Sep 18 2023
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Honestly, I thought Let It Bleed was a pretty decent album for what it was, It had good music, cool musical ideas, okay lyrics, and some pretty good vocals (probably my favorite aspect from the album) I felt that some songs did drag themselves out longer than they should have (I'm looking at you, You Can't Always Get What You Want) but all and all, it was a pretty good album for what it was
Best Song: Gimme Shelter
Worst Song: Country Honk
3
Sep 19 2023
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
Yeah, Grace was a pretty great album, It was somber and melodic in all of the best ways but also had some drive whenever it needed it, Jeff's voice really suited this album and made it quite the treat to listen to. I wouldn't say this album is perfect but its still really good
4
Sep 20 2023
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Moondance
Van Morrison
Overall, I have pretty lukewarm feelings on Moondance. The music is nothing to write home about, the lyrics are kinda average and the vocals were okay at best. On its own, this album merits nothing more than a 2 star rating but with a bunch of good little things about it, i will bump it up to a three star rating
Best Song: Into the Mystic
Worst Song: Everyone
3
Sep 21 2023
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
I'm not really the biggest fan of folk music but if its done well, It can be something I can quite like. Bringing It All Back Home, unfortunately, is not one of those. The songs kinda just blended together and all and all, weren't very interesting for me to listen to. Its by no means a bad album but its not really as good as I want it to be
Best Song: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Worst Song: She Belongs to Me
2
Sep 22 2023
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The Yes Album
Yes
Honestly The Yes Album is pretty interesting, particularly because it reminded me of Animals by Pink Floyd (In song structure mostly) but the songs here just aren't nearly as long. I thought this album was fairly okay, My biggest issue with it is some of the songs felt directionless but other than that simple gripe, the album was fairly okay and didn't have any bad songs on it.
Best Song: Perpetual Change
Worst Song: I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People
3
Sep 25 2023
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
After listening to Juju, It has become my favorite album I reviewed through this project so far. Siouxsie's singing was really great and the music was absolutely top notch for what it was. I didn't think that this album would become my favorite so far (topping Jeff Buckley's Grace) but here we are. My first 5 star album on this project for sure.
Best Song: Monitor
Worst Song: Into The Light
5
Sep 26 2023
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
I wasn't really expecting too much from Deja Vu before I heard it. But now that I have, Its definitely better than I expected. I liked quite a bit of the guitar riffs and vocals even if sometimes, I felt the quality of the music sounded like it was coming off of a Game Boy Advance (could just be the quality of the YouTube videos that played these songs because most of them are 13-14 years old but whatever) Overall, while it doesn't really go beyond decent. I still said the word decent so that's what it is.
Best Song: Carry On / Questions
Worst Song: Our House
3
Sep 27 2023
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
So for my first non-rock album I have done for this project, At Mister Kelly's was a pretty good start for me to start branching out into other genres of music. Sarah's voice was very good and the audio quality was so good that if you were to take out the things that made it a live show, you could genuinely trick me into believing that this album was recorded in a studio. The songs did kinda blend together but other than that, This album was still really solid
Best Song: Just One Of Those Things
Worst Song: Thou Swell
4
Sep 28 2023
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is an okay album, Aretha Franklin had a good voice, the music generally worked well alongside that voice and none of the songs were bad. The songs could sometimes be a bit boring to listen to but other than that, its an alright album
Best Song: Respect
Worst Song: Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
3
Sep 29 2023
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Overall, Licensed To Ill was a very mixed bag for me, There were some songs that sounded very good and the rapping was pretty cool but on the other hand some songs could get really annoying due to some of the musical choices. I mostly liked the songs that had more rock elements but some of the simple rap songs weren't bad either. It is not a perfect album by any means but I feel the good outweighs the bad
Best Song: No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Worst Song: Girls
3
Oct 02 2023
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
After listening to Rubber Soul. I can tell you that while The Beatles do have their fans, I'm certainly not one of them. None of the songs really managed to stand out to me in this album (except for Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, Girl and I'm Looking Through You). Overall, While it wasn't terrible, It did little to change my impression of the band
Best Song: I'm Looking Through You
Worst Song: Run For Your Life
2
Oct 06 2023
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Parachutes
Coldplay
So for my First Album (of not many, the book this project is based on came out in 2005) of the new millennium. Parachutes was a pretty solid album and was definitely better than I was expecting. The singing and music was pretty well done and there wasn't a bad song at all. I was initially expecting to give this album a 2 but I will bump it up to a 3.
Best Song: Sparks
Worst Song: Life Is For Living
3
Oct 09 2023
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
I would have given Hot Rats a 2.5 but since this site forces me to round up so I'm giving it a 3. This was definitely the most experimental of all the albums I have reviewed up to this point, Some paid off, some did not. The music was cool but i felt that some of the songs went on for too long. I did like the vocals though, too bad they were only used in one of these songs.
Best Song: Willie The Pimp
Worst Song: The Gumbo Variations
3
Oct 10 2023
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
After listening to it in full, I can safely say that Cream is a great album. The guitar riffs were catchy and really fun to listen to and the vocals fit every song perfectly and on top of that, the album was the perfect length. I guess it seems that Psychedelic Rock has proven itself to me.
Best Song: SWLABR
Worst Song: Strange Brew
4
Oct 11 2023
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
So Before I review You've Come a Long Way Baby, I need to ask myself one simple question "Was I high on drugs during this album?" No? Well in that case, This is the weirdest album i have looked at so far. It felt like every song had something different to deliver. But that doesn't mean this album is bad, in fact, the crazy beats are what kept me engaged because they could just be so catchy. Definitely a pretty great album
Best Song: Gangster Trippin
Worst Song: F*cking In Heaven
4
Oct 12 2023
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
When I saw that Songs The Lord Taught Us had a global rating of only 2.8, I was pretty concerned about the album's quality but after listening to it, It was actually pretty okay. It was weird but it had its catchy moments and could be quite enjoyable at points.
Best Song: Strychnine
Worst Song: Rock On The Moon
3
Oct 13 2023
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Like I said in the review of my previous album, I was concerned when Kings Of The Wild Frontier had a global rating that was less than a 3. But my oh my, This album is great. It was super catchy and it really did feel like a lot of love was put into it. If there is one thing I have learned today, don't trust the global ratings at all.
Best Song: Press Darlings
Worst Song: Los Rancheros
4
Oct 16 2023
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
I don't think I'm that big of a fan of Green Onions. The songs all sounded the same and not a single one really stood out to me (except for You Can't Sit Down). Normally, Instrumental albums can be good but they need to have some kind of way to keep the songs from sounding too similar and this album unfortunately does not have that. It was pleasant to listen to but not very interesting at all.
Best Song: You Can't Sit Down
Worst Song: Stranger on the Shore
2
Oct 17 2023
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Back when i wrote the Yellow review, I thought i wasn't going to get any albums after 2005 since that's when the book came out but i didn't think about the different editions that went up to 2021 so i was surprised to see this album here.
And my oh my is it great, If i could use one word to describe this album, it would be "comfy" since this album is so relaxing especially with the opener (Under The Pressure) and the closer (In Reverse). I feel that some people may be put off by the long length of this album but if you can put that aside, you will be in for one of the most comfy and relaxing albums ever.
Best Song: Under The Pressure
Worst Song: Lost In The Dream
5
Oct 18 2023
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
After listening to Siamese Dream, I can say its an amazing album and probably the best one i have done so far. The guitars were absolutely amazing and sometimes the songs could give me Metallica vibes which i really like. The mood of the songs also was great. I definitely really like this album.
Best Song: Geek U.S.A.
Worst Song: Spaceboy
5
Oct 19 2023
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Simon is purely okay, The songs aren't really anything too special but they aren't terrible either. Some times the songs could be relaxing but then the instrumentation becomes too much at points. I believe that this album is decent but nothing more than that
Best Song: Duncan
Worst Song: Paranoia Blues (I wish the unreleased version was the main version of this song because it sounds quite a bit better)
3
Oct 20 2023
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
I think Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos John suffers from a very similar problem green onions does, the songs sound too similar to each other. But i think that it does sound better and it does not get nearly as tiring to listen to as green onions did. I would have given this album a 2.5 but its getting a 3 due to the fact that i need to round up.
Best Song: Sinatra/Jobim Medley
Worst Song: I Concentrate On You
3
Oct 23 2023
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
After listening to Tidal, I can say its a very solid album. It is really somber throughout the majority of the album but was also groovy and upbeat whenever it needed to be. I also don't think there was a single bad song and the songs all felt distinct enough from each other, It's definitely a pretty great album.
Best Song: Criminal
Worst Song: Slow Like Honey
4
Oct 24 2023
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
When I first saw that I was gonna be doing Meat Is Murder for this project my head just went "Oh boy, its the power anthem for all of the radical vegans out there and not much else.". But it turned out that this album had quite a bit of substance and some enjoyable moments. Its not a bad album in the slightest.
Best Song: Barbarianism Begins at Home
Worst Song: Rusholme Ruffians
3
Nov 01 2023
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Winter In America is an okay album and it definitely has its good moments and i like how one of the songs felt like an improvised comedy section. The music for the most part worked well but could be a bit annoying at times. I think that this album is pretty decent and is definitely worth listening to
Best Song: The Bottle
Worst Song: Peace Go With You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum)
3
Nov 02 2023
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Lust For Life was quite the ride for me in terms of quality. The first 3 songs were great and really groovy but the album fell off at the fourth song and stayed that way until the eighth song which was when it got a bit better. It was quite the mixed bag but the first 3 songs were so good, it gets a 3.5 from me (adjusted to 4 for this website)
Best Song: Lust For Life
Worst Song: Turn Blue
4
Nov 03 2023
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
After listening to Our Aim Is To Satisfy, did Red Snapper satisfy? I will just start this off by saying that this album felt more like a drug trip than the last electronica album I looked at. But that's not a bad thing, In fact i really enjoy a lot of the beats the songs used and i really liked the fast pace of them too. I guess they did satisfy in the end
Best Song: Shellback
Worst Song: Belladonna
4
Nov 06 2023
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Parklife
Blur
Parklife was a pretty good album. It was nothing amazing but none of the songs were bad and the voice and music definitely worked better than i thought they would. Some parts could be pretty weird but it definitely wasn't enough to ruin the album for me so I think it's a decent album
3
Nov 07 2023
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Overall, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm was okay, most of the rapping and instrumentals worked pretty well and the album as a whole felt pretty pleasant to listen to. It could get a bit tiring with it's length but I don't think that is too much of a major detractor from this album
Best Song: After Hours
Worst Song: Push It Along
3
Nov 08 2023
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Moon Safari
Air
Moon Safari was an okay, if uninteresting album. The songs were pleasant enough to listen to but they didn't really have too much distinction and enough to really set them apart and allow for a more unique listening experience like i would have wished. This is another 2.5 that I'm adjusting to a 3 for this site.
Best Song: La femme d'argent
Worst Song: All I Need
3
Nov 09 2023
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
After listening to Miriam Makeba's self titled album. I have decided that its not really for me. I liked her singing but my main issue with the album was the music or rather, the lack thereof. Some songs were just Miriam singing with no background music which only made the songs feel hollow and empty. I can see why others would like it, but its not for me.
Best Song: One More Dance
Worst Song: Olilili
2
Nov 10 2023
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Eagles
Eagles
Eagles is an okay, if nothing special, album. There were not any particularly amazing songs that i will go out of my way to listen to again but none of them were bad and all were pretty pleasant to listen to. It's an unremarkable but solid album.
Best Song: Tryin'
Worst Song: Train Leaves Here This Morning
3
Nov 13 2023
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Yeah, There's No Place Like America Today is not a good album at all even though it was dealt some decent cards. The instruments used were okay but the composition was so poor that it made the songs feel incredibly disorganized. Curtis's voice would be okay if it were used with better compositions but it was not. Some of the songs also went on for too long so that didn't help the matter either. This is a bad album no doubt but look on the bright side, there is nowhere to go but up from here (unless i get another bad album)
Best Song: Love to the People
Worst Song: Jesus
1
Nov 14 2023
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Well after that pitiful showing of the last album i did. I am pleased to know that Madman Across The Water is pretty decent. The songs weren't the most memorable and could take some time to get going but when they did get going, they sure did get going. I am glad to have run into a good album again.
Best Song: Indian Sunset
Worst Song: Tiny Dancer
3
Nov 15 2023
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Arise
Sepultura
As a massive metal head, I was really looking forward to doing a metal album and after listening to Arise, I sure was quite satisfied. Unlike most albums, the longer songs on this album are the best ones since that's when they get really experimental and interesting to listen to. This album was really what I hoped for when doing a metal album.
Best Song: Desperate Cry
Worst Song: Infected Voice
4
Nov 16 2023
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
I wasn't expecting all too much from I Should Coco but I'm happy to say I'm pleasantly surprised with how good this album was. It was weird (weirder than most albums i have looked at) but it was high energy, and generally fun to listen to. I really enjoyed my time with this album.
Best Song: Lose It
Worst Song: Sofa (Of My Lethargy)
4
Nov 17 2023
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus is an album that was quite a ride. It started off quite good but unfortunately fell off towards the end. The songs at the start were well done and fit well with each other and were interesting to listen to but the songs on the back half were quite forgettable. This album is decent but you can do better
Best Song: Hiding All Away
Worst Song: Fable of the Brown Ape
3
Nov 20 2023
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
After listening to "To Pimp A Butterfly", I can say it's a pretty decent hip-hop album. It may not be perfect due to some of the intermission tracks being a bit annoying and nonsensical but beyond that, It was a good album with some good rapping and beats. I am still nostalgic for King Kunta back when I heard it in 8th grade. This album was a pretty good listen.
Best Song: King Kunta
Worst Song: For Free?
3
Nov 21 2023
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
No, Tea for the Tillerman is not a children's picture book like the cover, title, and artist name might have you believe. It's a surprisingly good folk album that made me feel a Lost In The Dream level of relaxedness. While I don't think this album is as good as that one, It's still a chill and relaxing album with some good lyrics.
Best Song: Hard Headed Woman
Worst Song: Longer Boats
3
Nov 22 2023
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
I believe that The Stranger is quite a good album. The songs had a surprising amount of emotion to them and while even though a majority of the album was somber, it also had some fun, rocking songs as well. And there is not a bad song in sight. This album is pretty good for what it is
Best Song: The Stranger
Worst Song: Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
3
Dec 05 2023
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
After listening to Food and Liquor, I can say its a really good album, Every song had its own distinction while sounding like they fit well together, the songs themselves sounded really good (probably because one of my favorite musicians helped produce this album (Mike Shinoda)). The lyrics were really good and the rapping was also great, as were the instrumentals. This is definitely the best hip hop album I have done on this project so far.
Best Song: I Gotcha
Worst Song: Intro
4
Dec 06 2023
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was so weird and may be the weirdest album i have looked at thus far. However, that does not make it bad, the album was pretty chill with its music at points and at other points it could be really upbeat which i really like. It is no doubt a weird album but it was still one that I enjoyed.
Best Song: Frustration
Worst Song: Sex Dwarf
3
Dec 07 2023
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
american dream was a really weird album for me. The songs, like every other electronica album i have done, sound like drug trips and are mostly really long. But for whatever reason, I found myself enjoying it. The electronic sounds somehow found a way to actually work really well together and could make for some pretty groovy tracks. It is a tough album to get into but if you can, you will find a pretty good album.
Best Song: how do you sleep?
Worst Song: other voices
3
Dec 08 2023
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Another day, another live jazz album, Ellington at Newport is my first album from the 50s in a while, but unlike that last album where it is difficult to tell that it is live sometimes, with this album, you can easily tell that it's a live recording mostly due to the rough camera sound. I don't think that is a bad thing though, the album was still pretty good and had it's moments. This album is worth a listen.
Best Song: Festival Junction
Worst Song: Blues To Be There
3
Dec 11 2023
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
She's So Unusual is the most 80s album i think i have ever listened to. With all the synths and Cyndi's general singing voice, you can definitely tell its from 1983. I found this quite charming throughout most of the songs and it helped the album feel fun to listen to. It's not a bad album even if the voice in the later tracks does get a bit annoying.
Best Song: All Through The Night
Worst Song: I'll Kiss You
3
Dec 12 2023
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Well, after 45 albums, I have finally hit my first repeat artist that being Aretha Franklin with Lady Soul. And i believe it is a step above I Have Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You. The songs had more energy and were a bit more fun to listen to. Aretha's singing has also shown improvement from this album. Yeah, I think this album is pretty good.
Best Song: Come Back Baby
Worst Song: Chain of Fools
3
Dec 13 2023
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Overall, I quite liked Cypress Hill. The songs were funky and upbeat without sounding too annoying (which is more than what some of the other hip hop albums i have looked at can do) and the rapping was pretty cool as well. I also found the usage of audio logs in some of the songs cool as well. This is definitely one of the better hip hop albums i have looked at.
Best Song: How I Could Just Kill a Man
Worst Song: Pigs
4
Dec 14 2023
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Heaven Or Las Vegas is fine. The main thing I like about this album is Elizabeth Fraser voice because man it is quite good and pretty unique too. The songs were all okay albeit a bit forgettable. The sound choices weren't annoying though so this album didn't make me want it to end really fast.
Best Song: Iceblink Luck
Worst Song: I Wear Your Ring
3
Dec 15 2023
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Another day, Another weird album. Maggot Brain was really weird and probably the weirdest album i have looked at so far, especially with that last song (Yes, i know I say this is the weirdest album i have looked at with a lot of these albums but I'm being serious this time) However, It was still a fun listen. It was really funky and had some good usage of all of their instruments. It's a weird but really good album.
Best Song: Hit It And Quit It
Worst Song: Can You Get To That
4
Dec 18 2023
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Getz/Gilberto really reminds me of an album I looked at earlier in my 1001 albums journey called Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (Jobim is on this record so that could be part of the reason why) The way they are so similar is that the songs are generally very pleasant and relaxing but it drags on for too long as every song simply sounds too similar to each other. I will also never forgive corcovado for tricking me into thinking i was gonna get something slightly different but that ended up not being the case. This album is a 2.5 that i have adjusted to a 3 for this site.
Best Song: The Girl From Ipanema
Worst Song: Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
3
Dec 19 2023
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Illmatic
Nas
This isn't my first rodeo with Illmatic, I did a tier list of albums earlier this year and this was an album my cousin suggested I listen to, I didn't like it too much and I put it in the C tier (average). But how does it hold up now?
Honestly, Its a little bit better than when I first listened to it. The front half was pretty good but it mostly fell off with the back half (aside from represent, that song was pretty good). I think this album is better than when i first listened to it but not by all that much. I would have initially given this a 2 star rating, but now i will bump it up to a 2.5 star rating (obviously adjusted to 3)
Best Song: N.Y. State of Mind
Worst Song: Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park)
3
Dec 20 2023
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Debut
Björk
After listening to debut, I can say its a really solid album with some pretty high highs and low lows. The songs for the most part had some good beats and Bjork's singing voice was definitely very beautiful to hear. It did get a bit annoying by the end but it was nothing that I disliked too much, All in all this album was definitely quite good
Best Song: Big Time Sensuality
Worst Song: The Anchor Song
4
Dec 21 2023
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
After listening to Ace of Spades. I can safely say that its the best album i have looked at so far. The songs were high energy, intense, and really fun to listen to. The pacing was also perfect by allowing the songs to have enough time to sink in without being too long. The vocals worked very well with the songs too. This was a really great album
Best Song: Live to Win
Worst Song: [We Are] The Roadcrew
5
Dec 22 2023
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Vol.4 was a pretty dang good album. The songs all had that heaviness i really like when it comes to metal. Ozzy's voice was really good and proves just how talented of a singer he is. Not every song was perfect but all and all, This album was a good listen.
Best Song: Under the Sun
Worst Song: FX
4
Dec 25 2023
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Marquee Moon
Television
Marquee Moon is a fine album and nothing else. The songs all sound good enough to be listenable but are not necessarily stuff i really want to go back to. There wasn't all too much that really stood out about this album, neither good nor bad. I think that it's an okay album but it doesn't really go beyond that
Best Song: Guiding Light
Worst Song: See No Evil
3
Dec 26 2023
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Ooh sweet! I get a Christmas gift from Phil Spector. I wonder what it could be! Anyways, all Phil Spector jokes aside, A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector is all and all, a pretty good Christmas album. The vocals from every band in this album did a really good job singing. I did feel that the drums were utilized a little too heavily. Aside from that slight blunder. I feel that these songs are really iconic for a reason.
Best Song: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Worst Song: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
3
Dec 27 2023
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction is the best album i have looked at so far (how many times am i going to keep saying this?). I have had quite a bit of experience with this album from Welcome To The Jungle playing in nearly every trailer, Paradise City being in Burnout Paradise and just Sweet Child O' Mine just being a frequent song on classic radio stations. All three of them are great songs but even most of the regular album tracks are great too. This is most definitely an amazing album.
Best Song: It's So Easy
Worst Song: Rocket Queen
5
Jan 09 2024
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
After listening to L'Eau Rouge, I am just here questioning why this album isn't considered metal because it had some very heavy moments. I also found that this album felt very experimental with all of the cinematic sounds. And that's what I love about this album. The album was so experimental and crazy it made it fun to listen to as well as having no song sound the same. They each felt like a whole different trip. This album might not be for everyone but i still think its very good
Best Song: Rue des tempetes
Worst Song: La fille de la mort
4
Jan 10 2024
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
From one experimental album to another. Millions Now Living Will Never Die is quite a bit more experimental than the last album i looked at. Especially with the first song. It took so many twists and turns that it felt like it could be split off into many different songs. I was also surprised when the audio got distorted on the first track which made me believe something was broken at first. I still found quite a bit to like about the experimentation even if some songs didn't have too much to them. I still liked this album and think it is worth a listen if this stuff interests you
Best Song: Djed
Worst Song: A Survey
3
Jan 11 2024
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
Yet another experimental album comes my way with Amnesiac. This album is also another really weird one with a majority of the songs sounding like fever dreams and maybe making me fear i took some drugs without noticing. The experimental nature does work pretty well with these songs though. The more weird sounding ones often tended to be the better songs on the album. I feel this album is an acquired taste like all the other experimental albums i have looked at but i can easily see why this album has quite a bit of fans.
Best Song: Packt Like Sardines In a Crushd Tin Box
Worst Song: Hunting Bears
3
Jan 12 2024
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Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
Yeah, Duck Rock wasn't the easiest album for me to enjoy. It had quite a lot of interesting ideas with all of its influences from multiple countries (Not Britain surprisingly even though the artist is from there) However, with so many of these influences, they made the album feel incredibly directionless. I was hoping for a better album since all of the ideas were quite cool but that unfortunately refused to happen.
Best Song: World's Famous
Worst Song: Duck For The Oyster
2
Jan 15 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg was a pretty decent live album. The songs all sounded quite good whilst live and Jerry Lee Lewis always had an energetic and fun stage presence. The songs were a bit samey sounding to the point of being the same song just with different lyrics but i don't really know if this is the album's fault. Its still a fun live album with some very enjoyable moments
Best Song: Your Cheating Heart
Worst Song: Good Golly, Miss Molly
3
Jan 16 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Ah, Simon and Garfunkel, One of my mom's favorite music artists. While i don't like them nearly as much as her, I'd argue Bookends is a pretty decent album. The songs had a slightly energetic yet relaxed feel which i really liked. The album was also well paced and didn't drag on for too long. Its a pretty decent album for what it is.
Best Song: Fakin' It
Worst Song: Save the Life of My Child
3
Jan 17 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
After giving Fly Or Die a good listen. I can say its a really solid rap rock album. I liked how it could get really wacky at points (Jump and She Wants To Move being prime examples of this) The instruments were all utilized very well as were the vocals. Some of the compositions might not have been perfect but all in all, Its still a really solid album
Best Song: Thrasher
Worst Song: Chariot Of Fire
4
Jan 18 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
I gotta say, Bug was quite the wild ride. The album started off as a typical grunge album then got a bit more somber with some songs then Don't came and shocked me because I was absolutely not expecting it to be more metal-adjacent. The multitude of styles did help the album feel fun to listen to even if they could have been executed better in some places. This album gets a 3.5 (adjusted to 4)
Best Song: Yeah We Know
Worst Song: Pond Song
4
Jan 19 2024
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Ah, Another Motorhead album. The first one i looked at was very good and this one, No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith, is very good too. The songs still had that high energy I expected from Motorhead and the songs were all very high quality being played live. The songs do sound a bit more samey but not enough to ruin the album for me. While its not as good as Ace Of Spades. It is still a very good album
Best Song: Iron Horse/Born to Lose
Worst Song: (We Are) The Road Crew
5
Jan 22 2024
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Abbey Road
Beatles
From one repeat artist to another. The Beatles are making their second showing with Abbey Road, And to say they improved over their earlier effort Rubber Soul is an understatement. This album was so much more catchy, memorable, interesting, and more enjoyable to listen to than Rubber Soul. My only real gripe with this album is the fact that some of the songs are separated into multiple songs when they should have been one song (especially during the back half). Having the songs change like that is really distracting but all and all. This was a much better album than i was expecting
Best Song: Oh! Darling
Worst Song: The End
3
Jan 23 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Darkness on the Edge of Town is another album i have done through this project that is unremarkable but solid. Bruce's singing, and the music were all pretty good and had some fairly interesting moments but i feel it didn't have enough of them to really warrant being a great album for me. It's an alright album but nothing too amazing.
Best Song: Streets of Fire
Worst Song: The Promised Land
3
Jan 24 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Oh hey, its my 69th album, nice.
Anyways Vento De Maio falls into the same category as the Sinatra/Jobim, Getz/Gilberto, and Booker T's Green Onions in a type of album I call "Elevator Albums". I call them this because their music typically has the vibe you would get from being in an elevator. However, Vento De Maio is better than these other albums i mentioned because the songs feel a little more distinguished from each other even if they are a little too quiet at points. Still a pretty alright album.
Best Song: O Medo de Amar e o Medo de Ser Livre
Worst Song: Rebento
3
Jan 25 2024
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Ah, Stevie Wonder. I was quite a fan of his as a kid, so much so, I even named my hermit crab after him. I may have fallen out of his music as my taste changed but after listening to Fulfillingness' First Finale, It was very good. Everything, from Stevie's singing to the music which had some electronic elements that i was not expecting was handled very well. I guess i should never underestimate the artists i used to listen to.
Best Song: You Haven't Done Nothin'
Worst Song: Smile Please
4
Jan 26 2024
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
After listening to John Barleycorn Must Die, I don't really have much to say about it. Its a purely fine album that doesn't really stand out in any meaningful way, neither good or bad. The songs were okay and didn't go on for too long which is nice. But beyond that, I don't really have anything else to say.
Best Song: Freedom Rider
Worst Song: Glad
3
Jan 29 2024
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
After giving Dusty In Memphis a good listen, It is actually a pretty good album. Dusty had a very good voice and the music had a similar style to that of the albums from Elton John or Billy Joel that i heard, which i really like. Some of the songs could be a little forgettable though, However, It was still a good album
Best Song: The Windmills of Your Mind
Worst Song: So Much Love
3
Jan 30 2024
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The Clash
The Clash
The Clash was a pretty alright album. The music was pretty good and while the vocals were a bit weird at first, I eventually did get used to them. While the songs did sound a little bit samey, The album cut a quick pace so that wasn't too much of an issue for me.
Best Song: Protex Blue
Worst Song: Janie Jones
3
Jan 31 2024
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
After listening to Bandwagonesque, an album that Spin called the best album of 1991. I may disagree with that but this is still a really good album. The album has that typical teenage angst rock sound that i like about old 90s rock, but it also had some cool melodies as well. I do find some of the titles of the songs funny though like "Is This Music?" (yes it is). It is a really good album that any connoisseur of 90s rock would enjoy.
Best Song: Alcoholiday
Worst Song: Satan
4
Feb 01 2024
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Inspiration Information is actually quite a decent album. It definitely is the best of all the elevator albums I have looked at. The music was handled well throughout the songs and didn't get tiring at any point. The vocals were pretty good too if a little underutilized. All and all, Its a pretty good album.
Best Song: Aht Uh Mi Hed
Worst Song: Pling!
3
Feb 02 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
It honestly surprised me just how good Music in Exile was. The songs were very catchy at the start before getting more somber towards the end and actually sounded really good. The vocals were handled rather well too even if i couldn't understand what they were saying (I don't speak the language spoken in these songs) Some of the songs did sound a little similar to each other but not enough to ruin the album. I didn't know what to expect, but it sure wasn't this.
Best Song: Soubour
Worst Song: Al Hassidi Terei
4
Feb 05 2024
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In Utero
Nirvana
After giving In Utero a good listen, All i can say is "Wow". This is such an amazing album. I don't think there is one song that i did not find amazing on this album. The guitar work was absolutely amazing and Kurt's voice was the cherry on top. This is definitely one of the best albums I have looked at for this project.
Best Song: Milk It
Worst Song: Dumb
5
Feb 06 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
Stankonia is one very weird album that, like some of the electronica albums I have looked at, The songs felt like drug trips since each one had something different to offer. However, That doesn't mean its a bad album, While some songs aren't handled so well, others are handled well and can be real catchy and cool sounding when they want to be. I also love the "BREAK" shout after all the intermission tracks, i found that really charming. It isn't the easiest album to get into (especially with its long length). But if you give it a chance, You will probably find something to like about it.
Best Song: B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)
Worst Song: I'll Call B4 I Cum
3
Feb 07 2024
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Welcome To The Pleasuredome had no right to be as good as it was. The singing was good but it was mainly the bass, synths, and drums that steal the show for me. I also liked how the songs hopped around between different moods quite a bit from groovy and fun, to mellow and somber. I even liked the longest track in the album because it knew how to remain interesting. This album was quite a good listen.
Best Song: Wish The Lads Were Here
Worst Song: Fury
4
Feb 08 2024
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
16 lovers lane was a fine if nothing special album. Every song at least sounded good but didn't really go beyond that. The songs just didn't feel all too special which kinda made them sound a bit to similar to one another. It got a bit more interesting towards the end but not as much as i would have hoped. It is not a bad album at all but i do wish more interesting things were done to make this album feel more fun to listen to.
Best Song: Was There Anything I Could Do
Worst Song: Quiet Heart
3
Feb 09 2024
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
I was going into I Am a Bird Now expecting to hate it. But it turned out to be rather good and really beautiful at points. The music, the lyrics and the singing all managed to work pretty well together and give the album it's genuinely beautiful vibe. It seemed as if all the songs were gonna be samey but thankfully Fistful Of Love was a nice change. I was expecting to give it a pretty low score but its getting a 3.5 (adjusted to 4, obviously).
Best Song: Bird Gerhl
Worst Song: For Today I Am A Boy
4
Feb 12 2024
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Off The Wall is a pretty good album even if it doesn't have what i think are Michael Jackson's best songs. It still was fun listen with some great melodies and a fun, groovy feel. Sometimes, the songs do give off an elevator album vibe (which isn't a bad thing, just so you know) but i wouldn't really consider this album to be one. I don't think it will be my favorite Michael Jackson album i do but its still a pretty good album.
Best Song: Burn This Disco Out
Worst Song: Girlfriend
3
Feb 21 2024
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Its always a delight to hear another album from my favorite genre of music and The Number Of The Beast does not disappoint when it comes to giving a good album. The guitar work is always incredible and Bruce's singing is always a treat to behold. The songs while long, were still good enough to hold my interest throughout the whole thing. This is definitely a good metal album to add to the stockpile.
Best Song: 22 Acacia Avenue
Worst Song: Run To The Hills
4
Feb 22 2024
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading's self titled album is a pretty alright album, The first eight songs all were pretty good but the album did kinda fall apart at the last two songs with some overly loud instruments. The other songs though, were handled pretty well, and while they weren't the most interesting things in the world to listen to. They are still pretty decent and don't feel like a waste of time to listen to.
Best Song: Save Me
Worst Song: Tall In The Saddle
3
Feb 23 2024
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
After listening to New York Dolls' self-titled album. I can safely say that it was unfortunately not as good as i hoped but still not terrible. I was expecting the album to sound a little more full of itself but the songs were handled as well as they could be in this situation. The songs could also have some pretty infectious melodies (some of which i could see getting stuck in my head). Its an okay album but not as good as i was hoping
Best Song: Jet Boy
Worst Song: Personality Crisis
3
Feb 26 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
The elevator albums strike again with Come Away With Me and to be honest, this album is probably the best of them all. The instruments were all used well and the songs had some noticeable differences between each other but it was mostly Norah's voice that carried the album for me. There is still that elevator album stigma where a majority of the songs sound the same even if there is more of a difference between them. Its still a pretty good album regardless of that.
Best Song: One Flight Down
Worst Song: Seven Years
3
Feb 27 2024
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
I was super surprised with Out Of The Blue's quality since at first, all i really knew it for was for being the album with Mr. Blue Sky and very little else. However, it turned out that all the songs on this album (including the one i just mentioned) are all very good. There were quite a bit of surprises for me with the uses of the instruments that i never would have expected. Its albums like these that show why i love doing this project so much because it allows me to see just how good some albums that i never cared all too much about at first really are.
Best Song: Birmingham Blues
Worst Song: Summer And Lightning
5
Feb 28 2024
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I gotta say, Tarkus was a really weird album, another one i can add to the stockpile of weird albums i have done for this project. It felt like every song had something completely different to offer. But that is what makes it pretty good. The songs were all very interesting and used influences from quite a decent bit of genres. It is a weird album but it works pretty decently actually
Best Song: Tarkus (i. Eruption / ii. Stones of Years / iii. Iconoclast / iv. Mass / v. Manticore / vi. Battlefield / vii. Aquatarkus) (I'm counting these all as one song because thats how Spotify and YouTube do it as well)
Worst Song: Jeremy Bender
(Side note: I also like how the armadillo on the cover art kinda looks like a sub-boss from the Mega Man Classic series)
3
Feb 29 2024
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Justified
Justin Timberlake
I wasn't expecting too much from Justified but i just found it so absurd that it was actually pretty fun to listen to. The absurdness of this album comes in many forms from the lyrics, the music videos, and all the way to Justin's vocal scatting (don't know if its that or beatboxing). However, it never really got too annoying. The songs are pretty long with each of them clocking in at above 4 minutes so that is a bit of a drawback for some people. I still loved the absurdity enough for me to give it a 3.5 (You know the drill at this point).
Best Song: Let's Take A Ride
Worst Song: Still On My Brain
4
Mar 01 2024
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses was a pretty decent album. It was one that was pretty hard to find since Spotify does not have it and you have to rely on fan made videos on YouTube to listen to it (if you don't own the album physically). The album did manage to be pretty good though with some good music and rhythms and the singer's voice was pretty good too even if at points she sounded like a sheep. Its not the most memorable album i have heard but still a pretty good one nonetheless.
Best Song: America (She Can't Say No)
Worst Song: Vicky's Box
3
Mar 04 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
After giving Brothers a good listen. Its actually a pretty great album. The guitar riffs were raspy and bluesy in all the right ways. The singing also was raspy in all of the best ways as well. The music videos were also pretty funny which while not making the album as great as it is, it definitely added to my enjoyment. There also isn't a bad song in sight. Its a great album that is definitely worth a listen.
Best Song: The Go Getter
Worst Song: Black Mud
4
Mar 05 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Man oh man, Songs From The Big Chair was actually a pretty dang great album. I like how the rock and pop elements melded together to create some massive ear candy. The singing and lyrics were great too. I would complain about the length of some of the songs but they sounded so good that it didn't become too much of an issue for me. Its a great album that will please anyone who listens to it
Best Song: Shout
Worst Song: I Believe
4
Mar 06 2024
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Well, I guess the run of good albums had to end at some point. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was an absolutely miserable experience from start to finish. It feels like the band only had a few ideas and just decided to stretch them out into 42 songs for some reason that i will never find out. And some of the songs are just talking for long stretches of time (like come on, we don't want to hear that). There were some more tolerable songs in the album but even they can't save it from being absolutely horrible. I can only just pray the next album will be bettter.
Best Song: Nashville Blues
Worst Song: I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
1
Mar 07 2024
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Billion Dollar Babies was quite the good album. I mostly was expecting a typical hard rock, metal-adjacent type album but it did surprise me with all the extra bells and whistles it had. It had everything from more orchestral instruments in some places to more electronic sounding guitar riffs in one of the tracks. No track was all that bad either. Its a fun listen I can easily recommend.
Best Song: Unfinished Sweet
Worst Song: Sick Things
4
Mar 08 2024
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I Against I
Bad Brains
I Against I was a pretty good album for what it was. IT has a lot of the typical punk themes you would find in a punk album like H.R.'s voice but you can see quite a lot of thrash metal influences with this album with all the fast guitar work. The vocals did have some interesting bits too like Sacred Love being recorded over a prison phone. It could be a bit forgettable at points but it was still a good album i would give a 3.5
Best Song: Sacred Love
Worst Song: Secret 77
4
Mar 11 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
At San Quentin is a pretty alright live album. The quality of the music was fairly high and Johnny Cash's stage presence was always fun and charismatic. My big problems with this album mostly stem from the fact that the songs aren't long enough and in most cases, don't give enough time to really sink in, and most of the other ones stem from the fact that this is a live album and it is at it's best when you were actually there but is kinda wonky when it is turned into an album. These problems are mostly givens when it comes to live albums so this is not an exclusive problem to this album so its not enough to really bring it down.
Best Song: A Boy Named Sue
Worst Song: San Quentin (Reprise)
3
Mar 12 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
In The Court Of The Crimson King is a pretty good and interesting album. The album contained quite a bit of unique elements going beyond just rock with elements like jazz and classical which i really appreciated. I felt that the singing also fit the album quite perfectly. This album might not be for everyone with the long length of the songs and the progressive and experimental elements but it still had enough interesting elements to keep me engaged.
Best Song: 21st Century Schizoid Man
Worst Song: I Talk To The Wind
3
Mar 13 2024
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
Talking Timbuktu is a fine album for what it is. The melodies worked in a majority of the songs and even thought they didn't work well in some of the others, those ones were the shorter ones. It does feel like another elevator album but i do think its better than the other ones (how many times am i gonna keep saying this?). It is a decent album that is worth listening to
Best Song: Lasidan
Worst Song: Banga
(Side note: I don't know why but i find it so funny that there is a song called Sega as in the game company)
3
Mar 27 2024
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Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
I gotta say, Foxbase Alpha was a pretty darn good album. The songs all had their own uniqueness to them and fit different moods like groovy, relaxing, somber and all of that stuff while still feeling like they fit well together. The voices of the two female vocalists also work well with the songs too (if you don't know, Sarah Cracknell did not sing \"Only Love Can Break Your Heart\" which was sang by Moira Lambert). Its a good album and is definitely worth listening to.
Best Song: Spring
Worst Song: Wilson
4
Mar 28 2024
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
100 ALBUMS BABY, LETS GO!
Anyways, The Wall was quite an interesting album to say the least and it managed to be pretty good as well. I did like how the songs seamlessly transitioned into one another and that the album used itself to tell a story (especially towards the end). The best songs were mostly in the the first half while the second half was a bit less memorable. I still think the album is good and is worthy of being my 100th album.
Best Song: Young Lust
Worst Song: Mother
3
Mar 29 2024
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There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
There's A Riot Goin' On is an okay album at best. The songs all sounded fine and the singer did have a cool voice at points but the songs did sound really samey outside of a few tracks. I also don't get why silence needed its own track especially when it was just 4 seconds long. Beyond that, i don't really have too much to say about this album
Best Song: Runnin' Away
Worst Song: Just Like a Baby
3
Apr 01 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
So was definitely a surprise for my ears. I was not expecting this album to be this good but that's what it ended up being. Peter's voice worked very well and the music worked with all kinds of different moods from groovy and upbeat to mellow and moody. The track with Kate Bush also had her doing a very good job on vocals. I honestly didn't know what to expect but it wasn't this but i am sure glad this is what i got
Best Song: Sledgehammer
Worst Song: In Your Eyes
5
Apr 02 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Either Or really is an album that will soothe the soul. Everything about it just feels so relaxing from the simple guitar riffs that kick up only on specific tracks as well as Elliott's voice which almost sounds as if he's trying not to wake his parents up in the next room. The album also isn't too long so that is a plus. I really did like this album, it was so relaxing and it is sure to soothe anyone's soul
Best Song: Cupid's Trick
Worst Song: Ballad Of Big Nothing
4
Apr 03 2024
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
After a long break from all the really weird albums, we return to your scheduled broadcast of them with The Man Machine. And in all honesty, this album sounds very ahead of its time considering that it sounds like something that would be from the 80s or 90s yet its from 1978. The general electronic sounds used in the songs worked rather well too even if they could get repetitive but that is what you would expect with electronica albums. It is a bizarre album but that doesn't mean i didn't enjoy it.
Best Song: The Man Machine
Worst Song: Metropolis
3
Apr 04 2024
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In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
We make two major returns today with one being from Frank Sinatra (an artist i haven't seen since the 22nd album i have done) and the 1950s (a decade i haven't seen since album 44) and it is my first non-live album from that decade, and that album being In The Wee Small Hours. From the last Frank Sinatra album i have done, this one seems to be quite an improvement (or the last one is a downgrade since it came out 12 years later). The songs here have more variation on each other, Sure its not the most diverse album, but at least i can tell differences between the songs and some of them were a little interesting. This album also brought out Frank's style better than the other one did. In general, this is a decent, albeit forgettable album.
Best Song: I Get Along Without You Very Well
Worst Song: Moon Indigo
3
Apr 05 2024
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
When i saw the amount of songs that Double Nickels On The Dime had, i wasn't going in with the highest expectations to say the least. But thankfully, to my surprise, this album was actually fairly decent. Unlike a certain OTHER long album i have done, This one cut a rather quick pace with every song being under 3 minutes. The songs were also fairly interesting in their own right too. This might not be my favorite structure for an album but I'd argue it could have been handled a lot worse.
Best Song: West Germany
Worst Song: Take 5, D.
3
Apr 08 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Pretzel Logic is a fine album with a few cool ideas. The general rock sound mixed with some jazz influences is somewhat interesting as were some of the lyrical ideas (especially with songs like With A Gun). The album also never dragged on for more than it should have. This album is rather fine but doesn't really go beyond that
Best Song: Monkey In Your Soul
Worst Song: Any Major Dude Will Tell You
3
Apr 09 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
I gotta say, Smash was an album i really enjoyed from start to finish. The guitar work was easily my favorite part of it but the Nirvana like singing, the quick pace and the neat little melodies in certain songs really added to it. The bonus track didn't really add that much to the album but it was still a harmless little addition. I really like this album and its one that any punk or grunge enjoyer would love.
Best Song: Something To Believe In
Worst Song: What Happened To You
5
Apr 10 2024
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Contrary to its name, Songs Of Love And Hate is an album i neither love nor hate. It is an okay album that does what it sets out to do well enough. The long length of the songs does get a bit tiring but overall i don't think it hurts the album too much. Also, Diamonds In the Mine was a bit off-putting at first but i began to appreciate it as it went on. The album is fine and was a rather harmless listen for me.
Best Song: Avalanche
Worst Song: Love Calls You By Your Name
3
Apr 11 2024
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Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
After listening to Talk Talk Talk, it was actually pretty good if a bit of a mixed bag in some cases. The songs for the most part all had really cool melodies and just a really groovy and energetic nature but some could get a little much at points. The singing also worked rather well too with the unapologetically British accent that the singer had and i like those in some songs. This album is a rather good listen and the good outweighs the bad here.
Best Song: I Wanna Sleep With You
Worst Song: Dumb Waiters
3
Apr 12 2024
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Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
When it came to Back to Mystery City, Initially, i didn't have the best feelings towards it, During the first half, It was alright but the voice and some of the instruments were not exactly the best sounding, They were sometimes annoying and could be a bit too much. Then, the second half came, and my god was it an improvement. Most of the stuff that had made some of the first half annoying was all gone by the second half as well as it showing some great guitar work and interesting musical ideas. This was probably one of the biggest examples of a turn around enough to raise this album from a 2 to a 3.5
Best Song: Back To Mystery City
Worst Song: Tooting Bec Wreck
4
Apr 15 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Sunday At The Village Vanguard is about as typical jazz album as typical jazz albums get and that means another elevator album. There is nothing inherently wrong about this album but it is very uninteresting. The songs, while sounding fine and were pretty well recorded, all were generally very similar sounding and didn't really have identities of their own. I can't even think of a single song that stands out as particularly good or bad. I do not hate this album but it failed to interest me in any way.
Best Song: Jade Visions
Worst Song: Alice In Wonderland
2
Apr 16 2024
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
This Year's Model is a pretty decent album. It isn't exactly super interesting and it doesn't do anything all too new but the songs are good and catchy in their own right. The songs had some good rhythms and none of them felt too samey or out of place. One of my major complaints with the album is the fact that the song \"Night Rally\" ended far too abruptly but it wasn't a super bad issue. This album isn't amazing but its good at what it does.
Best Song: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Worst Song: You Belong To Me
3
Apr 17 2024
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
The United States Of America was a really weird case for me. The album left off a rather bad first impression with its weird composition ideas which did make it sound like random sounds at random times. But unlike most albums on this project, This album actually benefitted from its length because it allowed me to get used to all the weirdness. And when it was all past me, the album could have a few interesting ideas. It isn't a perfect album but i have done far worse on this project.
Best Song: Cloud Song
Worst Song: The American Metaphysical Circus
3
Apr 18 2024
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Truth
Jeff Beck
After listening to Truth, It showed me just how insane of a guitarist Jeff Beck really is, and that is ultimately one of the reasons this album is so great. The guitar work is just one of the most impressive things about it like how you never know what kind of guitar riff will come next. The bass work and vocals are also really good too. Its also another album where the longer tracks are the better ones since they really get to show just how great the guitar work is. This is a great album that is easily worth a listen if you like a bluesy fusion with your rock music.
Best Song: Blues Deluxe
Worst Song: Shapes of Things
4
Apr 19 2024
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Nixon
Lambchop
After hearing Nixon, all i can say is \"Man, this album is so chill\". The songs mostly did follow the same format but that format was really nice to hear. That also made the songs with more of a drive (Grumpus and The Butcher Boy being clear examples of this) really stick out more and made them feel more memorable. My only real complaint with this album is the song Up With People really felt underproduced but other than that, i feel this was a great album that's definitely worth a listen.
Best Song: The Butcher Boy
Worst Song: Up With People
4
Apr 22 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Since I Left You really describes what i like about a lot of these electronica albums and that being that you can take any sound or sample and with the right composition, it can be a really catchy and fun song. Initially the album didn't seem like anything too special with the first two songs but then Radio came on and showed just how cool and drug-tripy (for lack of a better word) it is. The album is a bit long at around an hour but with its weirdness, it was more than enough to keep me liking it.
Best Song: Frontier Psychiatrist
Worst Song: Since I Left You
4
Apr 23 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
From what i can tell, Sea Change was mostly influenced by the time Beck broke up with his longtime girlfriend, And you can tell he is not taking it well in this album because god it sounds so sad. The music is very melancholic and the lyrics are as well. That stuff is what makes the album pretty good. It is relaxing and melancholic at the same time which i really like about it. This is a good album if you don't mind crying a bit throughout.
Best Song: Lonesome Tears
Worst Song: Paper Tiger
3
Apr 24 2024
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
After listening to Beauty And The Beat, I gotta say, i was really surprised with how good this album turned out to be. The songs felt very catchy and fun and the singing was good and never really got annoying for me. The songs may have had a bit of a samey feel to them but none of them were bad since they all kept the vibe i liked about this album. This is definitely a great 80s new wave album that anyone who loves that style can easily get into.
Best Song: Our Lips Are Sealed
Worst Song: Tonite
4
Apr 25 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Well, Its my second Pink Floyd album after The Wall and that album is The Dark Side Of The Moon. And i will definitely say, This album is quite a bit better than The Wall. Everything about this album feels more progressive and unique than The Wall was. I'm not saying that The Wall didn't have its progressive and unique moments because it did, I just feel this album has more of them. I also found the songs here to be quite a bit more memorable here (especially when you consider that there is less of them). It is not perfect, some of the song transitions could have been better, but beyond that, This album really is a great album and is currently my favorite Pink Floyd album.
Best Song: Any Colour You Like
Worst Song: Speak To Me
4
Apr 26 2024
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Suede
Suede
Geez, I've been on quite a hot streak lately, and Suede has done little to change that. This album is really good. The guitars feel heavy in all the right places, the album can also have its mellow and somber moments, and the vocals fit well with all of the songs. Some of the lyrics aren't exactly perfect but it doesn't do much to hamper my enjoyment of this album. It truly is britpop at its finest.
Best Song: The Drowners
Worst Song: Pantomime Horse
4
Apr 29 2024
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The hot streak continues with Californication. Initially i didn't think too much of it but as i kept listening, it really began to grow on me. The guitar work was great for what it was, as was the singing and the other instruments. The songs also held a good pace so i didn't really get bored listening to them. It is one great album that i can see why many people do love it.
Best Song: Parallel Universe
Worst Song: I Like Dirt
(Side note: I also love the video for Californication, it had that really cool video game aesthetic)
4
Apr 30 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a fairly alright album. It was clear that here, the Beatles were actually trying some fairly interesting musical ideas including some circus themed musical stylings and for the most part, they worked fairly well. The album obviously was not perfect, the vocals were a bit iffy in some areas but they were mostly handled pretty well. While i don't think this album is better than Abbey Road, I would still easily put it above Rubber Soul.
Best Song: Within You Without You
Worst Song: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
3
May 01 2024
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Queen II
Queen
Queen II was an album that honestly, came so close to being great but just missed the mark. The songs on this album were generally pretty fun and had fast and catchy vibes but some of the songs i feel did need a bit more of work done on them. Though thankfully, even when the songs were long, they still managed to be interesting when they were. It is a good album but it just lacks that small spark for it to be great.
Best Song: The March of The Black Queen
Worst Song: Some Day One Day
3
May 02 2024
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Elephant Mountain was a fine if bland album. The music was generally well done with decent rhythms and nice usage of all the instruments but were either rather bland or were missing something they really could have benefitted from. The main song I'm talking about from the latter complaint is On Sir Francis Drake which i feel really could have benefitted from having lyrics so that it wouldn't become so boring. This album isn't bad but it is really boring in a lot of areas which is why it gets a 2.5.
Best Song: Beautiful
Worst Song: Trillium
3
May 03 2024
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Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
Life's Too Good is just a really weird album but it had several rather good aspects. The music is some very good new wave rock and Bjork's voice was also very good too and it is just interesting seeing her do something before her more electronic sound she would do in her solo career. However, While Bjork's voice was great, I really wasn't a fan of the male voice, he just sounds so creepy, And the lyrics were also, lets just say odd. It is a rather decent album but it is really weird in a not good way in a lot of places.
Best Song: Birthday
Worst Song: F***ing in Rhythm & Sorrow
3
May 06 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I gotta say, Blood Sugar Sex Magik was an album i really enjoyed even more so than Califronication. The songs here were just that slight bit more funky and more full of themselves. The guitar and bass work on this album is just incredible with some of the most wild solos from both instruments. The album is a bit long but that didn't discourage me too much from really having fun with this album. This album is a fun and funky time that i can see why a lot of people really like it.
Best Song: Breaking The Girl
Worst Song: They're Red Hot
4
May 07 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Reggatta De Blanc is probably one of the most fine albums i have ever done. The album is fine, The music and vocals are alright but don't really do anything all that interesting that other new wave albums i have listened to do. The album did begin to kick up towards the last two songs which actually did sound a bit more fresh and interesting than the rest but that unfortunately made up only a small portion of the album as you might expect. This album is fine, it wasn't boring, just kinda forgettable.
Best Song: No Time This Time
Worst Song: Walking On The Moon
3
May 08 2024
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
I really did want to like The Infotainment Scan a lot more than i did. Musically, this album is great for the most part even with a few very poor musical choices both composition wise and instrumentation wise. My main problem with this album is the vocals. It feels to me that the vocalist really didn't sound like he wanted to be there as he just felt so monotone and boring and really not that energetic. I would like this album way more if the vocalist had a better voice.
Best Song: I'm Going To Spain
Worst Song: Light / Fireworks
3
May 09 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
Wild Is The Wind was quite a great album for me. The piano playing and vocals were really what stood out here. The piano work was absolutely beautiful in a lot of the tracks and the vocals were incredible unique too with many of them sounding like a man is singing a lot of these tracks which i find kinda amusing but they still sound rather good either way. I feel that some of the songs are a little too minimalist for my liking but that wasn't a huge detractor for this album.
Best Song: Break Down And Let It All Out
Worst Song: Wild Is The Wind
4
May 10 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Honestly, I was pretty surprised with Ready To Die, it turned out to be a bit better than i was expecting. The production of most of these songs was handled super well and it made the songs have some rather cool beats. The lyrics were alright too even if they did involve flexing some of the time, but hey that's probably what you are gonna expect in rap music and the flexing here seemed a little more interesting since it also involved his early life. This album is actually pretty decent and is a welcome album for my return to looking at 90s hip hop after a long absence.
Best Song: Respect
Worst Song: Intro
3
May 13 2024
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
After listening to Straight Outta Compton, I have found it is pretty groovy and fun. In some ways, it kinda feels like an early version of Cypress Hill, another hip hop album i quite like. The lyrics still give the idea that the group doesn't really have a good relationship with the cops and that's the kind of lyrics i like most of this album. The album was also rather well produced with all the samples coming together quite well. It is a rather good hip hop album that i think is perfect for all the gangsters still out there.
Best Song: Straight Outta Compton
Worst Song: Express Yourself
3
May 14 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bayou Country was a pretty simple and good album. The songs throughout mostly sounded pretty good and full of energy and the album cut a brisk pace at around 33 minutes so it never really got overly boring. The only song i feel did kinda drag was Graveyard Train which is expected since it is the longest but it also didn't have enough cool musical or lyrical moments to really keep me engaged. This is a perfectly good album that does what it does well enough.
Best Song: Penthouse Pauper
Worst Song: Graveyard Train
3
May 15 2024
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Exile In Guyville is a really mixed bag in terms of quality for me. On one hand, there were songs that sounded great, had cool musical ideas, and had some pretty good singing by Liz but on the other hand some of the songs could be really boring, follow basic melodies, or just be way too repetitive and i also did find the pace of the album to be a bit too breakneck at points. The album mostly was good throughout its runtime but the bad parts were rather noticeable.
Best Song: Canary
Worst Song: Girls! Girls! Girls!
3
May 16 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen returns with Born To Run and for me its one of those albums that mostly shines throughout the back half. The songs on the front half were all decent but a bit too similar sounding to each other but the back half did have some genuinely beautiful sounding moments and the songs there felt like they had their own identity and were not all too similar to each other. I think this album is better than Darkness On The Edge Of Town since i feel like i can remember the back half songs here better than all of the songs on that album. This album is quite good
Best Song: Meeting Across the River
Worst Song: Backstreets
3
May 17 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Fear Of Music was an album that really wasn't great. It mostly suffered from the issue of having music and vocals that didn't really compliment each other and just felt like they were walking on each other. While the music was fine for the most part, the vocals absolutely were not due to sounding way too monotone and being hard to hear due to what i mentioned earlier. This is also an album that just got worse as it went on with it starting out decent at the beginning but falling off hard towards the end. I certainly do have a fear of this music (pun intended).
Best Song: I Zimbra
Worst Song: Drugs
2
May 20 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Paranoid is iconic for a reason and that reason is that its really good. The guitar riffs were really cool and unique and almost had a jazzy sort of feel to them. Ozzy was also great at singing this album as all of these songs really fit his voice. I think that the biggest standout tracks to me are probably the most popular ones being Paranoid and Iron Man but that's not to say the other songs aren't great either. This is a really great album that i would even put ahead of Vol. 4.
Best Song: Iron Man
Worst Song: Planet Caravan
4
May 21 2024
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Liquid Swords
GZA
When it comes to Liquid Swords, there is one thing that i really can't get over and that is just how good the production is on this album. The beats and samples mix with the rapping really well and just are really good when it comes to complimenting each other. The samples are also from a martial arts movie which feels so on brand for a member of the Wu-Tan Clan. At worst, the songs could be a little bit boring but that was very rare when it came to this album. This is definitely a great album I can recommend to any 90s hip hop enjoyer.
Best Song: 4th Chamber
Worst Song: Hell's Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304
4
May 22 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
It's A Shame About Ray? More like It's a Shame this album couldn't be more interesting. All jokes aside, its an okay album, just rather generic and safe. There were not many moments that i could go out and say "Yeah, this is something i can remember" and none of those moments really were the songs themselves, just specific moments in them like cool riffs at the beginning of Alison's Starting To Happen, or amusing vocals like at the beginning of Bit Part. I will admit, Frank Mills is a pretty interesting song with some unique lyrics, too bad its so short though. This album is fine, just nothing I would go out of my way to really listen to again.
Best Song: Frank Mills
Worst Song: Rockin' Stroll
3
May 23 2024
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
You know, for being an album called Ambient 1/Music For Airports, The songs didn't really feel like they would fit an airport, more like a beach during a sunset. That aside, This album generally gets its job done and my biggest problems with it are just the problems that come with all ambient albums. Its repetitive sure, but that is what you would expect from these sorts of songs. There is also the fact that this kind of music is very purely situational for me as in i have to be in a very specific mood or situation to really want to listen to this stuff. But for what it is, this album does what it sets out to do pretty well.
Best Song: 2/1
Worst Song: 2/2
3
May 24 2024
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Man, The Downward Spiral was honestly quite the listening experience and it was one i didn't regret a single second of. Many of the songs just sounded perfectly heavy in the way that they are just fun to rock out to while seamlessly blending in many electronic influences. Throughout the album, there were so many cool moments involving the vocals and the music that made me ask \"How are Trent and the other members of the band doing this?\". This is one heck of an amazing album and is probably the best one i have done so far. Sorry Appetite For Destruction, you have been dethroned.
Best Song: Reptile
Worst Song: Piggy
5
May 27 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
I gotta say, Definitely Maybe is a legitimately fantastic album that i loved listening to the whole way through. While the vocals and the other instruments are handled super well, Its pretty obvious that the guitars here steal the show. These guitars could be groovy, heavy, and mellow all at the same time. The songs all felt like they complimented each other throughout the album while still having their own identity. Forget Suede, this is britpop at it's finest.
Best Song: Slide Away
Worst Song: Married With Children
5
May 28 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Radiohead has always had this unique style of music that is very difficult to replicate exactly and i feel that Hail To The Thief shows off this style perfectly. The mix of rock and electronic sounds always had some moments that kept me on my toes yet they still sounded cool and coherent for the most part. Thom Yorke's voice also really came out well through these tracks and always helped make these tracks so interesting with the help of the music of course. I do feel like some parts of the music could have been composed a little bit better but beyond that, This is still a great album that feels so fresh and unique and i feel is also a step above Amnesiac.
Best Song: Sit Down Stand Up
Worst Song: Scatterbrain
4
May 29 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Agaetis Byrjun is a weird album for me. Its often difficult to tell what genre this album even is due to it flip-flopping around genres like rock, pop, electronic, and shoegaze but i guess i can agree that its an ambient album. That does kind of add to this album's rather interesting nature with it's songs. The songs themselves do sound pretty good for what they were trying to pull off with this sort of music and the problems with it are just the usual ambient album problems. It might not be an amazing album but it definitely is a very interesting one.
Best Song: Staralfur
Worst Song: Ny batteri
3
May 30 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
145 albums in and i finally find another album by the band that began my 1001 albums journey, The Rolling Stones, And they are back with Sticky Fingers. It actually is a pretty good album and i think its better than Let It Bleed. Unlike Let It Bleed which went further towards it's country elements, This one goes more towards rock with some of the country elements still intact which is a style i prefer. This album also had some more slower songs which worked well as breaks from the harder stuff. There are songs which i do think are not composed the greatest but this album still managed to be a pretty good album.
Best Song: Bitch
Worst Song: You Gotta Move
3
May 31 2024
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Born In The U.S.A. is probably my favorite Bruce Springsteen album so far. Unlike Born To Run which only was at it's best during it's last half. This one kept things way more consistent with it's quality throughout the whole album. I also thought the new wave elements added a bit of an interesting quality to this album that the other two albums i did by Springsteen didn't have. It also did have songs that sounded a bit like what i heard in the other two but it was balanced well with the new sound. This album is a pretty good album that i can say is a good anthem for America especially with it's title track.
Best Song: Glory Days
Worst Song: Darlington County
3
Jun 03 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith returns with Figure 8 and it just proves that he really was a musical genius during his career. This album kinda gave a bit of a Simon And Garfunkel vibe with the vocals and the music sounding somewhat similar to the stuff they would make. I also really like how it and Either Or feel pretty different from each other with this one being more pop oriented and Either Or being more acoustic in nature. I still do like Either Or's style a bit more but this style also works really well. This is a great album from a great musician that we unfortunately lost way too soon.
Best Song: Somebody That I Used To Know
Worst Song: Junk Bond Trader
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Jun 04 2024
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
After listening to The Slim Shady LP, all i can say is "Dear god, this album sucks". The lyrics and rapping are very dumb and not in the funny kind of dumb, just the cringey kind of dumb and very offensive to some people and it also lacks a proper structure. The instrumentals are fine and are probably the best part of the album but unfortunately some of the sound effects and samples used are annoying to say the least and can also tend to lack structure at some points. I have a problem with nearly every aspect of this album and there are almost no good things about it. Not a good combination.
Best Song: Rock Bottom
Worst Song: Guilty Conscience
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Jun 05 2024
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
After 148 albums, I finally did a reggae album with Legalize It. Honestly, It is kinda weird that an album about trying to get weed legalized is a reggae album because i would honestly expect that more from a hip hop album (heck, some of the ones i have done already talk about that in some of the lyrics) but i guess it does add to it's interestingness. The album itself is fairly above average even if it does sound a little sloppy. This was just one of those cases where i got used to the sloppiness of the composition and it grew on me. One thing i can't excuse though is that weird noise in Till Your Well Runs Dry which kinda sounds like someone drinking through a straw. This album is for me is a rather light 3.
Best Song: Whatcha Gonna Do
Worst Song: Till Your Well Runs Dry
3
Jun 06 2024
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Fear Of A Black Planet was a fairly mixed bag for me. The songs here kept flip flopping in quality. On one hand, some of the songs have weak rapping and annoying samples , But on the other, The other songs have cool rapping, interesting sample usage (including one sounding like it's from Michael Jackson's Thriller). and groovy beats. The lyrics here are also cool at points and are never insanely dumb unlike some other hip hop albums. This is a generally good album overall where most of it's good aspects outweigh it's bad aspects.
Best Song: Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Worst Song: 911 Is A Joke
3
Jun 07 2024
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Tragic Songs of Life was an album that i just found average but it did have some good things going for it. The lyrics are generally some of the better lyrics of this genre with them having some fairly serious themes around them which most country albums released after this could not really do. This album also is really short so even if it was less pleasant to listen to, it wouldn't have lasted too long. However, what i can't get over is how samey and uninteresting the actual music is. I actually had trouble picking a favorite and least favorite song because every song sounded so similar. There are some good things about this album but unfortunately, they aren't enough to save this album from being average.
Best Song: I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Worst Song: Alabama
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Jun 10 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Honestly, i was just shocked to see just how good Coat Of Many Colors really was since i wasn't expecting so much out of it. Dolly had a great voice throughout and she really showed that she put a large amount of effort and passion into her vocals. The music was handled really well for the most part too and the album cut a pace that was just right. It was long enough for the songs to really sink in but still quick enough for it not to feel tedious. My one issue with the album is some of the timing of certain aspects of certain tracks with examples being Early Morning Breeze ending far too early or Here I Am adding it's instruments too early. Other than that though, this is a great album that really made me know that there was more to Dolly than i had once thought.
Best Song: A Better Place To Live
Worst Song: If I Lose My Mind
4
Jun 11 2024
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Raising Hell was a pretty good album all things considered. It reminded me of the Beastie Boys album i looked at a long while back (which makes sense since they both released at around the same time) with both of their mixes of rap and rock. I honestly do think this album is better though. The highs of the album felt higher than anything Licensed To Ill could do and its lows were not nearly as low. This album still did have its fair share of lows here and there but it's highs more than made up for it. This is definitely one quintessential rap rock album.
Best Song: Raising Hell
Worst Song: Perfection (Ironically enough)
3
Jun 12 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Gotta say, Led Zeppelin III as quite the great album. I had heard the intro to Immigrant Song many times in the past but i never knew that song was by these guys and I like the song quite a bit more now due to hearing it's other parts. The other songs on the album were great too all using their guitar work to their fullest potential. The vocals also were really good even if it is something you hear a lot from early metal albums. Some of the songs did get a bit annoying for occasionally overusing the guitars in ways that didn't sound super good but those parts never detracted from the album too much and because of that, its still great.
Best Song: Tangerine
Worst Song: Hats off To (Roy) Harper
4
Jun 13 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Court And Spark is an album that i don't have the strongest opinion on but from what i heard, is fairly decent at what it does. The songs at the beginning of the album were not really anything to write home about mostly due to just sounding a little too similar to each other, It handles this better than some other albums but the problem still stands. The back half though really allowed the writers and Mitchell to really flex their creative muscles as the songs here were much more interesting and had quite a lot of jazz elements towards the end which i thought were handled very well. This may not be the greatest album around but its still a solid one.
Best Song: Raised on Robbery
Worst Song: Free Man in Paris
3
Jun 14 2024
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
It seems that the Attractions have returned with Blood And Chocolate, and just like This Year's Model, This album is fine. It does have it's moments but isn't really the most interesting thing in the world. The songs generally did have pretty high energy which i liked and i do prefer the production style here more than This Year's Model's production since i just like the more 80s sounding new wave sound present here rather than This Year's Model's more basic one. Beyond that, i really don't have too much more to say about this album. It is fine but nothing all too special.
Best Song: Poor Napoleon
Worst Song: Home Is Anywhere You Hang Your Head
3
Jun 17 2024
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Now Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is how you do country music in the 50s. As you can guess from that statement, this album does what it wants to do as well as it can. The main thing that stuck out to me was the lyrics which just show that Marty Robbins is quite the storyteller with his songs telling stories in some pretty interesting ways. The music is alright albeit nothing special. It can sound good sometimes but other times, it can get pretty forgettable. But even then its not exactly what i would think of as the main selling point of this album. Its the stories that it tells that are and this album does those well.
Best Song: Big Iron
Worst Song: Cool Water
3
Jun 18 2024
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Tommy
The Who
I feel like I want to like The Who more than i do (rhyme unintended) but i just mostly think that they are alright and Tommy was what showed me why. The album was a real mixed bag when it came to song quality. Sometimes the songs could be cool, catchy and have interesting guitar riffs, vocals or anything else of that nature. Other times the tracks were either pretty forgettable or have some of the most annoying ideas implemented, especially when it came to vocals. I can't dislike this album at all because there are some stellar tracks here and there but sometimes i just feel like too many things just did not work here.
Best Song: Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker)
Worst Song: Christmas
3
Jun 19 2024
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The Slider
T. Rex
Honestly, i was quite surprised with how good The Slider was. I felt that it mostly flip flopped between two different styles one being a more rock out sort of style (the one i prefer but i still like the other one) and a style that feels like something that Elliott Smith would eventually go on to do but this album still feels like an alpha version of that. . The album also cut a quick pace, almost too quick at points as the songs could go by so fast that they didn't have enough time to really sink into my head. Despite that small blunder, it was still able to be a good album that really inspired a lot of the other albums i liked on this project.
Best Song: The Slider
Worst Song: Main Man
3
Jun 20 2024
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New Wave
The Auteurs
New Wave was a pretty good album. Most of the songs did sound fairly similar to each other but was all that indie rock sort of sound that i do like. The album also didn't go on for too long for that style to get repetitive enough. It did get to the point where it (like the Louvin Brothers album i did a while back) was pretty tough to pick out a favorite and least favorite song due to all of them sounding really similar but i was able to pick some for this review. This album is good at what it does, it just has the issue of being a bit too much of the same thing throughout most of it.
Best Song: Starstruck
Worst Song: Bailed Out
3
Jun 21 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
m b v is another album on this project that i have mixed feelings on. There are some songs on this album that are legitimately stellar even if they are seen as just \"noise\". I honestly feel that i have a bit more of a fondness for these \"noise albums\" than most other people do since i find that while they can sound annoying at first, once they sink their teeth into you, they actually can be quite the ear candy which is benefitted by the fact that here, the songs are long enough to really sink in. Unfortunately, not all the songs here are like this. The others are just kinda boring and, like the good tracks, are pretty long too in some cases. But kinda boring is the worst this album ever really got, I still quite like it.
Best Song: who sees you
Worst Song: is this and yes
3
Jun 24 2024
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
After listening to Back To Black, I can absolutely say it was nothing like what i was expecting. I was expecting a more pop oriented album since that's the kind of vibe Amy Winehouse gave me (prior to seriously listening to any of her music) but it ended up being a more jazzy soul like album and honestly, i think its great for that. The songs here sounded pretty dark at points but managed to stay catchy and fun and also had Amy do some really good singing. The album was also the perfect length, long enough to sink in but not so long that it becomes tedious. This is definitely a great album.
Best Song: Back To Black
Worst Song: Rehab
4
Jun 25 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
Zombie is a very interesting album in many ways. First there is the fact that this album technically has only two songs (the other two are from the CD reissue) making it really short for an album. The other way its interesting is in it's lyrical themes basically criticizing the Nigerian government (which resulted in a lot of bad things happening to Kuti). The album itself, while not amazing, is a fairly fun listen for what it is. Every song had quite a lot of energy to it and generally kept introducing new elements in pretty decent ways. My only real gripe with this album is the organ, while unique in idea, sometimes tends to come out of nowhere in some of the songs which can get rather distracting. Other than that though, this was a fairly good listen.
Best Song: Mr. Follow Follow
Worst Song: Zombie
3
Jun 26 2024
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Honestly, Africa Brasil was really good for what it does. The songs are very catchy and upbeat in all the right ways. It also kept introducing new elements as the songs went on in a way that felt natural and not sudden at all. Jorge's singing was also really good too with his voice always managing to fit every song very well even if i can't understand the lyrics due to them being in a language i do not speak. I did feel like there were maybe a few times where i began losing track of what was going on but part of me feels that wasn't really the albums fault and it kinda just being my fault. All in all, its a pretty great album.
Best Song: Africa Brasil (Zumbi)
Worst Song: O Filosofo
4
Jun 27 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
What did i even just listen to? I already knew Frank Zappa wrote some pretty weird stuff back when i listened to Hot Rats for this project but Freak Out! just feels like if Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The United States Of America had a baby (which kinda is weird since those two albums came out 1 and 2 years after this album respectively) and gave that baby a ton of crack and LSD. While the songs in the beginning feel like they might have worked. The later songs definitely didn't due to just being all over the place in terms of music and direction. I also hope you like the sound of laughter because you hear it a lot during the back half. I get that this album is meant to be satire based on pop culture and Los Angeles' freak scene and that's cool and all but being satire doesn't automatically excuse something for being not very good.
Best Song: I Ain't Got No Heart
Worst Song: The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet
2
Jun 28 2024
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
God, i was legitimately not expecting Dr. Octagonecologyst to be this good. The beats were just so cool and flowed super well while also having a cool mysterious feel to them. Keith's flows were also really good and mixed in perfectly with the music. The samples were weird but they no doubt added to the charm of this album. Even if the vocals were a bit bland at first, i eventually got used to them as the album progressed. While not every song was great (Hello, Halfsharkalligatorhalfman) the majority of them absolutely were so that makes this album a really solid listen.
Best Song: Earth People
Worst Song: Halfsharkalligatorhalfman
4
Jul 01 2024
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Here's Little Richard wasn't the greatest album in the world but there was quite a bit of stuff to like about it. Like with all rock and roll albums, it definitely feels like Richard definitely had a lot of fun while writing this because a lot of the songs had a fun tempo and he definitely put quite a bit of effort into his vocals, that i can really appreciate. The songs, admittedly, were a bit samey mostly relying on only two different styles being a slow one and a faster one but thankfully the album was only around 28 minutes long so neither style got too tedious to listen to. This is one album that does it's job quite well.
Best Song: Rip It Up
Worst Song: True Fine Mama
3
Jul 02 2024
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Odessey And Oracle is a fine album but it is one of those albums that i feel that i don't really have a lot to say about it. The Zombies just feel like one of those bands that feels stranded in a sea of Beatles clones that were incredibly prevalent throughout the 1960s. That's not to say the album is bad though, the songs definitely had their good moments and had some fairly unique sounds to them, the album was a short one that i feel is a perfect length for something like this and there is nothing the album does that's particularly wrong or anything, I just think I'm searching the bottom of the barrel just to find things to really say about this album.
Best Song: Butcher's Tale Western Front 1914
Worst Song: Changes
3
Jul 03 2024
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
The Seldom Seen Kid is something i can quite get behind. The album started off okay with the first three songs being pretty good but sometimes not making the best musical decisions but it was when Grounds For Divorce came on when the album truly became something great. The songs past that point could be really groovy and have good rhythms and also had a rather unique idea of having a steel mug be slammed on the table be an instrument (if the Grounds For Divorce video is anything to go off of) other times it could be a smooth and somber ride while sometimes creating whole worlds with music. This album truly is a great one.
Best Song: Grounds For Divorce
Worst Song: Starlings
4
Jul 04 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
I always knew that Radiohead made some good stuff but i was legitimately shocked when i found out just how good The Bends really was. The guitar work was just out of this world as was the work with all the other instruments to the point where these songs nearly moved me to tears due to their amazing instrumentation. Thom's singing was also great as were the lyrics just being about embracing your imperfections and learning that its okay to not be okay. While Amnesiac and Hail To The Thief are good albums in their own right and have arguably more interesting elements. I still feel that The Bends is my favorite Radiohead album so far because of just how good it sounds.
Best Song: Just
Worst Song: My Iron Lung
5
Jul 05 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Basket of Light was a fairly interesting album. This album seems to be mostly focused on telling stories which i think is cool and it does a fairly good job at it. It kinda reminds me of that Marty Robbins album i did a while back, though i do like this album more due to having superior sounding music. The instrumentation did sound a bit weird at first but over time, i did get used to it and found it pretty interesting. I also do like how there are two singers with both of them sounding pretty good. I definitely think that this album is a good storytelling album even if it did take a while for me to get used to it.
Best Song: Train Song
Worst Song: Once I Had a Sweetheart
3
Jul 06 2024
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
Mothership Connection was honestly a really cool and funky album with a ton of personality. Apparently, this band had a lot (if not all) of the same members of Funkadelic in it. I can see this a lot since they do sound very similar. I do like this album more though since it feels slightly more coherent with less randomness. I also do like that this album had a few little touches including that whole section at the beginning which i thought was really cool. I do have quite the fondness for this album
Best Song: Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Worst Song: Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Bumps Bump)
4
Jul 06 2024
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
I'll give Another Green World credit, I liked it more than i thought i would have. This generally does seem to give off some of the same vibes that the other Brian Eno album i looked at (the music for airports one) but it seems that here he tried a few more things that album did not try. Although, these new ideas could sometimes make it feel like Eno was in over his head sometimes. The majority of the songs were tolerable and were pretty decent at best though. I do prefer Brian Eno's airport album though since it feels more consistent in terms of quality as opposed to hopping all over the place.
Best Song: In Dark Trees
Worst Song: Sky Saw
3
Jul 07 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
God, Screamadelica was genuinely one of the craziest albums i have ever listened to. It would generally tend to flip flop between a 60s psychedelic rock album or it would be a drug induced electronica album. And i absolutely love it for that. The electronic bits managed to find that balance between weird and cool and the choir parts were also a really cool addition. Due to it's nature, it was also an album that really kept me on my toes with every song managing to provide some new element. This album is just super weird and that's why i love it.
Best Song: Come Together
Worst Song: Inner Flight
5
Jul 08 2024
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Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
Pacific Ocean Blue is yet another album i am rather mixed over. On one hand, There were some legitimately excellent tracks in this album with instrumentation and singing that could almost be enough to bring someone to tears. On the other hand i do feel like the way the tracks were composed was not exactly the greatest, Not horrible, just a bit messy in places, and i do have an issue with one of the instruments that especially played in Dreamer which i believe are a weird trumpet sound but i just do not know. But beyond those two issues, this is a pretty decent album that i would say was worth my time.
Best Song: Thoughts of You
Worst Song: Dreamer
3
Jul 09 2024
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Geez, If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears was quite a bit better than i was expecting so as you can guess i can't believe my ears, i can believe my eyes though. Anyways, all jokes aside, These songs were surprisingly groovy and fun while still having good melodies and rhythms. I also like that effect in California Dreamin' (i know its in this song, it might have been in the others and i wasn't paying attention) where the male vocals are on one side of the headphones and the female vocals are on the other side, I actually did think that was a pretty cool idea. The vocals are great too, of course. I was expecting this to be a typical 60s album but these guys did quite a lot to set themselves apart and this album shows.
Best Song: Somebody Groovy
Worst Song: I Call Your Name
4
Jul 10 2024
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Now Queens of the Stone Age is my kind of jam. It had all sorts of great guitar riffs through out all of the songs from more simple rock out faster riffs and also more technical and slow-moving riffs. The album also got really bizarre towards the end by introducing a lot of electronic elements with all different sorts of sounds, and more Primus-style guitar playing both of which i also really enjoyed. The album could get a little repetitive but far from enough to make me not love it. It is one of the most weird yet wonderful albums i have done on this project.
Best Song: If Only
Worst Song: Hispanic Impressions
5
Jul 11 2024
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Savane
Ali Farka Touré
I can see quite a lot of potential in Savane, unfortunately it is bogged down by quite a few issues. First, the good, Ali's voice actually fit very well with the songs and i can see quite a few cool music ideas in place which could have been good if the album didn't suffer from these three issues. One, The album's composition is very messy and feels more like random sounds at random times rather than proper, coherent music. Two, The album is a fairly long one at 58 minutes which would be okay if it weren't for this last issue. Three, The songs sound too similar to each other, I had this problem with quite a few albums on this project but with messy composition and a long length, this issue is really brought out in the open. There is a good album hiding inside this one, its just too bad that these issues prevent it from coming out.
Best Song: Beto
Worst Song: Savane
2
Jul 12 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
Regardless of what you think about him as a person, Kanye West has always been quite the genius when it comes to rap music and The College Dropout shows this, even from the very start. The lyrics could range from quite a lot of different topics from religion to education and many of the lyrics in all of these songs were really smart and cool sounding like he wasn't afraid to talk about what he wanted to talk about. The production here was also really good and even the skit tracks fit really well. This one might be along one at a 76 minute runtime but it did more than enough to keep me interested. This truly is a great one.
Best Song: Two Words
Worst Song: Breathe In Breathe Out
4
Jul 13 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
Arrival was a fairly good album. This is mostly the one with a lot of ABBA's biggest songs including stuff like Dancing Queen, Knowing Me, Knowing You and Money, Money, Money and all of those tracks are pretty good. The regular album tracks were a bit more of a mixed bag with high points like Tiger and low points like Dum Dum Diddle. The album did move at just the right length for an album like this. This one is certainly a solid one.
Best Song: Money, Money, Money
Worst Song: Dum Dum Diddle
3
Jul 14 2024
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
Here we have another album returning from my tier list project with Bone Machine. I have a friend who is a huge fan of Tom Waits and with an album like this, i can absolutely see why. Tom Waits has one of the most unique and original styles of music and singing that i have ever heard and this album truly brings it all out. The songs could go from a haunting show with some crazy instrumentation to a somber and mellow piano ballad which can really move you. Tom also really knew how to adjust his voice to each and every style and made it fit very well with every song. This is truly one of the greatest albums i have done for this project.
Best Song: Goin' Out West
Worst Song: A Little Rain
5
Jul 15 2024
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
Geez, We have two amazing albums back to back with first Bone Machine and now Dirt. This album genuinely had some of the greatest guitar riffs i have ever heard in any album ever. The lyrics were also great, touching on themes like addiction and depression with Layne really bringing out the massive emotion in these tracks through his singing. There was also no song on this album that was not amazing since they carried over what made this album great over to each other. This is a really amazing album and one of the best i have done for this project.
Best Song: Them Bones
Worst Song: Untitled
Side note: I also really like that Them Bones inspired a track from the original Doom
5
Jul 16 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell was nothing like what i was expecting. From the album art, i just assumed it was likely gonna be a heavy or power metal album and while this album does have some metal elements, it isn't a metal album by nature. It was really good though. It switched between many different styles like the (kinda) power metal sounding songs like bat Out Of Hell to Tearjerker ballads like Heaven Can Wait and even a more rock and roll style with Paradise By The Dashboard Light. All of these styles were great, as were the vocals and lyrics. This one is definitely a really good one.
Best Song: Heaven Can Wait
Worst Song: All Revved Up with No Place to Go
4
Jul 17 2024
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Roger the Engineer is a case of an album that has good ideas but falls a bit short due to poor mixing. I learned that Jeff Beck worked on this album and his guitar work absolutely shines here. Many of the songs also tried unique things like all sorts of different sounds that fit surprisingly well together. The album is also a short one too at around only 30 minutes so it never feels like its dragging. The main issue i have is, like i said, the poor mixing making it sound more like a live album rather than a studio album and it can feel like the music drowns out the vocals and vice versa. This is still a decent album, it just needed some better audio mixing.
Best Song: Hot House of Omagararshid
Worst Song: Ever Since the World Began
3
Jul 18 2024
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Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
You know, for being one of the first punk albums ever, Go Girl Crazy does its job very well. The instruments and rhythm were all fun and lively and the album also cut a pretty fast pace which i really like in a punk album. Granted the lyrics are really stupid throughout a majority of the album but it is a punk album so you really shouldn't expect Shakespeare like lyrics from music like this. I really don't have too much left to say about the album, Its just a fun and good one that is worthy of a 3.5
Best Song: Master Race Rock
Worst Song: Two Tub Man
4
Jul 19 2024
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Black Metal
Venom
I'm always in the mood for a good old metal album and Black Metal helped satiate my thirst for one. The guitar riffs are those heavy, crunchy sounds that i really like. I also think the kinda muffled sounding audio works really well for an album like this and just makes it that much more heavy. I also really like the cool introductions that Buried Alive, Teacher's Pet, and i guess At War With Satan (if that track even counts as being on this album) they really add a lot of character to the songs. This is a great album that any heavy metal fan can enjoy.
Best Song: Sacrifice
Worst Song: Black Metal
4
Jul 20 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Sheer Heart Attack is a much better album than Queen II i feel since it seems to have the spark the other album lacked. Like always in a Queen album, the rhythms and melodies are fun, the lyrics are great, and the album cuts a quick pace. The instrumentation here is amazing too with some great guitar riffs and drum beats and Freddie's vocals were the icing on the cake. This album is a really excellent one and just proves how good Queen is.
Best Song: Now I'm Here
Worst Song: Killer Queen
5
Jul 21 2024
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Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
Selling England By The Pound is a very interesting album. I always expected a bit more of a new wave sound from Genesis (If Peter Gabriel's So was anything to go off of) but while there are elements of that here, there is more focus on the prog rock elements. The album structure is also pretty unique where it goes short song, long song, short song, long song etc. In general, this album is pretty good, the melodies and instrumentals are well done and the whole album just feels pretty interesting to listen to. I feel that this album is something you really gotta get into if you want to enjoy it to the fullest but if you can do that, you'll find a pretty good album here.
Best Song: The Battle Of Epping Forest
Worst Song: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
3
Jul 22 2024
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette is an album that isn't exactly the most remarkable but it is still pretty solid. The album had some generally good basslines and some pretty good vocals to go along with it. The album also moves at a pretty fast pace the majority of the time but it is a bit too fast sometimes not allowing the songs to sink in enough. I don't exactly know how the cover of that MC5 song is compared to the original since i haven't heard the original (heck, i haven't even heard of that band until i did this album). Either way, this album isn't the best one i have done but it is still pretty good.
Best Song: Smash It Up (Pts. 1 & 2)
Worst Song: Love Song
3
Jul 23 2024
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Guero
Beck
Wow, so we go from a sad ballad album with Sea Change to a more sample heavy album with Guero, Beck has quite a lot of range. And yes, i do love this album. The samples here give this album an unbelievable amount of personality but that's not to undermine Beck's singing and his work on the regular instruments because those are all great too. Its just the sampling and the great use of it that really steal the show for me. This really is the best Beck album i have done so far beating out Sea Change.
Best Song: Rental Car
Worst Song: Missing
Side note: The music videos are also incredibly surreal and I love it.
5
Jul 24 2024
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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby (or his real name Sananda Maitryea) definitely shows that he has a lot of talent with Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby. The music here is super relaxing and soothing but can get more energetic when the time calls for it. I also liked Terence's singing which kinda gave me Michael Jackson vibes (they look pretty similar too so that probably adds to it). My only real gripe with this album is the second to last song which has no real music which would be fine if it was a short song but it was 5 and a half minutes long. Other than that though, this was a pretty good album.
Best Song: If You All Get To Heaven
Worst Song: As Yet Untitled
3
Jul 25 2024
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
The Soft Bulletin isn't the greatest album in the world but what it does, it does well. Most of the first half of the album, while fine, wasn't all too interesting with that part probably being the most forgettable one but the second half did one-up it with more interesting songs. The music could actually be pretty sad sounding at times as it fit with some of the lyrics and that i can appreciate in an album like this. There also are not any egregiously bad songs in this album so that's cool. I don't really know what else to say about this album so all I'll say is its good.
Best Song: What Is The Light?
Worst Song: The Spark That Bled
3
Jul 26 2024
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Me Against The World
2Pac
Me Against The World was actually a very good album. The production here was legitimately amazing with the instrumentals incorporating quite a bit of R&B elements which i really do like. 2Pac's rapping was also really smart and also really fit well with the flow of every song. None of the songs here were bad either even if the album was around 1 hour long. This is definitely a really great album.
Best Song: Me Against The World
Worst Song: So Many Tears
4
Aug 05 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Shake Your Money Maker was quite the fun album if i do say so myself. The best part of this album to me was easily the melodies, Chris Robinson really brought them all to life with his singing as did all the music but it was mostly the vocal melodies that stole the show. The album also did not have a bad song or get boring like most other albums did. I'm honestly unsure of what else I'm supposed to say about this album so all i will say about it is that it is a great fun album that i really enjoyed the whole way through.
Best Song: Could I've Been So Blind
Worst Song: She Talks To Angels
4
Aug 06 2024
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Bad
Michael Jackson
Contrary to it's name, Bad is not a bad album, in fact its a really darn good one. This one had quite a lot of energy just like Off The Wall did but this one feels like it just has a little bit more magic than that one. The Sega Genesis sounding guitars and bass were also great and gave this album a whole lot of personality. Jackson's vocals also were great here too. It was also cool how this album could go from a somber soul album, to a dance banger, all the way to a rock-out style. Not every song here was great but the songs that were really were. This is definitely one of Michael Jackson's best works.
Best Song: Smooth Criminal
Worst Song: The Way You Make Me Feel
4
Aug 07 2024
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
...Baby One More Time feels like an album which is capable of doing something good but does it so much that it starts to become not so good. The vocals and guitar segments were solid as well as the lyrics but it does tend to feel like the songs were overusing the same formula at points. A majority of the songs used the same drum beat over and over again and the songs that did deviate from it were some of the worse ones as they could be repetitive in their own way. This album is alright (the songs that use the same formula all were of the title track and that is a good song so it doesn't affect me too bad) but there is no doubt that it can become a repetitive and boring one.
Best Song: ...Baby One More Time
Worst Song: Soda Pop
3
Aug 08 2024
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Microshift
Hookworms
Microshift feels like a mix of The War On Drugs' indie sound mixed with an organ and some arcade/slot machine sounding sound effects. And boy do i love it for that. While this might be considered a noise album which a lot of people don't seem to like very much, this album managed to find a way to make the noise come together extremely well and make it sound absolutely beautiful at times. It also does help that the album is on the longer side when it comes to most of it songs which allows the album to grow on you a lot. Tracks 7 and 8 might have dropped the ball a bit when it comes to quality but they were the shortest songs making that not much of an issue. I think that this is a really great album that is really underrated.
Best Song: Negative Space
Worst Song: Boxing Day
5
Aug 09 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
Pearl is quite a good album that i feel i won't have too much to say about. The songs had that bluesy sound i like in a lot of these albums and Joplin's raspy voice was something i really liked in this album. The lyrics were also cool throughout all the songs. I don't really like the fact that there is a song without any actual music in this album since I'm not a fan of those types of songs because they just feel so uninteresting, at least the lyrics were interesting. This album is fairly solid even if it isn't too much to write home about
Best Song: Trust Me
Worst Song: Mercedes Benz
3
Aug 14 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme is a pretty decent album for what it is. The songs had that generally relaxing yet somewhat energetic feel that Simon And Garfunkel were known for. Some of the songs also had some genuinely really unique ideas like a cover of Silent Night being played right next to a news broadcast which is an idea i genuinely love. This album unfortunately does sound rough in some spots which the duo's later albums would rectify. I also did find the vocals in one track to be a little creepy but that wasn't really a huge issue or anything. This album is good, just not very refined.
Best Song: A Simple Desultory Philippic
Worst Song: The 59th Street Bridge Song
3
Aug 15 2024
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Idlewild is just like a lot of the other albums i have looked at for this project when it comes to quality, Its not a very remarkable album but it is still fairly solid for what it is. The songs were all generally good sounding and never really felt annoying or super boring but there isn't really anything interesting i can really say about the majority of them. The saxophone and trumpet solos were cool and some of the songs did have that Super Nintendo sounding keyboard which i just like about it. This album is a fine listen, especially on valentines day with your significant other but it doesn't really do anything that other new wave albums from this time period haven't done.
Best Song: Goodbye Sunday
Worst Song: I Don't Want To Talk About It
3
Aug 16 2024
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Raw Power
The Stooges
Raw Power is an instance of an album which is great but suffers from poor production. Writing-wise and instrumentally, this album is great, The guitars are really cool sounding in a lot of the tracks and Iggy's singing, while silly at times, was actually pretty well done and provided something new for every track. This albums only real problem is the production, David Bowie's production sounded really poorly done and kinda feels like this album was being recorded in a dumpster. It also just doesn't really sound like a studio album. If you added crowd cheers and some pre-song banter, you could probably trick me into thinking this is a live album. I still really like this album, it just needed a better production job which is why it gets a 3.5
Best Song: Search And Destroy
Worst Song: I Need Somebody
4
Aug 17 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder does it again and this time with Innervisions. This album is just really great. The instrumentals are great and all but the main thing that steals the show is Stevie's voice. His voice has so much range, is like heaven to the ears and also tried tons of unique things. I also did think that part in Living For The City where it was basically an audiolog from a crime taking place alongside that one n-bomb really caught me off guard since i really was not expecting that from an album like this. I think this album beats out Fulfillingness' First Finale due to this one just being far more unique and interesting but they are both great albums.
Best Song: Living For The City
Worst Song: All In Love Is Fair
Side note: I also think that its crazy that this was his 16th album and he wasn't even 25 yet.
4
Aug 18 2024
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Dexys Midnight Runners is just one of those bands that has some pretty good musicians but a not very good singer and Searching For The Young Soul Rebels shows this. The music for the most part was pretty solid with some good work on the trumpets, that is when they weren't doing the whole sudden instrument introduction thing (seriously, i hate when songs do that). The first track had a pretty cool intro though. But the vocals just weren't really something i liked. The singer just doesn't really sound like he's hitting notes right and his voice got a little bit grating at times. He did sound good in the Poem near the end of the album which really makes me think he should be something like a comedian or a motivational speaker as opposed to a singer. All in all, this album is okay, just kinda ruined by the vocals.
Best Song: The Teams That Meet In Caffs
Worst Song: I'm Just Looking
3
Aug 19 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
I gotta say, I was legitimately not expecting A Girl Called Dusty to be this good. When i was first exposed to Dusty Springfield with Dusty In Memphis, she seemed pretty good but this album truly brought out what she is capable of. The music was very good for a lot of these tracks and of course, the vocals and lyrics were incredibly top notch, the album also ran at a good pace so it never got tedious at all. I guess some of the ideas that Dusty tried didn't always pay off but for the most part, the album succeeded in what it was trying to do.
Best Song: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
Worst Song: Wishin' And Hopin'
4
Aug 20 2024
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25
Adele
Adele is an artist that i am very familiar with since a lot of her stuff played on the radio when i was a kid but i still wasn't expecting 25 to be this good. I have heard all the singles quite a lot on the radio and they are all good songs but here i found that even the regular album tracks were fantastic. Adele's singing combined with the instrumentals were absolutely great and could even be enough to nearly bring me to tears especially with the sadder lyrics. Even Send My Love (To Your New Lover) while feeling distracting at first, is a pretty nice break from the sadder stuff. The album may have dipped in quality a bit with the last 3 songs but other than that, this is an absolutely great album.
Best Song: River Lea
Worst Song: All I Ask
4
Aug 21 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Machine Head was definitely a fun album. The album had remained good throughout the whole thing but i think the album shined the brightest during the last 3 songs. Smoke On The Water was initially that one song i knew from that old arcade game Primal Rage where it played a lot but it was a really good song due to that great guitar hook. Lazy was also a really good one with that really cool sounding intro and had the ideas of that intro spread throughout the entire song. Space Truckin' was also cool too with it's hooks as well. The first 4 songs are good too but i still stan by what i said in the second sentence. The album is still great throughout the whole thing though.
Best Song: Lazy
Worst Song: Highway Star
4
Aug 22 2024
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Wild Wood is an album that's pretty solid for what it is but doesn't seem to noteworthy. The album did start off with it's fairly weird moments but then transitioned into a far more normal album. Weller's singing is fairly good and the actual music also had its good moments but sometimes, the songs felt like they were dragging on and not adding much onto themselves especially when you consider that this album is a fairly long one. The album is pretty decent but i just feel like i don't really have mush else to add to this review other than that.
Best Song: Can You Heal Us (Holy Man)
Worst Song: Has My Fire Really Gone Out?
3
Aug 23 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
Harvest is quite the good album if i do say so myself. The album mostly either had songs that heavily utilized a soft acoustic guitar, ones that used a somewhat heavier guitar (those ones were my favorites by the way), and ones with a more whimsical sounding style. Young's vocals were solid as well, with me remembering the vocals from Old Man being sampled in a Redlight King song with the same name (even if they aren't sampled there, they still sound eerily similar). The album also never really had a bad song which is a major plus. This is a pretty solid album that's well worth a listen.
Best Song: Alabama
Worst Song: There's a World
3
Aug 24 2024
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico is an album that suffers from the exact opposite problem of The Fall's The Infotainment Scan (an album i did earlier in this project) whilst the latter album was pretty good musically (with the occasional hiccups) but lacking when it came to vocals. This album is pretty good vocally throughout the majority of the album but is lacking musically. The instruments have the issue of sounding very poorly recorded and that often tends to make them get annoying after a while. This album deserves a 2.5.
Best Song: Sunday Morning
Worst Song: European Son
Side note: I do think the album art having the banana be peelable is a pretty neat idea.
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Aug 25 2024
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London Calling
The Clash
London Calling was nothing like i was expecting. From it's album art, i expected a much heavier album out of this (Like come on, there is an electric bass being destroyed there, what screams heavy album more than that?) But it seems that this one is pretty unique with all of it's influences. There is everything from some fast rock-out sort of stuff to some more i guess British sounding music (I can't think of a better word for it) and also some Mexican Fiesta sounding music. These all worked pretty well and help this album be better than this band's self titled album. This album isn't the greatest thing ever but it does it's job as well as it can.
Best Song: Train in Vain (Stand By Me)
Worst Song: Jimmy Jazz
3
Aug 26 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
While One Nation Under A Groove might be the worst of all the Funkadelic/Parliament albums i have looked at, That still doesn't mean its not great. This album was still an immensely fun and funky ride throughout the whole thing. There were quite a bit of the rock elements that i came to know from these two acts and they were handled greatly here. The vocals were also outstanding just adding to the already funky nature of this album. Some of the songs could get a little bit repetitive with their long lengths and all but the best parts of the album more than made up for it. This album still shows why i love Funkadelic/Parliament so much.
Best Song: Who Says A Funk Band Can't Play Rock?!
Worst Song: Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)
4
Aug 27 2024
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
I know everyone on this site likes to hate on Morrissey but there is no denying that he can make a good album when he wants to and The Queen Is Dead is absolutely no exception. The guitar and bass work were absolutely great here as well as the vocals. The lyrics could also be pretty great at points but pretty dumb at others. I will say that this album is quite a bit better than Meat Is Murder since while that album had it's good moments too, it also had some fairly iffy songs, a problem which this album seems to rectify. This is actually a really good album that is more than deserving of a 3.5
Best Song: Bigmouth Strikes Again
Worst Song: Frankly, Mr. Shankly
4
Aug 28 2024
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Strange Cargo III is one of those albums that is really good at what it does but unfortunately lacks that small spark to be great. The album was very trippy, very unique, and in some places, very funky. The beats were really well done in the songs that utilized them more making for some really cool tracks but some of the songs were a bit too ambient for their own good causing them to be pretty repetitive and forgettable. This album is a very acquired taste that is difficult to get into if you are just a casual listener but if you are really into this sort of stuff, then this album is really good for providing a weird yet interesting listen.
Best Song: Into The Paradise
Worst Song: Deus Ex Machina
3
Aug 29 2024
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Good god, I was not expecting Darkdancer to be this good considering it's not great reputation on the site (only has 2.6 average as of writing this) but this album was surprisingly really solid. The songs, while repetitive, made use of their repetition really well and just were funky, interesting, and really, really catchy. The guest vocalists were great too as were all the main vocalists
but the main star of the show is obviously the beats. Few of the songs were annoying with a majority of them being a catchy, fun time. This is easily a great electronic album which shows just how good the 90s can do with electronica
Best Song: Hypnotise
Worst Song: Disco II Disco
4
Aug 30 2024
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Coles Corner is one of those albums that just kinda exists. The music sounds okay, the vocals work with the songs well enough, and the lyrics are there but this album simply plays it far too safe. All the songs (except for the last one) use pretty much the same formula of acoustic guitar, sad melancholy lyrics, with maybe some background ambiance here and there. That's kinda it for this album, it never tries anything interesting or all that different, it just follows an overly safe and bland formula all the way throughout. It is definitely something when i like the ambient song of an album the most simply because it sounds the most different. This album is just there.
Best Song: Last Orders
Worst Song: Darlin' Wait For Me
(Side note: The worst song here is kinda just interchangeable since all these songs sound virtually identical)
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Aug 31 2024
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Honestly, It's a shame Simon & Garfunkel broke up after this album because they brought their A game with Bridge Over Troubled Water. Everything in this album is absolutely sublime from the vocals, the music, and the lyrics being absolutely great. This album never lost the signature Simon & Garfunkel sound but made all the necessary improvements to make it the great album it is. This album also runs at the perfect pace being fast-paced and fun throughout. This album might not be perfect but it is clear that Simon & Garfunkel went out with a bang.
Best Song: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Worst Song: The Boxer
(Side note: As another reviewer pointed out, yes, you can give Simon a beard by covering Garfunkel's face and yes, it is funny)
(Second Side Note: Since this is my last Simon & Garfunkel, I thought it would be necessary to rank all of their albums so here you go,
1. Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. Bookends
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme)
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Sep 01 2024
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
Gris Gris is definitely one of the more bizarre albums that i have looked at in this project. That is what helps it to be a really interesting album. It is spooky and kinda sounds like something cavemen or cultists would sing and at some points, sound like an early Tom Waits which i think is actually pretty interesting. The album itself is not a bad listen. Sure, it is a really weird and out of the ordinary album but somehow Dr. John really managed to make things work even with all the weirdness, they also managed to make a sound that i find annoying in most albums sound pretty tolerable (i guess it could just be because i expected it). This might not be the best album to listen to on a normal day but i can still easily recommend it as a curiosity.
Best Song: Croker Courtbullion
Worst Song: Danse Fambeaux
3
Sep 02 2024
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Make Yourself
Incubus
I probably expected this from my favorite genre but Make Yourself is a legitimately fantastic album. Nearly every song sounded really great on this album with absolutely outstanding vocals, music, and lyrics but also managed to each have their own identity while still sounding like they fit together. The diversions this album had (Drive and Battlestar Scralatchtica) also managed to feel like nice breaks from the album's typical structure without being too annoying or jarring. This is easily among the best albums i have ever looked at for this project.
Best Song: Out from Under
Worst Song: Battlestar Scralatchtica
5
Sep 03 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
Back In Black is an album that i do quite like. For some reason, i remember some songs from this album sounding different like the title track feeling a bit softer than i remember, it is still a good song regardless. The other tracks here are also pretty solid and are often staples of classic rock radio stations that i listen to on occasion with none of them being ones i don't really want to listen to at that given time. Apparently, here is also where i learned that this band is Australian because prior to knowing this, i just thought they were from the United States, at least their music kinda gave me that vibe. This is still a pretty great album that i will always be more than happy to listen to
Best Song: Have A Drink On Me
Worst Song: Shoot To Thrill
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Sep 04 2024
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
The Grand Tour is a perfectly fine album. The music and vocals all sound pleasant enough to the ears but don't really do anything super interesting. The album also runs at a quick pace too which is something i have fairly mixed feelings about. I do like that the songs don't ever get tedious because i bet they would if they went on for too long. But at the same time, the songs are too short to have enough time to really sink in causing a lot of the transitions from song to song feel very jarring and awkward. This isn't really the best album out there but i have listened to far worse.
Best Song: The Weatherman
Worst Song: Borrowed Angel
3
Sep 05 2024
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
I'm really not a fan of Le Tigre. The vocals just feel like the singer wasn't even hitting notes properly and that was mostly what helped it get so annoying. The lyrics are also non-sensical in a majority of the songs (especially on What's Yr Take on Cassavetes and Dude, Yr So Crazy!) They really need to know that saying random words at random times are not proper song lyrics. The music is actually fine throughout the majority of the album and probably the best part but there were songs that tanked in that regard too. The album thankfully is mercifully short at around only 2 or 3 minutes for every song. This album might not be as bad as the other 1 star albums i have looked at but it is still far from good.
Best Song: Slideshow At Free University
Worst Song: Les and Ray
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Sep 06 2024
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Triangle isn't an album that will blow anyone away but it is solid at what it does. This album mostly seems to rely on a country sound while sounding a bit whimsical which is a fairly cool idea almost as if it's being played alongside a fairy tale being told. The music also does it's job quite well for this type of sound, the vocals all fit perfectly well, and the lyrics are kinda like this with the story being told and it all fits well. I'm unsure of what else to say about this album because i just said everything i really can say about it. Its a fine album just not gonna take the world by storm or anything.
Best Song: Painter Of Women
Worst Song: Old Kentucky Home
3
Sep 07 2024
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
Tres Hombres is an album that is pretty basic but still good. The album does get the vibe of a southern sound to a T. There are songs that had a hard rock sound (which dominated most of the album) but they also did have some ones that had more of a country style which i think is quite cool. Unfortunately this album is a bit basic which is to be expected since it seems to be an earlier hard rock album but i still would have liked to see some more interesting ideas and elements. This album is a good one, i just wish it had some more things going for it.
Best Song: La Grange
Worst Song: Sheik
3
Sep 08 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
The World is a Ghetto is quite a crazy album if i do say so myself. It generally has some very odd instrument usage and some of the lyrics also feel pretty crazy to actually hear. But this is chaos that i kinda enjoy. This actually helps it to be a pretty original sounding funk album especially with all the keyboard usage (i think that's what that instrument is). Even with all the chaos, it never became too overbearing and was reasonably fun to listen to. This isn't an album that i would want to come back to all the time but with it's craziness, its still a good listen.
Best Song: Where Was You At
Worst Song: City, Country, City
3
Sep 09 2024
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
Hypnotised is an album that has quite a lot for me to like about it. The music is solid, the lyrics are fine, and the vocals fit the songs well too. The pace was also fast without feeling too fast and i was generally just enjoying my time with the album. But there is just something that i don't like about this album. I don't even know what it is but i just feel if that thing was gone or was fixed in some way, shape or form, I'd like this album quite a bit more. But as it stands this album is a good one that i did enjoy listening to but something is keeping me from saying that its a great one.
Best Song: Hard Luck
Worst Song: Boys Will Be Boys
3
Sep 10 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Birth Of The Cool really shows that its a really early album on this list. The recording quality isn't really the greatest and the album really does give off the vibes of the 50s. I still somewhat enjoyed this album (it mostly helped that i was doing college homework while listening to this). The album was just generally very relaxing even when it had a faster tempo. The songs are a bit samey but this is probably expected of an album like this. I will admit that the vocals in track 12 were a pretty nice touch and definitely added something. There are better jazz albums that i have listened to but this is still an alright listen.
Best Song: Godchild
Worst Song: Rouge
3
Sep 11 2024
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Water From An Ancient Well is a pretty decent jazz album that does have some flaws. The music is generally pretty relaxing and even beautiful when it wants to be (The Mountain is a big example of this) and generally is something i like when it comes to a jazz album. The album did go on for pretty long which could cause the melodies to get a little repetitive and the song transitions could also use some work but other than that, it is a fine and good jazz album that i liked the whole way through.
Best Song: The Mountain
Worst Song: Manenberg Revisited
3
Sep 12 2024
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
Moss Side Story is one of the most interesting albums i have ever heard. It was apparently a concept album for a crime movie that never existed and i do kinda wish this film existed because i would have liked to see the context for all of these songs. This album is still really good on its own though, it was dark, morbid and creepy in all the right spots. This is also an album that had songs that were different sounding enough to keep me on my toes but still felt like they all were connected mostly due to having that crime movie style sound. I really like this album for what it is but i feel like i would have liked it more if this film had actually existed.
Best Song: Auto Destruction
Worst Song: Central Control
4
Sep 13 2024
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Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
Brutal Youth is just about the same quality as all of Elvis Costello's other albums, as in its an alright album but its nothing that will blow anyone away. This one seems to be more in line with This Year's Model music-wise rather than Blood And Chocolate which is kinda a shame since i did like the latter album more. This one is still a pretty fine album with it having quite a few solid songs with some pretty decent musical ideas. Despite all of that, the album isn't really too much to write home about. It is alright but you can do quite a bit better than this.
Best Song: Still Too Soon To Know
Worst Song: All the Rage
3
Sep 14 2024
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Dire Straits is an album that doesn't do anything super special but is still a really solid album. The southern sound gave it somewhat of a country rock sort of vibe going on and that i did actually like the sound of despite not being the biggest fan of country music. The vocals were solid and the songs flowed pretty smoothly. Part of me does feel a little disappointed with Sultans Of Swing because i kind of wanted it to have more swing elements due to it's name though it was still a pretty decent song. The only thing i can really say would be reiterating what i said at the start of the review. Its not an incredibly special album but it does it's job very well.
Best Song: Down to the Waterline
Worst Song: Lions
3
Sep 15 2024
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
White Blood Cells was a pretty enjoyable album. I always love a rough guitar sound in indie rock albums and this album had it in spades really having that fun little garage rock style. Also, some of the songs just went far harder than i was expecting from their names. Like I Think I Smell a Rat had such a goofy title yet ended up going so hard which i just find so funny and the fact that the song, of course, sounds really good. My only real issue with this album is the fact that some of the songs don't go on for long enough in some cases but other than that, this is a fun album i can easily recommend.
Best Song: The Union Forever
Worst Song: Little Room
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Sep 16 2024
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Suicide
Suicide
To all the fans of this album, i have a question. So, to all of you, What did you see in this album? Because whatever it is you saw, i didn't see it. This album was just pure agony to listen to. The songs all use the same basic melody for pretty much their whole runtime and they barely add anything. This would have been a little more tolerable if they were short, which most of them are, but Frankie Teardrop is 10 MINUTES LONG so that made that unbearable. The vocals also make me feel really uncomfortable (and not in a good way), and while the lyrics might be the best part of the album, they are not great. How this album became considered a classic is beyond me, Hard Pass.
Best Song: Che
Worst Song: Frankie Teardrop
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Sep 17 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
Wow, Hot Fuss was such an excellent album and i was never expecting it to be this good. The songs here all sounded incredibly sublime and melodic with some great work with the guitars, bass, and synths. The vocals also fit the music to a T and even the lyrics were really good for most of the album. And again, like i said, there is not a bad song in sight because every single one of them just sounded so good. If this is an apology for being forced to endure Suicide, then apology accepted.
Best Song: Smile Like You Mean It
Worst Song: Believe Me Natalie
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Sep 18 2024
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
Playing With Fire is another mixed bag for me. The album most definitely is a really noisy one mostly with the My Bloody Valentine like guitars in a lot of the songs and typically those are cool with me as long as they give the songs enough time to sink in. While this album did indeed do that, it just didn't exactly hit the same as something like m b v as the noise here got more repetitive. There are some pretty good songs here though like Come Down Softly To My Soul and Revolution. Even the worst songs here were tolerable. This is an okay album but its a very acquired taste.
Best Song: Come Down Softly To My Soul
Worst Song: I Believe It
3
Sep 19 2024
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Geez, I already said Freak Out kinda sounded like a child of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (which this current album is parodying) But it was still a shock to see that they had pretty much recreated it's album art for We're Only In It For The Money. As for the album itself, I hate it. While Freak Out! had some good moments at the start, this one had no good moments at all. Every weird or unique thing it tries to do always comes across as jarring, annoying or both. And of course, you can't have a Mothers Of Invention album without the obligatory track of just nothing but laughing and random noises and this album has it. I like some weird albums but this one just proves the point i made in my Freak Out! review, Just because it's satire, doesn't mean it gets an excuse for being bad.
Best Song: Lovely Little Girl
Worst Song: The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny
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Sep 20 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Beggars Banquet is a pretty decent album just like what i would expect from The Rolling Stones. This album relies more on the country elements of this band rather than the harder rock elements (they are still here) This might be the reason why i don't like it as much as Let It Bleed or Sticky Fingers. Those two albums had more memorable songs than this one. There still were some pretty good songs here, Sympathy For The Devil, Street Fighting Man, Prodigal Son and Stray Cat Blues were all some pretty good songs and definitely helped this album immensely. This album is good just like the other Rolling Stones albums i have done but its not as good as them.
Best Song: Street Fighting Man
Worst Song: Dear Doctor
3
Sep 21 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Gorillaz was definitely a really weird one. This album just had that acid sort of rock and rap all mixed into one and each song sounded like another kind of this stuff. And, this album is great for that. Many of the beats were really catchy and just had that kind of flow that i really love from these types of albums. I also do like how Albarn (AKA 2-D) was changing his voice to play into his character rather than just rip his voice from Blur which was his old band. Some of the songs could be repetitive or could feel very out of place or jarring but all in all, i still really enjoyed this one.
Best Song: Clint Eastwood
Worst Song: Punk
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Sep 22 2024
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
As much as i like weird and experimental albums (if they are done right). Sometimes, all i need is a good traditional rock out album to be happy in life and Physical Graffiti did fill that void. Every song felt fun enough to just rock out while driving or heck, doing any activity. The guitar riffs also felt really technical and interesting with many songs having cool and unique sounds to them all. Granted, the album was a long one at around 83 minutes and i did begin to lose track of the songs that were being played but i still had fun listening to this one.
Best Song: Kashmir
Worst Song: In the Light
4
Sep 23 2024
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Clube Da Esquina is another album that does unique things that i do like but is kinda forgettable. The songs here could sound absolutely beautiful sometimes and are good for just relaxing down at the beach on a hot summer day or night. The Portuguese singing while not mind-blowing or anything, fit the songs pretty well. This album is a long one with quite a lot of songs which unfortunately, made some of them blend together (mostly when it comes to the shorter ones). Despite all that, This album is still a good one that is just perfect relaxation music.
Best Song: Trem De Doido
Worst Song: Dos Cruces
3
Sep 24 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
It's actually crazy that David Bowie has among the most albums on this project yet i am only doing an album of his when I'm 240 albums into this project. And yes, Aladdin Sane was a great start for my journey through all of his albums. This album had a fun jazzy, swingy rock like sound which always felt fun to listen to and Bowie's presence also really added to the fun factor to this album. It also felt like this album got the length just right unlike the last two albums i did which felt too long so here every song feels way more memorable. Yep, i really do like this one.
Best Song: Cracked Actor
Worst Song: Drive-In Saturday
4
Sep 25 2024
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
Hearts And Bones is a pretty decent album for what it is. You can still easily tell that Paul Simon brought everything he learned from his career with Art Garfunkel and while it might not be as well executed here, what's here is still pretty good. The songs had a very pleasant feel to them even if they could be about some pretty dark topics. Simon's voice also helped make the songs feel alive too. The songs here could be forgettable due to following fairly similar formulas but i didn't find a single one to be all that bad. This is just a solid album through and through.
Best Song: Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War
Worst Song: Allergies
3
Sep 26 2024
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
Man, what a disappointment. I really wanted to like Welcome To The Afterfuture but unfortunately, due to many factors i will list out, i just can't. This album just suffered from really inconsistent production quality. Sometimes the songs could sound decently mixed, other times they sounded poorly. The lyrics are also stupid and in general, the album just lacks direction and just kinda goes all over the place. Its honestly a shame these issues are present because i do legitimately really like some of the musical ideas and i would really like to see them in a better album, But alas, we have them in this album where they can't shine to their full glory.
Best Song: The Animist
Worst Song: Bladerunners
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Sep 27 2024
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
Honestly, Want One actually was fairly solid and a fair bit better than i was expecting. I feel that a majority of the songs on this album would probably feel right at home in a romance movie or in some cases, even a musical (i would have expected to fit a medieval movie especially considering the album art but that apparently refused to happen). The theatrical instruments did sound pretty alright here and fit the themes of the songs pretty well. Rufus' voice was also pretty good as well. I do feel that the songs do sound a bit samey but other than that, this album does it's job and then some.
Best Song: Movies Of Myself
Worst Song: I Don't Know What It Is
3
Sep 28 2024
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Blue Lines is decent. The songs here are mostly a mixture of hip hop and electronica which is a style that i have liked for quite a few of these albums but here it doesn't really sound worse or better than a lot of the other trip hop albums that i have heard through this project. The beats here could have their funky moments but aren't exactly the most memorable. I do like that there are a lot of different vocalists on a lot of these tracks which does make some of them more unique. This album isn't anything that's gonna light the world on fire but for what it is, its pretty good.
Best Song: Five Man Army
Worst Song: One Love
3
Sep 29 2024
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Oar is just a really weird one to me. Its one of those albums that has fairly decent music but the vocals leave something to be desired. There were quite a bit of good musical beats in this album especially towards the end. The main problem with this album though is that the vocals just feel very inconsistent. The album would often just flip flop around two different vocal styles which feels jarring when they change since they change at random points in the album. And neither vocal style is really all that good since they are both just really tough to hear. It nearly hits the margin of being okay but still remains mediocre.
Best Song: Grey/Afro
Worst Song: Diana
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Sep 30 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Murmur was yet another album that doesn't do anything insanely amazing but for what it is, its really solid. The album was a bit slow at the beginning but picked up by track 3. The tracks during that period of time were not exactly anything extraordinary but they were still solid fun tracks that i did enjoy. The vocals were not super special either but fit the music pretty well. This is a solid album but i genuinely don't really know what else to say about it other than just calling it a good album.
Best Song: We Walk
Worst Song: Radio Free Europe
3
Oct 01 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
I probably saw this coming when i went into this album but I love Rage Against The Machine. I only really had experience with two of this albums singles being Killing In The Name and Bombtrack (mostly the Stone Sour cover) and they are great songs but the other songs in the album are no slouches either. The guitar riffs were some of the most creative i have ever heard and really prove how good of a guitarist Tom Morello really is. The vocals are also the perfect kind of aggressive for this album. This is most definitely one of the best albums i have done for this project and is very deserving of it's global review score.
Best Song: Take The Power Back
Worst Song: Know Your Enemy
5
Oct 02 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Let's Get It On was actually really great for what it was. I know this album is primarily known for it's title track and that track's meme status but it is still a really good track and the other tracks here are great as well. The actual music here was really beautiful in places and features what probably will be the closest that we will ever get to having classical music on this list. Marvin's voice also was the perfect kind of voice for this album as it provided the romantic feel that the album needed. And none of the songs are bad either so it is a great album all around.
Best Song: If I Should Die Tonight
Worst Song: Keep Gettin' It On
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Oct 03 2024
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Ocean Rain is probably one of the most fine albums i have looked at on this project. This album does sound good and it does have a few cool moments but i just don't think its really all that special. This album is just another album in the sea of new wave/post punk albums of the 80s along with the rest of them. While i do kinda like the sound of this sort of stuff, they often sound very similar to each other and don't bring much new to the table. Just like a lot of those albums, this album is alright, just i don't have much to really say about it.
Best Song: Ocean Rain
Worst Song: Silver
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