Nov 15 2023
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Guero
Beck
1) E-Pro - (#17, 6 wks) - 8,5
2) Qué Onda Guero - 8,5
3) Girl - (#25, 7 wks) - 9,0
4) Missing - 8,0
5) Black Tambourine - 8,0
6) Earthquake Weather - 8,5
7) Hell Yes - 8,0
8) Broken Drum - 8,0
9) Scarecrow - 8,0
10) Go It Alone - 8,0
11) Farewell Ride - 8,0
12) Rental Car - 8,0
13) Emergency Exit - 8,0
14) Send a Message to Her - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
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Nov 16 2023
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
01) Let's Stay Together - 10,0
02) La-La for You - 7,5
03) So You're Leaving - 8,0
04) What Is This Feeling - 8,0
05) Old Time Lovin - 7,5
06) I've Never Found a Girl (Who Loves Me Like You Do) - 8,5
07) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - 10,0
08) Judy - 8,0
09) It Ain't No Fun to Me - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,39 - 84/100
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Nov 17 2023
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
01) Mamma Said - 9,0
02) You Don't Own Me - 9,5
03) Do Re Mi (Forget About The Do And Think About Me) - 8,0
04) When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - 8,0
05) My Coloring Book - 8,5
06) Mockingbird - 7,5
07) Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa - 8,0
08) Nothing - 7,5
09) Anyone Who Had A Heart - 8,5
10) Will You Love Me Tomorrow - 9,0
11) Wishin' And Hopin' - 9,0
12) Don't You Know - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
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Nov 18 2023
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All Directions
The Temptations
01) Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - 8,0
02) Run Charlie Run - 7,0
03) Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - 10,0
04) Love Woke Me Up This Morning - 7,5
05) I Ain't Got Nothin' - 8,5
06) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 7,5
07) Mother Nature - 8,5
08) Do Your Thing - 8,0
TOTAL: - 8,13 (81/100)
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Nov 19 2023
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
1) The Suburbs - 10,0
2) Ready To Start - 10,0
3) Modern Man - 10,0
4) Rococo - 9,5
5) Empty Room - 10,0
6) City With No Children - 10,0
7) Half Light I - 9,0
8) Half Light II (No Celebration) - 9,5
9) Suburban War - 10,0
10) Month Of May - 9,5
11) Wasted Hours - 9,5
12) Deep Blue - 9,5
13) We Used To Wait - 10,0
14) Sprawl I (Flatland) - 10,0
15) Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - 10,0
16) The Suburbs (Continued) - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,78 (98/100)
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Nov 20 2023
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1) Blue Rondo À La Turk - 7,0
2) Strange Meadow Lark - 6,5
3) Take Five - 10,0
4) Three To Get Ready - 6,5
5) Kathy's Waltz - 6,5
6) Everybody's Jumpin' - 6,0
7) Pick Up Sticks - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,93 (69/100)
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Nov 21 2023
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Different Class
Pulp
1) Mis-Shapes (#27, 3wks) - 8,5
2) Pencil Skirt - 8,0
3) Common People (#16, 6 wks) - 10,0
4) I Spy - 9,0
5) Disco 2000 (#30, 4wks) - 9,5
6) Live Bed Show - 8,5
7) Something Changed - 8,5
8) Sorted For E's & Wizz - 8,5
9) F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. - 8,0
10) Underwear - 8,5
11) Monday Morning - 8,0
12) Bar Italia - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,58 (86/100)
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Nov 22 2023
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Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
01) No Man Can Find A War - 7,0
02) Carnival Song - 5,0
03) Pleasant Street - 6,0
04) Hallucinations - 4,0
05) I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain - 5,0
06) Once I Was - 7,0
07) Phantasmagoria In Two - 6,5
08) Knight-Errant - 5,0
09) Goodbye And Hello - 3,5
10) Morning Glory - 4,5
TOTAL: 5,35 (53/100)
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Nov 23 2023
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Born To Be With You
Dion
01) Born To Be With You - 6,5
02) Make The Woman Love Me - 6,0
03) Your Own Back Yard - 6,0
04) (He's Got) The Whole World In His Hands - 6,0
05) Only You Know - 6,5
06) New York City Song - 6,0
07) In And Out Of The Shadows - 6,0
08) Good Lovin' Man - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,06 (60/100)
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Nov 24 2023
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Very
Pet Shop Boys
01) Can You Forgive Her? (#1, 9 wks) - 10,0
02) I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing (#7, 4 wks) - 8,0
03) Liberation (#6, 6 wks) - 8,5
04) A Different Point Of View - 8,0
05) Dreaming Of The Queen - 8,5
06) Yesterday, When I Was Mad (#32, 2 wks) - 8,5
07) The Theatre - 8,5
08) One And One Make Five - 8,5
09) To Speak Is A Sin - 8,0
10) Young Offender - 7,5
11) One In A Million - 7,5
12) Go West (#1, 7wks) - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,46 (85/100)
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Nov 25 2023
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
01) Good Times Bad Times - 9,5
02) Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - 10,0
03) You Shook Me - 10,0
04) Dazed And Confused - 10,0
05) Your Time Is Gonna Come - 10,0
06) Black Mountain Side - 10,0
07) Communication Breakdown - 9,5
08) I Can't Quit You Baby - 10,0
09) How Many More Times - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,83 (98/100)
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Nov 26 2023
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
01) Who Do You Love Suite - 4,5
02) Mona - 5,5
03) Maiden Of The Cancer Moon - 4,0
04) Calvary - 3,5
05) Happy Trails - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,30 (43/100)
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Nov 27 2023
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Closer
Joy Division
01) Atrocity Exhibition - 8,5
02) Isolation - 8,5
03) Passover - 7,5
04) Colony - 7,0
05) A Means To An End - 7,5
06) Heart And Soul - 8,0
07) Twenty Four Hours - 8,5
08) The Eternal - 8,5
09) Decades - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,06 (81/100)
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Nov 28 2023
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Bossanova
Pixies
01) Cecilia Ann - 7,5
02) Rock Music - 6,5
03) Velouria - 7,5
04) Allison - 7,0
05) Is She Weird - 8,5
06) Ana - 8,0
07) All Over The World - 7,0
08) Dig For Fire - 8,0
09) Down To The Well - 7,5
10 The Happening - 7,5
11) Blown Away - 7,0
12) Hang Wire - 7,5
13) Stormy Weather - 7,0
14) Havalina - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,39 (74/100)
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Nov 29 2023
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Two Dancers
Wild Beasts
01) The Fun Powder Plot - 8,0
02) Hooting & Howling - 8,5
03) All the King's Men - 7,0
04) When I'm Sleepy - 7,0
05) We Still Got the Taste Dancin' on Our Tongues - 8,5
06) Two Dancers (I) - 8,0
07) Two Dancers (II) - 7,0
08) This Is Our Lot - 7,0
09) Underbelly - 6,5
10) Empty Nest - 7,0
11) Through the Iron Gate - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
3
Nov 30 2023
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
Act One: The Ring’s The Thing
01) On The Wrong Side Of Relaxation - 1,0
02) Under Wraps - 7,0
03) Central Control - 5,0
04) Round Up The Usual Suspects - 1,0
Act Two: Real Deep Cool
05) Sounds From The Big House - 3,5
06) Suck On The Honey Of Love - 4,5
07) Everything Happens To Me - 5,0
08) The Swinging Detective - 5,0
Act Three: The Final Irony
09) Autodestruction - 2,0
10) Intensive Care - 1,0
11) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World - 3,0
12) Free At Last - 1,0
For Your Ears Only
13) Alfred Hitchcock Presents - 1,0
14) Chocolate Milk Shake - 3,5
15) The Man With The Golden Arm - 7,0
TOTAL: 3,37 (34/100)
1
Dec 01 2023
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Make Yourself
Incubus
1. "Privilege" - 6,0
2. "Nowhere Fast" - 6,5
3. "Consequence" - 6,5
4. "The Warmth" - 7,5
5. "When It Comes" - 6,5
6. "Stellar" - 6,0
7. "Make Yourself" - 5,5
8. "Drive" - 8,0
9. "Clean" - 5,5
10. "Battlestar Scralatchtica" - 5,0
11. "I Miss You" - 7,0
12. "Pardon Me" - 6,5
13. "Out from Under" - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,31 (63/100)
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Dec 02 2023
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American Idiot
Green Day
1. "American Idiot" - 9,0
2. "Jesus of Suburbia" - 7,5
3. "Holiday" - 8,5
4. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - 10,0
5. "Are We the Waiting" - 9,0
6. "St. Jimmy" - 7,0
7. "Give Me Novacaine" - 7,5
8. "She's a Rebel" - 7,5
9. "Extraordinary Girl" - 7,0
10. "Letterbomb" - 7,0
11. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - 10,0
12. "Homecoming" - 7,0
13. "Whatsername" - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,16 (82/100)
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Dec 03 2023
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Opus Dei
Laibach
1. "Leben heißt Leben" - 6,5
2. "Geburt einer Nation" - 6,5
3. "Leben - Tod" - 6,0
4. "F.I.A.T." - 6,5
5. "Opus Dei" - 7,0
6. "Trans-National" - 5,0
7. "How the West Was Won" - 5,0
8. "The Great Seal" - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,06 (61/100)
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Dec 04 2023
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
01) Zero - 9,5
02) Heads Will Roll - 9,0
03) Soft Shock - 8,5
04) Skeletons - 9,5
05) Dull Life - 8,0
06) Shame and Fortune - 8,0
07) Runaway - 8,5
08) Dragon Queen - 8,5
09) Hysteric - 8,5
10) Little Shadow - 8,5
11) Faces - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,59 (86/100)
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Dec 05 2023
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Aja
Steely Dan
01) Black Cow - 7,0
02) Aja - 6,5
03) Deacon Blues - 7,0
04) Peg - 7,0
05) Home at Last - 6,0
06) I Got the News - 5,0
07) Josie - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,43 (64/100)
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Dec 06 2023
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
01) Honky Tonk Heroes - 7,5
02) Old Five and Dimers Like Me - 7,0
03) Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me - 6,5
04) Low Down Freedom - 7,0
05) Omaha - 7,5
06) You Ask Me To - 8,0
07) Ride Me Down Easy - 7,0
08) Ain't No God In Mexico - 6,5
09) Black Rose - 6,5
10) We Had It All - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,15 (72/100)
Never heard of Mr. Jennings before. I'm not a big country fan, but this was pretty decent...
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Dec 07 2023
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
01) Oh, Boy! - 7,0
02) Not Fade Away - 6,5
03) You've Got Love - 7,0
04) Maybe Baby - 6,5
05) It's Too Late - 6,5
06) Tell Me How - 7,0
07) That'll Be The Day - 10,0
08) I'm Looking For Someone To Love - 7,0
09) An Empty Cup (And A Broken Date) - 6,5
10) Send Me Some Lovin - 6,5
11) Last Night - 6,0
12) Rock Me Baby - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
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Dec 08 2023
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
01) Generation Genocide - 4,0
02) Let It Slide - 7,0
03) Good Enough - 7,0
04) Something So Clear - 5,0
05) Thorn - 5,5
06) Into the Drink - 5,5
07) Broken Hands - 5,0
08) Who You Drivin' Now? - 5,5
09) Move Out - 6,0
10) Shoot the Moon - 6,0
11) Fuzzgun '91 - 7,0
12) Pokin' Around - 5,5
13) Don't Fade IV - 5,0
14) Check-Out Time - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,68 (57/100)
I was a big Nirvana fan in the 90's but this did nothing for me...
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Dec 09 2023
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
01) Down to Zero - 8,5
02) Help Yourself - 8,0
03) Water with the Wine - 7,5
04) Love and Affection - 8,5
05) Save Me - 8,0
06) Join the Boys - 7,0
07) People - 7,5
08) Somebody Who Loves You - 8,5
09) Like Fire - 7,5
10) Tall in the Saddle - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,80 (78/100)
"Drop the pilot, try my balloon
Drop the monkey, smell my perfume"
That's all I knew about Joan Armatrading before listening to this album :-) This is very pleasant listening. Track #1 is my favourite, followed by #4 & #8.
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Dec 10 2023
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
01) Love Goes On - 8,5
02) Quiet Heart - 8,5
03) Love Is a Sign - 7,5
04) You Can't Say No Forever - 7,5
05) The Devil's Eye - 7,5
06) Streets of Your Town - 9,0
07) Clouds - 7,5
08) Was There Anything I Could Do? - 8,0
09) I'm All Right - 7,5
10) Dive for Your Memory - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
I love it when an album by artist I don't know comes around... And I love it when I like it. Streets of Your Town, Love Goes On, Quiet Heart and Dive For Your Memory are my favourites.
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Dec 11 2023
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
01) The Chronic (Intro) - 5,5
02) Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - 6,5
03) Let Me Ride - 6,5
04) The Day the Niggaz Took Over - 5,5
05) Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang - 6,5
06) Deeez Nuuuts - 5,5
07) Lil' Ghetto Boy - 6,5
08) A Nigga Witta Gun - 5,5
09) Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat - 5,5
10) The $20 Sack Pyramid - 2,0
11) Lyrical Gangbang - 5,5
12) High Powered - 5,0
13) The Doctor's Office 1,0
14) Stranded on Death Row 5,5
15) The Roach - 6,0
16) Bitches Ain't Shit - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,16 (52/100)
The production and the beats are great but the lyrics are plain s**t. I understand why it's on this list, but it's just not my cup of tea.
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Dec 12 2023
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
01) War Pigs - 8,5
02) Paranoid - 10,0
03) Planet Caravan - 10,0
04) Iron Man - 8,5
05) Electric Funeral - 8,5
06) Hand Of Doom - 8,5
07) Rat Salad - 7,5
08) Fairies Wear Boots - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,69 (87/100)
"Planet Caravan" is so different than the rest of the album, love it! "Paranoid" is a rock/metal royalty. Not the fan of the genre, but this is very, very good...
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Dec 13 2023
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Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
01) I Wanna Destroy You - 8,0
02) Kingdom of Love - 8,0
03) Positive Vibrations - 7,5
04) I Got The Hots - 7,0
05) Insanely Jealous - 8,0
06) Tonight - 7,5
07) You'll Have To Go Sideways - 6,0
08) Old Pervert - 6,5
09) Queen of Eyes - 7,0
10) Underwater Moonlight - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
Never heard of the band.
60s meet punk rock.
Weird, but kinda good weird. I think.
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Dec 14 2023
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
01) Kill The Poor - 5,5
02) Forward To Death - 5,0
03) When Ya Get Drafted - 5,5
04) Let's Lynch The Landlord - 5,5
05) Drug Me - 4,0
06) Your Emotions - 5,0
07) Chemical Warfare - 4,0
08) California Uber Alles - 5,0
09) I Kill Children - 5,0
10) Stealing People's Mail - 5,0
11) Funland At The Beach - 5,0
12) Ill In The Head - 4,5
13) Holiday In Cambodia - 5,5
14) Viva Las Vegas - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,93 (49/100)
It stardted ok, but after a while it all just starts to sound the same - like noise...
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Dec 15 2023
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Cross
Justice
01) Genesis - 7,0
02) Let There Be Light - 7,0
03) D.A.N.C.E. - 8,0
04) Newjack - 7,5
05) Phantom - 7,0
06) Phantom Pt. II - 8,0
07) Valentine - 7,5
08) Tthhee Ppaarrttyy - 8,0
09) DVNO - 8,0
10) Stress - 8,5
11) Waters of Nazareth - 7,5
12) One Minute to Midnight - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,63 (76/100)
Very Daft Punk esque. It would be 3,5 stars for me, but I'm feeling generous, so it's 4 stars. "Stress" is very interesting. While in other songs I hear Daft Punk in this one I can hear a bit of Chemical Brothers. This is my 31st album and it goes in at number 15. Neeext!
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Dec 16 2023
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
01) Bookends Theme - 8,0
02) Save The Life Of My Child - 6,0
03) America - 8,5
04) Overs - 8,5
05) Voices of Old People - 1,0
06) Old Friends - 7,5
07) Bookends Theme - 8,0
08) Fakin' It - 9,0
09) Punky's Dilemma - 8,0
10) Mrs. Robinson - 10,0
11) A Hazy Shade of Winter - 9,5
12) At The Zoo - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
I know it's a concept album, but I can see no point in track #5. On the other hand, "Mrs. Robinson" is a classic and my favorite. So, this is the first album that has lowest and highest mark on it. Oooh, and I know "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" too :-) I don't know why, but I kind of expected more.
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Dec 17 2023
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Station To Station
David Bowie
01) Station To Station - 8,5
02) Golden Years - 10,0
03) Word On A Wing - 8,5
04) TVC15 - 9,0
05) Stay - 9,0
06) Wild Is The Wind - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,17 (92/100)
Five stars! Album #33, and only my 3rd highest mark. Hope there's more Bowie along the way...
5
Dec 18 2023
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
01) Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box - 9,0
02) Pyramid Song - 10,0
03) Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors - 8,0
04) You and Whose Army? - 9,5
05) I Might Be Wrong - 9,5
06) Knives Out - 10,0
07) Morning Bell/Amnesiac - 8,5
08) Dollars and Cents - 8,5
09) Hunting Bears - 9,0
10) Like Spinning Plates - 8,5
11) Life in a Glasshouse - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
I remember being disappointed with Radiohead albums after "OK Computer" but after today's listening to "Amnesiac" I can't remember why. This sounds fresh, maybe it was ahead of its time?
5
Dec 19 2023
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Moving Pictures
Rush
01) Tom Sawyer - 6,5
02) Red Barchetta - 6,5
03) YYZ - 6,5
04) Limelight - 6,5
05) The Camera Eye - 6,5
06) Witch Hunt - 6,5
07) Vital Signs - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
I mean, every song sounds the same. His voice is... special. Unfortunately, I wouldn't say in a good way. Maybe song #3 is the best, because of the before mentioned reasons? :-P
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Dec 20 2023
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Smile
Brian Wilson
01) Our Prayer/Gee - 4,0
02) Heroes and Villains - 6,0
03) Roll Plymouth Rock - 5,0
04) Barnyard - 3,0
05) Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine - 3,0
06) Cabin Essence - 7,0
07) Wonderful - 6,0
08) Song For Children - 5,0
09) Child Is Father of the Man - 5,0
10) Surf's Up - 5,0
11) I'm in Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop - 3,0
12) Vega-Tables - 4,0
13) On a Holiday - 5,0
14) Wind Chimes - 5,0
15) Mrs. O'Leary's Cow - 5,0
16) In Blue Hawaii - 5,0
17) Good Vibrations - 8,0
TOTAL: 4,94 (49/100)
Maybe I'm just too tired, but I don't get this. It's like snippets of the songs, repeating all over again. "Cabin Essence" is the only song I hear, the rest are all 30 seconds snippets. Is this like a children's album? My favorite vegetables? WTF? Oh, I'm too tired, it's been a long day...
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Dec 21 2023
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
01) Fisherman's Blues - 10,0
02) We Will Not Be Lovers - 8,0
03) Strange Boat - 8,0
04) World Party - 7,5
05) Sweet Girl - 7,5
06) Jimmy Hickey's Waltz - 8,0
07) And a Bang on the Ear - 8,5
08) Has Anybody Here Seen Hank? - 7,5
09) When Will We Be Married? - 7,0
10) When Ye Go Away - 7,5
11) Dunford's Fancy - 6,0
12) The Stolen Child - 8,0
13) This Land Is Your Land - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
I love track #1 "Fisherman's Blues". The rest of the album is also good, very pleasant listening, unlike some albums on this list :-)
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Dec 22 2023
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
01) The Song of the Whitewash - 4,0
02) (I Read About) Tank Battles - 3,0
03) You Have to Pay - 3,0
04) Chanson Allemande - 5,0
05) The Ballad of the Sackslingers - 3,0
06) Mother Beimlein - 1,0
07) The Perhaps Song - 4,0
08) Lied von der Belebeden Wirkung des Geldes - 5,0
09) Mankind - 2,0
10) Bettelied - 3,0
11) Song of a German Mother - 4,0
12) Change the World – It Needs It - 2,0
13) Bankenlied (Banking Song) - 5,0
14) Legende von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking - 2,0
15) Balad of (Bourgoise) Welfare - 2,0
16) Mother's Hands - 2,0
17) Berlin 1919 - 2,0
18) And I Shall Never See Again - 2,0
19) Genevieve: Ostern ist Ein Ball sur Seine - 5,0
20) The Wise Woman and the Soldier - 4,0
21) Failure in Loving - 2,0
22) Und Endlich Stirbt - 3,0
23) The Rat Men – Nightmare - 2,0
24) The Homecoming - 2,0
25) The Trenches - 2,0
26) To a Little Radio - 3,0
TOTAL: 2,96 (30/100)
And here's another album I don't know why I had to hear before my death. Maybe because it's boring to death. I was listening on You Tube and ad breaks were the best moments...
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Dec 23 2023
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
01) Speak To Me/Breathe - 9,5
02) On The Run - 9,5
03) Time - 10,0
04) The Great Gig In The Sky - 10,0
05) Money - 10,0
06) Us And Them - 10,0
07) Any Colour You Like - 10,0
08) Brain Damage - 10,0
09) Eclipse - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,88 (99/100)
I never actually listened to this album, and I call myself a music lover. Despicable. But this is exactly why I wanted to do "1001 albums...". I have 962 more albums to go, but this is definitely one of the most important ones. It deserves every praise it has received.
5
Dec 24 2023
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
01) Broken Skin - 8,0
02) Letting Go - 7,5
03) Homelands - 8,0
04) The Pilgrim - 7,5
05) Tides - 7,5
06) Nadia - 8,5
07) Immigrant -6,5
08) Serpents - 6,0
09) Anthem Without Nation - 6,5
10) Nostalgia - 7,0
11) The Conference - 5,0
12) Beyond Skin - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
I read the reviews before listening and expected very little of this one. But it started quite well, let's see how it will go.
Half way through, the songs are starting to sound a bit repetitive, but still very pleasant listening. It reminds me of Deep Forest or Enigma, and I like that kind of music.
"The Conference" sounds just like that, a bunch of people mumbling rubbish at the same time.
At the end, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. "Nadia" is my favorite track.
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Dec 25 2023
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
01) Gotta Get Up - 8,5
02) Driving Along - 8,0
03) Early in the Morning - 8,0
04) The Moonbeam Song - 8,0
05) Down - 7,5
06) Without You - 10,0
07) Coconut - 7,5
08) Let the Good Times Roll - 7,0
09) Jump into the Fire - 9,0
10) I'll Never Leave You - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,05 (81/100)
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Dec 26 2023
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
01) White Christmas - 9,5
02) Frosty The Snowman - 9,5
03) The Bells of St. Mary - 8,5
04) Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - 9,0
05) Sleigh Ride - 10,0
06) Marshmallow World - 8,0
07) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 8,5
08) Rudolph The Red-Nosed Raindeer - 8,5
09) Winter Wonderland - 8,5
10) The Parade of the Tin Soldiers - 8,5
11) Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - 10,0
12) Here Comes Santa Claus - 8,0
13) Silent Night - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,81 (88/100)
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Dec 27 2023
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The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
01) Mining For Gold - 7,0
02) Misguided Angel - 8,5
03) Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) - 8,5
04) I Don't Get It - 8,0
05) I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - 8,0
06) To Love Is to Bury - 8,5
07) 200 More Miles - 8,0
08) Dreaming My Dreams with You - 8,0
09) Working on a Building - 8,0
10) Sweet Jane - 9,5
11) Postcard Blues - 7,0
12) Walkin' After Midnight - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
I can almost imagine myself sitting in that church while they're playing and recording. And I enjoy the worship.
Listening this on a cloudy winter tuesday morning is definitely helping to set the mood. Very nice.
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Dec 28 2023
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
01) Call Me - 5,0
02) Green - 7,0
03) Hate My Way - 5,5
04) Vicky's Box - 5,0
05) Rabbits Dying - 5,0
06) America (She Can't Say No) - 5,0
07) Fear - 5,5
08) Stand Up - 5,0
09) Soul Soldier - 5,0
10) Delicate Cutters - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,30 (53/100)
Song #2 sounds OK to me. Later I read that is the only song on this album not written by Kirstin Hersh. Well, it seems I'm not a fan of hers. Although, I loved "Your Ghost" when I was a teenager. Go figure.
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Dec 29 2023
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
01) Billy Jack - 7,5
02) When Seasons Change - 7,0
03) So in Love - 7,5
04) Jesus - 7,0
05) Blue Monday People - 7,5
06) Hard Times - 7,5
07) Love to the People - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100)
There's nothing really wrong with this album, nice music, nice production, nice voice, nice songs but the final result is kind of... boring.
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Dec 30 2023
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
01) Feel It - 8,5
02) Chain Gang - 9,0
03) Cupid - 10,0
04) It's Allright/For Sentimental Reasons - 9,0
05) Twistin' the Night Away - 8,0
06) Somebody Have Mercy - 8,0
07) Bring It On Home To Me - 8,5
08) Nothing Can Change This Love - 8,0
09) Having a Party - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,61 (86/100)
It must have been a fun night at The Harlem Square Club.
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Dec 31 2023
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
01) Days of Graduation - 6,5
02) Ronnie and Neil - 6,5
03) 72 (This Highway's Mean) - 6,5
04) Dead, Drunk, and Naked - 6,0
05) Guitar Man Upstairs - 5,5
06) Birmingham - 6,0
07) The Southern Thing - 5,0
08) The Three Great Alabama Icons - 6,0
09) Wallace - 5,0
10) Zip City - 5,0
11) Moved - 4,5
12) Let There Be Rock - 4,5
13) Road Cases - 5,5
14) Women Without Whiskey - 4,5
15) Plastic Flowers on the Highway - 4,5
16) Cassie's Brother - 4,5
17) Life in the Factory - 4,5
18) Shut Up and Get on the Plane - 4,5
19) Greenville to Baton Rouge - 4,5
20) Angels and Fuselage - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,22 (52/100)
Oh God! Another one I have to listen on You Tube :rolleyes
When you think you're finally done, there's a second part, because why not. Well, at least I had enough time to learn something about George Wallace, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the city of Birmingham, Alabama... Wikipedia is my friend.
I started to lose patience half way through the second part. God, this is sooo booooriiiiing!
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Jan 01 2024
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
01) Darklands - 7,5
02) Deep One Perfect Morning - 7,5
03) Happy When It Rains - 7,5
04) Down on Me - 7,5
05) Nine Million Rainy Days - 7,5
06) April Skies - 7,5
07) Fall - 7,0
08) Cherry Came Too - 7,0
09) On The Wall - 6,5
10) About You - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
I should love this more than I do. Good, but nothing special.
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Jan 02 2024
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Blackstar
David Bowie
01) ★ - 8,5
02) 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore - 8,0
03) Lazarus - 9,5
04) Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) - 8,5
05) Girl Loves Me - 9,0
06) Dollar Days - 8,5
07) I Can't Give Everything Away - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,79 (88/100)
I didn't like it much when it first came out, it was too dark, too experimental for me. But now, after few years, it sort of sits with me a bit more. "Lazarus" is my favorite track, followed by "I Can't Give Everything Away" and "Girl Loves Me".
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Jan 03 2024
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
01) Suzanne - 9,5
02) Master Song - 9,0
03) Winter Lady - 9,0
04) The Stranger Song - 8,5
05) Sisters Of Mercy - 9,0
06) So Long, Marianne - 10,0
07) Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - 9,0
08) Stories Of The Street - 9,0
09) Teachers - 9,5
10) One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,10 (91/100)
It's my 50th album, and my 6th five stars. I love the story telling, love the atmosphere and I loooove "So Long, Marianne".
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Jan 04 2024
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
01) Love The One You're With - 8,5
02) Do for the Others - 8,0
03) Church (Part of Someone) - 8,5
04) Old Times Good Times - 7,5
05) Go Back Home - 8,0
06) Sit Yourself Down - 8,5
07) To a Flame - 7,0
08) Black Queen - 7,0
09) Cherokee - 7,0
10) We Are Not Helpless - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,75 (78/100)
Nice music, it has everything you expect of the 70's... It even has Hendrix, Clapton, Ringo Starr and Cass Elliot. What more could you wish for.
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Jan 05 2024
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Django Django
Django Django
01) Introduction - 7,5
02) Hail Bop - 8,5
03) Default - 8,5
04) Firewater - 8,0
05) Waveforms - 8,0
06) Zumm Zumm - 8,5
07) Hand of Man - 7,5
08) Love's Dart - 7,5
09) WOR - 8,5
10) Storm - 7,5
11) Life's a Beach - 8,5
12) Skies Over Cairo - 8,5
13) Silver Rays - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
This is so my cup of tea, why have I never heard of this band? It's kind of Hot Chip-ish... Uuuh, who knows if Hot Chip is on this list?
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Jan 06 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
01) Band On The Run - 10,0
02) Jet - 8,0
03) Bluebird - 9,0
04) Mrs. Vandebilt - 9,5
05) Let Me Roll It - 9,0
06) Mamunia - 9,0
07) No Words - 8,0
08) Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me) - 8,0
09) Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,83 (88/100)
Almost five stars, but I lost it a bit in the second half. Still, very good record, can't wait to get some Beatles albums... Let it beee, let it beee...
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Jan 07 2024
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
01) El Cayuco - 7,0
02) Complicación - 7,0
03) 3-D Mambo - 6,5
04) Llegó Miján - 7,0
05) Cuando Te Vea - 6,5
06) Hong Kong Mambo - 7,5
07) Mambo Gozón - 7,0
08) Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembé - 6,5
09) Varsity Drag - 6,5
10) Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti - 6,0
11) Agua Limpia Todo - 6,5
12) Saca Tu Mujer - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
This was probably dance mania back then, but now, 66 years later, it's...not.
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Jan 08 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
01) He's The Greatest Dancer - 9,5
02) Lost In Music - 9,5
03) Somebody Loves Me - 7,5
04) Thinking of You - 8,5
05) We Are Family - 9,5
06) Easier to Love - 8,0
07) You're a Friend to Me - 8,0
08) One More Time - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,63 (86/100)
Why do you guys hate disco so much? I mean, this is definitely more pleasant listening than half of the other albums on this list (not to mention names). Half? Make that 75%
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Jan 09 2024
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Homework
Daft Punk
01) Daftendirekt - 8,5
02) WDPK 83.7 FM - 6,0
03) Revolution 909 - 10,0
04) Da Funk - 10,0
05) Phoenix - 8,5
06) Fresh - 8,5
07) Around the World - 10,0
08) Rollin' & Scratchin' - 8,5
09) Teachers - 8,5
10) High Fidelity - 8,5
11) Rock'n Roll - 7,0
12) Oh Yeah - 7,5
13) Burnin' - 9,0
14) Indo Silver Club - 8,5
15) Alive - 8,5
16) Funk Ad - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,44 (84/100)
Ah, mon Dieu, finally something from when I was young :-P I loved french house/electronica acts of the late 90s and early 00s like Air, Daft Punk, Cassius, Modjo, The Supermen Lovers, Stardust, Bob Sinclar, Martin Solveig... and then David Guetta came and ruined it all :-/
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Jan 10 2024
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
01) Water from a Vine Leaf - 8,5
02) Into the Paradise - 8,5
03) Time to get Wize - 8,5
04) Harry Flowers - 8,0
05) A Touch of the Night - 8,5
06) The Story of Light - 8,5
07) Gringatcho Demento - 7,5
08) A Hazy Shade of Random - 8,0
09) Best Friend, Paranoia - 7,5
10) The Monkey King - 7,0
11) Deus Ex Machina - 7,0
12) Water Babies - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
My first knowledge of William Orbit is that he produced Madonna's "Ray Of Light", I didn't know he released five albums before that. This is actually very cool listening. It reminds me of Moby's "Play", but it was released before that so... maybe "Play" was influenced by Orbit. Oh, and I always thought that William Orbit is a part of "Orbital". Seems I was wrong :-) One can learn a lot while listening to 1001 albums.
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Jan 11 2024
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Doolittle
Pixies
01) Debaser - 7,5
02) Tame - 7,0
03) Wave of Mutilation - 7,0
04) I Bleed - 7,0
05) Here Comes Your Man - 10,0
06) Dead - 6,5
07) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 8,0
08) Mr. Grieves - 7,5
09) Crackity Jones - 7,0
10) La La Love You - 7,5
11) No. 13 Baby - 7,5
12) There Goes My Gun - 7,5
13) Hey - 7,5
14) Silver - 7,0
15) Gouge Away - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,47 (75/100)
Here's Pixies again. Once again it's three stars from me. I understand why they are influential and all, but there's just something missing for me to enjoy them more.
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Jan 12 2024
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Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
01) Now My Heart Is Full - 8,0
02) Spring-Heeled Jim - 8,0
03) Billy Budd - 8,0
04) Hold On to Your Friends - 8,5
05) The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get - 8,5
06) Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself - 8,0
07) I Am Hated for Loving - 8,5
08) Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning - 8,5
09) Used to Be a Sweet Boy - 8,5
10) The Lazy Sunbathers - 8,5
11) Speedway - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,32 (83/100)
I understand he's a bit of an asshole these days? Oh well...
I like this, it's depressive, it's sad - just like a teenage me. I was 16 when this was published, I really don't know why I didn't listen to The Smiths and Morrissey back then.
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Jan 13 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
01) I Ain't the One - 7,5
02) Tuesday's Gone - 9,0
03) Gimme Three Steps - 8,5
04) Simple Man - 9,5
05) Things Goin' On - 8,5
06) Mississippi Kid - 8,5
07) Poison Whiskey - 7,5
08) Free Bird - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,56 (86/100)
I'm not very familiar with Lynyrd Skynyrd, except for the "Sweet Home Alabama" and the fateful plane crash. Few weeks ago I had to listen to Drive-By Truckers and their hommage to Lynard Skynard "Southern Rock Opera" and I was bored to hell. I was kind of afraid this would be similar shit all over again but, thank God, this is miles better.
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Jan 14 2024
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
01) Opening Intro - 5,0
02) Emotional Weather Report - 5,0
03) Intro - 1,0
04) On A Foggy Night - 4,0
05) Intro - 1,0
06) Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) - 4,0
07) Intro - 1,0
08) Better Off Without a Wife - 4,5
09) Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street) - 2,0
10) Intro - 1,0
11) Warm Beer and Cold Women - 5,0
12) Intro - 1,0
13) Putnam County - 5,0
14) Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission) - 3,5
15) Nobody - 4,5
16) Intro - 1,0
17) Big Joe and Phantom 309 - 3,0
18) Spare Parts II and Closing - 2,0
TOTAL: 2,97 (30/100)
What the hell... Is this stand up comedy? Jazz? The hell is this? If stand up, I don't understand him, he's mumbling. If jazz, I don't like jazz. There are probably 1001 album that didn't get to this list but would rather listen to before I die.
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Jan 15 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
01) Where Do The Children Play? - 8,5
02) Hard Headed Woman - 8,0
03) Wild World - 10,0
04) Sad Lisa - 8,5
05) Miles from Nowhere - 7,5
06) But I Might Die Tonight - 7,5
07) Longer Boats - 8,0
08) Into White - 7,5
09) On the Road to Find Out - 7,5
10) Father and Son - 9,0
11) Tea for the Tillerman - 6,5
TOTAL: 8,05 (81/100)
It's a nice album, a solid 4 stars. It features two big hits and it seems I prefer "Wild World" over "Father and Son".
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Jan 16 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
01) I'd Have You Anytime - 9,0
02) My Sweet Lord - 10,0
03) Wah-Wah - 8,5
04) Isn't It a Pity (Version 1) - 9,5
05) What Is Life - 8,5
06) If Not For You - 9,0
07) Behind That Locked Door - 8,5
08) Let It Down - 8,0
09) Run of the Mill - 8,5
10) Beware of Darkness - 8,5
11) Apple Scruffs - 8,5
12) Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - 9,0
13) Awaiting on You All - 8,5
14) All Things Must Pass - 8,5
15) I Dig Love - 8,0
16) Art of Dying - 8,5
17) Isn't It a Pity (Version Two) - 8,5
18) Hear Me Lord - 8,0
19) Out of the Blue - 7,5
20) It's Johnny's Birthday - 6,0
21) Plug Me In - 7,0
22) I Remember Jeep - 7,0
23) Thanks for the Pepperoni - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,30 (83/100)
Not double, but triple album. My sweet Lord... If this was cut in half (or at least without "Apple Jam") it would stand a chance for the highest mark. The album is great, but do we really need two versions of "Isn't It a Pity" when the first one is so nearly perfect? George Harrison shows that he is as great as Lennon and McCartney are.
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Jan 17 2024
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Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
01) I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - 8,0
02) Bangles - 7,0
03) Onie - 7,5
04) Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less) - 7,5
05) Train for Tomorrow - 7,0
06) Sold to the Highest Bidder - 7,0
07) Get Me to the World on Time - 7,5
08) About a Quarter to Nine - 6,5
09) The King Is in the Counting House - 6,0
10) Luvin - 7,5
11) Try Me on for Size - 6,0
12) The Toonerville Trolley - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Oh Lord, I'm stuck between 1967 and 1973 for whole week. If it wasn't for Tom Waits, this would be the weakest one. Started good but ended... thank God it ended...
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Jan 18 2024
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
01) Talkin' 'bout a Revolution - 10,0
02) Fast Car - 10,0
03) Across the Lines - 8,5
04) Behind the Wall - 8,5
05) Baby Can I Hold You - 10,0
06) Mountains o' Things - 9,0
07) She's Got Her Ticket - 8,5
08) Why? - 8,0
09) For My Lover - 9,0
10) If Not Now… - 8,5
11) For You - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,96 (90/100)
Now this one I could listen again, and I bet it would score even higher. The album which features "Fast Car" and "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" deserves highest mark.
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Jan 19 2024
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Country Life
Roxy Music
01) The Thrill Of It All - 7,0
02) Three and Nine - 7,0
03) All I Want Is You - 7,5
04) Out Of The Blue - 7,5
05) If It Takes All Night - 6,5
06) Bitter-Sweet - 8,0
07) Triptych - 7,0
08) Casanova - 6,5
09) A Really Good Time - 6,5
10) Prairie Rose - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Only "Bitter-Sweet" stands out a bit for me, the rest is more or less the same and not very exciting. Actually, quite boring album.
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Jan 20 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
01) Money Changes Everything - 7,5
02) Girls Just Want To Have Fun - 10,0
03) When You Were Mine - 7,5
04) Time After Time - 10,0
05) She Bop - 10,0
06) All Through the Night - 9,5
07) Witness - 8,0
08) I'll Kiss You - 7,5
09) He's So Unusual - 6,0
10) Yeah Yeah - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,35 (84/100)
Ah, 80's pop. 4 great songs, 5 nice songs and one filler song we could do without. I was only five when this album came out but I too do have a memory to share: It was summer 1996, the school was about to end, I was in a class, sitting next to the open window, it was a beautiful day. A car went by and "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" was blasting out. Me and my friend sitting next to me looked at each other and started singing. Since than, every time I hear that song I remember her smile, that moment of pure happiness in combination of school ending and the beginning of the last innocent summer... And it feels like I'm 18 again...
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Jan 21 2024
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
01) Waitin' for the Bus - 8,5
02) Jesus Just Left Chicago - 8,5
03) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - 8,5
04) Master of Sparks - 8,0
05) Hot, Blue and Righteous - 8,0
06) Move Me on Down the Line - 7,5
07) Precious and Grace - 7,0
08) La Grange - 8,5
09) Sheik - 7,5
10) Have You Heard? - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,90 (79/100)
My uncle used to listen to this kind of music when I was a kid. I was more into pop, but hey, I was just ten. It reminds me of him and his generation. So, maybe it's not dad rock, but it's definitely cool uncle rock.
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Jan 22 2024
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Skylarking
XTC
01) Summer's Cauldron - 8,0
02) Grass - 8,5
03) The Meeting Place - 8,5
04) That's Really Super, Supergirl - 8,0
05) Ballet for a Rainy Day - 7,5
06) 1000 Umbrellas - 7,0
07) Season Cycle - 6,5
08) Earn Enough for Us - 7,5
09) Big Day - 7,0
10) Another Satellite - 7,0
11) Mermaid Smiled - 7,5
12) The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul - 7,0
13) Dying - 7,0
14) Sacrificial Bonfire - 7,5
15) Dear God - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,53 (75/100)
I've heard of XTC but never actually listened to them. I couldn't name a single song of theirs even if my life depends on it. This album actually sounds better than I thought it will.
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Jan 23 2024
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
01) Excursions - 8,0
02) Buggin' Out - 8,0
03) Rap Promoter - 7,5
04) Butter - 7,5
05) Verses From The Abstract - 7,5
06) Show Business - 8,0
07) Vibes And Stuff - 8,0
08) Infamous Date Rape - 7,5
09) Check The Rhime - 8,0
10) Everything Is Fair - 7,5
11) Jazz (We've Got) - 8,5
12) Skypager - 8,0
13) What? - 7,5
14) Scenario - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,82 (78/100)
Didn't like Dr.Dre's "The Chronic" (2 stars, it currently ranks #63 out of 69) so let's see how this one will score. Three songs in and it's much more enjoyable. Ok, two songs 'till the end and now I know why I like this one better (Butter?) - there's no excessive cursing... Lyrics are better, beats are minimal, only drum, bass and jazz samples. Much better, it goes in at number 35 out of 70.
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Jan 24 2024
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
01) Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) - 9,0
02) Hermes Trismegisto Escreveu - 8,5
03) O Filósofo - 8,0
04) Meus Filhos, Meu Tesouro - 8,0
05) O Plebeu - 7,5
06) Taj Mahal - 9,0
07) Xica da Silva - 8,5
08) A História de Jorge - 7,5
09) Camisa 10 da Gávea - 7,0
10) Cavaleiro do Cavalo Imaculado - 7,0
11) África Brasil (Zumbi) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,91 (79/100)
Another one I have to listen on You Tube. It started interesting but towards the end it started to sound a bit repetitive. "Taj Mahal" is the only song I know, it's played frequently on my local radio station. We also know it as the song Rod Stewart sang as "Do ya Think I'm Sexy".
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Jan 25 2024
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
01) For Tomorrow - 8,5
02) Advert - 8,0
03) Colin Zeal - 8,0
04) Pressure On Julian - 7,5
05) Star Shaped - 7,0
06) Blue Jeans - 7,5
07) Chemical World - 8,0
08) Sunday Sunday - 8,0
09) Oily Water - 7,5
10) Miss America - 7,0
11) Villa Rosie - 7,0
12) Coping - 7,5
13) Turn It Up - 7,0
14) Resigned - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,61 (76/100)
I was always Blur in Oasis vs. Blur. And this is typical Blur.
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Jan 26 2024
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
01) The Age of the Understatement - 9,5
02) Standing Next to Me - 9,5
03) Calm Like You - 7,5
04) Separate and Ever Deadly - 8,0
05) The Chamber - 8,5
06) Only the Truth - 7,5
07) My Mistakes Were Made for You - 9,5
08) Black Plant - 8,0
09) I Don't Like You Anymore - 8,0
10) In My Room - 7,0
11) Meeting Place - 8,5
12) Time Has Come Again - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,29 (83/100)
Staaanding next to meee, staaanding next to mee...
Very good album, but I'm saving highest marks for the Arctic Monkeys.
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Jan 27 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
01) Blue Suede Shoes - 9,5
02) I'm Counting on You - 9,0
03) I Got a Woman - 9,0
04) One-sided Love Affair - 9,0
05) I Love You Because - 8,0
06) Just Because - 8,5
07) Tutti Frutti - 8,5
08) Tryin' to Get to You - 8,5
09) I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) - 8,5
10) I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') - 8,0
11) Blue Moon - 9,5
12) Money Honey - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,67 (87/100)
It's Elvis. I'm feeling almost ashamed for giving it only 4 stars but I have a feeling we're gonna hear more from him in the future :-)
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Jan 28 2024
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The Dreaming
Kate Bush
01) Sat In Your Lap - 7,5
02) There Goes A Tenner - 7,0
03) Pull Out The Pin - 7,0
04) Suspended In Gaffa - 8,0
05) Leave It Open - 7,0
06) The Dreaming - 6,5
07) Night Of The Swallow - 7,0
08) All The Love - 6,5
09) Houdini - 6,0
10) Get Out Of My House - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
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Jan 29 2024
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
01) A Love Supreme, pt 1. - Acknowledgement - 3,0
02) A Love Supreme, pt. 2 - Resolution - 2,0
03) A Love Supreme, pt. 3. - Pursuance - 2,0
04) A Love Supreme, pt. 4. - Psalm 3,0
TOTAL: 2,50 (25/100)
God I hate jazz! It's like my left ear is fighting with my right one. Every instrument plays it's own tune. I know this is worthy album, but it's a big no for me.
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Jan 30 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
01) Black Mirror - 9,0
02) Keep The Car Running - 10,0
03) Neon Bible - 10,0
04) Intervention - 10,0
05) Black Wave/Bad Vibrations - 9,0
06) Ocean Of Noise - 9,5
07) The Well and the Lighthouse - 9,0
08) (Antichrist Television Blues) - 8,5
09) Windowsill - 8,5
10) No Cars Go - 9,5
11) My Body Is a Cage - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,27 (93/100)
I love Arcade Fire and although this is not my favorite album of theirs, it's a clear 5 stars from me. In at number 4 after 77 albums that I listened, ladies and gentelmen here's "Neon Bible". FYI, "The Suburbs" is currently at number 3.
Favorite tracks: "Keep The Car Running", "Neon Bible" and magnificent "Intervention"
5
Jan 31 2024
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
01) I Wanna Be Adored - 10,0
02) She Bangs the Drums - 8,0
03) Waterfall - 9,0
04) Don't Stop - 9,0
05) Bye Bye Badman - 9,0
06) Elizabeth My Dear - 7,5
07) (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister - 8,5
08) Made of Stone - 9,0
09) Shoot You Down - 8,0
10) This Is the One - 9,0
11) I Am the Resurrection - 9,5
12) Fools Gold - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,88 (89/100)
Not too familiar with The Stone Roses discography, but this is a really really good album. "I Wanna Be Adored" is such a classic! "Fools Gold" is incredible. "Don't Stop" is actually "Waterfall" in backwards? They re-recorded the drums and wrote a new lyrics and they learned to play it live. Ok, I need to give it another listen. Brilliant!
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Feb 01 2024
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
01) The Shining Hour - 7,5
02) Jupiter and Teardrop - 7,0
03) Fuzzy - 7,0
04) Wish You Well - 6,5
05) The Hook - 7,5
06) Soft Wolf Tread - 7,0
07) Stars 'n' Stripes - 7,0
08) Dixie Drug Store - 7,0
09) America Snoring - 7,0
10) Grace - 6,5
11) You Just Have to Be Crazy - 6,5
TOTALS: 6,95 (70/100)
Never heard of the band. It's not bad, but nothing I would remember in a few days.
3
Feb 02 2024
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New Wave
The Auteurs
01) Show Girl - 7,0
02) Bailed Out 7,0
03) American Guitars - 6,5
04) Junk Shop Clothes - 7,5
05) Don't Trust the Stars - 6,0
06) Starstruck - 7,0
07) How Could I Be Wrong - 6,5
08) Housebreaker - 7,0
09) Valet Parking - 7,5
10) Idiot Brother - 7,5
11) Early Years - 7,0
12) Home Again - 7,0
13) Subculture (They Can't Find Him) - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,96 (70/100)
Here's another band I've never heard of. It's OK-ish. Unoffensive and pleasant listening but nothing more than that.
3
Feb 03 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
01) Whole Lotta Love - 10,0
02) What Is and What Should Never Be - 10,0
03) The Lemon Song - 9,5
04) Thank You - 10,0
05) Heartbreaker - 9,5
06) Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) - 9,0
07) Ramble On - 9,5
08) Moby Dick - 8,0
09) Bring It On Home - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,39 (94/100)
Another five stars for Zeppelin. It seems I have a whole lotta love for them.
5
Feb 04 2024
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
And here's another "worthy" album that cannot be found on my streaming service! I mean, come on! I should give it 1 star just because of that.
01) People Hold On - 8,5
02) Fat (Party and Bullshit) - 7,5
03) (I'm) In Deep - 7,5
04) My Telephone - 6,5
05) Theme From "Reportage - 7,0
06) Which Doctor? - 7,5
07) Stop This Crazy Thing - 7,0
08) No Connection - 7,5
09) Smoke 1 - 7,5
10) Doctorin' the House - 8,0
11) What's That Noise? - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
I can see how this inspired the future artists (Avalanches, I'm looking at you). If I was little older in 1989, I would probably dig this.
3
Feb 05 2024
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
Didn't really like "Aja", so let's see how this one will score.
01) Bodhisattva - 6,0
02) Razor Boy - 7,0
03) The Boston Rag - 6,0
04) Your Gold Teeth - 5,5
05) Show Biz Kids - 6,0
06) My Old School - 6,0
07) Pearl of the Quarter - 6,0
08) King of the World - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,19 (62/100)
Well, still not impressed. I don't think Steely Dan is my cup of tea.
3
Feb 06 2024
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
01) School - 8,0
02) Bloody Well Right - 8,0
03) Hide In Your Shell - 7,0
04) Asylum - 7,0
05) Dreamer - 9,0
06) Rudy - 7,0
07) If Everyone Was Listening - 7,0
08) Crime of the Century - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
I knew only one song ("Dreamer"). The rest was ok. Some of these songs are really too long. I think I'm gonna love "Breakfast In America" better.
3
Feb 07 2024
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En-Tact
The Shamen
01) Move Any Mountain (Progen - Beatmasters 7") - 10,0
02) Human Nrg (Massey) - 8,0
03) Possible Worlds: Deep PSI - 8,5
04) Omega Amigo - 8,0
05) Evil Is Even [Edit] - 7,0
06) Hyperreal Orbit (Early Fade) - 8,0
07) Lightspan - 7,5
08) Make It Mine (v1.3 Lenny D Vox) - 8,0
09) Oxygen Restriction - 7,5
10) Hear Me (O My People) (Edit) - 7,0
11) 666 Edit (Move Any Mountain) - 6,5
12) Make It Minimal - 6,5
13) Hyperreal Selector (Edit) - 7,0
14) Lightspan Soundwave (Edit) - 7,5
15) Progen 91 [I.R.P. in the Land of Oz] - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
I love me some 90's dance music. Very refreshing after all that 70's rock. "Move Any Mountain" is definitely the hit that opened the road for "Ebeneezer Goode", "LSI", "Boss Drum" and other hits from the next album. It is maybe a bit too long for my taste, but never the less, it's a good dance album and great representation of the mighty 90's.
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Feb 08 2024
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
01) Mansion - 7,0
02) Bombast - 5,0
03) Barmy - 6,5
04) What You Need - 5,0
05) Spoilt Victorian Child - 5,0
06) L.A. - 7,5
07) Vixen - 5,5
08) Couldn't Get Ahead - 6,5
09) Gut of the Quantifier - 5,5
10) My New House - 5,5
11) Paintwork - 7,5
12) I Am Damo Suzuki - 6,5
13) To Nkroachment: Yarbles - 6,5
14) Petty (Thief) Lout - 7,0
15) Rollin' Dany - 5,5
16) Cruiser's Creek - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,22 (62/100)
"Hey Mark! You're spoiling all the paintwork!"
At the end, I liked it more than I thought I would. Now I feel I rated some albums much higher than this one and liked them less... Best songs, in my opinion, are "LA", "Paintwork" and "Cruiser's Creek".
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Feb 09 2024
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
01) Block Rockin' Beats - 10,0
02) Dig Your Own Hole - 8,0
03) Elektrobank - 9,0
04) Piku - 7,0
05) Setting Sun - 10,0
06) It Doesn't Matter - 7,5
07) Don't Stop The Rock - 7,5
08) Get Up on It Like This - 7,0
09) Lost in the K-Hole - 8,0
10) Where Do I Begin - 8,0
11) The Private Psychedelic Reel - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
I remember a girl from school going to London, UK in 1997 to babysit some kids for the summer. There she met a guy who liked "Block Rockin' Beats" while she liked The Kelly Family (German teen pop band) and she couldn't stand "those fuc**ing beans" (in her words) he was playing all the time. And I thought to myself, what a cool guy, we would probably get along. I laughed at her and called her a Balkan peasant and an embarrasment because she didn't know who "The Chemical Brothers" were. Ah, it was a nice time to be in your late teens...
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Feb 10 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
01) This Is - 6,5
02) Freedom - 7,5
03) If You Only Knew - 7,5
04) Break - 7,0
05) React - 6,0
06) A Day at the Races - 7,5
07) Remember His Name - 7,0
08) What's Golden - 7,5
09) Thin Line - 8,5
10) After School Special - 7,0
11) High Fidelity - 7,0
12) Sum Of Us - 7,0
13) DDT - 4,0
14) One Of Them - 7,0
15) Hey - 7,5
16) I Am Somebody - 7,5
17) Acetate Prophets - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,06 (71/100)
Hip Hop is not really my thing, but this was actually very pleasant to listen. Favorite track is the one with Nelly Furtado.
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Feb 11 2024
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
01) Cracking - 7,5
02) Freeze Tag - 7,0
03) Marlene on the Wall - 7,5
04) Small Blue Thing - 8,0
05) Straight Lines - 7,0
06) Undertow - 7,0
07) Some Journey - 6,5
08) The Queen and the Soldier - 6,5
09) Knight Moves - 7,0
10) Neighborhood Girls - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Her voice reminds me of Dolores O'Riordan in some places... The best song to me is "Small Blue Thing".
3
Feb 12 2024
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Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
01) In Like Flynn - 6,5
02) Go Be Delighted - 6,0
03) Rockets Are Red - 6,0
04) Satin Down - 6,0
05) Let Me Come Back - 6,0
06) Learned It - 6,0
07) Get Down - 5,5
08) Bulletproof Cupid - 6,0
09) Seven Seas - 5,5
10) Billy's One Stop - 5,0
11) Bug House - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,82 (58/100)
I don't like the vocals, he's very scratchy, I can't understand him. If the vocals were clearer, the songs would sound much better. After few songs it all just melts together, there's nothing to separate them. I had to check if the same song is playing or has another one started without me noticing...
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Feb 13 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
01) Speed King - 7,5
02) Bloodsucker - 7,0
03) Child In Time - 10,0
04) Flight of the Rat - 8,0
05) Into the Fire - 7,5
06) Living Wreck - 7,0
07) Hard Lovin' Man - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,64 (76/100)
"Child In Time" is by far my favorite song on the album. The rest is, I guess, good enough to (just barely) ensure 4 stars. "Black Night" is not on original album, but let's say it would contribute to the higher mark of the album. Well, it seems that I prefer Led Zeppelin.
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Feb 14 2024
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Oooh, this is gonna be an easy five stars from me. One of my favorite albums ever, and the best Coldplay album in my opinion. I was a big fan of their first four albums, seen them twice on their "Viva La Vida" tour (Budapest/Udine). "Clocks" is an absolute masterpiece! After "Viva La Vida" they totally changed the direction and basically became a genuine pop band... Not a fan of that part of their career, but still enjoy the singles like "A Sky Full Of Stars" or "Something Just Like That"... So, I guess I'm a boring basic person with no taste in music whatsoever. Go figure :-)
01) Politik - 10,0
02) In My Place - 10,0
03) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face - 10,0
04) The Scientist - 10,0
05) Clocks - 10,0
06) Daylight - 10,0
07) Green Eyes - 10,0
08) Warning Sign - 10,0
09) A Whisper - 10,0
10) A Rush Of Blood To The Head - 10,0
11) Amsterdam - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
5
Feb 15 2024
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
01) Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - 9,0
02) The Stranger - 8,0
03) Just the Way You Are - 9,0
04) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - 7,5
05) Vienna - 9,0
06) Only the Good Die Young - 8,0
07) She's Always a Woman - 9,0
08) Get It Right the First Time - 7,0
09) Everybody Has a Dream - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,17 (82/100)
A nice sounding pop album with a few timeless classics like "She's Always A Woman", "Vienna" or "Just The Way You Are".
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Feb 16 2024
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
01) Coles Corner - 8,0
02) Just Like the Rain - 7,5
03) Hotel Room - 8,0
04) Darlin' Wait for Me - 7,0
05) The Ocean - 8,0
06) Born Under a Bad Sign - 7,5
07) I Sleep Alone - 8,0
08) Tonight - 7,0
09) (Wading Through) The Waters of My Time - 7,0
10) Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? - 6,5
11) Last Orders - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,41 (74/100)
Never heard of him. So, Wikipedia says that he was with Pulp? Yep, can see a bit of Jarvis in his music. He collaborated with Arctic Monkeys? Well, his voice definitely reminds me in some places of Alex Turner's voice (especially on "Tranquility..." and "The Car" albums). It also says that he has done some film scores? Well, the last track "Last Orders" makes much more sense now. The music is soft, nice, very easy listening... Not great - not terrible...
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Feb 17 2024
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London Calling
The Clash
01) London Calling - 10,0
02) Brand New Cadillac - 8,5
03) Jimmy Jazz - 9,0
04) Hateful - 9,5
05) Rudie Can't Fail - 9,5
06) Spanish Bombs - 10,0
07) The Right Profile - 9,5
08) Lost in the Supermarket - 9,5
09) Clampdown - 9,5
10) The Guns of Brixton - 10,0
11) Wrong 'Em Boyo - 9,5
12) Death or Glory - 9,5
13) Koka Kola - 9,0
14) The Card Cheat - 9,5
15) Lover's Rock - 9,0
16) Four Horsemen - 8,5
17) I'm Not Down - 9,0
18) Revolution Rock - 9,0
19) Train in Vain - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,37 (94/100)
I've been looking forward to this album and here it is, album #95. I've always liked The Clash but I was familiar only with the singles. My favorite tracks are "London Calling", "Train In Vain", "The Guns Of Brixton" and "Spanish Bombs", but really, there is no weak tracks in here. This album deserves all the praise that it gets.
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Feb 18 2024
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Ys
Joanna Newsom
01) Emily - 3,0
02) Monkey & Bear - 2,0
03) Sawdust & Diamonds - 2,0
04) Only Skin - 1,0 (17 minutes?!)
05) Cosmia - 3,0
TOTAL: 2,20 (22/100)
Wiki says she's married to Andy Samberg. Interesting. And the music? Not so interesting. She sounds like some Björk/Tori Amos/Kate Bush wannabe, but not in a good way. The lyrics are stupid, the songs are too long (17 minutes!?!) and boring. Maybe she influenced Florence + The Machine for using the harp.
Anyway, not for me... Thank you, next!
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Feb 19 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
01) September In The Rain - 7,5
02) Willow Weep for Me - 7,0
03) Just One of Those Things - 7,0
04) Be Anything (but Be Mine) - 6,5
05) Thou Swell - 7,0
06) Stairway to the Stars - 7,0
07) Honeysuckle Rose - 7,0
08) Just a Gigolo - 7,5
09) How High the Moon - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,11 (71/100)
I don't like jazz but Ms Vaughan vocals made it more interesting. Sarah has a beautiful, soothing voice and it is very pleasant to listen. Love the mess up in song 2, it kinds of makes me feel like i'm really there at Mister Kelly's with them. The original album had 9 songs, so I chose to listen to that version, expanded version has 20 songs, it's too much jazz for me...
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Feb 20 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
01) I Got My Brand On You - 6,5
02) I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - 6,0
03) Baby, Please Don't Go - 6,5
04) Soon Forgotten - 6,0
05) Tiger in Your Tank - 6,5
06) I Feel So Good - 7,0
07) Got My Mojo Working - 7,0
08) Got My Mojo Working, Part 2 - 7,0
09) Goodbye Newport Blues - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,56 (66/100)
Second live album in a row. Somehow I wish it was "Queen Live at Wembley", but it's not... So, blues. I can't help it, but to me it sounds like they are playing the same song for 35 minutes. Which they could, there's been a few albums like that... The music and the singing are great, the vibe is good, everything is perfect if you like blues. Yep.
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Feb 21 2024
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
01) Rehab - 10,0
02) You Know I'm No Good - 10,0
03) Me & Mr Jones - 10,0
04) Just Friends - 9,5
05) Back To Black - 10,0
06) Love Is A Losing Game - 10,0
07) Tears Dry On Their Own - 10,0
08) Wake Up Alone - 9,0
09) Some Unholy War - 9,0
10) He Can Only Hold Her - 9,5
11) Addicted - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,68 (97/100)
Gone too young :-( If she was still alive, I'm sure she would be a global superstar right now. But, on the other hand, if she didn't lead the life she did, would we have this masterpiece? I think "No, no no!" Rest in peace, Amy!
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Feb 22 2024
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
01) So Easy - 10,0
02) Eple - 10,0
03) Sparks - 10,0
04) In Space - 9,0
05) Poor Leno - 10,0
06) A Higher Place - 9,5
07) Röyksopp's Night Out - 8,5
08) Remind Me - 10,0
09) She's So - 9,0
10) 40 Years Back\Come - 7,5
TOTAL: 9,35 (94/100)
I am looking forward to this one, know the singles ("Eple", "So Easy", "Remind Me", "Poor Leno" and "Sparks"), hope the rest of the album is as good.
It turns out, the rest IS good enough for me to say that this is great album which I would definitely listen to again. Didn't expect that, but this is another 5 ★ album for me. No wonder it was named the best Norwegian album of the 2000s :-)
This is my album no. 100.
So far I have distributed my marks like this:
★★★★★ - 13 albums (including this one)
★★★★- 42 albums
★★★ - 30 albums
★★ - 7 albums
★ - 8 albums
I would listen again those 4 and 5 ★, wouldn't listen to those with 3 if I don't have to, and would prefer never to hear again those with 1 or 2 ★... 3,45 is my average rating. I guess I'm on the generous side... Bring the next 100!
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Feb 23 2024
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
01) Lam Tooro - 6,5
02) Loodo - 6,5
03) Muudo Hormo - 6,5
04) Salminanam - 7,0
05) Maacina Tooro - 6,5
06) Djam Leelii - 7,0
07) Bibbe Leydy - 6,0
08) Sehilam - 6,0
09) Kettodee - 6,5
10) Ko Wone Mayo - 6,5
11) Daande Lenol - 6,0
12) Taara - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,38 (64/100)
I like it when non-English language artist appears because there IS good music and there are good albums outside of the English speaking world. This one is a very pleasant ambient music with some nice guitar playing. It makes a great background music while working or driving. After a few songs it tends to get a bit repetitive, but it's still a nice listen.
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Feb 24 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
01) Victoria - 8,0
02) Yes Sir, No Sir - 7,5
03) Some Mother's Son - 7,5
04) Drivin' - 7,5
05) Brainwashed - 7,0
06) Australia - 7,5
07) Shangri-La - 7,5
08) Mr. Churchill Says - 7,0
09) She's Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina - 6,5
10) Young and Innocent Days - 7,5
11) Nothing to Say - 7,0
12) Arthur - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,33 (73/100)
Nice sixties rock, but nothing special or memorable. The album didn't even chart in UK. Weren't they like a big thing back than? Only few months after this album their single "Lola" came second in the UK charts.
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Feb 25 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
01) The Man Comes Around - 9,0
02) Hurt - 10,0
03) Give My Love To Rose - 8,5
04) Bridge Over Troubled Water - 8,0
05) I Hung My Head - 8,5
06) First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - 8,0
07) Personal Jesus - 9,0
08) In My Life - 9,0
09) Sam Hall - 8,0
10) Danny Boy 8,5
11) Desperado - 8,0
12) I'm So Lonsome I Could Cry 8,0
13) Tear Stained Letter - 7,5
14) Streets Of Laredo - 7,5
15) We'll Meet Again - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,37 (84/100)
Mr. Man in black... Some songs work better than the others, but as a whole, this is a very good farewell album by a great artist.
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Feb 26 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
01) Bring Da Ruckus - 6,0
02) Shame On A Nigga - 8,5
03) Clan in da Front - 6,5
04) Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - 6,0
05) Can It Be All So Simple - 8,0
06) Da Mystery of Chessboxin - 6,5
07) Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit - 7,0
08) C.R.E.A.M. - 7,5
09) Method Man - 5,0
10) Protect Ya Neck - 7,0
11) Tearz - 7,5
12) Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,79 (68/100)
English is not my first language (as you can probably see :-P) so the lyrics don't mean much to me. Maybe that's the reason I'm not really a big fan of rap. I can not follow them that fast... But I can appreciate the beats and the flow... In that light, "Shame On A Nigga" and "Can It Be All So Simple" (without "Intermission") are my favorites.
P.S. Maybe I don't understand all the lyrics but the beginning of the "Method Man" is vile! The f**k?
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Feb 27 2024
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The Next Day
David Bowie
01) The Next Day - 8,0
02) Dirty Boys - 7,5
03) The Stars (Are Out Tonight) - 9,0
04) Love Is Lost - 7,5
05) Where Are We Now? - 8,5
06) Valentine's Day - 8,0
07) If You Can See Me - 7,5
08) I'd Rather Be High - 7,5
09) Boss of Me - 7,5
10) Dancing Out in Space - 7,5
11) How Does the Grass Grow? - 7,5
12) (You Will) Set the World on Fire - 7,5
13) You Feel So Lonely You Could Die - 7,5
14) Heat - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,71 (77/100)
The surprise release was cool, I remember it like it was yesterday... I wasn't really impressed by the album when it came out, I felt like it was too artsy for me. It's a 3 and a half stars from me, but as I am always generous with the marks, I will give it 4 stars. Favorite song "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)".
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Feb 28 2024
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
01) I Saw the Light - 7,5
02) It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - 7,0
03) Wolfman Jack - 7,0
04) Cold Morning Light - 7,0
05) It Takes Two to Tango (This Is for the Girls) - 7,0
06) Sweeter Memories - 7,0
07) Intro - 1,0
08) Breathless - 5,0
09) The Night the Carousel Burned Down - 6,5
10) Saving Grace - 7,0
11) Marlene - 6,0
12) Song of the Viking - 6,5
13) I Went to the Mirror - 6,0
14) Black Maria - 7,0
15) One More Day (No Word) - 7,0
16) Couldn't I Just Tell You - 6,0
17) Torch Song - 5,5
18) Little Red Lights - 5,5
19) Overture–My Roots - 1,0
20) Dust in the Wind - 7,0
21) Piss Aaron - 6,0
22) Hello It's Me - 7,0
23) Some Folks Is Even Whiter Than Me - 6,0
24) You Left Me Sore - 6,5
25) Slut - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,04 (60/100)
So, 25 tracks and an hour and a half of my life. Was that really necessary? On side one (songs 1 to 6) we can hear unoffensive but not too exciting pop/rock songs of the early 70s. Quite OK. Than side two starts with "Intro". I don't get the purpose of those spoken nonsense, I'm here for the music. "Breathless" is some kind of instrumental that started promising but continued with annoying synthesizers. And than we return to pop/rock or what ever this genre is. At this stage it starts to get a bit boring, and we have 16 more tracks to go! On side three (songs 14-18) I lost any interest and am waiting for the end that surely has to come, right? 7 more songs. Side four... starts with the "Overture" where we have to listen to some other people live records of his favorite songs, or what? Then some more 70s pop-rock. And than the final song called "Slut". And I swear to God I would rather listen to Taylor Swift than this album ever again.
2
Feb 29 2024
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
01) Lost At Birth - 7,0
02) Rebirth - 6,0
03) Nighttrain - 6,5
04) Can't Truss It - 6,5
05) I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga - 7,5
06) How to Kill a Radio Consultant - 6,5
07) By the Time I Get to Arizona - 6,5
08) Move! - 6,0
09) 1 Million Bottlebags - 5,5
10) More News at 11 - 5,5
11) Shut 'Em Down - 6,5
12) A Letter to the New York Post - 6,0
13) Get the Fuck Outta Dodge - 6,5
14) Bring the Noise - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,39 (64/100)
I appreciate it for what it is, but it's really not for me. "I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Nigga" reminds me of "Tennessee" by Arrested Development so I guess it's my favorite track...
3
Mar 01 2024
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Moon Safari
Air
01) La femme d'argent - 9,5
02) Sexy Boy - 10,0
03) All I Need - 10,0
04) Kelly Watch The Stars - 10,0
05) Talisman - 9,0
06) Remember - 9,0
07) You Make It Easy - 9,5
08) Ce matin là - 9,5
09) New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal) - 9,0
10) Le voyage de Pénélope - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,45 (95/100)
I was 20 years old when this came out and I loved it. "Sexy Boy" is one of my all time favorite tracks. 26 years on, and it still sounds fresh AF. Hell, all of the album makes me feel like I'm 20 again and like the whole world is mine... And you know what? Maybe it is...
5
Mar 02 2024
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xx
The xx
01) Intro - 10,0
02) VCR - 9,0
03) Crystalised - 9,0
04) Islands - 10,0
05) Heart Skipped a Beat - 8,5
06) Fantasy - 8,5
07) Shelter - 9,0
08) Basic Space - 9,5
09) Infinity - 9,0
10) Night Time - 8,5
11) Stars - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,10 (91/100)
After Air, here's The XX. What a great two albums in a row. "Intro" is the best intro on any album ever! This album is a perfect summer soundtrack. I'm a big fan of Jamie XX's album "In Colour" which I presume is not even on this list... Shame, cause it's better than 95% of the list. "Loud Places" is such a gem!
5
Mar 03 2024
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
01) Western Stars - 8,0
02) Lock, Stock and Teardrops - 7,5
03) Sugar Moon - 6,5
04) I Wish I Didn't Love You So - 7,0
05) (Waltz Me) Once Again Around the Dance Floor - 7,0
06) Black Coffee - 7,0
07) Shadowland - 6,5
08) Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - 7,0
09) Tears Don't Care Who Cries Them - 7,0
10) I'm Down to My Last Cigarette - 7,0
11) Busy Being Blue - 7,0
12) Honky Tonk Angels' Medley - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100)
She's a great vocalist but the songs she's singing are not something I would necessarily want to listen too again.
3
Mar 04 2024
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
01) Big Exit - 7,5
02) Good Fortune - 9,0
03) A Place Called Home - 8,5
04) One Line - 7,5
05) Beautiful Feeling - 8,5
06) The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore - 8,0
07) This Mess We're In - 8,5
08) You Said Something - 8,0
09) Kamikaze - 8,0
10) This Is Love - 9,0
11) Horses in My Dreams - 7,0
12) We Float - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
I had festival tickets and I could've listened to Polly Jean live a few years ago, but I've skipped that entire day. In retrospect, listening to this album, I can say I was probably wrong :-) "Good Fortune" and "This Is Love" are my favorites, but I also like Thom Yorke ones.
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Mar 05 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
01) Zombie - 7,5
02) Mister Follow Follow - 7,0
03) Observation Is No Crime - 6,0
04) Mistake - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,86 (69/100)
This Fela had 27 wives!?!
Oh, yeah... the music... It's OK. Nothing special. I don't like jazz but afro elements do make this listenable. Every song lasts for a few hours and he starts to sing after 45 minutes. The ladies are repeating after him (after all, they are his wives), the musicians are jamming, and Fela sings some political lyrics that infuriated the Nigerian government so much that they killed his mother. Who was, by the way, the first Nigerian woman to drive a car. See? I learned a lot today...
3
Mar 06 2024
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
01) If I Had a Heart - 8,5
02) When I Grow Up - 7,5
03) Dry and Dusty - 7,0
04) Seven - 8,5
05) Triangle Walks - 8,0
06) Concrete Walls - 8,0
07) Now's the Only Time I Know - 7,5
08) I'm Not Done - 7,5
09) Keep the Streets Empty for Me - 8,5
10) Coconut - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,85 (79/100)
I've never heard of the artist. This is weird because it sounds like something I would like back in 2009. And I do. My favorites are "If I Had A Heart", "Seven" and "Keep The Streets Empty For Me".
4
Mar 07 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
01) ... And the Gods Made Love - /
02) Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) - 7,5
03) Crosstown Traffic - 9,5
04) Voodoo Chile - 9,0
05) Little Miss Strange - 7,5
06) Long Hot Summer Night - 7,5
07) Come On (Part 1) - 7,5
08) Gypsy Eyes - 7,5
09) Burning of the Midnight Lamp - 7,5
10) Rainy Day, Dream Away - 7,0
11) 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) - 7,0
12) Moon, Turn the Tides....Gently Gently Away- /
13) Still Raining, Still Dreaming - 7,0
14) House Burning Down - 7,5
15) All Along the Watchtower - 10,0
16) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - 9,0
TOTAL: 7,93 (79/100)
Hendrix is a rock God and the album is good, but I think it's a bit too long. All the songs started to blend into one after some time. I excluded the two interludes from marking because it's just noise. "Crosstown Traffic", "All Along The Watchtower" and "Voodoo Child" are the highlights.
4
Mar 08 2024
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1977
Ash
01) Lose Control - 8,0
02) Goldfinger - 7,5
03) Girl from Mars - 7,5
04) I'd Give You Anything - 8,0
05) Gone the Dream - 7,5
06) Kung Fu - 8,5
07) Oh Yeah - 8,5
08) Let It Flow - 7,5
09) Innocent Smile - 7,0
10) Angel Interceptor - 7,5
11) Lost in You - 7,0
12) Darkside Lightside - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,67 (77/100)
I've heard of Ash, I know "Shining Light" and "There's a Star" and that's about it. I don't know this album or singles from it. It's a nice pop-rock album from a bunch of teenagers. Wish I had a band like this when I was 18. Kudos to them. There's nothing wrong with songs, they are good enough but the problem is I won't remember any of them after I finish listening to the album. Will add "Kung Fu" to my 1001 albums playlist. It's a 3,5 stars album that will receive 4 stars from generous me :-)
4
Mar 09 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
01) Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35 - 8,5
02) Pledging My Time - 8,0
03) Visions of Johanna - 9,5
04) One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) - 8,0
05) I Want You - 9,0
06) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - 9,0
07) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - 8,0
08) Just Like A Woman - 9,5
09) Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine - 10,0
10) Temporary Like Achilles - 8,5
11) Absolutely Sweet Marie - 8,5
12) 4th Time Around - 8,5
13) Obviously 5 Believers - 8,0
14) Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,64 (86/100)
It is one of the best albums ever, and I almost feel bad for not giving it five stars. For me, it just comes very close. His way of singing is unique, you either like it or not. I don't mind it, but I feel the album is a bit too long and in some songs, (especially the final two) I lost interest and got a bit bored by it. "Visions of Johanna" and "Just Like a Woman" are among my favorites, but "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine" is the best one for me.
4
Mar 10 2024
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
01) Striving for Perfection - 1,0
02) Knuckleheadz - 7,5
03) Knowledge God - 7,0
04) Criminology - 6,0
05) Incarcerated Scarfaces - 6,0
06) Rainy Dayz - 6,5
07) Guillotine (Swordz) - 6,0
08) Can It Be All So Simple - 5,5
09) Shark Niggas (Biters) - 1,0
10) Ice Water - 5,0
11) Glaciers of Ice - 5,0
12) Verbal Intercourse - 5,0
13) Wisdom Body - 5,0
14) Spot Rusherz - 5,0
15) Ice Cream - 5,0
16) Wu-Gambinos - 5,0
17) Heaven & Hell - 6,0
18) North Star (Jewels) - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,17 (52/100)
So, they do drugs, they do guns, they do bitches, you know what I'm saying? Boring repetitive samples, then some more shooting, drugs, bitches, endless talking. You know what I'm saying? The first half was better, or maybe I had more patience. You know what I'm saying?
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Mar 11 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
01) Sea Song - 5,5
02) A Last Straw - 5,0
03) Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - 4,0
04) Alifib - 5,5
05) Alifie - 3,5
06) Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,58 (46/100)
Ok, the music is slower and his way of singing is special. Like Radiohead before Radiohead. But what I found annoying are his "wahwahwahwah" wailings in almost every song so far. It's irritating. The music is in places almost dissonant. It's like bad jazz. And I hate jazz. Is song number 3 starting to be played backward halfway through? It's like I entered the red room in Twin Peaks. Song number 4 is kind of tolerable from the middle to the end. And what the hell are those noises at the beginning of the song number 5? Like someone is cleaning windows... OK, this one was the final nail in its coffin. It's a ★ for me. I don't think song number 6 can save this. Is this Mike Oldfield on guitar? Oh, yes it is, I'm good :-) But the song is not. Bye Felicia!
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Mar 12 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
01) The Boy in the Bubble - 8,5
02) Graceland - 10,0
03) I Know What I Know - 8,5
04) Gumboots - 8,5
05) Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - 10,0
06) You Can Call Me Al - 10,0
07) Under African Skies - 9,0
08) Homeless - 9,0
09) Crazy Love, Vol. II - 9,0
10) That Was Your Mother - 8,0
11) All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,95 (90/100)
So, is he an a**hole benefiting from cultural appropriation or a genius who introduced South African music to the world during the hardest period for the country and the majority of its people? I don't know. I mean, Queen played several concerts at Sun City in 1984. during apartheid. Was it wrong? Hell yes! Do I still think Freddie Mercury is God? Hell yes! All said aside, I think this is a great album, with several excellent songs ("Graceland", "You Can Call Me Al" and "Diamonds..."). It also introduced us to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Youssou N'Dour and many other African musicians.
5
Mar 13 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
01) Walk On - 8,5
02) See the Sky About to Rain - 8,0
03) Revolution Blues - 8,0
04) For the Turnstiles - 8,5
05) Vampire Blues - 8,0
06) On the Beach - 9,0
07) Motion Pictures - 8,0
08) Ambulance Blues - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,25 (83/100)
I never actually listened to Neil Young, so I'm looking forward to this one. Love the album cover. The guitars on "On The Beach" are great, I think that's my favorite song on the album.
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Mar 14 2024
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
God give me strength, another double album...
01) Song of Love - 7,0
02) Rock & Roll Crazies/Cuban Bluegrass - 7,5
03) Jet Set (Sigh) - 7,0
04) Anyway - 6,5
05) Both of Us (Bound to Lose) - 7,0
06) Fallen Eagle - 7,5
07) Jesus Gave Love Away for Free - 7,0
08) Colorado - 7,5
09) So Begins the Task - 7,5
10) Hide It So Deep - 6,5
11) Don't Look at My Shadow - 6,5
12) It Doesn't Matter - 8,0
13) Johnny's Garden - 7,5
14) Bound to Fall - 7,0
15) How Far - 7,5
16) Move Around - 7,5
17) The Love Gangster - 7,0
18) What to Do - 7,5
19) Right Now - 7,0
20) The Treasure (Take One) - 7,0
21) Blues Man - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,17 (72/100)
Well, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I think I have traumas of the past double albums I listened to. It has 4 sides, each side has its own theme. I think I prefer side 3 with folk-rock songs, "It Doesn't Matter" stands out for me. It reminds me of Fleetwood Mac.
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Mar 15 2024
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
01) Betray - 6,0
02) It Follows - 5,0
03) Think Again - 5,0
04) Look Back and Laugh - 4,5
05) Sob Story - 4,5
06) No Reason - 4,5
07) Little Friend - 4,0
08) Out of Step - 4,5
09) Cashing In - 6,0
TOTAL: 4,89 (49/100)
21 and a half minutes, now we're talking! I don't think I could take more than that, this is not something I enjoy. It's just plain shouting without a trace of any kind of melody. I know it's punk and that's the way it's supposed to be, energetic, angry and shouty, but I have the right to not like it.
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Mar 16 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
01) You Are the Sunshine of My Life - 10,0
02) Maybe Your Baby - 8,5
03) You and I (We Can Conquer the World) - 8,0
04) Tuesday Heartbreak - 8,5
05) You've Got It Bad Girl - 8,5
06) Superstition - 10,0
07) Big Brother - 8,5
08) Blame It on the Sun - 9,0
09) Lookin' for Another Pure Love - 8,5
10) I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,80 (88/100)
Stevie Wonder is truly a music royalty. "Superstition" and "You Are The Sunshine of My Life" are classics, and solely because of those two songs this album deserves very high marks.
4
Mar 17 2024
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Nowhere
Ride
01) Seagull - 7,5
02) Kaleidoscope - 7,5
03) In a Different Place - 7,5
04) Polar Bear - 7,0
05) Dreams Burn Down - 7,0
06) Decay - 7,0
07) Paralysed - 7,0
08) Vapour Trail -7,5
09) Taste - 7,5
10) Here and Now - 7,0
11) Nowhere - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100)
First of all, what the hell is Shoegaze? Never heard of that genre of music...
So, Wikipedia says that shoegaze is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volume. It's not a bad album. Maybe with a few more listens it would grow on me, but for now, it's just ok...
3
Mar 18 2024
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
01) Tonight's The Night - 7,5
02) Speakin' Out - 7,0
03) World on a String - 7,0
04) Borrowed Tune - 7,5
05) Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown - 7,5
06) Mellow My Mind - 7,5
07) Roll Another Number (For the Road) - 7,5
08) Albuquerque - 7,5
09) New Mama - 7,5
10) Lookout Joe - 7,5
11) Tired Eyes - 7,5
12) Tonight's the Night – Part II - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100)
Second Neil Young in four days... I get the feeling that I should like this more than I do. I was very generous with "On The Beach" (83/100) so either that one is better or I was in a better mood when I listened to it... Don't know.
3
Mar 19 2024
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
01) Care of Cell 44 - 8,0
02) A Rose for Emily - 7,0
03) Maybe After He's Gone - 8,0
04) Beechwood Park - 8,5
05) Brief Candles - 7,5
06) Hung Up on a Dream - 7,5
07) Changes - 7,0
08) I Want Her, She Wants Me - 7,5
09) This Will Be Our Year - 8,0
10) Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) - 7,0
11) Friends of Mine - 7,5
12) Time of the Season - 10,0
TOTAL: 7,79 (78/100)
It's a nice and enjoyable pop album. Like a blend of Beach Boys and The Beatles. The album was not successful when released but it eventually achieved a cult following which is very interesting to me. "Time of the Season" is the best song on the album.
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Mar 20 2024
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Being There
Wilco
01) Misunderstood - 7,5
02) Far, Far Away - 8,5
03) Monday - 7,5
04) Outtasite (Outta Mind) - 7,5
05) Forget the Flowers - 8,0
06) Red-Eyed and Blue - 8,0
07) I Got You (At the End of the Century) - 7,5
08) What's the World Got in Store - 7,0
09) Hotel Arizona - 7,0
10) Say You Miss Me - 7,0
11) Sunken Treasure - 7,5
12) Someday Soon - 7,0
13) Outta Mind (Outta Sight) - 7,0
14) Someone Else's Song - 6,5
15) Kingpin - 7,0
16) (Was I) In Your Dreams - 7,0
17) Why Would You Wanna Live - 7,0
18) The Lonely 1 - 7,0
19) Dreamer in My Dreams - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,26 (73/100)
It's way too long. It's getting boring. The marks are getting lower and lower with each passing song. It would be 4 stars if it was just CD 1, but this will probably end up with 3 stars because it's not that interesting, especially towards the end.
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Mar 21 2024
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
01) Motherless Children - 8,0
02) Give Me Strength - 7,0
03) Willie and the Hand Jive - 7,5
04) Get Ready - 7,0
05) I Shot the Sheriff - 9,0
06) I Can't Hold Out - 7,0
07) Please Be with Me - 7,0
08) Let It Grow - 7,5
09) Steady Rollin' Man - 7,0
10) Mainline Florida - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,40 (74/100)
It seems to me that every album recorded between 1967 and 1977 is so essential that it has to be on this list. And they sound just the same when you listen to them day after day. This is my 128th album and I had 42 albums from that period. At least half of them really aren't something I should listen to before I die. Is this one? Well, it's a nice album, but he's an a**hole so I don't enjoy it as much as I probably should. Half of the songs are covers.
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Mar 22 2024
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
01) Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - 4,0
02) Hangar 18 - 5,0
03) Take No Prisoners - 4,5
04) Five Magics - 4,0
05) Poison Was the Cure - 4,5
06) Lucretia - 4,5
07) Tornado of Souls - 5,0
08) Dawn Patrol - 5,0
09) Rust in Peace... Polaris - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,56 (46/100)
Mmmm... t(h)rash metal... I can't say how much I HATE this kind of music. Sure, the drums are great, guitars are great (especially in Tornado Of Souls), but where's the song? It's just noise. And the voice? That macho growling sh**t ain't singing... I see in reviews that there are more Megadeth and thrash metal albums to come, I'm certainly looking forward to it. Hey, my average is too high anyway so I have to give a few low marks...
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Mar 23 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
01) Intro (Skit) - /
02) We Don't Care - 7,5
03) Graduation Day - 5,0
04) All Falls Down - 8,5
05) I'll Fly Away - 5,0
06) Spaceship - 7,0
07) Jesus Walks - 9,0
08) Never Let Me Down - 8,0
09) Get Em High - 7,0
10) Workout Plan (Skit) - /
11) The New Workout Plan - 7,0
12) Slow Jamz - 9,0
13) Breathe In Breathe Out - 7,0
14) School Spirit (Skit 1) - /
15) School Spirit - 7,5
16) School Spirit (Skit 2) - /
17) Lil Jimmy (Skit) - /
18) Two Words - 8,5
19) Through the Wire - 9,0
20) Family Business - 8,0
21) Last Call - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,59 (76/100)
There's something seriously wrong with Kanye and all that parading with his half-naked new wife... I liked Kanye's music for the first few albums but since "Yeezus" it all went down. And his behavior certainly didn't help that. I would probably rate this higher ten years ago, but in this day and age, it is what it is... A very good debut album by a future a**hole nazi lunatic.
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Mar 24 2024
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
01) Most Anything You Want - 7,5
02) Flowers and Beads - 7,0
03) My Mirage - 6,0
04) Termination - 7,5
05) Are You Happy - 6,5
06) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
In-A-Whatta? Never heard of the band, let's see what this is all about. It reminds me of The Doors, which is not a bad thing. The title song should have ended after three and a half minutes. The drum solo feels so basic like someone is learning how to play drums. The rest of the songs are so-so. Some are better than others.
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Mar 25 2024
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Trafalgar
Bee Gees
01) How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - 9,5
02) Israel -8,0
03) The Greatest Man in the World - 8,0
04) It's Just the Way - 7,0
05) Remembering - 7,0
06) Somebody Stop the Music - 6,5
07) Trafalgar - 7,0
08) Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself - 7,0
09) When Do I - 6,5
10) Dearest - 5,5
11) Lion in Winter - 6,0
12) Walking Back to Waterloo - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100)
They are world famous band and is this album the best they did? An album that didn't even chart in UK and it reached number 34 in US? It started as an OK pop-ish album, but towards the end it just started to be plain boring. And those chorus vocals in "Lion in Winter"? Lion roaring would be more on point. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" is the best song on the album and it's all down from there.
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Mar 26 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
01) Airbag - 9,0
02) Paranoid Android - 10,0
03) Subterranean Homesick Alien - 9,5
04) Exit Music (For a Film) - 10,0
05) Let Down - 10,0
06) Karma Police - 10,0
07) Fitter Happier - 9,0
08) Electioneering - 9,5
09) Climbing Up the Walls - 9,5
10) No Surprises - 10,0
11) Lucky - 10,0
12) The Tourist - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,67 (97/100)
This one was huge back in the day. I loved it! I had some version of it taped on my cassette, missing a few songs. Ah, you have to love the nineties. "Karma Police" (love that ending), "Let Down" (what a great f***ing song!), "No Surprises" (my favorite back then, and I think it still is), "Lucky", "Paranoid Android", "Exit Music"... Fantastic songs and a fantastic album!
5
Mar 27 2024
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First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
01) Your New Cuckoo - 8,5
02) Been It - 7,5
03) Heartbreaker - 7,0
04) Happy Meal II - 7,0
05) Never Recover - 7,5
06) Step on Me - 7,0
07) Lovefool - 10,0
08) Losers - 8,0
09) Iron Man - 8,0
10) Great Divide - 7,5
11) Choke - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,73 (77/100)
On this album I know only "Your New Cuckoo" and "Lovefool", I'm more familiar with "Gran Turismo" which I have on CD and which has a bit heavier sound than this one. "Lovefool" is such a classic even though it's overplayed. I like the Black Sabbath cover.
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Mar 28 2024
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Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
01) Sittin' on Top of the World - 7,5
02) Let Love Rule - 8,5
03) Freedom Train - 7,5
04) My Precious Love - 8,0
05) I Build This Garden for Us - 8,0
06) Fear - 7,0
07) Does Anybody Out There Even Care - 7,5
08) Mr. Cab Driver - 9,5
09) Rosemary - 7,0
10) Be - 7,0
11) Blues for Sister Someone - 7,0
12) Empty Hands - 7,0
13) Flower Child - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,58 (76/100)
I guess I tend to lose concentration towards the end because the marks are getting lower and lower in just about every album, not just this one... I'm torn somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. It's not a bad album, but it's really not special in any way... "Mr. Cab Driver" is my favorite track.
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Mar 29 2024
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
01) The Wrong Way - 7,5
02) Staring at the Sun - 7,5
03) Dreams - 7,5
04) King Eternal - 7,0
05) Ambulance - 6,5
06) Poppy - 6,5
07) Don't Love You - 6,5
08) Bomb Yourself - 7,0
09) Wear You Out - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
This one is different. Do I like it? Not quite sure. The first three songs are interesting, but it goes nowhere from there. "Ambulance" and "Poppy" are annoying, and the rest is just there.
3
Mar 30 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
01) Smells Like Teen Spirit - 10,0
02) In Bloom - 10,0
03) Come As You Are - 10,0
04) Breed - 10,0
05) Lithium - 10,0
06) Polly - 10,0
07) Territorial Pissings - 10,0
08) Drain You - 10,0
09) Lounge Act - 10,0
10) Stay Away - 10,0
11) On A Plain - 10,0
12) Something in the Way - 10,0
13) Endless, Nameless - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,92 (99/100)
And here's a picture of 13-year-old me with his copy of "Nevermind" cassette and a big Nirvana poster on the wall behind my bed. I can picture it like it was yesterday... So, as you can guess, I'm very biased towards this album. I haven't listened to it for a long time, but every song brings memories back, except maybe "Endless, Nameless" which I obviously didn't have on my copy of the album :-)
5
Mar 31 2024
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
01) Subterranean Homesick Blues - 8,0
02) She Belongs To Me - 9,0
03) Maggie's Farm - 8,5
04) Love Minus Zero - 8,5
05) Outlaw Blues - 8,0
06) On The Road Again - 8,0
07) Bob Dylan's 115th Dream - 8,5
08) Mr. Tambourine Man - 10,0
09) Gates Of Eden - 8,0
10) It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - 9,0
11) It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,68 (87/100)
Another good one from Bob.
4
Apr 01 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
01) History Song - 8,5
02) 80's Life - 8,0
03) Northern Whale - 8,5
04) Kingdom of Doom - 8,5
05) Herculean - 8,5
06) Behind the Sun - 7,5
07) The Bunting Song - 7,5
08) Nature Springs - 7,0
09) A Soldier's Tale - 7,0
10) Three Changes - 7,5
11) Green Fields - 7,5
12) The Good, the Bad & the Queen - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
I like everything Damon Albarn does, and this project should be no exception. It's like slowed-down Gorillaz. The only problem is that songs are starting to get a bit... pointless and unexciting towards the end of the album.
4
Apr 02 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
01) Everlasting Light - 9,0
02) Next Girl - 9,0
03) Tighten Up - 9,5
04) Howlin' for You - 9,5
05) She's Long Gone - 8,5
06) Black Mud - 9,0
07) The Only One - 9,0
08) Too Afraid to Love You - 9,0
09) Ten Cent Pistol - 9,0
10) Sinister Kid - 8,5
11) The Go Getter - 8,5
12) I'm Not the One - 9,0
13) Unknown Brother - 8,5
14) Never Give You Up - 9,5
15) These Days - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,97 (90/100)
I'm reading the reviews and am surprised by how many people said that this isn't worth being on the list. I mean, have you listened to some other shit that pops up here? The fu**? This is a very good, listenable, catchy rock album and I would rather listen to this than exactly 123 albums that I listened to so far (this being my album #140). On the other hand, it has an average of 3,66 so that means that I'm not the only one that feels this way towards The Black Keys.
5
Apr 03 2024
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Virgin Suicides
Air
01) Playground Love - 10,0
02) Clouds Up - 9,0
03) Bathroom Girl - 8,5
04) Cemetary Party - 8,5
05) Dark Messages - 8,0
06) The Word 'Hurricane' - 8,0
07) Dirty Trip - 8,5
08) Highschool Lover - 9,0
09) Afternoon Sister - 8,5
10) Ghost Song - 8,0
11) Empty House - 8,5
12) Dead Bodies - 9,5
13) Suicide Underground - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,65 (87/100)
I never actually watched the movie, maybe I should look it up. "Playground Love" is the only song I know, hence is my favorite. This is definitely not "Moon Safari", but it is enjoyable for what it is... a score to the movie I will watch later today. I just must!
4
Apr 04 2024
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Dog Man Star
Suede
01) Introducing the Band - 8,5
02) We Are the Pigs - 9,0
03) Heroine - 8,0
04) The Wild Ones - 9,0
05) Daddy's Speeding - 8,5
06) The Power - 9,0
07) New Generation - 8,5
08) This Hollywood Life - 8,0
09) The 2 of Us - 8,5
10) Black or Blue - 8,0
11) The Asphalt World - 8,5
12) Still Life - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,54 (85/100)
I had the pleasure of listening to Suede live in 2019. and checking the setlist, it seems I heard 4 songs from this album live (2, 4, 7 and 9). I was never really into Suede, I always felt that I ought to love them more than I did, but we never "clicked". Not even after I heard them live. But listening to this album, I must say the songs are good, the guitars are great, it keeps me interested, and I didn't expect that. Not even the 9-minute song felt boring. It's not 5 stars, but it's a very solid 4 from me. Oh, and I love the album cover.
4
Apr 05 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
01) Re-Hash - 10,0
02) 5/4 - 10,0
03) Tomorrow Comes Today - 10,0
04) New Genious (Brother) - 10,0
05) Clint Eastwood - 10,0
06) Man Research (Clapper) - 10,0
07) Punk - 10,0
08) Sound Check (Gravity) - 10,0
09) Double Bass - 10,0
10) Rock the House - 10,0
11) 19-2000 - 10,0
12) Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?) - 10,0
13) Starshine - 10,0
14) Slow Country - 10,0
15) M1A1 - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Ok, this one is gonna be easy, after all, it is one of my all-time favorite albums. It was a breath of fresh air when it came out, it was like all these music genres mixed into a new one, a cool one. This CD was constantly in my player, I love every song on this album! But if I must choose, my favorites would be "Slow Country" and "M1A1". A thousand miles an hour!
5
Apr 06 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
01) Rockin' Around (With You) - 7,5
02) Breakdown - 8,0
03) Hometown Blues - 7,0
04) The Wild One, Forever - 6,5
05) Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll - 7,5
06) Strangered in the Night - 7,0
07) Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) - 7,0
08) Mystery Man - 7,0
09) Luna - 7,0
10) American Girl - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,30 (73/100)
It's an OK rock album from the seventies, but nothing spectacular and nothing we didn't hear before. Speaking of that, there isn't one song I've heard before on this album :-)
3
Apr 07 2024
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
01) Them Bones - 7,0
02) Dam That River - 7,0
03) Rain When I Die - 6,5
04) Down in a Hole - 7,0
05) Sickman - 5,5
06) Rooster - 6,5
07) Junkhead - 6,0
08) Dirt - 6,0
09) God Smack - 5,5
10) Intro (Dream Sequence)/Iron Gland - 1,0
11) Hate to Feel - 6,0
12) Angry Chair - 7,0
13) Would? - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,04 (60/100)
The music and melodies are not that interesting, the songs are kind of monotone to me. Drug use was a lyrical theme on the album so I can't really relate to the lyrics either. I guess the real grunge/metal/hard rock fans would say that this is much better than "Nevermind" but I'm not a grunge/metal/hard rock fan so I can say that I prefer the likes of Nirvana or even Pearl Jam.
2
Apr 08 2024
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
01) One Chord Wonders - 6,5
02) Bored Teenagers - 6,0
03) New Church - 6,0
04) On the Roof - 6,0
05) Newboys - 5,5
06) Gary Gilmore's Eyes - 7,0
07) Bombsite Boy - 5,5
08) No Time to Be 21 - 6,0
09) Safety in Numbers - 6,0
10) New Day Dawns - 5,5
11) Drowning Men - 6,0
12) On Wheels - 6,0
13) Great British Mistake 5,5
TOTAL: 5,96 (60/100)
Well, I really don't like adverts, but if they are funny or cleverly written, I can bear them. And that's just about what I can do with this album. Bear it.
2
Apr 09 2024
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
01) Blackened - 5,0
02) ...And Justice For All - 5,0
03) Eye Of The Beholder - 5,0
04) One - 7,0
05) The Shortest Straw - 5,0
06) Harvester Of Sorrow 5,0
07) The Frayed Ends of Sanity - 4,0
08) To Live Is to Die - 7,0
09) Dyers Eve - 4,0
TOTAL: 5,22 (52/100)
Jeez, can these songs be any longer? Metallica was huge when I was a teenager but I never saw the appeal. Sure, I loved "Nothing Else Matters" or "Unforgiven" but never bothered to listen to the albums. It was a good decision because I really didn't like this one. It's all about the riffs? Really? Because I don't get it. It's just boring guitars, annoying drums, and no melody to be found. And here comes another nine and half minutes of riffs... "One" sounds OK. "To Live Is To Die" sounds interesting. Because of those two songs, I will give it two stars, but just barely...
2
Apr 10 2024
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Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
01) With No Shoes - 7,5
02) North Country Boy - 7,0
03) Tellin' Stories - 7,5
04) One to Another - 7,5
05) You're a Big Girl Now - 7,5
06) How Can You Leave Us - 7,0
07) Area 51 - 7,5
08) How High - 7,5
09) Only Teethin - 7,0
10) Get on It - 7,0
11) Rob's Theme - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,32 (73/100)
It's an OK Oasis-esque album with a pinch of Bob Dylan. It's nothing special, but it's not terrible either.
3
Apr 11 2024
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
01) Regular John - 7,0
02) Avon - 6,0
03) If Only - 6,5
04) Walkin' on the Sidewalks - 6,0
05) You Would Know - 6,0
06) How to Handle a Rope - 6,5
07) Mexicola - 6,0
08) Hispanic Impressions - 5,0
09) You Can't Quit Me Baby - 5,5
10) Give the Mule What He Wants - 5,5
11) I Was a Teenage Hand Model - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,05 (60/100)
I guess the only worthy albums in the world are rock albums. All of them. Every day. And it's getting boring. They all start to sound the same. Endless riffs, guitars, drums...I'm getting tired of it and my marks will reflect it. This one is so worthy that nobody but their fans know the songs from it. It reached fascinating number 48 in the UK albums chart and number 122 on Billboard... 121 albums were better selling that week. 121.
2
Apr 12 2024
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Boston
Boston
01) More Than a Feeling - 10,0
02) Peace of Mind - 8,5
03) Foreplay/Long Time - 8,0
04) Rock & Roll Band - 7,5
05) Smokin' - 8,0
06) Hitch a Ride - 8,5
07) Something About You - 8,5
08) Let Me Take You Home Tonight - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,44 (84/100)
If something is called classic rock, then it must have done something right to be called a classic. "More Than a Feeling" is a great song, even if it is overplayed by radio stations.
4
Apr 13 2024
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My Generation
The Who
01) Out In The Street - 7,5
02) I Don't Mind - 7,0
03) The Good's Gone - 7,0
04) La-La-La-Lies - 7,0
05) Much Too Much - 6,5
06) My Generation - 10,0
07) The Kids Are Alright - 8,0
08) Please, Please, Please - 7,5
09) It's Not True - 8,0
10) I'm a Man - 7,0
11) A Legal Matter - 8,0
12) The Ox - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,54 (75/100)
Once upon a time, it was called "the hardest rock in history" but today it sounds to me like a sugar-sweet pop with doo-wops backing vocals a la Beach Boys. "My Generation" is a classic though.
3
Apr 14 2024
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Metallica
Metallica
01) Enter Sandman - 10,0
02) Sad but True - 10,0
03) Holier than Thou - 7,0
04) The Unforgiven - 10,0
05) Wherever I May Roam - 8,5
06) Don't Tread on Me - 7,5
07) Through the Never - 7,0
08) Nothing Else Matters - 10,0
09) Of Wolf and Man - 7,0
10) The God That Failed - 8,0
11) My Friend of Misery - 8,0
12) The Struggle Within -7,0
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
I listened to "...And Justice For All" a few days ago and the maximum I could give it was two stars. This one is much more to my taste, and I know it's because of the monster songs "Nothing Else Matters", "The Unforgiven", "Sad but True" and " Enter Sandman". If not for those, it would be a lower mark, but still better than its predecessor.
4
Apr 15 2024
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
01) I Want You To Love Me - 7,0
02) Shameika - 7,0
03) Fetch The Bolt Cutters - 7,0
04) Under The Table - 7,5
05) Relay - 6,0
06) Rack of His - 6,5
07) Newspaper - 6,5
08) Ladies - 7,0
09) Heavy Balloon - 7,0
10) Cosmonauts - 7,5
11) For Her - 7,0
12) Drumset - 7,0
13) On I Go - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,92 (69/100)
There's nothing wrong with this album, but I can't see nothing that would attract me to it either. I like the sound of dogs barking, it adds the real home recording atmosphere to it. Songs are interesting, lyrics are fine, her voice is great and still I can't remember a single melody after I'm done.
3
Apr 16 2024
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
01) You Want It Darker - 10,0
02) Treaty - 9,0
03) On The Level - 8,5
04) Leaving The Table - 9,0
05) If I Didn't Have Your Love - 8,0
06) Traveling Light - 8,5
07) It Seemed the Better Way - 8,0
08) Steer Your Way - 9,0
09) String Reprise / Treaty - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,56 (86/100)
I'm leaving the table, I'm out of the game.
I'm traveling light, it's au revoir.
I'm ready, my Lord!
What a great farewell album from a legend.
There's something so soothing about this album, his lyrics and his voice make me feel so calm, so peaceful and I really like that feeling. It's not five stars, but it's very close.
4
Apr 17 2024
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
01) Non-Alignment Pact - 6,5
02) The Modern Dance - 7,0
03) Laughing - 4,0
04) Street Waves - 7,0
05) Chinese Radiation - 4,5
06) Life Stinks - 5,0
07) Real World - 5,5
08) Over My Head - 6,0
09) Sentimental Journey - 1,0
10) Humor Me - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100)
This album is full of weird and unpleasant noises including the singer's vocals. Few songs sound like actual songs, the rest is some experimental weird stuff with lame sound effects like in the 1978 SF space movie. Can "Sentimental Journey" really be allowed to call itself a song?
2
Apr 18 2024
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
01) Demon's Theme - 7,0
02) Links - 7,5
03) Music - 7,0
04) One & Only - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
05) Bringing Me Down - 7,0
06) Danny's Song - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
07) Vocal Tune - 6,0
08) Coolin' Out - 6,5
09) Western (Remix) - 7,0
10) Horizons - 7,0
11) Airtight (Remix) - 6,5
12) New Element - 6,5
13) Drums in a Grip - 6,0
14) Solutions - 6,5
15) In Too Deep - 6,0
16) So Long - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
17) Pharaoh - 5,0
18) Miles High - 5,0
19) Groove Therapy - 5,0
20) Mind Games - 1,0 (not on You Tube)
TOTAL: 5,28 (53/100)
So, on a day I don't have much time, of course, I get a double album... But here I am, at the end of the day, listening to this dreamy drum and bass for half an hour and I'm just at the beginning of the song number four. I don't dislike this kind of music, it's a great soundtrack for evenings (especially summer evenings), but we will see if and when my patience will start to fade...
Oh, and a big minus for the fact that the album is not on streaming services so I have to listen to it on YouTube. Even there you can't find the whole album, some songs are missing.
And at the beginning of the second part, my patience is kind of gone... I don't even know which song is playing. The tracklist is messed up. Oh, f**k this shit...
2
Apr 19 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
01) Chameleon - 6,0
02) Watermelon Man - 6,5
03) Sly - 4,0
04) Vein Melter - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,50 (55/100)
How refreshing is to see 4 songs on the album after the double album yesterday... On the other hand, it's jazz. Maybe funk can save it. Let's see... aaaand it can't. I still hate jazz.
2
Apr 20 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
01) Message in a Bottle - 10,0
02) Reggatta de Blanc - 8,5
03) It's Alright for You - 8,0
04) Bring On the Night - 8,5
05) Deathwish - 8,5
06) Walking on the Moon - 10,0
07) On Any Other Day - 8,5
08) The Bed's Too Big Without You - 8,0
09) Contact - 8,0
10) Does Everyone Stare - 8,0
11) No Time This Time - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,54 (85/100)
Sending out an S.O.S
4
Apr 21 2024
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
01) Tubular Bells, Part One - 7,0
02) Tubular Bells, Part Two - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
He was 19 when he recorded this. When I was 19 I longed for a PlayStation. There are some fine sounds here but I don't really like how all these parts that seem to have nothing in common are all glued together into just two songs. The sequence in Tubular Bells Pt. II with the grunted vocals is a bit disturbing, don't like it. Anyway, the first three minutes are the best and the rest is... so, so... The question is if it wasn't for "The Exorcist" would this album be as big as it was? Tubular Bells has sold more than 2.63 million copies in the UK, and an estimated 15 million worldwide. And he was only 19! I got my PlayStation in 1998. for my 20th birthday.
3
Apr 22 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
01) Green River - 10,0
02) Commotion - 8,5
03) Tombstone Shadow - 8,5
04) Wrote a Song for Everyone - 9,0
05) Bad Moon Rising - 10,0
06) Lodi - 9,5
07) Cross-Tie Walker - 9,0
08) Sinister Purpose - 8,5
09) The Night Time Is the Right Time - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,11 (91/100)
"I didn't like the idea of those acid-rock, 45-minute guitar solos," Fogerty explained to Uncut's David Cavanagh in 2012. "I thought music should get to the point a little more quickly than that."
Amen to that!
Great rock album with great songs, "Bad Moon Rising" being the greatest!
5
Apr 23 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
01) Hotel California - 10,0
02) New Kid In Town - 10,0
03) Life In The Fast Lane - 8,0
04) Wasted Time - 8,5
05) Wasted Time (Reprise) - 6,0
06) Victim of Love - 8,5
07) Pretty Maids All in a Row - 8,0
08) Try and Love Again - 8,0
09) The Last Resort - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100)
It's a 3,5-star album that will get 4 mostly because of the two exceptional songs at the beginning of the album. The rest is not so remarkable.
3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible...
4
Apr 24 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
01) Please Forgive Me - 10,0
02) Babylon - 10,0
03) My Oh My - 8,0
04) We're Not Right - 8,0
05) Nightblindness - 7,5
06) Silver Lining - 7,0
07) White Ladder - 7,0
08) This Year's Love - 10,0
09) Sail Away - 10,0
10) Say Hello Wave Goodbye - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100)
I remember how huge this album was back then. I really loved (and still do) "Babylon", it's a great track. I know all the singles, listening to the rest of the album for the first time. I know we all kind of dislike Ed Sheeran and James Blunt these days, but back when this album came out, this was new, it was fresh and it was like nothing else at the time. And I simply can't put Ed Sheeran and David Gray in the same sentence, David Gray was never as "sugary" as Sheeran is. I see some reviewers are very harsh on this, as I will probably be on some thrash metal band, but hey, we can't all like the same things. For example, I don't even like vanilla. Go figure...
4
Apr 25 2024
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
01) Little Furry Things - 7,5
02) Kracked - 7,0
03) SludgeFeast - 6,5
04) The Lung - 7,0
05) Raisans - 7,0
06) Tarpit - 5,5
07) In a Jar - 6,5
08) Lose - 6,0
09) Poledo - 4,0
10) Just like Heaven - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,30 (63/100)
Yesterday I was reading reviews for David Gray's "White Ladder" and one person said that if you click anywhere on the album you wouldn't recognize which song is playing because they are all the same... How is this one any different? And yes, whilst David Gray probably influenced the boring people like Blunt or Sheeran this might have inspired Nirvana or Pearl Jam. I would definitely rather listen to Nirvana than Ed Sheeran, but I would also prefer David Gray to Dinosaur Jr.
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Apr 26 2024
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
01) Pharaoh's Dance - 3,5
02) Bitches Brew - 3,5
03) Spanish Key - 3,0
04) John McLaughlin - 3,5
05) Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 3,0
06) Sanctuary - 3,0
TOTAL: 3,25 (33/100)
It's an hour and a half of my life I will never get back. But still, I'm willing to sacrifice it so I can say I listened to this probably-worthy album. I wouldn't know. To me, it sounds like sh*t. But then again, I just hate jazz.
Thirteen minutes into the song number one, and I already have suicidal/homicidal thoughts. Help me, Lord! Day two... I mean... song number two... Oh wait, this is still song number one...
It's been seven hours and fifteen days, and finally, here's song number two. This one is even longer. Still, no structure and no melody can be found.
Song #3, my eyes are painfully open, and I want to escape...
Song #4 is going on my playlist! Why? Because it's the best, it's only 4 minutes and 23 seconds long!
It's been 84 years, but here we are at song number 5. In reality, song number two is still playing, but I'm bored so I'm writing ahead. And I know how this one will sound. Just like the others. 15 minutes of pure cacophony.
Are we there yet, did we make it? Is it the end? Can I give my 1 star and go? Yes? Thank you so very much!
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Apr 27 2024
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
01) 15 Step - 9,0
02) Bodysnatchers - 9,5
03) Nude - 10,0
04) Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - 9,0
05) All I Need - 9,5
06) Faust Arp - 8,0
07) Reckoner - 10,0
08) House of Cards - 9,5
09) Jigsaw Falling into Place - 10,0
10) Videotape - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,35 (94/100)
This is my third Radiohead album and while "OK Computer" was sure shot five-star material, I was surprised by "Amnesiac" and its five stars. So, I was asking myself how many listens would take for "In Rainbows", because the album didn't click with me back in 2007., just like "Amnesiac" didn't a few years earlier. Jigsaw fell into place after the second listening, and after listening to "Nude" for the second time, (going from 8,0 to 10,0!) I knew this would deserve top marks from me. "Reckoner", "Nude", "Jigsaw..." and "All I Need" are my favorites.
5
Apr 28 2024
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Headquarters
The Monkees
01) You Told Me - 8,0
02) I'll Spend My Life with You - 7,5
03) Forget That Girl - 7,0
04) Band 6 - 3,0
05) You Just May Be the One - 8,0
06) Shades of Gray - 7,5
07) I Can't Get Her Off My Mind - 7,0
08) For Pete's Sake - 8,0
09) Mr. Webster - 7,5
10) Sunny Girlfriend - 7,5
11) Zilch - 4,0
12) No Time - 7,0
13) Early Morning Blues and Greens - 8,5
14) Randy Scouse Git - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
It's a nice pop album from the Summer of Love era. To be honest, I don't know a single song on it. Oh, but I am familiar with Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina :-)
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Apr 29 2024
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Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
01) If I Were Going - 6,0
02) Gentlemen - 6,0
03) Be Sweet - 6,0
04) Debonair - 6,0
05) When We Two Parted - 5,5
06) Fountain and Fairfax - 5,0
07) What Jail Is Like - 5,5
08) My Curse - 6,0
09) Now You Know - 5,0
10) I Keep Coming Back - 6,0
11) Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,73 (57/100)
Here's another band I never heard of. Looking through their discography I can see they had literally no album or singles chart success. They sound just like any other rock band of the era so I don't really get it what is it that is so worthy to be included on this list? Lyrics like "I got a dick for brain" are really groundbreaking.
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Apr 30 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
01) I Zimbra - 8,0
02) Mind - 8,0
03) Paper - 8,0
04) Cities - 8,5
05) Life During Wartime - 8,5
06) Memories Can't Wait - 8,5
07) Air - 8,5
08) Heaven - 8,5
09) Animals - 7,5
10) Electric Guitar - 7,5
11) Drugs - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,18 (82/100)
Quirky, funky, crazy melodies, David Byrne vocals and equally quirky lyrics, and Brian Eno production. Oh, and Tina Weymouth's bass. This sounds very good! If I were a teenager in 1979, I would definitely dig this album! I can't decide if "Cities" or "Life During Wartime" is my favorite track. I also like "Air" and "Drugs", but who doesn't, right?
4
May 01 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
01) Time to Relax (Intro) - /
02) Nitro (Youth Energy) - 7,5
03) Bad Habit - 7,5
04) Gotta Get Away - 9,0
05) Genocide - 8,0
06) Something to Believe In - 7,0
07) Come Out and Play - 10,0
08) Self Esteem - 10,0
09) It'll Be a Long Time - 7,5
10) Killboy Powerhead - 7,5
11) What Happened to You? - 8,0
12) So Alone - 8,0
13) Not the One - 7,0
14) Smash - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100)
I was 16 when this came out, and I remember I wasn't a big fan of all that punk revival. I felt like I should like Green Day and Offspring, but for some reason, I didn't care for them much. I did like the singles though. "Self Esteem" is with Radiohead's "Creep" one of my teenage hymns. I guess I'm not the only one :-)
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May 02 2024
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If I Could Only Remember My Name
David Crosby
01) Music Is Love - 7,0
02) Cowboy Movie - 7,0
03) Tamalpais High (At About 3) - 7,5
04) Laughing - 7,0
05) What Are Their Names - 8,0
06) Traction in the Rain - 7,5
07) Song with No Words (Tree with No Leaves) - 7,0
08) Orleans - 7,0
09) I'd Swear There Was Somebody Here - 5,0
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 117/170
I'm not really familiar with CSNY discography, even less with their solo albums. This is a nice, easy listening but not something I would listen to on my own. It has a bunch of famous contributors and I guess it's a good representative of the day and age it belongs to.
3
May 03 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
01) Red Rain - 9,5
02) Sledgehammer - 10,0
03) Don't Give Up - 10,0
04) That Voice Again - 8,5
05) Mercy Street - 9,0
06) Big Time - 9,0
07) We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) - 8,5
08) This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) - 8,0
09) In Your Eyes - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Current Ranking: 19/171
When you have "Sledgehammer", "Don't Give Up", "Big Time" and "Red Rain" all on one album, that's a guarantee for at least four stars. So let's see the rest of the songs that are unfamiliar to me.
"That Voice Again" is typical 80's pop-rock (to me it sounds like a blend of Police and Genesis), "Mercy Street" is a very nice slow song, "We Do What We're Told" sounds like a part of the "Blade Runner" soundtrack, "This Is the Picture" reminds me of Gabriel's earlier work ("Games Without Frontiers") and "In Your Eyes" gives us a bit of world music with Youssou N'Dour on backing vocals.
After the first listen, the album has a mark of 8,94 and it is 0,01 points short of five stars. It seems cruel to me to leave it at that so let's give it another listen.
And then I listened to "Mercy Street" for the second time. Those harmonious vocals accompanied with beautifully haunting music were enough, it's a five stars album.
5
May 04 2024
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The Clash
The Clash
01) Janie Jones - 8,5
02) Remote Control - 8,0
03) I'm So Bored with the USA - 8,0
04) White Riot - 8,5
05) Hate and War - 8,0
06) What's My Name - 8,0
07) Deny - 7,5
08) London's Burning - 7,5
09) Career Opportunities -7,5
10) Cheat - 7,0
11) Protex Blue - 7,0
12) Police and Thieves - 8,5
13) 48 Hours - 8,0
14) Garageland - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,82 (78/100)
Current Ranking: 77/172
I prefer "London Calling", maybe because it sounds a bit less punk. The songs are short, which is a good thing, but after a few songs, they all start to sound the same.
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May 05 2024
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
01) Know Your Product - 7,5
02) Lost and Found - 6,0
03) Memories Are Made of This - 7,5
04) Private Affair - 6,5
05) A Minor Aversion - 7,0
06) No, Your Product - 7,0
07) This Perfect Day - 7,0
08) Run Down - 6,5
09) Orstralia - 7,0
10) New Centre of the Universe - 6,0
11) Untitled - 7,0
12) (I'm) Misunderstood - 6,5
13) International Robots - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 130/173
Second punk album in a row. I'm not really a fan of punk so this is gonna be interesting. But this one IS kind of interesting. We have horns, we have harmonica, we have some slower songs here and there... It's still not my cup of tea, but it's not as shouty and repetitive as some other punk albums.
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May 06 2024
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Remedy
Basement Jaxx
01) Rendez-Vu - 10,0
02) Yo-Yo - 8,0
03) Jump n' Shout - 9,0
04) U Can't Stop Me - 8,0
05) Jaxxalude - /
06) Red Alert - 10,0
07) Jazzalude - /
08) Always Be There - 8,5
09) Sneakalude - /
10) Same Old Show - 8,5
11) Bingo Bango - 10,0
12) Gemilude - /
13) Stop 4 Love - 8,0
14) Don't Give Up - 7,0
15) Being with U - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,59 (86/100)
Current ranking: 38/174
This album came out when I was 21 years old and I wish I had been more extroverted back then and danced to "Rendez-Vu" and "Red Alert" somewhere in a club and not just in my room.
4
May 07 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
01) Intro - 7,0
02) The Magic Number - 8,5
03) Change In Speak - 8,0
04) Cool Breeze On The Rocks - 7,0
05) Can You Keep A Secret - 7,5
06) Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) - 8,5
07) Ghetto Thang - 8,5
08) Transmitting Live from Mars - 8,0
09) Eye Know - 9,0
10) Take It Off - 7,0
11) A Little Bit of Soap - 8,0
12) Tread Water - 8,5
13) Potholes in My Lawn - 9,0
14) Say No Go - 8,5
15) Do as De La Does - 7,0
16) Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend) - 8,5
17) De La Orgee - 5,0
18) Buddy - 8,5
19) Description - 7,5
20) Me Myself and I - 9,0
21) This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) - 8,0
22) I Can Do Anything (Delacratic) - 7,0
23) D.A.I.S.Y. Age - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,87 (79/100)
Current ranking: 75/175
Now this is the kind of rap I really like. Every song is different and interesting, I like the samples, and I like the lyrics and the avoidance of unnecessary swearing just "to sound badass" (we will forget the existence of "De La Orgee"). The album has 23 songs, but boy, sometimes five songs on the album sound like hell whilst this was one hell of the ride. Funky, sunny ride with a smile on my face.
4
May 08 2024
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Calenture
The Triffids
01) Bury Me Deep in Love - 6,5
02) Kelly's Blues - 6,0
03) Trick of the Light - 6,5
04) Hometown Farewell Kiss - 6,0
05) Unmade Love - 5,5
06) Open for You - 5,5
07) Holy Water - 6,5
08) Blinder by the Hour - 5,5
09) Vagabond Holes - 5,5
10) Jerdacuttup Man - 5,0
11) Calenture - 5,0
12) Save What You Can - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,75 (58/100)
Current ranking: 153/176
I guarantee you that we had better albums in Ex Yugoslavia only in 1987. Nothing is exciting or new on this album.
2
May 09 2024
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California
American Music Club
01) Firefly - 6,0
02) Somewhere - 5,5
03) Laughingstock - 60
04) Lonely - 6,0
05) Pale Skinny Girl - 6,0
06) Blue And Grey Shirt - 5,5
07) Bad Liquor - 5,0
08) Now You're Defeated - 5,0
09) Jenny - 5,0
10) Western Sky - 6,0
11) Highway 5 - 6,0
12) Last Harbor - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,67 (57/100)
Current ranking: 156/177
An album that is so important by a band that no one has ever heard of. The album did not appear on any charts, nor did the singles from it. The album is so important that you can only hear it on YouTube. The album is still not totally unlistenable, so it generously gets a two stars from me.
2
May 10 2024
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
01) Monday, Monday - 10,0
02) Straight Shooter - 8,0
03) Got a Feelin - 8,0
04) I Call Your Name - 7,5
05) Do You Want to Dance - 7,5
06) Go Where You Wanna Go - 8,0
07) California Dreamin' - 10,0
08) Spanish Harlem - 8,5
09) Somebody Groovy - 8,0
10) Hey Girl - 7,5
11) You Baby - 7,0
12) The 'In' Crowd - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current Ranking: 63/178
"California Dreamin'" is one of those timeless songs, one wonders how it didn't reach the top of either the US or UK singles charts. "Monday Monday" is also a huge hit, and for those two songs alone this album deserves a higher rating. The rest of the album is not at that level, there are some solid songs and beautiful harmonies, but also a few unnecessary covers.
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May 11 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
01) And It Stoned Me - 7,5
02) Moondance - 8,5
03) Crazy Love - 8,5
04) Caravan - 7,5
05) Into The Mystic - 8,5
06) Come Running - 7,0
07) These Dreams Of You - 7,5
08) Brand New Day - 7,0
09) Everyone - 7,5
10) Glad Tidings - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 87/179
Well, I'm not really enthusiastic about this album. I mean, it's not bad, but it's also not something I'd want to listen to again. One song I'm half-familiar with ("Moondance"), while the others all try to sound like "Brown Eyed Girl". And I know it sounds too harsh for the rating I gave, but I think my criteria are too low :-) This is 3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
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May 12 2024
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Low-Life
New Order
01) Love Vigilantes - 8,0
02) The Perfect Kiss - 8,5
03) This Time of Night - 8,0
04) Sunrise - 7,5
05) Elegia - 9,5
06) Sooner Than You Think - 8,5
07) Sub-culture - 8,5
08) Face Up - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,31 (83/100)
Current ranking: 54/180
Perfect melancholic eighties synth pop. I would recognize New Order even if I didn't know who it was. Eight songs that perfectly describe the time they come from. "Elegia" is a masterpiece, a perfect tribute to Ian Curtis.
4
May 13 2024
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
01) Assessment - 6,5
02) Space - 7,0
03) Lion Thief - 7,0
04) Easy - 6,5
05) Wonderful - 6,5
06) Troubles - 7,0
07) Out-side - 7,5
08) Space Beatle - 6,5
09) Rhododendron - 6,0
10) Liquid Bird - 6,5
11) Simple - 6,5
12) Pure For - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,62 (66/100)
Current ranking: 140/181
I have never heard of this (Beta) band. They remind me a bit of Alt-J, which is good for them. I'd rather listen to Alt-J though. I can't give them more than three stars.
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May 14 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
01) Suite II Overture - /
02) Dance or Die - 7,5
03) Faster - 7,5
04) Locked Inside - 7,5
05) Sir Greendown - 7,5
06) Cold War - 8,5
07) Tightrope - 8,0
08) Neon Gumbo - /
09) Oh, Maker - 8,5
10) Come Alive (The War of the Roses) - 8,0
11) Mushrooms & Roses - 7,5
12) Suite III Overture - /
13) Neon Valley Street - 8,0
14) Make the Bus - 7,0
15) Wondaland - 8,0
16) 57821 - 8,0
17) Say You'll Go - 8,5
18) BabopbyeYa - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
Current ranking: 79/182
I think the strongest point of this album, apart from Janelle's voice, are the different genres that are mixed in such a masterful way that every song sounds fresh, different and never boring. I didn't rate the interludes because they would lower the album's rating and this album doesn't deserve that.
4
May 15 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
01) Rich - 8,0
02) Date With The Night - 8,5
03) Man - 7,5
04) Tick - 7,5
05) Black Tongue - 8,0
06) Pin - 8,5
07) Cold Light - 8,0
08) No No No - 8,0
09) Maps - 10,0
10) Y Control - 9,0
11) Modern Romance - 9,0
12) Poor Song - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,38 (84/100)
Current ranking: 48/183
A combination of The White Stripes and Siouxsie and the Banshees. I forgot what a great song "Maps" is. The rest is a little weaker but still very good.
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May 16 2024
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
01) Sunflower - 7,5
02) Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) - 7,0
03) Wild Wood - 9,5
04) Instrumental (Pt 1) - 8,0
05) All the Pictures on the Wall - 7,0
06) Has My Fire Really Gone Out? - 7,0
07) Country - 7,5
08) Instrumental Two - 7,0
09) 5th Season - 7,0
10) The Weaver - 7,5
11) Instrumental One (Pt 2) - 7,0
12) Foot of the Mountain - 6,5
13) Shadow of the Sun - 7,0
14) Holy Man (reprise) - 7,0
15) Moon on Your Pyjamas - 7,0
16) Hung Up - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,31 (73/100)
Current ranking: 112/184
When I was a teenager I always saw Paul Weller as boring, too serious, something that adults listen to. And now that I'm an adult, I still don't see it as something I would listen to. It seems to me that this is music for an even older generation ;-)
There are still some good songs here like "Wild Wood".
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May 17 2024
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White Light
Gene Clark
01) The Virgin - 7,0
02) With Tomorrow - 6,0
03) White Light - 5,0
04) Because of You - 5,0
05) One in a Hundred - 5,0
06) For a Spanish Guitar - 5,0
07) Where My Love Lies Asleep - 4,5
08) Tears of Rage - 5,0
09) 1975 - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,33 (53/100)
Current ranking: 166/185
Sounds like a Bob Dylan wannabe to me. The album was popular only in the Netherlands. How random. I don't really know how it deserved to be on this list, a boring and uninspiring country folk album.
2
May 18 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
01) I Looked Away - 7,0
02) Bell Bottom Blues - 8,0
03) Keep On Growing - 6,5
04) Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 7,0
05) I Am Yours - 7,5
06) Anyday - 7,5
07) Key To The Highway - 7,5
08) Tell The Truth - 7,0
09) Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad? - 7,5
10) Have You Ever Loved a Woman - 7,0
11) Little Wing - 8,0
12) It's Too Late - 7,0
13) Layla - 10,0
14) Thorn Tree in the Garden - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100)
Current ranking: 103/186
It seems that Eric Clapton is an asshole, but one cannot deny that he is a master on the guitar. As the name of the album itself says, it's really all about "Layla" and not much about other assorted love songs. And while "Layla" is a supreme rock masterpiece, other assorted love songs... are not that much. I liked "Bell Bottom Blues", "Little Wing" is also one of the better ones, while the others sound more or less the same. The guitars are great, but the album is too long, so I lost interest in them after a while.
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May 19 2024
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
01) Sleep On The Left Side - 8,5
02) Brimful Of Asha - 9,5
03) Butter the Soul - 8,5
04) Chocolat - 7,0
05) We're in Yr Corner - 8,0
06) Funky Days Are Back Again - 7,0
07) What Is Happening? - 7,5
08) When the Light Appears Boy - 6,0
09) Coming Up - 6,5
10) Good Shit - 7,5
11) Good to Be on the Road Back Home - 7,5
12) It's Indian Tobacco My Friend - 7,0
13) Candyman - 7,5
14) State Troopers - 7,5
15) Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,57 (76/100)
Current ranking: 99/187
Honestly, I thought I would only like the first two songs because I knew them, and I didn't have too many expectations for the others. And then a bunch of interesting things with an Indian flair followed. Some more and some less impressive, but nevertheless very interesting.
4
May 20 2024
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
01) Konnichiwa - 6,0
02) Lyrics - 5,5
03) Corn on the Curb - 4,5
04) Crime Riddim - 4,5
05) It Ain't Safe - 5,5
06) Ladies Hit Squad - 5,5
07) Numbers - 6,0
08) Man - 5,0
09) Shutdown - 6,0
10) That's Not Me - 5,5
11) Detox - 5,0
12) Text Me Back - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,38 (54/100)
Current ranking: 167/188
Normally I'm not a fan of rap, and grime is even lower on my list of preferences. However, it's funny to me how in the comments people slander this album because it's British. As if everything American is perfect (endless folk rock albums from the early seventies, I'm looking at you!). This gets a low rating from me because I don't like it, not because it's British.
I gave a lower rating to many songs because of unnecessary dialogues/skits at the end, if I wanted dialogues I would watch movies.
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May 21 2024
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
01) To All the Girl - 7,5
02) Shake Your Rump - 7,5
03) Johnny Ryall - 7,5
04) Egg Man - 7,5
05) High Plains Drifter - 7,0
06) The Sounds of Science - 6,5
07) 3-Minute Rule - 7,0
08) Hey Ladies - 7,0
09) 5-Piece Chicken Dinner - /
10) Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun - 7,5
11) Car Thief - 7,0
12) What Comes Around - 7,0
13) Shadrach - 7,5
14) Ask for Janice - /
15) B-Boy Bouillabaisse
a. 59 Chrystie Street - 6,5
b. Get on the Mic - 6,5
c. Stop That Train - 7,5
d. A Year and a Day - 7,0
e. Hello Brooklyn - 7,0
f. Dropping Names - 7,5
g. Lay It on Me - 6,5
h. Mike on the Mic - 6,5
i. A.W.O.L. - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Current ranking: 124/189
Not really my type of music but in any case they are better than gangsta rap. And they are waaaaay better than Drake :-P
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May 22 2024
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The Man Who
Travis
01) Writing To Reach You - 9,0
02) The Fear - 8,5
03) As You Are - 8,0
04) Driftwood - 8,0
05) The Last Laugh of the Laughter - 7,5
06) Turn - 9,0
07) Why Does It Always Rain on Me? - 10,0
08) Luv - 7,5
09) She's So Strange - 7,5
10) Slide Show - 7,5
11) Blue Flashing Light - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,27 (83/100)
Current ranking: 58/190
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. You're welcome.
This was popular when I was young, maybe that's why I get sentimental every time "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" starts. They had a couple of decent songs, several successful albums, including this one. Nothing revolutionary, but pleasant to listen to.
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May 23 2024
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
01) Fast Cars - 6,0
02) No Reply - 5,5
03) You Tear Me Up - 5,0
04) Get on Our Own - 5,0
05) Love Battery - 5,5
06) Sixteen - 4,0
07) I Don't Mind - 6,0
08) Fiction Romance - 5,5
09) Autonomy - 5,0
10) I Need - 6,0
11) Moving Away from the Pulsebeat - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,32 (53/100)
Current ranking: 172/191
One can learn a lot from this project. At first I realized that I simply hate jazz, and now it's slowly dawning on me that punk isn't much better either.
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May 24 2024
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
01) Allergies - 8,0
02) Hearts and Bones - 8,5
03) When Numbers Get Serious - 7,5
04) Think Too Much (b) - 8,0
05) Song About the Moon - 7,5
06) Think Too Much (a) - 7,5
07) Train in the Distance - 8,0
08) Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War - 7,5
09) Cars Are Cars - 7,0
10) The Late Great Johnny Ace - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,70 (77/100)
Current ranking: 92/192
First of all, a song about allergies... Who would have thought to sing about allergies. Best of all, the song is actually quite good. Then we have a song about numbers. Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. Sounds legit to me. Then there's a song about the moon, a song about a train in the distance, and a song about cars, which are supposedly cars around the world. Let's not forget the late Johnny Ace, as well as Rene and Georgette Magritte with their dog. After the war. Maybe I'm thinking too much, but:
a) I think the best song on the album is the title song Hearts and Bones.
b) I think Graceland is a better album (23/192).
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May 25 2024
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The Doors
The Doors
01) Break On Through (To the Other Side) - 10,0
02) Soul Kitchen - 9,5
03) The Crystal Ship - 9,0
04) Twentieth Century Fox - 8,5
05) Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 8,5
06) Light My Fire - 10,0
07) Back Door Man - 9,0
08) I Looked at You - 9,0
09) End of the Night - 9,5
10) Take It as It Comes - 9,0
11) The End - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,18 (92/100)
Current ranking: 15/193
I was at Morrison's grave and it was nice to see how much he still means to people. This album is one of those that you don't even have to listen to to conclude that it deserves to be on this list, and when you do listen to it, you realize that it is one of the best albums ever.
5
May 26 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
01) Violet - 9,0
02) Miss World - 8,5
03) Plump - 8,0
04) Asking for It - 8,5
05) Jennifer's Body 8,0
06) Doll Parts - 10,0
07) Credit in the Straight World - 8,0
08) Softer, Softest - 8,5
09) She Walks on Me - 8,0
10) I Think That I Would Die - 8,0
11) Gutless - 8,0
12) Rock Star (Olympia) - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100)
Current ranking: 48/194
Of course, when a woman writes an album like this, there are immediately misogynistic rumors that her husband is responsible for it. Because she, as a woman, is of course not capable of that. I think the relationship between Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain just turned people away from listening to this album and this band in general, and I think that was totally unfair on our part because this is a really great album.
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May 27 2024
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
01) I Don't Want To Talk About It - 10,0
02) Love Is Here Where I Live - 7,5
03) These Early Days - 7,5
04) I Always Was Your Girl - 7,5
05) Oxford Street - 7,0
06) The Night I Heard Caruso Sing - 7,5
07) Goodbye Sunday - 7,0
08) Shadow on a Harvest Moon - 7,0
09) Blue Moon Rose - 7,5
10) Tears All Over Town - 7,0
11) Lonesome for a Place I Know - 7,5
12) Apron Strings - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,58 (76/100)
Current ranking: 103/195
I've always loved Tracey Thorn's voice, "Missing" is one of my favorite songs from my teenage days. I only know the first song on this album, while the rest sounds typical of the way eighties pop albums sounded. From today's point of view, maybe a little dated and not too inventive, but still inoffensive. I've heard worse things on this list.
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May 28 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
01) Intro - 6,0
02) Things Done Changed - 7,0
03) Gimme the Loot - 6,5
04) Machine Gun Funk - 8,0
05) Warning - 6,5
06) Ready to Die - 6,5
07) One More Chance - 7,0
08) #!*@ Me (Interlude) - 1,0
09) The What - 6,5
10) Juicy - 7,0
11) Everyday Struggle - 7,0
12) Me & My Bitch - 6,5
13) Big Poppa - 7,5
14) Respect - 7,0
15) Friend of Mine - 6,5
16) Unbelievable - 7,0
17) Suicidal Thoughts - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,47 (65/100)
Current ranking: 154/196
If I wanted to listen to the sounds of sex, I would go to porn hub and turn down the volume. Back to the album, a typical nineties rap album, with a lot of swearing, shooting, fu**ing... Not too interesting, at least from my point of view. I'll have to watch some documentary on Netflix because I'm still not sure who killed who and if Notorious had anything to do with 2Pac's murder and vice versa.
3
May 29 2024
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I Against I
Bad Brains
01) Intro - 5,0
02) I Against I - 5,5
03) House of Suffering - 5,0
04) Re-Ignition - 5,5
05) Secret 77 - 5,5
06) Let Me Help - 5,0
07) She's Calling You - 6,0
08) Sacred Love - 6,0
09) Hired Gun - 5,5
10) Return to Heaven - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,40 (54/100)
Current ranking: 174/197
At times it seems to me that I might understand what this is about, but those moments are short-lived and they quickly disappear. I personally like "She's Calling You" the most because it's the least punk/hardcore/whatever...
2
May 30 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
01) Green Light - 10,0
02) Sober - 8,5
03) Homemade Dynamite - 9,0
04) The Louvre - 9,0
05) Liability - 9,5
06) Hard Feelings/Loveless - 9,0
07) Sober II (Melodrama) - 8,5
08) Writer in the Dark - 9,5
09) Supercut - 9,0
10) Liability (Reprise) - 8,5
11) Perfect Places - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,05 (91/100)
Current ranking: 20/198
I didn't expect to like it this much. I know a couple of songs from the album, but I have a feeling that they sound better now than they did in 2017. There is not a single boring song, each one has something that draws you in to listen. The vocals are excellent, the production is superb and the result is 5 stars for me - Jelićka, welcome to the club.
5
May 31 2024
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
01) Needles in the Camel's Eye - 7,0
02) The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch - 6,5
03) Baby's on Fire - 6,5
04) Cindy Tells Me - 6,5
05) Driving Me Backwards - 5,5
06) On Some Faraway Beach - 6,5
07) Blank Frank - 6,0
08) Dead Finks Don't Talk - 6,0
09) Some of Them Are Old - 6,5
10) Here Come the Warm Jets - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,35 (64/100)
Current ranking: 159/199
It reminds me of Talking Heads. I later read that he was their producer, so that makes sense. I think I'm too simple, I don't get this whole concept of art rock and experimentation. It's relatively listenable, but honestly, I can't wait to get it over with.
3
Jun 01 2024
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
01) She Has Funny Cars - 8,0
02) Somebody To Love - 10,0
03) My Best Friend - 8,5
04) Today - 9,5
05) Comin' Back to Me - 8,5
06) 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds - 8,0
07) D.C.B.A.–25 - 8,5
08) How Do You Feel - 8,0
09) Embryonic Journey - 9,0
10) White Rabbit - 10,0
11) Plastic Fantastic Lover - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,77 (88/100)
Current ranking: 31/200
"Somebody To Love" & "White Rabbit" are among the best songs ever written. The rest of the album is also very good and I almost regret giving it a four. But it's a very high four, almost a five.
By the way, this is my 200th album. So far I have distributed 25 ★★★★★, 81 ★★★★, 59 ★★★, 23 ★★ and 12 ★ with an average rating of 3,42.
Bring on the next 100!
4
Jun 02 2024
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
01) Leave Home - 9,0
02) In Dust We Trust - 7,5
03) Song to the Siren - 7,5
04) Three Little Birdies Down Beats - 7,5
05) Fuck Up Beats - 7,0
06) Chemical Beats - 7,5
07) Chico's Groove - 8,0
08) One Too Many Mornings - 9,0
09) Life Is Sweet - 8,5
10) Playground for a Wedgeless Firm - 7,5
11) Alive Alone - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,95 (80/100)
Current ranking: 79/201
It starts with the excellent "Leave Home" and continues fiercely in the same rhythm. And just when you think you've had enough of electronic beats, the second, more relaxed part of the album begins with the magnificent "One Too Many Mornings". The Chemical Brothers are truly masters of their craft.
4
Jun 03 2024
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Destroyer
KISS
01) Detroit Rock City - 6,0
02) King of the Night Time World - 5,5
03) God of Thunder - 5,0
04) Great Expectations - 5,0
05) Flaming Youth - 5,5
06) Sweet Pain - 5,5
07) Shout It Out Loud - 5,5
08) Beth - 5,5
09) Do You Love Me? - 5,0
10) Rock and Roll Party - 1,0
TOTAL: - 4,95 (50/100)
Current ranking: 190/202
I've never listened to Kiss but I thought (at least from their looks and their reputation) that they were some bad-ass metal rockers who scared parents in the seventies that their kids would go down the wrong path if they listened to them. And what did I get? Chamomile. The vocals are not really rock, the songs are middle of the road plain, the lyrics are nonsense. "Beth" sounds like a Barry Manilow song... Where's the rock here? I could paint my face and sing Backstreet Boys rock covers, it would sound better.
1
Jun 04 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
01) Let It Rock - 8,0
02) You Give Love A Bad Name - 10,0
03) Livin' on a Prayer - 10,0
04) Social Disease - 7,0
05) Wanted Dead or Alive - 10,0
06) Raise Your Hands - 8,0
07) Without Love - 7,5
08) I'd Die for You - 8,0
09) Never Say Goodbye - 8,5
10) Wild in the Streets - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 48/203
Ah, eighties hair metal. I listen to some of these songs and think to myself how could this ever be so popular? Three monster hits certainly increase the rating of this album. The other seven songs are solid for their time, not so much from today's perspective.
4
Jun 05 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
01) The Cisco Kid - 8,0
02) Where Was You At - 8,0
03) City, Country, City - 7,0
04) Four Cornered Room - 7,0
05) The World Is a Ghetto - 7,5
06) Beetles in the Bog - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,42 (74/100)
Current ranking: 114/204
Pleasant enough but nothing more.
3
Jun 06 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
01) Speed Trials - 8,0
02) Alameda - 7,0
03) Ballad of Big Nothing - 7,5
04) Between the Bars - 7,5
05) Pictures of Me - 7,0
06) No Name No. 5 - 7,0
07) Rose Parade - 7,5
08) Punch and Judy - 7,0
09) Angeles - 7,0
10) Cupid's Trick - 7,0
11) 2:45 AM - 7,0
12) Say Yes - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,21 (72/100)
To me, this sounds like more or less the same song 12 times in a row. Nice song, but again, the same song...
3
Jun 07 2024
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
01) Summer Babe (Winter Version) - 7,5
02) Trigger Cut / Wounded-Kite at :17 - 7,0
03) No Life Singed Her - 7,0
04) In the Mouth a Desert - 6,5
05) Conduit for Sale! - 6,5
06) Zurich Is Stained - 7,0
07) Chesley's Little Wrists - 5,0
08) Loretta's Scars - 7,0
09) Here - 7,0
10) Two States - 6,5
11) Perfume-V - 6,5
12) Fame Throwa - 6,5
13) Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era - 6,5
14) Our Singer - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,64 (66/100)
It started interesting, continued boring.
3
Jun 08 2024
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Parklife
Blur
01) Girls & Boys - 10,0
02) Tracy Jacks - 7,0
03) End of a Century - 8,0
04) Parklife - 10,0
05) Bank Holiday - 7,0
06) Badhead - 8,0
07) The Debt Collector (instrumental) - 6,0
08) Far Out - 7,0
09) To the End - 10,0
10) London Loves - 8,5
11) Trouble in the Message Centre - 8,5
12) Clover Over Doveri - 8,0
13) Magic America - 8,0
14) Jubilee - 7,5
15) This Is a Low - 7 5
16) Lot 105 (instrumental) - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,94 (79/100)
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Jun 09 2024
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Technique
New Order
01) Fine Time - 8,5
02) All the Way - 8,0
03) Love Less - 8,0
04) Round & Round - 8,5
05) Guilty Partner - 8,0
06) Run - 8,0
07) Mr. Disco - 8,5
08) Vanishing Point - 8,5
09) Dream Attack - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,28 (83/100)
4
Jun 10 2024
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Future Days
Can
01) Future Days - 8,0
02) Spray - 6,0
03) Moonshake - 8,5
04) Bel Air - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,38 (74/100)
3
Jun 11 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
01) Bombtrack - 7,5
02) Killing in the Name - 10,0
03) Take the Power Back - 7,5
04) Settle for Nothing - 7,5
05) Bullet in the Head - 7,5
06) Know Your Enemy - 7,5
07) Wake Up - 7,0
08) Fistful of Steel - 7,0
09) Township Rebellion - 7,0
10) Freedom - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 113/210
Review? Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me...
3
Jun 12 2024
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Me Against The World
2Pac
01) Intro - 5,0
02) If I Die 2Nite - 6,5
03) Me Against the World - 6,0
04) So Many Tears - 7,5
05) Temptations - 6,5
06) Young Niggaz - 6,0
07) Heavy in the Game - 6,5
08) Lord Knows - 6,5
09) Dear Mama - 9,0
10) It Ain't Easy - 6,5
11) Can U Get Away - 7,0
12) Old School - 7,5
13) Fuck the World - 7,0
14) Death Around the Corner - 6,5
15) Outlaw - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,67 (67/100)
Current ranking: 161/211
"Dear Mama" is the best song on the album, I also like "So Many Tears" and "Old School". The album is nothing special, but I have heard worse.
3
Jun 13 2024
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Fragile
Yes
01) Roundabout - 7,0
02) Cans and Brahms - 4,0
03) We Have Heaven - 5,0
04) South Side of the Sky - 6,0
05) Five per Cent for Nothing - 1,0
06) Long Distance Runaround - 6,5
07) The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) - 6,0
08) Mood for a Day - 6,5
09) Heart of the Sunrise - 6,5
TOTAL: 5,39 (54/100)
Current ranking: 188/212
Another album whose importance eludes me. I have nothing to grab onto here. I can't even define what genre this is, how do songs 2 and 8 fit into the concept of this album? And why is song number 5 even called a song? Take those three songs away and you get 6 boring and too long dad rock songs on an album that sounds identical to a bunch of other albums on this list that I had from that era.
2
Jun 14 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
01) Baba O'Riley - 10,0
02) Bargain - 9,0
03) Love Ain't for Keeping - 8,5
04) My Wife - 8,0
05) The Song Is Over - 8,5
06) Getting in Tune - 8,5
07) Going Mobile - 8,0
08) Behind Blue Eyes - 10,0
09) Won't Get Fooled Again - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,94 (89/100)
Current ranking: 26/213
The situation when you lack 0.01 points to get a five stars. I could stretch the grade, but I won't on purpose. Let it stay as it is. The best of the albums that didn't get the highest rating. And that's an honor!
4
Jun 15 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
01) Born on the Bayou - 9,0
02) Bootleg - 7,5
03) Graveyard Train - 7,5
04) Good Golly, Miss Molly - 7,0
05) Penthouse Pauper - 7,0
06) Proud Mary - 10,0
07) Keep On Chooglin' - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,93 (79/100)
Current ranking: 85/214
4
Jun 16 2024
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
01) Angel Of Death - 5,0
02) Piece By Piece - 4,0
03) Necrophobic - 4,0
04) Altar Of Sacrifice - 4,0
05) Jesus Saves - 4,0
06) Criminally Insane - 4,5
07) Reborn - 3,5
08) Epidemic - 4,0
09) Postmortem - 4,0
10) Raining Blood - 5,5
TOTAL: 4,25 (43/100)
Current ranking: 209/215
Even without listening, I can assume that this will get the lowest rating from me. How can anyone take this kind of music and lyrics seriously? Btw, until recently I was convinced that this type of music is called TRASH metal, and honestly for me it is nothing but trash.
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Jun 17 2024
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
01) While You See a Chance - 7,5
02) Arc of a Diver - 7,5
03) Second-Hand Woman - 7,0
04) Slowdown Sundown - 7,5
05) Spanish Dancer - 7,5
06) Night Train - 8,0
07) Dust - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,43 (74/100)
Current ranking: 119/216
Pleasant pop from the eighties. Nothing too exciting but also nothing offensive. I don't know a single song from this album, but I see that Steve was more popular in the US than in Europe. I think "Night Train" is the best song on the album.
3
Jun 18 2024
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1999
Prince
01) 1999 - 10,0
02) Little Red Corvette - 10,0
03) Delirious - 8,5
04) Let's Pretend We're Married - 8,0
05) D.M.S.R. - 8,5
06) Automatic - 7,5
07) Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) - 8,0
08) Free - 8,5
09) Lady Cab Driver - 7,5
10) All The Critics Love U In New York - 8,5
11) International Lover - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 49/217
I can't decide whether "1999" or "Little Red Corvette" is better. The rest of the album is a little weaker than these two songs, which is to be expected, but still very good. Typical funky, sexy Prince.
4
Jun 19 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
01) Candy Says - 7,5
02) What Goes On - 8,0
03) Some Kinda Love - 7,5
04) Pale Blue Eyes - 8,0
05) Jesus - 7,5
06) Beginning to See the Light - 7,0
07) I'm Set Free - 7,5
08) That's the Story of My Life - 7,5
09) The Murder Mystery - 8,0
10) After Hours - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 106/218
Honestly, I was expecting a more boring album. Each song is interesting in its own way, and the most interesting is definitely "The Murder Mystery". Left and right ear each play their own song for almost nine minutes, and somehow it all sounds just right. The best song for me is "Pale Blue Eyes", but as I said, each one is interesting in its own way.
4
Jun 20 2024
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
01) Coyote - 8,0
02) Amelia - 7,0
03) Furry Sings The Blues - 6,5
04) A Strange Boy - 7,0
05) Hejira - 6,5
06) Song For Sharon - 7,5
07) Black Crow - 7,0
08) Blue Motel Room - 7,0
09) Refuge Of The Road - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 149/219
This is great storytelling, but musically I find this boring. I wouldn't even say musically, the music is ok, but the final product, the songs themselves are boring. There is no chorus, no hook, nothing to catch on to. Joni Mitchell definitely deserves to be here, but I still hope there are better albums of hers on this list than this one. If not, then I'm not a fan.
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Jun 21 2024
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
01) Germ Free Adolescents - 5,5
02) Identity - 5,5
03) The Day the World Turned Day-Glo - 5,5
04) Genetic Engineering - 5,0
05) Art-I-Ficial - 5,0
06) Plastic Bag - 5,5
07) I Am a Poseur - 5,0
08) I Live off You - 5,0
09) Let's Submerge - 5,0
10) Obsessed With You - 4,5
11) Warrior In Woolworths - 5,5
12) I Can Do Anything - 5,0
13) Age - 5,0
14) Highly Inflammable - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,18 (52/100)
Current ranking: 204/220
Spotify and Wikipedia have different track listings, but I won't bother with that, Spotify it is. Let's see who X-Ray Spex are, I've never heard of them. Hmmm, English punk rock band, it doesn't sound promising. Once again, it turns out that I'm really not a fan of punk. Her voice is annoying to me, the songs are all the same, guitars, drums, noise and that's it. Oh, there's a saxophone, but it doesn't help much. Not for me. Next!
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Jun 22 2024
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Illmatic
Nas
01) The Genesis - 5,0
02) N.Y. State of Mind - 7,0
03) Life's a Bitch - 7,0
04) The World Is Yours - 7,5
05) Halftime - 7,0
06) Memory Lane (Sittin' in da Park) - 7,5
07) One Love - 7,0
08) One Time 4 Your Mind - 7,0
09) Represent - 7,0
10) It Ain't Hard to Tell - 7,5
TOTAL: 6,95 (70/100)
Current ranking: 157/221
I'm not an expert on rap music, but as far as I'm concerned this is totally ok. Listenable, understandable, good samples, not boring. A good rap album.
3
Jun 23 2024
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
01) Djed - 7,0
02) Glass Museum - 7,0
03) A Survey - 6,0
04) The Taut and Tame - 6,5
05) Dear Grandma and Grandpa - 5,5
06) Along the Banks of Rivers - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,50 (65/100)
Current ranking: 173/222
An ambient, instrumental post rock album perfect for background music while you work. "Djed" is a 21-minute long song that practically consists of five or more experimental songs glued into one. It's not unpleasant to listen to, but the length of the song irritates me. "Glass Museum" at least has some common melody that ties these parts together as well as a more appropriate length. "A Survey" is a song where you hear bass and crickets for three minutes. "The Taut and Tame" somewhere in the middle sounds like RHCP without the vocals, but only briefly. "Dear Grandma and Grandpa" is just some weird sounds, I wouldn't even call it a song. "Along the Banks of Rivers" sounds cool, light, one of the better songs on the album.
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Jun 24 2024
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
01) I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - 7,0
02) Kamera - 7,5
03) Radio Cure - 7,5
04) War On War - 7,0
05) Jesus, Etc. - 7,5
06) Ashes of American Flags - 6,5
07) Heavy Metal Drummer - 7,0
08) I'm the Man Who Loves You - 7,5
09) Pot Kettle Black - 7,5
10) Poor Places - 7,0
11) Reservations - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100)
Current ranking: 139/223
I am interested in how the publisher (who should be an expert in this matter) refuses to publish an album that was declared a masterpiece by many critics after its release. I wouldn't exactly call the album that. It's not a bad album, but it's not anything special either. But that's just me. I am neither a publisher nor a critic.
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Jun 25 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
01) So What - 5,5
02) Freddie Freeloader - 4,5
03) Blue In Green - 6,0
04) All Blues - 5,0
05) Flamenco Sketches - 4,5
TOTAL: 5,10 (51/100)
Current ranking: 210/224
Miles Davis got the lowest score from me for his "Bitches Brew" album, so I'm curious how he'll do on the resit exam. I repeat, I am aware of the fact that Miles Davis is one of the greatest jazz musicians, and that this album is considered one of the best albums of all time (in 2003 and 2012 it was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the rating descended to number 31 in Rolling Stone's revised list in 2020), but I simply don't understand the appeal of jazz. I hate that genre, and I don't like this album. It's so boring and annoying. But still, it seems less irritating than "Bitches Brew", I even kind of like "Blue In Green". Sit down Miles, here's your two stars.
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Jun 26 2024
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Eagles
Eagles
01) Take It Easy - 10,0
02) Witchy Woman - 9,0
03) Chug All Night - 6,5
04) Most of Us Are Sad - 7,5
05) Nightingale - 7,0
06) Train Leaves Here This Morning - 7,5
07) Take the Devil - 7,0
08) Earlybird - 7,0
09) Peaceful Easy Feeling - 7,0
10) Tryin - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 119/225
Typical American country rock. I liked two songs, the rest were forgettable.
3
Jun 27 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
01) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - 6,5
02) Tonight, Tonight - 10,0
03) Jellybelly - 6,0
04) Zero - 6,5
05) Here Is No Why - 7,0
06) Bullet with Butterfly Wings - 10,0
07) To Forgive - 7,0
08) Fuck You (An Ode to No One) - 6,5
09) Love - 7,0
10) Cupid de Locke - 7,5
11) Galapogos - 8,0
12) Muzzle - 7,5
13) Porcelina of the Vast Oceans - 7,0
14) Take Me Down - 8,5
15) Where Boys Fear to Tread - 7,0
16) Bodies - 6,5
17) Thirty-Three - 7,5
18) In the Arms of Sleep - 8,0
19) 1979 - 10,0
20) Tales of a Scorched Earth - 5,0
21) Thru the Eyes of Ruby - 6,5
22) Stumbleine - 7,0
23) X.Y.U. - 6,0
24) We Only Come Out at Night - 7,5
25) Beautiful - 7,0
26) Lily (My One and Only) - 6,5
27) By Starlight - 7,0
28) Farewell and Goodnight - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,27 (73/100)
Current ranking: 137/226
Tonight (tonight) the Smashing Pumpkins are performing at the InMusic festival, which I used to go to, but I wasn't attracted to the performers this year, so I decided to skip it this year. And as if this generator knew that, it assigned me their most popular album on this very day. "Tonight, Tonight", "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" and "1979" are familiar to me, moreover "1979" is one of my favorite songs from my teenage days considering the approximate year of my birth :-) Except for "1979" I wasn't really Smashing Pumpkins fan, I've never listened to this way too long album, so let's give it a go.
Basically, this double album has everything. From very good, usually lighter songs, to harder stuff with terrible vocals and almost unlistenable screaming. I didn't regret not listening to them tonight (tonight). These two hours were too much for me anyway.
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Jun 28 2024
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
01) Best Foot Forward - 4,0
02) Building Steam with a Grain of Salt - 6,5
03) The Number Song - 5,5
04) Changeling/Transmission 1 - 6,0
05) What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4) - 6,0
06) Untitled - 4,0
07) Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 - 5,5
08) Mutual Slump - 5,0
09) Organ Donor - 7,0
10) Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96 - 5,0
11) Midnight in a Perfect World - 8,0
12) Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain - 6,5
13) What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)/ Transmission 3 - 7,0
TOTAL: 5,85 (59/100)
Current ranking: 192/227
I liked a few songs, while others sounded rather boring and uninteresting, which surprised me because I normally like electronic music. "Midnight in a Perfect World" is the best song on the album for me and has that nineties vibe that takes me back to my teenage days. The album was very close to three stars, but in the end it got two.
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Jun 29 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
01) Rikki Don't Lose That Number - 7,0
02) Night by Night - 6,5
03) Any Major Dude Will Tell You - 7,0
04) Barrytown - 6,5
05) East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - 5,0
06) Parker's Band - 6,5
07) Through with Buzz - 6,0
08) Pretzel Logic - 7,0
09) With a Gun - 7,5
10) Charlie Freak - 7,0
11) Monkey in Your Soul - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,59 (66/100)
Current ranking: 174/228
One thing I learned through this project (after listening to two of their albums - current ranking 177 & 185/227) is that Steely Dan are one of the most boring bands ever. And here is the third album filled with the same, boring, lukewarm songs as the previous two. "With a Gun" is a decent song.
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Jun 30 2024
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Liquid Swords
GZA
01) Liquid Swords - 6,0
02) Duel of the Iron Mic - 5,5
03) Living in the World Today - 5,5
04) Gold - 5,0
05) Cold World - 6,0
06) Labels - 5,0
07) 4th Chamber - 5,5
08) Shadowboxin' - 5,0
09) Hell's Wind Staff / Killah Hills 10304 - 6,0
10) Investigative Reports - 5,0
11) Swordsman - 5,0
12) I Gotcha Back - 5,5
13) B.I.B.L.E. - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,42 (54/100)
Current ranking: 200/229
I don't like these endless movie dialogues and skits. Honestly, I don't really like the album either. It's kind of boring, the songs all have the same dark atmosphere, uninspiring samples and I can't tell one from the other if my life depends on it.
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Jul 01 2024
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
01) Highway Star - 6,0
02) Child In Time - 9,0
03) Smoke On The Water - 9,0
04) The Mule - 5,0
05) Strange Kind Of Woman - 7,0
06) Lazy - 6,0
07) Space Truckin' - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,71 (67/100)
Current ranking: 171/230
Live, double album with only 7 songs of considerable length. What have we done to deserve this? This is definitely not one of the 1001 albums you need to listen to before you die. Unless you're a Deep Purple fan. I don't consider myself one.
3
Jul 02 2024
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Garbage
Garbage
01) Supervixen - 10,0
02) Queer - 10,0
03) Only Happy When It Rains - 10,0
04) As Heaven Is Wide - 10,0
05) Not My Idea - 10,0
06) A Stroke Of Luck - 10,0
07) Vow - 10,0
08) Stupid Girl - 10,0
09) Dog New Tricks - 10,0
10) My Lover's Box - 10,0
11) Fix Me Now - 10,0
12) Milk - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Current ranking: 3/231
Finally an album that will get five stars from me, I don't even have to listen to it. But I want to, just like I've wanted to for the last 28 years that I've had it on cassette tape. I bought it in 1996 on my graduation trip to Spain and we've been hanging out ever since. The best songs on the album, in my opinion, are "Stupid Girl", "Queer" and "Milk". My dream came true in 2019 when I listened to Garbage live at the InMusic festival. They did not disappoint and Shirley Manson was and remains one of the main idols of my teenage days. A musical icon! This album goes into my personal top 10 of all time.
5
Jul 03 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
01) Don't Worry About It - 7,5
02) Fly Or Die - 7,0
03) Jump - 7,0
04) Backseat Love - 7,0
05) She Wants To Move - 9,0
06) Breakout - 7,5
07) Wonderful Place/Waiting for You - 7,5
08) Drill Sergeant/Preservation - 7,0
09) Thrasher - 7,5
10) Maybe - 7,5
11) The Way She Dances - 7,0
12) Chariot of Fire/Find My Way - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,38 (74/100)
Current ranking: 130/232
The problem with this album (but not only this one) is that after a while all the songs start to sound the same. I remember that at that time "She Wants To Move" sounded very fresh, new and different. Now I don't have that feeling anymore, it sounds very '00 just like the rest of the album. Not a bad album, but nothing I'll remember later. Except maybe the previously mentioned "She Wants To Move" which goes on my "1001 albums" playlist.
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Jul 04 2024
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
01) The Seventh Seal - 8,0
02) On Your Own Again - 7,5
03) The World's Strongest Man - 7,0
04) Angels of Ashes - 7,0
05) Boy Child - 6,5
06) Hero of the War - 7,0
07) The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) - 7,5
08) Duchess - 6,5
09) Get Behind Me - 7,0
10) Rhymes of Goodbye - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,05 (71/100)
Current ranking: 151/233
Well, the sun ain't gonna shine on this album anymore, at least for me.
3
Jul 05 2024
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
01) Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) - 6,5
02) Heat - 7,0
03) Cold Blooded - 6,0
04) Dooinit - 5,5
05) The Light - 7,5
06) Funky for You - 6,5
07) The Questions - 6,5
08) Time Travelin' (Reprise) - 5,0
09) The 6th Sense - 7,0
10) A Film Called (Pimp) - 5,5
11) Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World) - 6,0
12) Thelonius - 5,5
13) Payback Is a Grandmother - 5,5
14) Geto Heaven Part Two - 7,5
15) A Song for Assata - 6,5
16) Pops Rap III... All My Children - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,28 (63/100)
Current ranking: 189/234
A bit too long and a bit boring rap album without any interesting happenings.
3
Jul 06 2024
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Double albums should be rated lower. I really don't have an hour and a half a day to listen to
album, even if it's Nick Cave.
01) Get Ready For Love - 8,0
02) Cannibal's Hymn - 7,0
03) Hiding All Away - 7,0
04) Messiah Ward - 7,5
05) There She Goes, My Beautiful World - 9,5
06) Nature Boy - 9,0
07) Abattoir Blues - 7,0
08) Let the Bells Ring - 7,0
09) Fable of the Brown Ape - 7,5
10) The Lyre of Orpheus - 7,0
11) Breathless - 8,5
12) Babe, You Turn Me On - 7,5
13) Easy Money - 7,5
14) Supernaturally - 7,5
15) Spell - 7,0
16) Carry Me - 7,0
17) O Children - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 108/235
I was at a Nick Cave concert a couple of years ago, he played three songs from this album. It was a good performance even though I'm not really a fan of his. It's the same with this album, a really good album, but that doesn't mean I'm going to listen to it again. "There She Goes..." is going on my playlist. "Nature Boy", "Breathless", "O Children" and "Get Ready For Love" are also excellent.
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Jul 07 2024
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
01) It Was Supposed to Be So Easy - 7,0
02) Could Well Be In - 8,0
03) Not Addicted - 7,0
04) Blinded by the Lights - 10,0
05) Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - 7,0
06) Get Out of My House - 7,0
07) Fit but You Know It - 9,5
08) Such a Twat - 7,0
09) What Is He Thinking? - 7,0
10) Dry Your Eyes - 10,0
11) Empty Cans - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,86 (79/100)
Current ranking: 92/236
It's funny to me to read the disgusted comments of Americans on one of the best British hip hop products in my opinion. Finally a concept album whose concept actually makes sense. The whole album is like watching (in this case listening to) a season of a TV show in 11 episodes, with the last episode having both a happy ending and a not so happy ending. Although "Dry Your Eyes" was the biggest hit from the album, I still prefer "Blinded By The Lights", which goes on my "1001 albums..." playlist.
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Jul 08 2024
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
01) Blast Off - 5,0
02) She's Hit - 5,5
03) Dead Joe - 4,5
04) The Dim Locator - 5,0
05) Hamlet (Pow, Pow, Pow) - 4,0
06) Several Sins - 5,5
07) Big-Jesus-Trash-Can - 4,0
08) Kiss Me Black - 4,5
09) 6" Gold Blade - 4,5
10) Kewpie Doll - 4,5
11) Junkyard - 4,0
12) Dead Joe (2nd Version) - 1,0 (first version was more than enough)
13) Release the Bats - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,31 (43/100)
Current ranking: 229/237
This is the second lowest ranked album I've listened to so far (2.15). We have Nick Cave on vocals. Let's see what it's all about.
Well, the atmosphere is as if we are in the original Mad Max movie, entering some obscure bar where some post-apocalyptic band plays post-apocalyptic music. Nick Cave sounds like he's possessed by an evil spirit. The whole album is on the border of unlistenable with very frequent excursions across the border.
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Jul 09 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
01) Hello - 8,5
02) Roll With It - 9,5
03) Wonderwall - 10,0
04) Don't Look Back In Anger - 10,0
05) Hey Now! - 7,5
06) The Swamp Song — Excerpt 1 - /
07) Some Might Say - 9,0
08) Cast No Shadow - 9,5
09) She's Electric - 9,0
10) Morning Glory - 8,5
11) The Swamp Song — Excerpt 2 - /
12) Champagne Supernova - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,15 (92/100)
Current ranking: 18/238
In the Battle of Britpop, I always preferred Blur, they were more likeable, their music was more fun to me ("Song 2" is a banger!). But I admit that Oasis were definitely maybe as good as them. In the battle "Wonderwall" vs. "Don't Look Back In Anger" I choose what (I suppose) most of people wouldn't, and that is the magnificent "Don't Look Back In Anger" which I consider one of the best songs of the nineties. Don't get me wrong, "Wonderwall" is also creme de la creme of British music. Even "The Masterplan", which was on the B side of "Wonderwall" single is excellent (shame it wasn't on this album)! I would single out "Champagne Supernova" as the third best song from the album.
Yeah, it's a five stars album, who am I kidding.
5
Jul 10 2024
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Follow The Leader
Korn
01) It's On! - 5,0
02) Freak on a Leash - 5,5
03) Got the Life - 5,0
04) Dead Bodies Everywhere - 4,5
05) Children of the Korn - 4,5
06) B.B.K. - 4,0
07) Pretty - 4,0
08) All In The Family - 4,0
09) Reclaim My Place - 4,0
10) Justin - 4,0
11) Seed - 3,0
12) Cameltosis - 4,5
13) My Gift to You - 4,0
14) Earache My Eye - 2,0
TOTAL: 4,14 (41/100)
Current ranking: 233/239
Never in a million years did I think I'd be listening to a Korn album, especially when it's 36 degrees Celsius outside. My brain is mush anyway, God only knows what will be left of it after seventy minutes of this noise.
Here I am about halfway through the album, and I have to admit that it sounds different than I expected. Not better, just different. I thought Korn was some noisy, serious metal band and what I got was practically Limp Bizkit. I fu**ing hate Limp Bizkit.
This was always between one and two stars, but two stars required a little more effort.
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Jul 11 2024
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Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
01) Strange Feelin - 5,5
02) Buzzin' Fly - 5,5
03) Love from Room 109 at the Islander (On Pacific Coast Highway) - 5,0
04) Dream Letter - 5,0
05) Gypsy Woman - 4,0
06) Sing a Song for You - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,08 (51/100)
Current ranking: 224/240
God, what boring music. After a while it starts to turn from boring to irritating. Everything depends on the last song, let's see if this is another one star or it will get away with two...
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Jul 12 2024
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Oh boy, this is going to be a long post :-)
01) Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois - 8,0
02) The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning, or, We Apologize for the Inconvenience but You're Going to Have to Leave Now, or, 'I Have Fought the Big Knives and Will Continue to Fight Them Until They Are Off Our Lands! - 7,0
03) Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition/Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) - 7,5
04) John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - 8,0
05) Jacksonville - 7,0
06) A Short Reprise for Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, but for Very Good Reasons - /
07) Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! - 6,5
08) One Last 'Whoo-Hoo!' for the Pullman!! - /
09) Go! Chicago! Go! Yeah! - 8,5
10) Casimir Pulaski Day - 7,0
11) To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament, and It Involves Tube Socks, a Paper Airplane, and Twenty-Two Able-Bodied Men - 6,5
12) The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts - 7,5
13) Prairie Fire That Wanders About - 6,5
14) A Conjunction of Drones Simulating the Way in Which Sufjan Stevens Has an Existential Crisis in the Great Godfrey Maze - /
15) The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! - 6,5
16) They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh! - 7,0
17) Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell - /
18) In This Temple as in the Hearts of Man for Whom He Saved the Earth - /
19) The Seer's Tower - 6,5
20) The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders (Part I: The Great Frontier/Part II: Come to Me Only with Playthings Now) - 6,5
21) Riffs and Variations on a Single Note for Jelly Roll, Earl Hines, Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, and the King of Swing, to Name a Few - /
22) Out of Egypt, into the Great Laugh of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run - 5,5
TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100)
Current ranking: 157/241
So, I spent an entire album reading about John Wayne Gacy. Some songs managed to grab my attention, but I think most didn't. "Chicago" is my favorite, it goes on my playlist. I'm going back to reading, I think Gacy is about to be arrested.
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Jul 13 2024
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
01) Under the Pressure - 8,0
02) Red Eyes - 8,0
03) Suffering - 8,0
04) An Ocean in Between the Waves - 8,5
05) Disappearing - 8,0
06) Eyes to the Wind - 7,0
07) The Haunting Idle - 6,5
08) Burning - 7,5
09) Lost in the Dream - 7,0
10) In Reverse - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100)
Current ranking: 119/242
It starts off very interesting, but towards the end I feel like I'm listening to some Bob Dylan wannabe project. And just like Dylan, this album also gets a little tiring.
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Jul 14 2024
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
01) This Is the Way - 6,5
02) A Sight to Behold - 6,5
03) The Body Breaks - 6,0
04) Poughkeepsie 5,0
05) Dogs They Make Up the Dark - 4,0
06) Will Is My Friend - 4,0
07) This Beard Is for Siobhán - 5,5
08) See Saw - 4,5
09) Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry - 4,0
10) Rejoicing in the Hands - 4,0
11) Fall - 4 0
12) Todos los Dolores - 5,5
13) When the Sun Shone on Vetiver - 5,5
14) There Was Sun - 5,0
15) Insect Eyes - 5,0
16) Autumn's Child - 4,5
TOTAL: 4,97 (50/100)
Current ranking: 227/243
This is so utterly boring. I slept through the songs marked with a rating of 4.0 and I don't feel bad about it at all. On the other hand, I do feel sorry that I stayed awake for the others.
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Jul 15 2024
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
01) Title Music - 8,0
02) One Two Cha Cha Cha - 8,5
03) Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay - 7,5
04) Countess Caper - 7,5
05) Naag Devta - 7,5
06) Aaina Wohi Rehta Hai - 7,5
07) Baby let's Dance Together - 7,5
08) Romantic Theme - 7,5
09) Mera Pyar Shalimar - 7,5
10) Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay (Happy) - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 112/244
Wikipedia says: "R.D. Burman married Asha Bhosle in 1980. Together, they recorded many hit songs". Thanks to the song "Brimful by Asha", Asha Bhosle is the only person I know from the world of Bollywood, and here is her husband as the main and responsible for this and hundreds of other Bollywood soundtracks. Asha is also featured, on song #9.
When I got this album I thought shit, here's another boring one I have to listen to, this is going to be another one star, maybe two.
But two songs in, and here I am, moving to the rhythms of these cute, optimistic songs that I would never have listened to if this project hadn't forced me to.
This was very educational and quite entertaining, Asha Bhosle will surely not be the only one from Bollywood that I have heard of after this...
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Jul 16 2024
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
01) Second Hand News - 10,0
02) Dreams - 10,0
03) Never Going Back Again - 10,0
04) Don't Stop - 10,0
05) Go Your Own Way - 10.0
06) Songbird - 10,0
07) The Chain - 10,0
08) You Make Loving Fun - 10,0
09) I Don't Wanna Know - 10,0
10) Oh Daddy - 10,0
11) Gold Dust Women - 10,0
12) Silver Springs - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,00 (100/100)
Current ranking: 1/245
Ladies and gentlemen, I have a new number one! The fourth album with a perfect score, but the best rated by the general public out of the remaining three. As this is the overall best-rated album out of 1001, we can already now, after 245 listened albums, declare it my winner because no one can dethrone it.
The album is a real little masterpiece without a single filler song. My favorites are "The Chain", "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way", "Silver Springs", "Never Going Back Again" and "Don't Stop". Oh hell, since I've already listed half of the album, include the remaining six tracks as my favorites as well.
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Jul 17 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
01) Cherub Rock - 8,5
02) Quiet - 7,5
03) Today - 9,0
04) Hummer - 8,0
05) Rocket - 7,5
06) Disarm - 9,0
07) Soma - 8,5
08) Geek U.S.A. - 7,5
09) Mayonaise - 9,0
10) Spaceboy - 8,0
11) Silverfuck - 7,0
12) Sweet Sweet - 7,5
13) Luna 8,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 77/246
Ok, this sounds much better to me (not to mention shorter) than Mellon Collie (Total: 7,27 (73/100), current ranking: 146/246)... Butch Vig is recognizable, at times I hear a bit of Nirvana, and at times a bit of Garbage. The album is much more cohesive than its overlong successor, although there are fewer hits like "Tonight, Tonight" or magnificent "1979". For me, the best on the album are "Disarm", "Today", "Mayonaise" and "Soma".
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Jul 18 2024
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
01) The State I Am In - 8,0
02) Expectations - 7,5
03) She's Losing It - 7,5
04) You're Just a Baby - 7,5
05) Electronic Renaissance - 7,0
06) I Could Be Dreaming - 7,0
07) We Rule the School - 7,0
08) My Wandering Days Are Over - 7,0
09) I Don't Love Anyone - 7,0
10) Mary Jo - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
Current ranking: 149/247
Cheerful indie pop songs that sound cute at first, but over time that cuteness is lost and they become borderline irritating in their cheerfulness. It's not bad, but it's not something I'll remember after the next two or three albums...
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Jul 19 2024
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Group Sex
Circle Jerks
01) Deny Everything - 4,0
02) I Just Want Some Skank - 5,0
03) Beverly Hills - 5,0
04) Operation - 4,5
05) Back Against the Wall - 4,5
06) Wasted - 4,0
07) Behind the Door - 4,5
08) World Up My Ass - 4,0
09) Paid Vacation - 4,0
10) Don't Care - 3,5
11) Live Fast Die Young - 3,5
12) What's Your Problem - 4,0
13) Group Sex - 5,0
14) Red Tape - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,25 (43/100)
Current ranking: 241/248
And while I'm so glad this album is only 15 minutes long, what the hell can a 26 second song say? Basically, the album sounds like 14 demo snippets that should be developed into songs. But that didn't happen.
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Jul 20 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
01) Part I - 4,0
02) Part II a - 4,0
03) Part II b - 4,5
04) Part II c - 5,0
TOTAL: 4,38 (44/100)
Current ranking: 238/249
Endless piano playing. Ok, we know you can play the piano, but you could actually play some tunes in this hour-long album. Couldn't we have some Ludovico Einaudi album instead of this one?
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Jul 21 2024
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
01) Papa Won't Leave You, Henry - 7,0
02) I Had a Dream, Joe - 7,5
03) Straight to You - 8,0
04) Brother, My Cup Is Empty - 7,5
05) Christina the Astonishing - 7,0
06) When I First Came to Town - 7,0
07) John Finn's Wife - 7,5
08) Loom of the Land - 7,0
09) Jack the Ripper - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,33 (73/100)
Current ranking: 140/250
Another Nick Cave album. This one got a slightly lower rating than the previous one, I don't know the songs on it. The only one that sounds familiar is "Straight To You", which is also the best on the album for me.
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Jul 22 2024
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
01) You're Gonna Miss Me - 7,5
02) Roller Coaster - 6,5
03) Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) - 7,0
04) Reverberation (Doubt) - 7,0
05) Don't Fall Down - 7,0
06) Fire Engine - 6,0
07) Thru the Rhythm - 7,0
08) You Don't Know - 7,0
09) Kingdom of Heaven - 6,5
10) Monkey Island - 6,5
11) Tried to Hide - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,77 (68/100)
Current ranking: 182/251
Is electric jug this bloop bloop bloop bloop sound in the background? Will it be in every song? It's already annoying after the second one. All in all, a solid album with a typical sixties sound. BTW, I don't think this kind of music was ever played in elevators.
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Jul 23 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
01) Green Onions - 10,0
02) Rinky Dink - 8,0
03) I Got A Woman - 7,0
04) Mo' Onions - 8,0
05) Twist And Shout - 7,0
06) Behave Yourself - 7,5
07) Stranger On The Shore - 7,0
08) Lonely Avenue - 6,5
09) One Who Really Loves You - 7,0
10) You Can't Sit Down - 7,0
11) A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - 7,0
12) Comin' Home Baby - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100)
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Jul 24 2024
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The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
01) Milonga Is Coming - 6,0
02) Vibraphonissimo - 5,5
03) Little Italy - 5,0
04) Nuevo Tango - 5,0
05) Laura's Dream - 5,0
06) Operation Tango - 5,0
07) La Muerta Del Angel - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,21 (52/100)
Ruined an hour of my time on the beach, I could have listened to the sound of the waves and not this...
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Jul 25 2024
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Timeless
Goldie
01) Timeless - 6,5
02) Saint Angel - 5,5
03) State Of Mind - 6,0
04) This Is A Bad - 5 0
05) Sea of Tears - 6,0
06) Jah The Seventh Seal - 5,0
07) A Sense Of RageS (Sensual V.I.P mix) - 6,0
08) Still Life - 5,0
09) Angel - 5,0
10) Adrift - 5,0
11) Kemistry - 5,0
12) You And Me - 5,0
13) Inner City Life (Baby Boy's Edit) - 6,0
14) Inner City Life (Rabbit's Short Attention Span Edit) - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,46 (55/100)
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Jul 26 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
01) So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star - 7,0
02) Have You Seen Her Face - 7,5
03) C.T.A.-102 - 7,0
04) Renaissance Fair - 7,5
05) Time Between - 7,5
06) Everybody's Been Burned - 7,0
07) Thoughts and Words - 6,5
08) Mind Gardens - 6,5
09) My Back Pages - 8,0
10) The Girl with No Name - 7,5
11) Why - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,18 (72/100)
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Jul 27 2024
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
01) Jacqueline - 8,0
02) Tell Her Tonight - 8,0
03) Take Me Out - 10,0
04) The Dark Of The Matinee - 10,0
05) Auf Achse - 8,0
06) Cheating On You - 7,5
07) This Fire - 9,0
08) Darts Of Pleasure - 8,5
09) Michael - 10,0
10) Come On Home - 8,0
11) 40 - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,64 (86/100)
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Jul 28 2024
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
01) Changes - 10,0
02) Oh! You Pretty Things - 8,0
03) Eight Line Poem - 7,5
04) Life On Mars? - 10,0
05) Kooks - 8,5
06) Quicksand - 7,5
07) Fill Your Heart - 8,0
08) Andy Warhol - 7,5
09) Song For Bob Dylan - 7,5
10) Queen Bitch - 8,0
11) The Bewlay Brothers - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,23 (82/100)
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Jul 29 2024
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Goo
Sonic Youth
01) Dirty Boots - 6,5
02) Tunic (Song for Karen) - 6,0
03) Mary-Christ - 6,0
04) Kool Thing - 6,5
05) Mote - 5,5
06) My Friend Goo - 6,0
07) Disappearer - 6,0
08) Mildred Pierce - 3,0
09) Cinderella's Big Score - 6,0
10) Scooter + Jinx - 4,5
11) Titanium Exposé - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,55 (56/100)
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Jul 30 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
01) Natural Mystic - 8,5
02) So Much Things to Say - 8,0
03) Guiltiness - 7,5
04) The Heathen - 8,0
05) Exodus - 10,0
06) Jamming - 10,0
07) Waiting in Vain - 10,0
08) Turn Your Lights Down Low - 10,0
09) Three Little Birds - 10,0
10) One Love/People Get Ready - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,20 (92/100)
Current ranking: 17/259
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Jul 31 2024
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
01) Statesboro Blues - 6,0
02) Done Somebody Wrong - 6,0
03) Stormy Monday - 8,5
04) You Don't Love Me - 5,0
05) Hot Lanta - 6,0
06) In Memory of Elizabeth Reed - 6,5
07) Whipping Post - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,14 (61/100)
Current ranking: 208/260
So, so you think you can jam... I really liked "Stormy Monday". Songs #4 & #7 are really, really to long, hence I really, really didn't like them.
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Aug 01 2024
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
01) All Your Love - 6,0
02) Hideaway - 5,5
03) Little Girl - 5,5
04) Another Man - 5,5
05) Double Crossing Time - 5,0
06) What'd I Say - 5,0
07) Key to Love - 5,5
08) Parchman Farm - 5,0
09) Have You Heard - 5,5
10) Ramblin' on My Mind - 6,0
11) Steppin' Out - 5,5
12) It Ain't Right - 5,5
13) Lonely Years - 5,0
14) Bernard Jenkins - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,39 (54/100)
Current ranking: 227/261
I guess this was significant when it was released, but I rate it based on personal taste, not significance to world music, so this is barely two stars. So boring!
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Aug 02 2024
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Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
01) The Cutter - 7,5
02) The Back of Love - 7,0
03) My White Devil - 7,0
04) Clay - 7,0
05) Porcupine - 7,0
06) Heads Will Roll - 7,0
07) Ripeness - 6,5
08) Higher Hell - 6,5
09) Gods Will Be Gods - 6,5
10) In Bluer Skies - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,85 (69/100)
Current ranking: 185/262
Honestly, I've heard of the band, but if my life depended on it, I wouldn't be able to name a single one of their songs, so I'm looking forward to getting to know them. They sound like something between Joy Division and The Cure, a typical British indie sound of the eighties. Pleasant to listen to but not something I would want to listen to again.
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Aug 03 2024
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Debut
Björk
01) Human Behaviour - 10,0
02) Crying - 8,5
03) Venus As A Boy - 9,5
04) There's More to Life Than This - 9,5
05) Like Someone in Love - 8,5
06) Big Time Sensuality - 10,0
07) One Day - 9,0
08) Aeroplane - 8,5
09) Come To Me - 9,0
10) Violently Happy - 10,0
11) The Anchor Song - 8,0
12) Play Dead - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,21 (92/100)
Current ranking: 17/263
Bjork in the nineties was a big star in my eyes, later her music became too abstract and too innovative for me. One could conclude that I will probably like her "Debut" album.
The album starts with the perfect "Human Behaviour", whose music video is still one of my favorites, just like the song itself. The album continues with a journey through genres, from Bollywood in "Venus As A Boy", to weekend parties in the surprisingly good "There's More to Life Than This", to covers of jazz standards in "Like Someone in Love".
"Big Time Sensuality" takes us to the dance floors of the nineties, while "One Day" takes us back to a slower ambient-pop atmosphere. "Aeroplane" is a mix of exotic, ambient and jazz, while the series of slower songs continues with "Come To Me". "Violently Happy" brings us back to the dance floor, while "The Anchor Song" presents us with that "weirder" experimental Bjork that will come to the fore on later albums. It would be a shame to skip the excellent "Play Dead" that was added to the reissued edition.
All in all, a great "Debut" album by a musician who definitely deserves to be on this list several times, because there is no one like Bjork and there never will be.
5
Aug 04 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
01) Brown Sugar - 10,0
02) Sway - 8,0
03) Wild Horses - 10,0
04) Can't You Hear Me Knocking - 8,0
05) You Gotta Move - 8,0
06) Bitch - 8,5
07) I Got the Blues - 8,0
08) Sister Morphine - 8,5
09) Dead Flowers - 8,5
10) Moonlight Mile - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,55 (86/100)
Current ranking: 52/264
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Aug 05 2024
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The Score
Fugees
01) Red Intro - 8,0
02) How Many Mics - 8,5
03) Ready Or Not - 10,0
04) Zealots - 9,0
05) The Beast - 8,5
06) Fu-Gee-La - 10,0
07) Family Business - 8,5
08) Killing Me Softly With His Song - 10,0
09) The Score - 8,5
10) The Mask - 9,0
11) Cowboys - 8,5
12) No Woman, No Cry - 10,0
13) Manifest/Outro - 9,0
TOTAL: 9,04 (90/100)
Current ranking: 26/265
Fugees were the first to show me that hip hop can be fun, have a melody and that I can actually like it. The singles from this album are all five stars, the rest is also not bad. Lauryn Hill has a beautiful voice, and her rap skills are second to none. Wyclef and Pras are also masters of their craft. This is definitely one of those albums that are ground breaking in their own genre.
5
Aug 06 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
01) Too High - 8,0
02) Visions - 7,5
03) Living for the City - 8,5
04) Golden Lady - 8,5
05) Higher Ground - 10,0
06) Jesus Children of America - 8,5
07) All In Love Is Fair - 7,5
08) Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing - 10,0
09) He's Misstra Know-It-All - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,50 (85/100)
Current ranking: 56/266
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Aug 07 2024
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Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
01) Red Morning Light - 10,0
02) Happy Alone - 8,5
03) Wasted Time - 10,0
04) Joe's Head - 8,0
05) Trani - 8,0
06) California Waiting - 10,0
07) Spiral Staircase - 8,5
08) Molly's Chambers - 10,0
09) Genius - 8,5
10) Dusty - 8,0
11) Holly Roller Novocaine - 10,0
12) Talihina Sky - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,13 (91/100)
Current ranking: 22/267
Kings Of Leon are one of my favorite bands from the early 2000s, this album is one of their better ones. "Molly's Chambers" is my favorite song on the album, and I had the opportunity to listen to them live twice.
5
Aug 08 2024
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Tarkus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
01) Tarkus - 3,0
02) Jeremy Bender - 7,0
03) Bitches Crystal - 6,0
04) The Only Way (Hymn) - 4,0
05) Infinite Space (Conclusion) - 4,5
06) A Time and a Place - 5,0
07) Are You Ready, Eddy? - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,00 (50/100)
What a pile of shit...
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Aug 09 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
01) Lust for Life - 10,0
02) Sixteen - 8,0
03) Some Weird Sin - 8,0
04) The Passenger - 10,0
05) Tonight - 10,0
06) Success - 8,0
07) Turn Blue - 7,5
08) Neighborhood Threat - 7,5
09) Fall in Love with Me - 9,0
TOTAL: 8,67 (87/100)
Current ranking: 43/269
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Aug 10 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
01) Time Has Told Me - 6,0
02) River Man - 6,5
03) Three Hours - 6,0
04) Way to Blue - 5,0
05) Day Is Done - 5,5
06) Cello Song - 5,5
07) The Thoughts of Mary Jane - 6,0
08) Man in a Shed - 5,5
09) Fruit Tree - 5,0
10) Saturday Sun - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,65 (57/100)
Current ranking: 228/270
Boooriiing!!!
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Aug 11 2024
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
01) Time to Pretend - 10,0
02) Weekend Wars - 7,5
03) The Youth - 8,5
04) Electric Feel - 10,0
05) Kids - 10,0
06) 4th Dimensional Transition - 7,5
07) Pieces of What - 7,5
08) Of Moons, Birds & Monsters - 7,5
09) The Handshake - 7,5
10) Future Reflections - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,35 (84/100)
Current ranking: 68/271
Where did they go after this? It's a pity that they didn't have any hits after this album. "Time to Pretend" and "Kids" are definitely in the top of the best songs from the beginning of the 21st century. The rest of the album is a little weaker, especially the second part, but there are still some solid songs.
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Aug 12 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
01) Let the Good Times Roll - 7,5
02) It Had to Be You - 7,5
03) Alexander's Ragtime Band - 7,0
04) Two Years of Torture - 7,0
05) When Your Lover Has Gone - 7,0
06) Deed I Do - 7,5
07) Just for a Thrill - 7,0
08) You Won't Let Me Go - 7,0
09) Tell Me You'll Wait for Me - 7,0
10) Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' - 7,5
11) Am I Blue - 7,5
12) Come Rain or Come Shine - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,25 (73/100)
Current ranking: 160/272
Ray Charles is a legend, his interpretations are perfect, the songs themselves are enjoyable. But the album as an album is a bit boring. The big band songs on the A side all sound more or less the same, just like the ballads on the B side.
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Aug 13 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
01) Mean Woman Blues - 8,5
03) High School Confidential - 8,0
03) Money (That's What I Want) - 8,0
04) Matchbox - 7,5
05) What'd I Say, Part 1 - 7,5
06) What'd I Say, Part 2 - 7,0
07) Great Balls of Fire - 9,0
08) Good Golly, Miss Molly - 9,0
09) Lewis Boogie - 7,5
10) Your Cheatin' Heart - 7,5
11) Hound Dog - 7,5
12) Long Tall Sally - 8,0
13) Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,92 (79/100)
Current ranking: 101/273
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Aug 14 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
01) Young Americans - 10,0
02) Win - 9,0
03) Fascination - 8,5
04) Right - 8,0
05) Somebody Up There Likes Me - 7,5
06) Across The Universe - 8,5
07) Can You Hear Me - 8,5
08) Fame - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,75 (88/100)
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Aug 15 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
01) Don't Know Why - 10,0
02) Seven Years - 8,0
03) Cold Cold Heart - 9,0
04) Feelin' The Same Way - 9,0
05) Come Away With Me - 10,0
06) Shoot The Moon - 8,5
07) Turn Me On - 9,0
08) Lonestar - 7,5
09) I've Got to See You Again - 8,5
10) Painter Song - 8,0
11) One Flight Down - 8,0
12) Nightingale - 8,0
13) The Long Day Is Over - 7,5
14) The Nearness of You - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,43 (84/100)
Current ranking: 65/275
I didn't think this album would be so well known to me. I thought I only knew the singles, but apparently I've listened to it more than a few times because I know most of the other songs. As someone wrote in the comments, when you are 20 years old you feel that this is boring, lounge music, but when you are approaching fifty you suddenly realize that you like Norah Jones and her silky voice. Maybe this is elevator music, but it fits so damn well on a hot summer August evening...
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Aug 16 2024
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
01) The Ruler's Back - 6,5
02) Takeover - 7,5
03) Izzo (H.O.V.A.) - 9,0
04) Girls, Girls, Girls - 8,5
05) Jigga That Nigga - 7,0
06) U Don't Know - 7,0
07) Hola' Hovito - 7,0
08) Heart of the City (Ain't No Love) - 7,0
09) Never Change - 6,5
10) Song Cry - 7,0
11) All I Need - 6,5
12) Renegade - 6,5
13) Blueprint (Momma Loves Me) - 6,5
14) Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise) - 6,0
15) Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,03 (70/100)
Current ranking: 179/276
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Aug 17 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
01) Walk On By - 7,5
02) Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic - 7,0
03) One Woman - 7,5
04) By the Time I Get to Phoenix - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100)
Current ranking: 194/277
Nine minutes of this last song is pure bullshit. If the song ever starts, it will be rated significantly lower. "Walk On By" could also have been shorter, but at least there wasn't ten minutes of talking at the beginning. An album with 4 songs shouldn't even be called an album.
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Aug 18 2024
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Orbital 2
Orbital
01) Time Becomes - 1,0
02) Planet of the Shapes - 6,0
03) Lush 3-1 - 6,0
04) Lush 3-2 - 6,0
05) Impact (The Earth Is Burning) - 6,0
06) Remind - 6,0
07) Walk Now... - 6,5
08) Monday - 6 0
09) Halcyon + On + On - 7,5
10) Input Out - 1,0
TOTAL: 5,20 (52/100)
Current ranking: 252/278
When time becomes the loop. Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day. It's like a cry for survival. Survival for them and for us! Output rotation. Input translation.
These are the lyrics of this album.
You can cross the street at song number seven.
You're welcome!
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Aug 19 2024
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Under Construction
Missy Elliott
01) Intro/Go to the Floor - 7,5
02) Bring the Pain - 7,5
03) Gossip Folk - 9,0
04) Work It - 9,5
05) Back in the Day - 8,0
06) Funky Fresh Dressed - 7,5
07) Pussycat - 8,0
08) Nothing Out There for Me - 8,0
09) Slide - 8,5
10) Play that Beat - 7,5
11) Ain't that Funny - 7,5
12) Hot - 7,5
13) Can You Hear Me - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,96 (80/100)
Current ranking: 99/279
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Aug 20 2024
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
01) Tiny Dancer - 10,0
02) Levon - 8,0
03) Razor Face - 7,5
04) Madman Across the Water - 8,0
05) Indian Sunset - 8,5
06) Holiday Inn - 8,0
07) Rotten Peaches - 7,5
08) All the Nasties - 7,5
09) Goodbye - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,11 (81/100)
Current ranking: 89/280
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Aug 21 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
01) 21st Century Schizoid Man (including Mirrors) - 6,5
02) I Talk to the Wind - 7,0
03) Epitaph (including March for No Reason and Tomorrow and Tomorrow) - 5,5
04) Moonchild (including The Dream and The Illusion) - 5,0
05) The Court of the Crimson King (including The Return of the Fire Witch and The Dance of the Puppets) - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,10 (61/100)
Current ranking: 225/281
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Aug 22 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
01) Planet Tele - 8,0
02) The Bends - 8,0
03) High and Dry - 10,0
04) Fake Plastic Trees - 10,0
05) Bones - 8,0
06) (Nice Dream) - 9,0
07) Just - 10,0
08) My Iron Lung - 10,0
09) Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was - 8,0
10) Black Star - 8,5
11) Sulk - 8,0
12) Street Spirit (Fade Out) - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,96 (90/100)
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Aug 23 2024
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
01) Hello Hooray - 7,5
02) Raped and Freezin' - 7,0
03) Elected - 7,0
04) Billion Dollar Babies - 6,5
05) Unfinished Sweet - 6,5
06) No More Mr. Nice Guy - 6,5
07) Generation Landslide - 6,0
08) Sick Things - 7,0
09) Mary Ann - 7,0
10) I Love the Dead - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,75 (68/100)
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Aug 24 2024
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C'est Chic
CHIC
01) Chic Cheer - 8,5
02) Le Freak - 9,5
03) Savoir Faire - 8,5
04) Happy Man - 8,5
05) I Want Your Love - 9,5
06) At Last I Am Free - 8,0
07) Sometimes You Win - 8,5
08) (Funny) Bone - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,63 (86/100)
Current ranking: 51/284
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Aug 25 2024
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Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
01) Intruder - 8,5
02) No Self Control - 8,5
03) Start - 7,5
04) I Don't Remember - 9,0
05) Family Snapshot - 8,0
06) And Through the Wire - 8,0
07) Games Without Frontiers - 10,0
08) Not One of Us - 7,5
09) Lead a Normal Life - 8,0
10) Biko - 9,5
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
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Aug 26 2024
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
01) Every Day I Have the Blues - 6,5
02) Sweet Little Angel - 6,0
03) It's My Own Fault - 6,0
04) How Blue Can You Get - 6,5
05) Please Love Me - 6,0
06) You Upset Me Baby - 6,0
07) Worry, Worry - 6,0
08) Woke Up This Mornin' - 6,0
09) You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now - 6,5
10) Help the Poor - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,15 (62/100)
Current ranking: 228/286
I'm not really a fan of live albums, nor of blues as a genre. I believe this is the best the blues has to offer, but for me it's just enough for three stars.
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Aug 27 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
01) Bone Machine - 6,5
02) Break My Body - 6,5
03) Something Against You - 7,0
04) Broken Face - 7,0
05) Gigantic - 7,0
06) River Euphrates - 7,0
07) Where Is My Mind? - 7,5
08) Cactus - 7,0
09) Tony's Theme - 6,5
10) Oh My Golly! - 7,0
11) Vamos - 6,5
12) I'm Amazed - 6,0
13) Brick Is Red - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,73 (67/100)
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Aug 28 2024
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Permission to Land
The Darkness
01) Black Shuck - 7,0
02) Get Your Hands off My Woman - 7,5
03) Growing on Me - 8,5
04) I Believe in a Thing Called Love - 10,0
05) Love Is Only a Feeling - 9,0
06) Givin' Up - 8,0
07) Stuck in a Rut - 7,5
08) Friday Night - 8,0
09) Love on the Rocks with No Ice - 7,0
10) Holding My Own - 8,0
11) Makin' Out - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,95 (80/100)
Current ranking: 104/288
This album was totally different from everything that was out there at the time. I loved "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and to this day "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" is an inevitable part of my Christmas soundtrack. As quickly as they appeared in the musical sky, so quickly they faded away and went back into the darkness... But we will always have "Permission To Land" to remind us of the year 2003.
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Aug 29 2024
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
01) Rip It Up - 8,0
02) A Million Pleading Faces - 7,5
03) Mud in Your Eye - 7,0
04) Turn Away - 7,0
05) Breakfast Time - 7,0
06) I Can't Help Myself - 7,5
07) Flesh of My Flesh - 7,5
08) Louise Louise - 7,0
09) Hokoyo - 6,5
10) Tenterhook - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,15 (72/100)
Current ranking: 178/289
This actually sounds better than I thought it would. The album is a bit boring, but at least it's pleasantly boring, not irritatingly boring. Does that make any sense? Ah, who cares... So it's three to four stars boring, not one to two stars boring... There you go!
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Aug 30 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
01) Movin' On Up - 9,5
02) Slip Inside This House - 7,0
03) Don't Fight It, Feel It - 7,0
04) Higher than the Sun - 8,0
05) Inner Flight - 7,0
06) Come Together - 6,0
07) Loaded - 7,5
08) Damaged - 7,5
09) I'm Comin' Down - 7,0
10) Higher than the Sun (A Dub Symphony in Two Parts) - 6,5
11) Shine Like Stars - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,23 (72/100)
Current ranking: 172/290
This is a very strange one. Just when you think you know what genre they are playing, the next song starts. And I really lived under the delusion that Primal Scream were a rock band. I guess "Rocks" misled me. Do I like this? Well, I'm not sure, it's different in any case. I had the feeling that I was listening to a remixed version of a real album. "Come Together" became extremely irritating after a while. "Higher Than The Sun" is ok, but second mix is totally unnecessary. "Moving on up" is the only real, unremixed song on the album. In my opinion.
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Aug 31 2024
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
01) Wheels of Confusion - 8,0
02) Tomorrow's Dream - 7,5
03) Changes - 9,5
04) FX - 3,0
05) Supernaut - 8,0
06) Snowblind - 8,0
07) Cornucopia - 7,5
08) Laguna Sunrise - 7,5
09) St. Vitus Dance - 7,5
10) Under the Sun - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,40 (74/100)
Current ranking: 154/291
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Sep 01 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
01) Aqualung - 7,0
02) Cross-Eyed Mary - 6,5
03) Cheap Day Return - 7,0
04) Mother Goose - 7,0
05) Wond'ring Aloud - 7,0
06) Up to Me - 7,0
07) My God - 7,0
08) Hymn 43 - 7,0
09) Slipstream - 6,5
10) Locomotive Breath - 7,5
11) Wind-Up - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,95 (70/100)
Current ranking: 200/292
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Sep 02 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
01) Dark Fantasy - 7,0
02) Gorgeous - 7,5
03) Power - 8,5
04) All of the Lights (Interlude) - /
05) All of the Lights - 8,5
06) Monster - 7,5
07) So Appalled - 7,0
08) Devil in a New Dress - 6,5
09) Runaway - 8,5
10) Hell of a Life - 7,0
11) Blame Game - 6,5
12) Lost in the World - 8,5
13) Who Will Survive in America - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 145/293
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Sep 03 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
01) Synchronicity I - 8,0
02) Walking in Your Footsteps - 8,0
03) O My God - 8,0
04) Mother - 7,0
05) Miss Gradenko - 7,5
06) Synchronicity II - 7,5
07) Every Breath You Take - 10,0
08) King of Pain - 9,0
09) Wrapped Around Your Finger - 10,0
10) Tea in the Sahara - 8,5
11) Murder by Numbers - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,32 (83/100)
Current ranking: 78/294
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Sep 04 2024
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Repeater
Fugazi
01) Turnover - 6,5
02) Repeater - 6,0
03) Brendan #1 - 5,5
04) Merchandise - 6,0
05) Blueprint - 5,0
06) Sieve-Fisted Find - 5,0
07) Greed - 5,0
08) Two Beats Off - 5,0
09) Styrofoam - 5,0
10) Reprovisional - 5,0
11) Shut the Door - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,36 (54/100)
Current ranking: 260/295
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Sep 05 2024
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
01) Hey Grandma – 6,5
02) Mr. Blues – 6,5
03) Fall on You – 6,5
04) 8:05 – 8,5
05) Come in the Morning – 6,5
06) Omaha – 7,0
07) Naked, If I Want To – 7,5
08) Someday – 7,5
09) Ain't No Use – 7,0
10) Sitting by the Window – 7,5
11) Changes – 7,0
12) Lazy Me – 7,0
13) Indifference – 6,5
TOTAL: 7,04 (70/100)
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Sep 06 2024
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
01) Alternate Route to Vulcan Street - 8,0
02) Sidewalk Serfer Girl - 7,5
03) (Drawing) Rings Around the World - 7,5
04) It's Not the End of the World? - 8,5
05) Receptacle for the Respectable - 7,0
06) [A] Touch Sensitive - 8,0
07) Shoot Doris Day - 7,0
08) Miniature - 6,0
09) No Sympathy - 7,0
10) Juxtapozed with U - 9,0
11) Presidential Suite - 7,5
12) Run! Christian, Run! - 7,5
13) Fragile Happiness - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100)
Current ranking: 149/297
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Sep 07 2024
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
01) Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter's Daughter - 7,5
02) Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe - 9,5
03) Backseat Freestyle - 9,0
04) The Art of Peer Pressure - 8,0
05) Money Trees - 8,0
06) Poetic Justice - 8,0
07) Good Kid - 8,5
08) m.A.A.d city - 8,5
09) Swimming Pools (Drank) - 10,0
10) Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - 8,0
11) Real - 7,5
12) Compton - 7,0
TOTAL: 8,29 (83/100)
Current ranking: 82/298
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Sep 08 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
01) Watch That Man - 7,5
02) Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?) - 7,5
03) Drive-In Saturday - 8,0
04) Panic in Detroit - 7,5
05) Cracked Actor - 7,5
06) Time - 7,5
07) The Prettiest Star - 7,0
08) Let's Spend The Night Together - 7,0
09) The Jean Genie - 8,5
10) Lady Grinning Soul - 8,5
TOTAL: 7,65 (77/100)
Current ranking: 132/299
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Sep 09 2024
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
01) I Got You - 6,5
02) One More Name - 6,5
03) What I Don't Know - 6,0
04) Home of the Blues - 5,5
05) Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) - 5,0
06) I Hear You Knockin - 5,5
07) I Sang Dixie - 5,5
08) Streets of Bakersfield - 5,5
09) Floyd County - 5,5
10) Send Me the Pillow - 5,5
11) Hold On to God - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,68 (57/100)
Current ranking: 254/300
This is my 300th album and the situation is as follows:
★★★★★ - 33 albums
★★★★ - 111 albums
★★★ - 99 albums
★★ - 37 albums
★ - 20 albums
My average rating is 3,33
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is the best, and Joanna Newsome's "YS" is the worst so far. At least in my opinion.
And for my mini-anniversary, I got a country album. For me, as a non-American, Country is not exactly a genre that is close and familiar to me. I can't really identify with those country laments and with that culture where it seems normal to put a gun to the head of a woman who leaves you... She wore red dresses but now she lay dead? I mean, really... You poor excuse for a man...
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Sep 10 2024
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
01) Sunday Morning - 9,0
02) I'm Waiting for the Man - 9,0
03) Femme Fatale - 7,5
04) Venus in Furs - 8,0
05) Run Run Run - 8,0
06) All Tomorrow's Parties - 8,5
07) Heroin - 7,5
08) There She Goes Again - 8,0
09) I'll Be Your Mirror - 8,0
10) The Black Angel's Death Song - 7,5
11) European Son - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,91 (79/100)
Current ranking: 113/301
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Sep 11 2024
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
01) Personality Crisis - 6,5
02) Looking for a Kiss - 6,0
03) Vietnamese Baby - 5,5
04) Lonely Planet Boy - 6,0
05) Frankenstein (Orig.) - 5,5
06) Trash - 6,5
07) Bad Girl - 5,5
08) Subway Train - 6,0
09) Pills - 5,5
10) Private World - 6,0
11) Jet Boy - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,86 (59/100)
Current ranking: 250/302
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Sep 12 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
01) Missing Pieces - 7,5
02) Sixteen Saltines - 8,5
03) Freedom at 21 - 7,5
04) Love Interruption - 8,0
05) Blunderbuss - 7,5
06) Hypocritical Kiss - 7,5
07) Weep Themselves to Sleep - 8,0
08) I'm Shakin' - 8,0
09) Trash Tongue Talker - 7,0
10) Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy - 7,5
11) I Guess I Should Go to Sleep - 7,0
12) On and On and On - 7,5
13) Take Me with You When You Go - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,62 (76/100)
Current ranking: 140/303
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Sep 13 2024
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
01) Someone Somewhere in Summertime - 10,0
02) Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel - 8,0
03) Promised You a Miracle - 10,0
04) Big Sleep - 8,0
05) Somebody Up There Likes You (Instrumental) - 9,5
06) New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) - 9,5
07) Glittering Prize - 9,5
08) Hunter and the Hunted - 8,0
09) King is White and in the Crowd - 8,5
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
Current ranking: 30/304
This one took me completely by surprise. I thought I knew two songs from the album, but in the end it turned out that I knew five out of nine. And that's a good recipe to get five stars from me. "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" is one of my favorite "summer" songs, "Promised You a Miracle" is a big hit, and when the first notes of "New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)" started I thought, damn, it's Usura's "Open Your Mind", I know this song! "Somebody Up There Likes You" is a wonderful instrumental, and "Glittering Prize" is another hit that was often played on radio stations in the eighties. With the remaining four songs not bad at all, we come to the final five stars that I didn't think would happen today. Great job, Simple Minds!
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Sep 14 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
01) Maggot Brain - 8,5
02) Can You Get to That - 7,5
03) Hit It and Quit It - 7,5
04) You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks - 7,5
05) Super Stupid - 7,0
06) Back in Our Minds - 7,5
07) Wars of Armageddon - 6,0
TOTAL: 7,36 (74/100)
Current ranking: 167/305
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Sep 15 2024
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
01) Lazy Days - 8,0
02) Life thru a Lens - 7,0
03) Ego A Go Go - 7,0
04) Angels - 10,0
05) South of the Border - 7,0
06) Old Before I Die - 9,0
07) One of God's Better People - 7,5
08) Let Me Entertain You - 10,0
09) Killing Me - 7,0
10) Clean - 7,0
11) Baby Girl Window - 7,0
12) Hello Sir - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100)
Current ranking: 122/306
Let's be honest, this is a bit boring and average pop rock most of the time. But there is a but... Thanks primarily to "Angels" and "Let Me Entertain You" and to a lesser extent to the other singles from the album, this album rises by one star and becomes a four star album. Throw in a pinch of '90s nostalgia, spice it up with all the other hits Robbie had later in his career, and that's it. Four stars!
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Sep 16 2024
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Third
Portishead
01) Silence - 8,5
02) Hunter - 8,5
03) Nylon Smile - 8,0
04) The Rip - 9,0
05) Plastic - 8,5
06) We Carry On - 8,5
07) Deep Water - 7,5
08) Machine Gun - 9,0
09) Small - 7,5
10) Magic Doors - 8,5
11) Threads - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,32 (83/100)
16 years after its release, I'm finally starting to understand the hype surrounding "Third". I guess as a person gets older, some things just fall into place. Maybe it depends on the place and the time, because "Third" sounds like a perfect soundtrack for a cold September Sunday evening like this one.
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Sep 17 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
01) Blowin' in the Wind - 10,0
02) Girl from the North Country - 8,0
03) Masters of War - 7,5
04) Down the Highway - 8,0
05) Bob Dylan's Blues - 7,5
06) A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall - 10,0
07) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - 7,5
08) Bob Dylan's Dream - 7,5
09) Oxford Town - 8,0
10) Talkin' World War III Blues - 7,5
11) Corrina, Corrina - 8,5
12) Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance - 7,5
13) I Shall Be Free - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 98/308
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Sep 18 2024
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Odelay
Beck
01) Devils Haircut - 10,0
02) Hotwax - 8,5
03) Lord Only Knows - 8,0
04) The New Pollution - 10,0
05) Derelict - 7,5
06) Novacane - 7,5
07) Jack-Ass - 8,5
08) Where It's At - 10,0
09) Minus - 7,5
10) Sissyneck - 8,0
11) Readymade - 7,5
12) High 5 (Rock the Catskills) - 7,5
13) Ramshackle - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,31 (83/100)
Current ranking: 82/309
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Sep 19 2024
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
01) Keep on Movin - 9,5
02) Fairplay - 8,0
03) Holdin' On - 8,0
04) Feeling Free - 7,5
05) African Dance - 7,0
06) Dance - 8,5
07) Feel Free - 7,0
08) Happiness - 7,5
09) Back to Life - 10,0
10) Jazzie's Groove - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,10 (81/100)
Current ranking: 98/310
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Sep 20 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
01) Highway to Hell - 10,0
02) Girls Got Rhythm - 8,0
03) Walk All Over You - 8,0
04) Touch Too Much - 9,0
05) Beating Around the Bush - 7,5
06) Shot Down in Flames - 8,0
07) Get It Hot - 7,0
08) If You Want Blood (You've Got It) - 7,5
09) Love Hungry Man - 8,0
10) Night Prowler - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,15 (82/100)
Current ranking: 96/311
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Sep 21 2024
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
01) Public Service Announcement 2000 - /
02) Kill You - 9,0
03) Stan - 10,0
04) Paul (skit) - /
05) Who Knew - 8,0
06) Steve Berman (skit) - /
07) The Way I Am - 10,0
08) The Real Slim Shady - 10,0
09) Remember Me? - 8,0
10) I'm Back - 8,5
11) Marshall Mathers - 8,0
12) Ken Kaniff (skit) - /
13) Drug Ballad - 8,0
14) Amityville - 8,0
15) Bitch Please II - 8,0
16) Kim - 7,0
17) Under the Influence - 7,5
18) Criminal - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,39 (84/100)
Current ranking: 72/312
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Sep 22 2024
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
01) Ain't Nothin' You Can Do - 8,0
02) Warm Love - 7,0
03) Into The Mystic - 8,0
04) These Dreams Of You - 7,0
05) I Believe to My Soul - 6,5
06) I've Been Working - 6,5
07) Help Me - 6,5
08) Wild Children - 6,5
09) Domino - 6,5
10) I Just Want to Make Love to You - 7,0
11) Bring It On Home to Me - 6,5
12) Saint Dominic's Preview - 7,0
13) Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket - 6,5
14) Listen to the Lion - 6,0
15) Here Comes The Night - 6,5
16) Gloria - 8,0
17) Caravan - 6,5
18) Cyprus Avenue - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,81 (68/100)
Current ranking: 227/313
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Sep 23 2024
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
01) Rid Of Me - 7,5
02) Missed - 7,0
03) Legs - 7,0
04) Rub 'Til It Bleeds - 6,5
05) Hook - 6,5
06) Man-Size Sextet - 5,5
07) Highway 61 Revisited - 6,0
08) 50ft Queenie -7,5
09) Yuri-G - 7,0
10) Man-Size - 7,5
11) Dry - 7,0
12) Me-Jane - 7,0
13) Snake - 6,5
14) Ecstasy - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,82 (68/100)
Current ranking: 227/314
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Sep 24 2024
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
01) Public Service Announcement - /
02) My Name Is - 10,0
03) Guilty Conscience - 9,5
04) Brain Damage - 8,0
05) Paul (skit) - /
06) If I Had - 8,5
07) '97 Bonnie & Clyde - 8,0
08) Bitch (skit) - /
09) Role Model - 7,5
10) Lounge (skit) - /
11) My Fault - 8,0
12) Ken Kaniff (skit) - /
13) Cum on Everybody - 8,0
14) Rock Bottom - 8,0
15) Just Don't Give a Fuck - 9,0
16) Soap (skit) - /
17) As the World Turns - 8,0
18) I'm Shady - 7,5
19) Bad Meets Evil - 7,5
20) Still Don't Give a Fuck - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,25 (83/100)
Current ranking: 91/315
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Sep 25 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
01) If I Should Fall from Grace with God - 7,5
02) Turkish Song of the Damned - 7,5
03) Bottle of Smoke - 7,5
04) Fairytale of New York - 10,0
05) Metropolis - 7,0
06) Thousands Are Sailing - 7,5
07) South Australia - 7,5
08) Fiesta - 10,0
09) Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races - 8,0
10) Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six - 7,5
11) Lullaby of London - 8,5
12) The Battle March Medley - 7,5
13) Sit Down by the Fire - 7,5
14) The Broad Majestic Shannon - 8,5
15) Worms - 6,5
TOTAL: 7,90 (79/100)
Current ranking: 124/316
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Sep 26 2024
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For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
01) Do the Strand - 6,5
02) Beauty Queen - 6,5
03) Strictly Confidential - 5,5
04) Editions of You - 6,5
05) In Every Dream Home a Heartache - 7,0
06) The Bogus Man - 6,0
07) Grey Lagoons - 6,0
08) For Your Pleasure - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,25 (63/100)
Current ranking: 253/317
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Sep 27 2024
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Suede
Suede
01) So Young - 7,5
02) Animal Nitrate - 10,0
03) She's Not Dead - 7,5
04) Moving - 8,0
05) Pantomime Horse - 7,5
06) The Drowners - 8,5
07) Sleeping Pills -8,0
08) Breakdown - 7,5
09) Metal Mickey - 8,5
10) Animal Lover - 8,0
11) The Next Life - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,14 (81/100)
Current ranking: 99/318
I've never been a big fan of Suede, but this album is really good, it takes me back to the Britpop days. "Animal Nitrate" is a great song. However, looking at my records, their second album "Dog Man Star" currently ranks higher at #61 with a rating of 8.54 (85/100).
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Sep 28 2024
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1984
Van Halen
01) 1984 - 7,0
02) Jump - 10,0
03) Panama - 7,5
04) Top Jimmy - 6,5
05) Drop Dead Legs - 6,5
06) Hot for Teacher - 6,0
07) I'll Wait - 7,0
08) Girl Gone Bad - 6,0
09) House of Pain - 6,0
TOTAL: 6,94 (69/100)
Current ranking: 222/319
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Sep 29 2024
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The Undertones
The Undertones
01) Family Entertainment - 7,0
02) Girls Don't Like It - 7,0
03) Male Model - 7,0
04) I Gotta Getta - 6,5
05) Teenage Kicks - 7,5
06) Wrong Way - 6,5
07) Jump Boys - 6,5
08) Here Comes The Summer - 7,0
09) Get Over You - 6,5
10) Billy's Third - 6,5
11) Jimmy Jimmy - 7,0
12) True Confessions - 7,0
13) (She's A) Runaround - 6,0
14) I Know a Girl - 6,5
15) Listening In - 6,0
16) Casbah Rock - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,59 (66/100)
Current ranking: 244/320
The only song of theirs that I know (My Perfect Cousin) is not on this album... This is nothing special to me, happy little songs that all sound a bit the same. Their only advantage is that they are short.
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Sep 30 2024
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
01) Smile Please - 8,0
02) Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away - 7,5
03) Too Shy to Say - 7,0
04) Boogie On Reggae Woman - 8,5
05) Creepin - 7,5
06) You Haven't Done Nothin' - 8,5
07) It Ain't No Use - 8,5
08) They Won't Go When I Go - 7,0
09) Bird of Beauty - 8,0
10) Please Don't Go - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,80 (78/100)
Current ranking: 134/321
Stevie Wonder always somehow manages to make an album so enjoyable to listen to. Honestly, I didn't know a single song from the album, yet every song sounds like it could have been a hit in 1974.
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Oct 01 2024
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
01) Wearin' That Loved-On Look - 8,5
02) Only the Strong Survive - 8,0
03) I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - 7,5
04) Long Black Limousine - 8,0
05) It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' - 7,5
06) I'm Moving On - 7,5
07) Power of My Love - 8,0
08) Gentle on My Mind - 8,0
09) After Loving You - 7,5
10) True Love Travels on a Gravel Road - 8,0
11) Any Day Now - 8,5
12) In the Ghetto - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,08 (81/100)
Current ranking: 106/322
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Oct 02 2024
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
01) Run, Baby, Run - 10,0
02) Leaving Las Vegas - 10,0
03) Strong Enough - 10,0
04) Can't Cry Anymore - 10,0
05) Solidify - 9,0
06) The Na-Na Song - 8,5
07) No One Said It Would Be Easy - 8,0
08) What I Can Do For You - 7,5
09) All I Wanna Do - 10,0
10) We Do What We Can - 8,5
11) I Shall Believe - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,23 (93/100)
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Oct 03 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
01) Brighton Rock - 8,0
02) Killer Queen - 10,0
03) Tenement Funster - 7,5
04) Flick Of The Wrist - 7,5
05) Lily Of The Valley - 9,0
06) Now I'm Here - 9,5
07) In The Lap Of The Gods - 8,5
08) Stone Cold Crazy - 7,5
09) Dear Friends - 8,5
10) Misfire - 7,5
11) Bring Back That Leroy Brown - 7,5
12) She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes) - 8,5
13) In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,42 (84/100)
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Oct 04 2024
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
01) Rise - 7,0
02) Weary - 7,5
03) Interlude: The Glory Is in You - /
04) Cranes in the Sky - 7,5
05) Interlude: Dad Was Mad - /
06) Mad - 7,0
07) Don't You Wait - 7,0
08) Interlude: Tina Taught Me - /
09) Don't Touch My Hair - 7,0
10) Interlude: This Moment - /
11) Where Do We Go - 7,0
12) Interlude: For Us by Us - /
13) F.U.B.U. - 7,0
14) Borderline (An Ode to Self Care) - 7,0
15) Interlude: I Got So Much Magic, You Can Have It - /
16) Junie - 6,5
17) Interlude: No Limits - /
18) Don't Wish Me Well - 6,5
19) Interlude: Pedestals - /
20) Scales - 6,5
21) Closing: The Chosen Ones - /
TOTAL: 6,96 (70/100)
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Oct 05 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
01) Where the Streets Have No Name - 10,0
02) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - 10,0
03) With or Without You - 10,0
04) Bullet the Blue Sky - 8,5
05) Running to Stand Still - 9,0
06) Red Hill Mining Town - 8,5
07) In God's Country - 8,5
08) Trip Through Your Wires - 8,0
09) One Tree Hill - 8,5
10) Exit - 8,0
11) Mothers of the Disappeared - 10,0
TOTAL: 9,00 (90/100)
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Oct 06 2024
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
01) P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) - 6,0
02) Mothership Connection (Star Child) - 6,0
03) Unfunky UFO - 5,0
04) Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication (The Bumps Bump) - 5,0
05) Handcuffs - 5,0
06) Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Of The Sucker) - 7 0
07) Night Of The Thumpasorus People - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,71 (57/100)
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Oct 07 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
01) Like a Rolling Stone - 10,0
02) Tombstone Blues - 8,5
03) It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - 7,5
04) From a Buick 6 - 7,5
05) Ballad of a Thin Man - 8,5
06) Queen Jane Approximately - 8,0
07) Highway 61 Revisited - 7,5
08) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - 7,5
09) Desolation Row - 7,5
TOTAL: 8,06 (81/100)
Current ranking: 113/328
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Oct 08 2024
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
01) The Village Green Preservation Society - 7,0
02) Do You Remember Walter - 7,0
03) Picture Book - 7,5
04) Johnny Thunder - 7,0
05) Last of the Steam-Powered Trains - 6,5
06) Big Sky - 6,0
07) Sitting by the Riverside - 7,0
08) Animal Farm - 7,0
09) Village Green - 7,5
10) Starstruck - 7,5
11) Phenomenal Cat - 6,0
12) All of My Friends Were There - 6,0
13) Wicked Annabella - 7,5
14) Monica - 6,5
15) People Take Pictures of Each Other - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,83 (68/100)
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Oct 09 2024
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Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
01) Pony St. - 6,5
02) Kinder Murder - 6,5
03) 13 Steps Lead Down - 6,5
04) This Is Hell - 6,5
05) Clown Strike - 6,0
06) You Tripped at Every Step - 6,5
07) Still Too Soon to Know - 6,5
08) 20% Amnesia - 6,0
09) Sulky Girl - 6,5
10) London's Brilliant Parade - 6,0
11) My Science Fiction Twin - 6,0
12) Rocking Horse Road - 6,0
13) Just About Glad - 5,5
14) All the Rage - 5,5
15) Favourite Hour - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,13 (61/100)
Current ranking: 269/330
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Oct 10 2024
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
01) Move with Me - 6,5
02) Get on Top - 6,5
03) Sweet Surrender - 6,0
04) Nighthawkin - 6,0
05) Devil Eyes - 5,5
06) Hong Kong Bar - 5,0
07) Make It Right - 7,0
TOTAL: 6,07 (61/100)
Current ranking: 271/331
Well, this is definitely better than the first two of his albums that I listened to - "Goodbye And Hello" currently ranked at number 296 out of 330 and "Happy Sad" at number 310 out of 330, both received two stars. The songs are faster, funkier, more rhythmic... let's just say less boring. The lyrics are shit but who cares if the song isn't a total snooze fest like most of his songs on these two aforementioned albums. Given that this is already Tim's third album on this list, and the man died at the age of 28, I hope there won't be any more... On the other hand, he managed to record as many as nine, so one can only hope.
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Oct 11 2024
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The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
01) Pure - 5,0
02) Jigsaw Feeling - 5,5
03) Overground - 6,0
04) Carcass - 5,5
05) Helter Skelter - 5,5
06) Mirage - 5,5
07) Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) - 5,5
08) Nicotine Stain - 5,5
09) Suburban Relapse - 5,5
10) Switch - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,45 (55/100)
Current ranking: 291/332
Not really something I enjoy. Her screaming is not helping.
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Oct 12 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
01) Badlands - 7,5
02) Adam Raised a Cain - 7,5
03) Something in the Night - 7,5
04) Candy's Room - 7,5
05) Racing in the Street - 7,5
06) The Promised Land - 7,5
07) Factory - 7,5
08) Streets of Fire - 7,5
09) Prove It All Night - 8,0
10) Darkness on the Edge of Town - 7,5
TOTAL: 7,55 (76/100)
Current ranking: 164/333
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Oct 13 2024
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If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
01) The Stars of Track and Field - 7,5
02) Seeing Other People - 7,0
03) Me and the Major - 7,0
04) Like Dylan in the Movies - 7,5
05) The Fox in the Snow - 7,0
06) Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying - 6,5
07) If You're Feeling Sinister - 7,0
08) Mayfly - 6,5
09) The Boy Done Wrong Again - 6,5
10) Judy and the Dream of Horses - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,90 (69/100)
Current ranking: 233/334
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Oct 14 2024
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OK
Talvin Singh
01) Traveller - 5,5
02) Butterfly - 5,5
03) Sutrix - 5,5
04) Mombasstic - 5,0
05) Decca - 5,0
06) Eclipse - 5,0
07) OK - 5,5
08) Light - 5,5
09) Disser/Point.Mento.B - 4,5
10) Soni - 4,5
11) Vikram the Vampire - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,14 (51/100)
Current ranking: 313/335
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Oct 15 2024
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25
Adele
01) Hello - 10,0
02) Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - 10,0
03) I Miss You - 8,5
04) When We Were Young - 10,0
05) Remedy - 8,0
06) Water Under the Bridge - 9,0
07) River Lea - 8,0
08) Love in the Dark - 8,0
09) Million Years Ago - 8,5
10) All I Ask - 8,5
11) Sweetest Devotion - 8,0
TOTAL: 8,78 (88/100)
Current ranking: 43/336
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Oct 16 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
01) She Found Now - 5,5
02) Only Tomorrow - 5,5
03) Who Sees You - 4,0
04) Is This and Yes - 4,5
05) If I Am - 5,5
06) New You - 6,0
07) In Another Way - 5,5
08) Nothing Is - 4,0
09) Wonder 2 - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,94 (49/100)
Current ranking: 321/337
This sounds like an intermezzo between songs. Is there any lyrics at all? Track # 3 is like an old cassette tape going crazy. It is fascinating to me that these 45 minutes of music were recorded and completed over twenty years. Maybe if they had tried for a few more years, maybe it would have been listenable. If song number 8 had lasted half a minute longer, I think I would have gone crazy. Oh, ffs, track number 9 isn't any better either...
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Oct 17 2024
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
01) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - 7,0
02) I Am a Pilgrim - 6,0
03) The Christian Life - 6,0
04) You Don't Miss Your Water - 5,5
05) You're Still on My Mind - 5,5
06) Pretty Boy Floyd - 5,0
07) Hickory Wind - 5,0
08) One Hundred Years from Now - 6,0
09) Blue Canadian Rockies - 5,0
10) Life in Prison - 5,0
11) Nothing Was Delivered - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,59 (56/100)
Current ranking: 291/338
Are these even their songs or a bunch of covers? Country and I (as an Eastern/Central/Southern European, put me wherever you want) have almost nothing in common, so this music is pure crap to me. We listen to different music at our village parties in the barns... That music is a different kind of crap, but that's why I don't listen to it either...
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Oct 18 2024
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
01) Race for the Prize (Mokran Remix) - 8,0
02) A Spoonful Weighs a Ton - 7,0
03) The Spark That Bled - 7,0
04) The Spiderbite Song - 7,5
05) Buggin (Mokran Remix) - 7,0
06) What Is the Light? - 6,5
07) The Observer - 6,0
08) Waitin' for a Superman - 7,5
09) Suddenly Everything Has Changed - 7,0
10) The Gash - 7,0
11) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate - 7,5
12) Sleeping on the Roof - 6,0
13) Race for the Prize - 7,5
14) Waitin' for a Superman (Mokran remix) - 8,0
TOTAL: 7,11 (71/100)
Current ranking: 209/339
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Oct 19 2024
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
01) Part Of A Whole - 4,5
02) Minawa - 4,0
03) The Big Apple - 4,0
04) Unhome - 3,5
05) Maseru - 4,0
06) Inner Crisis - 6,5
07) Blues For Huey - 4,0
08) Nomali - 5,0
09) Maesha - 4,0
10) Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children's Song) - 4,0
TOTAL: 4,35 (44/100)
Current ranking: 329/340
Jazz is sooooo fu**ing boring... I really don't understand people who like this kind of music. What do you see in this? Or, a better question, what do you hear in this? Does this make sense to you? Do you hear a melody? Anything? I'm lost, this music makes me nervous...
Song number 6 sounds familiar and not too irritating. Someone must have sampled it somewhere...
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Oct 20 2024
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Achtung Baby
U2
01) Zoo Station - 10,0
02) Even Better Than The Real Thing - 10,0
03) One - 10,0
04) Until The End Of The World - 10,0
05) Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - 10,0
06) So Cruel - 10,0
07) The Fly - 10,0
08) Mysterious Ways - 10,0
09) Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World - 10,0
10) Ultra Violet (Light My Way) - 10,0
11) Acrobat - 10,0
12) Love Is Blindness - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Current ranking: 5/341
I took my 1991 "Achtung Baby" cassette tape off the shelf, who knows if it would still play? I think it's so worn out from listening, at school it was borrowed all over the class. The covers are worn from being turned around in my hands... I loved this album and I still love it now, 33 years after. For me, this is the best U2 album and one of my favorite albums in general. Favorite song? They changed over the years. It used to be "One" and "So Cruel" and currently it's "Zoo Station" because I visited Berlin just last week so the memories are still fresh :-)
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Oct 21 2024
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
01) The Dolphins - 7,0
02) I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree) - 6,0
03) That's the Bag I'm In - 6,5
04) Badi-Da - 5,5
05) Faretheewell (Fred's Tune) - 5,0
06) Everybody's Talkin' - 7,5
07) Everything Happens - 6,0
08) Sweet Cocaine - 5,5
09) Green Rocky Road - 5,0
10) Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga - 5,0
TOTAL: 5,90 (59/100)
Current ranking: 283/342
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Oct 22 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
01) Intro/Stronger Than Me - 9,0
02) You Sent Me Flying/Cherry - 9,0
03) Know You Now - 8,5
04) Fuck Me Pumps - 9,5
05) I Heard Love Is Blind - 8,5
06) Moody's Mood for Love/Teo Licks - 8,5
07) There Is No Greater Love - 9,0
08) In My Bed - 10,0
09) Take the Box - 9,0
10) October Song - 8,5
11) What Is It About Men -8,5
12) Help Yourself - 9,0
13) Amy Amy Amy/Outro/Brother/Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) - 8,5
TOTAL: 8,88 (89/100)
Current ranking: 40/343
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Oct 23 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
01) Tell Me Why - 8,0
02) After the Gold Rush - 7,0
03) Only Love Can Break Your Heart - 8,0
04) Southern Man - 7,5
05) Till the Morning Comes - 7,0
06) Oh Lonesome Me - 7,5
07) Don't Let It Bring You Down - 7,5
08) Birds - 7,5
09) When You Dance I Can Really Love - 7,5
10) I Believe in You - 7,0
11) Cripple Creek Ferry - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,41 (74/100)
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Oct 24 2024
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
01) White Light/White Heat - 7,0
02) The Gift - 7,0
03) Lady Godiva's Operation - 6,5
04) Here She Comes Now - 6,5
05) I Heard Her Call My Name - 5,5
06) Sister Ray - 5,0
TOTAL: 6,25 (63/100)
Current ranking: 271/345
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Oct 25 2024
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
01) A New Decade - 7,0
02) This Is Music - 7,5
03) On Your Own - 7,5
04) So It Goes - 6,5
05) A Northern Soul - 7,0
06) Brainstorm Interlude - 7,0
07) Drive You Home - 7,0
08) History - 7,5
09) No Knock on My Door - 7,0
10) Life's an Ocean - 7,0
11) Stormy Clouds - 7,0
12) (Reprise) - 7,0
TOTAL: 7,08 (71/100)
Current ranking: 213/346
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Oct 26 2024
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Parachutes
Coldplay
01) Don't Panic - 10,0
02) Shiver - 10,0
03) Spies - 10,0
04) Sparks - 10,0
05) Yellow - 10,0
06) Trouble - 10,0
07) Parachutes - 10,0
08) High Speed - 10,0
09) We Never Change - 10,0
10) Everything's Not Lost - 10,0
TOTAL: 10,0 (100/100)
Current ranking: 4/347
Here's another five star album! Coldplay's first four albums are among my favorite albums of all time and I really liked that band. After that they went completely into pop, which is not really to my taste, but it has to be acknowledged that they are good at it too ("A Sky Full Of Stars" or "Paradise" are great live!). Given that I was at their concert two months ago, I can confirm that "Yellow" is still a banger! And I can confirm that listening to them live has rediscovered my long-lost love for this band.
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Oct 27 2024
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Rapture
Anita Baker
01) Sweet Love - 7,0
02) You Bring Me Joy - 6,5
03) Caught Up in the Rapture - 6,5
04) Been So Long - 6,5
05) Mystery - 6,0
06) No One in the World - 6,0
07) Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year) - 6,5
08) Watch Your Step - 6,5
TOTAL: 6,44 (64/100)
Current ranking: 266/348
This is how the rainy afternoon in autumn 1986 had to sound like. Anita has a great voice, but the songs are very monotonous...
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Oct 28 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
01) I Feel the Earth Move - 9,0
02) So Far Away - 8,0
03) It's Too Late - 9,0
04) Home Again - 8,0
05) Beautiful - 8,0
06) Way Over Yonder - 7,5
07) You've Got a Friend - 9,0
08) Where You Lead - 9,0
09) Will You Love Me Tomorrow - 9,0
10) Smackwater Jack - 8,5
11) Tapestry - 7,5
12) (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 9,0
TOTAL: 8,46 (85/100)
Current ranking: 69/349
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Oct 29 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
01) Hells Bells - 8,0
02) Shoot to Thrill - 7,5
03) What Do You Do for Money Honey - 7,5
04) Given the Dog a Bone - 7,5
05) Let Me Put My Love into You - 8,0
06) Back In Black - 10,0
07) You Shook Me All Night Long - 10,0
08) Have a Drink on Me - 8,0
09) Shake A Leg - 8,0
10) Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - 10,0
TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100)
Current ranking: 71/350
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Oct 30 2024
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
01) Love Song - 6,5
02) Machine Gun Etiquette - 5,5
03) I Just Can't Be Happy Today - 5,5
04) Melody Lee - 6,0
05) Anti-Pope - 5,0
06) These Hands - 6,0
07) Plan 9 Channel 7 - 5,0
08) Noise, Noise, Noise - 5,5
09) Looking at You- 5,0
10) Liar - 5,5
11) Smash It Up - Pts. 1&2 - 6,0
TOTAL: 5,59 (56/100)
Current ranking: 302/351
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Oct 31 2024
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
01) (Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey) - /
02) To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) - 7,5
03) My Winding Wheel - 6,5
04) Amy - 6,5
05) Oh My Sweet Carolina - 7,0
06) Bartering Lines - 7,0
07) Call Me On Your Way Back Home - 6,5
08) Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) - 7,0
09) Come Pick Me Up - 6,5
10) To Be the One - 5,5
11) Why Do They Leave? - 6,0
12) Shakedown on 9th Street - 7,0
13) Don't Ask for the Water - 6,0
14) In My Time of Need - 5,5
15) Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) - 5,5
TOTAL: 6,43 (64/100)
Current ranking: 270/352
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Nov 01 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
01) Rockin Stroll - 6,5
02) Confetti - 6,5
03) It's a Shame About Ray - 7,5
04) Rudderless - 6,0
05) My Drug Buddy - 6,0
06) The Turnpike Down - 5,5
07) Bit Part - 5,5
08) Alison's Starting to Happen - 6,5
09) Hannah & Gabi - 6,0
10) Kitchen - 6,0
11) Ceiling Fan in My Spoon - 6,5
12) Frank Mills - 5,5
13) Mrs. Robinson - 8,0
TOTAL: 6,31 (63/100)
Current ranking: 274/353
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Nov 02 2024
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Elephant
The White Stripes
01) Seven Nation Army - 10,0
02) Black Math - 9,0
03) There's No Home for You Here - 9,5
04) I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - 10,0
05) In the Cold, Cold Night - 9,5
06) I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart - 9,5
07) You've Got Her in Your Pocket - 8,5
08) Ball and Biscuit - 9,0
09) The Hardest Button to Button - 9,5
10) Little Acorns - 8,0
11) Hypnotize - 8,5
12) The Air Near My Fingers - 9,0
13) Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine - 8,5
14) Well It's True That We Love One Another - 9,5
TOTAL: 9,14 (91/100)
Current ranking: 25/354
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Nov 03 2024
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
01) Gasoline Alley - 6,0
02) It's All Over Now - 5,5
03) Only a Hobo - 6,0
04) My Way of Giving - 6,0
05) Country Comfort - 6,0
06) Cut Across Shorty - 5,5
07) Lady Day - 5,0
08) Jo's Lament - 5,0
09) You're My Girl (I Don't Want to Discuss It) - 5,5
TOTAL: 5,61 (56/100)
Current ranking: 305/355
Rod Stewart sings covers of other people's songs. And it's one of the 1001 albums we have to hear? Ok, two or three songs are his, so maybe it's because of those? I know I'd rather hear a bunch of albums that most likely aren't on this list.
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