Feb 22 2024
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Moon Safari
Air
Sounds like Daft Punk, but compositions are WAY more interesting. Production value is incredibly high, if there’s not a lot of live instrumentation, then it definitely has me fooled. Side one had hits, but I enjoyed side two more, very introspective and deep.
4
Feb 23 2024
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
Good Blues album. Jim Morrison is self-admittedly not a musician, and it unfortunately shows in this album since it's all live. Nothing groundbreaking or interesting
2
Feb 26 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Great songwriting, landmark album for Dylan and for rock in general. Not easy to listen to, harmonica is always too high in the mix. Not an album you can really enjoy listening to without knowing the backstory and context.
2
Feb 27 2024
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
3
Feb 28 2024
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Great songwriting, landmark album for Dylan and for rock in general. Not easy to listen to, harmonica is always too high in the mix. Not an album you can really enjoy listening to without knowing the backstory and context.
3
Feb 29 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Landmark album. Amazing textures, ahead of its time. Very fun, deep listen
4
Mar 01 2024
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
2
Mar 04 2024
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
It's great, I mean it's B.B. King, legendary blues musician who inspired and continues to inspire generations of guitarists. This Live album isn't particularly moving for me, though I'm sure I would have been blown away if I were in attendance.
3
Mar 05 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
4
Mar 06 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
4
Mar 07 2024
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
4
Mar 08 2024
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
4
Mar 11 2024
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
4
Mar 12 2024
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Hugely influential, one of the first cross-over artists and OG rock & roller. Obnoxious, weird kid just kept doing what he was doing and helped to found my favorite genre of music.
3
Mar 13 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Really didn't like this album, didn't feel anything while I listened. Nothing new or interesting here, the best song was the Mrs. Robinson cover (not included on the original release), and even that did not provide anything new.
1
Mar 14 2024
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
3
Mar 15 2024
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
3
Mar 19 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
3
Mar 20 2024
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
3
Mar 21 2024
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Giant Steps
The Boo Radleys
I loved this album and was pleasantly surprised. Some great sounds and texturing happening here.
4
Mar 22 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
3
Mar 25 2024
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
3
Mar 26 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
This album has some gems outside of the singles that I was unaware of, overall some really cool sounds and textures in this album that I previously wrote off. I still can't get over the vocals, they just don't do it for me.
3
Mar 27 2024
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
One of my favorite, recent, concept albums. Amazing sounds, fantastic songwriting, I see myself listening to this many more times.
5
Mar 28 2024
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
3
Mar 29 2024
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Smile
Brian Wilson
5
Apr 01 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
2
Apr 02 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
3
Apr 03 2024
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The Healer
John Lee Hooker
3
Apr 04 2024
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Solid album, was not really aware of this one before. Great sampling and beats, definitely ahead of its time.
3
Apr 05 2024
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Some alright sounds, but a lot of the playing is really sloppy, which isn't my cup of tea.
2
Apr 08 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
Apr 09 2024
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
Apr 10 2024
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
Ok album, two stars normally but three with Black Hole Sun.
3
Apr 11 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Two stars for the hits which can be fun, but this album really represents everything that I hate about the commercialization of music. Everything sounds so overproduced and phony.
2
Apr 12 2024
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Phaedra
Tangerine Dream
2
Apr 15 2024
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The Cars
The Cars
3
Apr 16 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Good album, strong guitar work. I'm not sure it adds anything new or interesting to the desert blues genre, but it's a good listen regardless.
3
Apr 17 2024
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São Paulo Confessions
Suba
Decent album, I like the sounds and textures, very cool rhythms. Woul dbe a three but the album is too long, should have been shortened by 15-20 minutes. You start out thinking this is a great, unique sound, but it gets very repetitive.
2
Apr 18 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
Great album, Beck almost never misses, and this is a great, early example when he could still come out of left field and shock you with something totally unexpected. Very introspective album, sad songs that anybody going through a difficult time in a relationship can identify with.
4
Apr 19 2024
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
3
Apr 22 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Apr 23 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
3
Apr 24 2024
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Goo
Sonic Youth
4
Apr 25 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
3
Apr 26 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
4
Apr 29 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
3
Apr 30 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
May 01 2024
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Solid production, great sounds but I couldn't really get excited about any of the songs.
2
May 02 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
May 03 2024
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Leftism
Leftfield
1
May 06 2024
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
May 07 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
3
May 08 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
2
May 09 2024
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
2
May 10 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
4
May 13 2024
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1984
Van Halen
4
May 14 2024
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Fragile
Yes
4
May 15 2024
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
2
May 16 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
3
May 17 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
3
May 20 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
May 21 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
One of the greatest albums of all time
5
May 22 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
A lot of this album is way too repetitive, I think 20 minutes could easily have been cut to make this a normal-length LP. Two stars for that reason alone, otherwise this music is well-produced, nostalgic, fun to listen to.
2
May 23 2024
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
4
May 24 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
3
May 27 2024
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
3
May 28 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Really just could not get into this album, or the band for that matter.
1
May 29 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
May 30 2024
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
3
May 31 2024
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
Jun 03 2024
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25
Adele
3
Jun 04 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
4
Jun 05 2024
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
3
Jun 06 2024
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
3
Jun 07 2024
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Teen Dream
Beach House
2
Jun 10 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
Jun 11 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
Kanye West is a great example of why you shouldn't drop out of college.
This album is ok, it has some great hits. I really don't like the whole idea of chipmunk pitching, it hurts my ears.
2
Jun 12 2024
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Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
Really did not enjoy listening to this at all
1
Jun 13 2024
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Clandestino
Manu Chao
Wasn't sure that I would like this, but found the tunes very catchy. Nothing too crazy going on musically, but still fun to listen to.
4
Jun 14 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
Great album, Led Zeppelin rules, love the guitar-forward riff-based music.
5
Jun 17 2024
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
3
Jun 18 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
4
Jun 19 2024
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Vespertine
Björk
2
Jun 20 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
4
Jun 21 2024
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
3
Jun 24 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
Jun 25 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
Really surprised by this, hadn't really listened to Television before. Amazing instrumentation all around, but the two interplaying guitars and bass guitar were really intricate and fun to listen to. I listened to their other two albums on streaming and enjoyed them as well. Solid band!
4
Jun 26 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
3
Jun 27 2024
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
3
Jun 28 2024
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Mask
Bauhaus
Did not like this at all, not for me. Wasn't impressed with the songwriting, instrumentation, vocals, or anything.
1
Jul 01 2024
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
4
Jul 02 2024
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
A true Masterpiece
5
Jul 03 2024
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
3
Jul 04 2024
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
3
Jul 05 2024
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
3
Jul 08 2024
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Metallica
Metallica
Probably my favorite Metallica album, it certainly brought heavy metal to a wider audience, and did it with grace. It's not something I find myself listening to these days, but it the impact on Rock music is undeniable.
4
Jul 09 2024
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
3
Jul 10 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Jul 11 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
Jul 12 2024
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All Directions
The Temptations
4
Jul 15 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Jul 16 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
4
Jul 17 2024
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
2
Jul 18 2024
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
Really bad. Some white stripes is ok, but this album didn’t have a single song on it that I liked. Really not sure why it’s on this list
1
Jul 19 2024
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Doolittle
Pixies
4
Jul 22 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
3
Jul 23 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
This album has some of the classic Smashing Pumpkins hits, but at the length, there’s just no glue holding it all together. I don’t care much for the band to begin with, but I do respect their career.
3
Jul 24 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
4
Jul 25 2024
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
I love this album, it marks a special era in the 2000s. There are moments where the music doesn’t feel authentic, which I think was the band’s intention to a certain extent, but it takes away some of the magic for me.
4
Jul 26 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
3
Jul 29 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
4
Jul 30 2024
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Fantastic debut album. Lot's of energy, rocks very hard
4
Jul 31 2024
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
3
Aug 01 2024
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
3
Aug 02 2024
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16 Lovers Lane
The Go-Betweens
This had some interesting guitar work, but really didn’t like any of the songs.
2
Aug 05 2024
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
3
Aug 06 2024
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
One of my favorite albums, and one of the best by Led Zeppelin
5
Aug 07 2024
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Live At Leeds
The Who
I really did not like this at all. Maybe if I liked the music from the band, I could appreciate this album more.
1
Aug 08 2024
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
3
Aug 09 2024
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Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
3
Aug 12 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
3
Aug 13 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
I don’t have anything bad to say about this album, it’s so good
5
Aug 14 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
I didn’t like this at all. I didn’t like the songs, and really did not like the vocals. No redeemable qualities for me.
1
Aug 15 2024
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
Aug 16 2024
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
Great album from a relatively obscure artist, I really enjoyed this
4
Aug 19 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Great album, I always wrote this band off, but this one is solid. A little on the long side, which affects replayability in my opinion
4
Aug 20 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Solid record, Iggy Pop is a gem, not a single bad song on here. Great old-fashioned rock & roll, almost sounds like a live record.
5
Aug 21 2024
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
3
Aug 22 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
2
Aug 23 2024
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Rip It Up
Orange Juice
Great band, sound a lot like Talking Heads
4
Aug 26 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
3
Aug 27 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
4
Aug 28 2024
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Boston
Boston
4
Aug 29 2024
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The Clash
The Clash
3
Aug 30 2024
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The Infotainment Scan
The Fall
2
Sep 02 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
3
Sep 03 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
4
Sep 04 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
All the classic Bob Marley tracks, ahead of its time, Bob is one of the GOATs
5
Sep 05 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
I was excited to listen, but disappointed in the end result. This album constantly sounds like you are on the edge of something amazing, but never really delivers. A lot of it is very flat and noisy.
2
Sep 06 2024
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
3
Sep 09 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
3
Sep 10 2024
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
4
Sep 11 2024
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Guero
Beck
5
Sep 12 2024
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The Renaissance
Q-Tip
3
Sep 13 2024
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Among The Living
Anthrax
2
Sep 16 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
4
Sep 17 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
4
Sep 18 2024
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
4
Sep 19 2024
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Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
2
Sep 20 2024
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Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
4
Sep 23 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
2
Sep 24 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
4
Sep 25 2024
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Nothing groundbreaking. It's Limp Bizkit, 13-year-old-me loved this album.
2
Sep 26 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
I’ve always loved Hammond b3 organ, it was interesting to see who popularized it. Solid jazz album
4
Sep 27 2024
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
Excellent album, super original and creative. Will be listening to this more.
4
Sep 30 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
5
Oct 01 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
Pretty boring. Actually starts getting somewhat interesting by the end
2
Oct 02 2024
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Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
4
Oct 03 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
3
Oct 04 2024
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
Has some cool beats, but some of the lyrical content was cheesy and felt inauthentic, maybe because it felt like London gangsta rap.
1
Oct 07 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Fantastic album, great textures, very psychedelic
4
Oct 08 2024
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
3
Oct 09 2024
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Damaged
Black Flag
Perfection
5
Oct 10 2024
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
1
Oct 11 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Brilliant
4
Oct 14 2024
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21
Adele
Really amazing record and so well produced. It feels so big but only runs for 52 minutes. Seeps so much emotion, Adele has an incredible voice, the accompanying music works as a perfect compliment.
5
Oct 15 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
4
Oct 16 2024
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
3
Oct 17 2024
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
Can’t stand the vocals. Good musicianship otherwise, but not my style of rock music at all.
2
Oct 18 2024
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
I got about halfway through the 2003 album “Throwing Muses” before I discovered I should have been listening to the 1986 album “Throwing Muses”. I guess it’s easy to get them confused. The earlier version isn’t available on streaming, so I had to hack together the track listing on YouTube. I’m not sure why I should care about an artist that obviously doesn’t care to have their releases done properly on streaming services, or take the time to give their albums meaningful (or even different) titles.
All that aside, the music was awful. No musicianship, could not connect with it at all. Worst album so far on this list (170 albums in).
1
Oct 21 2024
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
It's a good album. Alanis Morissette is a good writer from a compositional perspective, while lyrically, it can be hit or miss.
4
Oct 22 2024
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Bossanova
Pixies
4
Oct 23 2024
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Peter Gabriel 3
Peter Gabriel
4
Oct 24 2024
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3
Oct 25 2024
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
2
Oct 28 2024
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What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
Not many times do I listen to an album and know within the first 5 seconds that I will love it.
5
Oct 29 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
4
Oct 30 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
Oct 31 2024
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The Libertines
The Libertines
Some good guitar parts. Really didn’t like any of the songs
2
Nov 01 2024
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
Didn’t like anything about this.
1
Nov 04 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Nov 05 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald is amazing, Gershwin is one of my top composers. This is not an album, it’s a songbook box set, I’m not listening to all of this.
1
Nov 06 2024
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
2
Nov 07 2024
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
4
Nov 08 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
3
Nov 11 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
4
Nov 12 2024
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Really thought I would like this, but was largely unimpressed. Songwriting didn’t hook me. I was expecting a bigger psych sound, but what I heard was pretty generic blues, something a guitar teacher would use to teach their students the blues.
2
Nov 13 2024
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
3
Nov 14 2024
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Moving Pictures
Rush
4
Nov 15 2024
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Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
1
Nov 18 2024
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Low
David Bowie
4
Nov 19 2024
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Bad
Michael Jackson
4
Nov 20 2024
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
Very difficult to listen to
1
Nov 21 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
4
Nov 22 2024
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
I’m sure this was great for Slipknot or Metal fans when this came out, but it’s not for me. Maybe only one or two songs that I would listen to again. Good production, but I don’t think there’s any good songwriting happening.
2
Nov 25 2024
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Nov 26 2024
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
4
Nov 27 2024
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Orbital 2
Orbital
Not a lot going on with this one
1
Nov 28 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
4
Nov 29 2024
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Not much to it, nice to listen to
3
Dec 02 2024
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
5
Dec 03 2024
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
2
Dec 04 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
3
Dec 05 2024
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
4
Dec 06 2024
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The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
5
Dec 09 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
2
Dec 10 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
2
Dec 11 2024
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
4