Nov 06 2023
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Groovy album. Folk, psychedelic rock, blues, and Grace Slick’s outstanding vocals.
4
Nov 07 2023
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Political folk with 80’s pop production. Some good songs here. Solid.
3
Nov 08 2023
In Rainbows
Radiohead
One of my favorite records of the past 20 years. Every track hits.
5
Nov 09 2023
Doolittle
Pixies
Rocks hard with pop guitar hooks over screaming vocals.
4
Nov 10 2023
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Great voice, but grating after several songs.
3
Nov 11 2023
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Loaded with funk
4
Nov 12 2023
Melodrama
Lorde
Mostly enjoyable whiny girl pop
3
Nov 13 2023
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Angry young man pop hooks over clean aggressive guitars. Right in my Q zone. 10/10.
5
Nov 14 2023
Low
David Bowie
4
Nov 15 2023
In Utero
Nirvana
Some good songs. Not my favorite Nirvana record
3
Nov 16 2023
Hysteria
Def Leppard
3
Nov 17 2023
Palo Congo
Sabu
Not familiar with this artist, but liked the sound (samba?)
4
Nov 18 2023
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Nov 19 2023
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
Nov 20 2023
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
2
Nov 21 2023
Revolver
Beatles
5
Nov 23 2023
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Fuzzed out British blues rock. Good stuff!
5
Nov 24 2023
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Electro-dream pop. Very chill.
4
Nov 25 2023
The Yes Album
Yes
Outstanding prog rock.
5
Nov 26 2023
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Had only heard their “Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space”. I liked this one more. Like a chiller Radiohead. Lots of reverb and echo.
4
Nov 27 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
Decent. I liked Satellite of Love and a few of the rockier songs.
3
Nov 28 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Funky, joyful, political.
5
Nov 29 2023
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Best solo Beatle record. Love this album.
5
Nov 30 2023
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Groovy 60’s Folk pop with a sprinkle of rock. Simon wrote some great songs
4
Dec 01 2023
Atomizer
Big Black
Surprisingly musical dissonant punk rock
3
Dec 02 2023
The Clash
The Clash
So good. Every number rocks.
5
Dec 03 2023
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
Funky
4
Dec 04 2023
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
Sounds like middle era Bowie but not as interesting. Didn’t really dig it
2
Dec 05 2023
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Lots of brass.
4
Dec 06 2023
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The vocals were interesting.
3
Dec 07 2023
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
Goofy spoken word between Yellow Submarine era Beatle-ish pop. Not bad!
3
Dec 08 2023
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Listenable. Melodic.
3
Dec 09 2023
The Band
The Band
The original Americana rock by Canadians (mostly)
5
Dec 10 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Cleaver beats.
3
Dec 11 2023
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Heavy, loud guitars and Chris Cornell’s A+ rock vocals.
5
Dec 12 2023
Hot Fuss
The Killers
Decent power pop
3
Dec 13 2023
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Psychedelic blues rock with aggressive vocals by Janis Joplin
4
Dec 14 2023
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Strange musical style mixing folk, R&B, funk. Crazy weird.
4
Dec 15 2023
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
60’s British culturally appropriated blues
3
Dec 16 2023
Dummy
Portishead
I dug this!
5
Dec 17 2023
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Slick pop
3
Dec 18 2023
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
I liked the vocals.
4
Dec 19 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Early nuggets from the Stones.
4
Dec 20 2023
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Genre busting
4
Dec 22 2023
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Couldn’t find this album in my stream service. Just listened to the title song
2
Dec 23 2023
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Fast, aggressive and rude fun
4
Dec 24 2023
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Great lyrics. Ok music
4
Dec 25 2023
Sheet Music
10cc
Not sure why this is on the list.
2
Dec 27 2023
American Pie
Don McLean
Folky & maudlin pop
2
Dec 28 2023
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
4
Dec 29 2023
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Some great songs and interesting arrangements
4
Dec 30 2023
Fragile
Yes
Some great songs and interesting arrangements.
4
Dec 31 2023
Among The Living
Anthrax
Heavy riffage
3
Jan 01 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
Stunning debut album.
5
Jan 02 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
A couple of solid hits and a few clunkers.
3
Jan 03 2024
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
Lacks fire. Mostly forgettable
3
Jan 04 2024
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Repetitive bass heavy post punk
2
Jan 05 2024
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Jazzy Brazilian pop with nice guitar work
4
Jan 06 2024
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Great live southern rock
5
Jan 07 2024
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
Synth pop with sleepy female vocals. Ok background music
2
Jan 08 2024
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Southwestern Americana.
4
Jan 09 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
3
Jan 10 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
Fun album led by Pharrell’s vocals.
3
Jan 11 2024
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
This band was everywhere in the MTV mid 80’s. I’m still not a fan.
1
Jan 12 2024
S&M
Metallica
Live metal album with an orchestra. Interesting enough but not sure why it made this list.
2
Jan 13 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
So good
4
Jan 14 2024
Quiet Life
Japan
Not quiet enough for me
1
Jan 15 2024
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Live blues by the legend
4
Jan 16 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
4
Jan 17 2024
GI
Germs
16 year old me loved this album. Wish I still had that copy. Not available on Apple Music currently.
4
Jan 18 2024
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
Old timey folky country gospel.
3
Jan 19 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Proto-trip hop.
3
Jan 20 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
4
Jan 21 2024
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
2
Jan 22 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Frusciante returns to save the RHCPs.
4
Jan 23 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Operatic, excellent production by Todd Rundgren.
4
Jan 24 2024
Boston
Boston
All bangers
5
Jan 25 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Early TP, some of his biggest hits.
3
Jan 27 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
Garage blues
4
Jan 28 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Funky, but with more mellow tracks that I would’ve guessed from the Hardest Working Man in Show Business.
3
Jan 29 2024
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Starts strong, ends dumb
2
Jan 30 2024
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Respect may be the best known cut off this disc, but the whole album is fire. Loved her version of Let the Good Times Roll.
5
Jan 31 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5
Feb 01 2024
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
3
Feb 02 2024
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Think a German Streisand
3
Feb 03 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Really disliked this album when I was younger. Not so bad now.
3
Feb 04 2024
If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
Mellow & hypnotic.
4
Feb 05 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
First listen to this, didn’t hit me as hard as Pink Moon. Probably deserves multiple listens.
3
Feb 06 2024
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Lots of religious overtones on this classic rock album
3
Feb 07 2024
New Forms
Roni Size
Didn’t like this at first, but it makes decent background music.
2
Feb 08 2024
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
Proto-hippy grass
2
Feb 09 2024
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
Folky songs about sailors and queens.
2
Feb 10 2024
Queen II
Queen
Wasn’t familiar with this album of early Queen upbeat prog rock.
3
Feb 11 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
2
Feb 12 2024
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
Great female rock voice
3
Feb 13 2024
Dookie
Green Day
Some great songs, but also some misses
3
Feb 14 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass
If Green Day were from the UK
3
Feb 15 2024
Live!
Fela Kuti
Energetic!
4
Feb 16 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
Enjoyed it, enough. Repetative.
2
Feb 17 2024
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
3
Feb 18 2024
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Not as catchy as his early stuff, but really good
3
Feb 19 2024
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Decent early goth rock
2
Feb 20 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Michael Stipe’s vocal ballads are the albums focal center.
4
Feb 21 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
Moody, melodic.
4
Feb 22 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
Alright
2
Feb 23 2024
Shadowland
k.d. lang
Great voice, ok country ballads
2
Feb 24 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Genius level guitar and lyrics.
5
Feb 25 2024
The Undertones
The Undertones
Not sure why this made the list. Average forgettable pop punk.
1
Feb 26 2024
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Chill cocktail hour electronica
2
Feb 27 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
2
Feb 28 2024
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Hippie Byrds aren’t bad.
2
Feb 29 2024
Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
More on the sad side.
2
Mar 01 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Easy listening Willie.
4
Mar 02 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Hot take: Earnie Isley may be a better guitarist than Jimi Hendrix🔥
5
Mar 03 2024
Mott
Mott The Hoople
Sounds like Bowie outtakes
2
Mar 04 2024
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
Not my jam.
1
Mar 05 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
Mar 06 2024
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Extraordinary debut album.
5
Mar 07 2024
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Didn’t know Ry Cooder played guitar on this weirdo masterpiece. Respect
3
Mar 08 2024
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
Chill electronica. Enjoyed it.
4
Mar 09 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
A sad, depressing masterpiece. Love this album. RIP Elliot Smith.
5
Mar 10 2024
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Hellyeah!
4
Mar 11 2024
Headquarters
The Monkees
Light pop
2
Mar 12 2024
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Middle tier Radiohead album, still great
4
Mar 13 2024
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
3
Mar 14 2024
Ingenue
k.d. lang
Great voice
3
Mar 15 2024
Sulk
The Associates
1
Mar 16 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
4
Mar 17 2024
All Mod Cons
The Jam
3
Mar 18 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Sublime, melodic, exquisite live jazz. Unbelievable that people in the small crowd would talk during this performance. Yes, 63 years ago, there were “chompers” in the audience. 🙄
5
Mar 19 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Folk with a soulful, pop sensibility.
5
Mar 20 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
Fantastic sound, but not much variation between songs.
3
Mar 21 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
1
Mar 22 2024
Crazysexycool
TLC
3
Mar 23 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Chunky garage blues
3
Mar 24 2024
NEU! 75
Neu!
3
Mar 25 2024
Take Me Apart
Kelela
1
Mar 26 2024
Parallel Lines
Blondie
New wave pop punk. Good guitar and vocals.
3
Mar 27 2024
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Played on loop at every record store in the 80’s.
2
Mar 28 2024
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
Smooth R&B.
4
Mar 30 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
4
Mar 31 2024
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Alt country classic
4
Apr 01 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
3
Apr 02 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
3
Apr 03 2024
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
3
Apr 04 2024
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
That’s a lot of love songs. Some are pretty clever.
3
Apr 05 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
Creative
3
Apr 06 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
Apr 07 2024
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
2
Apr 08 2024
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
3
Apr 09 2024
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
🐐🏆
5
Apr 10 2024
Goo
Sonic Youth
3
Apr 11 2024
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
4
Apr 13 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
4
Apr 16 2024
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
Apr 17 2024
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3
Apr 18 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
5
May 05 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
Fun, topical rock
4
May 07 2024
The Score
Fugees
4