Jan 08 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Not new to me, an old favourite. Not bad Monday morning listening!
4
Jan 09 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
4
Jan 10 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
3
Jan 11 2024
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Illmatic
Nas
How have I never listened to this?
The World is Yours is a standout on first listen. Clean, simple beats. Didn't expect it to be so jazzy.
*One Love
*The World is Yours
*Memory Lane
5
Jan 12 2024
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
No commute today, so listening at home. On Google speaker for first listen. Have listened previously, maybe once.
4
Jan 13 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
The bangers are bangers, but for a 28 minute album, left me feeling underwhelmed
2
Jan 14 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
4
Jan 15 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
4
Jan 16 2024
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Knew this a little, was a bigger De La fan. But shit. This is magnificent.
5
Jan 17 2024
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Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
3
Jan 18 2024
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
* to a flame
* Love the one you're with
2
Jan 19 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
* faster
* Locked inside
* Oh, Maker
* Actually, all of it!
5
Jan 20 2024
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
3
Jan 21 2024
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
Jan 22 2024
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
1
Jan 23 2024
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
3
Jan 24 2024
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Jagged, angular. D Boon must have been a fan! Really good although won't be a regular listen.
3
Jan 25 2024
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
I think this is new to me. Might have heard him in the concert for Bangladesh?
Loved the introduction to indian music, otherwise fairly decent soundtrack to my day. Not mind-blowing to me, but given the impact on 60s western music a 2.5
2
Jan 26 2024
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
Very much looking forward to this, know of the influences, but haven't heard it.
* Friend of the Devil
*Ripple
*Attics of my Life
*Box of Rain (second listen)
Really enjoyable. I hope this hasn't awakened something in me.
(later) Listened to some live recordings. Nope, it hasn't awakened anything in me. I'll probably go and listen to The Band now.
3
Jan 27 2024
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
No notes. Fucking magnificent
5
Jan 28 2024
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Bad Company
Bad Company
I like the song Bad Company from the album Bad Company by the band Bad Company, but it's no Iron Maiden from Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath.
Well constructed and performed but lacking soul.
2
Jan 29 2024
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Boston
Boston
Appreciate the skill, but didn't land for me as an album.
2
Jan 30 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Was very much expecting it to be fairly decent background music, and last night with a glass of wine it was. But damn it has really clicked today during work and I just keep stopping to admire her voice and phrasing. Ended up spending the day with Ella. Enjoyed her bebop especially
4
Jan 31 2024
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Trafalgar
Bee Gees
First thoughts. I love/hate the bee gees. Used to hate them, started to appreciate them. I only recognise one song here. Will be interesting. Update: wasn't interesting. Two stars, mostly for the voices and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.
2
Feb 01 2024
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
2
Feb 02 2024
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
4
Feb 03 2024
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
2
Feb 04 2024
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
No heart, no soul
1
Feb 05 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Jesus, this wonderful album! Young's first recording with harmonica. He's bringing "Helpless" to CSN&Y at the same time he's recording this.
Nils just pounding the piano on Southern Man.
When you Dance needs to be played louder that I did first listen
4
Feb 06 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Vaudeville and music hall is such a pervasive influence on English culture, especially in the 60s and 70s! You even see it in Iron Maiden gigs.
A day in the life is a perfect ending to the album.
The most influential album of all time?
God, imagine this with Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields. Song by song not my favourite album, or even my favourite Beatles album, but daaaaamn
5
Feb 07 2024
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John Prine
John Prine
4
Feb 08 2024
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Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
3
Feb 09 2024
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Junkyard
The Birthday Party
Man it wasn't the day for this album! I appreciated it, the artistic vision especially. But I did not vibe with it. Needs the right environment. Will revisit, but more of a bad seeds fan I think.
2
Feb 10 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Liked it a lot more than expected. Especially when driving
3
Feb 11 2024
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
3
Feb 12 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
2
Feb 13 2024
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
2
Feb 14 2024
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
Feb 15 2024
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
Feb 16 2024
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
Thinking back, this album was probably my gateway to metal. On relisten didn't hate it like I thought I would. Hysteria leaves me cold, this still has knuckles, Mutt polished them out of Hysteria. Still, the worst of the NWOBHM bands
2
Feb 17 2024
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Excited to hear this one!
3
Feb 18 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
The good songs were creepy
2
Feb 19 2024
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
2
Feb 20 2024
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25
Adele
3
Feb 21 2024
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
This album is in my DNA. The man Johnny Cash called the greatest country singer. A hugely underrated lead guitarist. Great bass. Basically Patsy Cline's band on this one, and recorded in 8 hours.
5
Feb 22 2024
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Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
3
Feb 23 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
Cool and synthetic but heartfelt. Love it
4
Feb 24 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
This is hitting better than when I listened to it a few years ago. I wonder if this project is opening my ears a bit?
3
Feb 25 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
3
Feb 26 2024
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
1
Feb 27 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4
Feb 28 2024
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More Specials
The Specials
2
Feb 29 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
2
Mar 01 2024
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Arular
M.I.A.
2
Mar 02 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
I really wanted to love this!
3
Mar 03 2024
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
Mar 04 2024
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Celebrity Skin
Hole
3
Mar 05 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
2
Mar 06 2024
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
Mar 07 2024
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
1
Mar 08 2024
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
Came into this expecting samey one trick pony songs about weed. Fucking loved it! I'm not a reggae fan, but this has opened me to it quite a bit. Maybe I'm not a fan of non Jamaican reggae? Really varied in subject, tone and style. A really good, complete album.
4
Mar 09 2024
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London Calling
The Clash
More variation than expected, given some familiarity with the singles. How good is train in vain? 4 stars but only because I'll dip back into it, but maybe not relisten to the whole thing. Fuck, who am I kidding, I'll relisten to the whole thing. Currently looking for it on vinyl.
5
Mar 10 2024
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
Right, know nothing about this! Can't pick the genre from the cover. 1999. Hmmmm. Ambient? Avant jazz?
Wow, first track is very affecting, and dark. Didn't expect Indian fusion jazz trip hoppy drum and bass. Love it. Cold and warm at once
The whole album is a real journey. Immigrant my least favourite track, sounding a bit like a Disney song.
4
Mar 11 2024
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Listening with a glass of wine and a book, the catch in her voice keeps catching my attention
4
Mar 12 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
Love when I get an album I have on vinyl, but have hardly listened to. Got this from my dad who was giving away a bunch of albums (hope Herb Alpert comes up too, not likely). The trick is in the old standards without the schmaltz. Willie lets you have fresh ears on an album where every song has it's own Wikipedia page. It's understated, clean and utterly wonderful. 10 songs at mid tempo just creating a great vibe.
4
Mar 13 2024
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3
Mar 14 2024
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Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
1
Mar 15 2024
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Really enjoyed this one, wish I had got it in summer. Chill vibes, will revisit it as an album
4
Mar 16 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
Nearly 5 stars, could do with trimming a few tracks off. But some stunning songs here, and lyrical guitar playing.
4
Mar 17 2024
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
Oh Emmylou, when you come in after the first two bars! Such a great duo, wonderfully complimentary voices. Hell of a band, great songs.
5
Mar 18 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
4
Mar 19 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
Mar 20 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Loved this at the time, detest everything they've done since. Extra star for nostalgia, knew every word but a tough listen.
3
Mar 21 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
2
Mar 22 2024
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
Mar 23 2024
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Abraxas
Santana
3
Mar 24 2024
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Fun House
The Stooges
3
Mar 25 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
2
Mar 26 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Less profound than when I was 16! Probably my 3rd favourite Pink Floyd album. It's masterful, but falls flat in places. Time starts with clocks. Money with cash registers. Ugh.
4
Mar 27 2024
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There's A Riot Goin' On
Sly & The Family Stone
2
Mar 28 2024
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Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
1
Mar 29 2024
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Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
4
Mar 30 2024
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Metallica
Metallica
My fifth favourite Metallica album and the last decent one
4
Mar 31 2024
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
Apr 01 2024
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
2
Apr 02 2024
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
2
Apr 03 2024
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
3
Apr 04 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
4
Apr 05 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Apr 06 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
3
Apr 07 2024
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
Really liked this, and if it it was on Spotify I would have spent more time with it.
3
Apr 08 2024
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
3
Apr 09 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Slapped. Some tasty guitar in there too
4
Apr 10 2024
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
2
Apr 11 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
4
Apr 12 2024
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A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Streets
The breakdown in Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way sounds like Flight of the Conchords! Love the choice to avoid hooks and fluid bars. There's something quite disarming about the main character, in many ways a beautiful loser.
4
Apr 13 2024
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
3
Apr 14 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
2
Apr 15 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
4
Apr 16 2024
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Parachutes
Coldplay
2
Apr 17 2024
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Skylarking
XTC
Strangely fascinating album
4
Apr 18 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
4
Apr 19 2024
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#1 Record
Big Star
This stuck with me better than Third. I think it's the influence of Bell. Still not quite feeling Big Star though. Much better listen at work than in the car - perhaps too trebley?
2
Apr 20 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
5
Apr 21 2024
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Oh man, Dickie Betts just passed away and I've been meaning to listen to the Allman Brothers. Only know a couple of songs. This was great! Nothing I already knew. Spectacular guitar, playing off each other effortlessly. Sure it's a little jammy but much interesting than stoned noodling.
4
Apr 22 2024
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Night Life
Ray Price
Solid three. Liked it well enough. Interesting for the stacked band! Much easier on the ears than Buck Owens. Sounded a bit more city than country.
3
Apr 23 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Great guitar interplay, no song outlives it's welcome. A LOT of early Iron Maiden in this, Dave Murray especially clearly influenced.
3
Apr 24 2024
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
Sweet but not saccharin, jangly but not too jangly. A little pretentious, but not too wanky. *Very* Antipodean, whatever that means. Sunny and glum in equal measures. Quite a lovely album, I'm grateful to be hearing it for the first time. Hearing the Chills, Don McGlashan etc in this.
5
Apr 25 2024
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
Lyrically meh, musically it slaps.
3
Apr 26 2024
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
Scared my kid, will revisit
3
Apr 27 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
2
Apr 28 2024
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Apr 29 2024
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
2
Apr 30 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
5
May 01 2024
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Ingenue
k.d. lang
Liked it, although prefer her a little more country. Constant Craving is a great song!
3
May 02 2024
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Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
A great album let down by the covers.
2
May 03 2024
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Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
4
May 04 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
4
May 05 2024
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
2
May 06 2024
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Beach Samba
Astrud Gilberto
Easy listening enough. The nonchalant vocals grew on me.
2
May 07 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Muddy sure as hell has his mojo working! The harp player is fire. The guitars could be mixed up a bit. I generally like my blues with a bit more space, fair to say the drumming really fills the space, heavily jazz.
4
May 08 2024
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The Libertines
The Libertines
3
May 09 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
This album would have been my life if I'd heard it when I was 16.
3
May 10 2024
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
4
May 11 2024
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Loved this! Musically interesting, incredible vibes and great humoured.
5
May 12 2024
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
4
May 13 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
2
May 14 2024
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Bloody pleasant. They should consider getting another singer/songwriter though - feels like CSN is missing something a bit grittier...
4
May 15 2024
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
4
May 16 2024
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Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
4
May 17 2024
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
This smells like hackysack.
1
May 18 2024
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Green
R.E.M.
4
May 19 2024
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Goo
Sonic Youth
3
May 20 2024
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
Urgent, angsty. The epitome of this era of punk. Astonished I've never heard it before, astonished by how good it is.
5
May 21 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
Much more accessible than I remember. Glorious stuff
4
May 22 2024
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Not keen first listen, but it was a real grower. A few more listens will see it rate higher and higher I bet, but I need to rate it as of now.
3
May 23 2024
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
Haven't heard this, but first thought is why is this necessary when You've Come A Long Way Baby is in the book? Ugh, it was alright I guess
2
May 24 2024
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Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
Surprisingly poppy and melodic. Some elements of Pixies (Joey on guitar in a few tracks). Many nice moments and varied enough. It doesn't outstay it's welcome but doesn't hang around either.
3
May 25 2024
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Liquid Swords
GZA
Love the beats and the lyricism, but just didn't hit for me
2
May 26 2024
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Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
4
May 27 2024
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I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
I've generally not been a fan of mid period Cohen, prefering the early or very late albums. But I suspect I just haven't given him a chance, especially now I'm out of my total music wanker/poser period in my old age. His lyrics are insightful and acerbicly humourous as always. Yeah, the production is dated but his deeper, more mature voice is coming into its own. He carries *weight* now, an old testament prophet, a battle scared lion.
4
May 28 2024
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Garbage
Garbage
Was expecting a bit less from this, and frankly expecting it to sound quite dated. It didn't to my ears, and hell you can't argue with the hits!
4
May 29 2024
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Back to Basics
Christina Aguilera
1
May 30 2024
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Really enjoyed the production and Jeru's flow. Lyrically it's dated. This was robbed of wider success - if only it had come out any other year! The newly released (like a week ago as I write this - great timing!) expanded version on spotify has instrumental versions of D. Original, You Can't Stop The Prophet, and Come Clean. They slap.
3
May 31 2024
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
4
Jun 01 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
Can't argue that it's done right. Amazing that this came out after their first greatest hits. Smells like a slightly cloying perfume and the hot vinyl seats in a late 70s family car.
3
Jun 02 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Smells like mud and rust
4
Jun 03 2024
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Sheet Music
10cc
2
Jun 04 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
Jun 05 2024
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
It's good, but it's not great.
*Peaches
*Sometimes
*(Get A) Grip [on Yourself]
3
Jun 06 2024
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
What a revelation! Fantastic album
4
Jun 07 2024
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
The classic line-up. Mustaine's political lyrics to the fore. Essential listening for the history of metal - especially the impact on speed/thrash metal - probably the epitome of the movement. Angular, mechanical playing (there's something cybernetic about Mustaine) with Friedman's neoclassical style bringing in more human elements.
4
Jun 08 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3
Jun 09 2024
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High Violet
The National
2
Jun 10 2024
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Bossanova
Pixies
4
Jun 11 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
3
Jun 12 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
3
Jun 13 2024
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
2
Jun 14 2024
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Being There
Wilco
3
Jun 15 2024
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In Utero
Nirvana
5
Jun 16 2024
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The Renaissance
Q-Tip
3
Jun 17 2024
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
4
Jun 18 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4
Jun 19 2024
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
2
Jun 20 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
4
Jun 21 2024
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
4
Jun 22 2024
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
3
Jun 23 2024
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
5
Jun 24 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
Gorgeous, the reason I'm doing this project.
4
Jun 25 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
2
Jun 26 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
Jun 27 2024
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Dust
Screaming Trees
3
Jun 28 2024
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
I know the Breul covers, Jackie has been a favourite song for decades. Next is magnificent. But the originals are new to me and holy shit. Masterpiece. The Girls From The Streets is the perfect follow up to Next.
5
Jun 29 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
Jun 30 2024
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Songs:great. Misogyny:not such
3
Jul 01 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Wish I knew more about jazz! I know what I like, and this I like. Not a dud on this album. It rewarded both focused listening and inattentive listening.
4
Jul 02 2024
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Grew on me!
3
Jul 03 2024
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Vivid
Living Colour
Vernon Reid is a genius! I knew the hits off this, but weirdly hadn't listened to the whole thing. Varied, genre mashing. Similar albums from this time have turned me off lyrically - I'm as much into songs about cars and fucking as I was in the 80s. This album had more socially conscious writing, as well as some straight up party bangers. Good stuff.
4
Jul 04 2024
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
4
Jul 05 2024
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
3
Jul 06 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Jul 07 2024
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
3
Jul 08 2024
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
2
Jul 09 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
3
Jul 10 2024
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
2
Jul 11 2024
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Odelay
Beck
3
Jul 12 2024
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
4
Jul 13 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2
Jul 14 2024
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For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
3
Jul 15 2024
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
2
Jul 16 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
Jul 17 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
5
Jul 18 2024
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
Found it here: https://youtu.be/JbYmWrfNJpQ?si=KB05SRDULWAIWZRY
It's giving me Cohen vibes weirdly. If Nico was a good singer and covered Scott Walker covering Jacques Brel. I like it. It's dark, avante-gard. Challenging, but rewarding.
3
Jul 19 2024
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
5
Jul 20 2024
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Guero
Beck
4
Jul 21 2024
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Jack Takes the Floor
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
3
Jul 22 2024
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Jul 23 2024
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
Jul 24 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
2
Jul 25 2024
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
5
Jul 26 2024
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Phrenology
The Roots
1
Jul 27 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
4
Jul 28 2024
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Slayed?
Slade
3
Jul 29 2024
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
2
Jul 30 2024
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Moon Safari
Air
2
Jul 31 2024
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
1
Aug 01 2024
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
1
Aug 02 2024
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
4
Aug 03 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
3
Aug 04 2024
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
3
Aug 05 2024
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Treasure
Cocteau Twins
3
Aug 06 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
4
Aug 07 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
2
Aug 08 2024
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
2
Aug 09 2024
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Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
2
Aug 10 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
3
Aug 11 2024
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Abbey Road
Beatles
4
Aug 12 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
4
Aug 13 2024
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
3
Aug 14 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
3
Aug 15 2024
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Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
3
Aug 16 2024
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
4
Aug 17 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
The two half decent songs on this do not make up for the murder of Little Wing.
2
Aug 18 2024
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
4
Aug 19 2024
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Pink Flag
Wire
5
Aug 20 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
2
Aug 21 2024
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Ten
Pearl Jam
4
Aug 22 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
1
Aug 23 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
2
Aug 24 2024
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Eagles
Eagles
3
Aug 25 2024
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
Aug 26 2024
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Connected
Stereo MC's
1
Aug 27 2024
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The Clash
The Clash
3
Aug 28 2024
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Crazysexycool
TLC
4
Aug 29 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
4
Aug 30 2024
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The Predator
Ice Cube
2
Aug 31 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
3
Sep 01 2024
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
Sep 02 2024
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3
Sep 03 2024
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Feel like this would go to 4 with more listens, started to really get into its vibe after being put off by the singing style.
3
Sep 04 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
Sep 05 2024
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Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
3
Sep 06 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
3
Sep 07 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
2
Sep 08 2024
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
4
Sep 09 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
5
Sep 10 2024
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Sep 11 2024
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
3
Sep 12 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
3
Sep 13 2024
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Infected
The The
2
Sep 14 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
4
Sep 15 2024
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Virgin Suicides
Air
Nice, but not essential
2
Sep 16 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
2
Sep 17 2024
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The Doors
The Doors
I just wish they had a song called "The Doors" so they could join the heady company of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and Bad Company! Jokes aside, for me, over the last 30 years, The Doors have gone from "This band is my life and Jim Morrison is Kerouac, Rimbaud, and Blake combined" to "Fuck, I'm so embarrassed I used to listen to The Doors", to my latest position. The band is important culturally, a touch stone for many other artists. The music is bloody good actually. Little heavy on the keys occasionally but Krieger has a unique style and Densmore is a fantastic drummer, given the space he has to fill. This is psychedelic with a gothic tint. Later albums move a bit further into the dark and have a bit more interest for me due to that.
3
Sep 18 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
3
Sep 19 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
3
Sep 20 2024
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Sep 21 2024
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2112
Rush
I didn't think I liked Rush, but I'm glad I gave this the time to grow on me. 4 stars for side 1 alone.
4
Sep 22 2024
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Blur
Blur
2
Sep 23 2024
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
4
Sep 24 2024
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
5
Sep 25 2024
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Among The Living
Anthrax
4
Sep 26 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
2
Sep 27 2024
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Third
Portishead
3
Sep 28 2024
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
4
Sep 29 2024
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4
Sep 30 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Just about tore my throat out during the drive to work thanks to this!
5
Oct 01 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
2
Oct 02 2024
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
2
Oct 03 2024
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Really liked this. The movement of the bass doesn't allow it to wash over you and you're almost forced to listen - not unpleasant though! Lyrically interesting and poetic. Joni's a new treasure for me from this list, I only knew of her and maybe one or two hits. What a guitarist she is too!
4
Oct 04 2024
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
5
Oct 05 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Oct 06 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
2
Oct 07 2024
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D
White Denim
The 2nd listen through hit better, but I'm finding the music a bit frenetic. Listening around their oeuvre, the later albums are more to my taste. 2.5, round to a gentleman's 3.
3
Oct 08 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
3
Oct 09 2024
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
4
Oct 10 2024
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I think this was the first album in over 250 I've faced listening to with dread. The songs I heard from it at the time I thought were the worst excesses of bland mass fodder. I've reassessed. It's not bad. The songwriting seems more mature and the guitar is certainly tasteful. Flea always provides a joyful lower end. Even Keidis wasn't as annoying as I remember.
3
Oct 11 2024
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Slipknot
Slipknot
3
Oct 12 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
3
Oct 13 2024
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21
Adele
3
Oct 14 2024
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
3
Oct 15 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
4
Oct 16 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4
Oct 17 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
3
Oct 18 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
2
Oct 19 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
Oct 20 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
4
Oct 21 2024
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
5
Oct 22 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Oct 23 2024
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Fuck I miss MCs rapping about rapping and how to spell their names.
3
Oct 24 2024
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En-Tact
The Shamen
2
Oct 25 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Oct 26 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
3
Oct 27 2024
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Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
Fuck Morrissey. It's not for loving that you're hated, mate. That said, magnificent album, damn it. 4 stars.
4
Oct 28 2024
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
4
Oct 29 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Oct 30 2024
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
2
Oct 31 2024
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
4
Nov 01 2024
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
4
Nov 02 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
First song. Fuck am I going to have to like Steely Dan? (Turns out no, but can tolerate it)
2
Nov 03 2024
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
1
Nov 04 2024
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
2
Nov 05 2024
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
5