Mar 21 2024
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
The title says it all. A genuine one-off talent.
5
Mar 22 2024
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
4
Mar 23 2024
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
4
Mar 26 2024
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Visionary stuff but not always easy to listen to!
4
Mar 27 2024
Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
Powerful even after all these years
3
Mar 29 2024
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Outstanding. A proper album with a beginning, middle and ending. Great to listen to it all the way through as intended. Great songwriting and a voice and musician to match.
5
Mar 30 2024
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Some great songs but it felt like there were quite a few ‘fillers’ too. All a bit too similar in tone and pace.
3
Apr 02 2024
Abraxas
Santana
That was pure rock and roll filth! Such a dirty album. Totally loved it. And only thirty seven minutes too.
4
Apr 03 2024
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Nice enough to have on in the background while I was working, but not exactly memorable!
2
Apr 04 2024
Manassas
Stephen Stills
3
Apr 05 2024
Kid A
Radiohead
It’s seminal, it’s important, it’s influential. But is it any fun to listen to? Not so sure. I love the first track but it feels like a chore to listen to the whole thing in one sitting.
3
Apr 06 2024
All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
2
Apr 07 2024
No Other
Gene Clark
Yawn…
2
Apr 08 2024
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
All a bit pompous and silly but kind of fun at the same time.
3
Apr 09 2024
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Great song writing, if just as stereotypically depressing as you’d expect.
3
Apr 10 2024
Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
Just awesome. Not his most famous work but full of life and energy.
5
Apr 11 2024
Youth And Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
Sweatier than a teenager’s gym socks. Raw and scruffy and full of life. I followed up by listening to their recent release which sounds sad and defeated in comparison.
4
Apr 12 2024
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
My favourite discovery so far. I only knew them from their singles. This album as a whole is such a trip. Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand, Leonard Bernstein, Pink Floyd. They’re all in there but this is a complete original too. Big 5 from me
5
Apr 13 2024
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
3
Apr 16 2024
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
4
Apr 17 2024
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
4
Apr 18 2024
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
It was okay.
3
Apr 20 2024
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Not a massive Bowie fan but it was pretty good. Accessible and a decent listen.
4
Apr 21 2024
Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
1001 best album ever? Ever??
2
Apr 24 2024
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
Big ‘Ross from Friends on his keyboard’ vibes from this one. Lots of self indulgent noodling. Didn’t do anything for me.
2
Apr 25 2024
#1 Record
Big Star
No.
1
Apr 26 2024
Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Awesome. Had it playing on a cross country drive. I’d forgotten how many bangers there were on the album.
5
Apr 28 2024
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
4
Apr 29 2024
Back In Black
AC/DC
Awesome. Had it playing on a cross country drive. I’d forgotten how many bangers there were on the album.
4
May 02 2024
The Grand Tour
George Jones
2
May 03 2024
War
U2
4
May 05 2024
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Just awesome. Timeless. Brilliant.
5
May 06 2024
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4