Jan 05 2024
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Reggatta De Blanc, The Police
Message in a Bottle -- great song, well remembered
Reggatta de Blanc -- title cut, another great one
Bring on the Night -- good tune, beat, lyric
Deathwish -- great intro, good beat
Walking on the Moon -- famous tune
Any Other Day -- upbeat amusing lyric
The Bed's Too Big Without You --
Contact --
Does Everyone Stare -- cool inventive lyric, nice beat
No Time This Time --
3
Jan 08 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonΓ‘e
ArchAndroid, Janelle MonΓ‘e (2010)
Suite II Overture - fraught, ethereal
Dance or Die -- a bit of Santana's beat, electric cool, dense rap lyric (need to read lyric)
Faster - pop beat dance tune, nice lyric & melody
Locked Inside - intro beat reminds me of Michael Jackson (Thriller album)
Sir Greendown -- melody tempo like 60s teen lover songs, ~ dreamer
Cold War - bold Ka-BOOM dense lyric ballad, This is a cold war Do you know what your're fighting for? (need to read lyric), fast tempo (disco)
Thugga Massina -- blues-y male rap, down-beat tempo, electric synth
melody -- didn't work for me
Tightrope - pop rap upbeat tempo contrasts with lyric, dance tempo, brass! in interlude (horns -- sweet!)
Neon Gumbo -- electric entro, lyric in tongues? perfect track title
Oh, Maker -- (laugh) show tune intro, oom-pah-pah beat, musical
Come Alive -- another show tune style (electric turbo Streisand, Stoney End)
Mushrooms & Roses -- stoned effect (vocals thru special equip) slow elec
amusing lyric, her name is ...uh...
Suite III Overture -- Broadway expressive opening & chorus (like Moon River in full Wonderland livery -- Judy Garland, Rogers & Hammerstein
Neon Valley Street -- sweet love song, slow dance rhythm, rap interlude
Make the Bus -- neon sound & lyric, pop dance tune "won'
t make the bus" -- bit of Queen (rhapsody)
Wonderland -- another etherial track, amusing, reminds my of Knopfler's way of writing offbeat humor into serious criticism
57821 -- lovely, multi-voice (echo) lead, sweet & tough with great melody
Say You'll Go -- soft melody & voice contrast with gritty lyric
BaBopByeYa -- broadway show tune intro (with horns!) -- show tune style lyric -- orchestral, with a tenor clarinet, harp, great piano, violin -- and rap!
Glad I did not die without hearing this album.
5
Jan 09 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
Liquid Swords, Genius/GZA
Liquid Swords - rap with musical beat, catch few words of lyric
Duel of the Iron Mic - inventive story intro, otherwise ditto
Living in the World Today - ditto - melody is short loop repeated ~
Gold - ditto
Cold World - ditto
Labels - ditto
4th chamber - ditto
Shadowboxin' - ditto
Hell's Wind Staff - mixed conversations over segue to melody + rap lyric
Investigative Reports -- rap over background conv. intro, ditto style
Swordsman -- ditto
I Gotcha Back - ditto - sick throat-slit ending
B.I.B.L.E. - ditto
3
Jan 10 2024
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise (2005)
Concerning the UFO Sighting - wow, piano, male vocal need to read lyric
The Black Hawk War - martial instrumental
Come on! Feel the Illinoise! - vocal, upbeat, lyric hard to follow
John Wayne Gacy, Jr - soft vocal, sweet melody finger-picking guitar
Jacksonville - piano & violin intro jazzy blues-y upbeat, vocal, need lyric
Decatur - banjo, upbeat instrumental, soft vocal, need lyric
Chicago - another upbeat instrumental intro, soft lyric
Casimir Pulaski Day - another toe-tapping finger-picking guitar intro, soft lyric -- cancer? bittersweet lyric. Banjo interlude over guitar, horn (trumpet) interlude,
The Man of Metropolis - instrumental intro, head-banger + musical, vocal follows, head-banger interlude
Prairie Fire -- synth, keyboard, space-y intro with voice over in echo effect
A Conjunction of Drones -- 20 second synth
The Predatory Wasp -- whispery music & lyric (need to see to understand)
They Are Night Zombies - great piano elec guitar intro, swing tempo
In This Temple -- fantasy synth sustain echo
The Seer's Tower -- piano intro w synth background, soft vocal
The Tallest Man -- piano intro, hands clapping, swing beat, horns
Out of Egypt - another synth fantasy intro, story-like techno instrumental
4
Jan 11 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
5
Jan 12 2024
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Brilliant! Eric Clapton epic.
5
Jan 15 2024
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
2
Jan 16 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
3
Jan 17 2024
Mott
Mott The Hoople
3
Jan 18 2024
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
2
Jan 19 2024
Dire Straits
Dire Straits
5
Jan 22 2024
Green
R.E.M.
4
Jan 23 2024
Van Halen
Van Halen
3
Jan 24 2024
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
1
Jan 25 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
3
Jan 26 2024
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
2
Jan 29 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
5
Jan 30 2024
Different Class
Pulp
3
Jan 31 2024
Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
2
Feb 01 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
5
Feb 02 2024
Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
5
Feb 05 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
5
Feb 06 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
5
Feb 07 2024
Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
3
Feb 08 2024
Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
4
Feb 09 2024
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
3
Feb 12 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
5
Feb 13 2024
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
2
Feb 14 2024
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
2
Feb 15 2024
Traffic
Traffic
4
Feb 16 2024
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
The Boys are Back in Town! great album
5
Feb 19 2024
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
Feb 20 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
3
Feb 21 2024
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
2
Feb 22 2024
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
2
Feb 23 2024
Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
4
Feb 26 2024
Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
2
Feb 27 2024
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
5
Feb 28 2024
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
3
Feb 29 2024
Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Frank Zappa
2
Mar 01 2024
Moon Safari
Air
4
Mar 04 2024
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
2
Mar 05 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
3
Mar 06 2024
Abraxas
Santana
4
Mar 07 2024
Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
4
Mar 08 2024
The Who Sell Out
The Who
3
Mar 11 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
5
Mar 12 2024
Live At Leeds
The Who
2
Mar 13 2024
Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
2
Mar 14 2024
Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
3
Mar 15 2024
Survivor
Destiny's Child
3
Mar 18 2024
1984
Van Halen
3
Mar 19 2024
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
3
Mar 20 2024
BEYONCΓ
BeyoncΓ©
3
Mar 21 2024
Transformer
Lou Reed
4
Mar 22 2024
Space Ritual
Hawkwind
1
Mar 26 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
4
Mar 27 2024
Celebrity Skin
Hole
4
Mar 28 2024
Lost Souls
Doves
4
Mar 29 2024
Sulk
The Associates
1
Apr 01 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
3
Apr 02 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Apr 03 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
5
Apr 04 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
1
Apr 05 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
4
Apr 08 2024
The Bends
Radiohead
2
Apr 09 2024
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
5
Apr 10 2024
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
MotΓΆrhead
2
Apr 11 2024
Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
5
Apr 12 2024
Synchronicity
The Police
5
Apr 15 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
3
Apr 16 2024
In Rainbows
Radiohead
4
Apr 17 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
1
Apr 18 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
2
Apr 19 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
4
Apr 22 2024
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
Apr 23 2024
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Apr 24 2024
Pornography
The Cure
1
Apr 25 2024
Elephant
The White Stripes
2
May 01 2024
Document
R.E.M.
4
May 02 2024
Rust In Peace
Megadeth
1
May 03 2024
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
3
May 06 2024
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
2
May 07 2024
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
3
May 08 2024
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
3
May 09 2024
School's Out
Alice Cooper
5
May 10 2024
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
1
May 13 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4
May 14 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
3
May 15 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
3
May 16 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
3
May 17 2024
S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
3
May 20 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Hereβs The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
2
May 21 2024
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
3
May 22 2024
Slayed?
Slade
2
May 23 2024
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
4
May 24 2024
Manassas
Stephen Stills
3
May 27 2024
Arrival
ABBA
4
May 28 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
May 29 2024
What's That Noise?
Coldcut
2
May 30 2024
Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
2
May 31 2024
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
3
Jun 03 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
5
Jun 04 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
Jun 05 2024
Bad Company
Bad Company
5
Jun 06 2024
Hunky Dory
David Bowie
5
Jun 07 2024
Cross
Justice
2
Jun 10 2024
Revolver
Beatles
5
Jun 11 2024
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
2
Jun 12 2024
Dare!
The Human League
2
Jun 13 2024
Me Against The World
2Pac
1
Jun 14 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
3
Jun 17 2024
The Joshua Tree
U2
5
Jun 18 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
5
Jun 19 2024
Street Life
The Crusaders
5
Jun 20 2024
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
2
Jun 21 2024
Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
1
Jun 24 2024
xx
The xx
3
Jun 25 2024
Purple Rain
Prince
4
Jun 26 2024
ImmigrΓ©s
Youssou N'Dour
5
Jun 27 2024
Tical
Method Man
1
Jun 28 2024
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
Jul 05 2024
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
4
Jul 08 2024
21
Adele
5
Jul 09 2024
Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
3
Jul 10 2024
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
2
Jul 11 2024
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
2
Jul 12 2024
Being There
Wilco
3
Jul 15 2024
Play
Moby
4
Jul 16 2024
Tommy
The Who
4
Jul 17 2024
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
3
Jul 18 2024
1977
Ash
2
Jul 22 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
3