edge
Yes
In German, we have the Expression "Gedudel". This is nice Gedudel. Doesn't even matter that the tracks so long, since it's all just dudeling.
3
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Mon Mar 04 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
My mom was born in the year this was released. The Mamas indeed.
3
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Tue Mar 05 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
In comparison to the Marshall Mathers LP, the Slim Shady LP seems rather infantile and immature. Which is not surprising ...actually quite poetic. About as poetic as these lyrics.
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
To discover stuff like this is why I am going through this list. These boys shred.
Felt the energy, but couldn't really connect to the music, probably because of the language barrier.
3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
Interesting blend of styles.
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
New Forms
Roni Size
A drum and bass album. I for it to be justified to make the list, I really hope this is the very first drum and bass album or the very best.
After listening to it, I am quite certain that it's not the latter, and after taking a look at the release date, I am also quite certain that it isn't the former either.
So...
2
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
From what I have read, Bob Dylan is one of the most influential singer songwriters ever, producing outstanding lyrics, capturing true poetry in his songs.
From what I have experienced in any of his albums and this one especially, Bob Dylan tries to compensate his subpar singing voice with a singing style so obnoxious, that I can't even listen to the lyrics at all. My mind is too occupied with getting angrier and angrier, waiting for the next unneccessarily eloHOngated and overly pronOUnced slurred syllables. Couldn't finish it. Give me collapsing buildings again.
1
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Kinda lacks emotion. The Beatles are excellent at making music, meaning nothing ever sounds bad, no tune, instrument, vocals, or song. But most of the songs on this album feel insignificant. Nothing instilled an emotion or afterthought in me besides "sounds good".
Feels like watching da Vinci drawing stick figures.
3
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
It's ok. Kind of boring. 2.5/5
2
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Thu Mar 14 2024
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
The music is as good as to be expected by a band named "The Flying Burrito Brothers"
2
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Fri Mar 15 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
Nope.
Somehow saddens me to rate this only 1 star, since it's still Bowie, but I don't have the patience for bad albums anymore. And this one is bad. Not a single enjoyable song between the first ten or even the slightest hint that this might change for the following ones, so I skipped them.
1
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Holy fuck I didn't know Willie Nelson can sing. Never listened to a single song of his before.
At first, I thought this was just an above standard country album that nicely blends into the background. But then halfway through I realized that this is an above standard CONCEPT country album that deserves my full attention. So I listened to half of the songs again to get the full story. Quite the unoriginal tale of a cowboy shooting his cheating wife and then finding true love again, but beautifully told.
Musically not my favorite genre, but I get why it made the list.
4
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
I've heard better Jazz
3
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
Tough one to rate. On the one hand, there are timeless classics, a few hits and decent filler songs by a band that pushed Hard Rock and Metal into the mainstream, especially with this album. On the other hand, the majority of songs feel kind of dated, one dimensional and unexciting.
3.5/5
3
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
Meh. Subpar generic Hard Rock from the 70s.
2
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Offensively uninspired and boring. The musical equivalent of iceberg lettuce, no dressing.
2
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Thu Mar 28 2024
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
Four days after listening, I remember nothing but the top review.
Three stars, I guess?
3
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Pornography
The Cure
Was ok with some highlights here and there. 3.5/5
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
I don't even like purple rain, so me disliking this album didn't come as a surprise to me.
2
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
I cannot help but cringe.
This sounds just like a bunch of teens desperately trying to be cool. Thinking, "It's hip hop as long as there is a beat and the lyrics somehow rhyme".
2
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Ys
Joanna Newsom
Wow. The most curious fever dream. Different in every metric that comes to mind. I'm not questioning Ys.
Poetic. Mystical. Astounding. Whimsical. Unique.
4
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Meh. For me, it's an okay album by a great singer, ruined by "the 80s".
2
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Fri Apr 05 2024
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
Can't even pinpoint why this feels so hollow.
2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Quite alright
3
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Tue Apr 09 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Like a ride through the mountains. Ups and downs. Highs and lows. Rough at times. Of an all-pervading, discreet beauty. Thrill and relaxation.
3.5/5
3
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Starts off promising with refreshing but typical 90s indie/alt-rock, but then fades into this mediocrity and settles for it. Nothing bad, but it kind of just washes over you.
3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Repeater
Fugazi
Not a highlight, but all around solid. Pretty progressive and refined for being from 1990.
3
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
British Punk from back in the day. Very true to the definition.
Not even bad for what it is, but a couple of lads from '78 shouting their young, wild and free anti-establishment slogans at me puts me off about as much as my history teacher lecturing me on the Golden Bull of 1356 in the last lesson of the day.
2.5/5
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
The Yes Album
Yes
"Well, ok" by Whatever
3
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Hotel California
Eagles
The best part about the Eagles is, that every time I hear/read their name, I imagine JD from Scrubs going "Eagleeee!". The second-best part (with still considerable room in between) is probably this album.
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Survivor
Destiny's Child
This album is dripping with commerciality. The songs' messages jump from emancipatory feminist encouragement to praising one's own secondary sexual characteristics to slut-shaming, only to end up with the desire for male attention.
On a musical level, there is little to criticize apart from the lack of memorability. Which is also probably a good thing. At least I won't be thinking of this anymore in the near future.
2
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Thu Apr 18 2024
My Generation
The Who
Didn't know anything about The Who before listening to this album. I always thought they were some forgettable old (80s, maybe?) dime a dozen Brit-Rock band. Turns out I was off by about 20 years, and the lads actually rock. Pretty old school, but still solid today.
Considering that this was "only" their debut album, I am excited to hear what a more refined The Who album will sound like. 3.5/5
3
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
The very first time I listened to this album, I really took my time, focused, and the for a few seconds during the first few minutes it brought me to the brink of tears.
I am no expert when it comes to music, especially jazz, so I cannot really explain or comprehend what makes this album consistently the highest rated jazz album of all time, so I will try to express my thoughts using an analogy:
This album feels like sitting in the highest class Michelin star restaurant, eating the juiciest, most tender, tastiest, overall best steak of your life. All the while being waited by the most pleasant staff. You have five courses, but they are all steak.
The first one is pure bliss. After the second one, you are comfortably full. Three steaks in and you feel sluggish. Four, it's getting *heavy*. You long for something less savory, something refreshing. You eat the fifth steak and even though you rate the overall experience as one of the best you've had, you don't see yourself ordering the five courses of steak again.
The album has a heaviness that I feel can only be enjoyed in smaller doses at a time. 5/5 music, but as an album, others work better.
4
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Mon Apr 22 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
Quite enjoyable
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
Wow, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins sound so similar to me. So, this album was mainly interesting and not particularly enjoyable. Not a single song stuck with me, but Philter Collriels voice makes up for it.
3
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Wed Apr 24 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
For me, the Beatles are a band that never seems to have problems with musical quality, but rather with quality of content. Most of the songs are good to listen to, but absolutely irrelevant, and I don't buy that the band feels any different, which gives the feeling of inauthenticity.
I expected that the early Beatles offered more ups and downs. Absolute rivets and quirky hidden gems, that you feel are somehow unrefined, but authentic.
This album proves the opposite. Completely ironed and aimed for commercial success, with the most generic and bland lyrics revolving about "love". Not exciting. Radio music.
But I'd like to think that I only feel that way because the Beatles shaped the mainstream so much with their unique style and that it was revolutionary new hot shit at the time.
3
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
Just the right amount of Psy-Ops to get me through a slow Friday afternoon at work. I feel thoroughly sedated and propped up simultaneously.
4/5 warped realities
3
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Opus Dei
Laibach
I knew "hard, borderline fascist sounding music in German language" was a thing because of Rammstein. I can appreciate the original compositions and often surprisingly poetic lyrics.
I didn't think there was a market for "pop songs covered by alternate timeline industrial metal Nazis" You don't get the original compositions or lyrics that go beyond whatever Germans say in American 2nd world war era movies, but at least you get to experience something that is far, far from mainstream.
2
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Maggot Brain is 5/5. Absolute beast of a track. I will probably be using this to benchmark new headphones/speakers in the future.
The rest of the album is ok. Very forgettable. Short enough to not become annoying.
Inclined to give it 4 stars, but honestly, my enjoyment of this album solely hinges on a single song, which is rather bad when considering it as a complete piece of art.
3
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Writing this review a few days after listing to this album. I vaguely remember a smooth voice and not being annoyed. Not much to go on, but I also don't feel inclined to listen to any song again...
An album like an okay massage. You feel fine while exposed to it, but know you won't be coming back.
3
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Wed May 01 2024
Chelsea Girl
Nico
The musical equivalent of drinking a Negroni. Almost overwhelmingly bitter and in no way conventionally tasty, but you can handle it if you take small sips and don't think much about it. During the "experience" you may feel very sophisticated and of distinguished and refined taste. Afterward, what you have left is a bitter tase in your mouth and slight nausea.
An old school drink that looks tasty and has a dope name, but is terribly bitter - A girl singing songs somewhere between beautiful and avant-garde, but she's terribly German.
3
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Thu May 02 2024
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
ANOTHER forgettable psych rock album. But with this one you get all the psych rock without the 60s nostalgia.
I initially thought you had to be on drugs to produce this kind of music, not to enjoy it too, but I'm changing my opinion. I don't remember a single song. It's way too long.... wait, is this actual elevator music?
2
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Mon May 06 2024
London Calling
The Clash
Ironically, what apparently characterizes one of the best, if not the best, punk album of all time is how many non-punk tracks it features.
I get it. Too much of a good thing and so on... But in true rebel fashion this principle is also immediately broken, considering the length of the album.
Sadly, this is about the only instance in which I got something that resembles rebel/punk vibes.
Besides all that: Solid album. Just not what I expected or what I like personally.
3
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Tue May 07 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Not outstanding in any regard, which in a way is kind of impressive.
3
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Wed May 08 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Nope. Really didn't have to listen to this before I die.
2