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Wed Nov 22 2023
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
This was a great listen. I knew that I really like Talking Heads and David Byrne, but I hadn't explored deep into their catalog. I enjoyed every single song on this record.
Found a Job is a banger.
4
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Thu Nov 23 2023
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
A lot of tracks came off as hokey to me. I don't think I like Elvis' vocal style. I definitely did some toe tapping in the car though. Money Honey was decent. Overall not terrible, but not something I would go back to.
2
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Fri Nov 24 2023
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Time after time is just an incredible song. I have a healthy respect for Cyndi Lauper. She wrote a lot of really great songs and show tunes. In some of the songs on this album, her voice is a bit annoying, but the songs for the most part are bangers. Way ahead of several of her contemporaries. Witness is a ska tune? I'll Kiss You was the only real stinker on the album, I think. I enjoyed, overall.
3
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Sat Nov 25 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
I am intimately familiar with this album. It spent many days spinning in the CD player of my car over the years. Good to hear it again. I really love Neil Young. This is one of the really good albums. Pocahontas, Welfare Mothers, Powderfinger, Sedan Delivery. Hey Hey, My My. The whole album kinda slaps. You can hear how the grunge bands of the early 90's found influence in this. That crunchy guitar. So good.
4
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Sun Nov 26 2023
Brothers
The Black Keys
It's the blues! I'm of course familiar with The Black Keys. I like several of the songs on this album. There more recent stuff has kind of been experimental with going into different genres and sounds, but this record is a bit of a blues explosion. Definitely front loaded with bangers. The latter half of the record tails off. 15 tracks, an hour long....not recorded for vinyl was it?
3
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Mon Nov 27 2023
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
2
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Moondance
Van Morrison
I like this a lot. Of course I know Brown Eyed Girl (not on this record) and Moondance, which I didn't know was Van Morrison. I like the horns. I like the piano. I like the gospel, soul, R&B vibe. I just like it a lot. It's chill too. Will definitely explore his catalog deeper.
3
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Wed Nov 29 2023
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Love this album. It seems every song on this album is either a cultural touchstone or something I've never heard. What an album though. Seriously.
4
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Thu Nov 30 2023
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Too slow. Too boring. Too much noodling on an organ. Not a fan. A few decent songs. But overall a bit of a stinker imo.
2
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Fri Dec 01 2023
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
I thought I liked this band. I was following them on Spotify. I did not enjoy this album. If I wanted pure dance, I would listen to Underworld, and if I wanted synthpop I would go with Passion Put, as both are better than this. Something about this just rubs me the wrong way, even though it's a genre and sound I would normally be into. Oh well.
2
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Sat Dec 02 2023
Tapestry
Carole King
A couple of good tracks on this one but overall not my style of music. A few tracks really drag and meander.
2
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Sun Dec 03 2023
Lost Souls
Doves
Meh
2
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
How can you be offended by ambient? Good background music. I folded laundry.
3
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Tue Dec 05 2023
Sea Change
Beck
Beck: The sadsack album
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
This was decent. I can see how this band was influencial for a lot of their predecessors. Industrial and electronic. Pretty neat.
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Love this album. Love S&G in general. So many great songs on this album.
4
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Of course familiar with Green River and Bad Moon Rising. Who doesn't like CCR? It's just fun. It is kinda repetitive, though. At least the songs are short. I enjoy it, but it's not something I ever seek out, really. Still, good stuff.
3
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Sat Dec 09 2023
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Oh I know I hate this. I don't need to listen to it.
1
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Sun Dec 10 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
Ugh. I liked this when I was a teenager but now I don't hit my wife and kids enough to enjoy this music. I also have too many teeth to be an ACDC fan.
2
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Yeezus
Kanye West
1
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Tue Dec 12 2023
My Generation
The Who
This is a great rock album. Who would have figured that one of the most influential rock acts of all time would release a good debut album. I was of course familiar with The Who's hit singles, but this is a good album all the way through. I'm really glad I listened.
4
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Wed Dec 13 2023
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
A lot of songs on here I know, because they're all covers. Still, she can really sing. It's enjoyable. Is blue eyed soul cultural appropriation? Should I feel bad for liking this?
3
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Nowhere
Ride
Somehow this entire band passed me by? I had never heard any of this before. Sounds like Stone Roses to me, maybe a bit more noisy. It's not bad or anything, but it feels kinda beige to me. The sound comes out of the speakers and I have no emotional response.
2
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
An explosion of passion. This is a really fun album. In and out in 22 mins. Sounds good for a live album too. Enjoyable.
3
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Sat Dec 16 2023
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
I've always been turned off of this bank because of the vocals. I like the music and other post-punk banks like The Cure. I even like some bands with vocals similar to this. Interzone reminds me of Gord Downie, for example, when he sings the counterpoints. This records is definitely hit and miss. Some tracks wash over me and I don't mind them, but then a funeral dirge hits and I'm like ugh, skip. Overall, I feel like I'm missing the point here or something. I don't think I like it all that much, and for some reason that makes me feel guilty.
2
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Sun Dec 17 2023
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
I started out hating this but it grew on me over time, up to a point. A lot of it feels like disorganized cacophony. Some of the 'songs' that are decent go on for too long or degenerate into repetitive noise. Every song on the album is about 90 seconds too long. Indulgent, smell your own farts songwriting.
2
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Nope. Not for me. Slow, boring, don't like her voice. Snooze fest.
1
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Tue Dec 19 2023
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
This wasn't bad. I of course knew a few of the songs. Money for Nothing, classic. Overall the album was pretty good.
3
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Not bad. Had never listened to this album all the way through. I enjoyed it for the most part.
3
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
This is a really good album. I knew Blister in the Sun, Kiss off, Add it Up. Why did I not listen to more of this album before now? I know Gone Daddy Gone from a remake that was on the Forza 2 soundtrack. It's burned into my brain. Such a distinctive tone provided by the rhythm section on this record. The upright bass and a very driving snare tone. Jangley, sometimes discordant guitar. Lots of angst and alienation and loneliness expressed in the lyrics. Just a good record all the way through.
4
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
This is a fun album. I like Iggy / The Stooges, up to a point. There are some really fun, vibrant tracks on this album, and there are some stinkers. I would argue that every song is about a minute too long for the punk aesthetic.
3
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Sat Dec 23 2023
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Did not enjoy.
1
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Mon Dec 25 2023
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3
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Tue Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Fuck Christmas music with a cactus
1
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Wed Dec 27 2023
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Great album.
4
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Thu Dec 28 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
I went through a Flaming Lips period in my 20's, so I am familiar with this album. It's good. I like it. It doesn't matter if it's soaring art piece with strings and layers, or if it's a more traditional arrangement, the drums are going to be good. They stand out on this album for sure.
3
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Konnichiwa
Skepta
Sounds like competent hip hop. I can't profess to be an expert. The accent throws me. Spittin' bars, but posh.
2
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
He is an icon for a reason.
3
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Sun Dec 31 2023
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
I enjoyed this one.
3
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Not for me, but not bad. Would be inoffensive in the background.
2
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Tue Jan 02 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
The songs that are good are really good. I like the energy.
3
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
I started off not liking this at all and then warmed to it slightly and then fell mostly off again. Dudes' monotone is annoying.
2
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Garbage
Garbage
I listened to this album a lot as a teenager. My tastes have evolved a bit since then, but this still mostly holds up and is a good nostalgia trip.
3
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
Lots of hitting skip through this akbum
2
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Sat Jan 06 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
1