Feb 23 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
Joe Walsh is so fucking good at guitar. Obviously Hotel California is great, but Life in the Fast Lane (it’s the bass grove for me) is the GOAT track of the record. That Wasted Time string arrangement is sick, considering the song sucks otherwise. Half the album is killer, half is filler. It’s the Eagles, you get great harmonies and some solid easy-rock tunes. Probably a 1/10 on the booty-shakability standard and a 6/10 on the CORN scale.
3
Feb 24 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
I put this one off for a while upon release cause it just wasn’t The White Stripes. It’s got some rippers. Really cool guitar tones sometimes it sounds like Jack is trying to be himself, but also Bob Dylan and the Beastie Boys. A lot of killer, some filler. I could see a 3/10 on the booty shakability.
4
Feb 25 2024
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Not Graceland, but still good. Paul Simon is criminally underrated overall.
4
Feb 26 2024
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
Some of the tracks are alright, but I just don’t get the Billy Joel hype. Meh.
2
Feb 27 2024
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
Beautiful listen for a spring morning. The unexpected jazzy piano, string arrangements, and flowing flute parts really caught me off guard. Enjoyed it a lot. Would buy on vinyl.
4
Feb 28 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
Literally one of my favorite albums of all time. It was like a religious experience discovering this taste of “world music” as they call it for the first time. The bouncy rhythm section and chants paired with Paul’s quick witty lyrics and delicate guitar make this his best record in my opinion.
5
Feb 29 2024
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Kid A
Radiohead
This was unexpectedly great for the most part. Soft vocals, plucked acoustic guitars, overdriven bass, and waves of drony synths. A bunch of my favorite flavors! Would buy on vinyl, wouldn’t shake my booty.
4
Mar 01 2024
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
Wow, what an experience. I don’t know who this record is for. Every song is like its own terrible little musical.
1
Mar 02 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Just a solid big band jazz set. I’ve got no complaints, but I wasn’t wowed either.
3
Mar 04 2024
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
WTF. I didn’t realize Flav was more than a VH1 character. This shits slaps though. Heavy metal and jazz samples under rhymes against the government? Count me in.
4
Mar 05 2024
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Well, it’s got the Stranger Things song and for some reason an Irish jig near the end. Strange and should have stayed in the 80s.
1
Mar 06 2024
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Cut
The Slits
It’s a banger, boys. Like Gwen Stefani singing David Byrne lyrics over a Frank Zappa punk record.
5
Mar 07 2024
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
Im slowly becoming a big fan of whatever this genre of 80s punk is.
4
Mar 08 2024
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Spiderland
Slint
4
Mar 09 2024
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Is This It
The Strokes
4
Mar 12 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
Mar 13 2024
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3