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Wed Jan 10 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Solid live album, especially considering the location and difficulties to make it happen. Some great gems throughout the set list, although there are a few songs that just kind of pass into the background. Clearly groundbreaking, but not quite a 5-star for me.
4
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Thu Jan 11 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
It was fine. Didn't really care for his voice on most of the tracks. The one track that stood out more than most was So In Love, but the rest were just kind of blah. Just not my jam.
2
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
Really enjoyed this, and wish that there was enough there to give it a 5, but it didn't quite reach that level for me. Death of a Disco Dancer and Paint a Vulgar Picture were my faves from the set.
Kind of a shame that this was the band's last hurrah, since it seems that they really hit a stride with these songs. Would have been interesting to see how they transformed into the 90s, and competed with the grunge movement and even the new wave of British sound.
4
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Sat Jan 13 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
It was fine. Not something I am going to go out of my way to listen to again. Decent background music
3
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Sun Jan 14 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Painful to get through. Were it not for Stan and The Real Slim Shady this would be a 1. Just too much obnoxiousness and needless childishness. Because that is what this is. Not genius, but being a petulant child.
2
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
This one checks all the boxes and really highlights the skill of the band. Obviously it has the two bangers in Sure Shot and Sabotage, but it also delves into a number of other genres in both the instrumental tunes, but also on those with vocals. The rhymes are crisp and this is solid all around. Plus it has Biz Markie.
5
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
A fun listen and great to hear the interaction between Cooke and the audience throughout. Would be solid to put on during a party and just let it play all the way through.
4
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Wed Jan 17 2024
E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
This is just not my thing. Nothing really stood out while listening, nothing made me perk up and pay more attention. It just was blah. Makes me wonder how this was so highly rated back in the day.
2
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Sea Change
Beck
Nice and chill album to listen to. Nothing too over the top for me, but solid
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
Talk about getting hit with it off the bat with Randy throwing down the n-word. The whole concept of the album is unique and he puts together a solid indictment of how we treat race relations, and relations between the north and the south in this country. Probably won't listen to this too much in the future, but definitely well done.
4
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Really awesome listen and the perfect fit for the cold, snowy day we were having. Added to favorites on Spotify and bought the vinyl for some more cold nights.
5
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
I remember loving this album a lot more when it came out. Maybe it was being 24 and wondering if I was going to be out of a job at any moment and feeling the angst and creativity in the songs and the Gorillaz concept. This just doesn’t hold for me 20-some years later.
3
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Mon Jan 22 2024
3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Really fun listen. Some solid grooves on the album, and shows how timeless the Isley Brothers could be. Not quite a 5 star for me, but would definitely roll a few of these tracks back now and again.
4
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Tue Jan 23 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Partly this is a vote based on how hard it is to listen to this album overall. Not on Spotify, and I am not paying another music service just to be able to listen to it in full. Amazon makes you shuffle it, but then adds in songs from OTHER ALBUMS into the shuffle, which is just insanity. But also, man, Neil Young just sounds like he is whining into the microphone half the time, and this is just dull. I think the original critical reaction to it was spot on, in that it was a waste of time. Not sure why they thought it got better with age.
2
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
It was fine, which is about all I can say for it. Nothing outstanding, and just an odd selection for the top 1001 albums. Very much a product of its time, although does sound a little like Ted Leo before Ted Leo.
3
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Remedy
Basement Jaxx
Why, just why is this one of the top albums? I knew it was over when Spotify flipped to a Fatboy Slim song, and it was actually good. Hard pass.
1
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Third
Soft Machine
It’s fine although it feels like a jam session in need of an editor. Some cool sections in each of the tracks but there are just parts that could be trimmed to make the whole thing tighter. I am not against free jazz or jam bands but this doesn’t feel coherent in parts. Still not totally terrible as background music.
3
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Disraeli Gears
Cream
Solid psychedelic rock album.
3
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
4
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Copper Blue
Sugar
Man, maybe I just am too much of a sucker for the 90s, but this really brought me back to high school and college, and makes me mad I didn't know about Sugar back then. Awesome wall of sound, and just general groove to these songs. Probably being a little generous with the 5, but since there is no 4.5, we are rounding up.
5
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Marquee Moon
Television
I enjoyed it. Verlaine makes it sound like an early version of the Talking Heads, which in a way it was, as they were floating in some of the same circles when this was released. Worth another listen, but just a 3 for me today.
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
The Score
Fugees
3
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Thu Feb 01 2024
McCartney
Paul McCartney
Man that album flies man. McCartney is great, but there isn't a lot here that I am racing to go hear again and again, except Maybe I'm Amazed. That is the most Beatles-like of the tunes. Still a decent listen. Just not more than a 3 for me.
3
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Fri Feb 02 2024
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
I remember when the title song and the video for it came out and I was absolutely enthralled by it. The rest of the album lives up to that, and it was a joy to run through.
4
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Sat Feb 03 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
5
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
3
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Decent, but would rather listen to Getz and Gilberto.
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
Such a fun listen. You just know you are going to be rocking when you hear the opening strains of some of these songs. My only complaint is that for some reason it loses a little depth of sound in the streaming, which seemed odd.
4
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Wed Feb 07 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
3
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Fri Feb 09 2024
The Blueprint
JAY Z
4
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Sat Feb 10 2024
The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
4
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
Classic
5
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
This is just fun.
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Either Or
Elliott Smith
Again, it is mostly fine. I really enjoyed the last song, Say Yes, but not enough of anything else to pull this above the middle of the road three stars.
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
3
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
4
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Sun Feb 18 2024
1977
Ash
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
5
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Parklife
Blur
3
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Not much I cared for other than the two best known tunes.
2
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
2
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
What is this garbage? The lyrics are unimaginative and childish. The tunes are just unlistenable.
1
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Closer
Joy Division
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
3
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Tue Feb 27 2024
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
4
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Fromohio
fIREHOSE
2
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
3
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
3
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Mask
Bauhaus
Not really my thing. But not terrible. Just probably won't be listening again.
3
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
4
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
4
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Rip It Up
Orange Juice
2
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Sat Mar 09 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
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Tue Mar 12 2024
The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
5
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
3