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Thu Dec 14 2023
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Some great moments, and happy to experience it. A little too corny at times for my part
3
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Fri Dec 15 2023
Document
R.E.M.
I appreciate the inventiveness of the album, which bringes 80s pop/rock and the emerging 90s alternative scene. Some moments are brilliant, but it does not resonate completley with me at a deep emotional level. I am However a bigger REM fan now than a hour ago.
4
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Sat Dec 16 2023
The White Album
Beatles
Really well produced and innovative, with some of my favourite Beatles tracks. However, it becomes a bit of a chore with to much Lennon-Yoko quirkiness.
4
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Sun Dec 17 2023
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
A study in improvisation an sound painting. Interesting in it’s cultural context, but it has somehow lost its relevance. Also a little taxing in the long run.
4
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Mon Dec 18 2023
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
It´s a collection of great grooves and cool riffs. However, grooves and riffs usually goes on for five minutes longer than they should in the longer tracks. The shorter tunes like «Good Golly Miss Molly» makes for worthwhile listening though, and «Proud Mary» is a classic for a reason.
3
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Tue Dec 19 2023
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
A great little rock record! Surprisingly heavier than I thought, and I can definitively see the parallells to grunge. The guitar sound on «My My, Hey Hey» is absolutely gorgeous.
4
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Wed Dec 20 2023
Permission to Land
The Darkness
What an amazing nostalgia trip this turned out to be! I grew up with «One Way Ticket», but I never really explored The Darkness fully. This will be a staple in my «gym music» collection from now on. This is also an example that I am not a huge fan of goofy comedy music, but a rather big fan of satirical music.
4
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Thu Dec 21 2023
Lost Souls
Doves
A great album, with interesting ideas in its instrumentals. The vocals are not quite for me, and the lacking dynamics of the record leaves the whole record feeling a bit flat at length.
3
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Fri Dec 22 2023
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Interesting and sometimes beautiful textures with grooves that make you bop your head all over this record. The album is a wonderful example of music with a purpose: This is not a progressive artwork that opens for deep contemplation, but it is a selection of sounds that puts you into a pleasant state of mind. A great debut, but it also does lack the coherence and thoughtfulness that more mature artists usually show.
4
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Sat Dec 23 2023
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Brilliant album that never hets repetitive or boring. «When the Levee breaks» is a new favourite of mine.
5
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Sun Dec 24 2023
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Great classic rock record, with some amazing songs and great variety. The only thing holding it back is some less memorable songs towards the end of the album.
4
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Mon Dec 25 2023
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Beautiful and charming album, from wonderfully talented young artist. Not quite my cup of tea at length, but a brilliant album and clearly important historically.
3
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Tue Dec 26 2023
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Cozy Christmas vibes all over the whole record! Also it is incredible to think about how young Spector was when he revolutionized music production.
4
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Wed Dec 27 2023
Faust IV
Faust
I am officially a Krautrock fan! Some of the more pop-edrue songs are a bit meh (The Sad Skinhead), but the actual Krautrock is amazing.
4
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Thu Dec 28 2023
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
My First «play on repeat»-album! Right up my alley, and this will be a stater in my collection. Awesome songwriting, great musicianship, and a whole album I enjoyed from start to end.
5
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Fri Dec 29 2023
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
I am not the right person to jugde this album. The whole thing felt like being in a club, and I think that is where this music fits best. If I walked into a club playing this, I would not be offended. Probably wouldn’t stay too long either. However, there are some highlights towards the end (One too many Mornings and Alive Alone.)
3
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Sat Dec 30 2023
Guero
Beck
The genre blending of this is rather interesting, and some of the songs are good in the context of its genre. It is not really a thing I gravitate towards, but I do understand why its in this book.
3
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Sun Dec 31 2023
Ctrl
SZA
Great work from the producers, and some nice used of rhythm from the rappers. However, I am not a huge fan of the overly «in your face» sexual lyrics. I know its part of the style, but the lack of subtlety makes it far less interesting than what it could have been.
3
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Mon Jan 01 2024
xx
The xx
A clear consize nostalgia melancholic vibe all throughout the album. But I don’t get why this album is so highly acclaimed.
2
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Tue Jan 02 2024
Revolver
Beatles
This album has some of my favourite Beatles tracks on it, and very little worthy of critique. I am not the worlds biggest Beatles fan, but that doesn´t mean this is not a brilliant album. Rather, this album makes me a bigger Beatles fan every time I hear it.
5
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Wed Jan 03 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
A far better album than the previous Doves record — dynamic and well structured. They stayed in shape in terms of musicianship, but are growing as songwriters.
4
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Thu Jan 04 2024
Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
This is everything you want from a soul album and more! Amazing!
5
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Parallel Lines
Blondie
I am always fascinated when I find an album and think «so that´s what the artist I like have been listening to». This was that kind of album. A part from some charming songs that didn't really fit up my alley, this was a brilliant listening experience that I did not expect liking as much as I did.
4
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Sat Jan 06 2024
Odelay
Beck
Some good moments for sure, but I find Beck not living up to the hype. The experimental forms ends up just feeling messy, and taking away from the brilliance that at times shines through.
2
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Sun Jan 07 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
I like it, but I don’t really get why its such a classic.
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
Cool dark atmosphere! A little short on strong tunes for my part, but a great album over all.
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Live At The Regal
B.B. King
Live records are fun and all, but this is on a whole other level! Great musicianship and BB showing why he is so highly acclaimed. This album makes me regret never joining a blues band.
5
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Monk is Monk — not quite my cup of tea, but a legend for a reason.
3
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Sea Change
Beck
This is my third Beck album, and I have disliked the two previous. This, however, is beautiful. The noise experimentation works like a charm, surrounding a gifted singer-songwriter.
4
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Everytime I listen to Black Sabbath, I ask myself «Where did that come from?». After spending some time with this album, I do see how these four young musicians mixed their jazz and blues roots into something heavier than what the world had seen up to that point. It is, however, even clearer to see the influence they have had on what came after them. Brilliant album, that I listen to far too seldom.
4
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Sat Jan 13 2024
Mothership Connection
Parliament
Well, this is a party… No, literally!
5
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Beautiful, down to earth and a good reason to check out more of The Boss
5
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Take Me Apart
Kelela
Beautiful songwriting, vocal performance and production! This shows that there are still ways of being experimental without losing track of form, and that RnB and Electronica can provide sublime musical beauty.
5
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I really love funk, and got my hopes up for this. And it is not bad, just a bit boring.
3
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
I had absolutley no expectaions going into this, and I was very pleasantly surprised. This is an intriguing electronica record that encapsulates the Scandinavian winter perfectly. That is saying something, coming from a Norwegian listening to a Swedish artist.
And to all my fellow musician — most of our musical pride and joys took their sound from this, some way or another (probably through Highasakite).
5
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Thu Jan 18 2024
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
I thought this was going Tonje overhyped hipster stuff, but I was surprised. Great tunes, great musicianship and all over a good vibe.
4
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
This is a fun record full of brilliant use of samples, cool grooves and immature lyrics. I prefer hip hop when it has some depth to its lyrics, but I liked this one a lot more than I expected to.
4
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Sat Jan 20 2024
21
Adele
Adele is one of those artists that’s better than her hits. But her hits are still great!
4
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Kala
M.I.A.
Experimental, but rarely in a good way. It has certain interesting moments, but not enough to make up for it being full of hiphop-clichés and annoying synths.
Could have been a 3, if it hasn’t been for the obvious mismatch between the album and the to last hits that seems to have been put there to save a risky project
2
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Smile
Brian Wilson
This is a quirky, cute and somewhat interesting 60s record, made in 2004.
3
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Probably the most formative album for me personally, so it is next to impossible to give a neutral review.
However, upon hearing it for the first time in years it’ still holds up. The songs are well written and the arrangements strike me as suprisingly interesting. What always exited me about this is the song forms. It’s not as expansive as prog, but they push a bit further beyond the verse-chorus form and it truly makes the songs Musical journeys, However cheezy that may sound
5
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Nostalgia trip day 2!
Of course I've heard all the hits from this album, but I was surprised how well the rest of it holds up. The year 2000 was not necessarily a highlight in music history for my ears. This, however, is an exciting and fresh mix of metal and hip hop without any elements feeling forced.
It ain't a perfect 5 star album, but a hell of a lot closer than I expected it to be.
4
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Thu Jan 25 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
Great soul album, with the legendary «Papa was a Rolling Stone» on it. No bad tracks in my book, but a slightly goofy «Run Charlie Run». As opposed to other cringeworthy goofy stuff I've heard, this made me laugh a bit and has a great groove.
5
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
This is a pop record — nothing more, nothing less. Very unprovocative, quit dull but not bad in any particular way.
3
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Sat Jan 27 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Classic album marked by great craft in the waiting and arrangements, as well as the genius of Ray Charles.
4
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
I like the instrumentals, and I giggled a bit. But this is just a bunch of immature white boys talking shit. I’ve been one myself, but still…
2
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
Influental and interesting in its context, but not really my thing.
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
There are things I enjoy about this record. But it became a monotonous chore to get through. At 30 minutes, I would probably like it quite a bit more.
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Sweet 60s vibes with brilliant production, arranging and musical performances. Some songs are better than others, but the album as a whole is solid
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
This is a beautiful place to spend some time – three wonderfully talented musicians (and sadly proof of what we lost when Scott LaFaro died a few days later at 25). As with most standard jazz, it is not something to get into just like that. It demands focus and preparation to get the most out of this record.
As an album being released, it ain't anything ground breaking. It is more an example of somebody that has mastered a tradition and a style. The cool jazz and post bop of the 50s has sort of come to its apex around this time, and this album is part of that.
So it is amazing musicianship, beautifully recorded, but not anything revolutionary. Still an amazing album though, I am trying to pace myself with the 5 star reviews here.
4
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Microshift
Hookworms
I have a lot of predjudice towards newer rock artists due to it including some of the most uninspiring music out there. But this is awesome — a nice blend of noise, groove, catchy pop and krautrock. I didn´t think that was possible, but here we are.
4
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Beautiful jazzy nostalgia! Would be a great lounge or bar band, but gets as a little dull recorded.
3
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
This is a vibe, but a bit too much of a novelty for me. But It’ll put it it on when I am really drunk.
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Celebrity Skin
Hole
Thought I'd hate it, but turned out its pretty nice! I like it when stuff like that happen.
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I was dreading going into this, but was positively surprised. I truly can't stand RHCPs hits, and there are a lot of them. However, I have always wondered why I don't like them — I am after all a metalhead that went funkier and poppier the older I got. Listening to this whole album made me realize that there are some things that I really like. Basically, the heavier, funkier or sentimental these guys get, the more I like them. Sadly, its too little of all those things and to many zeitgeist hits.
3
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Wed Feb 07 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
An example of an album that is a great version of what it is. However, I don't really click with the thing that it is.
But how I wish I clicked more with it, cause there are some insane highlights on this record. I have never been so horrified by a song as I was by «Kim». Some of these songs make me giggle, but sadly there is too much «come on, get over with this».
3
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
I had no clue what to expect, and I was pleasantly surprised.
A beautiful, calm, short and sweet album blending an array of different genres. There are som jazzy brass, soul-esque chord playing on the rhodes, indie-style vocals and an overall aesthetic from electronic music.
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Hip hop is by far my worst genre on here, but holy mother of something this album is absolutely insane! I've listened to it casually here and there before, but giving it a bit more attention opens up a whole new dimension. The lyrics are funny here and devastating here. The instrumentals and samples are both amazingly utilized, and the inclusion of the interview at the end is surprisingly beautiful.
5
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
I do want to like this, but lyrics alone just doesn't cut it for me. I would have bought a novel written by Cohen, but I wouldn't buy this album. It isn't particularily bad, just not something that excites me.
3
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Sun Feb 11 2024
My Generation
The Who
A straight forward rock n’ roll album — nothing more, nothing less.
3
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Country Life
Roxy Music
The more guitar an synths there is, the more I like it. Sadly, there isn’t too much of that.
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
So this is the sound of cocaine and statutory rape... Sounds pretty cool (I mean the music, not the other stuff).
3
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
What I find interesting about music from non-western cultures, is that its ritual function is so much more apparent than others. Sure, you have straight pop music from these cultures. But you also have this, where the music serves a function. It is useful. Given certain views on culture and artistic craft in the west, I think it makes it obvious that we have lost something that connects us. This music isn't just for putting on in the background at a dinner party. It is clearly a musical tradition that serves to connect people in praise.
Might not be something I listen to more than once, but I am extremely intrigued and very keen on checking out more albums like this.
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Not super exciting, but a beautiful expression of the mainstream jazz tradition. In addition, there is something to be said about the whole blending of soul and country, which must have been pretty radical at the time.
Great performances, great arrangements (its Marty Paich and strings, duh) and a nice way to start the day.
3
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Fri Feb 16 2024
The Clash
The Clash
It's punk — nothing more than that! I like The Clash but had never heard this before. And I was a bit disappointed of how bland it was. Looking back, punk didn't really bring too much to music apart from some catchy tunes and an annoying mentality among youth (yes, I do prefer prog, yacht rock and disco). This just sounds like The Ramones, just more drunk.
2
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
Disclaimer: I already knew that I love this album, and its a given 5 in my book.
Something I've never thought about, is the fact that these two nerds basically invented a whole new musical movement straight out of college.
No, they were not the first to mix jazz with pop or rock. But there were not a lot of people implementing new elements and levels of sophistication into pop music. Whereas most people where focused on making jazz sound like progressive rock, Steely Dan starts implementing harmonies and forms that made them sound more like soul, but also a bit like country.
I know people like to stamp them with jazz pop or whatever, but in reality I think they were more about stepping past genre barriers. As the yacht rock idiom developed, this album became more and more influential.
5
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
A lot better than I expected! Cool guitar riffs and an expressive vokal performance, but a bit too monotonous.
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
The Steely Dan album I’ve listenes to the least, but that’s about to change. This as hard rocking as they get, and I like it.
5
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
This was a surprise! Well-written and quite well-played, with two hits that deserve the hype.
4
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Wed Feb 21 2024
John Prine
John Prine
I am not the biggest country fan, but this album made smile and chuckle. I recommend listening to it on a sunny winter's day on your way to the office for maximum impact.
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
I am so close to giving this a 5 star. I was so surprised by how beautifully sophisticated this is in regards to harmony and their ability to grasp numerous genres, while still being more contained than most artists. What draws me back is just that it's not the thing that resonate most deeply with my instinctual aesthetic taste (I deserve to be slapped for writting that).
Ah, fuck it... I'll give it 5 stars!
5
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
Beautiful album! Sophisticated and well-made in all aspects. I only had time for one listen yesterday, but this one will stay with me for a while.
4
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Once again, I find a great album that just isn't my thing! I can hear the inventive and more sophisticated take on punk, as well as the energy and well-crafted songwriting. It just doesn't resonate with me aesthetically. Some songs are great, and I like quite a bit of Talking heads. But I do think they get better later on (which may or may not have something to do with them collaborating with Brian Eno and King Crimson, who I adore).
But the non-funky attempts at making punk and funk work together just sounds like a bunch of art school kids making an album that is important for the wrong reasons. They were inventive and interesting, but I don´t know if the impact they had and what came after did music much good.
3
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
This was good old fashioned rock n’ roll fun with a couple of bangers! Festing another overhyped hipster classic, I was positively surprised.
4
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
I'll take some of the songs with me into future listening, but all in all an inoffensive album that's quite similar to what I would have expected from a melancholy guitar band in 1991.
3
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Not my favourite Prince album, but an interesting listening experience of cultural significance nonetheless.
4
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Interesting instrumentals and at times beautiful atmospheres. But some corny tunes and the «too cool to be sincere» attitude in the vocals put me off.
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Afrofuturism is fun, and this is as afrofuturism as you can get! Genrewise, it is eclectic as all hell. The production, writing and performances are all brilliant. The album felt a bit long towards the end, but a solid record that I'll be revisiting.
(Who would have thought 2010s would be my best decade in here)
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Sometimes cozy and sometimes groovy country music. Nothing special in my ears, but worth a listen or two.
3
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Sat Mar 02 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
This is basically what it would sound like if a high school garage band went into a professional studio — and I think that's the point. Not my cup of tea, but a great for what it is.
3
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Vulnicura
Björk
Bjørk is pushing boundaries! I wouldn’t necesarilly push all of those boundaries myself, but a great experience that I will come back to.
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
Why haven't I listened to this before? Buckley has a beautiful voice, and his guitar playing is a fresh take on the classic singer-songwriter guitar style. The rest of the band is equally brilliant, and the same could be said about the songwritting. If you have only heard his cover of Hallelujah, you've only scratched the surface.
The only drawback is that the album is a bit on the long side. However, given Buckleys tragic faith, we should probablly just be grateful to have so much of his beatiful music with us.
4
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Fun and trippy blues rock, with the iconic Janis Joplin on vocals. Not the most interesting thing I've heard, but I am one listening experience richer.
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
Nice reggae vibes and the most popular pro-cannabis campaign ever. It's not that I don't like it, but I don't need a full album of off-beat guitars, tom fills and drug-related lyrics
3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Maxinquaye
Tricky
I did not expect to enjoy this, but what an amazing atmosphere this album brings. It is full of soulful vocals, tastefully utilised instrumentals and a dark, erotic mood. It is a bit long, but I wouldn't mind that if I was listening to a CD that I bought.
4
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
I was so tired of this album that I almost skipped out right before the OK songs. Still...
2
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Dummy
Portishead
So, apparently I like Trip hop. Interesting...
3
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
Atmospheric link between the beautiful melodic of the 80s and the angsty poetic of the 90s
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Intense, energetic and interesting. But for me this belongs in a club, and not on a Monday morning at the office.
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
This is exactly what I always hope Talking Heads to sound like — energetic and punky, but still somewhat sophisticated. I'm still no big fan of David Byrnes vocal, but this is still an album I'll be revisiting.
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Just another Beatles album that don’t really deserve as much hype.
3
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
The 80s sure had better stuff to offer, but there is something there. «Sex Dwarf» made me chuckle, and «Say Hello, Wave Goodbye» is absolutely beautiful.
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
evermore
Taylor Swift
From a different artist this might be a four, but I am just so disappointed that I actually haven't been judgemental in not liking Taylor Swift. I so want this to be good, but its just neither interesting, listenable or inventive.
Despite some glimpses of actually very good tunes, this just doesn't justify Taylor Swift being as big as she is.
It's okay for background music, which is how I ended up listening to it. It kind of sound like writing a ton of pop songs, trying to be inventive with a more country-esque sound but ending up sounding like some mediocre hits from the 90s with better production. In my opinion, this is at her best when she embraces being a pop star with a more electronic image. «Gold rush» is brilliant, «Long story short» is catchy, and there are some ballads. But the whole cottagecore thing feels more like a gimmic that drags the album down.
2
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Hotel California
Eagles
Sign 37 that I am getting ready to reproduce: I now enjoy The Eagles.
In all seriousness — this got so much! The melodic creaftmanship, great musicianship (the riff on Life in the Fast Lane is way to often overlooked), and the ability to craft a cohesive album that works as a whole. I will say that I am not huge on the title track, but listening to this proved that is probably just a result of it being excessively overplayed. Listening to this also shows why it is so overplayed, cause this is brilliant.
5
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Risque
CHIC
Why am I only now checking this out? These people manage to do more invention in 35 minutes than most do in a career. This is the First record on here that I wish was longer.
Great musicianship, production that’s almost unheard of and a concise package that never falters from being a danceable call to action for enjoying life.
5
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Mon Mar 18 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
At times run-of-the-mill blues rock, at times psychedelic and kinda progressive. All in all good listening experience.
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
There is a limit to how much bad you can say about this record. It was immensely influential, and for a good reason. The modal approach to improvisation as well as the very distinct cool sound ended up affecting all jazz and a lot of other music that came after. The solos are iconic, the songs are well crafted and ALL of the musicians went on to form jazz in their own ways.
The only negative is that I have heard it too many times to be blown away. This, however, gave me a chance to dig even more into the details of how great it truly is.
5
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Movies
Holger Czukay
Weird, wild and oddly beautiful… I like it!
4
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
Police are bad, m'kay?
3
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Another Green World
Brian Eno
Beautiful at times, corny at others! I like it, but mostly because it clearly hints at what was to come from Eno.
4
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Sat Mar 23 2024
The Yes Album
Yes
I knew for a fact that I adore this album, but this was a great excuse to revisit it.
And what an album this is. With a few longer pieces it is at the same time punchy, concise, explorative and vast in scope. The production sounds about five or so years ahead of its time. The musicianship is absolutley insane. If it hadn´t been for the strang guitar pieces in between, this could potentially be a perfect album (and those are not bad, just a bit odd). This is a blast that I need to revisit more often.
Perpetual Change is a new favourite track of mine.
5
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
Decent, listenable new wave pop, but not something I’ll revisit. One of many Talking Heads copies.
3
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Mon Mar 25 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
I want to like Radiohead, but it’s just not for me. Allthough there are some beautiful and thought provoking Tracks on here, must of it just doesn’t resonate with me. However, I can’t deny how influental this is.
3
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Turns out all you need to make Talking Heads my cup of tea is a bit of King Crimson in the mix.
All jokes aside, I feel like they're a band were I have mixed feelings about they're sound. However, for me it comes down to me enjoying the songs on here a bit more than the two previous albums.
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Dear Science
TV On The Radio
This is the most straight forward, and strangest album I've heard on here.
In terms of concept it is a bunch of regular pop songs following the AOR philosophy of having as many bangers on a record as possible. But stylistically, this is all over the place. At times I feel like turning it off, while at others I am feeling deeply touched.
The star rating reflect the album as a whole. To me, 4 stars mean I loved some and hated some of this. Also, it is pretty long, but that's just something we have to deal with as a consequence of the CD age.
4
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Abbey Road
Beatles
Great songwriting, but sonicly stuck in the past. Based on what Else happened this year, I don’t really get the hype.
3
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I love funk, I love rock, but can’t stand these guys music. They’re good musicians, I just disagree with their idea of what sounds good.
2
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
I don’t dislike it, but I do understand why rock n’ roll struggled with being talen seriouslly before the 60s. It’s a bunch of sexually changed 12 bar blues with sax solos, which is cool, but gets a bit much.
3
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
I am a tall, bearded man with a bald head and a love for powerlifting. And I absolutely adore this album — why on earth has nobody exposed me to this?
5
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
Just another meh album I couldn’t be bothered with finishing.
2
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Tue Apr 02 2024
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Wow! I thought Leonard Cohen wasn't for me, but I was wrong. This is so darkly atmospheric, I was happy it was raining outside while listening to it. The arrangements are sparse but it works wonderfully.
5
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Connected
Stereo MC's
It didn't bother me to turn it off, but I didn't focus too much on it. I feel it is best that way.
3
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Thu Apr 04 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles
Beautiful and atmospheric Americana. As a fan of musicals and modern classical music, there are some distinct harmonic influence from these places. I also love how it's not all corny story telling, but blending colourful instrumentation with sincere beauty of the musical composition. And the clarity of his lyrical delivery makes me ponder why this guy has become so forgotten.
4
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Treasure
Cocteau Twins
The cloudy, dreamy blanket of sound is a great gag that I enjoy from all of my heart. I can't name the different songs or how they differ, and I don't care. I still love this.
5
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Sat Apr 06 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
I was one of the kids who just nodded along when everybody was obssesed with Eminem in grade 2 or 3, thinking «not quite for me». I was a wise kid.
In all seroousness: It's well-produced and put together with a great delivery. It's just not something worth my time fifteen years after finishing elementary school.
2
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Sun Apr 07 2024
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
Ah, meh attempt at making every rnb clichee of the 2020s sound artsy by interjecting supposedly empowering samples that is just adding to objectification of women. So it basically fails at everything it’s doing, apart from sounding not terrible.
If it was only trying to be a collection of singles, it would have potential. On it and The Other Side is pretty cool, but not enough to save this mess.
2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
This is Maiden at their best! Energetic, Melodic, lyrically epic and flat out metal.
5
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Beautiful, nothing else to say!
5
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
A nice take on the americana singer-songwriter tradition, with beautfull arrangements and a few rockers. It did not carry my attention all the way through, but its still a good album that I'll give a re-listen.
3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
You can´t compensate for your own mediocre musiciansship and creative imagination by hiring an arranger and a orchestra...
2
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
Obviously influenced by papa Fela, but an amazing rendition of the style. It suffers a bit under being part of the CD age's obsession with filling every single second of disk memory, but I honestly don't mind too much. I just view it as a package of energetic afrobeat, with a ton of songs that sound similar but raise different issues regarding the West African experience in a time where that was sorely needed.
4
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Sat Apr 13 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
This is a pretty interessting album, given that it serves as a connection between bebop and the following cool jazz. Some of it is pure bop, some of it is miles ahead of its time (ba-dum-tss).
4
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Sun Apr 14 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
Alternative title: The White Stripes parodies the 1960s for an hour, and creates the most obnoxious guitar riff in the process.
It has a few moments of beauty, but come on…
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Another album that’s better than its mediocre hits! At its best it’s grooving and beautiful — at its worst it’s Billy Corgan complaining on top of guitar noise.
3
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Illmatic
Nas
I am not a huge hip hop fan but this is a brilliant example of the times when hiphop really resonates with me: Politically charged and interesting lyrics, as well as intricate beats with creative use of samples. This is brilliant!
4
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Solid Air
John Martyn
Beautiful, Interesting, but a bit to mumbly!
4
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Thu Apr 18 2024
I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
The bad thing about this not being on Spotify, is I have to listen on YouTube and have it being interrupted by ads.
As for the music, its atmospheric and beautiful. It becomes a bit repetitive, but at the same time being contained enough with a short runtime.
3
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
I'm Norwegian and I love music from the 1980s, but this doesn't hit me as much as I want it to.
That being said, I want to judge this album objectively. All though it relies on my least favorite tropes from the eigthties (dorky synth sounds and lackluster ballads), this is still an insane leap from the other stuff going on in Norway at that time. On a world wide level, it´s still able to put a distinct period to the early synth pop movement. And the main strength of this is clearly melodies — there being three iconic singles on here, and those doesn't even include the best song in my opinion, goes to show that they wrote great songs. I just don't agree with everything they did in arranging those songs.
However, The Sun Always Shines on TV and Living a Boy's Adventure Tale are pretty awesome.
3
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Sat Apr 20 2024
Raw Power
The Stooges
Rather dull at length, but no denying this was influental as hell.
2
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Sun Apr 21 2024
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Cool, but I like the E Street Band too much.
3
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Mon Apr 22 2024
The Stooges
The Stooges
Proto-punky acid trip… Kinda weird, kinda boring. Wouldn’t be on here if it was any other band.
2
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
This is an absolutly ridiculous album! The opening track is one of my favourites, and the remainder where no less positively surprising. Zappas guitar solos gets a bit masturbatory at times, but his eclectic composition and arranging more than makes up for it. A lot of his guitar playing is also quite tasty, which is more than can be said about many players.
4
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
King Crimson — do I need to say more?
5
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Back to Mystery City
Hanoi Rocks
The album art makes me cringe a bit, but these guys from Finland are right on top of the developments of Glam Metal. As someone who grew up loving Glam Metal (and still listen to it occasionally), I can't deny that this made me bop my head.
Observation: When your rhythm guitarist is called Nasty Suicide, it shows how tough these guys thought they were. That's pretty funny forty years after.
4
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
I appreciate the groove, but it gets a bit monotonous. If they Could have written a few more tunes like «This Love» I wouldn’t mind
3
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Sat Apr 27 2024
Dookie
Green Day
It's punk, just played by actual musicians, which is pretty cool! Sadly, I'm too young to feel nostalgic about it and too old for it to resonate with me. However, it did resonate with me when I was younger and I still get why it did.
4
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Sun Apr 28 2024
Spiderland
Slint
Dark and mysterious — didn’t quite fit my mood, but will revisit.
3
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Mon Apr 29 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Cool consept, but it gets slightly tiring! Probably works better in a club when you're high as a kite.
3
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Some cool guitar stuff, but he can do better!
3
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Wed May 01 2024
Graceland
Paul Simon
I appreciate this, but it is not always my thing. Also Paul Simon stole credit for the songwriting on this one from the guest artist, but that’s just him being a dick. Now that I think about it: This would actually be a pretty cool record without Paul Simon.
3
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Thu May 02 2024
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
Going into this with low expectaitions, but being surprised! The beats are fresh sounding and organic like a farmers market in spring. The lyrics aare as far away from a farmers market as you can get, but impactful on a level that's sadly too rare in hip hop of that era. It does drag a bit, and would probably be a five star album had it been 30-45 minutes.
4
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Fri May 03 2024
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Great, interesting arrangements and musicianship. A bit monotonous, but will revisit.
4
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Sat May 04 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
I enjoy the concept and use of samples, but there is a bit too much filler.
4
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Sun May 05 2024
Destroyer
KISS
Nostalgic revisit! The songs are strong, if not always mindblowing. In addition, this is a clear example of where glam rock becomes glam metal, which shows how influental this turnes out to be.
4
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Mon May 06 2024
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Melodic record that would somtimes benefit from a bit less acid.
3
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Tue May 07 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Beautiful musicianship, while extraordinarily down to earth. This amazing little album brings you into a true live experience, which contains as much charming personality as wonderful music.
5
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Wed May 08 2024
First Band On The Moon
The Cardigans
What´s up with swedes and creating beautiful melodies? This is brilliant!
4
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Thu May 09 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
I was expecting to dislike this album, but put it on in the background! «This is probablly just another overhyped depressed junkie with a guitar and an undeserved record deal».
At some point I started to wonder «Hmm, this sounds very different than what I expected». By the end I had to put all my focus into this, and it revealed itself to be absolutely beautiful. Then I looked at the personell involved, and I was mindblown. This has both Brecker Brothers, Steve Winwood, Bob Ezrin, Tony Levin AND Jack Bruce on it?
Upon my second listening, I now realize that I am a complete idiot. This is beautifully arranged and performed. At times it sounds fresher than anything else of the day, which goes to show Ezrin's talent for production. The album drags a bit in the middle, but never so much that it would be better off if anything was removed. There are things that don't always resonate with my aesthetic preferences, but most of the album hits me straight in the heart.
I know need to revisit every single «overhyped depressed junkie with a guitar», which is far too many for me to list here.
4
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Fri May 10 2024
Shadowland
k.d. lang
This album having less than 3 star average while Radiohead is being praised all around shows the nihilistic down hill society finds itself in. We need more glorious cowboy nostalgia in this world.
4
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Sat May 11 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Cool stuff that influenced a whole shitload of even cooler stuff!
4
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Sun May 12 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Having an industrial noise rock tune from a depressive album like this become a sex anthem is a pretty good job.
4
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Mon May 13 2024
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
50 Cent
This album sounds expensive and all, but it ain't for me. In my ears it just sounds like a producer spent a lot of money having 50 Cent talk about bad life decisions and putting an interessting but mostly monotonous collection of samples in the background.
2
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Tue May 14 2024
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
I honestly can't imagine anyone not liking this album! It's beautifully orchestrated and amazingly performed by band as well as the queen herself. Listening to this 56 years after its release, it sounds mindblowingly timeless. Apart from slightly better microphones today, this sounds like it could hit just as hard today.
5
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Wed May 15 2024
Garbage
Garbage
Even though this is part of a tradition I usually actively dislike (cynical Gen X bands who spent more time figuring out their image than their music), I can not deny that this is both clearly influential and pretty listenable.
4
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Thu May 16 2024
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Why does everybody talk about The Sex Pistols? These guys can actually play!
4
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Fri May 17 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
The cooler the sample, the cooler these guys are.
3
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Sat May 18 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
I prefer «In the Stone», and I feel like this is 1001 albums trying to sneak in some Yatch Rock while still feeling cool. But come on, this is still amazing!
5
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Sun May 19 2024
m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Sometimes I get an album that doesn't fit my mood, even though I know its good.
This was the oposite case: I really needed some beautiful noise in my ears while doing monotonous tasks at work. However, it did go to autoplay and I didn't realize until I had heard five random songs from the same genre. So yeah, its not unique. I still like it though.
4
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Mon May 20 2024
Chris
Christine and the Queens
I love 80s pop too much to not like this! It is a bit on the dragging side, but a great listen all in all.
4
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Tue May 21 2024
Amnesiac
Radiohead
I really want to like Radiohead, I really do... But holy shit, this is depressing. I know it is unique and important for musical development. Problem is that music developed into a bicycle without brakes rolling down a really steap hill.
2
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Wed May 22 2024
I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
This is moody in all the best possible ways.
4
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Thu May 23 2024
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
One of the better albums I've heard from a decade and set of genres I don't really care too much for. Crosby's songwriting is brilliant, and the others are enjoyable. Also pretty cool to see two South African jazz legends on here.
4
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Fri May 24 2024
Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
This was a wild ride! It didn't quite fit my mood, but definitivly worth a listen.
3
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Sat May 25 2024
Ramones
Ramones
I have never tried hard drugs, but I imagine listening to 14 songs in 29 minutes is somewhat reminiscent of doing cocaine.
Anyways, iconic record!
4
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Sun May 26 2024
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Great guitar player — need to revisit this when walking in the woods!
3
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Mon May 27 2024
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
This is basically The Beatles, just with better production gear. That's great and all, but they struggle to bring anything new to the table.
4
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Tue May 28 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Funk and beauty — all in one!
4
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Wed May 29 2024
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Come on, its Aretha Franklin!
5
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Thu May 30 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters was a central part of my musical upbringing! There are some early signs of the greatness that is to come, but they are still lacking in the song structures and dynamics within each piece — both being central aspects of the band at their best.
3
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Fri May 31 2024
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
This is the kind of stuff where I respect and appreciate the artistic idea, but I can't imagine a time where I would listen to it. Going to a show — sure. But listening to it on record...
3
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Sat Jun 01 2024
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Don't really need to listen to this, but if you insist!
5
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Sun Jun 02 2024
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
The playing is interesting and it creates an intriguing dark mood. But I am having a pretty good day, so not quite my taste.
3
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Mon Jun 03 2024
Queen II
Queen
As a fan of prog and Queens hits, I should love it!
However, I feel like the dynamic range of Queens pop hits is lacking here. So is the adventurous writing of the prog greats. The album lacks dramaturgical developement and sadly ends up sounding just like most stuff in the early 70s — straight grooves, standarized guitar playing and lyrically focused vocals.
I don't really dislike any of these things. However, it just seems disapointing when Queen is doing something more prog-like. The sad thing is that parts of the album is brilliant. Father and Son, Ogre Battle, and Seven Seas of Rhye are all great. Funny How love is and Some day One day are also beautiful at times. But this is also where they try to explore things that separate them from other rockers of the time. Sadly most of this album is relying to heavy on rock tropes that were already explored before this record. Queen did the tropes well, but the album ends up feeling very «meh».
3
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Tue Jun 04 2024
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
I aknowledge that this is good and all — its just not my thang.
3
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Wed Jun 05 2024
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
So this is what you get when you combine a bunch of young intellectual types, synthesizers and a liberal national drug policy? Sounds pretty neat.
Also: Thumbs up for basically inventing a new genre, and being an influence on everything that came after it.
4
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Thu Jun 06 2024
The Healer
John Lee Hooker
Apart from the opening track, this just sounds like the same stuff he was doing in the 40s, just with better gear.
3
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Fri Jun 07 2024
Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Undeniably amazing voice, but slightly more mature than the rock n roll from the 50s. And he's got the musicians to back him up — Scotty Moore is one of the criminally underrated guitar players of music history.
4
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Sat Jun 08 2024
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
After 28 years of being a human, spending 5 of those years studying for a Master's in Musicology, I finally had my first pleasant experience of Radiohead.
It's still depressive and all, but at least this wasn't an overrated waste of time. It is actually almost as interesting as people say the other records are supposed to be.
It's still way too long though.
4
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Sun Jun 09 2024
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Punk made by people who can actually play and write… Pretty cool indeed!
4
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Mon Jun 10 2024
Medúlla
Björk
Weird, but not really bad
3
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Tue Jun 11 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
Dark, heavy and grooving… Did not expect to like this album as much as I did!
4
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Wed Jun 12 2024
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
I feel like this could be a piece of seamless background music, which has its purpose. That is until you get the spiritual pompous MC-style babling on top.
3
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Thu Jun 13 2024
Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
Why is this record so hated on? It's a little bit dated in its production, but the performance and arrangements are glorious!
5
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Fri Jun 14 2024
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
A part from a few cool sax solos, this is pretty annoying.
2
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Sat Jun 15 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Straight up rock and roll, well done — nothing fancy, and it doesnt have to be!
4
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Sun Jun 16 2024
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
Luckily they got better
2
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Mon Jun 17 2024
Night Life
Ray Price
This is giving me serious David Lynch vibes — I love it!
4
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Tue Jun 18 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Some of the tunes drag on for a bit too long, but come on… This is Curtid Mayfield! Beautifully orchestrated with simple measures, and a vocal that Prince just ripped off (Prince is still awesome though).
4
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Wed Jun 19 2024
The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
The production on this is so dated and it's a pitty, cause I sort of like what they've written.
3
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Thu Jun 20 2024
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
This is almost good!
The songs are well structured, but they're stuck in basic chords and melodies.
The lead guitar playing is interesting, but the guitar sound is horrible.
The lyrics are great and audible, but sang in a monotonous voice that I can't stand.
And they don't solve most of these problems until the last song!
3
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Fri Jun 21 2024
Nowhere
Ride
Beautiful collection of pretty noise — I don't mind that at all!
3
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Sat Jun 22 2024
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Almost forgot Kanye is an immensley talented producer… This is outstanding!
5
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Sun Jun 23 2024
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Interesting avant-garde pop! There are very few instances where I listen to this stuff, but I do like it
3
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Mon Jun 24 2024
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
This is pretty cool!
3
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Tue Jun 25 2024
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Hip hop is my lowest rated genre, but holy smokes this is great! More progressive rap please — and some mental health care for Kanye, while you're at it.
5
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Wed Jun 26 2024
D
White Denim
Old school rock n'roll!
3
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Thu Jun 27 2024
Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Despite it becoming a bit of a novelty at times, I enjoy this! Harmonically exciting, lushly arranged and full of a old school cabaret aesthetic that I really like in a strange sort of way. If he wrote a novel in the same aesthetic, I would probablly rate that 5 stars.
(I deeply dislike the cover though)
4
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Fri Jun 28 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
The only bad thing about this is the endless copycats that have tried to copy it. But this is gold!
5
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Sat Jun 29 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Not my thing, but an iconic hit parade nevertheless!
3
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Sun Jun 30 2024
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
Yeah, doing drugs don't make you worthy of an album.
2
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Mon Jul 01 2024
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
The song ideas are interessting, and somewhat decently executed. But the vocals…
3
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Tue Jul 02 2024
1989
Taylor Swift
So this is basically a synthwave record with a few mediocre singles put into the mix… I enjoy the synthwave part though, and I now finally understand the hype: Taylor Swift exposes people that have no interest in music to her version of great pop music styles. Sadly, quite a few of this people are music critics.
3
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Wed Jul 03 2024
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Am I the only one that think this sounds like Morty from the sci-fi animated show in a garage band?
3
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Thu Jul 04 2024
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Educational and inspiring — words I reerely use about records on here!
4
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Fri Jul 05 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Probably the most fun I’ve had listening to a woman being pissed off.
5
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Sat Jul 06 2024
Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Feels like what you'd hear in a quite town around 1875!
3
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Sun Jul 07 2024
Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Making funk sophisticated, jazz accesible and inspiring the ecclectism of the decade to come! Brilliant!
5
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Mon Jul 08 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
The best example of a musical legacy where a vocalists personal life and his music is best separated!
5
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Tue Jul 09 2024
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
Riffy Rock n roll that you want to have a beer with! I dig it!
4
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Wed Jul 10 2024
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Bossa magic! Not an every day kind of thing, but definitivley perfect when the occasion requires it
4
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Thu Jul 11 2024
Dog Man Star
Suede
This is basically the better version of pretentious glam indie that tortured the 90s and 2000s. Not too bad.
3
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Fri Jul 12 2024
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
I kind of understand the appeal for people trying to rebel against over-produced perfectionist music. But it's not for me.
2
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Sat Jul 13 2024
Rio
Duran Duran
Just about everything that was good about the 80s — catchy choruses, exciting arrangements, eclectic writing and beautiful musicians with great chops.
5
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Thu Jul 18 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
They are basically what Beatles would have sounded like with American passports.
3
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Fri Jul 19 2024
Dirty
Sonic Youth
This is the kind of thing that I fully respect and kind of respect as an artistic expression, but being a somewhat well-functioning and generally optimistic adult makes me never listen to this.
3
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Sat Jul 20 2024
Heroes
David Bowie
First half is the epitome of what inspired the next generation of dad rock (90s and 00s bands going back to their roots), second half is refreshing «rock musician tries going experimental».
I don´t dislike this album, but why on earth does everyone talk about Bowie? He was talented, but not that talented.
3
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Sun Jul 21 2024
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
Not quite my type of nostalgia.
2
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Mon Jul 22 2024
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
Dylan doing the blues is cool, but not for an hour and 12 minutes.
3
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Tue Jul 23 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
On being questioned if I prefer The Stones or The Beatles, I always want to say Stones. They wrote some of the most iconic songs of the sixties, and I would say they were more daring than their british counter part.
However, that's due to their hits — Gimme Shelter, Satisfaction, Sympathy for the Devil and Paint it Black. Beyon that, they are just a meh bluesy rock band. I just wish that they put as much effort into every single song, as they did in their singles.
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Wed Jul 24 2024
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Imagine how I felt finding the live version of «Do You Feel Like We Do?» on YouTube when I was 13, right as I started playing guitar. I mean, just the transition from the talkbox part to the solo — holy shit!
And then a full album of stuff like that!
Yeah, this is awesome!
5
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Thu Jul 25 2024
Kenza
Khaled
Fun crossover album, and now I want to check out more Algerian music! This is why I love 1001albums!
(But why on earth did they have to put Imagine on this album)
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Fri Jul 26 2024
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
This album swings from meh to wow the whole way through! The more orchestral tracks are clear 4 or 5 star tracks, but the heavier stuff ain't for me (not in general, I love heavy stuff, but just not Skunk Anansie's heavy stuff).
3