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Thu Sep 28 2023
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
This album makes me feel like I’m a cool 1950’s detective driving about LA in the rain. My coffee and cigarette being rudely interrupted by a femme fatale walking into the diner.
Or when you are playing Grand Theft Auto, steal a car and the jazz station is on and you’re too busy escaping the police to change the channel.
I’ve heard Take Five a million times before but never knew what it was called.
Cool vibe.
4
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Fri Sep 29 2023
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
I’m not a fan of Talking Heads. For my media technology course the lecturer used ‘once in a lifetime’ to show different audio effects. I listened to that song about 100 times in 3 hours that day.
I’ve never cared for their production, or guitar tone. It’s all too angular and scratchy and this album has a lot of it.
I like David Byrne generally and the bass is funky in all these songs.
Cities is the best song on it.
Franz Ferdinand Loved this album. I didn’t.
2
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Mon Oct 02 2023
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
“CAN YOU DIG IT, SUCCCCKKKKKAAAAA”
Yes
4 spinaroonis
4
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Tue Oct 03 2023
British Steel
Judas Priest
Easiest album I’ll ever have to review.
The solo of Rapid Fire.
Metal Gods & BTL are stone cold classics.
Living after midnight is one of my favourite songs ever.
5 stars
5
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Wed Oct 04 2023
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Alright but not my scene. Can appreciate the musicianship and classic songs but I’m more of a Back to the Future 2 kind of guy.
3
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Thu Oct 05 2023
Parachutes
Coldplay
Oh FFS.
Minus 5 stars.
Beige background music for Barry C Homeowner types.
I was 20 when this came out, the weird thing was they released Shiver as a single first and it was kind of alright. It got played a lot at Paisley Student Union in 2000. Then Yellow came off the back of it and became a honking monster of a song. To the point out it’s still in that irritating DHL advert. I mean plenty people must like it. Maybe it’s me that’s wrong? No, that couldn’t possibly be it, it’s the children that are wrong.
I re listened on my way home from work and my opinion hasn’t changed.
1
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Fri Oct 06 2023
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Yass, The Pumpkins at their finest. If an album ever summed up Billy Corgan as an artist it’s this. It’s overblown, it’s self indulgent, it’s a bit wanky at times but when it goes, it fucking goes.
Tonight, Tonight - Jellybelly - Zero - Here is no why - Bullet with Butterfly wings is up there with any 5 song run on any guitar driven album ever. It’s ridiculous the musicianship and playing on those 5 songs.
Disc 2 isn’t as good as Disc 1. Some people aren’t keen on Flood’s production on this one but I love it.
Easily 5 stars.
5
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Mon Oct 09 2023
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Wasn’t my cup of tea.
1
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Tue Oct 10 2023
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
I never really listened to Radiohead beyond OK Computer, but this is a bit Mars Volta-ish and I really love Mars Volta, but there’s something about Radiohead I just can’t get.
Liked the first song and the last song, the rest just kind of was there
3
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Wed Oct 11 2023
A Night At The Opera
Queen
Some great, some not so great, not as amazing as I remembered it.
I’m in love with my car; 39 and Prophets song are all still bangers. Bohemian Rhapsody is Bohemian Rhapsody but a lot of Filler Queen on here.
4
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Thu Oct 12 2023
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Sounds like something I should like, and they probably inspired a lot of what I like in terms of rock and punk, but it’s just not something I enjoyed. Pills was decent but it mostly sounded like a Stones tribute act writing their own songs
2
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Fri Oct 13 2023
Is This It
The Strokes
The album that killed Nu-Metal. I’ve never listened to the whole album before but the album as a whole is prettty good. The single’s definitely stand out though.
3
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Mon Oct 16 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
3
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Tue Oct 17 2023
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
I liked this. More than I thought.
3
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Wed Oct 18 2023
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
Easy 5 for me, Keith Morris is one of my all time favourite musical people. The word blistering is used often but has never been more accurate.
16 minutes of insanity. LFDY is still one of my favourite songs of all time.
Gets unfairly compared to Black Flag at times but up there for me.
5
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Thu Oct 19 2023
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Weird thing, the chorus’ of the first 4 songs all finish on a variation of “like me” or “and me”.
Enjoyed it
4
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Fri Oct 20 2023
At Budokan
Cheap Trick
One of those bands and albums I probably should like but don’t. I hate the crowd screaming between every song.
2 decent songs the rest filler
3
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Mon Oct 23 2023
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
It’s okay, not my favourite of theirs.
3
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Tue Oct 24 2023
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Couldn’t get into it at all.
1
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Thu Oct 26 2023
Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
More like it. A little bit of country. Will need to listen to this again in the summer while sitting out in the garden.
4
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Fri Oct 27 2023
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Was okay. At least I hope I listened to the right one as there were a couple on Spotify with the same name.
Beautiful voice and neat cover of Rising Sun
3
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Mon Oct 30 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Not sure that a white Scotsman is their intended audience. Really liked it.
4
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Tue Oct 31 2023
Play
Moby
Similar to Coldplay Parachutes this album was everywhere when I was at Uni. Thanks to MTV Europe in the 90’s I’d been along for the Moby ride before this. From techno guy to a return to his hardcore / punk roots then back to this. His “I like to score” album is still one of my all time favourites.
This is interesting as I re listened to it recently after he had been on Steve-O’s podcast talking about his recovery from addiction. There’s a ton of classics on it. Body rock being on there surprised me, I’ve heard it so often over the last 25 years I’d almost forgotten it was a Moby song.
5 stars
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Wed Nov 01 2023
Risque
CHIC
One decent song but not for me
2
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Thu Nov 02 2023
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Never heard of the guy before now, seems like the type of music people’s parents would have listened to on holiday in Majorca in the 80’s.
Night train was funky enough, reminded me of a vice city kind of song.
2
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Fri Nov 03 2023
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Don’t like Billy Bragg much, not keen on Wilco but this is somehow amazing.
Listened to it while out walking on a cold November night and it brightened my night up!
4
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Mon Nov 06 2023
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Classic
5
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Tue Nov 07 2023
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
I always get Steely Dan and Stealers Wheel mixed up.
This is not my cup of tea, super well produced though and smoother than a babies bum.
East St Louis toodle do is a soundtrack to a Mario Bros level.
3
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Wed Nov 08 2023
Close To The Edge
Yes
This is Mars Volta right?
I mean, it sounds exactly like Mars Volta.
Didn’t realise they were Yes fans.
Love this. Love it so much.
I give it 5/4 stars
5
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Thu Nov 09 2023
Mott
Mott The Hoople
No. Not for me.
1
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Fri Nov 10 2023
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sounds like nights out in the late 1990’s. My flatmate loved this album. I like it quite a bit, but Nick Cave’s delivery is easily mocksble, second only to Type O Negative’s Pete Steele.
4
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Mon Nov 13 2023
Elephant
The White Stripes
3
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Tue Nov 14 2023
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Not for me.
1
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Wed Nov 15 2023
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
3
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Thu Nov 16 2023
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
I’m a weird guy.
I’m very weird musically.
But this is too weird.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Grimes Jnr.
1
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Fri Nov 17 2023
Scum
Napalm Death
Forgot about this. What an album.
Noise roaring then every so often an awesome riff breaks out before degenerating into nauseous sludge.
Or in Napalm Death terms “DWA BRAH BURGH BUURRGGG RRRAARR DOH”
Lee Dorian does the vocals on the second half of the album and he’s a tremendous singer outwith napalm death. Go listen to Hopkins (witchfinder general) by cathedral for something more palatable
4
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Mon Nov 20 2023
Debut
Björk
It’s alright, i forgot how much Venus as a Boy and Big Time Sensuality were played back in the day. Every DJ in the 90’s had a version of Big Time Sensuality.
3
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Tue Nov 21 2023
Abbey Road
Beatles
Yeah straight up 5. Hardly a wasted moment on this album.
5
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Wed Nov 22 2023
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
One of my brothers favourite albums so have to mark it down. Can appreciate the quality but I’ve just heard it too much.
3
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Thu Nov 23 2023
The Band
The Band
3
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Fri Nov 24 2023
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
3
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
4
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Not a fan of this one. Was huge when I was a teenager so maybe it stems from that.
1
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Epic album. Not a wasted moment
5
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Fri Dec 01 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
I’m not a fan of the Stones, generally, but I listened to this between 7am and 8am walking into Stirling in sun zero temperatures and then on the train to work and it really hit the right spot. 5 out 5.
5
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Mon Dec 04 2023
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Never been into Dylan, this didn’t help
2
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Tue Dec 05 2023
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
5
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Shadowland
k.d. lang
2
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Tue Dec 12 2023
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Never listened to this before. Seems more epic and expansive sounding than their usual stuff. Liked it
4