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Fri Jan 12 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
Every song sounds the same.
no song stood out, same beat same tempo same cadence. this should have been a single not an album.
there are some songs that add small different elements but they stand out uncomfortably over the sound of the album. instead of adding a fresh take it creates an awkward unwanted strain on the ear. and that is saying something when the entire album feels monotone and depressed. I cant see this album having an impact but it somehow has. and I dont undertand how
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Sat Jan 13 2024
2112
Rush
Shorter than I thought with only 6 songs. Great drumming.
4
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Sun Jan 14 2024
Wild Gift
X
fun up beat and all around great mixing. was not what I was expecting but I enjoyed it. just fun punk.
4
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
fun album. nothing amazing and no song stood out massively. I did not mind it but I wont go looking for it
3
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Tue Jan 16 2024
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
album was ok. wont go looking for it again but I did not hate it
3
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Wed Jan 17 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Mundane songwriting. honestly nothing of substance was sung about on the album. everything felt like normal everyday things. now nothing against that. but at the time there were so many other songwriters doing something similar, while still adding a bit of substance in between the songs. honestly teh album bored me to tears. every song felt the same. slight variances in tempo and tone but they felt the same.
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Bone Machine
Tom Waits
Creepy sounding, weird dark lyrics. I like it. never heard anything like it before but I have known of the existence of it.
over all very slow and not really my style so i wont go back to it but I did not mind it as much as some of the other albums I have listened to
3
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Fri Jan 19 2024
I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
not bad. again not my kind of music but its ok. short album, with rights issues on spotify south africa so I listened illigally and I am not afraid to say it. labels fuck around and artists suffer.
3
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Sun Jan 21 2024
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
Great album enjoyed it very much.
4
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
I have always bene a fan of Frontier Psychiatrist and it has featured on many playlist. but because I discovered the video on MTV back in the day I never did a deep dive on them so this is the first time I get to hear the entire album and i really enjoyed it a lot
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Feast of Wire
Calexico
Very Chill. did not mind it. wont go looking but i did enjoy it
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
Pixies meets The Canberries. very enjoyale
4
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Fantastic listen. this has been the album I have enjoyed the most of everything I have listened to. it was a fresh change from everything else that just all blended into each other. this was a fresh new song every time. nothing blended into each other in an endless stream of the same sound on an album as so often happens.
5
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Urban Hymns
The Verve
I really enjoyed the Verve here. I am sad that the revenue for bittersweet symphone, that is arguably one of the most iconic songs in my life goes to the Rolling stones because some composer made a song that sounds enough like this that they managed to win a copyright lawsuit. it is part of the reason I refuse to listen to the stones because it is a greedy money grab by them where they put in zero effort and make money. even if the Verve sampled the Symphony version of that song as it is claimed it should not be revenue for the stones it should be for the producer.
as for the rest of the album. very enjoyable. captures the point in time it came out very well and hold us all these years later.
5
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Sat Jan 27 2024
A Night At The Opera
Queen
Possibly one of the greatest albums ever written. Every song on the album provides something that build up towards Bohemian rhapsody. I belive that song is the greatest song every written and this album just all feeds into it. I absolutely loved this
5
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Opus Dei
Laibach
Fantastic Dark and Gothic sound. I can clearly see how this album bled though into other influences. I really enjoyed it very much
4
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Moon Safari
Air
light lounge electronic music. some of it feels very familiar. but I cant quite place it. it was a pleasant listen even if its not something I would normally enjoy.
4
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
not as Whininy ans nasal as I remember it. but it is still very whiny and very nasal. i am not at all a fan. but people around me are. and I have never understood why
I really tried. I went in trying to fight my bias and be objective. but I failed. I just dont like his voice. but many others do. and that is fine.
Personally if I never need to hear Billy Corgon again i will be very happy. the music was great but
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
fun and upbeat. the music is very chill without sounding boring. I really enjoyed this album
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Relaxing. I dont get summer vibes from it. but that is becuase I am from a place where summer feels very different to what it would be like in Europe. I really did enjoy A Minha Menina a lot and wont be upset if it comes around again
3
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Sat Feb 03 2024
The Libertines
The Libertines
Fun to listen to would listen again.
3
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Berlin
Lou Reed
Fun and interesting listen. Really enjoyed it
4
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Mon Feb 05 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Enjoyable and feels very familiar. her voice is strong and soulful. I personally wont go looking for it again but I wont mind if it comes on in the background
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Seminal and fantastic.
the tuning on the guitar to make it work. the use of the tritones to create a sense of malice in the sound.
the lyrics having a darker theme. all around fantastic work that changed the world
5
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Roots
Sepultura
Fantastic album that I ahve listened to many of the songs from but never the entire album
5
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Happy Trails
Quicksilver Messenger Service
feels like the Doors. pretty average no weird instruments or key changes, just some nice and relaxing background noise.
3
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Sulk
The Associates
nothing wrong wht it but not for me.
while the falsetto was impressive, there were moments where it felt like ti was showing off and did not fit into the song. like a guitar solo going on for jsut a little too long some parts of the falsettos were jsut slightly out of place for my liking. but I am not a critit
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Tue Feb 13 2024
The Clash
The Clash
upbeat music, angry lyrics. clear message to be shared. musically its mediocre by the standard of 2024 but the message remains relevant. the influence and impact can be seen and heard in so much music its too much to name.
4
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Wed Feb 14 2024
More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
interesting listen but I will not be doing it again any time soon
3
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Thu Feb 15 2024
Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
boring and un-inspired. droning vocals nothing special in the songs at all. this straight up does not deserve to be on the list and was a complete waste of my time.
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
intersting listen and very good ambient noise. I felt like I had a movie on in the background. and to be honest it was good enough that I found my brain wanting to go look for the movie to actually watch the visuals that go with the sound.
very fun experience and I feel my life is slightly better for listening to it.
4
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
chill background music. unoffensive and relaxing.
3
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Sun Feb 18 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
Slow, Whiny depressed but very very good.
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Disintegration
The Cure
slow music with a sad sound. happy lyrics sung in a sad way. not for everyone and personally not a fan but i did not mind it.
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
slow and hard listen. being a double album made it worse.
I enjopy some of the songs but as a whole this album as not a good listen.
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Wed Feb 21 2024
Street Signs
Ozomatli
sadly only had one song available in south africa on spotify and that one song did not impress me enough to try and find a different way to pirate it.
the good old men in suits deciding who can listen to what win again.
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Thu Feb 22 2024
L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Enjoyed the music. had a very aggressive industrial feel. and the Growly sound of the lead singer reminded feels more like a late 90's industrial sound than something from the 80's.
if someone played this for me and told me it was Til Linderman making a
French album produced by Trent Reznor I would believe it.
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Smash
The Offspring
Absolutely Fantastic Album. holds up all these years later. I have a bias as I havae been a fan of the Offspring since the 90's and I do listen to this album at least once a year. but I listen to this that often because I think it is that good.
4
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
I really struggled to listen though this album. droning vocals basic music. great lyrics but it feels very dated as a non American in 2024.
2
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Garbage
Garbage
Fantastic album but I do feel like it has 2 songs on it and 90% of the album is either a stupid girl clone or an only happy when it rains clone
3
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Loud, disjointed. aggressive sounds and very hard to listen to if you are not in the mood for a sound that is all over the place. it is still good and things like where is my mind and Gigantic stand out like a lighthouse in a sotrm. over all I was not a fan but I feel like that was more a mood driven thing and on a different day this could have been much more enjoyable.
4
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Tue Feb 27 2024
A Seat at the Table
Solange
Musicaly a very goof album.
I felt very disconnected from the content as I am not american and I am white from a country where White people are the minority. so the contemnt while powerful and valid in its own context felt very disconnected from my personal experiences. that does not invalidate the struggles at all
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Reign In Blood
Slayer
Fast Aggressive. loud. angry. its everything you want from Slayer. and if you do not know then this is a great way to get to know them. Angel of death and Raining blood are amazing songs that changed music. the opening riff of raining blood is instantly recognizable. by the standards of deathcore and DEath metal the lyrics are clean.
4
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
4
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
4
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Closer
Joy Division
good album
3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Weird. chill lounge music.
idnt hate it. but I can see why it needed a gimic to se;ll. the music alone would not do it
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Fun House
The Stooges
proto punk so lots of noise, disconnected sounds. not for everyone.
personally did not enjoy but I think that could have been more mood related than anything else
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Sun Mar 10 2024
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
fantastic piece of art.
Very far removed from what I listened to. not at all a Genre I enjoy but the way the album was put together, the messages in it, the story telling. he managed to draw me in an I enjoyed this so much more than I was expecting to. one of the best albums I have listened to on this journey
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
mundane hillbilly crap.
this was as annoying to listen to as country and western. I want the 39mins I spent listening to this horsecock back.
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Tue Mar 12 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Seminal piece of art.
3
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Wed Mar 13 2024
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
I really enjoyued this one
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Fri Mar 15 2024
British Steel
Judas Priest
fantastic album.
Rob's falsetto's perfectly match the guitar tone and in some songs the contrast really works.
the lyrical content managed to stay relevant more than 50 years later without trying to hard. you can not only relate to the issues being discussed but the issues are still around. especially on songs like breaking the law. the song was true in 1979 when it came out. it was true when I left school in the early 2000's and it is true now. the world is run by people about to retire who make choices based on the world they lived in instead of the world as it works now.
5
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Phrenology
The Roots
Fantastic listen. Brilliant musicality and lyrics that are hard hitting and relivant
4
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Sun Mar 17 2024
In It For The Money
Supergrass
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Tue Mar 19 2024
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Production value is off the charts. Lyrical subject matter is kind of boring and repetitive. basically "I am great and I get a lot of woman to sleep with me" said in a few different ways. musically its hip hop so nothing to write home about.
it was very difficuilt to remove the art from the artist in this case.Kanye is a twat that needs to be drawn and quatered publiccally along wiht the rest of the wealthy 1% of the world.
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
not for me. boring. sad. and monotone
1
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Not bad
3
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Fabulous listen
4
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Background noise at best. Very repetitive. Forgettable and I won't be going back
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Justified
Justin Timberlake
i grew up wiht this playing on MTV and the singles getting a lot of radio play. this was my first time listening thought the album. and honestly Its not for me. Timberland has a big influence and that cuts though the sugery sweet artificial flavour of the bubblegum pop this album was set up for. but you can feel the tonal change in the album compared to the pop music of a few years earlier. the feel is darker even in more light hearted songs. you can truely feel the change away from the happy pop of N'sync and the backstreet boys or even Britney spears and Cristina Agrilaria that I consider the peers of this album, even though they were before 11/09/2001 that event changed the world around it to a point where it could be felt on this album. more minor keys in the music, less majour keys slower tempo.
Over all this album is less happy than you would expect of a pop album and more sober feeling.
yes its not for me but taking teh album into acocunt for its time and you can almost see it as leading the charge in pop music to be less bubblegum and more serious.
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Murmur
R.E.M.
I can understand the impact and see how many bands took insperation. but I do not like the way the lead singer sings. there is something so whiny about his voice. while this is not something he ever says he feels like someone who is complaning that women dont want nice guys anymore
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
chilled background noice that was very plesant. not what I was expeciong but a fun listen
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Fri Mar 29 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Changes is an amazing song and really stood out. The rest of the album was good as well
4
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
Nothing special. One beat used for all the songs everything just meshed into one boring drone
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
everything sounded like come on Ilene. every single song.
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Parachutes
Coldplay
Sucked when it came out. Sucks in 2024.
Boring mono tone songs with overly nasal vocals. Lyrical content is sad and Grey and boring. Every song uses the same structure.
Waste of time to listen to.
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Sat Apr 06 2024
All Mod Cons
The Jam
Fine background noise but nothing special
3
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
decent background music. nothing really stood out. but it was not bad
3
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Fri Apr 12 2024
Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
feels ahead of its time even now. does not feel like it came out in the 70's feels like it was a mid to late 80's sound. I enjoyed it but i will likel not revisit the album again
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Quiet Life
Japan
boring and mundane. not at all worth a listen
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
just skip it. its so bland and boring. songs are slow and depressing. I was expecting some fun upbeat surf rock instead I got a slow depressed collection of life advice from what felt like sterotypical Youth pastors. WTF is take care of your feet pete?
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Wed Apr 17 2024
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
wasnt bad
3