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Thu Jan 11 2024
Nevermind
Nirvana
Banger after absolute banger to start the album off, but tapers towards the end. WTF is up with Endless, Nameless? That seems like a throwaway garbage track perhaps thrown in at the end to boost up the total album minutes or something? A "filler" track.
Definitely a classic, captures the angsty vibes of the era and grunge scene. Iconic album art.
5
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Fri Jan 12 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
This was overall a solid album with excellent musicianship and production value. Very clean sounds. Some groovy tunes, but I didn't really find myself getting super sucked in or immersed into the music. Perhaps its not necessarily my preferred genre. I'd say solid, but not great.
3
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Its a reasonably good album with some nice hits, but the Dire Straights genre isn't really my favorite. I don't even know what to call it, maybe smooth rock of the 80's. The 80's has some silly iconic sound effects that are present in many tracks. The album didn't really suck me in, and I found myself zoning out just waiting for it to be over at some point.
2
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Tue Jan 16 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
Reasonably good, and some obvious classics, but super short songs and pretty basic musicianship.
2
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Reasonably good! Some solid tunes, raw sound, soulful.
3
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Rio
Duran Duran
Really loved the opening track Rio and the final track The Chauffeur. Awesome sound, lots of 80's vibes which I often find to be cheesy but was well executed in this album, which I found quite palatable. Thumping bass, interesting vibes, wide ranging sound. Excellent.
4
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Extremely "meh" I feel like the album art cover with the dude yawning on the right. Just not at all sucked in to any of the songs. Tolerable background listening, but really not for me.
1
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Mon Jan 22 2024
S&M
Metallica
Absolute legendary classic. Metallica and a symphony, who knew it would be such an excellent pairing of musical styles and instruments. This is absolutely one of my favorite albums of all time. Flawlessly executed, live on stage. Epic.
5
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Tue Jan 23 2024
The Band
The Band
Reasonably good tunes on this album! Its definitely not my preferred genre, but I enjoyed listening through. Lots of unique tracks, some folksy vibes, hint of early era rock. The Band, never heard of them before. Exceedingly decent.
3
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Music
Madonna
This album is absolute garbage. A complete waste of my time to listen too. Demoralizingly terrible music quality, atrociously uninspiring lyrics, disgusting use of digital music editing technology. How on earth did this album qualify in the top 1000? Absurd.
1
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
This one does trigger some amount of nostalgia for me, but that's not quite enough to overcome the vibe that most tracks on this album are sub-par. Fred's lyrics have always struck me as a little too angsty and immature, like a tweenager adult who never grew up. Listen, I'd like being in a mosh pit for some of these songs in a live concert, but as an album I will probably never willingly listen to this one again.
2
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Absolute legendary classic, superb tracks from start to finish. Beatles at their peak. Easy listening, engaging, lots of interesting and unique songs. Awesome vibes.
5
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Completely unoffensive, but just not great. Slow, easy listening. Decent background music. Not at all captivating, exhilarating, or enjoyable. Just... not bad.
2
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Tue Jan 30 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Legendary classic, one of the best examples of the album being the art form rather than just a collection of songs. The way that Pink Floyd has each song bleed seamlessly into the next makes for a super immersive listening adventure. Amazing and unique songs and sounds, just a stellar piece of artwork.
5
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Exit Planet Dust
The Chemical Brothers
Honestly a very fun album, not my typical genre but it just made me feel bouncy and full of energy. Auditory caffeine. Good tracks, never boring, solid from start to finish.
4
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Having never heard of this artist before, I was surprisingly pleased with the album. I'm not sure what to call this genre, but it felt like stoner rock with hints of folk, jazz improv, and other elements. Some hints of Pink Floyd type vibes. I loved all the guitar sounds, distortion, reverb, mixed in with clean acoustic sounds. I enjoyed listening.
4
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Very iconic 80's vibes, wonderful confident passionate singing. Interesting blend with some Celtic vibes as well later in the album. Some good tracks, very much evokes the 80's pop culture.
4
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Hey! There are a couple classic tracks on here, and overall a solid album. I was unaware of this artist, while being very aware of these tracks Gotta Get Up and Coconut. Overall, pleasant listening - but not overwhelmingly good.
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Very pleasant cocktail Jazz, I enjoyed the vibes. I think as a matter of preference I prefer instrumental Jazz, but Sarah had a very nice soulful creamy voice. I wasn't blown away by this album, but I did enjoy listening to it.
3
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
A very interesting band, and a very interesting album. One part thrash metal, one part ska, one part soul. It felt a little bit all over the place, but I managed to enjoy many tracks. It feels like a band bending genres and maybe slightly ahead of their time, but I wasn't particularly impressed overall.
2
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Thu Feb 08 2024
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Easy listening, nothing objectionable, some groovy tunes. But, generally not super interesting or impressive overall.
2
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
Take on Me! An instantly recognizable classic to start things off with a bang, but then mostly unrecognizable stereotypically 80's tracks to finish out the album. If I'm judging this band by just this one album, I'd suspect they truly are in that 1 hit wonder category. Decent, one huge hit, but nothing else to write home about really.
3
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Mon Feb 12 2024
The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Wow, this is vintage hip hop but damn I was a little shocked at the levels of vulgarity and violence. I love some of the classic tracks, but am continually reminded that this type of gangsta rap isn't really for me. I do appreciate the broader culture around hip hop, and its not even necessarily about the quality of the music but rather the ecosystem of artists, competition, collaboration, one upsmanship, and a lot of other complex cultural aspects. Fun, but one and done for me.
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Hey, I mean, the Doors are classic and what's not to love about their iconic style especially their heavy use of the keyboard to drive uniqueness to their sound and style. This was a good listen, but I wasn't super engaged for many of the tracks. Riders on the Storm is legendary, saving the best for last.
3
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
Hey, I love the political message and general good vibes on this reggae album! I wasn't particularly hooked by any one track, and wasn't particularly impressed by the album overall - but it was pleasant background listening and I can see how it may have been a great early contributor to the genre and culture. Exceedingly decent.
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
This just felt like chaotic gibberish to my ears. Indy pop rock bullshit, really. Many of the songs didn't even seem to have a consistent rhythm, it all felt like very low effort creativity from the artist. Very much not for me.
1
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Some very heart rending tunes in here, very soulful and good music. I enjoyed this one.
3
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Mon Feb 19 2024
My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Alright, but not super captivating for me. Tolerable, nothing to complain or rave about. Nothing super innovative or unique. Decent.
3
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra has a distinctive sound, but all his songs sound mostly the same. Decent album, but its never been much my style.
2
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
I'm honestly a little confused about why Bob Dylan is so popular. He can't sing very well, he's a mumbly wierdo, his harmonica skills are middle tier. I guess he has interesting lyrics, but they're also just kind of stream of consciousness gibberish. I don't hate this album per se, but I'll never listen to it again by choice.
2
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Thu Feb 22 2024
In Utero
Nirvana
I grew up listening to Nirvana, and this is another stellar album. Angsty, full of rage, sentimental, sad, Seattle grunge rock at its finest. Classic.
5
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
This was an alright album, but it didn't really resonate with me. I found it difficult to differentiate between songs, as they all sounded very similar. At one point I finally realized I had listened to the album almost twice through on repeat. Not terrible, not great, just decent.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Really a fun album! I like the interesting simple audio effects (panning acoustic guitar from stereo left to right) the fun natural drum sounds with digital emphasis (snare echo, abrupt silencing cymbal resonance). And its just a quirky little Japanese robot themed narrative adventure! Album as art, rather than simply a collection of songs. Some good hits in the mix as well.
5
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Very enjoyable listen. Funky, fun, rocking. I like the orchestral instrumentation combined with the classic drums, bass, keyboards/piano. Reminiscent of the era, and also probably genre expanding for its time.
4
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Eclectic, strange, and rather queer. It was interesting, had some unique sounds. But overall, pretty drab soundscapes with dull beats. Not for me.
2
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Feast of Wire
Calexico
I was nervous when I saw the low grade photoshop album cover with questionable font choices, but I'm glad I didn't judge the album by its cover because the smooth atmospheric acoustic songs were actually quite pleasing. Downright sophisticated acoustic artistry compared to the artwork. I enjoyed the nylon string guitars, the spacious stand up bass, and the generally clean sounding folk instrumentation. Pretty good album!
3
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
This was a very poignant and soulful album with some heart rending lyrics. I don't know how often I'd be in the mood to listen to this type of emotional music, but it was a good album.
3
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Mon Mar 04 2024
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
This one was funky and fun, mostly a good listen. There were some jarring moments of dissonance, like that annoying keyboard at the end of the 3rd or 4th song that just felt like useless filler material. Overall, good beats, funky sounds, good stuff. Not remarkable, but not bad.
3
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Some nice tasteful Jazz, smooth and savory.
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Take Me Apart
Kelela
This type of vocal centric smooth R&B is definitely not my typical genre. This album was decent background music, but didn't feel super original or interesting or groundbreaking. Very soulful.
2
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Ten
Pearl Jam
Legendary album. End to end bangers. Just, so, so good. I'm here for it, I love it. Rock on.
5
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Your Arsenal
Morrissey
Hey, I liked this album quite a bit. I've never really given Morrissey a chance before, but I liked the rock instrumentation and smooth singing. Above average.
4
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Mon Mar 11 2024
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob... sigh.
1
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Man, a classic that I had never listened to all the way through. Loved it. Interesting to hear all the classic songs sampled in there.
4
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
I'm a sucker for rhythmic metal, what can I say? This immediately sucked me in with the chugga chugga distorted guitar, bass, drum combo. The singing is definitely a specific style, I'm not as much into that but it was fitting. I was struck by how many of the songs I was familiar with, without at all being able to name this band or album.
4
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Pleasant listening, smooth jazzy pop type stuff. Not exceptional, but reasonably enjoyable.
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Quantity over quality. Honestly, not gonna listen to all of these. Low effort creativity and musicianship. Feels like a stunt album just to use "Love" and "69" hyuk, hyuk.
2
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Mon Mar 18 2024
Parklife
Blur
Honestly, kind of mediocre. I love the genre, this should be my type of music, but I was left unimpressed. It was good, in a fine sort of way.
2
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Boston
Boston
Legendary classic rock, starts out with three major bangers and holds up to the test of time.
5
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Wed Mar 20 2024
It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Medium good. I never really got sucked in to the music, but I didn't hate anything.
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Funky, Jazzy, nice live/improv situation. Enjoyable, but not incredible.
3
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
Fine, not great. Couldn't really get into it.
2
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Harvest
Neil Young
Really nice listening, Neil brings a serious gravitas to his music and excellent musicianship.
4
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Tue Mar 26 2024
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Amazingly raunchy and vulgar lyrics! Fun listen though, good beats, amazing rap flow, some classics.
4
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Decent, but no hits or hooks and super long album with a lot of filler.
2
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Mon Apr 08 2024
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
I found myself dancing to a few songs with nice beats, but overall I really didn't like this one. Very strange and juvenile lyrics. A lot of just annoying music production stuff with sound effects and samples. Kanye isn't for me.
1
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Tue Apr 09 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest
Excellent album! Nice momentum throughout, amazingly iconic 80's metal vibes. Really good.
4
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Meh.
2
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Thu Apr 11 2024
Sister
Sonic Youth
Pretty good!
3
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Maybe they were revolutionary for their time, but I feel like this type of punk rock is low-effort creativity and sort of strangely prides itself on fast sloppy musicianship. I didn't really like it, but it wasn't terrible.
2
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Dirt
Alice In Chains
Legendary. Fabulous. Exceptionally good Seattle Grunge Rock. I love this artist and album.
5
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Its got some hits, but I was a little disappointed in many of the other tracks on the album. Overall, good.
3
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
Pretty good! Solid end to end listen.
3
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Thu Apr 18 2024
BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Fluffy cotton candy pop bullshit. I don't like it, but its not necessarily painful to listen to.
2
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Funky, punky, reasonably good but not amazing.
3
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Mon Apr 22 2024
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Really solid jazz album, I do love me some Miles Davis.
4
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Really calm, soothing tunes. I enjoy the acoustic guitar, clean bass, and singing style. Quite nice overall!
4
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Wed Apr 24 2024
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Super quirky, weird, esoteric. Kind of silly at times, especially some of the singing. Listenable, but not something I'd ever return to.
2
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Thu Apr 25 2024
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Love this artist and album, raw energy, fiesta beats, amazing guitar and bass, incredible vocals. Great.
4
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Fri Apr 26 2024
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
Enjoyable, decent. Nothing super amazing though.
3
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Mon Apr 29 2024
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Very interesting Jazz, fun instrumentation and interesting techniques and sounds. Pretty good!
3
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Thu May 02 2024
The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
Alright.
3