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Mon Nov 27 2023
Hotel California
Eagles
I first listened to this album in full in early college years, about 1985-86. I, of course, knew most of the songs from the radio, which was always playing as we swam in the above ground pool out at my grandparents farm. I aunts, who were only a very few years older than me, had a transistor radio playing near the pool ladder. As well, throughout my high school career from 1981 to 85 the radio filled my time in my bedroom, and the Eagles played often. When I started buying 33 rpm albums in 1980, which quickly progress to cassette tapes, I focused on the pop songs of the day, which did not include the Eagles. Today I consider this a top 20 album for my ears, containing one of the top five songs of all time.
5
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Tue Nov 28 2023
Bossanova
Pixies
I get the Pixies are post punk and pre grunge. But I just don’t find pleasure in their music.
2
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Wed Nov 29 2023
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Morrissey is so tiresome. There’s one or two pretty good songs on this album but otherwise I’ve never enjoyed it since first hearing it in college.
1
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Thu Nov 30 2023
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I see where the Jackson’s sound came from, and where Prince heard funky. Not my go to sound but I appreciate the music being so different from the end of the Beatles and the beginning of Led Zeppelin.
2
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Fri Dec 01 2023
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Its been years since I last listened to this album. I found this in my Windom Hill Sampler days of college. Today, 35 years later, it sound even better. In truth, I have a deep fantasy-desire that I could have played music such as this. But alas, I am meant to listen and appreciate what I can.
3
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Mon Dec 04 2023
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Now I know why I didn't listen to this work in college. Many of my friends in architecture school were Sonic Youth fans. I don't enjoy their sound. It's probably amazing for the period when set against pop rock, but to my ear the music has nothing on Bauhaus and The Cure.
1
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Tue Dec 05 2023
A Night At The Opera
Queen
3
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Wed Dec 06 2023
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
I missed this artist entirely. I was raising my kids in the years of her work. I enjoyed my first listen, and plan to listen again.
3
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Thu Dec 07 2023
Back In Black
AC/DC
8th grade. My favorite year in all my school experiences. And the year this seminal album was dropped on us unexpectedly. While a bit trying to my ear today, side two remains one of those \"event\" in music history that opened ideas and pleasure centers in the brain. Personally I had to go backward from this work of AC/DC to discover Bon Scott, and truthfully I didn't go much forward with this band after this music. But damn... side two... amazing sound.
4
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Fri Dec 08 2023
Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
While I believe I should like this album I don't. It is of "my era", and fits with music such as Love & Rockets and The Cure, but the constant 'in a cave' sound irritates me. I'm certain the album belongs on this list, it's just not on mine personal list.
1
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Mon Dec 11 2023
Low
David Bowie
Amazing album from an amazing year in total. However, this is still not Bowies best album of the many that rank.
3
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Tue Dec 12 2023
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Poetry that is dark and depressed has a powerful place in experiencing good music. But Cohen is too much. I can’t stand his music.
1
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Wed Dec 13 2023
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
First time with this album. Not a great first impression.
2
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Thu Dec 14 2023
Tidal
Fiona Apple
Susan Vega like. Easy to listen to but mostly uninteresting.
2
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The sound marks a distinctive point in music. I remember the incomplete edges of these songs on my cassette player.
3
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
My first exposer to this music. While I appreciate the art, and believe it to be Phillip Glass influenced, I don't care for the thin voice work or the lyric. I would listen a second time to possible undo a first impression, but I can barely mark this as a 2. I'd rather just listen to Phillip Glass.
2
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
What a joy to the ears. What thought provoking messages. This album marks a moment in the history of music. Total joy.
4
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
New album for me. Did not hit any of my music job buttons.
1
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Young Americans
David Bowie
A true classic. Plain and simply a classic.
4
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Sun Dec 31 2023
Parallel Lines
Blondie
This album landed about two years before I got hooked to the radio at age 12 and fell in love with music. So, beyond One Way and Heart of Glass, I don’t know the majority of the songs. And they don’t speak to me today at 56 years old. I’m lacking the nostalgia factor to rate this more than a 3.
3
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Mon Jan 01 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
One of my favorite albums of all time. Top 10 that I return to often. One of the works I can play in my minds imagination. I wonder how many times I listened to this music?
5
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Tue Jan 02 2024
Kid A
Radiohead
The funny thing is that I missed Radiohead completely while I was raising kids, building career, and moving through divorce. Ten years ago RH came into focus and has been a center of my listening life since.
5
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Wed Jan 03 2024
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
The worst of country.
1
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
My first time with this album. They certainly got better quickly.
2
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
First time listen. I see the influence on coming San Fran sounds, but this is not yet formed and the lead singers voice is quite annoying.
1
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Sat Jan 06 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
REM is a top knotch group for me, but this is a less enjoyed album compared to their earlier work.
3
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Sun Jan 07 2024
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
Wow. What a beautiful album. This music never came close to my listening experience. I am pleased to learn of it now, and thank this web site for the exploration.
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Awful. Just terrible
1
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Not a true fan of Alice, however the music composition on this album (first time listen) was excellent. His lyric always seems immature to me, however if seen as humor, his poetry is damn funny. Intelligent. Not certain I would rush back to listen to this one again, but enjoyed it well enough for a 3 rating.
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Very enjoyable. Her voice was perfect.
4
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Lousy music. No substance. Why is the album on the list?
2
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Sat Jan 13 2024
The White Album
Beatles
This one is hard to rate. It is a 5 in the context of music history, but a 4 when considered with Revolver, Sg. Pepper, and Abby Road. Are The Beatles the greatest band of all? Probably.
4
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Two or three Pet Shop Boys songs in a row are fantastic. A whole album gets trying. They created a few great moments with their songs, but missed the depth and color of Depeche Mode and Eurhythmics. Still, this album brought back great personal memories of this era.
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Funny that as I get older I appreciate Bruce more. While the power of his passion cascades from song to song, his music just never seems to capture my imagination. It's good, but just not great to my ears.
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
The hits still stand out. The grove is alluring. The harmony is joyful. The sound marks a particular moment in history. How can you not listen to this album and not think of the west coast idea of freedom?
3
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Basket of Light
Pentangle
First time listen. Was interested in the folk sound with excellent musicianship and voice. Not exactly what gets me up in the morning for music, but pleased to learn this album exists.
3
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Well, I absolutely love Talking Heads. This is my least favorite album. I hear the burgeoning coming sounds o remain in light, but it’s just not here yet for me to rank this album higher than three stars.
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
I have not heard this music since after high school when it first arrived on the scene. Truthfully, it’s still remains a junior high level work and it’s not stood the test of time. Just sounds boring today.
2
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
I sometimes wonder what it would’ve sounded like that I played in a band in junior high school. It would’ve sounded like this crap. I hear nothing original or interesting in this music.
1
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Bad. Bad. Awful.
1
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Fantastic musicality. Ozzy’s voice and timing are impeccable.
3
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Ok album. Easy to listen to. Not highly motivated to hear it again.
2
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Thu Jan 25 2024
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
While ahead of its time, the level of maturity and lacking musicianship turns the value of this music down.
2
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Fri Jan 26 2024
The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
No. No no no
1
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Sat Jan 27 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Hearing Johnny with the power of age inspires great pride in being a human being. The song choice is the great songbook of the end of a century.
4
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Sun Jan 28 2024
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
This album is a late classic in U2 repertoire. If Unforgettable Fire made this list it will get a five star from me.
4
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Konnichiwa
Skepta
I enjoyed most of this while I was cooking on a Sunday afternoon.
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Paramount
4
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Weed out many of the Buckingham songs, keep all the Christy and Stevie songs, and this album would be a five star for me. But as a whole, and compared to the perfection of Rumors, Tusk is a four.
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Among The Living
Anthrax
1
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Fri Feb 02 2024
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
The sound seems a bit behind the era. OMD-like however not nearly as artistic.
2
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
While so much of the 1970s music is directed from here, what Dusty’s airy and weak voice created was all accomplished in higher standard by Diana Ross.
2
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
No
1
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
Great music. Typical Reed poor voice.
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
I had to listen to this twice for this first time to see if I liked it. The second time I got more out of it than the first listen. Maybe a third listen will register more...
3
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Poetry
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
War
U2
A pivotal album in my music life.
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
Wonderful
4
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Sat Feb 10 2024
S&M
Metallica
1
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Snivilisation
Orbital
Annoying electro, babble
1
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Mon Feb 12 2024
All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
No
1
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
A true moment in music history. This album set the stage for the version of the 1980's that meant the most to me personally. The Cure has one of the greatest bass lines in all of music. This is a four star for me only because of what followed.
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
White Light
Gene Clark
Easy listening. Fairly uninteresting. The Bob Dylan harmonica is tough to listen to.
2
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Da Capo
Love
Awful
1
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Fri Feb 16 2024
McCartney
Paul McCartney
Lovely and sad pure form music.
4
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
Great moments in my life came at the moment of this album. And this album brings back those memories. Love it.
4
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Yeezus
Kanye West
Immature. Uninteresting.
1
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Some instances require the complete separation of the quality of the human being from the quality of the art they created. Thriller is a moment where one album changed music progress. It’s a great album.
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
Masterpiece. The truer beginning of an era of music. And the best of the best of synth music.
4
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Dog Man Star
Suede
Very interesting album. I am enjoying this web site entirely to learn about all the great music I missed. I believe if I listened to this album a few more times I would love its artistry, dissonance, and aesthetic. I hope to do this and let the work garner another star.
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
Nice. Amazing conclusion to a creative career of art and sound.
3
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
As entered college this music never caught my interest. Still has little resonance to me.
2
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Magic.
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
The Poet
Bobby Womack
The end of disco, and the beginning of the early '80s version of R&B. The hook is drawing, the voice is spirited, but the music is predictable and boring.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
I recently read a quote somewhere that said "There are those who love Kate Bush and there are those who are wrong." If I had to leave the earth and could only take three albums, this would be one of them.
5
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
Not much to say about this.
3
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Hypnotic. Intriguing. Expanding. An incredible moment in time that transcends easily to today.
4
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Thu Feb 29 2024
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Top 5 album of all time for me.
5
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Had a moment or two of interest. Overall the sound is thicker than deep and the lyric is flatter than full.
3
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Enjoyed. Had the blend of hip hop and cool jazz that makes it good background while gardening.
3
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Full of playful dissonance. Simple string arrangements often become hints of urban strife. Often memory of a good old Windom Hill Sampler or at a few heights memory of the cyclic pleasure of Philip Glass.
3
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Prior to starting this journey of 1001 albums, I held no expectations that I would give a first time listen all five stars. I must give five stars to Ghosteen. Only Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush move me such as this music.
5
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Mezzanine is a go to album. This one less so, but the range and expression of this music is on the edge of art.
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Monotonous. This is a single song album, which is a single song that affords this trying work a two star.
2
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Thu Mar 07 2024
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
I like this.
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
The Blueprint
JAY Z
If his voice was not so annoying, and his words so uninteresting, the music is amazing. I can't turn off his lyric like I wish I could.
2
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Brilliant. I never tire of this music.
4
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Let It Be
The Replacements
What I dream I might have sounded like if I chose the path of music, if I had the talent and the drive. No idea, as this was not the path chosen, and after so many years removed the dream is fuzzy at best. But I enjoy this albums hints of maturity from an age and time where, today, maturity was blind to the future.
3
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
No
1
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Tue Mar 12 2024
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
Excellent early work. Their later albums are much more meaningful to me.
3
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Atomizer
Big Black
Wow. Missed this one in the college experience. I know I would have hooked into it at the time. But now, not as much.
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Faith
George Michael
There is so much good in this music. GM's step away from Wham was welcome and unexpected. He was a music story teller, and I still enjoy this album. But then came Listen Without Prejudice, and I was blown away. Hope that album is on the list...
4
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie
An artist of sound and scape through and forever.
4
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Raw Power
The Stooges
I get it.
2
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Masterpiece
4
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Bummed
Happy Mondays
First time listen and I liked it. Reminded me of Simple Minds in the 1980s
3
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
I liked this music in the day. But after three decades it does not stand the test of time.
2
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Wed Mar 20 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Blows me over each time I listen - which has been many times.
5
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Thu Mar 21 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
I don’t know how many times I listened to this music, but I remember the first time in 8th grade, 1979. My friends older brother had the LP and I thought it was crap. As I matured I learned to understand the depth, breadth and symbol this music is. Now, if I were forced to leave the planet and could only take one album it would be this. This is the greatest music I have yet experienced.
5
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Arrival
ABBA
A great moment in time. The music seems so innocent now. And the hooks are memorable.
3
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Gentle. Reflective. Enjoyable.
4
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
Tedious. No joy. I know its good music, it just sounds bad to my ears.
1
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Mon Mar 25 2024
São Paulo Confessions
Suba
I wanted to like the salsa influence but I got bored.
2
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Solid. Not my fav sound.
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Well. I think I get it, but I find myself skipping the songs after about 30 seconds each.
1
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Not really.
1
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
Very good. First time and I loved it.
4
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Amazing. Love this album.
4
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Classic. Just never had much attraction to the Stones.
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Excellent. This album reopened my ears to good music after a five year hiatus. Meaning my first two kids. I remember listening to this music with them when they were young and we all liked it equally.
4
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Wed Apr 03 2024
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Nice to hear the beginning of an era that I did not know. The music is a bit boring, but it was good to learn about where psychedelic came from. Never would have guessed it was Texas...
2
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Thu Apr 04 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
Classic. Set the stage for... for... forever.
3
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Fri Apr 05 2024
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Infamous
3
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Sat Apr 06 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Represents an entire era.
2
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Sun Apr 07 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
1
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
This album seems so far ahead of its creation. The Beatles influence is there, but there is more. Pretty amazing.
4
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Tue Apr 09 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
Disco. Can’t say more. Just disco. To the core.
2
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
Nope
1
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
I enjoyed this.
3
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
Not memorable. Decent and standard music.
2
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Sat Apr 13 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Amazing. Never ever once have I tired of this music.
5
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Sun Apr 14 2024
Sincere
Mj Cole
Spastic. Not listenable.
1
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Ugh
2
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Top 5 all time!
5
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Good music.
3
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
I don’t know. There was something missing inside the music. I don’t have the language to expand on the feeling.
2
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Jazz ish. Nice
3
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Sat Apr 20 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
No
1
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Sun Apr 21 2024
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
Good music. His voice trys on my patience.
2
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Mon Apr 22 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Classic jazz. Like Aretha Franklin more.
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
One of the masterworks from one of the masters.
5
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Infected
The The
It was an era. The Cure. The Love and Rockets. The The.
3
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Moondance
Van Morrison
Still love this album after so many years.
4
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
I never get tired of this album.
4
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Sat Apr 27 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Never enjoyed Deep Purple all the much.
2
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Sun Apr 28 2024
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
Not for me.
1