Feb 25 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
Two big hits on this one, Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence. I can’t see myself putting the whole album on, but for sure, this thing is a whole vibe.
3
Feb 26 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Really surprising! Almost prog rock in places?
4
Feb 27 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Yeah. Wish the recording wasn’t so muddy. Smoke on the water is a classic, hands down. Can’t see putting the whole album on.
3
Feb 28 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Yeah! I was surprised to find I knew practically all these.
4
Feb 29 2024
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Harvest
Neil Young
This is one of my favorite albums. It sounds great, and it’s bonkers!
5
Mar 01 2024
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
2 stars: Not my bag.
2
Mar 02 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
3
Mar 03 2024
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
So strange to listen to. Really filthy lyrics set to almost lounge-y rock.
2
Mar 04 2024
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
No.
1
Mar 05 2024
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Really cool album with a tight band.
4
Mar 06 2024
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
A+, favorite album.
5
Mar 07 2024
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Ten
Pearl Jam
Wow, I thought this was all the same song?!
3
Mar 08 2024
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Orbital 2
Orbital
It’s been a long time! Really great.
5
Mar 09 2024
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
4
Mar 10 2024
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
3
Mar 11 2024
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
2
Mar 12 2024
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
5
Mar 13 2024
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
🤘
5
Mar 14 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
2
Mar 15 2024
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Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
I can imagine someone would really dig this. Best of luck to them!
2
Mar 16 2024
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Boston
Boston
Wow, I knew almost every track like a genetic memory.
4
Mar 17 2024
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Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
3
Mar 18 2024
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
3
Mar 19 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
4
Mar 20 2024
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The Visitors
ABBA
2
Mar 21 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
3
Mar 22 2024
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Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
3
Mar 23 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
2
Mar 24 2024
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...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
The Dandy Warhols
I liked it, but someone really needed to force them to trim 15 minutes off of this thing.
3
Mar 25 2024
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No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith (Live)
Motörhead
3
Mar 26 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
4
Mar 27 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
2
Mar 28 2024
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A Short Album About Love
The Divine Comedy
2
Mar 29 2024
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
4
Mar 30 2024
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
Mar 31 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Apr 01 2024
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
3
Apr 02 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
2
Apr 03 2024
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
2
Apr 04 2024
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
5
Apr 05 2024
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Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
2
Apr 06 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
5
Apr 07 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
4
Apr 08 2024
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Third
Portishead
3
Apr 09 2024
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Imagine
John Lennon
2
Apr 10 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
3
Apr 11 2024
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Humanity went from this to Slayer in less than 30 years!
1
Apr 12 2024
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
2
Apr 13 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
This spoke to me.
Initially, I rated this 4 stars. But I keep coming back to it and it just keeps speaking. So I used the edit feature for the first time to make this 5 stars.
5
Apr 14 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Apr 15 2024
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Whatever
Aimee Mann
1
Apr 16 2024
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Apr 17 2024
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Dust
Screaming Trees
3
Apr 18 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
I know you don’t get the latter day Beatles without these Beatles. I just wasn’t interested in doing this kind of musical archaeology. This has got to be their worst.
1
Apr 19 2024
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
5
Apr 20 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
Why?
2
Apr 21 2024
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Nowhere
Ride
3
Apr 22 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
4
Apr 23 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Apr 24 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
4
Apr 25 2024
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Vivid
Living Colour
5
Apr 26 2024
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Garbage
Garbage
3
Apr 27 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
1
Apr 28 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
4
Apr 29 2024
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
3
Apr 30 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
3
May 01 2024
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Berlin
Lou Reed
3
May 02 2024
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Drunk
Thundercat
4
May 03 2024
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Horses
Patti Smith
3
May 04 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
4
May 05 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
5
May 06 2024
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
1
May 07 2024
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
4
May 08 2024
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Dance Mania
Tito Puente
4
May 09 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
Honestly, I was ready for a lot worse than this.
2
May 10 2024
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Kid A
Radiohead
5
May 11 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
3
May 12 2024
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Live!
Fela Kuti
4
May 13 2024
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Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
This sounded like the art on the walls of rental office space.
2
May 14 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
1
May 15 2024
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
3
May 16 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
May 17 2024
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
3
May 18 2024
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Revolver
Beatles
2
May 19 2024
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The Band
The Band
3
May 20 2024
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Hms Fable
Shack
1
May 21 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
3
May 22 2024
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Bad Company
Bad Company
4
May 23 2024
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All Directions
The Temptations
3
May 24 2024
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Odessa
Bee Gees
1
May 25 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
May 26 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
3
May 27 2024
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
5
May 28 2024
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Guero
Beck
4
May 29 2024
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
2
May 30 2024
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
4
May 31 2024
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Debut
Björk
3
Jun 01 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
1
Jun 02 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
4
Jun 03 2024
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Low
David Bowie
2
Jun 04 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
Wow, this rocked way more than I remembered!
4
Jun 05 2024
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Talking Timbuktu
Ali Farka Touré
2
Jun 06 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
We're at the 10% mark and there's been only one other jazz album so far. I'm so happy this one made the list! It's not one of the usual suspects from Miles or Coltrane, but man, it really captures a lot of mid-century jazz greatness. It's not flashy. It's not pushing the envelope or redefining anything. But if you walked into a bar and these cats were laying this stuff down, you'd remember it forever.
5
Jun 07 2024
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
3
Jun 08 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
4
Jun 09 2024
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
3
Jun 10 2024
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Your New Favourite Band
The Hives
4
Jun 11 2024
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
3
Jun 12 2024
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
2
Jun 13 2024
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When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
This caught me off-guard. The description of "late 90's indie rock" had me worried. It was pretty cool!
4
Jun 14 2024
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Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys
1
Jun 15 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
3
Jun 16 2024
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Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
25% fun, 100% forgettable
2
Jun 17 2024
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
1
Jun 18 2024
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Van Halen
Van Halen
3
Jun 19 2024
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
4
Jun 20 2024
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Central Reservation
Beth Orton
It’s probably great if you like this kind of thing?
2
Jun 21 2024
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
4
Jun 22 2024
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
2
Jun 23 2024
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
2
Jun 24 2024
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
1
Jun 25 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
1
Jun 26 2024
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
2
Jun 27 2024
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
5
Jun 28 2024
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Before And After Science
Brian Eno
2
Jun 29 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
3
Jun 30 2024
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
2
Jul 01 2024
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
2
Jul 03 2024
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Throwing Muses
Throwing Muses
2
Jul 04 2024
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Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
1
Jul 05 2024
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Abraxas
Santana
4
Jul 06 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
4
Jul 07 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
2
Jul 09 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Jul 10 2024
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
3
Jul 11 2024
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Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
1
Jul 12 2024
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
4
Jul 13 2024
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Ramones
Ramones
2
Jul 15 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
2
Jul 16 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
3
Jul 17 2024
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
2
Jul 18 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
Jul 19 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
2
Jul 20 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
3
Jul 21 2024
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
3
Jul 22 2024
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Group Sex
Circle Jerks
3
Jul 23 2024
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
4
Jul 24 2024
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
5
Jul 25 2024
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The Trinity Session
Cowboy Junkies
2
Jul 27 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
4
Jul 29 2024
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
2
Jul 31 2024
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
2
Aug 01 2024
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Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
4
Aug 02 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
1
Aug 03 2024
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London Calling
The Clash
3
Aug 04 2024
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Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
2
Aug 05 2024
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Such an incredible mood.
5
Aug 07 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
5
Aug 08 2024
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
3
Aug 16 2024
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
4
Aug 17 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
Aug 18 2024
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
5
Aug 19 2024
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
3
Aug 20 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
4
Aug 21 2024
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
2
Aug 22 2024
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Maxinquaye
Tricky
2
Aug 23 2024
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
2
Aug 24 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
Aug 25 2024
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Lost Souls
Doves
3
Aug 26 2024
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Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
3
Aug 27 2024
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Moving Pictures
Rush
5
Aug 28 2024
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
2
Aug 29 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
2
Aug 30 2024
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
4
Aug 31 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
3
Sep 01 2024
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Arise
Sepultura
3
Sep 02 2024
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
4
Sep 03 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
1
Sep 04 2024
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
5
Sep 05 2024
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Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
1
Sep 08 2024
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
4
Sep 09 2024
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Green
R.E.M.
3
Sep 10 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2
Sep 12 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
2
Sep 13 2024
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
3
Sep 14 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
5
Sep 15 2024
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
3
Sep 16 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
4
Sep 18 2024
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Be
Common
3
Sep 19 2024
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
1
Sep 20 2024
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Connected
Stereo MC's
3
Sep 23 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
3
Sep 26 2024
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
3
Sep 27 2024
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New Forms
Roni Size
3
Sep 28 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
3
Sep 29 2024
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The Real Thing
Faith No More
4
Oct 01 2024
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Raw Power
The Stooges
3
Oct 02 2024
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
3
Oct 03 2024
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Kenya
Machito
I was surprised to hear Cannonball on this! The rhythm section is killer. And, I love Cannonball, but his stunt casting here I think does the material a disservice. He just sounds so out of place, and he can't really swing with some of these grooves. I'll still add it into the cocktail hour rotation, but, this was a weird one.
3
Oct 04 2024
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Cross
Justice
4
Oct 05 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
2
Oct 06 2024
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
1
Oct 07 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
2
Oct 10 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
5
Oct 11 2024
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american dream
LCD Soundsystem
4
Oct 12 2024
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
3
Oct 13 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
2
Oct 16 2024
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Yeezus
Kanye West
1
Oct 17 2024
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Oct 18 2024
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Sister
Sonic Youth
4
Oct 20 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
3
Oct 22 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Oct 24 2024
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Fun House
The Stooges
3
Oct 25 2024
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
3
Oct 26 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
4
Oct 28 2024
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Dog Man Star
Suede
2
Oct 29 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
3
Oct 30 2024
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
3
Nov 01 2024
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Dummy
Portishead
4
Nov 03 2024
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Steely Dan
2
Nov 06 2024
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Timeless
Goldie
1
Nov 08 2024
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
3
Nov 09 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Nov 11 2024
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Blackstar
David Bowie
4
Nov 12 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
3
Nov 15 2024
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Scum
Napalm Death
2
Nov 16 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Nov 17 2024
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Follow The Leader
Korn
4
Nov 18 2024
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D
White Denim
4
Nov 22 2024
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Let It Be
The Replacements
2
Nov 23 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
Nov 24 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
1
Nov 25 2024
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Different Class
Pulp
2
Nov 26 2024
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
4
Nov 27 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
Dec 02 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
2
Dec 03 2024
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
3
Dec 05 2024
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Deloused in the Comatorium
The Mars Volta
2
Dec 07 2024
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
5
Dec 08 2024
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Dec 09 2024
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
4
Dec 10 2024
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Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
1
Dec 17 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
5
Dec 19 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
Dec 20 2024
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Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
1
Dec 21 2024
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The Doors
The Doors
3
Dec 22 2024
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
4
Dec 25 2024
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
3
Dec 27 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
4
Jan 04 2025
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
2
Jan 07 2025
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
2
Jan 13 2025
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
2
Jan 14 2025
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
3
Jan 15 2025
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Man, this is about as good as it gets for big band.
4
Jan 18 2025
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Tapestry
Carole King
This is not my thing, but you can't deny this is greatness.
4
Jan 25 2025
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
1
Jan 26 2025
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90
808 State
2
Jan 28 2025
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
Jan 29 2025
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Started off interesting, if a little antiseptic. Really tailed off at the end.
3
Jan 31 2025
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John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
2
Feb 02 2025
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
2
Feb 03 2025
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
It's a great album, but I don't find myself returning to it often.
4
Feb 04 2025
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
5
Feb 05 2025
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
This was surprising. We knew a few songs from this, probably stuff that made it into movies over the years?! The band is incredibly tight. But, it slots in a strange place that I don't see revisiting, not jazz, not rock. Erik Satie though? Wild.
3
Feb 06 2025
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
A supergroup isn’t really super if they don’t have any good ideas.
1
Feb 08 2025
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Live At Leeds
The Who
Damn. This was great. I feel crazily stupid for never checking this out before.
5
Feb 11 2025
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
3
Feb 13 2025
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Tago Mago
Can
I couldn't hang with this. There's not enough composition to get into. Obvious talent though, especially in the rhythm section.
1
Feb 15 2025
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Legendary.
5
Feb 16 2025
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GI
Germs
2
Feb 17 2025
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O.G. Original Gangster
Ice T
Ice-T is the most gangsta rapper ever to be able to communicate with this white guy. It might be the dimples?
4
Feb 18 2025
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
2
Feb 19 2025
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
5
Feb 20 2025
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
1
Feb 21 2025
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Truth And Soul
Fishbone
2
Feb 24 2025
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
1
Feb 26 2025
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Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
2
Feb 28 2025
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Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
1
Mar 01 2025
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Metallica
Metallica
I was in high school when this came out so I am condemned to know every single note on this thing. It's remarkable that every last track here got airplay where I live. But I never put this album on and I never really need to hear any of these songs. Master of Puppets is a 5 for me, so this has to be like a 3.
3
Mar 04 2025
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Starts great, ends weird.
3
Mar 07 2025
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Roots
Sepultura
This rocked.
4
Mar 08 2025
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The Clash
The Clash
2
Mar 10 2025
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
If you’re not raging then maybe you’re the machine
5
Mar 11 2025
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
4
Mar 14 2025
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S&M
Metallica
The Black Album roasted all these guys' brains.
1
Mar 15 2025
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
One of the greatest albums ever in the entire history of the world.
5
Mar 16 2025
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
Mar 17 2025
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
4
Mar 19 2025
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More Specials
The Specials
2
Mar 20 2025
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
4
Mar 21 2025
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
I found out in my early 20's that "This Land is Your Land" was not a song that had existed forever, but was written only about 50 years earlier, in 1945. (And Guthrie's original recording of it is much, MUGH harder hitting than a bunch of kindergarteners singing it.)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" feels kind of the same, like it must have always existed. But no, here it is for the very first time, in glorious stereo. And it, too, is now a little over 50 years old. Kind of crazy.
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Mar 23 2025
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Permission to Land
The Darkness
Yeah. Here in 2025 we’re as far removed in time from this album as it was from the music it was in conversation with. This thing was so out of place in 2003. It’s a novelty, and that one track is a banger. But, man I dunno, not sure you needed to hear this before you died.
2
Mar 25 2025
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
3
Mar 26 2025
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
Mar 27 2025
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
I love Maiden, but I never really got into the original singer. I've heard these all a thousand times sung by Bruce live, and only listened to this album a few times all the way through. It's a fun listen, and great to hear how fully formed the band's ideas were right out of the gate. Four stars for the hints of what's to come
4
Mar 28 2025
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Is This It
The Strokes
3
Mar 29 2025
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Apr 01 2025
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Like anyone, I like a bunch of the Stones stuff. Country rock though?
2
Apr 04 2025
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Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
I guess maybe I’m bringing preconceptions of what this music is supposed to sound like, but wow, the stuff on the first track was super out of tune. Couldn’t hang.
1
Apr 06 2025
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Parklife
Blur
Honestly, DNF at track 3. Not without merit, but not for me.
2
Apr 07 2025
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
2
Apr 09 2025
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Apr 10 2025
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Apr 14 2025
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
I almost always choose Animals or Meddle over this when I want Floyd on the hi-fi. Or sometimes it's Wish You Were Here, or a smattering of tracks off The Wall. But, I put this on occasionally. For me, this is like a 4.5. Undeniably an all-timer.
5
Apr 16 2025
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Only By The Night
Kings of Leon
1
Apr 17 2025
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Slayed?
Slade
I don't know why this is here. It sounds awful. Maybe two OK songs? I survived the whole thing though, so it gets two stars.
2
Apr 18 2025
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Life on Mars is one of my favorite tracks of all time. Changes is great, Song for Bob Dylan is great. But, the rest of the album is too all over the place for me to really want to put this whole thing on.
4
Apr 21 2025
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
There are a bunch of tracks on this that are all-timers. But, this is a lot to take in one sitting.
4
Apr 22 2025
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Apr 24 2025
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
3
Apr 26 2025
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
I suppose its not without merit but, no.
2
Apr 27 2025
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
Hadn't heard this before! You can still hear grunge's roots here, more punk, less radio friendly. Really cool.
4
Apr 28 2025
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
2
Apr 29 2025
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
1
May 01 2025
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
I liked this one that I totally missed in the 90's. I'll revisit it at some point, and I bet my rating will grow.
3
May 02 2025
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
4
May 03 2025
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
I’m sure Radiohead prepared me to hear this.
4
May 06 2025
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
I was white, surburban, and in 4th grade when this came out. I wouldn't encounter these guys for at least another two years when Raising Hell blew the doors wide open. This album was in the "formative mix" of my middle childhood, but not nearly as much as Raising Hell or the Beastie Boys' Ill Communication. It's great.
4
May 07 2025
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Not without merit but I don't want to listen to it.
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