Jan 29 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Not my cup of tea! Mostly perfectly fine funk.
3
Jan 30 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
4
Jan 31 2024
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Feb 01 2024
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
3
Feb 02 2024
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
4
Feb 05 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
5
Feb 06 2024
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
5
Feb 07 2024
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
4
Feb 08 2024
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
This stuff must have been mind-blowing in the Weimar Republic, and it's pretty cool to release an album of pro-worker German cabaret songs in 1988, but this was absolutely not for me! I don't like stench, I don't like garbage!
2
Feb 09 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
4
Feb 12 2024
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
Shocked by how boring I found this one apart from Paint It Black. I think I am simultaneously too young and too old for The Rolling Stones.
3
Feb 13 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
5
Feb 14 2024
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
5
Feb 15 2024
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
Weirdly hard to evaluate Rod Stewart as an actual musician and not just like an object my uncles were into. Will have to come back to this one, three stars for now.
3
Feb 16 2024
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
4
Feb 19 2024
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War
U2
5
Feb 20 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
3
Feb 21 2024
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
2
Feb 22 2024
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British Steel
Judas Priest
3
Feb 23 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
4
Feb 26 2024
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Hard to give an album including "Dumb Girl" five stars, but this one is so solid otherwise. Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good.
4
Feb 27 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
3
Feb 28 2024
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
2
Feb 29 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
5
Mar 01 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
3
Mar 04 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
4
Mar 05 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
4
Mar 06 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
4
Mar 07 2024
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
5
Mar 08 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Mar 11 2024
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
I like "La Grange" as much as the next guy, but I'm nowhere near divorced enough to sit here and listen to a full ZZ Top album. Sorry to this man.
3
Mar 12 2024
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Teen Dream
Beach House
4
Mar 13 2024
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
3
Mar 14 2024
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
2
Mar 15 2024
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Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
2
Mar 18 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
I mean, this thing is a masterpiece, in the classical sense.
5
Apr 10 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
3
Apr 11 2024
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
2
Apr 12 2024
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Suicide
Suicide
3
Apr 15 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Apr 16 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
5
Apr 17 2024
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
2
Apr 18 2024
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Like Water For Chocolate
Common
4
Apr 19 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
4
Apr 22 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
4
Apr 23 2024
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Disintegration
The Cure
5
Apr 24 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
"Enjoy The Silence" sometimes feels like it might be a perfect song.
4
Apr 25 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
3
Apr 26 2024
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
3
Apr 29 2024
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2112
Rush
I read about a culture where, instead of saying they don't like a certain food, they say "I don't know how to eat this". I feel that I don't know how to listen to 2112. It's certainly not BAD.
4
Apr 30 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
May 01 2024
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Fuzzy
Grant Lee Buffalo
4
May 02 2024
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
Man, this one got me in the right mood I guess. Loved it.
5
May 03 2024
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Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
4
May 06 2024
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
4
May 07 2024
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Fragile
Yes
2
May 08 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
May 09 2024
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
4
May 10 2024
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Odelay
Beck
5
May 13 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
May 14 2024
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
I can acknowledge that the production is great and also feel like I just didn't enjoy listening to most of it. I think I like the Beastie Boys stupider than this!
3
May 15 2024
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
4
May 16 2024
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
3
May 17 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
Honestly "Perfect Day" brings this rating up by a full star all by itself.
3
May 20 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
3
May 21 2024
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25
Adele
3
May 22 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
5
May 23 2024
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
3
May 24 2024
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
4
May 27 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
4
May 28 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
3
May 29 2024
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
4
May 30 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
5
May 31 2024
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Wild Gift
X
4
Jun 03 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
4
Jun 04 2024
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Imagine
John Lennon
3
Jun 05 2024
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Woodface
Crowded House
3
Jun 06 2024
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Gold
Ryan Adams
4
Jun 07 2024
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Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
4
Jun 10 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
5
Jun 11 2024
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My Generation
The Who
4
Jun 12 2024
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
4
Jun 13 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
5
Jun 14 2024
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Follow The Leader
Korn
Honestly, kind of a fun reminder of a certain time and place, except for the risible "All in the Family" which is a mortifying reminder of a certain time and place.
3
Jun 17 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
4
Jun 18 2024
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Queen II
Queen
4
Jun 19 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Halfway through I was like "Okay, I get it but it's not for me, three stars" but I decided to be fair and keep listening to the end. Two stars!!!! NOT FOR ME!
2
Jun 20 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
I have to celebrate you, "You've Come a Long Way Baby". I have to praise you like I should.
5
Jun 21 2024
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Slipknot
Slipknot
Sometimes you get one of these albums where it quickly becomes very clear, I did not need to hear this before I die.
1
Jun 26 2024
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
This thing absolutely SMOKES, holy shit. Rarely does a live album feel this essential.
5
Jun 27 2024
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
3
Jun 28 2024
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Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
3
Jul 01 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jul 02 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
I put on track one immediately after leaving a screening of Furiosa and I was like, this is the best album ever. Then I listened to the rest of it the next day while running errands and stuff. You need the appropriate context for this kind of thing!
3
Jul 03 2024
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Risque
CHIC
2
Jul 04 2024
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Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
4
Jul 05 2024
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
3
Jul 08 2024
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
4
Jul 09 2024
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
5
Jul 10 2024
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
5
Jul 11 2024
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
5
Jul 12 2024
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S&M
Metallica
The symphony really helps them break the "we're so tough and scary" kayfabe in an appealing way. Usually I just roll my eyes at these guys.
4
Jul 15 2024
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
5
Jul 16 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
3
Jul 17 2024
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
3
Jul 18 2024
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Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
5
Jul 19 2024
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
5
Jul 22 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
Jul 23 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
Jul 24 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
5
Jul 25 2024
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
2
Jul 26 2024
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#1 Record
Big Star
5
Jul 29 2024
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
3
Jul 31 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
5
Aug 01 2024
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
3
Aug 02 2024
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
3
Aug 05 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
3
Aug 06 2024
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Purple Rain
Prince
5
Aug 07 2024
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The Band
The Band
3
Aug 08 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
5
Aug 09 2024
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A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
4
Aug 12 2024
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
Aug 13 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
3
Aug 14 2024
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
3
Aug 15 2024
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
2
Aug 16 2024
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
3
Aug 19 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Aug 20 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
Aug 21 2024
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
3
Aug 22 2024
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Quiet Life
Japan
4
Aug 23 2024
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Arise
Sepultura
2
Aug 26 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
5
Aug 27 2024
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
5
Aug 28 2024
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4
Aug 29 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
4
Aug 30 2024
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Not for me but fascinating. In the forest there is every type of bird.
3
Sep 02 2024
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
4
Sep 03 2024
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
4
Sep 04 2024
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
3
Sep 05 2024
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
TUSK
4
Sep 06 2024
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Sep 09 2024
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
3
Sep 10 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
Trying to get into this music feels like trying to pick up an extremely smooth, slippery ball. It keeps sliding out of my grasp. Who is this for??
2
Sep 11 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
4
Sep 12 2024
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
3
Sep 13 2024
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
5
Sep 14 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
2
Sep 14 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
4
Sep 15 2024
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Faith
George Michael
3
Sep 16 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
3
Sep 17 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
Sep 18 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
4
Sep 23 2024
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
By all rights should be 1 star, but "Rolllin' " and the Mission: Impossible theme are just too much stupid fun. Also, it is hilarious in retrospect that "My Generation" is about Generation X.
2
Sep 24 2024
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Ramones
Ramones
4
Sep 25 2024
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The Man Who
Travis
4
Sep 26 2024
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
3
Sep 27 2024
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Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
5
Sep 28 2024
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
4
Sep 29 2024
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Liege And Lief
Fairport Convention
4
Sep 30 2024
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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
3
Oct 01 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
Oct 03 2024
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Seventh Tree
Goldfrapp
4
Oct 04 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
5
Oct 05 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
4
Oct 06 2024
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Snivilisation
Orbital
3
Oct 07 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Oct 08 2024
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
4
Oct 09 2024
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
4
Oct 10 2024
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
3
Oct 11 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Oct 12 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
3
Oct 13 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
I mean this thing has some SINGLES
3
Oct 14 2024
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
4
Oct 15 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
5
Oct 17 2024
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
Oct 18 2024
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
5
Oct 19 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
Oct 20 2024
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
3
Oct 21 2024
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
2
Oct 22 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Oct 23 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
3
Oct 24 2024
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Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
5
Oct 25 2024
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
2
Oct 26 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
3
Oct 30 2024
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
Basically the platonic ideal of a three star album. This thing isn't hurting anybody.
3
Oct 31 2024
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
5
Nov 01 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Kanye has said some heinous shit over the last few years, but he also said "Too many Urkels on your team, that's why your wins low", and we do have to respect that.
5
Nov 02 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
5
Nov 03 2024
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
4
Nov 04 2024
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
3
Nov 05 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
3
Nov 06 2024
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Illmatic
Nas
5
Nov 07 2024
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Isn't Anything
My Bloody Valentine
3
Nov 08 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
5
Nov 09 2024
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
4
Nov 10 2024
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
4
Nov 11 2024
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Debut
Björk
4
Nov 12 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Nov 13 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
Nov 14 2024
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
4
Nov 15 2024
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
4
Nov 16 2024
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
2
Nov 17 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
3
Nov 18 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
Nov 19 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
5
Nov 20 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4
Nov 21 2024
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Blackstar
David Bowie
5
Nov 22 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Deeply, thoroughly inessential.
2
Nov 23 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
2
Nov 24 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
5
Nov 25 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
Nov 26 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Nov 27 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
Nov 28 2024
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2
Nov 29 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
3
Nov 30 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
5
Dec 01 2024
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Palo Congo
Sabu
2
Dec 02 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
5
Dec 03 2024
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
4
Dec 04 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
4
Dec 05 2024
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Leftism
Leftfield
2
Dec 06 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
3