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Fri Jan 05 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
Singer needs to sound less… distressed? Some songs sounded like they influenced Modest Mouse but were slow and repetitive. Kinda boring and same-y sounding through the album. I can see why some people would like it but not for me. Prayers For Rain sounds cool.
3
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Mon Jan 08 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Audio production and mixing was great. I kept thinking throughout the album that if this wasn’t Cash, but sounded exactly the same, it wouldn’t have been popular. Hurt is obviously one exception. Still, I’m a fan of Cash, a fan of acoustic focused music, so I enjoyed the playthrough.
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
I really like innovative and creative music and the Rockefeller Skank has more creativity in it than most other bands entire albums. That song and Praise are ubiquitous at this point. Even if you haven’t listened to them you’ve heard them. Listening through the whole album, it got a bit repeated and same-y though dropping it down a point. Vocal sample repeated and stuttered over top of big drums. When I read it was just a guy recording everything in his basement on an Atari with floppies it bumped it back up for me. I really wish I could give this a 4.5 or 4.75 stars, so close to a perfect album.
4
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Wed Jan 10 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
Meh. At least it wasn’t long. I ain’t got nothin’ was kinda a fun song.
2
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Thu Jan 11 2024
The College Dropout
Kanye West
Not bad. Pretty clever. Very different for its time with good variety. It didn’t feel like a slog through the album.
4
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
People playing instruments. It’s good.
5
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Taken out of context, some songs are pretty good. But as an ALBUM, what the hell... This has to be satire. Literally every song, every single one, even the one he “slowed down”, was a 1-4-5 blues/boogie woogie progression with almost no variation. Good energy, but I can’t rate this album higher than a 2 due to the lack of creativity.
2
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
First artist on this list I had no idea who they are. Had some pretty cool songs, good guitar work, and good singing. The recording and mixing is really well done too.
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Not for me
2
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Pump
Aerosmith
Heard it a bunch of times on the radio and so I’m basically sick of these songs, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good. Glad to have listened to the whole album.
5
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
I would go see this band live. Sounds super fun. Almost like if the pixies hired Iron Maiden’s guitarist and the sax player from Billy Joel. The singer is exhausting though. The only words I could pick out through the album were “MY MIND IS A PLaStIC BaG” and her tone is… exhausting. That knocks it down a full point from like a 4.5 to a 3.5.
3
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
There are some really good songs on this but I’m not a fan of the old, weirdly intervaled harmonies. Like the endings of (at least) the last 5 songs on the album. It’s a 3 star album with some 5 star songs.
3
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Solid album with creative writing. Don’t usually like the 80s super compressed drums with a ton of reverb, but this one was okay.
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
So
Peter Gabriel
Catchy 80’s trash. It’s fine.
3
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Thu Jan 25 2024
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
I don’t think this is their best album, but it’s still System of a Down. Lead vocalist is very unique and unmistakable. Songs are super dynamic and energetic.
4
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
I actually really liked this one. Had a lot of variety.
5
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
4
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Spoonman was one of my favorite songs in my youth. So many of these still get (probably way too much) air time on the radio. This album almost sounds generic but it’s just because we’ve heard it so many times.
5
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
It’s okay. Not really rememberable.
3
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
I don’t really listen to lyrics when I’m listening to music so there could be a decent message in this album, but the rappers had no flow, there were no catchy choruses or hooks, the beats were exhausting with annoying sounds and never changing. Old rap doesn’t age too well. Not for me. I’m glad I heard the reno911 theme song in full.
1
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Fri Feb 02 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Guitar in this one was great.
4
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Tue Feb 06 2024
1984
Van Halen
Nothing quite like them before, and nothing quite like them since. Eddie completely changed the game with what is possible with guitar and inspired so many after him. The band kind of feels like they are always on the edge of disaster with their off/odd timing sections but always pull it back together. Great choruses, creative songs, fantastic guitar.
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
Huge fan of the white stripes. Listened to them sooo much when I was in high school. Distilled down blues rock power duo with innovative song writing and instrumentation. Nice variety. Some people may claim it’s “simple” but that’s the best part.
5
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
It’s okay.
2
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Eternally Yours
The Saints
It was pretty good. Didn’t have to hear the album twice though. The singer could be better but the music was fun.
4
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Stankonia
OutKast
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
There was some good stuff on this album. 4.5/5
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Suede
Suede
4
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Thu Feb 15 2024
No Other
Gene Clark
4
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Fri Feb 16 2024
The Band
The Band
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
If you don’t rate this one a 5 stars you’re wrong. It’s one of the best selling albums of all time for a reason.
5
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Close To You
Carpenters
4
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
According to Merriam Webster, music is “vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony”. This album had mechanical sounds, a little bit of rhythm on some songs, and that’s about it. This was an album of art more than it was an album of music. I like music. I can usually appreciate the innovation of someone trying some new or different, but this just sounded like someone playing around in garage band doing random stuff for the sake of being random.
1
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Aja
Steely Dan
Josie is a great song
5
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
4
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
5
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Street Life
The Crusaders
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Not their best album.
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Fragile
Yes
Favorite album so far. Not my favorite yes album, but it’s up there. Heart of the sunrise is great.
5
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Lost Souls
Doves
This is sleepy music
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
xx
The xx
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
5
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Garbage
Garbage
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
2
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Bad
Michael Jackson
5 star songs ruined by the sounds of the 80’s… 80s drums sound so unnatural it’s annoying to listen to. There’s a reason that drum tone stayed in the 80s.
4
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
5
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
This album would be a 1 star but there were occasional glimpses of things that were fun to listen to. Everything else was annoying. I think this album was the only one so far that I was mad I had to listen to it.
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Nostalgia bias for me. Listened to this hundreds of times when I was younger.
5
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
I really liked this one! It’s pop with real instruments instead of weird synth soundscape stuff and drum machines. Underappreciated is under appreciated, that’s a good song.
4
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Metallica
Metallica
5
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Wed Mar 27 2024
The Grand Tour
George Jones
3
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Penthouse And Pavement
Heaven 17
3
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Fri Mar 29 2024
The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
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Tue Apr 02 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica
5
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Tue Apr 09 2024
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Horrible and uninteresting.
1
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Wed Apr 10 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
A little repetitive but the riffs/grooves were good.
3
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Thu Apr 11 2024
G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
I never heard of these guys but I actually really liked the album. Drummer was great and unique guitar almost like a mix between black keys, cake, and cage the elephant plus toned down rap/talking vocals.
4
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
5
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Mon Apr 15 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
2
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Tue Apr 16 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
4
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Medúlla
Björk
If you listen to the whole thing, there are glimpses of catchy, good music, but it’s more artsy than music for me.
2
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
3
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Mon Apr 22 2024
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Sulk
The Associates
2
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Goo
Sonic Youth
3
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
3
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Mon Apr 29 2024
The Specials
The Specials
Would have got three stars but it’s too long with a lot of the same stuff.
2
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Purple Rain
Prince
5
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Wed May 01 2024
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
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Thu May 02 2024
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon
3
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Fri May 03 2024
Hypnotised
The Undertones
3