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Thu Jan 04 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Probably the best Jazz album I have listened to
5
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Fri Jan 05 2024
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
5
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Mon Jan 08 2024
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
If Jack Johnson was slower and sadder.
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
Doolittle
Pixies
The inspiration behind bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, and Weezer. Like many forms of art, they may have been the first to do it, but they are not the best to do it.
3
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I was expecting an electronic dance album only knowing their song "Heads Will Roll" (and all of it's remixes). It feels more punk inspired than anything else.
I started out slow with this album, but it really grew on me by Black Tongue. I came around on it, and a few songs will be added to the rotation. Maps is definitely the standout song!
P.S. Yeah Yeah Yeahs is a great name for this band as they love repeating words in their songs.
4
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
This is a tough one for me because I can appreciate the genius Stevie Wonder, but I don't think I will ever go out of my way to listen to him. I would say this is good album, but it's not for me.
A few things to note though:
-Higher Ground is originally by Stevie Wonder not RHCP
-The arrest scene in Living for the City was wild!
-This feels like an important African American album especially in the early 70's
-I will never be able to hear Don't You Worry Bout A Thing without thinking about the arrest in Living for the City again.
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
A very unique sound. You always know when you're listening to Smashing Pumpkins. I feel like I should like them more, but every song sounds kinda the same. I don't know if that's a plus or a minus. There are three songs that I have heard before (Cherub Rock, Today, and Disarm) but I didn't realize they were all different songs. I thought Smashing Pumpkins was a one hit wonder.
One of the longer albums we've heard so far. Over an hour long.
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
1989
Taylor Swift
Tay...lor... Yeah!
Banger after banger. When a single album has this many hits how can you not give it 5 stars.
5
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
I don't know if a half hungover 2-hour drive home after a bachelor party is the best way to review an album, but this might have been the best album for this environment. No major standout songs. No real highs or lows. A steady enjoyable sound. That being said, when I want to listen to Fleetwood Mac I won't be coming here.
3
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
This album feels like a Key and Peele sketch.
Tom Waits (played by Peele) walks into the recording studio and talks to the recording manager (played by Key)
Manager: Come on it. Were glad to have you here. The band is all warmed up and were ready to go.
Tom Waits (speaking in a normal voice): Sounds great. Let's get started.
Tom begins singing like he's being tortured during the Spanish Inquisition and is quickly interrupted by the manager.
Manager: Ok..... that was great, but why don't we try it again with your normal voice.
Tom (normal voice): Not a problem. I love the feedback. Lets try again.
Tom sings in a high falsetto this time.
Manager: Stop! Let's try that again. Remember, we're paying the piano and saxophone player by the hour here.
Tom (normal voice): I completely understand.
Tom turns around and fires half the band leaving only the drums.
Manager sighs and looks down.
Tom begins singing like McGruff the Crime Dog on crack.
Manager: Fuck it. We recorded the band warming up earlier. We can just fill in the rest of the album with that and some background chatter.
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Deerhunter has been part of my Alternative Chill playlist for years now, however, this is my first time actually listening to a full album. What a perfect album to have on in the background while working in the office. I didn't realize I was halfway through until I looked down to see the song name for Desire Lines. Very easy to listen to. I would love to have this on vinyl to put on in the background at home.
4
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
I never knew British Folk was a genre. I guess it makes sense that this album is what started it.
This was a welcome divergence to most of the albums in this list. I wouldn't normally go out of my way to listen to folk music, but I might have to start. A beautiful voice that's easy to fall into followed by a folk sound that's not quite Appalachian Mountains and not quite Celtic either. It's a great blend between the two to make it's own genre.
For an album that's 55 years old, it sounds like it could come out today.
3
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
In a world with 3.5 hour long movies, 4 hour long concerts, and every new film idea being dragged out into 10 episode tv series, it's nice to have an album only 35 minutes long. What's to say about CCR? You know all their hits, and some of them are on here. The ones you don't know are 8 minutes of pure swamp doggin'.
Put a pot of water with spices on the stove and play this album. When "Bootleg" starts, put red potatoes and sausage in the boiling water. Add corn at "Good Golly Miss Molly". Put the crawfish in when "Keep On Chooglin'" begins, and enjoy a good ole fashion Low Country Boil once the album ends!
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
A cool funky album throughout. Not typically my genre. I was going to give it 3 stars, but I caught myself singing "We are Family" all day.
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush
I am a huge Kate Bush fan! That is as long as she is singing a song that has recently regained popularity for being a major plot point in a prestige TV show that is heavily nostalgic for the 80's. Outside of that, I'm not really a Kate Bush fan.
2
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels
Sad/melancholy lyrics with an upbeat chorus is a winning formula for me. This album made me feel like world is shit, but I guess I'll keep on doing my thing.
Standout songs:
Novacaine for the soul
Susan's house
Rags to rags
My beloved monster (THE SONG FROM SHREK!!)
This is an interesting band to be signed to DreamWorks label. I guess it makes sense. DreamWorks isn't going to have a safe pop band to play in their Disney family friendly fairy tale. They're going to have an ugly sad ogre of a band that you eventually fall in love with by the end.
4
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Another album that I should enjoy more than I do. I know that Iggy Pop is a major influence for the Punk movement, but does that mean I have to like him? Do I have to like Doom to enjoy Call of Duty? Do I have to like newspaper comic strips to enjoy cartoons? Do I have to like 2001: A Space Odyssey to like Interstellar?
That being said, it's not like the album was difficult to listen to. I just probably won't be coming back to it.
3
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Do you know when someone introduces themselves to you and you forget their name immediately? That's how I felt at the beginning of every song. They intro who's rapping every song and I forgot who's who by the end of it.
I enjoyed this album more than I thought I would. I think this would be a fun show to see in person. The biggest surprise to me was finding out that my wife listened to Wu-Tang Clan!
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
I enjoy the Black Keys sound. It has a produced/manufactured roughness to it. A bit of buzz and distortion, but in a purposeful way. The first half of the album was stronger for me. I was getting a bit tired of it by the end, but I think "These Days" was a great way to finish it off.
I'm curios to see if their album El Camino is on this list. I think that would be more up my ally. A shorter album with more upbeat radio hits.
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Did you know that there's a deluxe edition of this album that is over 3 hours long?
Crosby: Alright guys. The album is sounding great, but we still need to come up with a band name. I was thinking "Crosby and the Crew".
Stills: Really?! Cause I was thinking something along the line of "Stills and Salty Sailors"
Nash: I'm not going to be a sailor. How about "Nash and the Nomads"?
Young: We could go by "Neil and his Young Boys"..........
Nash: Screw it. We can just go by all of our names. Who's going to be the lead singer?
Stills: Why don't we all sing the whole song at the same time?
Crosby: I wrote a song about getting a haircut. Do you guys want to sing it with me?!
Stills: On second thought, why don't you solo that one buddy.
This has been a NPR production of "Deja vu". If you enjoyed what you just heard, stick around for an additional 2.5 hours of alternate version of the same songs.
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
This album is not the end of Michael's career. It's not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
You can tell he is beginning to transitioning into the pop super star that he is with this album. There's still a lot of Motown funk inspiration, but he is starting to find what will become his signature sound. "Don't stop til you get enough" and "Rock With You" are iconic off of this album.
For most artist, this album would be a peak for them. Multiple number one hits and 9X platinum. For Michael Jackson though, it feels far from his peak. This might be unfair to say, but I expect every song on his albums to be a hit single (looking at you Thriller).
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
"I love 80s rap!" - a sentence I've never heard before.
The 80s beats are fun, but the rapping feels like it's in its infancy. Kinda like an educational rap teaching you about all the state capitals. I'll leave this album in the influential category rather than timeless classic.
1
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
https://youtu.be/UIyoNvInzCI?si=uf5dgaFuQfQbfPm8
I'm not sure why R.E.M. is as popular as they are. I guess they work for some folks, but I was mostly bored listening to this album.
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
What a pleasant album. I had one of the best commutes to work listening to this. I'm starting to enjoy more jazz albums. I don't know if my music tastes are changing, or if I'm listening to actually good jazz now. It could also be that I just recently watched Whiplash. Definitely a couple of riffs I recognize in here. Blue Rondo A La Turk is playing during the football scene in Wedding Crashers.
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
This is one of the cleanest recordings I've ever heard. I can understand every word spoken and every note played. That doesn't necessarily mean I like it though. Outside of the few songs with electric guitar licks by Clapton, the cords and melodies are pretty bland.
The standout song "Sunshine of Your Love" has probably had the largest negative impact on the mental wellbeing of every Guitar Center/music store employee that's had to listen to it played by amateur musicians looking at guitars. Maybe only outclassed by "Smoke on the Water".
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I'm surprised this album doesn't have a parental warning on it. I'm guessing it's because they didn't think any kids would want to listen to it.
I like the idea of this album. A series of ballads connected together with a theme. However, every balled sounds the same with most of the choruses just saying the made up name of a person.
This was a slog to get through.
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Fri Feb 09 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I'm glad we got this album "It's a Blitz! (2009)" so soon after listening to "Fever to Tell (2003)". You can really tell the change in sounds that the band went through. In 2003 they felt kinda punk rock. This album feels more synthy party music (at least for the first half). I would love to know if this was a conscious decision by the band, or if this was just a natural flow with the rest of music in the time.
4
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Some sleeper hits on here. Easy to listen to and enjoyable, but I probably won't be going back to this album.
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
The only song I knew on here was "Killer Queen". That alone should put it above average. The other songs definitely have that Queen feeling but not the recognition. They have such a distinct sound that you can always pick them out. I'm sure if I listened to this album a bunch I would start to get into the rest of it, but for now "Killer Queen" still steals the show
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
The Poet
Bobby Womack
This album got me pregnant.
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
I have been listening to "Every Picture Tells a Story" since I was a kid, so I "Maggie May" be biased in this review. I'm hoping that once everyone listens to this album they will "Find a Reason to Believe" it's as good as I do. It "Seems Like a Long Time" since my dad first played this for me, and although those days have gone with the "Mandolin Wind", this album has stuck around. I really love Rod Stewarts voice. It has an "Amazing Grace" to it's roughness. Like looking at the Mona Lisa through a dirty screen door. "That's All Right" if it's not your thing. This review is dragging on and "I know I'm Losing You", so I'll wrap it up. All I have to say is that "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" for me to have to wait to give this 5 stars.
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
I can see how "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" would resonate with everyone locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic. I don't think it really holds up outside of that mindset though. I usually enjoy an experimental album, and maybe this belongs on the list for when it came out, but I don't think this is revolutionizing anything now.
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Mon Feb 19 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
A pretty in offensive album. Listened to it while unpacking after a long trip, so I didn't give it my full attention. Nothing really notable about it other than I didn't realize Neal Young sang in an almost falsetto so often. I just hope Neil Young remembers a southern man don't need him around anyhow.
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
I think an argument could be made that this is the greatest pure Rock album of all time. Half of this debut album is on their greatest hits, and the songs that aren't hold up just as well. They're just not as overplayed. That's probably the only complaint with this album. Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, and Sweet child of mine are just so overplayed. You are pretty much guaranteed to hear at least two of these songs at any event where music is being played over a loudspeaker. I don't think you can really take away from the album because of that though. If anything, it shows how much of an impact this album has on our society.
5
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Wed Feb 21 2024
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
I don't know how to describe this album. It's alternative, electronic, folky, synthy, emo, a little bit of pop, and a lot of bass. I've never heard an album with such soft spoken lyrics have so much bass. My car speakers were rattling.
This album has me all over the place. I'm between giving it 2 stars or 4 stars. 3 stars isn't right. It's anything but average. I just don't know if anything means good or bad. For now I'll give it the Queen.
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Thu Feb 22 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Did anyone else know "That Lady" has a sick guitar solo in it?
Half of the songs on this album are covers, but The Isley Brothers make them their own. They don't do what a lot of bands do with covers which is making them sound exactly like the original. It's only half way through the songs that you realize wait a minute I know this.
The original songs on here are great. I would probably have given this album 5 stars if they were a couple fewer covers and some more original hits.
4
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Paris 1919
John Cale
The shortest album we've listened to so far at only 30 minutes.
I really like his voice. This was an easy one to listen to. Just as you start getting into it, it's over.
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
The Joshua Tree
U2
I feel like U2 should be rated higher, but for as much as I've tried, I can't really get into them. I like "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" and "with or without you", but that might be because I've heard them so much. I really couldn't tell you anything else about the album.
3
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Ok, hear me out.... I think this checks all the boxes of a perfect album for me.
It has an overall theme and sticks to it. The songs are varied and unique without feeling out of place. The lyrics can be funny while still tackling serious subject matter. I don't know who else could make a song both fun and haunting about John Wayne Gacy. It's well composed with clean audio and a voice that's beautiful and easy to understand. It even has a "big song"! It may not be a radio hit, but "Chicago" is used in Little Miss Sunshine, The Bear (S1E7 opening), and sampled by Chiddy Bang. This is the definition of an album working as a whole rather than a collection of individual songs. I didn't think an album like this could do it for me, but I think this is very deserving of 5 stars.
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
This is a major nostalgia album for me. My mom used to play this all the time, and I've been listening to it for as long as I can remember.
This album is full of fun piano rock ballads performed with so much energy. Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman make for an awesome duo. If you've ever listened to a Meat Loaf album after those two broke up, you'll know that the sound by Meat Loaf and song writing by Steinman are both crucial to their success.
"Bat Out of Hell", "Two out of Three Ain't Bad", and "Paradise By the Dashboard Light" are all iconic. I can see how some people might get bored by the repetitive nature of a 9 minute long song, but that's also part of their epicness.
This album is epic, iconic, but a little repetitive. That's ok though, because two out of three ain't bad.
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
I can see why this album is on the list. It feels way ahead of it's time. I think this could have come out during the early 90's punk scene and fit right in. Majorly influential, but not something I'll be going back to.
2
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Crazysexycool
TLC
"Wouldn't ya like a girl who has a nice sense of humor? That can kick it? Make you laugh? Then on the other side in the bedroom whip that thang on?". Yes ma'am. I do like that kind of girl.
A fun change of pace. Not my typical genre, but I still enjoyed. Who doesn't like "Waterfalls"?!
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Heroes
David Bowie
I like heroes. By heroes, I mean the song. By the song, I mean the Wallflowers cover of the song. By the Wallflowers cover of the song, I mean the movie The Replacement. What I'm saying is I like the movie The Replacement.
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
The electrician walks into his kitchen
looking at an ostrich baby wishin
he could take his unicycle fishin;
but mother Mary is carrying her baby
with a cigarette that says debt
its ashes falling into the pool
that was built by the school
with a sign that says "only for the politician"
See, I can do it too.
You can just stop after the first song with this one.
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Wed Mar 06 2024
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Vibrato: The Musical
This is a really bold album to release in 2005. A time when being part of the LGBTQ community could get you ostracized. They don't hide anything in their lyrics. "For today I am a boy" straight up tells what they want. I enjoyed a few songs on here. "Fist Full of Love" was great, but as an overall album it's not my favorite.
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
I kind of thought that a Black Sabbath album would be a little more memorable. Most of the songs blend together. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but nothing really stands out. The only song that stands out to me is "Changes", and that's because it's the intro song in the Big Mouth.
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Fri Mar 08 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
This feels like the sound track to Weird Barbie's life. A couple of major hits on here and the rest aren't bad either.
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
I really enjoyed this album. It's more than just the album with 1979 on it. There's a good variation in songs and they work well together, but it did it really need to be 2 hours long?
Obviously I love the big hits, but I really love the punk sound of XYU. There is a lot of variation in this album
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Tue Mar 12 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
It's interesting to think that if "The King of Rock and Roll" debut today he would probably be considered a country/western singer.
There are some major classics on here. "In the Ghetto" and "Suspicious Minds" are both all timers! The rest of it doesn't really do much for me though.
This feels like an album from the 50's that was released in 1969. Most of the influential albums on this list feel ahead of their time. This is the first one that feels behind the times.
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Wed Mar 13 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
Me: Can we get Coldplay?
Mom: No. We have Coldplay at home.
Coldplay at home: Doves
You know how in the song Wonderwall when they get to the part where they sing "and after aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllll", and you think to yourself that this is an unpleasant note to be held for this long? That happens a lot on this album.
2
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Thu Mar 14 2024
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would! Not a top album for me or anything like that, but I came in expecting some boring early 90's hip hop and was presently surprised by this album. The beats are cool, and the rapping is not bad. I was expecting to give this a 1 or 2 stars, but I think it's a solid 3 stars.
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Like Water For Chocolate
Common
A common (ha) thread that I noticed about myself with hip hop albums is that I really like the beats, but couldn't care less about the rapping. When that's such an integral part of an album like this, it puts it at a disadvantage for my rating. I guess I need to start paying more attention to lyrics. I did hear the hard f words though.
3
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Mon Mar 18 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
I started listening this album on a rainy Friday afternoon. It didn't quite feel like the right atmosphere for it. I wasn't vibing with it, so I stopped and started again the next day on a bright Saturday morning.... I still didn't really like it.
2
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Fragile
Yes
When I started collecting vinyl records, my father-in-law gave me all of his old ones. A majority of them were Yes albums. I thought I would give them a listen and maybe it would be a band that we could bond over. I didn't enjoy Yes then, and I don't enjoy Yes now. Not really sure what he sees in them, but I just don't get it. Cool album art though.
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Bad Company
Bad Company
I wonder how many artists can say that their greatest hit is their self title song off their self titled album? Bad Company: Bad Company - Bad Company
Not every album needs to be deep and meaningful. Sometimes "I want you to stay, I want you today, I'm ready for love, baby I'm ready for love" is all you need to say. This was a solid rock album start to finish. It's not going to change anyone's life, but I'm sure most people would enjoy it.
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
This was a fun one to listen to. These songs for the most part are not structured in a way I'm not used to. There's no traditional 2 choruses, a bridge, and then final chorus layout here. Listening to the first half of "Band On The Run" (the song), I thought to myself "Do I know this song?", and then halfway through it changed into the radio hit I'm familiar with. These songs all evolve and change as they go on. It makes for a very interesting listen.
The beginning is really strong. The first song sets the theme for the rest of the album, and "Jet" is a blast. the next few songs are solid, but I was getting a little bored around "Mamunia" and "No Words". The ending was great! "Picasso's Last Words" referencing "Jet", and "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" going back into "Band On The Run" make for a perfect mirror. I wonder if I listen more closely to the middle songs would they also mirror each other?
4
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Fri Mar 22 2024
2112
Rush
If you like Rush then you're going to love this album! If you don't like Rush then you can go ahead and pass on this one. I'm going to pass on this one
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Mon Mar 25 2024
The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
This is how you put together an album that goes against the mainstream without being so absurd that it's impossible to listen to (Looking at you Tom Waits). It's a hard industrial rock album that has both crass offensive lyrics as well as a deep meaning behind them. It's very easy to see how this can connect with people who feel so far removed from pop radio.
I'm not sure why "Closer" became the standout song on this album. It doesn't feel that much different from anything else on here. I think "March of the Pigs" is the best representation of this album (and probably my favorite song on it). It's hard, fast and dark, but then the middle and ending hit you with a light piano and beautifully sung chorus. I think it perfectly represents the grittiness of songs like "Closer" and the beauty of songs like "Hurt" .
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
I'm glad this came up. I've seen this album cover a bunch and have heard of Fleet Foxes, but never listened to them. When I saw folk band from 2008 I got excited, but to be honest I was a little let down. Nothing really jumped out at me. I never got into a groove or a vibe. It felt like decent background music. Which isn't a bad thing. Maybe I should have been in a different environment for this album, but for now I don't think I need to worry about Fleet Foxes.
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Ingenue
k.d. lang
What a beautiful voice! The mix of instruments throughout the album is brilliant. I could easily see how this could be someone's favorite artist. That being said, I'd be lying if I said I was going to listen to more of k.d. lang. She's a beautiful musician. Just not for me
3
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Thu Mar 28 2024
White Light
Gene Clark
Not sure why this is on the list. It doesn't feel innovative or inspiring. Wikipedia is saying that this was not well received in the the US, but did great in the Netherlands. I guess that means we'll be seeing a Drake Bell album on here do to his success in Mexico?
Nothing wrong with the album. Just boring.
I take back my previous statement. There is something wrong with this album. It's too long.
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple
This is decent debut album. Song variety and a big radio hit, but why does she insist on trying to sing in her lower vocal range? Especially with the 90's female OOOOOoooooOoOOooooOOOOoOOOo vocals. It's not for me, but I can see why some people would like it.
If this was my first time hearing Fiona Apple I would probably rate it higher, but I know that the praise this album received ultimately lead to "Fetch the Bolt Cutters". I don't want to risk that again.
2
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
I started playing this album around 9am on Friday morning. By 10am I was violently ill. I proceeded to expell everything inside of me utilizing both forms of egress for the next 24 hours. Sunday morning I began to feel like myself again. What I'm trying to say is that I don't remember much of this album. Just the feeling of a tile floor on my face all weekend.
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Neil Young feels like Bob Dylan with a G.E.D.
2
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
When you think about the original final format of this album came in, it begins to make a lot more sense. The Who, When, Where, How, Which, and Who Do You Love are really just one 25 minute long song on side A. Although the rest of the songs on side B are named more uniquely, they really just blend right into each other. The whole album feels like two big cohesive songs. This is another example of an album that works better as a whole than any individual song song by itself.
3
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Pyromania
Def Leppard
I accidentally started out listening to the wrong Album. Rather than listen to Pyromania, I listened to the first half of Hysteria (the one with Pour Some Sugar On Me on it). After listening to hit after hit, I was really disappointed that I had to shift from Hysteria to this album.
I came in not expecting much, but began to realize that I knew more off of Pyromania than I thought. "Photograph" is an all time classic (second best song titled Photograph right behind Nickelback). "To Late to Love", and "Rock of Ages" are both great. Overall a solid album.
4
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Nick Cave's - Murder Ballads and Tom Waits' - Bone Machine couldn't stop my streak of listening to every song off every album and neither can PJ Harvey.
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Mon Apr 08 2024
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
I don't really have much history with Kanye. I didn't listen to him when this album came out, and I only know his radio hits. That being said, I think this album has seeped into my subconscious from my friends playing it so much. I knew way more songs on here than I thought I did, and the ones I didn't know were still great. You can see how someone can compare themselves to Jesus when they put out music as good as this.
Also, only Kanye West could be someone who features Kanye West on a Kanye West song (So Appalled).
5
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Tue Apr 09 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
A lovely album to have a heroin overdose to.
4
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Van Halen
Van Halen
A 35 minute album will 5 radio hits! Talk about getting in, fucking shit up, and getting out. This album doesn't linger around. Every song is around 3 minutes long with awesome guitar riffs and great vocals. This is half of Van Halen's greatest hits, and the other songs are no slouch themselves.
5
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Thu Apr 11 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest
I don't think the term "Grinder. Looking for meat" means today what it meant in the '80s.
I've always heard that Judas priest as the Fisher-Price's my first metal band. If that's the case, I think I'm ready to move up to a first grade metal band level. This album is really approachable and a great stepping stone into the genre. I'm going to be saying "breaking the law, breaking the law" for the rest of the day now.
4
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Taylor Swift has nothing on Marvin Gaye. You wrote a song about you ex-boyfriend? That's cute. How about writing an entire album about your ex-wife?!
This is classic Marvin Gaye sound all the way through with an emotional meaning behind the whole album. Really beautiful, but I wish it was a little shorter. A good album, but it makes me sad because I know I will never be serenaded by Mr. Gaye like Anna was.
3
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Mon Apr 15 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
The songs all flow into each other on this album, and not in a bad way. It's not just one really long song split up into sections. It's a really cohesive album from start to finish. It's almost hard to see how some of these songs became standout hits when the album works so well together as a whole. It's short, It's strong, hard not to love this one.
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
An album for when you wake up in the morning and want to scream fuck you to the world! This is also the only album that I've ever had YouTube Music pop up an additional window stating viewer discretion is advised and required you to press confirm. Just another machine that I need to rage against!
They love to repeat phrases at the end of every song:
Bombtrack - "Burn, burn, yes, you're gonna burn" 16 times
Killing in the Name - "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" 16 times
Take the Power Back - "No more lies" 8 times
Settle for Nothing - "If we don't take action now, we settle for nothing later" 8 times (with slight variation)
Bullet in the Head - "A bullet in ya head" 15 times
Know Your Enemy - "All of which are American dreams" 8 times
Wake Up - "Wake Up!" 8 times
Fistful of Steel - (It doesn't really happen in this one)
Township Rebellion - "Why stand on a silent platform? Fight the war, fuck the norm" 4 times
Freedom - "Freedom yeah" 7 times
Awesome album especially for when it came out! Not perfect, or something I would listen to everyday, but there will definitely be times when I need to put this on.
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
This was a major departure from our previous album Rage Against the Machine, and I think that really threw me off with this listen. It felt slow and boring. Something that would be played in the background of a movie with people talking over it. Not much really to say about it. Just like it's Wikipedia article.
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
An album of it's time. This feels like the "quintessential" 60's summer of love sound. Easy melodies with clear vocals singing songs about love.
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....and then there's "Butcher's Tale". Who would have thought that an album about love and good feels would need a shake up song about the horrors of WWI?
Decent album, but will probably not listen to it again other than "Time of the Season" on my parents radio playlist.
3
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Fri Apr 19 2024
London Calling
The Clash
I started listening to the 1001 list for albums like this one. I've seen this album everywhere, but never went out of my way to actually listen to it.
With the songs being so different and changing throughout the album, it's easy to see why it's on the list. I'm sure so many bands can list this as a major influence for them. I never got bored listing. Every song felt like it had a different set of instruments and singing style. Hell, I never expected to hear a reggae song on here right before one of the biggest pop songs of all time. I'm sure that a lot of my favorite bands and songs wouldn't be what they are without The Clash.
4
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
I thought this album was just fine until I looked at the release year. HOLY SHIT!!! 3 years after the summer of love and the same year The Beatles released Let It Be, Black Sabbath introduced the world to doom metal. Shortly after that in the same year as this debut album they put out one of the most iconic albums of all time with Paranoid. Black Sabbath was on a different level from the rest of the world at this time. I was thinking giving it a 3 at first, but I might bump it up to a 4 because of it's influence.
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Tue Apr 23 2024
The College Dropout
Kanye West
How does someone get so many different people featured on their debut album? That's not a rhetorical question. Someone please explain that to me. ....nevermind, I finished listening to "Last Call". I understand now.
There is some really cool foreshadowing in this album. "School Spirit" has the line 'I'ma get on this TV mama, I'ma, I'ma break ish down', which is now better known in his song "Good Life". "The New Workout Plan" introduces the auto tune lines for J-Cole's "Work Out", and what will further evolve with the auto tune in Graduate.
This is a great foundation that Kanye was able to build on and evolve throughout the years. The dude came out swinging, and if it wasn't for his more recent fall from grace and mental freak-outs, he would definitely be more in the conversation for greatest of all time.
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
I now know the name of the band that sings that one song.
2
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Thu Apr 25 2024
New Forms
Roni Size
This album wasn't necessarily a struggle to get through. More so it just blended into my subconscious while it played in the background. This is a new genre that I only heard about when someone asked if there was a D&B album on the 1001 list. I thought the nature of the genre would lead to a bunch of artists sampling songs off of here, but that really wasn't the case (at least from what I could find). I think it's best use is how it was first shown to me as the Toonami background music while Anime clips played over it.
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Don't worry everyone. Janet Jackson has solved: racism, world hunger, illiteracy, drug use, gang violence, and poverty.
Honestly, I can't really make fun of someone for trying to use their success to try and make the world a better place. It may be a little naive of her to think that an album can change the world, but she's still going to try one boob at a time.
I didn't dislike this album at all. I would be lying if I said that I would listen to it again, but it's not bad. A perfect 3 for me.
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