Jan 04 2024
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Parklife
Blur
Not for me tbh. Too british
3
Jan 07 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Great song! Wait, wtf, this is an album?
3
Jan 10 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Great actually? Damn.
4
Jan 12 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
stroking my shit rn. 4.5/5
5
Jan 13 2024
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
I listened to the first half or so. Clocks good
3
Jan 17 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
This is really fucking ugly so far but I really like the guitar lines on Albatross. Almost hypnotic. The Suit is standard punk subject matter but it sounds as boring as what it’s describing and it works. Most other songs I checked out of tbh. I I’ve never heard a Sex Pistols or PIL album prior to this so I don’t have a reference point but this was alright.
3
Jan 19 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
A lot of the songs themselves feel sort of aimless, and even with some great string sections I can’t help but feel like something’s missing. Bjork’s delivery is very drawn out which takes away from the drive that this album could’ve had. And tbh it’s hard for my ADHD ass to stay engaged when she sings about her breakup at a third of the pace that even most pop singers manage. But her voice is still great and the strings are beautiful. Still very worth a listen. Homogenic and Vespertine are still obviously better but I’d say this is around the level of Biophilia, which I’d much recommend if you haven’t heard before.
Favs: Stonemilker, Quicksand
4
Jan 20 2024
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Much better than today’s talentless “mumbo” rappers. Bring back that old-school hippity hip-hop! #thewesthasfallen
4
Jan 24 2024
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Third
Soft Machine
Vibes I think. No lyrics in rock songs is always kind of a turn off for me but I’m kind of grateful for it here since the guy’s voice is really pathetic and annoying. But it’s funny so I’ll give it a pass. I really don’t like how all the drums are panned to the right the entire time. It’s really distracting and grating after a while. Nevermind, it’s not really vibes
2
Jan 28 2024
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Drunk
Thundercat
This album SOUNDS like Adult Swim. It’d probably be a 5 for me if some songs were extended a little bit. Jethro, Where I’m Going, Inferno, the title track. All of them sound like they still have some steam in them but get prematurely cut short before they can really go somewhere. I don’t mind if it gets the run time to over an hour. I saw Thundercat live and he knows how to do a solo. Hell, it can go to 2 hours and I still wouldn’t mind that much.
4
Feb 09 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
🗣️🔥
💪👔🎤
👞👞
4
Feb 10 2024
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21
Adele
I’m just gonna rate it as close as I can to the average since I didn’t listen the whole way through. I’ve been exposed to this album’s hits ever since I first listened to the radio, and I gained a newfound appreciation for Rolling in the Deep and Rumour Has It after actually paying attention to the lyrics. Both great songs imo. I stopped at Set Fire To the Rain and I still don’t really care for it. I never really fucked with Adele too much, but I’m glad that most of the hits actually deserved to be hits.
4
Feb 20 2024
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Feb 22 2024
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Nothing crazy, I didn’t really pay attention to the lyrics, but I didn’t mind it when it was on. I liked Paul Weller’s voice.
3
Feb 24 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Most 60s music generally hasn’t aged too well. Mainly, most songs that got any sort of radio play were under 3 minutes, and as a result I feel most of them are over before they’re fully realized. That’s why I never really fucked with The Beatles or The Beach Boys. Simon and Garfunkel run into the same problem, and it’s unfortunate since I like Sound of Silence. It sounds pretty nice, I don’t mind it when it’s on, but I don’t think I’ll ever revisit it.
3
Feb 26 2024
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Elvis if he was awesome:
4
Feb 27 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
Changing the channel.
3
Feb 29 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Very happy to have heard this the whole way through for the first time. Classic.
4
Mar 08 2024
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Under Construction
Missy Elliott
Timbaland and Missy Elliott MIGHT just be a better duo than Timbaland and AI Biggie.
4
Mar 10 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
I’m surprisingly unfamiliar with Bob Dylan’s discography, but after Highway 61 I know I need to do some digging. Like a Rolling Stone is genius and Ballad of a Thin Man is also a classic. I also appreciate how most songs are longer than 4 minutes. It really avoids the pitfall that most 60s albums suffered from of not being fleshed out enough.
4
Mar 12 2024
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
While most were extremely positive, I just wanted to provide a response of sorts against some of the more critical reviews, to put it lightly. There are some who disapprove of the sex and violence Kendrick portrays on this record, as well as his frequent usage of “bitch”. I understand why they’re offended, and as a big rap fan, even though I’ve just had to accept it to a degree, it’s still very justifiably off putting to so many.
However, while I can’t say for certain, seeing as most of the reviews seem to come from after a first listen, these complaints arise from a very surface-level understanding of the album. People hear guns, dick-measuring, and drug use and jump to conclusions about this album’s message and moral character. But that could not be further from the truth. good kid, mAAd city is a complete indictment of the gang violence, hypersexuality and addiction that he was surrounded by growing up in Compton. That’s the reason why all his friends die on the track mAAd city, why he mourns on Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst, and why he turns to Jesus to cleanse his sins. Real is the realization that being gangsta isn’t what should make him a man, but rather, being there for his loved ones and giving up on the greed and hatred that his peers pressured him into.
Yes, this album is violent and misanthropic in its subject matter. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. At no point on this album does Kendrick talk down on his listeners or come off as preachy. Were this album just “gangs bad” or “drugs bad” without going into detail on exactly why, it would be extremely patronizing. Kendrick Lamar is better than that. And not to mention these beats are great, and Kendrick’s flow and lyricism are exactly on point. Absolutely one of the best rappers of today, if not of all time.
5
Mar 15 2024
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Abbey Road
Beatles
beatles good
4
Mar 26 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
I’ll put wires in your jaw like Kanye
5
Apr 04 2024
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Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
4
Apr 05 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
3
Apr 12 2024
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Illmatic
Nas
Super fucking chill. Very nearly a 5 for me
4
Apr 13 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
I have now acquired a taste for freeform jazz.
4
Apr 15 2024
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
I’ve studied with this on in the background multiple times, and I loved it every time.
5
Apr 16 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
I wish listening to MBDTF didn’t financially contribute to Ye with all the bullshit he spews on the daily, even if it is just fractions of a cent on streaming. Because this album really is amazing. Power and All Of The Lights will forever be unreal bangers. Runaway will still manage to make me cry 10 years from now. Lost in the World is beautiful, powerful and soulful. Ye and his collaborators (except maybe Jay-Z) did an excelllent job portraying the lows that they still face at the top of the world. The isolation, the lack of loyalty, the ridiculous expectations. The production is obviously stellar as well. If you can put aside your reservations about Kanye West the man, you’ll find that Kanye West the artist’s greatest work is one of the best albums of the 21st century.
5
Apr 17 2024
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The Undertones
The Undertones
3
Apr 19 2024
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
I was pretty indifferent to much of this album. I found it pretty repetitive and it blended into the background. But I do appreciate how it made the effort to at least explain traditional Indian music to western audiences. Even if I don’t revisit it, this was still a very valuable look into a culture that I as an American never really interacted with.
3
Apr 23 2024
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
May 01 2024
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Low
David Bowie
4
May 18 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
4
May 26 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
I feel like I’m missing something honestly. I need to give this especially another listen. I want to love this the same way all the critics do. I wanna understand why this is the new t-shirt album.
3
May 28 2024
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
I need to give this another listen. I feel as if there’s still much more to unpack. Great listen, soothing, intimate, yet somewhat chilling. We lost Nick Drake way too soon. To anyone reading this who’s struggling: it does get better. Your problems are likely temporary, but suicide is permanent. Save yourself, and love yourself today, right now.
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