Nov 16 2023
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
It's good, it's relaxed, it's easy listening. There's not a lot of of undeniable hooks, sisters of the moon is an absolute hit though.
It seems like a good album for drives, as background music while not paying too much attention to it. Especially the second half really overstays its welcome, it just gets boring – personal taste, but still.
5-6/10
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Nov 17 2023
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
There's some good songs on this, but in general it is pretty boring. At least it's not too long.
3
Nov 18 2023
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
This is a fun album. No unnecessary lengths, no fillers, good pace.
It obviously isn't perfect, but really that's not what this is about.
4
Nov 19 2023
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
It's hard and fun and obviously there's fight for your right.
maybe a little bit too long?
Really good album.
4
Nov 20 2023
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Who's Next
The Who
Yeah, it's actually nicer than all that 60s-Rock/Pop stuff. At least more interesting in general, maybe because it's more uptempo (in general, or at least in the first couple of songs). Behind Blue Eyes gets stuck in your head, but I think, there's other songs on this album that are better.
4
Nov 21 2023
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Yes, this is nice!
Lots of feeling, lots of emotion and it all flows so nicely.
At times some songs fade into arbitrariness and/or cheesiness, but very rarely.
Thoroughly enjoyable.
4
Nov 22 2023
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
Starts of really promising, experimental for sure.
It has its lengths in sections (as is often the case with this kind of music imo), but still around 1000x more interesting and varied than all the 60s-rock/pop boringness.
Would give like 3-4 stars, as I can't really pinpoint the replay value just yet and there could be more dynamic (even when it's loud and noisy it feels kind of held back), but then I remembered I've given way worse (especially way more boring and uninspired) albums 3 stars, so this gets 5.
5
Nov 23 2023
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C'est Chic
CHIC
Funky, funky, funky.
A little too background-y, even though the songs are bops.
The first song drags on too long and the second half of the album does as well.
It's better than other stuff I've rated with 3 stars, it'd be 3.5 if possible.
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