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Wed Jan 17 2024
The White Album
Beatles
5
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Thu Jan 18 2024
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
4
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Fri Jan 19 2024
Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
4
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Wed Jan 24 2024
25
Adele
4
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Thu Jan 25 2024
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
2
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Fri Jan 26 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
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Sat Jan 27 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
3
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Sun Jan 28 2024
Tapestry
Carole King
1
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Mon Jan 29 2024
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
2
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Tue Jan 30 2024
I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
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Wed Jan 31 2024
The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
3
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Thu Feb 01 2024
evermore
Taylor Swift
2
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Fri Feb 02 2024
The Specials
The Specials
2
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Sat Feb 03 2024
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
3
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Sun Feb 04 2024
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
This was painful. Certainly the worst album I’ve heard to be put forward on a “best album ever” list.
1
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Mon Feb 05 2024
Rubber Soul
Beatles
This is the last album before the Beatles started to get really good. Still pretty weak though, so 3/5.
3
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Tue Feb 06 2024
On The Beach
Neil Young
4
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Wed Feb 07 2024
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
4
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Thu Feb 08 2024
Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Pretty difficult album to rate. I thought I was headed to a 4.5 on some songs until some of the more avant-garde tracks knocked it back down. I settle on a 3.5, with 3 being the ultimate rating.
3
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Fri Feb 09 2024
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
3
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Sat Feb 10 2024
Different Class
Pulp
4
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Sun Feb 11 2024
Diamond Life
Sade
Terrible.
1
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Mon Feb 12 2024
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
I liked this way too much for something that sounds like the musical equivalent of JNCO jeans with lyrics that read like those memes your unhappy/unsuccessful friends post on Facebook.
I’ll probably never listen to this again, but a Solid 3.
3
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Tue Feb 13 2024
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Probably a 3.5 more than a 3, but she doesn’t get the benefit of rounding up because she’s such a goober.
3
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Wed Feb 14 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
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Fri Feb 16 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
This is the reason I’m trudging through this project. This was a solid album that I’ve never heard of from an artist that I’ve never heard of. It’s a little dated, and some tracks are definitely stronger than others, but overall enjoyable!
3
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Sat Feb 17 2024
Zombie
Fela Kuti
This feels like something I am supposed to pretend to like more than I actually do. I appreciate the musicianship, but I’m not seeking this out again. 2.75 stars, so I round up to 3.
3
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Sun Feb 18 2024
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
This was weird as hell, and I liked it! Reminds me of a strange fusion of George Harrison-penned Beatles tunes, a little Frank Zappa and Nico on the vocals.
4
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Mon Feb 19 2024
Guero
Beck
I love Miskito Vultures but am not otherwise one to seek out Beck. This was pretty good though. I didn’t realize Sea Change came before this, and I like the mixture of a couple of Sea Change-style tunes with what Inusually think of as Beck’s style.
Still, the white guy rap thing is pretty tough.
3.5, rounding to 4 because it is a pretty solid effort.
4
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Tue Feb 20 2024
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
I mean, if this isn’t the best album of all time, it’s pretty darn close.
5
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Wed Feb 21 2024
S&M
Metallica
I don’t seek out Metallica, but I thought this album was pretty good. The mix/production is really well done. It turns out that I know a lot of Metallica songs. I enjoyed this.
The cons are it is incredibly long and sounds very similar after awhile. 3.75 stars, so it’s a 4.
4
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Thu Feb 22 2024
Headquarters
The Monkees
2
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Fri Feb 23 2024
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Good album. The interesting situation/dynamics tends to inflate the quality of the actual music, but it is still solid. Singing about incarceration and the death penalty to those folks at that time must’ve been something. This would never happen today. Historically, a 4-5. All in with the music, perhaps more of a 3.
3
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Sat Feb 24 2024
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
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Sun Feb 25 2024
Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
This sounds like something Bilbo Baggins would enjoy. Not me, though.
2
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Mon Feb 26 2024
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
I’m at about a 2.5, but I’m giving it a 2 because they didn’t even write the songs that were actually decent.
2
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Tue Feb 27 2024
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
I’ve never “got” the Springsteen thing, and I still don’t after listening to this album. “I’m on Fire” was the only song that I even remotely cared for. “Working on the Highway” is one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. This is just simple music with simple themed lyrics, which maybe is the point? I’m never going to be a “Boss” fan.
2
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Wed Feb 28 2024
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Good beats. Whimsical, unique and fun. Reminiscent of a simpler time. A bit too long. 3/5.
3
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Thu Feb 29 2024
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Why do I feel like this would be even worse if I understood the words? Okay background music while I worked, but I really wanted it to be over way before it was. Trying to employ a relative bell curve on this project, so this is going to be a 1 from me dawg. I was flirting with a 2 before Ragga Dog came on. Yikes.
1
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Fri Mar 01 2024
Movies
Holger Czukay
Let’s get cool in the pool!
I love weird stuff like this. Very Zappa-esque. Had me cracking up at times.
Ultimately was glad it was only 36 minutes, but the current eating criminally underrates this.
4/5
4
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Sat Mar 02 2024
Metallica
Metallica
The music is great, but I can’t get into the cheesy angsty lyrics. Some classics on here though and undeniably a classic album in its genre. 3.5/5 goes up to a 4.
4
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Sun Mar 03 2024
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
4
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Mon Mar 04 2024
War
U2
Never been a fan of U2, but this album was even worse than I thought it would be.
2
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Tue Mar 05 2024
Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
I guess the hits are the hits for a reason. With the exception of I Am Waiting, the remainder of the non-singles are pretty much forgettable. 3 stars on the strength of the good ones alone.
3
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Wed Mar 06 2024
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Wow, I never listened to this album because I’m not a huge hip hop listener, though I definitely appreciate it in small doses and I like several OutKast albums. As I’m typing this I realize that I sound like an old person, but I’m too lazy to reframe it and at 42, maybe I’m old anyway.
I always assumed that I would prefer the Andre 3000 side of this album based on the Hey Ya single vs. The Way You Move (also a banger), based on the feel and prior OutKast output.
Well, the Big Boi side (Disc 1) is getting the edge from me. I think the Andre side was trying to be more experimental, non-rapping, but it just falls flat overall to me. There are definite highlights and it actually gets better in the second half, but the Big Boi side feels more cohesive, honest, stronger, and just a better overall listen.
Basically a solid 3/5. Can’t be a 2 and it can’t be a 4.
3
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Thu Mar 07 2024
Pyromania
Def Leppard
This would be awesome if I put this on while I was banging a girl named Debbie after I drank 10 Schlitz beers. Sadly, I just listened to it while I walked my dog, so 2/5.
2
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Fri Mar 08 2024
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
It was probably very influential at the time, but it isn’t very good to listen to.
2
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Sat Mar 09 2024
1989
Taylor Swift
4
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Sun Mar 10 2024
Clandestino
Manu Chao
I do like Manu Chao but Proxima Estacion is a much better album than this. Meh.
2
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Mon Mar 11 2024
The Real Thing
Faith No More
Pretty interesting album, but not really my thing.
3
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Tue Mar 12 2024
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
1 or 2 songs is okay, but a full album of this music is a real slog. Didn’t really enjoy this music.
2
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Wed Mar 13 2024
Crazysexycool
TLC
1
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Thu Mar 14 2024
Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
I kind of dug the album, which was a surprise. The gratuitous use of the N-word on the first track is so bad though. Without the first track, this honestly might have been a very surprising 4.
3
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Fri Mar 15 2024
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
I get that rap has come a long way since this was released, but the irony of the line "Your rhymes are so cheesy, you found them in a mouse trap" being on THIS album is thicker than, well, Mr. Goodbar's "python." Keep on "rockin' the party like jumper cables" Mr. Cool J.
This is the lamest rap album I've ever heard.
1
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Sat Mar 16 2024
Abraxas
Santana
When you’ve heard the hits a thousand times it is hard to put yourself back in the mind frame to appreciate just how good the music is. Great album. Samba Pa Ti pushes it from a 3.5 to a 4.
4
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Sun Mar 17 2024
Soul Mining
The The
This was a good album that I’d never heard before. 3.75/5.
4
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Mon Mar 18 2024
The White Room
The KLF
The actual album is not available on streaming services. I think I dodged a euro-techno bullet here.
All I remember is KLF UH-HUH UH-HUH UH-HUH.
1
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Tue Mar 19 2024
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
This was awesome. I’ve tried to get into Frank Zappa in the past and it hasn’t really worked out. This is the album I needed to hear. Can’t quite give it a 5, but it’s a very, very solid 4.
4
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Wed Mar 20 2024
Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
I wanted to like this, but I just don’t. Every song sounded exactly the same to me. With a little Wikipedia research, I found out that this is later in her career when she had some drug/health problems. Makes sense.
2
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Thu Mar 21 2024
Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
Surprisingly decent!
3
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Fri Mar 22 2024
Calenture
The Triffids
Wow, this album really, really sucks!
1
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Sat Mar 23 2024
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
It never quite regains the momentum from its first 6 tracks, but this is still a fantastic album. It’s true that it is indulgent, overly dramatic, pretentious and all of those other things the other reviews say, but that’s what makes it such a great rock album. I never spent much time on the 2nd disc back when I used to listen to this album, but it was fun to listen to after many years. A rare 5/5 from me.
5
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Sun Mar 24 2024
Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
I’ve had a few albums that sounded kind of like this style, and I think I’m just not a fan on this style of 80s music. I think it is the excessive reverb/chorus on the guitars and the drums that sound like those terrible electronic pad drum kits. It isn’t terrible, but I’m not into it. 2/5.
2
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Mon Mar 25 2024
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
Great hip hop album. Love the jazz influences. It still sounds fresh even now.
4
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Tue Mar 26 2024
Eagles
Eagles
Take it Easy is one of the Eagles songs that I really like, but this album generally peaks there. The album is ok, but not stellar.
3
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Wed Mar 27 2024
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
I never heard this, but recognized a few songs. Good album!
4
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Thu Mar 28 2024
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
I’m not a huge listener of this era/genre, but this album is pretty great. There’s a couple of clunkers in Its so Easy (especially) and Out ta Get me, but the hit rate is pretty high. Welcome to the Jungle is on the short list of greatest album openers.
4
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Fri Mar 29 2024
The World is a Ghetto
War
4
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Sat Mar 30 2024
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
This did not age well. Corny.
2
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Sun Mar 31 2024
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
Does anyone else hate it when you just desperately want an album to end, it seems like it is going on forever, and then you realize that you are 3-4 songs deep in the “alternative version” or “bonus tracks” on Spotify? Man, I hate that.
Ok, look. I’ve learned that I’m just not a fan of “post punk” as part of this project. Just the term itself annoys me. Punk still existed and still exists.
Anyway, this was better than the other Echo and the Bunnymen album (Crocodiles). It’s criminal that they gave me less than a week since the last one, though. 2/5.
2
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Wed Apr 03 2024
Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
I’m a little torn on this album. I like the hypnotic drums, the guitar tone and the generally chill vibe. However, it’s very similar sounding throughout and eventually just gets to be too long of an album to actively listen to. I might put it on in the background in the future, but most likely not. I’m glad to have heard this though.
3
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Thu Apr 04 2024
Signing Off
UB40
Kind of surprised by this album since I only know of UB40’s annoying popular hits. I had very low expectations, which were exceeded. Still, in a world where I can satisfy my reggae needs with seemingly endless Bob Marley music, I don’t really have a need for this album in my life. It was interesting to hear though.
3
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Fri Apr 05 2024
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
I knew this album and had it pegged for a 4 star review ahead of time. But the. I realized that I legitimately like every song on this album. Just a great album. 5/5.
One thing I am doing in this project is reading along with the lyrics when I can on Spotify. So, today I learned that Stray Cat Blues is creepy as hell.
5
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Sat Apr 06 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
This is a solid album but it goes on way too long. It’s clear that the Beatles underutilized George’s songwriting talents. Probably why he had so much material.
I struggle on 3 vs. 4, but it’s going to be a 4 from me because George is my favorite beatle.
4
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Sun Apr 07 2024
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
A common reaction to this experiment for me is: “holy shit, people listen to this music” followed by “holy shit, people who would undertake an experiment like this list actually revere this!”
This album just sounds like alternating between power chords, cartoonish falsetto, cartoonish noises, all packaged into nu-metal. Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
1
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Mon Apr 08 2024
Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
I hated this yesterday morning and then I put the remainder of the album on when I was a bit drunk in the evening and was feeling it.
So, context dependent I guess. It was interesting to listen to, anyway.
2