Nov 17 2023
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
3
Nov 20 2023
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Wallpaper music, but good if you like that kinda thing.
3
Nov 21 2023
C'est Chic
CHIC
Aside from the classic single, forgettable.
3
Nov 22 2023
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
The same song for half an hour.
3
Nov 23 2023
Melodrama
Lorde
Kinda liked this. Will never listen to again
4
Nov 24 2023
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
Nov 27 2023
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
3
Nov 28 2023
Different Class
Pulp
5
Nov 29 2023
Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Had to cobble together from various sources, but liked this a lot more than expected
4
Nov 30 2023
Very
Pet Shop Boys
4
Dec 01 2023
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
4
Dec 04 2023
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
I didn't hate all of it, but I hated a lot of it
2
Dec 05 2023
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
3
Dec 06 2023
Heroes
David Bowie
3
Dec 07 2023
Transformer
Lou Reed
The first stone cold classic so far.
5
Dec 08 2023
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Typical whiny '90s shite
1
Dec 11 2023
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
3
Dec 12 2023
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Dec 13 2023
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
3
Dec 14 2023
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
Dec 15 2023
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
Too overproduced to be as filthy as it wants to be, but I bet it's a blast live
4
Dec 18 2023
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
A better singles band than album one.
4
Dec 19 2023
Marquee Moon
Television
I do like this, but Patti Smith does it better
4
Dec 20 2023
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Yes to all this. Gonna explore more
4
Dec 21 2023
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
I can't judge whether or not this is any good, as I really don't like the genre. Not keen.
2
Dec 22 2023
Murmur
R.E.M.
Thought this was just forgettable at first, but actively disliked it by the end.
2
Dec 25 2023
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
The singles are a real step above the rest of this.
3
Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
4
Dec 27 2023
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
I do not understand the appeal of this kind of music. You might as well not listen to anything, it's so bland.
2
Dec 28 2023
So
Peter Gabriel
Felt loooooong
2
Dec 29 2023
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
3
Jan 01 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
Doesn't quite live up to the early promise. A band I prefer in small doses.
3
Jan 02 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
4
Jan 03 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
A 3.5 really. Just a little too baggy.
3
Jan 04 2024
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Never heard of these guys before. I liked it. Not the kind of music I typically search out but a shame that they're not better remembered in the conversation about great bands from the era.
3
Jan 05 2024
Closer
Joy Division
3
Jan 08 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
4
Jan 09 2024
Cross
Justice
Not even close to an expert, but feel Daft Punk do this better?
3
Jan 10 2024
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
4
Jan 11 2024
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
4
Jan 12 2024
Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
Too ambient, if anything
2
Jan 15 2024
Parklife
Blur
4
Jan 16 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
I get the impression that repeat listens might elevate this, but folk is definitely not the easiest genre for me to engage with.
3
Jan 17 2024
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Didn't need 70 minutes of this. Prefer Glassjaw, Deftones, and many others.
3
Jan 18 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
3
Jan 19 2024
Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
3
Jan 22 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Maybe I just don't really like The Beatles... Was gonna give it 3 but loses a star for the truly garbage Run For Your Life
2
Jan 23 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
4
Jan 24 2024
Destroyer
KISS
3
Jan 25 2024
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
A little too much filler, but otherwise strong
3
Jan 26 2024
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Most music really is just 'fine', isn't it?
3
Jan 29 2024
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
2
Jan 30 2024
The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
3
Jan 31 2024
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
4
Feb 01 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
4
Feb 02 2024
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
3
Feb 05 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
I like late-era Bowie.
4
Feb 06 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Some of this is hard to listen to now, but the great bits really are great
4
Feb 07 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
3
Feb 08 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
2
Feb 09 2024
Third
Soft Machine
And the point of this is..?
1
Feb 12 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
3
Feb 13 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
4
Feb 14 2024
NEU! 75
Neu!
3
Feb 15 2024
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
4
Feb 16 2024
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
3
Feb 19 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
2
Feb 20 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
3
Feb 21 2024
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
A nostalgic pleasure that I should return to more often.
4
Feb 22 2024
GI
Germs
3
Feb 23 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
It's not quite peak Springsteen (Born to Run) but it's up there.
5
Feb 26 2024
Queen II
Queen
4
Feb 27 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
3
Feb 28 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
Feb 29 2024
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
3
Mar 01 2024
Another Green World
Brian Eno
Take out the singing and this would be a damn sight better
2
Mar 04 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
2
Mar 05 2024
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
3
Mar 06 2024
Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
2
Mar 07 2024
Traffic
Traffic
2
Mar 08 2024
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
3
Mar 11 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
3
Mar 12 2024
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
I know it's a classic but it doesn't emotionally connect with me.
3
Mar 13 2024
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
3
Mar 14 2024
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
Mar 15 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Not listened to this for so long. What a pleasure.
5
Mar 18 2024
Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
4
Mar 19 2024
The Cars
The Cars
3
Mar 20 2024
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
I do not like the way they swing.
The first album on this list I fully gave up on halfway through, so apologies to Digital Underground if they finally got good at the end.
1
Mar 21 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
3
Mar 22 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Possible 5 on a relisten
4
Mar 25 2024
The Band
The Band
3
Mar 26 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
Mar 27 2024
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
Mar 28 2024
Fragile
Yes
2
Mar 29 2024
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
I was at uni when this came out so there is a heavy nostalgia value.
4
Apr 01 2024
Rio
Duran Duran
Remind me, what decade is this from?
3
Apr 02 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
3
Apr 03 2024
Soul Mining
The The
3
Apr 04 2024
Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Listened to most of this but there wasn't much differentiation between songs, so I feel like I got the message.
3
Apr 05 2024
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Spotify's shitty queue system fucked up (as usual) and started interspersing this with Neil Young tracks from my previous album. A less than ideal listening experience. And yet, I didn't hate this the way I expected to. Maybe it functions better as a whole than when I've just heard bits.
3
Apr 08 2024
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
Apr 09 2024
The College Dropout
Kanye West
5
Apr 10 2024
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
4
Apr 11 2024
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
4
Apr 12 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
3
Apr 15 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Her high notes made my ears bleed. Had real problems even just listening to this.
1
Apr 16 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
One of the greatest opening tracks of all time.
4
Apr 17 2024
The Visitors
ABBA
3
Apr 18 2024
I Against I
Bad Brains
4
Apr 19 2024
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
2
Apr 22 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
4
Apr 23 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Apr 24 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles
Mostly unlistenable, but he does occasionally find a hint of melody.
2
Apr 25 2024
Mask
Bauhaus
4
Apr 26 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A little more filler than Fever to Tell, but some really great songs to lift it.
4
Apr 29 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
4
Apr 30 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
5
May 01 2024
Heavy Weather
Weather Report
3
May 02 2024
Hotel California
Eagles
3
May 03 2024
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
Short songs, still too long
2
May 06 2024
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
5
May 07 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
4
May 08 2024
New Wave
The Auteurs
2
May 09 2024
1984
Van Halen
3
May 10 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
May 17 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
May 20 2024
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
May 21 2024
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
4
May 22 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Another that was fine but where I felt no compulsion to finish it.
3
May 23 2024
Celebrity Skin
Hole
Actually the greatest grunge album?
5
May 24 2024
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
3
May 27 2024
War
U2
3
May 28 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
4
May 29 2024
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3
May 30 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
4
May 31 2024
Goo
Sonic Youth
3
Jun 03 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
4
Jun 04 2024
Low
David Bowie
Don't love some of the instrumental stuff, but overall very strong.
4
Jun 05 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Jun 06 2024
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
Inexcusably long, but it's generally fine. Wouldn't seek it out but there's worse pop.
3
Jun 07 2024
Vivid
Living Colour
3
Jun 14 2024
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
Jun 18 2024
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
4
Jun 25 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Aaaaand I'm 15 again.
5
Jun 26 2024
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
5