Feb 22 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
6/10
Not my favorite band, and in hindsight the singles are the only thing I like on this album. I don't hate it. 2-21-2024
3
Feb 23 2024
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
7/10
White Winter Hymnal is amazing.
in a less than generous word: twee. The distortion is the same in every song. I like it, all of it. It soars when it works, and when it doesn't, it is still a warm sweater of an album. The songs belong in as many indie films as they can fit in.
2-22-2024
4
Feb 26 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4/10
I refuse to yuck people yum on this. It isn't unlistenable, I just don't feel anything for it.
2-23-24
2
Feb 27 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
6/10
This is so outside my experience. I've never just sat down and listened to Miles Davis before. My first impression is that this is hard to listen to and do other things, which isn't bad. I don't ordinarily engage with music like that is all. That being said, it isn't anything I'd seek out on my own, and I don't feel compelled to listen again.
2/26/2024
3
Feb 28 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
3/10
Chaos, but not completely. My ears don't work right for this
2-27-2024
2
Feb 29 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
8/10
Solid listen. Its been awhile since I've heard this and without it being as ubiquitous as the air we breath, I remebered how good every song is here.
2-28-2024
4
Mar 01 2024
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
5/10
nice but forgettable
2-29-2024
3
Mar 04 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
8/10
It's not among my favorite David Bowie albums, but...David Bowie none the less.
3-1-2024
4
Mar 05 2024
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Dummy
Portishead
7/10
Sour time and Glory box stand out as really good.
The rest is relaxing trip-hop that I'm happy to listen to, but no chills or jaw drops. elevator music for a really cool elevator.
3-4-2024
4
Mar 06 2024
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
8/10
I love this album and often find myself nodding my head in tempo. There are some stand-out tracks but the album falls short of being in the "every track is great" territory
3-5-2024
4
Mar 07 2024
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Smokers Delight
Nightmares On Wax
5/10
Pleasant enough.
3-6-2024
3
Mar 08 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
6/10
This is fun.
3/7/2024
3
Mar 11 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
8/10
Nearly half of this album has some of my favorite songs.
3/8/2024
4
Mar 12 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
5/10
I listened to it. It was nice.
3-11-2024
3
Mar 13 2024
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
4/10
meh? 1001 albums is a lot of albums it seems.
3-12-2024
2
Mar 14 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
6/10
Talking heads are great. This album is OK.
3-13-2024
3
Mar 15 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
7/10
Elliot Smith is my kind of music. I like this whole album but couldn't name you one track that stands out
3-14-2024
4
Mar 18 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
6/10
Neil Young is always listenable, or at least so far. This is OK, but it is nowhere near the list of my favorite albums from him.
3-16-2024
3
Mar 19 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
6/10
It is a pleasant listen with a couple of stand-out tracks.
3-18-2024
3
Mar 20 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
2/10
not for me,
stopped listening half way through. couldn't even bother scrubbing through all the tracks. It was on in the background and I was still bored
3-19-2024
1
Mar 21 2024
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Scott 4
Scott Walker
6/10
I like the song writing, the arrangements are good too. it feels like a lonely 60's crooner writing for the most depressing musical ever made.
4/1/2024
3
Mar 22 2024
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Brutal Youth
Elvis Costello
6/10
This is an Elvis Costello album. It has none of the singles that Elvis Costello is famous for. It is about as Elvis Costello as you would think if someone told you that Elvis Costello wrote an album and here it is. I was not surprised because it sounded exactly like Elvis Costello. On the bright side I like Elvis Costello in general.
4-1-2024
3
Mar 25 2024
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
8/10
I'm completely biased. Chicago is one of my favorite songs of all time. I listen to it often and still get frission every time I hear it. The only reason this isn't a 10 out of 10 is that the other songs, with the exception of John Wayne Gacy, Jr., are just good.
4-1-2024
4
Mar 26 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
6/10
Psycho Killer...and Talking Head songs. like it, don't love it. but PSYCO KILLER!!!
4/1/2024
3
Apr 02 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
5/10
Great opening track. I officially like one Steely Dan song. Mercifully this album is short. so smooth my brain shut off and I found myself drooling. meh.
4-1-2024
3
Apr 03 2024
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
6/10
I like some of the melancholy runs. It relaxed me. some of the runs were just noise to me but I'm not a jazz fan. Of all the jazz I've heard this was pretty listenable
4-2-2024
3
Apr 04 2024
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A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
5/10
At its worst, it's ordinary background R&B, and at its best, it made me nod my head a bit. Again, 1001 albums is way more albums than I thought.
4-3-2024
3
Apr 05 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
1/10
Holy hell, do I not like this. The rock is ok, but it is done better by those who came before and after. The slow country and ballads are the sleepiest horseshit. There is no passion here, only technique and even that's lacking. In summary, no, sir, I don't like it.
4-4-2024
1
Apr 08 2024
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
6/10
Wake Up is fantastic, and Arcade Fire is talented. However, even though I enjoyed these songs well enough, I don't feel anything special about them.
4-5-2024
3
Apr 09 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
6/10
I had fun with this. I don't know why I keep getting the edges of the catalogs. Iron Maiden is a fine album, but that's it...fine.
4-8-2024
3
Apr 10 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
7/10
This is a rainy day album. drinking tea and putting you feet up. no stand out tracks, just nice mellow musings on the color gray.
4-9-2024
4
Apr 11 2024
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The Madcap Laughs
Syd Barrett
1/10
I do not have the patience needed to engage with this. I don't like syd's voice, especially when he tries to get out of his range, I don't like the arrangements. I can't help but think this was a bunch of friends indulging someone who had clearly began to stop being able to function. I kind of feel sad, and I don't understand why this album is on this list.
4-10-2024
1
Apr 12 2024
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The Colour Of Spring
Talk Talk
5/10
I like life's what you make it. the rest of the songs are pleasant enough and would be all the rage if I lived in a sleepy village and didn't have a job to do.
4-11-2024
3
Apr 15 2024
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The Cars
The Cars
9/10
This is my first 5 star album. It's so iconic I can't separate it from the miasma of music that is just in my head all the time. That it was this polished and hook filled in 1978 just puts it over the top. Moving in stereo, even without its association with Fast Times, has a tense sense of menace to it that gives me chills. Every other track is either good or flawless. The only reason it isn't a 10/10 is that I'm not compelled to own a physical copy, but it's close.
4-12-2024
5
Apr 16 2024
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Purple Rain
Prince
8/10
I love this record. When doves cry is one of my favorite songs and the rest of the songs are fun and just well executed.
4-15-2024
4
Apr 17 2024
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NEU! 75
Neu!
5/10
This has some music. I was not disgusted. I like the square beats and the repeating motifs. Any influence this may have had is so far back in the dialectic that I can't see it from here. I didn't fall asleep, so...
4/16/2024
3
Apr 18 2024
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
2
Apr 19 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
4/10
I don't get the love for Kanye West. Jesus walks is kind of interesting. The rest is...meh
4-19-2024
2
Apr 22 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
5/10
I had some fun listening to this. Not something I would have listened to on my own.
4-19-2024
3
Apr 23 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
10/10
The...Pixies...absolute perfection. There aren't many bands that I like most if not all of their catalog. I won't pretend to be anything than a Pixies fan boy.
4-22-2024
5
Apr 24 2024
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
5/10
I'm not a fan of live albums. That being said this is middle of the road classic rock which isn't bad.
4-23-2024
3
Apr 25 2024
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
2/10
I got bored. I can't listen to the whole thing. I did try. Not for me I guess.
4-24-2024
1
Apr 26 2024
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
5/10
Jesus...1001 albums...I don't hate this, far from it. If this came on the radio I wouldn't turn it off. That being said I'm not going to jump up and go find more from this artists catalog. It's the kind of thing you'd like if you like that sort of thing.
4-25-2024
3
Apr 29 2024
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
8/10
I love this album. Alanis sings with such passion and the songs are hooky and engaging. a good listen all around.
4/26/2024
4
Apr 30 2024
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
8/10
This was a pleasent surprise.
4-30-2024
4
May 01 2024
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
5/10
whatever they are doing they are doing it well. I don't think I have a score for this. I don't want to give it a one because it was bizarrely entertaining. I don't want to give it 5 stars because I will never listen to this again unless its to share it with other people. I'm going to give it three stars and walk away slowly.
4-30-2024
3
May 02 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
6/10
Straight forward rock. the vocals are great.
5-2-2023
3
May 03 2024
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
5/10
That's nice.
5-2-2024
3
May 06 2024
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My Generation
The Who
5/10
A stark contrast to what would come later. boring, but what wasn't in 1965. At least this had a little bluesy edge.
5-3-2024
3
May 07 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
8/10
It seems so effortless. I can't imagine a world where these songs don't exist. I like them but I've been saturated in them, I can't separate them from the ether.
5-6-2024
4
May 08 2024
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
7/10
There is an earnestness to this record I enjoy. I think this got in right before irony ruined cool jams. I've liked the singles from this record forever. It isn't the best of the best, but it does tickle some nostalgia.
5-7-2024
4
May 09 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3/10
It was really nice of Ray Charles to give a bunch of vanilla choral singers and an out of touch big band orchestra an album of his to play on. I hope that this isn't the only Ray Charles album on the list so I can make it up to him. I simply can't spend all day listening to this inane nonsense.
5/8/2024
2
May 10 2024
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
8/10
Just enough punk, just enough grit and best of all I've never listened to this album before this. Great discovery and it shames me that I haven't heard it sooner
5-9-2024
4
May 13 2024
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21
Adele
8/10
She has an incredible voice and the arrangements are great.
5-10-2024
4
May 14 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
7/10
Bowie=good, Heroes the single = good, Heroes the album = fine enough
5-13-2024
4
May 15 2024
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Palo Congo
Sabu
3/10
I'm glad they're having fun and for that I'm not going to give them one star. I'm not going to listen anymore but I wish them well.
5-14-2024
2
May 16 2024
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Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
2/10
Like Dexys midnight runners, I too wish they were Warren Zevon.
5-15-2024
1
May 17 2024
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It's Too Late to Stop Now
Van Morrison
5/10
I like Van Morrison in general. I hate live albums in general. There is nothing here that pushes me one way or the other. You get my meh.
5-16-2024
3
May 20 2024
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
9/10
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Kate Bush...*catches breath* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. You're arguments to the contrary are invalid. good day.
5-17-2024
5
May 21 2024
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Moon Safari
Air
6/10
This was pretty good. It was like elevator music for a very sexy elevator.
5-20-2024
3
May 22 2024
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
4/10
I took a nap. it was not without a vague sense of jazz though.
5-21-2024
2
May 23 2024
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
5/10
Ok doke
5-22-2024
3
May 24 2024
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
7/10
zomg...so fucking 70's. I...I...*sigh* I really like Billy Joel.
5-23-2024
4
May 27 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
8/10
I know him...he's famous
5-24-2024
4
May 28 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
5/10
For the title track, you get 3 stars. Now put down your mics and leave my office before I change my mind.
5-27-2024
3
May 29 2024
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
3/10
What? Really? Ok, no.
5-28-2024
2
May 30 2024
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
6/10
Putting the title track aside, which is amazing, the rest of the songs sound like The doors if you poured a whole shit ton of water on them.
5-29-2024
3
May 31 2024
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American Pie
Don McLean
8/10
I didn't expect to like the whole album as much as I did. Good melancholy stuff.
5-30-2024
4
Jun 03 2024
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
6/10
I was a young man when i voted on this albummmm...it was a predictable novelty but not without its charmmmm...now I ride the planes aloooooone
5-31-2024
3
Jun 04 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
5/10
Thank you for your interest Mr. Monk, but we've decided to go with someone else. Your qualifications are magnificent and we can tell you are the kind of candidate that comes around once in a life time, but we simply don't have the kind of work for you that we feel would fulfill you. If I could invent a position I'd snap you up in a heart beat but I simply don't have the budget for someone of your caliber. I'll pass your interest on to a few people I know in the industry if you'd like and thanks again for stopping by.
6-3-2024
3
Jun 05 2024
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Raw Power
The Stooges
7/10
I like Iggy Pop. there are a couple of songs here that I like a bunch and some that I don't like a bunch but like. That is how I've arrived at this rating.
6-4-2024
4
Jun 06 2024
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In Utero
Nirvana
10/10
I own it. I love it.
6-5-2024
5
Jun 07 2024
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One World
John Martyn
2/10
this is barely music. There's some guy strumming a bunch of instruments and lazily saying shit in a mic. This is ambian. I want it gone, hear me, gone.
6-6-2024
1
Jun 10 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5/10
Yes, Mr. Crimson please sit down. We noticed you are taking really long lunches. and while it isn't any of our business, there doesn't seem to be any meat on your sandwiches. We're going to have to let you go, 'cause you're weird and you sometimes just drift off into 10 minute long jams.
6-7-2024
3
Jun 11 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
6/10
When we first hired you, Lorde, we expected big things from you. I can't help but notice your beginning to lose the edge we were used to seeing in the beginning. We'd like to know what we can do better to help you shine again.
6-10-2024
3
Jun 12 2024
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Dry
PJ Harvey
7/10
I love me some PJ Harvey. This isn't my favorite album of theirs and nothing stands out as amazing, but I just like the band in general and so I really enjoyed just listening.
6-11-2024
4
Jun 13 2024
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
7/10
I love the hooks and the flow and the other Hip Hop words. This definitely stands out and has some very good tracks
6-12-2024
4
Jun 14 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
7/10
I love her voice. The arrangements support her just fine, their just a bit too sleepy. It didn't detract from my enjoyment but that's why I couldn't go higher
6-13-2024
4
Jun 17 2024
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
6/10
I had high hopes for this and that may be inflating the rating. I wouldn't seek this record out. Still has some moments of goodness.
6-14-2024
3
Jun 18 2024
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
8/10
I love Kraftwerk, and this is a great album. I don't have to justify myself to you!!!
6-17-2024
4
Jun 19 2024
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
5/10
*yawn* Thanks guys, I do be illin'. Now can you see yourselves out.
6-18-2024
3
Jun 20 2024
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War
U2
9/10
New years Day is one of the best post punk songs I've heard. I like U2 and this album has a few just awesome songs.
6-20-2024
5
Jun 21 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
7/10
Yeah, warm nostalgia and some very good music.
6-20-2024
4
Jun 24 2024
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
8/10
So good.
6-21-2024
4
Jun 25 2024
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2112
Rush
6/10
Thanks for coming in. Music is not an endurance test fellas. You get paid the same either way. Don't you have hobbies or families to go home to. I don't want to discourage your hard work but I guarantee no one would hold it against you if you wanted to, you know, take a nap.
6-24-2024
3
Jun 26 2024
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
7/10
I was pleasantly surprised. the beats are fun and the rock was well executed.
6-25-2024
4
Jun 27 2024
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
5/10
Thanks to coming in for your review Nanci. You are a competent worker, but I wouldn't say you blow me away with your performance. Do you think you add to the overall culture we're trying to build here? I think you need to take some time to reflect and see if this is the kind of work you want to be doing. If it is, I think you should give it a full effort. None of these half measures, really give it your all.
6-26-2024
3
Jun 28 2024
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
6/10
Hi Joni? This is HR. Are you OK? We keep hearing this wailing from your bathroom. I want you to know you are a valued member of this team and we are just concerned for your well being.
6-27-2024
3
Jul 01 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
8/10
Yoshimi has a black belt in karate and she works for the city. your argument is irrelevant.
6-28-2024
4
Jul 02 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
7/10
I had a nice time listening to this. I like the older feel with the distortion. It worked for me, what can I say
7-1-2024
4
Jul 03 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
8/10
Funk. yes.
7-2-2024
4
Jul 04 2024
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
10/10
When I first heard Chvrches I had frisson from beginning to end. I can't explain the sense of future nostalgia I feel get when listening. They have better albums than this, and that is saying a whole bunch.
7-3-2024
5
Jul 05 2024
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Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
8/10
The Psychedelic Furs don't have a wide range, but the narrow band they occupy is theirs alone. I find comfort in that.
4
Jul 08 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
5/10
Swell
7-5-2024
3
Jul 09 2024
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
7/10
I'm fond of this record but it didn't play a significant role in my life. pretty much a solid rock and roll record.
7-08-2024
4
Jul 10 2024
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The Who Sell Out
The Who
2/10
this is the kind of self indulgent horse piss you get when someone creative isn't told no.
7-9-2024
1
Jul 11 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
7/10
I like this record quite a bit.
7-11-2024
4
Jul 12 2024
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Eagles
Eagles
3/10
Thanks, I've had enough
7-11-2024
2
Jul 15 2024
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
6/10
Best efforts don't corner orange markets boys. Let's try better than your best.
7-12-2024
3
Jul 16 2024
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British Steel
Judas Priest
7/10
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. some tracks were flavorless but I felt the beat on more than a few.
7-15-2024
4
Jul 17 2024
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
3/10
I can't lie, I like the Butthole Surfers I've heard before this album. this is...a thing. I may just not be in the mood for free form noise.
7-16-2024
2
Jul 18 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
7/10
I like the guitar work and the aimless vocals feel resolved even if I don't know what she's saying. I don't think it matters. a nice relaxing listen
7-17-2024
4
Jul 19 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
6/10
I like the speed and the guitar work. I don't like the length and the monotony. I'm not mad at it, is fine.
7-18-2024
3
Jul 22 2024
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7/10
Neil! Hey hey my my is one of my favorite songs and then Neil does Neil stuff for the rest of the album. Great stuff (into the black)
7-19-2024
4
Jul 23 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
8/10
I like radiohead. this album is great but nowhere near their best. That said I had a good time listening.
7-22-2024
4
Jul 24 2024
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
7/10
This gets this score for no other reason than maggies farm. I wasn't sure I was going to like anything from Bob Dylan. This album has every song I like by him.
7-23-2024
4
Jul 25 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
3/10
No thanks, this isn't what we ordered. you can take it back to the kitchen now.
7-24-2024
2
Jul 26 2024
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
5/10
Wake up, its some folk music
7-26-2024
3
Jul 29 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
6/10
Move on Bob.
7-27-2024
3
Jul 30 2024
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Made In Japan
Deep Purple
3/10
Live albums are a novelty. I don't like them and deep purple isn't good enough to get me to enjoy this one
7-29-2024
2
Jul 31 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
5/10
Ok. Thanks.
7-30-2024
3
Oct 16 2024
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
4/10
Should be right up my alley--I couldn't get past the "English school boy finds a microphone and shows off for his parents" vibe. More fool me.
10-15-2024
2
Oct 17 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
7/10
light and meandering soundscapes as a mad women sings at the moon. What isn't to like?
10-16-2024
4
Oct 18 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
5/10
guy falls asleep on a distortion pedal or two and a wailing ghost tries to spook everyone by elongating vowels into a microphone. I'm sure this is what its like to listen to music on ether. Maybe ether will help, brb.
10-17-2024
3
Oct 21 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
6/10
I don't see these boys doing anything spectacular with their future.
10-21-2024
3
Oct 22 2024
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
5/10
chill beats...
10-21-2024
3
Oct 23 2024
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
8/10
I really like this album. I appreciate the writing and the production.
10-22-2024
4
Oct 24 2024
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
5/10
Who let their kid in the recording booth?
10-23-2024
3
Oct 25 2024
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
7/10
Fun and bouncy. good flow and production especially for 1992
10-24-2024
4
Oct 28 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
8/10
CCR!
10-25-2024
4
Oct 29 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
5/10
in six years from this album they would be one of the most transformative musical acts that pop music has ever seen and at the end of their good work. In this album they are pleasant-enough beanie babies. Wild.
10-28-2024
3
Oct 30 2024
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Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
1/10
I don't feel that I need to explain my art to you warren.
10-29-2024
1
Oct 31 2024
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
5/10
Pleasant enough but no variety. I just imagine the brothers swaying back and forth for eternity as the smiles on their face threaten to break their heads in half.
10-30-2024
3
Nov 01 2024
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
5/10
this certainly is music that is being played. I'd know it anywhere
10-31-2024
3
Nov 04 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
6/10
cool, cool, cool. yep.
11-1-2024
3
Nov 05 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
6/10
immigrant song is good, the rest of the album is underwhelming. The more I listen to led Zeppelin, the less I like them.
11-04-2024
3
Nov 06 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
9/10
one of my favorite albums by Neil Young, so many good songs.
11-5-2024
5
Nov 07 2024
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Yeezus
Kanye West
NOT INTERESTED
1
Nov 08 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
7/10
mostly solid Bowie.
11-7-2024
4
Nov 11 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Nov 12 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
5/10
I'm glad I listened. I like it.
11-12-2024
3
Nov 13 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
5/10
inoffensive and musicy as all get out.
11-12-2024
3
Nov 14 2024
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Pink Flag
Wire
7/10
Fuzzy guitars and a mad Englishman roar. I love it and I would have never heard it.
11-13-2024
4
Nov 15 2024
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
5/10
Not for me, but I don't hate it
3
Nov 18 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
9/10
The best produced album from Cash. I love his choices on the covers and I love his voice sounding like it got hit by a baseball bat but got up, bloodied, from the ground and dares you to hit it again. I think I needed this.
11-15-2024
5
Nov 19 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
7/10
Too much filler for 5 stars but punching way above its weight.
11-18-2024
4
Nov 20 2024
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Dookie
Green Day
8/10
I had too much fun listening to this album when I was a kid to give it any less. Still a fun listen.
11-19-2024
4
Nov 21 2024
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The Next Day
David Bowie
7/10
Bowie had much better albums before and after this...but Bowie
11-20-2024
4
Nov 22 2024
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
7/10
I'm a sucker for Irish music
11-25-2024
4
Nov 25 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
6/10
I like REM and this album isn't bad, just isn't as good as they would get later
11-25-2024
3
Nov 26 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
5/10
Very soulful
11-25-2024
3
Nov 27 2024
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
7/10
I love me some Tom Waits. So much fun.
11-27-2024
4
Nov 28 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
5/10
It isn't the albums fault that it now sounds like a parody of mid nineties gangsta rap, but I can't take it seriously. That's how it goes some times
3
Nov 29 2024
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Phrenology
The Roots
6/10
pretty good
11-29-2024
3
Dec 02 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
6/10
Very nice
11-29-2024
3
Dec 03 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
5/10
It's fine, got bored but not angry
12-2-2024
3
Dec 04 2024
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
6/10
Elvis Costello, doing his thing but not as well as usual
12-16-2024
3
Dec 05 2024
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
6/10
I used to love led zeppelin. I still love Kashmir.
12-16-2024
3
Dec 06 2024
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Dare!
The Human League
8/10
Holy shit I love a synth or two.
12-21-2024
4
Dec 09 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
6/10
Very pleasant stuff
12-08-2024
3
Dec 10 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
7/10
I'm not a huge Rolling Stones fan but this is one of their best records hands down. I enjoyed listening to this.
12-11-2024
4
Dec 11 2024
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Ctrl
SZA
1/10
I hate this. I had to listen to a cat making love to scrub my brain.
12-11-2024
1
Dec 12 2024
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
3/10
Why this? Why for?
12-11-2024
2
Dec 13 2024
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
9/10
I'm a sucker for synth, I make no apologize for my illness. Pity me not
12-12-2024
5
Dec 16 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
7/10
this is a weird day for me to get this album.
12-13-2024
4
Dec 17 2024
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
6/10
Better than most RHCP albums. The guitar work is great.
12-16-2024
3
Dec 18 2024
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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
5/10
70's guitar...and stuff
12-18-2024
3
Dec 19 2024
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Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
2/10
I can't with this. I want to buy the record and throw it in a river.
12-18-2024
1
Dec 20 2024
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
6/10
Some nice folk vocals and some inspired instrumental work.
12-19-2024
3
Dec 23 2024
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
6/10
I get why people love this. What's going on is a great song. The rest of the album put me to sleep. Can't when them all
12-21-2024
3
Dec 24 2024
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
5/10
Wait...there are songs other than mr blue sky on this album? NO? no there aren't.
12-23-2024
3
Dec 25 2024
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Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
5/10
passionate. should be worth something but it isn't
12-27-2024
3
Dec 26 2024
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
5/10
Christmas songs are the definition of mid, but I liked the production. I look forward to more from this...Phil Spector.
3
Dec 27 2024
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Floodland
Sisters Of Mercy
11/10
Yes.
12-25-2024
5
Dec 30 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
6/10
A couple of songs make this a bit better than average. but not much better.
12-27-2024
3
Dec 31 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
7/10
I'll never understand why I like Paul Simon so much. The music is just seems shifted from another universe that closely resembles ours. the songs seem like they've existed since the days of bards. Good fucking stuff
12-30-2024
4
Jan 01 2025
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
6/10
Folk music that's pleasant enough. I love the choice to use some outside the box instrumentation.
12-31-2024
3
Jan 02 2025
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
6/10
some good, some very bad (whole lotta love) but that just evens out a bit.
01-07-2025
3
Jan 03 2025
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
3/10
I didn't know I could not like Joni Mitchell. I don't like that this album made me face that. The rating is unfair because of that
1-07-2024
2
Jan 06 2025
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
5/10
Notes in no particular order played deftly.
1-6-2025
3
Jan 07 2025
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
2/10
I hate live albums, I hate Jerry Lee Lewis, I like the set list.
1-6-2025
1
Jan 08 2025
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
5/10
I'm not mad, just didn't like it much.
1-7-2024
3
Jan 09 2025
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
4/10
They say they aren't a corny ass crew...but...
1-08-2025
2
Jan 10 2025
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Southern Rock Opera
Drive-By Truckers
5/10
Hey I recognize this. I'm sure I've heard it before. Wait what was that about George Wallace facing the Yankees down? Fuck these guys.
1-9-2025
3
Jan 13 2025
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
7/10
I love the Smiths, this album is my least favorite. Nothing wrong with it, but it sounds like the music you would put in a biopic to avoid copyright to the good songs.
1-10-2025
4
Jan 14 2025
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
5/10
I don't get it. a me problem I'm sure.
1-13-2025
3
Jan 15 2025
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Opus Dei
Laibach
9/10
Give me a lite beer. I haven't looked to see how many other people just put this in, but I bet it was most.
1-14-2025
5
Jan 16 2025
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
8/10
such a good song writer. I like stripped down folk music and Tracy does it well.
1-15-2025
4
Jan 17 2025
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
4/10
Yawn...this is slightly better than some of Elvis' bullshit. but so are cold sores. Make of that what you will.
1-16-2025
2
Jan 20 2025
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
6/10
Live album boo, although James Brown has a bit more energy live I'm sure. James Brown is fun if nothing else.
1-17-2025
3
Jan 21 2025
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
6/10
paint it black is among my favorite stones songs. The rest is fine.
1-21-2025
3
Jan 22 2025
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Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
4/10
reggae is not my thing. I don't hate it, just can't get into it.
1-21-2025
2
Jan 23 2025
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
10/10
fucking love this man. Suzanne never stops giving me the chills.
1-22-2025
5
Jan 24 2025
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
10/10
Straight up banger
1-23-2025
5
Jan 27 2025
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Metallica
Metallica
9/10
This is among the first albums I owned as a kid. I don't know music without it. I don't listen to it daily anymore, but I still love it.
1-24-2025
5
Jan 28 2025
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The Band
The Band
5/10
Emmet Otter's jug-band did it better.
1-27-2025
3
Jan 29 2025
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Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby
Terence Trent D'Arby
3/10
This shit used to put me to sleep at night when I listened to the local R&B station. This and Don't rock the boat baby. I bored myself writing this and am now done.
1-28-2025
2
Jan 30 2025
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
6/10
Talent on display, but nothing for me...and that's fine
1-29-2025
3
Jan 31 2025
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
6/10
smooth
1-30-2025
3
Feb 03 2025
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
7/10
this has two absolute masterpieces and a whole lot of listenable stuff. For as much as I say I don't like the rolling stones that much, you wouldn't be able to tell from my scores on the albums I've gotten so far.
1-31-2025
4
Feb 04 2025
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
6/10
Scaramouche
2-03-2025
3
Feb 05 2025
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Wild Gift
X
8/10
X is amazing. Los Angeles should have been here instead but I'm just glad one of their albums made it.
2-4-2025
4
Feb 06 2025
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
8/10
Elvis Costello at his most Elvis Costello. Alison is one of my favorite songs period. This has a bunch of singles that are great as well. This is my favorite Elvis Costello album.
4
Feb 07 2025
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
7/10
This band has a whole lot of talent, this album was pretty good, intervention and my body is a cage are up there with their best work.
2-06-2025
4
Feb 10 2025
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
7/10
lot of good stuff here, some bad stuff here.
2-07-2025
4
Feb 11 2025
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Elephant
The White Stripes
8/10
Seven Nation Army is transcendent and everything else is fun to listen to.
2-10-2025
4
Feb 12 2025
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
6/10
The papa to the Pixies mama of 90's alternative. I never heard them in their hayday but I've heard them in every 90's grunge song since then. Good stuff, but nothing stands out.
2-12-2025
3
Feb 13 2025
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
5/10
so mellow I melted while wreirjiethng thiesdfefwiojfoaj
2-12-2025
3
Feb 14 2025
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
6/10
That was the Vines....now on to something else
2-13-2025
3
Feb 17 2025
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
7/10
The back up band is pretty good here, not great, but her voice is something else.
2-15-2025
4
Feb 18 2025
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
6/10
Go Willie
2-18-2025
3
Feb 19 2025
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
11/10
There is nothing closer to perfection than listening to this album while staring at the ceiling. I love this album and it has a permanent spot in my top five of all time.
2-18-2025
5
Feb 20 2025
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
5/10
1960's NPC music. meh.
2-19-2025
3
Feb 21 2025
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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
5/10
Nice enough.
2-20-2025
3
Feb 24 2025
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Horses
Patti Smith
7/10
I like it, but not for everything and not all the time, but when I like it...whoo boy
4
Feb 25 2025
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
8/10
She killed this out of the gate. The voice and song writing are masterful. The best songs are classics and the worst are simply listenable.
3-06-2025
4
Feb 26 2025
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
2/10
I don't, I can't. I tried, made it to streets of Bakersfield. The fact that I made it that far got a two out of 10.
2-25-2025
1
Feb 27 2025
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
8/10
BBBBRRRRRRUUUUUUUCCCCCCCEEEEEE
2-26-2025
4
Feb 28 2025
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The White Album
Beatles
9/10
Not being the best Beatles album is not a sin, still near perfect with some added weirdness.
2-27-2025
5
Mar 03 2025
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Play
Moby
10/10
One of the most listenable albums ever.
2/28/2025
5
Mar 04 2025
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
6/10
Harmless rock and or roll. you know...for kids.
3-3-2025
3
Mar 05 2025
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90
808 State
6/10
Some breaking beats to move your feets I suppose.
3-04-2025
3
Mar 06 2025
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
6/10
Paul writes a good tune and doesn't know when to end songs. His lyrics are bare and catchy. I lovehate Paul. That comes out to a 3 in my book
3-5-2025
3
Mar 07 2025
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
5/10
Its...fine...I guess.
3-06-2025
3
Mar 10 2025
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
9/10
As good if not better than the white album, only slightly worse then let it be and abbey road.
3-07-2025
5
Mar 11 2025
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
10/10
I love every song on this record. Is it rational. I don't know, is your face? ask your face...asking me such weird questions...don't have to justify shit...anemoia is fun.
3-10-2025
5
Mar 12 2025
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
7/10
Nostalgia takes this one. This was the only album my Dad had in his jeep when I was learning how to drive. Still incredibly listenable if not my cup of tea normally
3-12-2025
4
Mar 13 2025
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
5/10
I heard sounds of a musical variety and they were not all together unpleasant.
3-12-2025
3
Mar 14 2025
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
2/10
So...fucking...boring.
3-13-2025
1
Mar 17 2025
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Blackstar
David Bowie
8/10
Haunting and close to the bone. damn.
3-14-2025
4
Mar 18 2025
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
5/10
I don't like live albums. I really want to like it but...
3-27-2025
3
Mar 19 2025
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White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
7/10
Groovy Hipster goodness
3-27-2025
4
Mar 20 2025
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
3/10
No thanks, Todd was too mellow in the 70s. Its like listening to carpet being tred on.
3-19-2025
2
Mar 21 2025
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
7/10
BBBBBRRRRUUUUUUCCCEEE.
3-27-2025
4
Mar 24 2025
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Abbey Road
Beatles
8/10
Come together is enough to get this album a 4.
3-21-2025
4
Mar 25 2025
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Aja
Steely Dan
4/10
smooth brain jazz idiots. fuck dude
3-27-2025
2
Mar 26 2025
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
7/10
I love me some sad boy music, I do.
3-27-2025
4
Mar 27 2025
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Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
7/10
Of all the synthy syth stuff, this is not the best, but synth therefore 4 star. I don't make the rules.
4
Mar 28 2025
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Pornography
The Cure
11/10
This and Disintegration are the best albums made by anyone let alone the cure. Strange Days is in the running for my favorite song ever. The Cure is too important to me to be objective so take what I say with a grain of salt.
3-27-2025
5
Mar 31 2025
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
8/10
yeah, not something I would have sought out, but I really liked it
3-28-2025
4
Apr 01 2025
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Violator
Depeche Mode
11/10
Depeche Mode's best album and one of the few albums I own that I can listen through without skipping anything or feeling the need to.
3-31-2025
5
Apr 02 2025
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Drunk
Thundercat
5/10
There is a point at which deconstruction isn't interesting. It's annoying and while I'm sure Mr. Cat had a nice time, I was not invited to his wavelength. update, after the noisy beginning it started getting interesting. it has a post jazz feel that is oddly regimented and is smooth without putting me to sleep. Glad I kept listening...not that glad.
4-1-2025
3
Apr 03 2025
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell
5/10
slipped my mind...
4-2-2025
3
Apr 04 2025
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Smash
The Offspring
6/10
Nostalgia gave this a high three. most of it sounds like the continuation of the same song. come out and play is great.
4-3-2025
3
Apr 07 2025
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Achtung Baby
U2
8/10
Not far off from the caliber Joshua Tree, but just enough not to get top marks.
4-4-2025
4
Apr 08 2025
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
8/10
The Gorillaz are fun and I enjoy listening to them. This is my least favorite album but I still like it quite a bit
4-7-2025
4
Apr 09 2025
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Rapture
Anita Baker
6/10
I remember all of these songs. from where? don't know. Why? don't know. I don't hate it and its pleasant enough.
4-8-2025
3
Apr 10 2025
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
7/10
Honkey Tonk, Canadian style.
4-09-2025
4
Apr 11 2025
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
5/10
Yeah, that was an album of songs by a singer song writer. I even knew some of the songs...yep.
4-10-2025
3
Apr 14 2025
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
7/10
Yay Cinnomon Girl...and other music too.
4-12-2025
4
Apr 15 2025
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
8/10
I can't apologize for liking metallica. I want to. I want to think its repetitive and stupid noise. but I can't. I like it. damn you nostalgia.
4-14-2025
4
Apr 16 2025
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
7/10
Synthy goodness and "it's a sin" push this up to 4 for me.
4-28-2025
4
Apr 17 2025
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
8/10
I love it
4-22-2025
4
Apr 18 2025
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
6/10
generic mid 2000s music. Modest mouse light.
4-23-2025
3
Apr 21 2025
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
7/10
its a David Bowie, but not one of my favorites, so it gets four stars.
4-18-2025
4
Apr 22 2025
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
8/10
Holy shit this is a fun record. I didn't remember it being this well put together.
4-21-2025
4
Apr 23 2025
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
6/10
Rock
4-22-2025
3
Apr 24 2025
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Future Days
Can
5/10
sounds happened in an order that was neither offensive or breath taking
4-23-2025
3
Apr 25 2025
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
7/10
definitive Jimi Hendrix. good stuff
4-24-2025
4
Apr 28 2025
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
7/10
This, on first listen, sounds like ancient swooning pop. But there is a wistful sadness is some of these songs and I like me a sad song, even if it's bittersweet.
4-27-2025
4
Apr 29 2025
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
6/10
Moves fast and was fun. Good stuff
4-28-2025
3
Apr 30 2025
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Document
R.E.M.
7/10
This is a good foundational record. I like R.E.M for the next few albums a bit more.
4-30-2025
4
May 01 2025
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
8/10
Straight forward old school punk and I have nothing bad to say about it.
5-1-2025
4
May 02 2025
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
6/10
kind of basic but not too bad to have on in the background
5-01-2025
3
May 06 2025
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
5/10
They sure did drum and piano and I'd have no idea if they were good at it, but they sound like they are having fun so, you know, good for them.
5-5-2025
3
May 08 2025
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
6/10
A little different, I liked it well enough
5-7-2025
3
May 09 2025
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
6/10
Operatic and super modern rhythm is awesome. there is only one queen.
5-8-2025
3
May 12 2025
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
2/10
My dislike for this band is not rational, nor does it need to be. Some bands rub you the wrong way. I have no personal opinion of the members, but the music annoys me to no end. In the end it doesn't really matter. BLAH!
5-9-2025
1
May 14 2025
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
3/10
MARTHA!!! The raccoons are in the garage again playing the rock music. stop feeding them the butter!!!
5-13-2025
2
May 15 2025
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
5/10
jazzy and smooththhtheoadkfl;djf
5-15-2025
3
May 16 2025
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
5/10
I can't imagine a band that takes less chances. It's like listening to paste without the fun of eating it.
5-15-2025
3
May 19 2025
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
9/10
most of this album kicks ass enough for me to survive the just ok songs.
5-16-2025
5
May 22 2025
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
6/10
It is fine. This was a bunch of sounds in a not too unpleasant arrangement. there were some sneering English accents, so that's nice.
5-21-205
3
May 26 2025
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Tapestry
Carole King
6/10
I like this, it always makes me think of watching the rain fall.
5-23-2025
3
May 28 2025
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Arrival
ABBA
5/10
ABBA...
5-27-2025
3
May 29 2025
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
6/10
I love Peter Gabriel. I do not love this album. there are a bunch of clunkers here. Still, bad Peter Gabriel is better than some good other artists...
5-28-2025
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