Jan 09 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
This album was way better than what I was expecting. Dolly’s voice is great and the songs are great stories.
5
Jan 10 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
Super fun listen!!
4
Jan 11 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
5
Jan 12 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
I knew the hits on this album. Nothing else was a standout. Very folksy stuff. I can see how the chieftains thing happened in the 90s now.
4
Jan 15 2024
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The Cars
The Cars
I knew the hits on this album. Nothing else was a standout. Very folksy stuff. I can see how the chieftains thing happened in the 90s now.
5
Jan 16 2024
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
It’s such a fun album. Some songs are upbeat. Some are dark. Very clever. Great sample choices.
5
Jan 17 2024
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
This album is like the Beatles making a soundtrack for a Tarentino movie. At first I didn’t like it at all. The more I listen the more I dig it. Is that a theremin? Or is it the weird thing the MC 505 groove box could do?(track is bad behavior)
4
Jan 18 2024
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Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
I love going into these albums blind. I had no idea what to expect. The first track sounds like electro Bob Marley.
I love the bass lines on this album. The sounds range from Beatles strings to the grit of bands like the stooges and MC5. Red Rolled and Seen gives me a Tom Waits “earth died screaming” vibe. The groove on this track is incredible
4
Jan 19 2024
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
I love the raspy vocals. Almost a Pougues “love you til the end” vibe. 2nd track a real U2 meets the chieftains vibe. I wonder if this album had any influence on Flogging Molly?
4
Jan 22 2024
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I knew “Everyday People”. I don’t know if it’s just the sound quality, but this album is not grabbing me.
Ok. The “sex machine” jam has my attention. I’m digging this.
3
Jan 23 2024
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The Clash
The Clash
I’ve never understood the hype around The Clash. I’ve never found them very “punk”. The opening track “Janie Jones” I really liked. Listened to the whole thing. I still don’t get the hype. They have the look and imagery, but nothing in the music spoke to me at all.
2
Jan 24 2024
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
I’m so over this band. Trying to give a listen, but just tired of this sound. It was cool at the time. “Im about to break” that’s how I feel. 😂
This album is just overplayed and sounds cliche. I’m so glad that is over
1
Jan 25 2024
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Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
Holy crap! “Soul Machine” just grabs you from the start. This album is just groove start to finish. I love the relaxed party vibe.
5
Jan 26 2024
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
This album just feels like a Sunday morning. I miss records with this much clarity on the instruments. This is a start to finish album. Fantastic to the end.
5
Jan 29 2024
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21
Adele
Opening track is better than I was expecting. “Rumor has it”, great voice. Almost like old Motown. The opening tracks were great. Now in the middle they all sound the same. Slow piano ballad
3
Jan 30 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
I love Thunder road. I didn’t know 10th ave freeze out was on this record. This album just has a fun, night out, sing along vibe. “She’s the one” is a great song. Love this intro. This album went by way too fast. I really enjoyed it. Jungleland is a great closer.
4
Jan 31 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I’m on track three and it’s good. But nothing is grabbing me. It’s not a memorable experience so far. I’m diving the synth on “the old castle”. Now that I am reading the background this is making more sense. Almost a precursor to TSO
3
Feb 01 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
I’m a big fan of Flogging Molly so I’m surprised this has escaped me for so long. I love Shane’s voice. All these songs are right up my alley. This album is just a fun time.
4
Feb 02 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
I went in expecting to hate this and this first track is fantastic. Kim and cookie did nothing for me.
3
Feb 06 2024
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
It’s not his best. There are good songs. I don’t get the hype.
3
Feb 07 2024
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Kimono My House
Sparks
How this band escaped me I will never know. The sound of this album is still fresh after 50 years.
4
Feb 08 2024
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
It’s a good album. I feel like this is every classic I have ever heard by Van Morrison.
3
Feb 09 2024
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Just a good record. Nothing standing out. Just a groove.
5
Feb 12 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
“The Louvre” is a fantastic song. Super cut and liability really grab me.
3
Feb 13 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
Tears of rage reminds me of “take a load off Fanny”. “In a station”, it has the same “take a load off…” groove. Caledonia mission. This album is just groove. And here is “the weight”. How did one band make an album this good? This album is fantastic
5
Feb 14 2024
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Mask
Bauhaus
“Hair of the dog” sounds like a devo song. This is trippy weird record. Kick in the eye 2 is a killer bass line. This is a very good album. So far “mask” is my favorite. Really good record.
4
Feb 15 2024
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The Yes Album
Yes
I feel like this is an album where I will know the songs abut not know I had heard them before. I’m really enjoying this record. Now I’m wishing I would have seen them live.
5
Feb 16 2024
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Odessa
Bee Gees
This is not The Bee Gees I knew as a kid. This is a good start. Could be my mood today but this just sounds like “the 60s” and nothing jumps out. Nothing remarkable to me so far. Just started Black Diamond. Marley purt Drive is grabbing me. This one I like. This album goes in and out of genius. Lamplight is a great tune. Sound of love. Great song. This album really finds its stride half way through. “I laugh in your face is a great song”. For real. How does this keep getting better? Never say never again. What a hook. I started out not liking this album and by the end I loved it.
4
Feb 20 2024
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
Never knew what to expect from this band. I’m digging this album though.
4
Feb 21 2024
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The Specials
The Specials
I’m aware of the specials, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever listed to an album. Ok. Half way through. I do t get the hype. It’s good. But nothing is really jumping out to me. And now “too hot” is on and I’m changing my mind.
3
Feb 22 2024
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
I had heard this name. Thought it was a joke or made up. This album is great. It’s the perfect album for me this morning.
4
Feb 23 2024
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Oar
Alexander 'Skip' Spence
I have never heard of this ever. Opening track is fantastic!! This album is fantastic. I love the sounds and the openness of it all.
4
Feb 26 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Opener sounds like a demo for “America Girl”. 2nd tack is breakdown. What a groove. Home town blues is a great track. This is a fatatstic album.
5
Feb 27 2024
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
It’s good. I don’t get the hype on this guy.
3
Feb 28 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Sound wise I already dig this opening track. I don’t know what it is about this album. Maybe the vocals? The strings? It’s just a calming sound. Right from the start “can I get a witness” is great.
4
Feb 29 2024
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Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
This sounds like the 90s
3
Mar 01 2024
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Sure shot is sure a great opener. This album is so great!! I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this entire album and it is just gold. This album is fantastic from start to finish
5
Mar 06 2024
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2112
Rush
Sure shot is sure a great opener. This album is so great!! I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this entire album and it is just gold. This album is fantastic from start to finish
3
Mar 07 2024
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Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
It starts with noise. That threw me off and I like. The song gentlemen has a great groove. Really digging this record. Great grooves. Great song writing
4
Mar 08 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
It starts with noise. That threw me off and I like. The song gentlemen has a great groove. Really digging this record. Great grooves. Great song writing
5
Mar 11 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Ok, so this is good. But it all sounds the same.
3
Mar 13 2024
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
This album was everywhere when I was kid. I know three songs for sure. Looking forward to finally hearing the rest. On down bound train. This is a good album but it sounds very “80s”. Not all of it. But just some of the synth choices. No surrender is a fantastic song. I think the crpytkeeper 5 covered this and I had no idea it was a cover. And now Bobby Jean. These are great tracks and they sound timeless. On “I’m going down”. What an amazing album this is.
4
Mar 14 2024
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Abraxas
Santana
4
Mar 15 2024
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Woodface
Crowded House
This album really surprised me. I didn’t know what to expect and this is some great song writing and performances.
4
Mar 18 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
I know this record inside and out. It’s fantastic
5
Mar 19 2024
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
I know the hit from this record. “Take me out”. I think I thought this modest mouse. And now that I have heard the hit. Every song after sounds like the hit. Really digging “this fire”. This album reminds me of the British new wave punk stuff in the 80s. Stripped back, more refined and juts rock and roll.
3
Mar 20 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
I know everyone was enamored with Bowie in the 70s and this was his signature/most iconic look. But so far I don’t see the hype. Drive-in Saturday is a good track. I don’t get the hype.
2
Mar 21 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
Right off the bat the opener “and it stoned me” grabbed me. This is catchy. Skipped moondance. Great tune. I’ve heard it enough. Crazy love is a great tune. This record is just great some after great song. Skipped mystic because like moondance I’ve heard it enough. This album is so good I can’t believe I have not listened to it before. Fantastic record
5
Mar 22 2024
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
Not sure why the recorded tuning their guitars at the beginning but this is picking up.
St. Stephen is my kinda jam. Loving this track
The Eleven is great too. Turn on your love light rocks. I love this tune. Death don’t have no mercy is great. The start of this album was rough. The rest is great. Tracks one and seven had to be an influence on Gregg Ginn
5
Mar 25 2024
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
I know the hits. I will probably skip those to listen to the rest of the record. Listening to I need you tonight. This is very 80s production wise. But you still here the Texas blues rock in the voice. Really digging “I got the six”. Bad girl is a great track. I’m glad I finally listened to this album.
4
Mar 26 2024
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Elephant
The White Stripes
This is a good album. There is a nuance to Jack’s playing. Gentle and unhinged at the same time.
“I just don’t know what to do with myself” is my favorite so far. This album gets better the further you go.
Ball and biscuit is my favorite track so far. Hypnotize is great
4
Mar 27 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
This opening track is fantastic and not at all what I was expecting. This album is very good.
3
Mar 28 2024
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Aware of this band, excited to listen to this album. Second track “there’s always tomorrow” hands a great groove. Good songs. Nothing jumped out at me here. I can see why they were popular but also not talked about like other bands from their era.
3
Mar 29 2024
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Never listened to this album. Opening track is great. Great album. Super solid songs.
4
Apr 01 2024
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
I didn’t get Black Sabbath until I looked at the billboard charts and saw what was popular when they started. That’s when I really understood how new they were. The miss albums like this. A collection of songs that flow and tell a story.
5
Apr 10 2024
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Django Django
Django Django
I know nothing of this artist. Really digging this first track. I’m really enjoying this album. Firewater has a great groove. “Zumm Zumm” sounds like a video game. Skies over Cairo was one of my favorites from this album. I really enjoyed this album.
4
Apr 11 2024
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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
This is a band I know by name only. Opening track is great! I’m looking forward to this journey. I would have probably hated this album in the 90’s but I love it now. “The creep out” is a great song. This is a great album.
4
Apr 12 2024
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Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Opening track is great! I can’t believe I’ve never listened to this album before. I knew of the wait because of Metallica. I like the original better. This is a great record. I wish I had heard this sooner. I really like this record.
5
Apr 15 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
So glad to be listening to this album. Opening track is good. Andy’s chest is my kind of jam. Perfect day is such a great track. Hanging round is another great track. What a record this is. This album is just great. So glad I finally listened to it.
5
Apr 16 2024
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
As the years go by I feel that Cream and Eric Clapton are overrated. I’m looking forward to giving another listen. “World of pain” came on and I thought my playlist switched. I really like this track. Now Blue condition is on. This album is better than the “hits”. This album feels “formulaic”. I almost want someone to play me a random 60s play list and see if I can pick out Cream before the vocals come on. “Mother’s lament” feels like Monty Python. 🤣
2
Apr 17 2024
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Tago Mago
Can
Never heard of this band before. I really like it so far. Just on the opening track. “Mushroom” has a great groove. I had no idea music like this existed this early. This is similar to the industrial music of the 90s. The groove on the end of “Peking o” is a great groove. This album does not even feel dated. Ok, some of the guitar sounds are dated. But it feels very relevant today.
4
Apr 18 2024
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Pleasuredome is a great pop track. War? Born to run? These are great spins on these tracks. What a great band. This was a really fun album. Great songs. Good for a party
4
Apr 19 2024
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
No idea who this is. Love the opening track. 2nd track. This album is great. Really enjoyed this record!!
4
Apr 22 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
So excited to get a Jazz album. I’ve heard this name but never listened to them. Bass solo on “my man’s gone now” is great. This is mellower than I feel today. I need to make a list of albums like this for Sunday mornings.
4
Apr 23 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Another artist I have never heard of. This album is great. Great jazz record. I really enjoyed the organ playing.
4
Apr 24 2024
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
This is already weird. 🤣track three has my attention. The rest so far sounds like the weird stuff in “yes man”. This feels like it should be a musical of some sort. I might enjoy this more if there were visuals. There is some good stuff on here. I think I can give this a three. Oddly I like the German lyrics better than English. Something about the way those melodies flow.
This was way better than I expected it to be. It took me on a journey.
4
Apr 25 2024
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Apparently I’m in the right mood for this. I’m really digging this so far. Keep on the sunny side is not resonating with me. Her voice just sounds off.
End of the world was great. This version of I saw the light is amazing. This is a great album and a LOT of music.
4
Apr 26 2024
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
Right off the bat I like “song of love”. This is so good and so eclectic.
3
Apr 29 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
The opening track “chameleon” is great!this is a great record and I wish I would have discovered it sooner.
4
May 01 2024
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
I love how eclectic and manic these tracks are. This album is so heavy and raw.
4
May 02 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
First track sounds like it out of the 70s. I really like it. Ok. This is wild. It’s like someone wanted to go back and make the 70s record they always wanted to hear. This is a great blend of hip-hop and 70s disco and soul. I love this record.
4
May 08 2024
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Love the two opening songs. Really digging this album. I knew two of the songs on here already. The rest of these are really good.
4
May 09 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
This band is just a party. I enjoyed all the tracks
4
May 10 2024
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
I’ve only listened to this record for the first time in the last year. It’s weird to think a debut album had so many cover songs. It doesn’t quite sound like The Rolling Stones I know yet. Good album!!
4
May 13 2024
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
I had zero interest in listening to this album. The way highway star opens is just great! I wish I could have been at this show. This record is amazing and now I get the hype.
5
May 14 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
I’m excited to listen to. Full Hendrix album. I think I’ve only listened to collections of songs up til now.
Well, I’ve always like Hendrix, this album proves how much he influenced so much music.
4
May 15 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
I know the “hits”. I’m looking forward to diving into this. This album is really great and more than just an “80s album”.
5
May 16 2024
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Pink Flag
Wire
Never heard of this album. Love the first track. The rest is early punk and just some good old rock and roll. This sounds like the Clash but better.
4
May 17 2024
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
This already sounds like every Smith song I’ve ever heard. I don’t know if it’s the voice or that they only have a couple melodies? Track two “I started something” is way better than the first track. That voice though. Struggling with it.
This album gets better and the voice gets more tolerable as it goes. The bass lines in this are killer.
Way better than it started.
4
May 20 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
This album is not what I was expecting. Some of these songs remind me of something I would have written in the 80s. This album is really good and not what I think of when I think of the Cure. I’m really enjoying this.
4
May 21 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
This is clearly Iron Maiden, but vocally they were finding their way. I have not listened to the first two albums much because I am a Dickinson fan. Musically I love this.
Once I get past the vocals I love this album.
4
May 22 2024
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
This is a good record. I’d never seek it out, but I enjoy it.
3
May 23 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Simón and Garfunkel using synths!? In 1968?!? That 2nd track really surprised me. This is a group where I know the hits, but never listed to an album. This album is a masterpiece so far.
5
May 24 2024
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Destroyer
KISS
I’m listening to this album for the first time in years. Still a masterpiece.
5
May 27 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
This is an acoustic masterpiece. “I shall be free” is amazing.
5
May 29 2024
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
Never heard of this band. It’s delightfully weird so far. This seems so weird, but just keeps getting better
4
May 30 2024
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The Undertones
The Undertones
Never heard of this band. So far so good. Fun album. Will I remember it probably not.
3
May 31 2024
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
This isn’t bad. But it just seems like a morrisey knock off.
2
Jun 03 2024
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
I love “Son of a preacher man”. I’m excited to hear this whole album. This is a great album. I don’t see what it was a double? “I’ll be faithful” starts with great gospel piano.
4
Jun 04 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
This album is already getting my attention with the groove and feel. I’m digging this. Janelle really had a great voice. I’m surprised I had not heard of her sooner. “Come alive” is hands down my favorite track.
4
Jun 05 2024
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New Wave
The Auteurs
I really like the 2nd track, “bailed out”. This was a good album. I would not seek it out for a second listen.
2
Jun 06 2024
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A Northern Soul
The Verve
I always liked bittersweet symphony. This record is before that. I probably would have loved this in the 90s. Track 7 “drive you home” is fantastic.
3
Jun 11 2024
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
I was never a fan of her voice. But this album is an example of another album that gets better as it goes.
3
Jun 12 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
No idea who this is. Had a Lou Reed off-key thing in the vocals. The music is fantastic. Let’s not and say we did is a great track. Super fun and bouncy. Don’t know if I will listen again. But this was a fun record.
3
Jun 13 2024
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
I listened out of curiosity. I know the stories and this really was a good album. Reminded me of the Beatles. And I do hear early Floyd in there.
3
Jun 14 2024
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Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
The opening track was some great piano. Ok. I can’t tell if this is a jazz record. Light pop. Adult contemporary? This is a really good record.
3
Jun 18 2024
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25
Adele
This sounds so much like 21 I had to make sure I had not already listened to this one.
3
Jun 19 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
I was not expecting to enjoy this at all. Opening track was great. Second track is really good. I like the vibe. This album I really fantastic. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it was not this.
4
Jun 20 2024
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
This is really good and I can’t believe it’s from 1977. It sounds current. This was a really good and rwally mellow album.
4
Jun 21 2024
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Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
This album is good. It’s easy listening. I doubt I will listen again, but it’s good.
2
Jun 24 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
I knew the song rainy day women. But that was it. This album starts strong and so far keeps getting better. This is a really good album. I looked up the musicians list n it. He had some great players
4
Jun 25 2024
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Imagine
John Lennon
The first two tracks are great. This is what I expect from John. I’m not a fan of the Yoko stuff. This album is great!
4
Jun 26 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
I’m excited to listen to this album start to finish. I know all the songs. I’ve just never listened to them in this order. This is the Beatles. What can I say? I love this album.
5
Jun 27 2024
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
I know the title track. Excited to listen to the rest of this album.
4
Jun 28 2024
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
No idea who this is. Opening track has a great groove. Ok. I really like this album. To the point where I want to tell everyone about it. This is a great album.
4
Jul 01 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Never listened to this album before. It’s fantastic.
5
Jul 02 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
This is like a great 1940’s album but done in the 1960s. Really great so far.
5
Jul 04 2024
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Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
I’m so glad the 60s artists went into the studio in the 90s. Dylan still makes great music and this recording is fantastic
4
Jul 09 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
I feel like this album helped me understand ABBA and why everyone loves them. This is just a fun singable album.
4
Jul 10 2024
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Dookie
Green Day
I’m sick of the “hits” from this record. They make physically ill at this point I’m so tired of them. Thankfully the rest of the album is really good. This album is better than the “hits”.
4
Jul 11 2024
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The Real Thing
Faith No More
I forgot how much I liked this opening track. Ok, so apparently I know the first 4 tracks pretty well. Ok loved that album. Especially “woodpecker from mars”.
4
Jul 12 2024
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Gold
Ryan Adams
Opening track is great right off the bat. I really like “New York, New York
4
Jul 15 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
I love the opening track. This album is fantastic. This is a must listen.
5
Jul 16 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
Good record. Don’t know if I will listen again.
3
Jul 17 2024
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
This sounds like the 90s. Opening track, the guitar groove. Palm muted and dark. Total 90s. Good record. So 90s.
3
Jul 18 2024
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
This album is a masterpiece
5
Jul 19 2024
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
Right off the bat I like these beats.
5
Jul 22 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
It’s good. But I wonder what the hype is about. The live tracks are great.
2
Jul 23 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
I wish I would have paid more attention to this album. These are some great bass lines. Ok. I never gave that album the credit I should have. It’s better than the “hits”.
4
Jul 24 2024
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
It’s good electronic music. I don’t know if I’d listen again though.
2
Jul 25 2024
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
This album gets better as it goes.
3
Jul 26 2024
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Good album. Very sad mood.
3
Jul 29 2024
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
This is a great album. It really frames up for me what makes Zappa great. He’s weird and out there, but this album shows he is first and foremost a musician.
4
Jul 30 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
It’s CCR. I feel like I am preprogrammed to like this. Wrote a song for everyone is just hitting me this morning. Something about the delivery in the vocals.
The closer is is just great rock and roll. Night time is the right time.
5
Jul 31 2024
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If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
I guess this is ok. I know people love this band. But neither album so far has done much for me.
2
Aug 01 2024
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
This is good, but I still don’t see the hype around Eric Clapton.
2
Aug 06 2024
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
I know almost every Hendrix song but I’ve never listened to full albums. This is a great album. I know people are over Hendrix, but he really was a master and pushed the limits so we have what we have today.
5
Aug 08 2024
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Third
Portishead
This album is really good. Didn’t know what to expect. I like the experimental sounds blended with melody
4
Aug 09 2024
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Homework
Daft Punk
I have to be in the mood for this. Good club music for sure.
3
Aug 12 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Really good album. Has stone cold crazy
4
Aug 13 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
This album is amazing. The opening track “Zombie” grabs me right away. This whole album is great. I need more by this guy.
5
Aug 14 2024
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Lost Souls
Doves
I really like vibe of this album. I love the tremolo on “rise”. “The cedar room” is fantastic.
4
Aug 15 2024
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
No idea who this is, but I really like this album.
4
Aug 16 2024
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
So far this reminds me of Tom Jones. Still reminds me of Tom Jones. Good album. Don’t know I would listen again though.
3
Aug 19 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
These first three songs are just gold. How did anyone come up with this string of an opening. This album is so good.
I can’t believe I had not listened to it before start to finish. This album is amazing.
5
Aug 20 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
I did not expect to enjoy this album this much. This is a solid album.
4
Aug 21 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
I’m surprised how much of this album I know. It sounds great. But it’s not really my thing. I wouldn’t put it on again. But I also would not turn it off. I might listen again to study the production.
3
Aug 22 2024
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Aug 27 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Not for me. But got better.
3
Aug 28 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
This was a surprise. It was really good. Each song was a journey
4
Aug 29 2024
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
I don’t recognize the songs, but I recognize the sounds. It sounds like 80s country. So far this is still not for me. Ok, the intro to “buenos noches from a lonely room” has a very nice intro. I think it’s the vocals that I really don’t like. I liked the last song. I’m torn on this album. I like some of the songs and guitar work, but overall there is something cheesy about the sound that is not sitting well with me.
2
Aug 30 2024
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Steamroller is a surprise. The other stuff is good. It’s just background music.
2
Sep 02 2024
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
I’m a Dave Grohl fan, but not really a foo fighters fan. I love what he does for music. This album is better than the hits and worth the listen.
4
Sep 04 2024
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
I remember when this came out. Don’t remember the songs. This opening track is great. This is a really good album. I do remember “Ray of light” once I heard it.
4
Sep 05 2024
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Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
I e heard of this band, but this is the first time I’m listening to them. I think I was expecting more psychobilly, but this is 90s rock with some horns in there. I dig these guys. Great album. I want to check out more of their stuff now.
5
Sep 06 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
Great album. More punk rock than I expected. But more polished towards the later half of the album.
4
Sep 09 2024
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
I love this album! It’s so great!!
5
Sep 10 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
The opening track is fantastic! I would not have guessed this is talking heads. I really like this album. It’s all over the place.
4
Sep 12 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
This is good. I don’t know if I would listen again.
2
Sep 13 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
I know personal Jesus from this. That’s all. These other songs are really good. This is a great album. I need to listen again to study the production.
4
Sep 16 2024
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Abbey Road
Beatles
Fantastic album. I don’t know what else to say.
5
Sep 17 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
Never heard this album, but I know “badlands”.
This is ok, but nothing exciting. I dig promised land. I knew that. I’m enjoying factory.
3
Sep 18 2024
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Great album. Berry Oakley is amazing.
4
Sep 19 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
I has zero interest in this album when it was released. And listening now it’s fantastic.
4
Sep 20 2024
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Suicide
Suicide
This is droning on a bit, but I’m still excited to hear the original version of “Ghost Rider”. Ghost rider and the second song sounded the same like the first one never stopped. Third song is cool so far.
4
Sep 23 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
I don’t think I like vocal jazz. This sounds like every vocal jazz thing I’ve ever heard. It always sounds quiet and gentle. No energy or excitement.
2
Sep 24 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Ok, so this also seems like vocal jazz, but I like this better. Maybe it is more singer/songwriter? This is a good album. It’s a chill record. Like a relaxing Saturday record.
4
Sep 25 2024
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The La's
The La's
This album gets better as it goes. I knew the hit, there she goes. This album is pretty good. I’m surprised I have never heard of them before.
4
Sep 26 2024
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Nice dance album. I would not have pegged this for the 90s
3
Sep 27 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
I was not impressed by the big brother and the holding company record. This sounds like a masterpiece from the first note. I’m really enjoying this record.
5
Oct 01 2024
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
I really can’t believe how many songs I know from this album. I’ve never listened to it before. This is really good.
4
Oct 02 2024
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Everyone talks about the yardbirds, but I really knew nothing about them other than Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. This album is great. I actually did know “over under sideways down”. This album helps me understand the hype on the Yardbirds as well as just British music evolution. This is a great record.
4
Oct 03 2024
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
I wish I would have heard this album in my teens. I really dig “Hoochie”.
4
Oct 04 2024
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Listening to this I get why they were so influential. This album was wild. I wish I had heard it sooner.
4
Oct 07 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
Never been a big steely Dan fan. But I really only know reeling in the years. I recognize this song. Had no idea it was steely Dan. This is 70s easy listening. It’s great, but not my cup of tea
3
Oct 08 2024
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Right off the bat this is great. The kid from redbank swings fast and hard and then “duet” slows it down. This is possibly my favorite jazz album now.
5
Oct 09 2024
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The opening track was ok, and then it got better. This album is really good. Haunting.
4
Oct 10 2024
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
This album is fantastic. I had no idea this is where a lot of drum samples came from.
5
Oct 11 2024
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
It was ok. Kind of forgettable
1
Oct 15 2024
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Different Class
Pulp
I’m excited to listen to this because of Shatner’s version of common people. I like the first track. Off to a good start. I’m bummed I missed this band in the 90s. I really like this record.
4
Oct 16 2024
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
The music is pretty good. It’s all spoken dialogue.
2
Oct 17 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
I’ve always heard about this album, but never listened. Kicks off with highway star. What a record so far. Ok, the drum intro to “pictures of home”. Ozzy’s band clearly ripped this off for “over the mountain. This album is great and had a quite an influence. The bass playing on this record is amazing and over the top. Clearly this had to be an influence on Steve Harris.
5
Oct 18 2024
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
I know the first two songs, but I feel like I’ve heard better versions of both by Rod. This is not the best example of his work so far. Ok, “only a hobo” is a good song. Now I’m starting to dig this. And now my way of giving rocks. This is a great album. And now country comfort. Just wow.
5
Oct 21 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
This is my first time listening to solo McCartney. Band on the run is a Beatles song.
4
Oct 22 2024
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
I think I know all these. I lived this album in real time. I forgot about the opening track. But once I heard it it came back. I love the expressiveness of her voice. The more I listen the more I remember. This album is phenomenal.
5
Oct 23 2024
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Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
I can’t say this is awful, but its mot for me. Ok, so the last track on the album is pretty good. All the rest were just background to me.
2
Oct 24 2024
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Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
This opening track is great. And I didn’t not expect to like anything on here. Really looking forward to this now. Thanks his album is fantastic. It still feels fresh even though it’s 37 years old as of today (10/23/24).
4
Oct 25 2024
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
This album was ok. I like the sounds better than the songs.
2
Oct 28 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Never listened to this album, but I knew the first five songs so far. On track 7(our house) and I know this whole record so far. This blows my mind. No wonder CSNY has always been talked about so highly. This is an albums worth of hits. First track I didn’t know was “4+20”. Great song. Now I’m on “country girl”. This one I don’t know either, and the first song where I’m not “wow”. So country girl starts slow and builds to a great song. Great album
5
Oct 29 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
The bends will always be my favorite. This is a good record. They touched a lot of different genres here.
4
Oct 30 2024
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Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
Little bird is as if the Beatles recorded today. It’s fantastic
3
Oct 31 2024
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
This is a good album. I don’t know if I would seek it out, but it’s good.
3
Nov 01 2024
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
This is a band that on paper I should like. I keep hoping to find “the album”. So far I like the opening track. Ok. Three tracks in. This is what I imagined when I read articles about sonic youth. This is the album I was looking for. ‘Cross the breeze has elements of what would be used for metal break downs later. This is a really good album. It’s almost punk New Age music. “Total trash” is another standout. I love the intro to “Trilogy a: the wonder”.
5
Nov 04 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
I’m excited to listen to this album. I don’t know any of the songs. So far I like “candy”. Ok so I’m not sure when it started. But from pale blue eyes into the next song, the songs sound the same with different words. Could explain why I thought “pale blue eyes” was so long. 😂ok, beginning to see the light is clearly different. 😁
I really like the beginning to murder mystery.
3
Nov 05 2024
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
This album is fantastic. I read about this in his book and really wanted to give it a good listen.
5
Nov 06 2024
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
I seriously thought this was the talking heads album from yesterday. And then remembered that album was yesterday and that David Byrne worked with Eno at some point. There has to be a talking heads connection here. I really dig this album. I can’t believe this is from 1977. It sounds more like the 80s. Now I get my people gush over Eno. What a record.
4
Nov 07 2024
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
For 1982, this sounds like the 70s. I don’t know the name but these songs sound familiar. It’s possible I confuse these with steely Dan. Ok. So it sounds like steely Dan because Donald Fagen is half of steely Dan. 🤣😂
4
Nov 08 2024
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
This is so trippy. This is somewhere between other 60s groups and just noise. I really like cloud song. Ok. This must the ring mod song (garden) it sounds like doctor who. From garden 🪴 n the album finds a groove. I’m enjoying this. Track 13 has great fuzz. This was a pretty good album.
3
Nov 11 2024
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Low
David Bowie
I’ve never really listened to a Bowie album. Just the hits and singles. The opener was an instrumental and really good. This is a really great album. It surprised me with the amount on instrumentals. It sounds modern still today and it wa recorded in 1977. That’s quite a feat
4
Nov 12 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
I know the Bob Marley Hits, but have never listened to an album. So far it’s reggae. Nothing against Reggae, but I don’t see the excitement around it. “High tide or low tide” is a stand out track. I like the groove and melody. It was a good album, but in general I wouldn’t seek out Reggae on a regular basis.
3
Nov 13 2024
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California
American Music Club
The song starts out strong. “Marcello Semeraro” I seriously thought this track was a Springsteen track between the voice and music. I’m enjoying this album. I’m curious how I have never heard of this band. Ok. This was a great album. It does not sound like the 80s even a little. It could be from almost any time, and I hear Radio Head in here. I wonder if this album had an influence on them.
4
Nov 14 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
There are song on here that I thought I knew. I knew titles and associated them with other songs. I really don’t know these songs like I thought I did. Apparently all I really know is I, II, and IV. This album sounds so much more produced than IV. It’s kinda wild that they stepped back sound wise. Tangerine is probably my favorite song on this album.
Ok, it might me Bron-Y-Aur stomp. Wow is this a great album.
5
Nov 15 2024
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Dare!
The Human League
The first track was ok. Second track, open your heart, is really good. Track three is good right off the bat too. The lead single was the closer on the album?!? This album is really good.
4
Nov 18 2024
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War
U2
I like U2 but I’m not a rabid fan. I knew the “hits” from this, but not the other tracks. This is a really good record. “40” is a standout track.
4
Nov 19 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
The only song I knew was the opener “radio free Europe”. I would have probably enjoyed this tour. All these songs sound songs on this album sound kind of the same. I love the bass lines. Shaking through is a great track. I don’t know if I would be a n a hurry to hear this again.
3
Nov 20 2024
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
So I I think I like the music, but not his voice. The longer this album goes the more I like it. The album finished strong. I really like what can on auto play player “every day I write the book”.
3
Nov 21 2024
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Vespertine
Björk
This is a good album so far. But at the same time it feels tired. And I’m not sure if it was because everyone at this time used sounds like these or because she did it first and everyone copied. “Aurora” is a wonderful track. Bjork really has a beautiful voice.
3
Nov 22 2024
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Virgin Suicides
Air
This is fantastic. Mellow, trippy, almost jazz. I like the vibe.
4
Nov 25 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
It’s a really good album. “Higher Ground” is the one I know from the Chili Peppers.
4
Nov 26 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
This is pretty good. Probably wouldn’t seek it out again. But I like the groove and probably wouldn’t seek not turn it off.
3
Nov 27 2024
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Solid Air
John Martyn
4
Nov 28 2024
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
No idea what’s going on here, but I like it. Track 2 just finished and I loved it. I’m really enjoying this album. This album is just wonderful.
5
Nov 29 2024
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The Who Sell Out
The Who
This album is wild. They were doing effects I didn’t know existed at that time. The production sounds so modern, it’s hard to believe it was in the 60’s.
4
Dec 02 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
I don’t realize how many of these songs I knew.
4
Dec 03 2024
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Raw Power
The Stooges
4