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Sun Jan 14 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Stop right there! I've got to know right now if you'll love me forever? Nope, baby, baby, don't need to sleep on it ... I love certain tracks on this record until the end of time. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is at the top of that list, along with "Bat Out of Hell." It's too bad we lost The Loaf to COVID. He was certainly an odd rock hero whose music has endured and who was great in "Fight Club" as the guy with breast cancer who coddled Edward Norton between his man boobs. My favorite all-time story of The Loaf was the girl who wrote about him being her softball coach growing up. Just a regular guy who loved hot dogs, baseball, fast cars, frilly shirts and operatic rock.
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Mon Jan 15 2024
Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
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Tue Jan 16 2024
You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Some of these songs are good for 30 seconds. For three minutes, they’re terrible.
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Wed Jan 17 2024
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
This is for the homies that was down from Day 1. Top 5 hip-hop record. This album snatched my ass from the backside when I was 12 years old … and showed me how Death Row pulled off that hoop ride
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Frank
Amy Winehouse
“Fuck Me Pumps” is dope and Amy’s voice oozes soul but this album is just OK. Thank God we got “Back in Black.” Such a tragedy that we lost such a talent. Shame on all of us.
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
I’ve just never been that into this album
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Sat Jan 20 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
I like tea with Cat.
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Sun Jan 21 2024
So Much For The City
The Thrills
How did I never hear this record? Oh, right, I went to college in Nowheresville, Iowa. I almost didn’t believe these guys are from Dublin. They sound like a bunch of crunchy, wake-and-bake surf rats from Carlsbad. Whatever. This album is great.
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Mon Jan 22 2024
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
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Tue Jan 23 2024
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Fell on Black Days is the perfect January song. Exactly how I feel when the world is gray, the days are short ... and you just want to crawl into bed. And, really, is there a better rock shriek than Chris Cornell's? No. This is Soundgarden's best album.
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Wed Jan 24 2024
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
What was I doing senior year of high school that I missed this album? Hot shit. Is Josh Homme secretly Julian Casablancas’ father? Is that a dude or a chick on the album cover? Are there really only two dudes playing on this album? Were there really queens in the Stone Age? Did Car Seat Headrest just blatantly rip these guys off?
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
If you told me this album was recorded in 1996 or 1976 or 2016 I wouldn’t disagree. Guy with guitar sings some overwrought songs about social issues and girls. Probably worked on these songs by singing them in coffee houses and pubs and on the street. I like some of these songs, but a lot of them are forgettable. Maybe they would’ve meant more to me if I was born 20 years earlier and was in my 20s in 1986. But, man, I was way more into the movie RAD and hair metal back then.
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Fred Neil … a guy with two first names … was this what folk singers did in the 60s? Me, I’ll stick with Bob Dylan.
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Sat Jan 27 2024
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Hot damn! I said I preferred Bob Dylan — a guy with two first names — to snoozy Fred Neil, and what does this generator serve me up out of 1001 albums? Mr. Robert Zimmerman himself, in all of his electric glory, plugging in and flipping a big double bird to the coffeehouse purists who just wanted him to strum out protest songs on his acoustic guitar. The raw energy of these songs still grabs me by the throat. "Subterranean Homesick Blues," "Maggie's Farm," "Outlaw Blues" ... and “Mr. Tambourine Man” … just to flex. Yeah, there's only one Bob, and Bob is a God. Maybe not The God, but certainly on a higher order than us simple humans.
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
J Beez on the promo … this “classic” just isn’t as classic to me as other Native Tongues albums released in 1989/90 … like “3 Feet High and Rising” … or “People’s Instinctive Travels …”
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Mon Jan 29 2024
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Meh.
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Tue Jan 30 2024
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Love this record, but I can’t listen to it because some steakface said some stupid-ass shit on his podcast and Spotify chose money and alternative facts over virtue and truth and we are all the worse for it.
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Wed Jan 31 2024
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
John Fogerty wasn’t born on the bayou, but I didn’t know that as a kid. I just liked CCR’s music, especially when it soundtracked Scooby-Doo chase scenes. I always assumed Fogerty and CCR were from Louisiana or the South, given “Proud Mary” and “Born on the Bayou.” Turns out, you just need a vivid imagination to write great songs. And as The Dude knows, I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
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Thu Feb 01 2024
Entertainment
Gang Of Four
The bass really drives this whole album. "Damaged Goods" is a staple on my punk and 70s playlists ... although I'm not really sure what "Post Punk" means. All these classifications for what something is. But there's no doubt this is quality "entertainment" ... whatever you want to call it.
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Fri Feb 02 2024
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
Skunk is right. I'm pretty sure this is what they used for music torture at Abu Ghraib. I can smell this shit through my headphones. Completely unlistenable.
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Sat Feb 03 2024
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Billy Joel, I love you just the way you are.
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Never been a fan of Jane’s Addiction, or Perry Farrell. That’s nothing shocking.
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
I missed this album back in the day. I guess I didn’t miss much.
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Tue Feb 06 2024
Green
R.E.M.
R.E.M. just churned out classic albums. Which one is the best is certainly up for debate, but this one is right there. "Orange Crush," "Stand," "Pop Song 89" ... what more do you want?
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Who doesn’t love an album that opens with a song about morning sex? As the son of a preacher man, I wholly approve.
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
The genius of Zep, as I’ve learned from going all the way down YouTube rabbit holes, derives from Bonzo's drumming, even though Jimmy Page's guitar playing is otherworldly. Instead of Bonzo locking into rhythms with John Paul Jones on bass, he “gets in” with Page ... which is evident in rockers like "Black Dog," "Rock and Roll,” "Misty Mountain Hop" and "When the Levee Breaks." Instead of basic 4-4 drum beats, Zep’s classics are advanced math formulas … with Bonzo’s elaborate stick work propelling the songs into uncharted sonic waters. Without Bonzo, Zep is just another Blues-based English rock band with an excellent guitarist and a charismatic singer. Hammer of the Gods? Indeed.
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Jazz hands!
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Is "Gimme Shelter" the greatest rock song of all time? It's up there for me ... with "Smells Like Teen Spirt," "Welcome to the Jungle," and "Stairway to Heaven." I've also always wondered about this album cover too ... is it a film canister covered by a clock, a pizza, a bike tire and then a cake? More rock trivia ... Who was the stiff in the coffin in "The Big Chill" at the funeral where "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was used so deftly? If you can answer, you can have a piece of bike tire cake. But I call the piece with Keith Richards!
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Sun Feb 11 2024
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
This album ... it's one of three that define my misspent youth. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" might as well be "The Miseducation" of any 90s kid like myself whose high school soundtrack was the Fugees, The Pharsyde, Wu-Tang Clan, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg (before he dropped the Doggy), De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, 2Pac, Biggie, Outkast, Naughty By Nature, Warren G. and Nate Dogg, Souls of Mischief, the Beastie Boys, and on ... and on ... and on. There's a reason they call it the Golden Age of rap. Us 90s kids, we lived through the late 60s and early 70s of rock when it comes to hip-hop. And that doesn't even include the early-90s grunge shit. Please tell me there's a more important era in modern pop music. I'll fight you. The universe, for whatever reason, aligned to create so much incredible art that we're still trying to make sense of it all. That this album is 25 years old, shit ... it doesn't feel that old. Lauryn Hill is in the same class as Tracy Chapman. I show my kids videos of her on YouTube in her prime ... just like Tracy. The power of those voices is spine tingling. It's not the same as when I saw her this year on tour ... not even close to seeing her twice on the original "Miseducation" tour when Outkast opened at Mammoth or The Roots opened at Fiddler's ... but goddamn, Lauryn Hill, thank you for coming into my life. Thank you for soundtracking every meaningful moment of my teenage years. Shit, thank you for "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit." You are the X Factor ... not the Ex-Factor ... and I will remain true to you forever.
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Mon Feb 12 2024
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Nick Drake always sounds like he's singing out of a snorkel at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
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Tue Feb 13 2024
Boston
Boston
Boston is one of those weird bands where one guy is sorta the whole band, even though people associate bands with the lead singer — who in this case is just really a guy who can carry a tune better than the MIT nerd who wrote all the music and created all the tracks in his basement. Man, this stuff is slicker than cat shit on linoleum. There’s no real nutritional value … it’s basically the Hostess Twinkie of 70s anthem rock — just designed for mass consumption in some factory (in Boston) and then shipped out to fatten up a bunch of American teens. It’s a formula that’s been streamlined and repeated over and over. That doesn’t mean that Twinkies don’t taste good …
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
No thanks, I’ll take DJ Premier
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Thu Feb 15 2024
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
"The Message" has aged well. Just an all-time classic beat and the hook, "Don't push me cuz I'm close to the edge/I'm trying not to lose my head" is as relevant in 2023 as it was during the Reagan 80s. But the rest of this album, outside of some decent break beats, is a bad early-80s nostalgia trip.
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
What’s with all the Welsh bands? Is this a Welsh list? This shit is terrible.
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
This is basically the soundtrack to every high school highlight tape from the early 80s up until infinity. If you have an old VHS tape gathering dust of Eureka High Football 1994, I sure as shit guarantee there is some “Hells Bells” and “Back in Black” on there. Just a certified hard-on for anyone who ever ran out of a locker room ready to knock the living crap out of your cross-town rival. For all the mumblecore rap and diluted rock they play for tunnel buildups and pregame hype nowadays, this is the raw dope — the Heisenberg snort that just hits harder than anything you’ve ever sniffed.
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Sun Feb 18 2024
Kenza
Khaled
Nope.
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Tue Feb 20 2024
Fragile
Yes
This all sounds like the same song to me.
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Wed Feb 21 2024
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
Elvis with so much flavor. Could listen to it all day, every day. Long live the King!
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Caught her on this tour at Red Rocks. If she stopped recording tomorrow, this would be her signature record. Not a single track worth skipping. Just a classic record … from an old soul, waiting her turn … but she’s still got a lot to learn.
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Fri Feb 23 2024
Follow The Leader
Korn
Fuck no.
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Sat Feb 24 2024
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
“Jazz hands”
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Sun Feb 25 2024
O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
I die harder than Bruce Willis!
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Mon Feb 26 2024
The Grand Tour
George Jones
Great sideburns … and harmonies.
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
There's a reason Al Green became the Rev. Al Green: His voice was anointed by God.
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Wed Feb 28 2024
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
The Cure is so weird. And that’s why I love it. The Weeknd only wishes he was this strange
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Thu Feb 29 2024
xx
The xx
Fucking hipsters.
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Dookie
Green Day
Some people called this album “Flookie” … but Green Day has certainly proven them all wrong. When I was a kid, and I first heard “Longview,” thought these guys were British. Anyway, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt certainly turned me onto other British bands, especially The Clash. This album is timeless. Transports me right back to when I bought it at Rocky Mountain Records along with “ill Communication.” I love “When I Come Around” the most, but all these songs are great.
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Dummy
Portishead
I didn’t buy this album in 1994 and I never have been that into it. I understand why it’s important, but just not my jam.
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Suede
Suede
Not on Spotify
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Mon Mar 04 2024
Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
Way better when covered by Kurt Cobain.
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Tue Mar 05 2024
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield has the Amy Winehouse effect. Or maybe it's the Dusty Springfield effect, with Winehouse being a modern iteration of the same thing. That thing? If you didn't have a photo to go with the voice, you might be guilty of thinking the person singing was of a different complexion. Can I get a witness, here?
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
Nope
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Someday I’m gonna smack your face! OK, but can you buy me dinner first?
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Suicide
Suicide
This sounds like bad karaoke.
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Sat Mar 09 2024
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
The only thing more amazing than Billy Corgan playing all the instruments on this album is that he slept with Jessica Simpson … and dumped her.
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Here, My Dear
Marvin Gaye
Not Marvin’s best work, and understandably so.
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Mon Mar 11 2024
Rocks
Aerosmith
"There's no doubt we were doing a lot of drugs by then, but whatever we were doing, it was still working for us." — Joe Perry on the making of "Rocks" ...
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone” is OK. Definitely one of my mom’s favorites.
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
The top "gay album" of all time? David Bowie, Madge, Moz and The Smiths, The Indigo Girls, George Michael and Sir Elton might like a word … but what do I know? “Tits on the Radio” is the tits, though.
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Sat Mar 16 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Conflict, greed, time, death, mental illness ... and one great album cover.
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Kollaps
Einstürzende Neubauten
Holy shitballs, we used to listen to this at night while putting out The Aspen Times. Just the weirdest shit ever. Industrial rock designed to torture the eardrums. Dan Thomas, Mark VonderHaar, Jon "Sticky Buns" Maletz, where you at?
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Mon Mar 18 2024
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Now I know where Kanye got that sample.
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Bossanova
Pixies
Way more into the singing than the screaming.
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Nowhere
Ride
Geese farts on a muggy day.
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Thu Mar 21 2024
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Man, totally forgot about this album.
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Fri Mar 22 2024
(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Just a bunch of Beatles wannabes. People defend this album
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Sat Mar 23 2024
The Doors
The Doors
This is the end … of me listening to Jim Morrison
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Sun Mar 24 2024
In The Wee Small Hours
Frank Sinatra
Old Blue Eyes … and Charlie Brown movies … I don’t really see the difference. They make you feel wistful. They go great with eggnog. “With no mammy and no pappy … I’m so unhappy … but I’m so glad.” OK, Frank.
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Mon Mar 25 2024
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Graduate leftovers are the best kind of leftovers.
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Tue Mar 26 2024
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
How did Curtis Mayfield sing only in falsetto? That shit ain’t easy. And, why do so many great soul artists meet such unfortunate fates?
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Wed Mar 27 2024
L.A. Woman
The Doors
Spoke too soon ... another Doors album. As previously mentioned, just not a huge fan of the Lizard King ... but I can get down with "L.A. Woman." Great tune.
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Thu Mar 28 2024
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
Twangy.
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Fri Mar 29 2024
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Great album. Thank God they never made this movie. Sounds like the worst screenplay ever. But if it inspired Neil to write these songs, Amen.
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Eagles
Eagles
I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
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Sun Mar 31 2024
John Prine
John Prine
Has there ever been a better lyric than: "There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes/
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose" ... um, no. John Prine is an American treasure. What a tragedy that we lost him to COVID.
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Mon Apr 01 2024
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Life in the suburbs is bleak. This whole thing kinda runs together for me ... no real song that I particularly care about more on the record. Maybe I just need to listen to it more. Was never a huge Arcade Fire fan, as in dying to go see them live (I've heard they're good), but I do enjoy their records ... especially the synth stuff. Feels like the Less than Zero 80s or something ... a soundtrack for a Brett Easton Ellis movie.
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Tue Apr 02 2024
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
Of all the bands that see themselves in "This is Spinal Tap," Deep Purple might be the closest resemblance. Remember, as a kid, when you would mix all the drinks in the soda machine? That's what this album feels like. "Speed Queen" feels like The Doors on meth blended with some Zeppelin while "Into the Fire" is just a straight ripoff of Sabbath and "Iron Man." The only thing missing is some Jethro Tull jazz flute. Just way too much screaming, too many bloated solos, turned all the way up to 11. Mix it all together, and you just get a lot of flavored sugar water that tastes like shit.
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Wed Apr 03 2024
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
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Thu Apr 04 2024
American Idiot
Green Day
The amazing thing about this album is its propulsion. At 12 songs clocking in at an hour and 5 minutes, it feels extremely tight. There aren't any wasted notes or words. Each drumbeat and chord, every lyric, is pulling you forward. And yet, this is an epic album. So much ground is covered from the opening riff of "American Idiot" through "Governator." There are some three-hour movies that don't feel long and there are 90-minute ones that are a slog. I love "Dookie" and other Green Day tracks, but this is their seminal accomplishment — a transcendent album that deftly summarized America under Bush for those of us who were't part of a redneck agenda.
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Hipsters unite! A band named after a steam-powered dildo from the quintessential hipster book ... Steely Dan is basically the 70s' version of LCD Soundsystem. It's a band that all the cool people are into. It's a name-drop in some bar conversation. People who have cassette tape collections and teeny weenie beanies and drink ethically-sourced $8 espressos fucking love Steely Dan. Doesn't mean I don't like them, too.
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Sat Apr 06 2024
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
That this whole album was recorded in just three days is absurd.
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Sun Apr 07 2024
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
Who doesn’t love a great comeback story? Being broke and newly sober will bring you some clarity, that’s for sure. Just listen to the title track:
“When did the choices get so hard
With so much more at stake?
Life gets mighty precious
When there's less of it to waste
Mm, mm
Scared you'll run out of time”
Yeah, Bonnie got her shit together and made a great record …
So many great songs that haven’t aged one bit.
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
Charlie don't surf, but Dennis sure did. This album has the same kind of vibe as George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" — just an explosion of music from the guy who played third and fourth fiddle to the other famous members in his band, in Dennis' case, his two brothers, and his cousin, Mike Love.
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Tue Apr 09 2024
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Who would not want to hear Johnny Cash singing karaoke?
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Wed Apr 10 2024
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
I don’t think I knew anybody back in grade school who actually had the real cassette tape of this album that was sold in stores. Someone got it from somebody somewhere, but really, it was just an endless stream of bootleg tapes that circulated … something you never wanted your mom to find and that you only listened to on your headphones … or with the volume turned down real low on your boombox at night. “Straight Outta Compton” was basically the same thing as some XXX tape that got passed around. It was raw and hardcore. And, man, the first time you heard it, Damn that shit was dope.
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Thu Apr 11 2024
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
This ... is ... crap.
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Sat Apr 13 2024
Mothership Connection
Parliament
We want the funk!
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Mon Apr 15 2024
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
I like one Pixies song, and it's on this album.
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Tue Apr 16 2024
Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
One of the weirdest hip-hop shows I ever saw, outside of Busta Rhymes playing St. Olaf College's gym, was Jurassic 5 playing Ford Amphitheater in Vail for the Teva Mountain Games like in 2004. This was after I missed J5 play my alma mater, Luther, during my junior year because I was studying abroad in Paris. Whoever booked that Vail show should've gotten all the medals handed out at that year's Mountain Games ... while "What's Golden" played as an anthem in the background. This is definitely the high-water mark for these guys. "What's Golden" is a certified hip-hop classic, but I especially love "Thin Line" and "Remember His Name." Just some out-of-the-ordinary hip-hop, which is why J5 gets labeled "alternative." Whatever it is, it's dope. And I'm glad I eventually got to interview Chali 2na when he toured behind his solid debut solo record. They just don't make hip-hop like they used to.
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Wed Apr 17 2024
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
Some catchy song titles for some standard issue grunge.
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Thu Apr 18 2024
The Clash
The Clash
35 minutes of punk perfection.
5
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Fri Apr 19 2024
Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Just a bunch of noise.
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Sat Apr 20 2024
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
I feel the same way about Mondays ... every other day is fine. But Mondays blow.
3
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Sun Apr 21 2024
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Eh.
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Mon Apr 22 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Yeah, no
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Tue Apr 23 2024
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Nyet
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Wed Apr 24 2024
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
More shock than awe.
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Thu Apr 25 2024
Hms Fable
Shack
This list of 1001 albums is very British. This album isn’t bad, but if I died before hearing it, I’d be OK with it.
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Fri Apr 26 2024
Guero
Beck
Beck is an alien. How else do you explain going from “Sea Change” to this. He’s, as Chuck Klosterman likes to say, “advanced.” It’s hard to say what the quintessential Beck album is … because each one is so different. This one is closer to “Odelay” than “Sea Change” but it’s its own unique organism.
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Sat Apr 27 2024
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
I used to love playing "Take Me Out" on the old Wii "Guitar Hero" back in the day. So many great chord progressions.
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Sun Apr 28 2024
Sulk
The Associates
This feels like a joke. Like a parody of Duran Duran or Flock of Seagulls. The keyboard is the quintessence of the 80s. All you need is a Roland 808, some bad drum beats, and you’re fully capable of turning out some terrible music. That anyone ever bought this album, joke’s on you, kid. Gloomy Sunday!
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Mon Apr 29 2024
The Blueprint
JAY Z
I actually prefer the “MTV Unplugged” renditions of these songs with the “Most Incredible Roots Band” backing up HOV. But this is the album that spawned those classics. Just peak Kanye as a producer and Jigga flexing … until Nas fired back with one of the greatest diss tracks ever.
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Tue Apr 30 2024
Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis, accompanied by the Nashville Teens ... are we talking about his backing band or his 13-year-old cousin who he married?
1
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Wed May 01 2024
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
Post-hardcore? Sounds like sexual frustration.
1
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Thu May 02 2024
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
The "genius" label gets thrown around too often, but there's no other way to accurately describe Stevie Wonder and his body of work in the 70s.
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Fri May 03 2024
Django Django
Django Django
Man, missed this, and sorry that I did. Just some great grooves all the way through.
4