Apr 11 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
This reminds me of a soundtrack for a movie like Blade; get repetitive with a driving beat. Listening to it on it's own is... Fine. Just a little boring. I'm sure these were bangers in the club, though. I can absolutely see some drunk AF guy finger blasting his high AF rando in the dance floor of Jive while Breathe plays in the background.
Lesser known tracks>>>>Famous ones (minefields>breathe)
3
Apr 12 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
This reminds me of a soundtrack for a movie like Blade; get repetitive with a driving beat. Listening to it on it's own is... Fine. Just a little boring. I'm sure these were bangers in the club, though. I can absolutely see some drunk AF guy finger blasting his high AF rando in the dance floor of Jive while Breathe plays in the background.
Lesser known tracks>>>>Famous ones (minefields>breathe)
2
Apr 15 2024
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2112
Rush
A good album. A little messy but solid. I think their later work is better.
4
Apr 16 2024
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
Great album. Even the overplayed singles are better in context. Not my favorite thing in the world but really good.
5
Apr 17 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Great jams. Driving without being dramatic.
5
Apr 18 2024
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Green
R.E.M.
Not my favorite REM album. With the exception of The Wrong Child, I can't really groove with anything. It's not bad, just right down the middle. If you're a fan of the band, you probably will like this. If you're not, it's not going to convince you.
4
Apr 19 2024
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Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Amazing. Never even heard of the guy.
5
Apr 22 2024
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Surprisingly loved this!
5
Apr 23 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Not as great as I remember it. The top songs are amazing and it's not bad by any stretch, but there's a lot in here that's a little generic and repetitive. Still a good listen.
4
Apr 24 2024
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Excellent songs. Not quite my speed but lots of fun.
4
Apr 25 2024
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
Not bad by any stretch, and it's clear how Clapton influenced numerous artists across multiple genres, but I found this album to be only ok.
3
Apr 26 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
I get that people need to experiment and this wasn't terrible. But it really wasn't something I ever needed to listen to ever again.
3
Apr 29 2024
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
Fine. Just fine.
3
Apr 30 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
One of the best albums ever. When the "worst" song is an A- Neil Young song, you know it's something that will be discussed for decades.
5
May 01 2024
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
AI could have written this album. Good background music. Uninventive.
3
May 02 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Not his best album but so so cool.
5
May 03 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Fantastic prog rock.
5
May 06 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
The guy's a magician. Don't love every song but it's got soul.
4
May 07 2024
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Very enjoyable even though I'm not a huge David Bowie fan.
4
May 08 2024
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C'est Chic
CHIC
A ton of fun! And lots of variety.
4
May 09 2024
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Locust Abortion Technician
Butthole Surfers
Not my speed.
2
May 10 2024
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Unending guitar solos aside, this is a really good album.
4
May 13 2024
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
Lot of fun listening to this album. I'd forgotten some of the tracks, and there were a couple surprises, too. Not the best album ever but I really liked it.
4
May 14 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
Does it deserve to be the top selling album of all time? No. But it's a lot of fun.
4
May 15 2024
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Damaged
Black Flag
Punk isn't my scene but this is a great album.
4
May 16 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
The prototypal live rock and roll album.
5
May 17 2024
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
Utterly generic.
1
May 20 2024
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
Fun.
3
May 21 2024
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Different Class
Pulp
Not really my speed but not terrible.
3
May 22 2024
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Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
Like Slurm, it's surprisingly addictive.
4
May 23 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
Back half is not as strong as the front, but when one of your "weaker" songs is the opening single that is one of the most iconic rock songs of all time, you've got a classic.
5
May 24 2024
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
Fun.
4
May 27 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
I love Willie and some of these slap but it's not my favorite album.
3
May 28 2024
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21
Adele
All the songs about infidelity you can stand!
3
May 29 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Fine but very 80s.
3
May 30 2024
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Bad Company
Bad Company
Surprisingly rocking.
4
May 31 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue alone is worth five stars.
5
Jun 03 2024
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Unexpectedly driving and amazing.
5
Jun 04 2024
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Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Aggressively mediocre. All the non-singles sound the same.
2
Jun 05 2024
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Vanishing Point
Primal Scream
Fine.
3
Jun 06 2024
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Me Against The World
2Pac
Some of this aged like milk but the top hits are still great decades later.
4
Jun 07 2024
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Surprisingly not as many bongos as you'd expect
2
Jun 10 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Killer classic Southern Rock.
5
Jun 11 2024
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Fragile
Yes
It's a steep drop-off after roundabout but this is a solid album.
4
Jun 12 2024
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
A great album but over produced. Still a classic.
4
Jun 13 2024
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
A lot of fun. I'm not sure I love it but it's decent stuff.
4
Jun 14 2024
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Very meh.
2
Jun 17 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
One of the best albums ever.
5
Jun 18 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
A little front heavy but still an excellent album.
5
Jun 19 2024
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Not my speed.
1
Jun 20 2024
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Not a huge punk fan but this is a fun album.
4
Jun 21 2024
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Picture Book
Simply Red
Shocked how much I liked this album. 80s distilled.
5
Jun 24 2024
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MTV Unplugged In New York
Nirvana
One of the greats.
5
Jun 25 2024
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Some really killer hits mixed with some filler, but when it slaps, it slaps.
4
Jun 26 2024
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Parklife
Blur
One or two good songs but mostly repetitive.
2
Jun 27 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Some really good songs on this but not quite best album ever.
4
Jun 28 2024
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
Really enjoyed this.
4
Jul 01 2024
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Kid A
Radiohead
A fun album but not my favorite of theirs.
4
Jul 02 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Grew on me
4
Jul 04 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Not his best album but still really good.
4
Jul 08 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
The top song is one of my favorites of all time. The rest is ok.
3
Jul 09 2024
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
One of the best albums ever.
5
Jul 10 2024
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Live At Leeds
The Who
One of the best live rock albums ever.
5
Jul 11 2024
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Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab
Like Slurm, it's surprisingly addictive.
5
Jul 12 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
Middling techno but fine for background music.
2
Jul 15 2024
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Fun rock album.
4
Jul 16 2024
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
Not their best album but a lot of fun.
4
Jul 17 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
5
Jul 18 2024
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
Fun background music.
3
Jul 19 2024
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Another Green World
Brian Eno
Eno does great stuff. This ain't it.
2
Jul 22 2024
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
4
Jul 23 2024
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
Never really been into NIN. This isn't my really thing but it's fine.
3
Jul 24 2024
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Be
Common
Some really good stuff mixed with meh.
4
Jul 25 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
Decent. Short.
3
Jul 29 2024
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Not bad! I enjoyed some of this.
3
Jul 30 2024
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
Foundational rock and roll.
5
Jul 31 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
A really fun album but not the Beatles at their peak.
4
Aug 01 2024
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Microshift
Hookworms
Decent and different.
4
Aug 02 2024
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Central Reservation
Beth Orton
No real amazing songs but very good all around.
4
Aug 05 2024
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
One of the greatest debut albums of all time.
5
Aug 06 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Some good stuff but it all felt samey.
3
Aug 07 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Didn't hate this. A few songs were choice.
4
Aug 08 2024
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Chelsea Girl
Nico
Not my speed.
2
Aug 09 2024
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Skylarking
XTC
Very 80s. Couple of great tracks at the end but mired in garbage.
2
Aug 12 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Some really good stuff with some other stuff that hasn't aged as well.
3
Aug 13 2024
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Love big band but this is only 'good.'
3
Aug 14 2024
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Fun album. Short.
4
Aug 15 2024
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
It's decent. I don't understand why people worship the ground she walks on but she's fine.
4
Aug 16 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
As vile as Courtney Love can be, this is a shockingly good album.
5
Aug 19 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
REM at ots REMest.
4
Aug 20 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Decent but not my favorite RnB album.
3
Aug 21 2024
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
K-mart Johnny Cash, but there's some quality.
3
Aug 22 2024
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
My parents loved Steely Dan and played them a lot as a kid. I can't help but associate it with my childhood, although I readily admit that it isn't to everybody's tastes.
4
Aug 23 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
I'm sure this is important but I just can't live it as more than background music.
3
Aug 26 2024
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Exceptional.
5
Aug 27 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Love me some Radiohead.
4
Aug 28 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Foundational rock n roll.
5
Aug 29 2024
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
If you told me this was a loving parody of this kind of album, made by the Hippos in the late 90s, I'd have never questioned it. Still, there are a couple songs on here that I like unironically.
3
Aug 30 2024
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Good stuff.
4
Sep 02 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
A few great songs mixed with a ton of filler.
3
Sep 03 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Really fun album. Not exactly my speed but lots of great music.
4
Sep 04 2024
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Water From An Ancient Well
Abdullah Ibrahim
Great album that I'd never heard of.
4
Sep 05 2024
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
Love this album.
4
Sep 06 2024
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Surprisingly fun up front but it loses a lot of steam in the back half.
4
Sep 09 2024
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
Hell yes
5
Sep 10 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
4
Sep 11 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
Each song is enjoyable but listening to them back to back makes them feel samey. Still a rocking album.
4
Sep 12 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
A great album. I don't worship at the altar of Carole King like some, but this is undeniably killer.
5
Sep 13 2024
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
Not quite my thing but there was some good stuff here.
3
Sep 16 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Some really good songs on here. Not my favorite of Mitchell's but still really really good.
4
Sep 18 2024
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I Against I
Bad Brains
Couldn't really get into this.
2
Sep 19 2024
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Sister
Sonic Youth
No one single song stood out but it was all great.
4
Sep 20 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
I know this is foundational but it was only good background music for me.
3
Sep 23 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Inarguably one of the best debut albums of all time.
5
Sep 24 2024
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Revolver
Beatles
Amazing.
5
Sep 26 2024
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High Violet
The National
Fine
3
Sep 27 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Not a huge Oasis fan but there's some good stuff here.
4
Sep 30 2024
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
I always thought of Foo Fighters as Nirvana-Lite, but I now realize they're their own version of Lite beer.
4
Oct 01 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
5
Oct 02 2024
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
A lot less harsh than I expected.
4
Oct 03 2024
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
There's an album for everyone. This just ain't mine.
2
Oct 04 2024
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Night Life
Ray Price
Fun but a little judgey.
3
Oct 07 2024
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
4
Oct 08 2024
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
Great album and ending with God Save the Queen is such a boss move.
5
Oct 09 2024
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Slipknot
Slipknot
No.
1
Oct 10 2024
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Very very top heavy but those are some killer beats.
4
Oct 11 2024
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
I never got the hype for this album.
3
Oct 14 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Some great funk mixed a with a lot of meh.
3
Oct 15 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
I'll never be a huge Beck fan but this was a decent album.
4
Oct 16 2024
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
Fun and lots of different styles.
4
Oct 17 2024
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Shleep
Robert Wyatt
I liked this album! I wouldn't ever listen to any one song but as a end it has a great vibe.
4
Oct 18 2024
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
4
Oct 21 2024
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Doolittle
Pixies
I'll never really love this genre but this was good.
4
Oct 22 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
An amazing album but I have to dock a star for the length.
4
Oct 23 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
Great album filled with hits.
4
Oct 24 2024
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
All over the place but fun.
3
Oct 25 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
A little same-y, but still excellent.
5
Oct 28 2024
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Van Halen
Van Halen
When the first song on your debut album is legendary, you know you're in for a good time.
5
Oct 29 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
"No we're not getting Bob Dylan at the store! We have Bob Dylan at home."
3
Oct 30 2024
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Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Surprisingly good album
4
Oct 31 2024
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
Meh.
3
Nov 01 2024
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
A couple great songs mixed with... Well, mix.
3
Nov 04 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
A lot of hits on this but I still don't love it.
2
Nov 05 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
Some good stuff but fairly generic 80s pop.
3
Nov 06 2024
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Out of Step
Minor Threat
Short, explosive, and fun.
4
Nov 07 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
An excellent album that's way, way too long.
4
Nov 08 2024
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
3
Nov 11 2024
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Smashing
5
Nov 12 2024
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Great album, awful people.
4
Nov 13 2024
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Timeless
Goldie
No thanks.
1
Nov 14 2024
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Garbage
Garbage
Surprisingly not garbage.
4
Nov 15 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Foundational and fun
4
Nov 18 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Great album but but my favorite of the Stones
4
Nov 19 2024
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
One of my parents favorites, and I can understand why. Killer tunes and great fun.
5
Nov 20 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
4
Nov 21 2024
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
3
Nov 22 2024
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1977
Ash
4
Nov 25 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
4
Nov 26 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
5
Nov 27 2024
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A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
Not bad just... Not my thing.
2
Nov 28 2024
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
4
Dec 02 2024
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
4
Dec 03 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
5
Dec 05 2024
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
I was hooked
5
Dec 06 2024
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
4
Dec 09 2024
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
4
Dec 10 2024
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
5
Dec 11 2024
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Some truly exceptional songs and some filler.
4
Dec 12 2024
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Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
Surprisingly good
4
Dec 13 2024
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Double length docks a point but it's otherwise a fantastic album.
4
Dec 17 2024
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Tidal
Fiona Apple
4
Dec 18 2024
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Dummy
Portishead
Loses a lot of steam but still decent
4
Dec 20 2024
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
4