Sep 21 2023
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Top notch production and flow. Excellent samples, although the samples sometimes got chaotic. Feels like I would have added another star if I were more into lyrics.
3
Sep 22 2023
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Low
David Bowie
More prog rocky than I expected. Wasn't really into some of the vocal interludes. Album has definitely aged.
2
Sep 25 2023
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
The opening to this album rocked. Lots of great tracks on here, particularly the high energy tracks were great. Easy listening all the way through.
4
Sep 26 2023
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Great album. Fresh. Some lows, lots of highs.
4
Sep 27 2023
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Moving Pictures
Rush
Hard not to love this once you've warmed up to Geddy Lee's vocals. Very solid and consistent album through and through with some absolute classics.
4
Sep 28 2023
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Arular
M.I.A.
Couldn't get through this album. Just when part of a song starts to get catchy, a cacophony of dissonant samples and effects are mashed into your eardrums. On the plus side you get a bit of a break with the skits.
1
Sep 29 2023
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
Solid. Tight. Smooth. Consistent to the point that it may have been nice to have more variety. Truly a rapper's delight.
3
Oct 02 2023
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Violator
Depeche Mode
Okay not great
2
Oct 03 2023
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Not bad, but not particularly fresh or interesting. Recognize a lot of influence that this has had on other musicians (Sixto Rodriguez).
2
Oct 04 2023
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Has aged pretty well for an electronic album. Not bad at all.
3
Oct 05 2023
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Solid rap album, a lot more hip hop elements than I expected. Decent.
2
Oct 06 2023
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
This was okay. A lot of the 1990s rap albums are starting to blur together. They're all pretty good but a bit dated at this point.
2
Oct 09 2023
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Funky.
4
Oct 11 2023
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Melodrama
Lorde
Good album, but no big bangers.
3
Oct 12 2023
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Not my cup of tea. Very whiny, could not finish.
1
Oct 13 2023
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Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
Just an awesome album. Lots of soul and a solid rock/blues backbone.
4
Oct 16 2023
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
Not the worst
2
Oct 17 2023
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
2
Oct 18 2023
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Skylarking
XTC
Not into it
1
Oct 19 2023
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
Got bored
1
Oct 20 2023
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Pink Flag
Wire
1
1
Oct 23 2023
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Meh
2
Oct 24 2023
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Young Americans
David Bowie
Very solid album. A lot more energy and funk than `Low` and 2 absolute banger singles.
4
Oct 25 2023
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Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Not the worst.
2
Oct 26 2023
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
2
Oct 27 2023
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Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
Just sad
2
Oct 30 2023
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Live!
Fela Kuti
Fantastic, my first 5 star album. Just an amazing 1hr set with incredible instrumentals, feeling, and vocals. Absolutely banging performance.
5
Oct 31 2023
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Solid
3
Nov 01 2023
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
No thanks
1
Nov 02 2023
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Solid 2
2
Nov 07 2023
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Elephant
The White Stripes
Not the worst
3
Nov 08 2023
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Still so good.
4
Nov 09 2023
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Solid.
2
Nov 13 2023
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Solid.
3
Nov 14 2023
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Seriously funky
3
Nov 28 2023
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
OK
2
Nov 29 2023
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Excellent!
4
Apr 18 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
Pretty meh.
2
Apr 19 2024
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Doolittle
Pixies
Some great guitar and drum parts but screechy guitar / vocals turned me off quite a bit.
2
Apr 22 2024
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Bad
Michael Jackson
Banger central
4
Apr 23 2024
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
Solid
3
Apr 24 2024
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Fantastic album, all of the songs were great. Amazing soul sounds of the 60s!
5
Apr 25 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
Highschool lightning captured in a bottle. Still great to this day despite some of the tracks being VERY worn out / overplayed. Bonus of a great followup playlist in the Spotify recommendations.
5
Apr 26 2024
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
Not the worst. I can see this being very influential in more modern bands that I like but this was a bit too old school / indie punkish for my tastes.
2
Apr 29 2024
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Parachutes
Coldplay
Great album! Lots more sadboi vibes here than the later Coldplay stuff. Great hits and decent all the way through.
3
Apr 30 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Really solid album. Lots of creative music styles from the era and great vocal harmonies. Can't believe I've never listened to this before.
4
May 01 2024
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
A lot of songs, some of them are okay
2
May 02 2024
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Leftism
Leftfield
Interesting. Not bad considering how poorly electronic music ages.
2
May 03 2024
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Very cool. A little bit dissonant at times but definitely breaking some ground and ahead of its time.
3
May 06 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
This was fantastic, almost no skips, great melodies.
4
May 07 2024
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All Directions
The Temptations
Great album.
4
May 08 2024
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Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
Bleh.
2
May 09 2024
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Not my jam
2
May 14 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
Meh, pretty underwhelming to be honest considering how many bangers they've made.
2
May 15 2024
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Mostly noise tbh
2
May 16 2024
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The Man Who
Travis
Unexpectedly brilliant album.
5
May 17 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
Not for me
1
May 28 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Meh
2
May 29 2024
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
Couldn't get through it
2
May 30 2024
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Homework
Daft Punk
Honestly, hasn't aged that well but still pretty great.
3
May 31 2024
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Solid - a lot more variety than expected.
3
Jun 03 2024
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Great
3
Jun 04 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Classic
3
Jun 05 2024
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
Interesting, good to listen to but unlikely to return to it.
3
Jun 06 2024
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
Can't beat this album if you want to mambo. Wall to wall classics.
4
Jun 07 2024
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Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
Wasn't crazy about the vocals but a musically sound album.
2
Jun 10 2024
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Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Fantastic.
4
Jun 12 2024
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Nixon
Lambchop
Not the worst. Not really my style but very musical.
2
Jun 13 2024
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Not that bad
3
Jun 18 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Great - but not as good as I remember is a youngling.
3
Jun 19 2024
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Enjoyable and unoffensive southern rock.
3
Jun 20 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Classic.
3
Jun 21 2024
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Couldn't take the lyrics and sampling noises
1
Jun 24 2024
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Solid but expected more bangers based on the huge hits on the album.
3
Jun 25 2024
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Pretty good.
3
Jun 26 2024
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Couldn't handle the vocal style.
1
Jun 27 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
Good not great IMO
3
Jun 28 2024
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Bad Company
Bad Company
This is just a great, up the middle classic rock album.
4
Jul 03 2024
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
2
Jul 04 2024
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
Unreal.
4
Jul 10 2024
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Very enjoyable easy listening.
4
Jul 11 2024
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Do not enjoy the vocals.
1
Jul 15 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Very poppy. Mostly pretty good, not a huge fan of the slow ballads.
3
Jul 17 2024
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Great ASMR voice. Very musical album as well. Not into all of the religious under/overtones.
3
Jul 24 2024
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Virgin Suicides
Air
Very cool album.
4
Jul 25 2024
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
Very enjoyable electropop album.
4
Jul 26 2024
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
Not bad
2
Jul 30 2024
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Certified classic.
5
Aug 01 2024
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2112
Rush
Pretty good when Geddy isn't singing
3
Aug 02 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Awesome.
4
Aug 07 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
Classic.
4
Aug 08 2024
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Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Meh
2
Aug 14 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Solid
4
Aug 15 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Meh
2
Aug 16 2024
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
Classic. Not bad. A lot more instrumental than expected - but in a great way.
3
Aug 19 2024
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Guero
Beck
Not bad
3
Aug 21 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
OK
2
Sep 17 2024
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Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
Classic.
4
Sep 18 2024
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
Good if a bit all over the place
3
Sep 25 2024
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Very solid and ahead of its time.
4
Sep 26 2024
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
Max 80s pop. Is that a good thing?
3
Sep 30 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Pure soul
4
Oct 01 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Meh
2
Oct 02 2024
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Not bad
3