Jan 10 2024
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Britpop
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The Smiths
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R.E.M.
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Pink Floyd
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Jan 12 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies1
Jan 29 2024
Moon Safari
AirNot into techno dance electronic synth pop
1
Jan 30 2024
War
U24
Feb 01 2024
Odelay
Beck3
Feb 02 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas3
Feb 05 2024
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones4
Feb 06 2024
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads2
Feb 07 2024
Orbital 2
OrbitalDon’t like electronic
1
Feb 08 2024
Mothership Connection
Parliament3
Feb 09 2024
Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention2
Feb 12 2024
Since I Left You
The Avalanches2
Feb 13 2024
Moving Pictures
Rush1
Feb 14 2024
Hot Shots II
The Beta Band3
Feb 15 2024
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina4
Feb 19 2024
Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor4
Feb 21 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits4
Feb 27 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin3
Feb 28 2024
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout1
Feb 29 2024
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds2
Mar 04 2024
Madman Across The Water
Elton John4
Mar 06 2024
Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers2
Mar 07 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie4
Mar 08 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones4
Mar 11 2024
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's4
Mar 12 2024
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown4
Mar 13 2024
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles3
Mar 14 2024
Dub Housing
Pere Ubu1
Mar 15 2024
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey2
Mar 18 2024
Blur
Blur2
Mar 19 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic3
Mar 20 2024
Private Dancer
Tina Turner3
Mar 21 2024
Parklife
BlurNot into it
1
Mar 22 2024
Fred Neil
Fred Neil4
Mar 25 2024
Revolver
Beatles3
Mar 27 2024
Beautiful Freak
Eels1
Mar 28 2024
Who's Next
The Who2
Mar 29 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed3
Apr 01 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra1
Apr 02 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC3
Apr 03 2024
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson3
Apr 04 2024
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour3
Apr 05 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.4
Apr 08 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin4
Apr 09 2024
Metallica
Metallica3
Apr 10 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar1
Jun 14 2024
Astral Weeks
Van Morrison3
Jun 17 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.1
Jun 18 2024
Young Americans
David Bowie3
Jun 19 2024
The Sensual World
Kate Bush3
Jun 20 2024
S&M
MetallicaMetallica was good until the black album
2
Jun 21 2024
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy4
Jun 24 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette3
Jun 25 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane2
Jun 26 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield2
Jun 27 2024
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake3
Jul 01 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath3
Jul 02 2024
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes3
Jul 03 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield3
Jul 04 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon3
Jul 05 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash3
Jul 08 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks2
Jul 09 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.4
Jul 10 2024
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics3
Jul 17 2024
American Gothic
David Ackles2
Jul 18 2024
The La's
The La's2
Jul 19 2024
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club1
Jul 22 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.2
Jul 23 2024
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest3
Jul 24 2024
Ingenue
k.d. lang3
Jul 25 2024
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio2
Jul 26 2024
Rip It Up
Orange Juice1
Jul 29 2024
Document
R.E.M.2
Jul 30 2024
Low
David Bowie2
Jul 31 2024
Felt Mountain
Goldfrapp1
Aug 01 2024
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets1
Aug 02 2024
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton1
Aug 05 2024
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash4
Aug 06 2024
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths2
Aug 07 2024
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods1
Aug 08 2024
Vulnicura
Björk2
Aug 09 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The SmithsMorrisey is a xenophobic ass
1
Aug 12 2024
Sea Change
Beck3
Aug 13 2024
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel3
Aug 14 2024
Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde3
Aug 21 2024
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners3
Aug 23 2024
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon3
Aug 26 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young4
Aug 27 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin4
Aug 28 2024
Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield3
Aug 29 2024
The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk2
Aug 30 2024
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC1
Sep 02 2024
Fragile
Yes3
Sep 03 2024
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean1
Sep 04 2024
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young4
Sep 05 2024
New York Dolls
New York Dolls2
Sep 06 2024
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson2
Sep 09 2024
Imagine
John Lennon2
Sep 10 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie1
Sep 11 2024
The Specials
The SpecialsSka= https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xqsEY0ve8PM8srjtGVc0p?si=xqAXM4PlT6W5w_85y_Dj5Q&pi=u-mTaIzJ8DQzOD
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Sep 12 2024
Illmatic
Nas2
Sep 13 2024
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen3
Sep 16 2024
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young3
Sep 17 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke4
Sep 18 2024
B-52's
The B-52's1
Sep 19 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash4
Sep 20 2024
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band1
Sep 23 2024
Heroes
David Bowie2
Sep 24 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead4
Sep 25 2024
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd1
Sep 26 2024
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett4
Sep 30 2024
(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd3
Oct 01 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers3
Oct 02 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes4
Oct 03 2024
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly3
Oct 04 2024
Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye1
Oct 07 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode1
Oct 08 2024
Remain In Light
Talking Heads3
Oct 09 2024
Highly Evolved
The Vines1
Oct 10 2024
The White Album
Beatles3
Oct 11 2024
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival3
Oct 14 2024
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix5
Oct 15 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith4
Oct 16 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan5
Oct 17 2024
Maxinquaye
Tricky2
Oct 18 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins3
Oct 21 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers2
Oct 22 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles2
Oct 23 2024
Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo1
Oct 24 2024
Live / Dead
Grateful Dead3
Oct 25 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire4
Oct 28 2024
Arrival
ABBA3
Oct 30 2024
Truth
Jeff Beck4
Oct 31 2024
The Undertones
The UndertonesAfter a year or so of receiving these albums I need to hear before I die, a handful have been actually great albums. Sadly, the majority of recommendations are not standout works at all—rather mediocre or outright poor albums are the norm, it seems.
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Nov 01 2024
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar3
Nov 05 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin4
Nov 06 2024
A Seat at the Table
Solange1
Nov 07 2024
Horses
Patti Smith2
Nov 08 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys4
Nov 11 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson5
Nov 12 2024
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes3
Nov 13 2024
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela3
Nov 14 2024
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized2
Nov 15 2024
Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow2
Nov 18 2024
25
Adele2
Nov 19 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed3
Nov 20 2024
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain3
Nov 21 2024
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley2
Nov 22 2024
Yeezus
Kanye WestThey say to put the art before the artist. But can’t with this kook. F..k this pos.
1
Nov 25 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses4
Nov 26 2024
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone4
Nov 27 2024
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues4
Nov 28 2024
Dummy
Portishead3
Nov 29 2024
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues4
Dec 02 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy2
Dec 03 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica4
Dec 05 2024
Screamadelica
Primal Scream2
Dec 06 2024
Purple Rain
Prince4
Dec 09 2024
The Band
The Band3
Dec 10 2024
Pretenders
Pretenders2
Dec 11 2024
Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen3
Dec 12 2024
Tidal
Fiona Apple3
Dec 13 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings2
Dec 16 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers3
Dec 17 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman3
Dec 18 2024
Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners3
Dec 19 2024
Hot Fuss
The Killers1
Dec 20 2024
Sound Affects
The Jam2
Dec 23 2024
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths1
Dec 24 2024
Grace
Jeff Buckley2
Dec 25 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire3
Dec 27 2024
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop1
Dec 31 2024
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock2
Jan 02 2025
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC51
Jan 03 2025
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan4
Jan 06 2025
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols1
Jan 07 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica4
Jan 08 2025
Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers2
Jan 09 2025
Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets4
Jan 10 2025
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank SinatraScumbag, woman abuser, also boring music
1
Jan 13 2025
Garbage
Garbage2
Jan 15 2025
Parachutes
Coldplay1
Jan 16 2025
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers2
Jan 17 2025
Broken English
Marianne Faithfull2
Jan 20 2025
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco3
Jan 21 2025
Play
Moby2
Jan 23 2025
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin2
Jan 24 2025
Pump
AerosmithThis list is not helpful. Most of the 1001 albums aren’t more than popular corporate music.
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Jan 27 2025
Music From Big Pink
The Band3
Jan 28 2025
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top3
Jan 29 2025
The Trinity Session
Cowboy JunkiesGreat band, classic album.
5
Jan 30 2025
The Stooges
The Stooges3
Jan 31 2025
Green
R.E.M.3
Feb 03 2025
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan4
Feb 05 2025
Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti4
Feb 06 2025
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant3
Feb 07 2025
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand1
Feb 10 2025
Blue
Joni Mitchell4
Feb 11 2025
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane4
Feb 12 2025
Hejira
Joni Mitchell3
Feb 13 2025
Let Love Rule
Lenny KravitzPoseur
1
Feb 14 2025
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar3
Feb 17 2025
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg3
Feb 18 2025
Disraeli Gears
Cream1
Feb 19 2025
Viva Hate
Morrissey1
Feb 20 2025
Me Against The World
2Pac2
Feb 21 2025
Slayed?
Slade2
Feb 24 2025
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips3
Feb 25 2025
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen3
Feb 26 2025
Cross
Justice1
Feb 27 2025
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club2
Feb 28 2025
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses3
Mar 04 2025
Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio3
Mar 06 2025
At Budokan
Cheap Trick2
Mar 07 2025
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT3
Mar 10 2025
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads2
Mar 12 2025
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners2
Mar 13 2025
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen2
Mar 14 2025
Heavy Weather
Weather Report3
Mar 17 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima3
Mar 19 2025
Suede
Suede1
Mar 21 2025
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits3
Mar 24 2025
Graceland
Paul Simon3
Mar 27 2025
Truth And Soul
Fishbone3
Apr 02 2025
The Only Ones
The Only Ones2
Apr 03 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke4
Apr 04 2025
Feast of Wire
Calexico3
Apr 07 2025
Melodrama
Lorde2
Apr 08 2025
The World is a Ghetto
War3
Apr 09 2025
m b v
My Bloody Valentine2
Apr 10 2025
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire2
Apr 14 2025
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield3
Apr 15 2025
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd5
Apr 16 2025
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees1
Apr 21 2025
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye4
Apr 22 2025
The Score
Fugees2
Apr 23 2025
My Generation
The Who1
Apr 24 2025
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips3
Apr 28 2025
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs1
May 01 2025
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen2
May 02 2025
A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets1
May 05 2025
Dirt
Alice In Chains3
May 07 2025
Live Through This
Hole3
May 08 2025
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast2
May 12 2025
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company4
May 13 2025
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka3
May 14 2025
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes DigitalesThis list is so bad. It’s been over a year and I haven’t discovered anything good that I haven’t heard.
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