Apr 29 2024
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
Highlight was somebody’s watching you
3
Apr 30 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
2/5
Enjoyed some of it but if you were to cut the stuff I didn’t like the album would probably be less than 15 minutes long. The lyrical content was also generally way too playful and childlike which isn’t for me but I suppose with albums like this you probably would not have gotten nwa
2
May 01 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
This was really great. I’d never heard of Janelle monáe and decided not to look her up when I heard anything. The first track made me wonder if it would be a classical album before the second track had her showing her skills as a rapper however she is not just a rapper and she’s a a singer too, with some songs like sir greendown sounding like lana del rey. There was also a lot of prince and outkast influence in there. This could have been shite and it absolutely wasn’t so will actually listen to more of Janelle’s releases after hearing this
4
May 02 2024
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Boston
Boston
3/5
1st 2, hitch a ride and something about you were my favourites
This and sly album both done 1/5/24
This better than sly album but liked both
3
May 03 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Brilliant album with Stevie avoiding being cheesy by being incredibly gifted as a singer
You’ve got it bad girl, superstition , blame it on the sun - 15th album!
Defines being a 4 compared to previous two albums as I would probably listen to this in full again whereas I wouldn’t for the last two that are 3/5- Stevie is a 4/5
4
May 06 2024
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Had listened to most of this before and enjoyed what I’d heard but had never made it through the whole thing because of its length
I would say from the prince albums I’ve heard this is probably the most diverse he’s been in terms of range of types of song
My favourite song is IT but there are about 4-5 that are all timers. He is also incredibly ahead of his time. Definitely need to listen to it more but it’s the length that makes it a bit less accessible than other prince albums but this album deserves no less than 5/5
5
May 07 2024
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Found this a chore to get through
Mid compared to brothers in arms.
Sultans of swing and Wild West end were ok I guess and I wasn’t sure whether to give it a 2 or a 3 but decided in the end it’s a 2
2
May 08 2024
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
This wasn’t the worst but nothing too exciting. Thankfully it was mercifully short- not as good as like Simon and Garfunkel or Bob Dylan but not terrible
2
May 09 2024
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
Loved this. It was so much better than I thought it would be. I hope I won’t regret later saying it is five stars but I think this is on a pedestal above the previous 4 I gave which was the Stevie wonder one.
Highlights included antmusic, los rancheros, ants invasion and the title track. This album will be on the rotation from now on - great fun and encapsulates the sounds of the 80s very well and I’m surprised people don’t talk about this album more. This is exactly the reason why I’ve started this project is to discover gems like this
5
May 10 2024
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Lucinda Williams
I tried to give this a chance but I really didn’t like it. It was a chore to get through.
Not for me.
Take your Sheryl Crow-Taylor swift-shania Twain coded white girl music and ram it up your box.
1
May 13 2024
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1999
Prince
What more needs to be said!?
Not my favourite prince album and it’s not as good as Purple Rain, Controversy or Sign o the Times in my opinion but it does have maybe his greatest song - little red corvette.
The whole album is a delight and the only song i wasn’t particularly keen on was delirious. Shout out to DMSR, automatic and all the critics love you in New York for being great underrated cuts.
Anyone else find it unusual that I’ve got two prince albums so far though out of the 1001 I’ve only listened to 10 and 2 have been prince
5
May 14 2024
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
A band that were hugely popular who I didn’t like the sound of initially and avoided. I’m sure over time I didn’t mind them that much without being able to name particular songs- one is on the album after this and there were about 3/4 I knew on this that still hold up - it’s a good album from its era and I had a feeling it would be. The last song was probably the highlight - a certain romance 4/5
4
May 15 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
Thought this was great and during the first three songs I was considering giving this a 5 as like Stevie wonder and Janelle monae there have been points where Marvin SOARS - although the rest of the album didn’t really surprise me in any way so it never really elevated itself after the first three songs
Special shout out to the second track “please don’t stay (once you go away)” proving extra poignant when out with holly
4
May 16 2024
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
I love this and I apologise for anyone else who will read it but it’s FUCKING GREAT
Fred dunks on Trent in Hotdog baby
This was one of the first albums I ever owned!!! Love LB fat Fred and fat wes
4
May 17 2024
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
Ok so this was alright - I probably liked it a lot because it was so much better than de la soul and that elevates it somewhat
3
May 18 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Claptons a wank but of course this was great and he’s kind of forgiven - just ask me in person
5
May 18 2024
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
Enjoyed this and didn’t know they were Scottish - tether was my favourite tune
3
May 19 2024
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Kenya
Machito
After listening to the Zappa album I was at the end of my tether with instrumental. Didn’t hate it though and some of the tunes were interesting as this album is from 1958[?]
2
May 20 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
Can’t not give this a 5 as it was prob better than Clapton which I also gave a 5
Never made the connection that they did the weight. Great album and favourite song on it was chest fever
5
May 21 2024
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Totally instrumental except track 2 which had captain beefheart on it (Camden reefer)
Enjoyed this but think I made the mistake of putting on the next album which was the machito one - it was an instrumental overload and my experience beyond suffered
3
May 24 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Enjoyed this there were one or two songs that weren’t great but about 3-4 that were esp the last song. An album I’m curious enough about that will inspire future listens
4
May 25 2024
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
I always said I thought led zeppelin were massively overrated- I liked some of their hits but the singers voice always really grated on me so I was not sure if I would enjoy a double album but was pleasantly surprised as I loved this
Disk 1 was pretty much perfect while there were other crackers on disk 2 so I was happy to be proven wrong about them as a band as I’ll be going back to this in future.
Favourite songs were custard pie, Kashmir, trampled under foot, in the light, wanton song, boogie with stu and sick again
5
May 26 2024
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Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
Hadn’t heard of spaceman 3 but really liked this. Revolution was probably my favourite off it. Giving it a 3 because I can’t think of any other songs individually but id say I’d probably give this another listen and would recommend it
3
May 27 2024
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Best soul I’ve heard of this yet?
Really enjoyed all of this with Freddie’s dead being the highlight probably. Didn’t even have the song by Curtis I knew off it. This is the standard for soul!
5
May 28 2024
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
Some great songs on it from an album I’d heard lots about. In my life was my favourite because I remember hearing loads of songs from this album as a kid and that was a song I’d completely forgotten
4
May 29 2024
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Revolver
Beatles
Don’t know if this was much better than rubber soul but it was definitely great. Once again had flashbacks to happy childhood memories hearing yellow submarine with no irony. Giving it a 5 but on another day it’s a 4
5
May 30 2024
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
My dad loves REM and I only really knew their singles so was looking forward to giving this a go and was not let down. Sidewinder sleeps tonight and man on the moon are two of the greatest songs in history, nightswimming is a classic, while the last track was also brilliant. Not surprised at how good it was and it’s a nailed on 5/5 - let’s get a sixer, shoot some hoops and listen to automatic for the people
5
May 31 2024
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
This was really good and I will definitely be listening to more Julian cope.
I would give this a 4, it ended really well but the mid section dragged at points.
My favourite songs were safe surfer and hung up and hanging out to dry
4
Jun 01 2024
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Now a led zeppelin fan - who would have thought it, I’ve been converted.
5
Jun 04 2024
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
Forgot how good let me entertain you was, while angels is obv a classic. One or two songs weren’t bad but some stinkers too
3
Jun 05 2024
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Not bad at all - better than I thought
3
Jun 06 2024
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
Thankfully no songs by yoko Ono.
Well well well was crap, feel like anytime John Lennon tries to sound like a black blues man it’s just a cringey failed attempt. The best songs on this I thought were isolation and remember
3
Jun 07 2024
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Some of this was a bit weird and wasn’t enjoying it but there were actually some great songs in amongst this and at certain points I got their vibe. Kind of reminded me a little bit of the misfits but I dunno if that’s just me. Looking back now later at the songs and don’t remember the names of any I liked apart from can’t stop but I’m sure there were a few. 3 out of 5 is fair
3
Jun 08 2024
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
The war on drugs are a great band - I’d heard this album several times before and it is brilliant. Nobody else I can think of thats contemporary has the similar sound of Bruce Springsteen and dire straits
5
Jun 09 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
So I had been putting this off for ages and for various reasons so this is a return after about 2 months.
I actually really enjoyed this a lot more than I thought i would - it reminded me a bit of the fifa World Cup 2010 soundtrack we had on the game
4
Jun 10 2024
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Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Thought this was mid and all the songs pretty much sounded the same. Understand the importance of the band and their influence was why Graceland was so good but not my kind of thing, nice enough relaxing instrumentally kind of choirs but it went on too long
2
Jun 11 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Enjoyed this cos I was able to plough through about 200 pages of Stephen kings IT with it on in the background and concentrate on both
3
Jun 12 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Really enjoyed this and can see how revolutionary it was. Great start with like a rolling stone too and hard to be cynical after a start like that.
Tombstone blues, Buick 6, queen jane, highway 61 and desolation row and the title track mean this is a 5
5
Jun 27 2024
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Faust IV
Faust
Enjoyed this - can see it having been really inspirational for a lot of bands like joy division. So far ahead of it’s time too 4/5
4
Jun 28 2024
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
Love Alice cooper this album was a nice easy listen with some songs ahead of its time and pretty tight from start to finish
3
Jun 29 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
First ever talking heads album listened to and enjoyed it - 3/4 songs stood out and I’d heard take me to the river. Warning sign and a big country probably my favourites and would be keen to hear what they sounded like more mature
4
Jun 30 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Very of its time 1970s and at its worst a bit silly but at its best reminiscent of Wendy Carlos clockwork orange soundtrack. Some very daft and uncool space sound effects but an interesting idea
3