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Tue Jan 02 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
I liked this more than I would have thought. I only knew the singles but the rest was surprisingly solid. It peters out a little towards the end. I prefer princes version of when you were mine. I give 3/5.
3
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Wed Jan 03 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Not for me. I didn’t like it in the 90s but legitimately gave it another shot. I’ll give it a start for creating this vibe of music but it sure did inspire a lot of really terrible music in its wake. This album makes me uncomfortable, much like the kids who listened it in my junior high.
2
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Thu Jan 04 2024
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
I came into this only knowing We Are Family which is perhaps its curse. There were some really great disco grooves but it always left me wanting more. At its best it still felt like wedding music. It’s like the yacht rock of disco, yacht disco? It’s really a 3.5/5 and I can’t round up because I’ve assigned 4 stars to meaning I’m going out of my way to listen again later and this doesn’t quite break through.
3
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Solid, would listen to again
4
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
I listened to this when it came out and preferred their previous albums. I came in open minded to see if some time changed my opinion, but it didn’t. There are some high highs but I often found myself just waiting for the next good song.
3
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Tue Jan 09 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel
I was only familiar with the greatest hits from this album, but the rest was pretty good to you. I’ll probably wouldn’t put this on independently, but I wouldn’t object if somebody else suggested it.
3
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
Since starting this project, this was the first artist and album I hadn’t heard of. I wish it had stayed that way. There wasn’t much I could find enjoyable. I was ready for it to end and I had no appetite to give it another try.
1
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Thu Jan 11 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
I very much enjoyed the blusey tracks. There were a few skippers but overall quite good.
4
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
I had never heard of this artis before and I very much enjoyed it. Interesting trivia was he was married to Miriam Makeba. This was a long album so I need to listen more but 4 stars because I can’t wait to listen again.
4
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Tapestry
Carole King
I had never heard of this artis before and I very much enjoyed it. Interesting trivia was he was married to Miriam Makeba. This was a long album so I need to listen more but 4 stars because I can’t wait to listen again.
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
5
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Wed Jan 17 2024
The Score
Fugees
Wow this takes me back to a certain time and place. That time is middle school and that place is Mikey's bedroom, playing SNES Mario Kart and listening to the Fugee's CD he stole from his older sister. I don't think I've heard it since then. Upon re-listen its still quite good, maybe even better than I remember, which makes me wonder why I don't ever just happen upon it. But I also realize I'm unlikely to keep playing it after today. Perhaps its doomed to be stuck in the mid-90s...
4
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Thu Jan 18 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
I struggle with how to rate this album. I don’t love it but it’s probably worth including something from this phase of his career and I guess this would be the one? I can’t help but to suspect that people’s obsession with his cover of “Hurt” has propelled this album further than it otherwise deserves.
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
If you haven't heard Tom Waits before, this might be a tough listen. It took me a few tries over a few years to soften to this sound but once you settle into its uneasiness you can get lost in the world he creates. If you're curious but not sold, try Rain Dogs and come back. 4.5/5 well actually 4.6/5 so I can round up. You probably won't listen on repeat but definitely worth a listen, (and come back periodically to re-visit) it's worth the effort.)
5
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Snoop is one of the best of all time. Great Gfunk vibes. The skits and interludes are stale and some of the content is cringey but the overall a fun listen.
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I love this album. It has some of the energy and attitude of punk but without the music or over simplicity and sloppiness. Great from start to finish.
5
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
I didn't love this. I would occasionally find myself getting lost in a groove but then the vocals would distract me. I can't see myself dancing to this or it playing in a bar/restaurant or even seeing this live.
2
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Ugh, this was a chore to finish. Bad 80s synth and covers, I didn’t even like the Bowie collaboration.
1
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
I know how important people think this album is and at time I can get lost in the sound. Its a little slow and repetitive and some of the songs could be shorter or would benefit from changes in tempo.
4
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
I got a speeding ticket on the way to work and another one on the way home while listening to this album. I loved this as a teenager and it is still fun to listen to now. High energy, you can feel the rage. The guitars are amazing. I rate this album 5 middle fingers.
5
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley
I had some friends in college that were obsessed with this album but he just doesn't do it for me.
I clearly hear the emotion that he is feeling but I guess since my heart can't comprehend that emotion my ears can't enjoy his delivery
1
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Great voice, some really wonderful tunes, I'm not sure how this guy didn't really make it on my radar. Contemporaries of Sam Cooke and Ray Charles I guess, as he referenced them on "Can't Nobody Love You" but doesn't seem to have the same recognition. That should change.
5
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I knew the band and the singles but had never listened to this album. It has a cohesive sound and felt like I was in a bayou.
5
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
5
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Eagles
Eagles
2
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
2
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Sat Feb 03 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
5
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
Solid live album. “Oh baby I love your way” cost it at least 0.5 stars.
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
The Coral
The Coral
This album was alright but I’m not sure it is listworthy.
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
The highs are very high. A little inconsistent but overall definitely worth a listen.
4
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
3
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Thu Feb 08 2024
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
Rockin! Enjoyed this way more than expected. The sound quality is a little lacking but I understand this was 1981. You have the feeling of being there an the speed and energy of the music is incredible.
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
The Gilded Palace Of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers
I didn’t like this at first but it grew on me with a few listens. I probably won’t put this in heavy rotation but I would definitely come back to it at some point.
3
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
I have not historically been a fan of Clapton and his various projects but I'm older now and more patient with this project. For me, this album benefited from a few listens. It's a good blend of blues rock and psychedelia. I prefer "Sunshine of Your Love" in the context of this album way more than the classic rock radio stations of my childhood.
3
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
1
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Abbey Road
Beatles
What can I say that hasn’t already be said. This is a great album start to finish. Even the less popular songs are great and fit well with the others. This album can be enjoyed in heavy rotation.
5
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Homework
Daft Punk
I know their more recent alumna but had never listened to this before. It’s alright I guess. Toward the end of the album I thought to myself, “that was pretty good,” while not realizing I was less than halfway finished. It really drags on. Perhaps if I was listening to this while dancing in France in 1997 I would have enjoyed it more.
2
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
Weird in a really enjoyable way for the most part. There are some songs in the middle that lose me but the highs are so fun I can listen to this album repetitively. 3.75/5
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Pelican West
Haircut 100
Sometimes it sounded like Orange Juice and I liked that. Other times the sounded like XTC and I liked that. Even sometimes they did the chucka-chucka-chucka guitar strumming like Chic and I really liked that. But unfortunately I didn’t like the rest. Perhaps I just couldn’t get over how bad the bands name is.
2
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
It took me a few lessons, but once I softened to the sound/noise I started to enjoy it
3
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Sat Feb 17 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Solid
4
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Zombie
Fela Kuti
5
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
I’m surprised by this. I would consider myself an Elton John fan but I didn’t love this album aside from the tracks on his greatest hits. Bennie and the Jets is an all time great though.
3
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Ramones
Ramones
14 songs in 29 minutes! Before I could formulate an opinion the album was over. All I know is I played air guitar and drums the whole time.
5
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Being There
Wilco
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
2
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I enjoyed this on my first listen and planned on giving it 4 stars but I ended up listening to it another 4 or 5 times and enjoying it more each time. I think this Costello fellow might be on to something.
5
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Sat Feb 24 2024
S&M
Metallica
1
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Central Reservation
Beth Orton
Probably good for what it is, just not my vibe.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
4
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Son of a preacher man is an all time great song but the rest of the album didn’t do it for me.
2
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Pretty good from start to finish, nothing really bad or skippable. On one hand there is a cohesive spurs though out the album but on the other hand it an all be boiled down into the single’ “Highway to Hell.” That song is top tier and everything else just fails to reach it.
3
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
4
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Picture Book
Simply Red
1
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Chris
Christine and the Queens
2
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Sail Away
Randy Newman
4
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
4
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
I struggled deciding between 4 and 5. There are a handful of excellent songs and the rest are good but not great. BUT the excellent songs are so excellent I think it pulls up the average enough to round up to 5. I knew he died young but only 22 years of age, wow.
5
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
3
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
2
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Fri Mar 15 2024
The Next Day
David Bowie
4
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Sun Mar 17 2024
I See You
The xx
2
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Mon Mar 18 2024
A Northern Soul
The Verve
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
2
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
4
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Quiet Life
Japan
3
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
1
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Crazysexycool
TLC
2
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
3
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
4
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Thu Mar 28 2024
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
4
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
4
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Sat Mar 30 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
4
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
5
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Arrival
ABBA
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
1
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
1
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
5
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Sat Apr 06 2024
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
3
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
4
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Tue Apr 09 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
5
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Survivor
Destiny's Child
2
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
1
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
1
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Sat Apr 13 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
5
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Mon Apr 15 2024
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
4
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
4
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Fri Apr 19 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica
1
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Sat Apr 20 2024
In Utero
Nirvana
3
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Sun Apr 21 2024
Boston
Boston
5
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
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Wed Apr 24 2024
evermore
Taylor Swift
2
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Truth
Jeff Beck
3
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Fri Apr 26 2024
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
3
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Sat Apr 27 2024
Van Halen
Van Halen
4
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Sun Apr 28 2024
Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
4
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
4
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
5
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Wed May 01 2024
Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
3
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Thu May 02 2024
Traffic
Traffic
2
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Fri May 03 2024
Closer
Joy Division
3
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Sat May 04 2024
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
5
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Sun May 05 2024
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
2
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Mon May 06 2024
Very
Pet Shop Boys
3
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Tue May 07 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
4
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Wed May 08 2024
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
5
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Thu May 09 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
5
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Fri May 10 2024
Viva Hate
Morrissey
3
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Sat May 11 2024
1999
Prince
4
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Sun May 12 2024
Group Sex
Circle Jerks
4
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Mon May 13 2024
Autobahn
Kraftwerk
4
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Tue May 14 2024
My Generation
The Who
4
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Wed May 15 2024
1989
Taylor Swift
5
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Thu May 16 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
4
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Fri May 17 2024
Selling England By The Pound
Genesis
3
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Sat May 18 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
2
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Sun May 19 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
5
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Mon May 20 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
4
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Tue May 21 2024
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
5
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Wed May 22 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
1
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Thu May 23 2024
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
2
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Fri May 24 2024
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4
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Sat May 25 2024
Queen II
Queen
4
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Sun May 26 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
2
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Mon May 27 2024
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
3
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Tue May 28 2024
Is This It
The Strokes
5
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Wed May 29 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
2
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Thu May 30 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
3
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Fri May 31 2024
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
1
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Sat Jun 01 2024
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
5
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Sun Jun 02 2024
Scott 2
Scott Walker
2
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Mon Jun 03 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
4
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Tue Jun 04 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
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Wed Jun 05 2024
Trafalgar
Bee Gees
3
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Thu Jun 06 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
5
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Fri Jun 07 2024
Moving Pictures
Rush
4
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Sat Jun 08 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
5
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Sun Jun 09 2024
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
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Mon Jun 10 2024
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
2
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Tue Jun 11 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
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Wed Jun 12 2024
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
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Thu Jun 13 2024
Odelay
Beck
4
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Fri Jun 14 2024
LP1
FKA twigs
1
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Sat Jun 15 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
5
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Sun Jun 16 2024
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
5
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Mon Jun 17 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
4
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Tue Jun 18 2024
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
5
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Wed Jun 19 2024
A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
4
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Thu Jun 20 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
3
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Fri Jun 21 2024
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
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Sat Jun 22 2024
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
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Sun Jun 23 2024
Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
2
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Mon Jun 24 2024
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
5
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Tue Jun 25 2024
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
3
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Wed Jun 26 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
2
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Thu Jun 27 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
2
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Fri Jun 28 2024
Woodface
Crowded House
1
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Sat Jun 29 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Sun Jun 30 2024
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
4
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Mon Jul 01 2024
Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
3
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Tue Jul 02 2024
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
5
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Wed Jul 03 2024
Scott 4
Scott Walker
3
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Thu Jul 04 2024
You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
4
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Fri Jul 05 2024
Let's Get Killed
David Holmes
2
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Sat Jul 06 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
4
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Sun Jul 07 2024
Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
1
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Mon Jul 08 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
2
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Tue Jul 09 2024
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
5
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Wed Jul 10 2024
Street Life
The Crusaders
2
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Thu Jul 11 2024
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
1
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Fri Jul 12 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
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Sat Jul 13 2024
Mothership Connection
Parliament
3
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Sun Jul 14 2024
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
3
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Mon Jul 15 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
4
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Tue Jul 16 2024
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
2
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Wed Jul 17 2024
KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
2
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Thu Jul 18 2024
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
2
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Fri Jul 19 2024
Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
2
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Sat Jul 20 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
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Sun Jul 21 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
1
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Mon Jul 22 2024
Roots
Sepultura
2
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Tue Jul 23 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
2
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Wed Jul 24 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
3
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Thu Jul 25 2024
Follow The Leader
Korn
1