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Sun Jan 07 2024
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Undoubtely amongst the best albums ever written. I Listended by chance to "Tusk" earlier today, and whilst the musicianship and production might be even better on that record, there is a nerve and consistency on Rumour that speaks much stronger to me.
5
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Mon Jan 08 2024
My Generation
The Who
Garage rock meets James Brown. More polished than Rolling Stones, more fun than Beatles. There are guitar licks here that 2000s Indiebands have copied in dozens, just listen to the chiming chords in "A legal matter".
4
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Tue Jan 09 2024
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Jazz instrumentals is not my usual cuppa, but some of the playing on this one made me stomp my feet and bang my fingers on the office furniture. Not sure how much of this is down to the fact of age or the sheer musicianship on play. The guy improvises hooks that a team of songwriters would spend weeks in a studio to create.
5
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Wed Jan 10 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
Some of the synthy stuff here are quite dark, especially towards the end. Dark and a bit boring. But, any record with Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence is strong enough to be considerered good.
4
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Thu Jan 11 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
I have to say that I find the gangsta braggadoccio and some of the misogyni in the lyrics stupid and bordering towards irritating. With that said Snoops laidback flow is a style of rap i do like, and the production is excellent. Most tunes are catchy like good popmusic, and listening to the record in Dolby Atmos on Tidal with a good headset is a sonic treat.
3
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Fri Jan 12 2024
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
4
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Sat Jan 13 2024
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
My favourite Chilipeppers record, and to me the sound of the summer I was 17, which is the sound of going to the beach and on boat trips with good friends. One of the few records were every song could be a single( and many of them were!). Yes, the lyrics are more than a tad stupid, yes the production lacks depth, but this one gets an extra star based on pure nostalgia.
5
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Moon Safari
Air
As comforting and boring as a grey woollen blanket.
2
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
This is Wayne too much country for me.
1
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
The word swagger was invented to describe the music on this record. Jim Morrisons vocals is so extremely cool and self-assured. The Spy is a song I didn't know, that I really liked.
4
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Some cool percussion and it sounds silky smooth. But it is too close to muzak, and I was kinda bored while listening.
2
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
The groove on this one is so immense that I wanna put on platform shoes, flared skinny-fit jeans and a silk shirt, and boogie all night. Coming from a white, Scandinavian middle school teacher in his early forties, that is quite an achievement.
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Pearl
Janis Joplin
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
2
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
Come on Eileen is a brilliant song. Besides that, this is not my pint of Guiness.
2
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Brothers
The Black Keys
3
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Eliminator
ZZ Top
THE record to put on for a road trip across the midwest. ZZ Tops gritty blues and the overpolished eighties production shouldnt really work out, but it does.
4
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Sun Jan 28 2024
In Utero
Nirvana
The grunge era, Nirvana as a band, and this record where really important to me in my early youth. Th shift in tone from Nevermind to this took me some time to like then, but as an adult I find this record as an album a lot more interesting. Gone are the multitracked vocals an super catchy song structures stolen from power pop. Instead there are angsty whispers and angry screams, and a piece of art that on one hand has mellow and calm songs like Dumb and All Apologies, and on the other hardcore blowouts like Tourettes. And still this is the most cohesive record, and one that I can play from start to finish without skippping, and then want to hear it again.
5
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
3
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Tue Jan 30 2024
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Jazzy and cool samples. Leans a little towards "okay as background music but not really exciting" to me.
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Good voice, well produced, but I rally cant remember any of the songs after listening through it. Not my cup of tea.
2
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Live Through This
Hole
3
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
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Sat Feb 03 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Goo
Sonic Youth
I have a feeling that this record is a grower, so I have put it on my "will-listen-again-list". There are some seriously cool guitar riffs here, Kool Thing and Disappearer springs first to mind, but most of the songs are dense and not super accessible. Three stars for now, but with expectations to become a four-star record somewhere later in 2024.
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Bossanova
Pixies
2
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Tue Feb 06 2024
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
2
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
I love the production. Crystal clear guitar sounds and excellent use of stereo gives it a really organic, and liveish sound. The songs are uneven in quality, i dont really fancy the more acid influenced stuff. But Everybody's been burned is an utterly brilliant song, and shows off a darker side than their biggest hits.
3
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Close To The Edge
Yes
4
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
"The power of love" is one of the best power ballads from the eighties, and the only song on this record i wouldnt mind hearing again.
2
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
I can understand some of the hate this record gets. It is quite juvenile, some of the lyrics have a high school "the world sucks" vibe, and some of the interplay between rap and singing feels forced. But what it lacks in brains it has in heart. The energy and hearts on the sleeve in the vocals draws me in, and takes me back to beeing 18 and angry. "In the end" alone is worth an extra star, it is a brilliant song.
4
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
3
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
I agree with one of the other reviews who writes that this is music for people who doesnt like music. It is not horrible or badly composed, its just there - without any demands, or, to me at least, without reaching beyond a shallow surface. It sounds cool on the stereo, but it is just that, sounds.
2
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
Would sound just as new and fresh if it were released today. David Bowie is without doubt the greatest rock star of my age. No one of his peers have reinvented themselves again and again, and done it with quality and ease(and quite a few kilos of cocaine) like Bowie.
5
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
I find this excruciatingly boring. I hear the musicianship, but it doesnt connect to me, at all. I would give it 1,5 stars, but since i cant i'll give it 2, just because I have to reserve 1 star to stuff that are REALLY crap.
2
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Thu Feb 15 2024
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Listening to this from start to finish made me feel sorry for everyone else who is going to do the same in the future.
1
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Fri Feb 16 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
I like Eminems rapping, and some of the rhymes are funny when in a high school-juvenile mindset way. But the homophobia and violence is to much for me, I mean Kim, that is a white-trash murder ballad i never need to hear again. Two stars because Stan is great story telling, and shows Eminems lyricism can be great with less anger and me against the world attitude.
2
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Gold
Ryan Adams
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Speakerboxx is excellent, maybe the best hip hop of the 2000s. The way you move is an all time favourite song. The Love Below is... something different. The singles are cool pop music, but there is too much falsetto and lounge music over all.
4
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
3
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Thu Feb 22 2024
G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
This is too jammy for me, and sounds like several afterparties I went to as a kid. I dont remember one single melody after hearing through, and I am probably even more bored than what the musicians performing on the record sounds.
1
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Bummed
Happy Mondays
1
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Sat Feb 24 2024
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
A fresh breath of slick and extremely funky music after a couple of albums I hope I never have to listen to ever again. This record is fun to listen to, with some really cool guitar parts.
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Chaotic, messy and quirky lyrics, and a guitar sound that is a bit murky aside; this is so much fun! One singer that manages to sound like three, and songs that twists and turns not to be artsy, but because it suits them, and its fun to throw in stuff like a double guitar solo in a song like Soil, just before it turns into a full on hardcore screaming session. On the other hand Spiders is a clear pointer towards the next three records, who I rate as three of the best metal albums of the 2000s. I was lucky enough to get to see them live in this period, probably on my top 5 list of concerts.
4
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Well played, and well sung. Smooth as silk, and sounds like a million dollars on my headset. But, the lack of resistance also means it leans towards being good background music, more than it is exciting and engaging music to listen to.
3
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
A record that has to be on this list, because of how important it is, but as a record isnt especially good. The singles are fun, but the rest is weak material, especially compare to what came later in Elvis career.
2
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Wed Feb 28 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Night Life
Ray Price
2
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
2
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Liquid Swords
GZA
I enjoyed this one, to mye own surprise. The production is dark and dense, and the songs have a continous flow that reminds me somewhat of more consept oriented records. I like that the lyrics are a lot smarter than the average 90s hiphop full of bitches and hoes( I am looking at you Grandpa Snoop). Guest lines from fellow Wu Tang-members ensures a nice variety in voices and styles that keeps the record from becoming monotonous. I'll stick this one to my "will listen again"-list.
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
God damn, this is one angry woman. Why don't you leave the bastard, Loretta? At least it takes two to tango, and as Loretta said herself about her own marriage: "he never hit me one time that I didn't hit him back twice." I'd guess that songs like "The Shoe goes on the other foot tonight", and "I got caught", about a woman being unfaithful, and not being sorry about it at all, made quite some waves in USA in the late sixties. Great lyrics, not my kind of music at all.
2
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Revolver
Beatles
4
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Booooooring.
2
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Wed Mar 06 2024
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
2
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Thu Mar 07 2024
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
Would give 2,5, but there is a positive vibe to it, so i'll give it the benefit of my doubt. Probably best enjoyed while stoned, not when cleaning windows.
3
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Love the arrangements, perfectly matches Dustys smoky, soulful voice. A record I definitely will listen more to in the near future, and an example of why I love a project like this.
5
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Suicide
Suicide
Ok, I acknowledge that it sounds quite timeless and obviously was something very different in 1977. But, seriously, this is more sounds with feverish barking and wailing on top of it, than it is music, and it is definitely not for me.
1
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Skylarking
XTC
A decent pop record when they dont try to be Genesis.
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
3
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
I like the album Born in the U.S.A. a lot better than the song Born in the U.S.A.
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Too much fuzz for me. Sounds a bit like some of my friends rehearsel room jams in the middle to late nineties.
2
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
3
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Sat Mar 16 2024
The White Album
Beatles
One of the most important records in the history of music, no doubt. Would also be a sure Five star record with ten songs less. Why anyone would think it was a good idea to put Revolution 9 on the same record as While my guitar gently weeps and Blackbird, two of the most beautiful songs ever written, is beyond me.
4
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
5
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
As opposed to Rumours who is a cohesive masterclass in popmusic, this record sounds a bit all over the place. Some of the songs sounds like not quite finished demoes, whilst others are really great, Sisters of the Moon is a great example. I really dont feel this record, even though most of the music is well crafted.
3
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Wed Mar 20 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Yes the lyrics are at times misogynistic and at times quite violent. But, I find that whilst the Marshall Mathers LP was angry, bleak and almost uncomfortable to listen to, The Slim Shady LP has a more cartoonish tongue in cheekness to its lyrics. I also like the production better on this one, I fint that it leans more towards classic 90's rap, which to my ears are a good thing.
3
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Low-Life
New Order
2
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Fri Mar 22 2024
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
3
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
3
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Vulnicura
Björk
2
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Dust
Screaming Trees
3
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Thu Mar 28 2024
The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
Too much sitar
1
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
2
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Sat Mar 30 2024
The Score
Fugees
3
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
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Mon Apr 01 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
This was the first cd I bought with my own money, along with the Soundgarden single Pretty Noose. Yes, there are to many tracks, Corgan overindulged in his own talent on this one, but still, the talent is doubtless. The variation sometimes makes the record less coherent, but on the other hand it kind of wakes you up as a listener. Even if its not the record that has aged best from this decade it still is a 90s classic.
4
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
4
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
4
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Hard Again
Muddy Waters
2
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
3
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Sat Apr 06 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Sun Apr 07 2024
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
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Mon Apr 08 2024
The Last Broadcast
Doves
3
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Tue Apr 09 2024
C'est Chic
CHIC
3
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
4
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Thu Apr 11 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
1
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Fri Apr 12 2024
The Cars
The Cars
4
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Sat Apr 13 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
2
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Sun Apr 14 2024
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
The World is a Ghetto
War
3
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Tapestry
Carole King
4
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
2
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Thu Apr 18 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Blackstar
David Bowie
Not my favorite Bowie record, as it probably is one of his least accessible. But still, as a last word , literally from the grave as he died before it was released, it still has a haunting presence. What it does to a great extent, is show how Bowie even til his last breath was evolving and changing his style.
3
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Sat Apr 20 2024
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
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Sun Apr 21 2024
The Doors
The Doors
3
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Really middle of the road all inn all, would give 2,5, if it werent for Angels, which I have to admit is a really great pop song.
3
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Tue Apr 23 2024
This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
3
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
2
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Fri Apr 26 2024
In Our Heads
Hot Chip
3
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Sat Apr 27 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
This record could never be anything else than five stars to me. It is not flawless, but it takes me back to a sweet spot in life where MTV actually played music with guitars, and my biggest worries was how to get someone to by me beer in the weekends. Would probably put half the record on the playlist if I had to pick 200 favourite songs, and most definitely put it in the suitcase as a desert island album.
5
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Mon Apr 29 2024
Movies
Holger Czukay
2
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
4
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Wed May 01 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4
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Thu May 02 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
2
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Fri May 03 2024
Pretenders
Pretenders
4
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Sat May 04 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
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Sun May 05 2024
Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
2
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Mon May 06 2024
Tago Mago
Can
1
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Tue May 07 2024
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
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Wed May 08 2024
A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
2