Sep 25 2023
On The Beach
Neil Young
Reasonably low key Americana, not offensive but not spectacular either. 'Blues' seems to be a recurring theme in song naming and Ambulance Blues drags on for its 9m playtime.
Walk On and For The Turnstiles were my standout tracks
3
Sep 26 2023
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Lots to like here if you like Elvis Costello's distinctive vibe. Pump it up is rightfully the best known track, but I also liked Little Triggers for being something different and the breathlessness of Lipstick Vogue
4
Sep 27 2023
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Today I learned that Supertramp are British and not American. Eight mostly chunky songs length wise, if not always in tone, which moves between rock opera to pop and prog rock. The overall vibe is theatrical and a touch campy no doubt offering inspiration to Spinal Tap
* Dreamer was the track I knew best and sounds like prime ELO.
* Hide in Your Shell is my standout track
* Bloody Well Right probably hasn't aged well from 1974 when it was probably edgy, but seems a bit childish now
4
Sep 28 2023
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley is a cultural icon, with an instantly recognisable sound synonymous with reggae. The trouble for my musical snobbery is that I associate the sound with university halls of residence and people who 'like a bit of reggae' and this album does nothing to surprise or change that perception. Before even pressing play you know what you're going to get.
Compared to reggae and ska that I truly love - Desmond Dekker, Toots and the Maytals, Justin Hinds and the Dominos and so on - there's not much that excited me.
* Natty Dread is a decent choice for the lead track
* Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) is similarly enjoyable
3
Sep 29 2023
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
Based on my late 80s perception of Aerosmith I was surprised by the variety of styles here. I don't like the song Big Ten Inch Record, but have to admit its not what I was expecting. Have also been educated by how old Walk This Way is.
Standouts for me are Sweet Emotion and You See Me Crying
2
Oct 02 2023
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Contender for the first ever podcast rather than an album and whilst the voiceover is interesting the first time heard, for me it gets somewhat tedious on repeat listens.
Obviously Walk the Line is a classic, but that's about the only high point for me
2
Oct 03 2023
...And Justice For All
Metallica
Having had limited exposure or love of metal as a genre I'm not well placed to say if this a great example or not.
Obviously Metallica are outstanding musicians, the tunes are technically challenging and with no song less than 5 mins, no one is short changed here.
Personally, a little too heavy for my tastes, but I respect the craft and the slower tracks like One I could see myself listening to again.
2
Oct 04 2023
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Whilst probably not Kate Bush's best album in my opinion, even on a slow day her work is many times more creative and listenable than 90% of all other music.
A trademark voice paired with a big drums and assorted other percussion and haunting string melodies, this is unmistakeably Kate Bush, albeit a little less approachable than some other work.
That said, it does contain This Woman's Work one of my all time favourite songs which I never tire of listening to. The Fog is another standout track too.
4
Oct 05 2023
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
A varied but largely enjoyable album which I went into with no preconceptions having not knowingly sought out Brian Eno before in the past.
It's definitely of a time, but pleasant enough for repeated listens despite no song really grabbing my attention and compelling me to add to my favourites
3
Oct 06 2023
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ah the campish drama of a Nick Cave record. Lyrically descriptive storytelling like Country music paired with theatrical melodies and vibe. No doubt there is some deeper meaning with this record which is going to fly over my head as, to be honest, I don't care.
It doesn't really move me musically or interest me intellectually though I didn't mind The Curse of Millhaven track, that I could listen to more than once. The rest, less so.
1
Oct 09 2023
Revolver
Beatles
Classic and surprisingly varied Beatles album showing increased maturity in writing and themes which still stands up well today. Taxman is curiosity too no doubt a response to their own increased person wealth, but a complete about turn from their working class roots.
Yellow Submarine still feels like a sea shanty though which doesn't really fit with anything else here, but it's hard to mark the rest of the record down because of this.
Ranked personal standouts:
* For No One
* I'm Only Sleeping
* Eleanor Rigby
5
Oct 10 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
A bit harder than my tastes usually go, but apart from the final track, it's all pretty listenable. Not sure I'd seek it out again in the future, but I totally hate it either
3
Oct 11 2023
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Dreamy, somehow futuristic and endlessly replayable, this piece of largely low-fi electronica is right up my street.
I first became aware of this album by hearing the Kleptones take it and fuse with classic hiphop tracks, which is (almost) better than the original, especially if it's the thing you heard first! : https://kleptones.bandcamp.com/album/yoshimi-battles-the-hip-hop-robots
5
Oct 12 2023
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
Talk Talk here deliver a distinctive style which is both classic 80s in the sense that it's synth heavy, metronomic beat and big on vocals, whilst at the same time being strikingly un-80s in its energyless delivery.
Obviously 'Life's What You Make It' is the standout track, but for me there's little else memorable about it apart from an orchestra of recorders on 'Time It's Time'
3
Oct 13 2023
Rio
Duran Duran
Quintessential 80s album.
5
Oct 16 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
It would be easy to let what Coldplay have become to cloud one's opinion of this debut album. I almost skipped today's album on that basis, but that forgets what this felt like on release - melancholy, intimate, almost delicate indie rock that felt assured and perfectly at home in Cool Britannia.
A relisten confirms that I do know most of lyrics, so despite my feelings for Coldplay now, this had a sizeable influence in my past
4
Oct 17 2023
War
U2
Probably my favourite U2 album, but it's not saying too much as I'm not a fan of any of them.
1
Oct 18 2023
The Man Who
Travis
Another purely nostalgic listen for me which holds up pretty well even after putting aside all the associated feelings I have of the time when I first enjoyed this.
The released singles Writing to Reach You, Turn and Driftwood remain the standout tunes with somewhat haunting melodies and strum along guitars.
I always felt Why Does it Always Rain on me to be a little too twee and that feeling hasn't changed over the years, though I recognise this is the tune that hooked the masses and fuelled the album's overall popularity. Probably I just heard it too many times. The remainder of the album acts as support to these tracks and whilst solid enough, harbour no hidden gems either, apart from maybe the hidden track after Slideshow which is a more boisterous nod to Travis less ballady past.
4
Oct 19 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
First time listen to this mostly high energy Talking Heads record with a driving beat could be the best thing I've ever heard from them.
Sure I'm still not a fan of David Byrne's nasally voice and it does grate by the end, but that aside, this was a bit of a revelation for me.
Standout track : I'm Not In Love
4
Oct 20 2023
Cross
Justice
Let's get drunk and freaky fly
Mainstream electronic release with everything you expect. Pounding beats - check, rumbling bass - check, too many samples to count, tweaked beyond recognition - check
It's like a harder faster stronger version of Daft Punk
3
Oct 23 2023
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Save the babies! Save babies!
Obviously Marvin Gaye is a legend who I won't hear a word against, but this work is very much of a time, conjuring up smoky lounges, velvet, overly large collars, jive turkeys and Blaxploitation.
What's there is pretty accomplished of course, but also kind of short by any standard.
The inspirational, call to action lyrics seem to have fell on deaf ears. Have we saved the babies? No we have not.
3
Oct 24 2023
Dookie
Green Day
American campus rock. One up from REM one down from Pearl Jam. Probably a 3.6 - not great, not terrible.
3
Oct 25 2023
Murmur
R.E.M.
Extra medium right down to the meh picture on the cover. The songs you know are OK, and you missed nothing on the ones you didn't.
2
Oct 26 2023
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
More of getting exactly what you expect from an Elvis Costello album.
Oliver's Army despite the dated lyrics, and Accidents Will Happen are the best well known and standout tracks.
Other less well known tracks like Green Shirt and Party Girl also hold their own. Overall solid.
3
Oct 27 2023
Snivilisation
Orbital
Completely new album to me which received multiple playback during the day. Solid effort.
4
Oct 30 2023
The World is a Ghetto
War
Technically excellent and a solid listen. For me though it wanders a little too close to jazz at times. Maybe it's a sign of ADHD or something but I'm not a fan of loooong tracks, so with two over 10 mins
3
Oct 31 2023
The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonΓ‘e
This is a great example of why I wanted to do this project - to discover artists that I had never heard of before and end up really liking their albums.
Over a decade old and I'm not sure how this passed me by but such a rich work with numerous styles and clear influences bleeding in.
One caveat is that Apple music only let me listen to the 'Deluxe' version, so I'm not sure how much embellishment from the original work there is.
Stand out tracks: Cold War, Oh Maker and Say You'll Go
4
Nov 01 2023
The White Room
The KLF
Again, Apple are unable to give me the original album and I must listen to the Director's Cut whatever that is.
Regardless, I do understand the cultural significance KLF have made and for sure they are more creative and less basic than 80% of the music industry. That said, I never really bought into their music as something to take seriously, because for me, frivolity has no place in music for some reason. So maybe I'm still reeling from the novelty abomination that is 'Doctorin' The Tardis' and probably have completely missed a point somewhere but even a relisten just now, has not further endeared their music to me
3
Nov 02 2023
The Grand Tour
George Jones
Hard for me to get excited by country music. I'm not offended but then nothing here enlightened or enthralled me
2
Nov 03 2023
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
So it turns out that any preconception I had about the Cocteau Twins is completely false as now I have listened to them, I actually doubt I've ever really listened to anything by them before.
Entirely fitting the shoegaze genre, this is ethereal, dreamy alternative pop. At times Kate Bush-esque and even Chapterhouse on account of the undecipherable vocals.
All in all a bit of a musical education.
4
Nov 06 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
This holds up remarkably well for an album nearly 65 years old. A mix of big band tracks - a sound I'm nonplussed over - and string led easy listening reminiscent of roaring log fires whilst snow flutters down.
3
Nov 07 2023
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
'Heavy metal' in a similar vein to Deep Purple in as much as it's more like rock music. Pretty solid album for something I wouldn't have naturally picked out. 'Changes' is an absolute banger of course.
3
Nov 08 2023
Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
Wrote something that wasn't saved, basically saying this was meh.
1
Nov 09 2023
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Classic rock. A Whole Lotta Love is of course the stand out track, but the rest of the album stacks up pretty well in support
4
Nov 10 2023
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Jangly pop from the 60s. Not offensive, but also not all that compelling to me. Contains no hits like Mr Tambourine Man or Turn! Turn! Turn!
3
Nov 13 2023
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
So so
2
Nov 14 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
Not my thing, but can appreciate the high technical skill on display here
3
Nov 15 2023
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
4
Nov 16 2023
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The actual album isn't available in the UK via Apple music, but what I did manage to listen to I really liked. A very Ramones type of vibe, high energy and LOUD
4
Nov 17 2023
Live At Leeds
The Who
Liked the music, but less so the accompanying and dated banter in between.
3
Nov 20 2023
Moon Safari
Air
Seminal electronica. Was ground breaking on release and still sounds fresh today
5
Nov 22 2023
Pornography
The Cure
Under the radar Cure album that's worth a listen, but perhaps not repeatedly
3
Nov 23 2023
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Mainstream hiphop, although better than woodwind
3
Nov 24 2023
Parklife
Blur
The very essence of Britpop, cracking stuff both then and still
5
Nov 27 2023
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Walk this way might be the best well known track, but Tricky is by far the best
4
Nov 28 2023
The KΓΆln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Really enjoyed being introduced to this as something to accompany my work day. I'm not sure I would just listen to this, but as a backdrop and an aid to concentration, it was perfect
4
Nov 30 2023
Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
An interesting album to be made aware of, but ultimately a lot too Avant Garde for my taste
1
Dec 01 2023
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Basically sounds like a covers album sang by that guy Steve down the pub who does a bit of karaoke on pay day
1
Dec 04 2023
Amnesiac
Radiohead
Back to front 5 stars f'real
5
Dec 05 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Cheesy of course, but not as bad as I expected
3
Dec 06 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Run of the mill, unspectacular American rock zzzzzzzzzzzzz
2
Dec 07 2023
London Calling
The Clash
Enjoyable, but not as punk as people seem to think
4
Dec 08 2023
My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Only listened to a preview as it's not available via Apple in the UK, but it seemed OK, although I wasn't motivated to spend actual money on it
3
Dec 11 2023
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Twee with a side of cheese.
3
Dec 12 2023
Blur
Blur
By no means the best Blur album, the change in style to appeal to American audiences is not an improvement to my ear, though perhaps better than just releasing the same old stuff I suppose
3
Dec 13 2023
Phrenology
The Roots
Solid and surprisingly varied Roots album. A relisten points out how influential it has been judging by the number of samples it forms the basis of
4
Dec 14 2023
The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
Not the worst thing I ever heard
3
Dec 15 2023
Face to Face
The Kinks
More of the Kinks distinctive sound which is another way of saying this is no different to all the other Kinks albums I've heard.
3
Dec 18 2023
Figure 8
Elliott Smith
Mellow album that warrants multiple playthroughs from that guy I discovered from the closing track of Good Will Hunting. May he rest in peace.
4
Dec 19 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
Dec 20 2023
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
New to me, although a couple of tracks were familiar and I listened to it on repeat, so it can't be that bad
5
Dec 21 2023
Tago Mago
Can
Largely nonsense to my ears
1
Dec 22 2023
BEYONCΓ
BeyoncΓ©
Not to my taste and assume it's aimed at people that buy one album a year because they don't really know what they like.
2
Dec 25 2023
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
I can't describe the hatred I feel for this basic drivel
1
Jan 03 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
It's OK not my favourite Trent Reznor work, and I doubt I'll listen to it again, but the craft is to be respected
2
Jan 04 2024
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Surprised to find this here, but enjoyed it. Less so as something to just listen to, but as an accompaniment to working, it was fine
4
Jan 05 2024
Warehouse: Songs And Stories
HΓΌsker DΓΌ
Dull, basic, middle of the road and frankly boring American rock music. Wikipedia says they are a punk band which is utter nonsense.
1
Jan 08 2024
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Of course I was aware of Elbow, but had never actually listened to any albums right through. Have changed that now, and am a convert
5
Jan 09 2024
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
3
Jan 10 2024
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Seminal obvs
5
Jan 11 2024
Pelican West
Haircut 100
Pretty nice nostalgia trip leading a rabbit hole of research about a group band I'd always written off as an 80s boy band
4
Jan 12 2024
Pretenders
Pretenders
Extra medium
3
Jan 15 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
A somewhat maligned album but I enjoyed it, in it's entirety, with the pauses, as Lindsay Buckingham intended it to be heard.
5
Jan 16 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
I won't hear a word against the undisputed genius that is Dave Grohl.
5
Jan 17 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
3
Jan 18 2024
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Basic 60s pop. Extra medium.
3
Jan 19 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Forgotten how much I liked this at the time, and surprised how fresh it still sounds
4
Jan 22 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Everything Queen is classic
5
Jan 23 2024
Arrival
ABBA
One of the first proper albums I ever listened to around the age of 5 or 6. Mostly I liked the helicopter on the front.
4
Jan 24 2024
I See You
The xx
Don't get the hype, sounds bland to me.
2
Jan 25 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Sounds fresher than most albums from 1970. My Sweet Lord is a classic and the rest pass by without irritation
4
Jan 26 2024
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Like it says, tragic songs
1
Jan 29 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
I'm usually Elliot Smith favourable, but I couldn't get into this one for some reason
3
Jan 30 2024
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
A good heads up on a band I was aware of, but thought they were something else
4
Jan 31 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
3
Feb 01 2024
Make Yourself
Incubus
OK if you like that sort of thing. I do not like that sort of thing.
1
Feb 02 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
The lyrics are unintelligible, the melodies are slow and dreamy, it's the very definition of the shoegaze genre, and I bloody love it
5
Feb 05 2024
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
*raspberry*
2
Feb 06 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Shoot me.
1
Feb 07 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
A big influence on my youth and holds up well I feel
4
Feb 08 2024
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Based on 'Can't stand Gravy' I thought I would hate this, but actually it grew on me, with the high point being 'Still Thrives This Love'. What a surprise.
4
Feb 09 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
1
Feb 12 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
Feb 14 2024
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Not up my neighbourhood, let alone street
1
Feb 15 2024
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
Feb 16 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5
Feb 19 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
3
Feb 22 2024
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp
Solid
4
Feb 26 2024
My Generation
The Who
3
Feb 27 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Average American rock, although I now understand why that one Killers tune is so different in style
3
Feb 28 2024
Harvest
Neil Young
4
Feb 29 2024
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Mar 01 2024
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Po-op
2
Mar 04 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
1
Mar 05 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
Seminal and ground-breaking
5
Mar 06 2024
Graceland
Paul Simon
An album I've loved forever and continue to love today
5
Mar 07 2024
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
Middle of the road, basic, populist American 'rock' pop nonsense. Literally on a par with Jamiroquai or Oasis aimed at people who apparently don't really like music, but think it's cool if they do. Tellingly, the best track is a cover. Seriously if you think this is an album to hear before you die, then what's keeping you?
1
Mar 08 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
5
Mar 11 2024
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
3
Mar 12 2024
Ramones
Ramones
A very singular style runs through every song. 'Samey' some may say
3
Mar 13 2024
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Gosh no.
1
Mar 14 2024
Low-Life
New Order
I know production values have improved over the years, but on relisten Sub-Culture feels a lot more karaoke than I thought at the time!
3
Mar 18 2024
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
3
Mar 19 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
3
Mar 20 2024
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
A couple of repeatable tracks, nothing more
2
Mar 21 2024
Antichrist Superstar
Marilyn Manson
Bit shouty.
3
Mar 22 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Bit twiddly
2
Mar 25 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
3
Mar 26 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
3
Mar 27 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
4
Mar 28 2024
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
2
Mar 29 2024
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
1
Apr 01 2024
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
3
Apr 03 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
3
Apr 04 2024
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
Quite a revelation how much better Bryan Ferry is here. My previous exposure was from his solo work which I always felt was a bit meh
4
Apr 05 2024
Wild Gift
X
New one on me, and a pleasant surprise at that
4
Apr 08 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
New one on me, and a pleasant surprise at that
4
Apr 09 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Short
3
Apr 10 2024
Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
I flat out don't get it
1
Apr 11 2024
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
Wasn't a fan then, haven't grown on me
2
Apr 12 2024
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
4
Apr 15 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Give me strength to avoid such nonsense
1
Apr 16 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Give me strength to avoid such nonsense
3
Apr 17 2024
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Urgh. Warble, warble, arrrghh and beee
1
Apr 18 2024
Konnichiwa
Skepta
3
Apr 22 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
Apr 23 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Apr 24 2024
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
3
Apr 25 2024
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
4
Apr 26 2024
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Apr 29 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
Apr 30 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
4
May 01 2024
ΓgΓ¦tis Byrjun
Sigur RΓ³s
3
May 02 2024
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
4
May 03 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Great recommendation that I would not have discovered on my own
4
May 06 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
3
May 08 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
2
May 09 2024
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
3
May 10 2024
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
3
May 13 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
4
May 14 2024
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
3
May 15 2024
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
1
May 16 2024
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
3
May 17 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
Surprisingly awful, expected better tbh
1
May 20 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
3
May 21 2024
Fragile
Yes
2
May 22 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
4
May 23 2024
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
3
May 24 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Hereβs The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Not sure what all the fuss is/was about
1
May 27 2024
The Band
The Band
3
May 29 2024
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
3
May 30 2024
Boston
Boston
2
May 31 2024
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
4
Jun 03 2024
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Deep Purple good, live album bad
3
Jun 05 2024
Dummy
Portishead
Seminal. To me this IS triphop
5
Jun 06 2024
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
Unremarkable and derivative American rock
3
Jun 07 2024
Arise
Sepultura
2
Jun 10 2024
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
4
Jun 11 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
4
Jun 12 2024
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
4
Jun 13 2024
Hysteria
Def Leppard
3
Jun 14 2024
Forever Changes
Love
3
Jun 17 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
2
Jun 21 2024
Play
Moby
4
Jun 24 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
2
Jun 25 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
3
Jun 26 2024
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
4
Jun 27 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
3
Jun 28 2024
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
2
Jul 01 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
2
Jul 02 2024
Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
Jul 03 2024
Destroyer
KISS
2
Jul 04 2024
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
2
Jul 05 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
4
Jul 08 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
5
Jul 09 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
4
Jul 10 2024
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
3
Jul 11 2024
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Jul 12 2024
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
4
Jul 15 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3
Jul 16 2024
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
2
Jul 17 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
Jul 18 2024
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Jul 19 2024
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
4
Jul 23 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
Jul 24 2024
It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
3
Jul 25 2024
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
3
Jul 26 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
4
Jul 29 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
4
Jul 30 2024
Odelay
Beck
4
Jul 31 2024
Illmatic
Nas
4
Aug 01 2024
New Forms
Roni Size
4
Aug 02 2024
Green
R.E.M.
3
Aug 05 2024
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
3
Aug 06 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
2
Aug 07 2024
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
4
Aug 08 2024
Live!
Fela Kuti
3
Aug 09 2024
The Real Thing
Faith No More
3
Aug 23 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass
4
Aug 26 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
4
Aug 28 2024
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
2
Aug 29 2024
Odessa
Bee Gees
4
Aug 30 2024
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
3
Sep 02 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
4
Sep 03 2024
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Tosh. And I consider myself a fan of hiphop
1
Sep 04 2024
The Coral
The Coral
3
Sep 05 2024
The La's
The La's
2
Sep 06 2024
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
Sep 09 2024
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
4
Sep 10 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
About as mid as the other prison recording
2
Sep 11 2024
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
About as mid as the other prison recording
4
Sep 12 2024
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Hadn't heard of them before, unlikely to remember what they're like in future.
3
Sep 13 2024
Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Surprisingly didn't age well. Sadly sounds a bit naff now IMO
2
Sep 16 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Sep 17 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Complete turnaround for me. When this came out I thought the Beastie Boys were a puerile one hit wonder. Listening back now it's influence seems to be like a classic Motown album spawning countless samples and immediately recognisable loops. Who Sampled claims The New Style has been sampled by 359 other tracks! Such a large footprint, a cultural icon.
5
Sep 18 2024
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
4
Sep 19 2024
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
Really not my thing
1
Sep 20 2024
One World
John Martyn
Really not my thing
3
Sep 23 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
Better than I remembered, or maybe I'm less snobby than I used to be. Probably a bit of both
4
Sep 24 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
As weak as the other Lamar album I was recommended. Guess I'm not a fan
1
Sep 25 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
Not entirely sure how this passed me by at the time, but I'm all the better for hearing it now
4
Sep 26 2024
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
3
Sep 27 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
4
Sep 30 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
4
Oct 01 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Oct 02 2024
Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
3
Oct 03 2024
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
4
Oct 07 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
Oct 08 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
3
Oct 09 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
Oct 10 2024
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
Really hasn't aged well, and I count Coldcut as one of my all time favourite groups
2
Oct 11 2024
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
2
Oct 14 2024
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
4
Oct 15 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
4
Oct 16 2024
Basket of Light
Pentangle
3
Oct 17 2024
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
3
Oct 18 2024
Arular
M.I.A.
4
Oct 21 2024
Young Americans
David Bowie
3
Oct 22 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
Oct 23 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
5
Oct 24 2024
Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
2
Oct 25 2024
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
4
Oct 28 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
Oct 29 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
3
Oct 30 2024
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
4
Oct 31 2024
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
3
Nov 01 2024
Kenza
Khaled
3
Nov 04 2024
1984
Van Halen
3
Nov 05 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson
4
Nov 06 2024
Hot Fuss
The Killers
5
Nov 07 2024
Scott 4
Scott Walker
2
Nov 08 2024
Da Capo
Love
3
Nov 11 2024
Nevermind
Nirvana
5
Nov 12 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
Nov 13 2024
Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
2
Nov 14 2024
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
2
Nov 15 2024
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4
Nov 18 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
2
Nov 19 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
3
Nov 20 2024
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
3
Nov 21 2024
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Nov 22 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
4
Nov 25 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
Nov 26 2024
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
5
Nov 27 2024
World Clique
Deee-Lite
3
Nov 28 2024
Bossanova
Pixies
3
Nov 29 2024
Iβm a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
1
Dec 02 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
3
Dec 03 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
5
Dec 04 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
3
Dec 05 2024
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
Dec 06 2024
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
1
Dec 09 2024
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
5
Dec 10 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
Dec 11 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
5
Dec 12 2024
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
Dec 13 2024
Celebrity Skin
Hole
3
Dec 16 2024
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Dec 17 2024
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
Dec 18 2024
Emergency On Planet Earth
Jamiroquai
1
Dec 19 2024
Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
3
Dec 20 2024
Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
4
Dec 23 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
5
Jan 07 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
4
Jan 08 2025
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
3
Jan 09 2025
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
3
Jan 10 2025
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
2
Jan 13 2025
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
4
Jan 14 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
2
Jan 15 2025
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
3
Jan 16 2025
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
5
Jan 17 2025
The Cars
The Cars
4
Jan 20 2025
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
2
Jan 21 2025
Eagles
Eagles
4
Jan 22 2025
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
3
Jan 23 2025
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
4
Jan 24 2025
Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
3
Jan 27 2025
The Score
Fugees
3
Jan 28 2025
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
2
Jan 29 2025
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
1
Jan 30 2025
Night Life
Ray Price
1
Jan 31 2025
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4
Feb 03 2025
Smash
The Offspring
3
Feb 04 2025
Tommy
The Who
2
Feb 05 2025
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
4
Feb 06 2025
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
4
Feb 07 2025
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
3
Feb 10 2025
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
2
Feb 11 2025
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
Feb 12 2025
Gold
Ryan Adams
3
Feb 13 2025
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
3
Feb 14 2025
Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
5
Feb 17 2025
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
Feb 18 2025
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
4
Feb 19 2025
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
2
Feb 20 2025
Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
2
Feb 21 2025
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
1
Feb 24 2025
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
2
Feb 25 2025
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
3
Feb 26 2025
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
1
Feb 27 2025
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
2
Feb 28 2025
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Mar 03 2025
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
Mar 04 2025
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
3
Mar 05 2025
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
Mar 06 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
5
Mar 07 2025
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
1
Mar 10 2025
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
3
Mar 11 2025
(Pronounced 'Leh-'NΓ©rd 'Skin-'NΓ©rd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3
Mar 12 2025
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
2
Mar 13 2025
Born To Be With You
Dion
3
Mar 14 2025
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
4
Mar 17 2025
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
4
Mar 18 2025
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
2
Mar 19 2025
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
1
Mar 20 2025
Aja
Steely Dan
4
Mar 21 2025
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
Mar 24 2025
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
4
Mar 25 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Mar 26 2025
Tical
Method Man
4
Mar 27 2025
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
Mar 28 2025
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Mar 31 2025
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4
Apr 01 2025
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
3
Apr 02 2025
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
1
Apr 03 2025
Vivid
Living Colour
3
Apr 04 2025
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
2
Apr 07 2025
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3
Apr 08 2025
Heroes
David Bowie
2
Apr 09 2025
Rapture
Anita Baker
2
Apr 10 2025
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
5
Apr 11 2025
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
2
Apr 14 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
4
Apr 15 2025
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
2
Apr 16 2025
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
3
Apr 17 2025
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
5
Apr 18 2025
Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
3
Apr 23 2025
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
3
Apr 24 2025
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
2
Apr 25 2025
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
5
Apr 28 2025
Drunk
Thundercat
2
Apr 29 2025
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
2
Apr 30 2025
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
3
May 01 2025
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
5
May 02 2025
Leftism
Leftfield
5
May 05 2025
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
2
May 07 2025
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
2
May 08 2025
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
2
May 09 2025
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
5
May 12 2025
Different Class
Pulp
1
May 13 2025
Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
1
May 14 2025
John Prine
John Prine
2
May 15 2025
Future Days
Can
3
May 16 2025
LP1
FKA twigs
2
May 19 2025
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
2
May 20 2025
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
4
May 21 2025
Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3
May 22 2025
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
2
May 23 2025
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
3
May 26 2025
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
May 28 2025
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
3
May 29 2025
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
4
May 30 2025
Palo Congo
Sabu
3
Jun 02 2025
Signing Off
UB40
3
Jun 03 2025
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Jun 04 2025
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
3
Jun 05 2025
Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
2
Jun 06 2025
Me Against The World
2Pac
3
Jun 09 2025
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
5
Jun 10 2025
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
2
Jun 11 2025
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
4
Jun 12 2025
Picture Book
Simply Red
2
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
4
Jun 16 2025
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
3
Jun 17 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer
1
Jun 18 2025
Parallel Lines
Blondie
5
Jun 19 2025
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
3
Jun 20 2025
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
4
Jun 23 2025
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
4
Jun 24 2025
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
3
Jun 25 2025
Wild Wood
Paul Weller
3
Jun 26 2025
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
5
Jul 02 2025
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
3
Jul 03 2025
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
3
Jul 04 2025
Microshift
Hookworms
5
Jul 07 2025
Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
3
Jul 08 2025
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
1
Jul 09 2025
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
2
Jul 10 2025
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
2
Jul 11 2025
Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
2
Jul 14 2025
Beautiful Freak
Eels
4
Jul 15 2025
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
3
Jul 16 2025
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
4
Jul 17 2025
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
3
Jul 18 2025
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
4
Jul 21 2025
Bad
Michael Jackson
5
Jul 22 2025
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
5
Jul 23 2025
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
3
Jul 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
3
Jul 25 2025
Who's Next
The Who
3
Jul 28 2025
Life's Too Good
The Sugarcubes
3
Jul 29 2025
S&M
Metallica
3
Jul 30 2025
The Doors
The Doors
5
Jul 31 2025
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
4
Aug 01 2025
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Aug 04 2025
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
1
Aug 05 2025
Woodface
Crowded House
2
Aug 06 2025
School's Out
Alice Cooper
2