Apr 30 2024
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War
U2
favorites: new year's day, the refugee, two hearts beat as one
red light was biggest pleasant surprise, surrender is awesome, maybe my new favorite?
8/10 this album has a lot of great songs, no complete duds
least favorite song(s) - drowning man
4
May 01 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
this one isn't new to me but it's been a long time. Fantastic album, she can sing, she can rap her ass off. The beats are timeless, the message is still just as relevant. This album will never fall off. definitely a 5/5
5
May 02 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
good stuff, 4/5
combing the wiki entry very impressive mccartney did so much of the instrumentation
4
May 03 2024
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
good solos on down by the river and cowgirl in the sand, like the instrumentals
haunting vocals on most songs except cinnamon girl which is nice too
4/5
4
May 06 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
I know the beatles are beyond classic but this double album is a lot of music to swallow. Some of these tracks are catchy but so dated in ways I don't really care to appreciate. Other songs like dear prudence are incredible to this day. Songs like wild honey pie could've done better on the cutting room floor. At least to me, it feels like this album is loaded with filler songs.
Best songs: dear prudence, while my guitar gently weeps, blackbird,
4
May 07 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Nothing bad but mostly not what I would ever seek out. Good swamp rock and a very short album.
4
May 08 2024
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Some decent songs but some are soooooo boring, may be my aversion to most "indie" music but the instrumentation plus a rather dull vocalist (imo) leads to most tracks being instantly forgettable to me. There are a few songs that I would most likely enjoy in certain situations, but I don't think I would seek most of these out.
Favorite songs: desire lines, coronado
3
May 09 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
I like Queen, hell, I have a deep seated nostalgia for this band. Queen's greatest hits might've been the first album I ever truly owned, on casette no less. This is my second or third time listening to a full length LP and I must say I'm not that big of a fan of the deeper cuts. This album, much like the others I've listened to, is full of songs I don't connect to. I like a few songs a lot but most just don't hit that high I'm looking for when listening to Queen. The musicianship is definitely there but the songs aren't grabbing me.
Favorites: killer queen, Now I'm here, Stone cold crazy, flick of the wrist
3.5/5
4
May 10 2024
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Goo
Sonic Youth
2
May 13 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
Great live jazz album, not much to say, everyone is good, very nice chilled out jazz
4.5/5
4
May 14 2024
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Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
Wonderful voice, great songs, good instrumentals. I honestly really dig this.
5/5
5
May 15 2024
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
holy shit, this album is INCREDIBLE, why haven't I listened to this??
instrumentals are lush, vocals are transcendent, what's not to love?
A lot of diversity in songs as well, also found out gangster's paradise by coolio is clear heavily inspired by pastime paradise. One disc of 2 in and it's easily one of the best albums I've ever heard.
Disc 2 doesn't slow down, immediately hits with "Isn't she lovely"
5
May 16 2024
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
A surprisingly enjorable listen, a bit more digging revealed that the backing band is the same as the Dusty Springfield album from monday, both were recorded at the same studio. I really like his voice and the instrumentals are very good and soulful. Great backing vocals throughout.
4.5/5
5
May 17 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
5
May 20 2024
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Eagles
Eagles
Good, nothing incredible, but very good debut from a great band
4/5
4
May 21 2024
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
great concept album but I still agree there's too much filler on here for a 5/5 album. I've never watched the movie but this still has some incredible songs on it. In the flesh is a great opener, hey you is an incredible start to disc 2 but young lust is my favorite song on here.
4.5/5
4
May 22 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Did not really like the first song, rockin around with you. Breakdown is an amazing song though and starts to set the stage for a much better album, however, I'm not sure it delivers on that premise. The next song is not much better than the first. The next songs does deliver what I expect from TP and was a nice return to form (The wild one, forever).
Followed by yet another forgettable song, anything that's rock n roll doesn't do anything special. Of course, in the way this album seems to go, I quite like the next song (Strangered in the night), nice melody and chilled out solo. Fooled again is another good one (TWO IN A ROW!) but is followed by mystery men (ok) and luna (meh). American girl rounds it out and its no wonder that american girl and breakdown were the ones that stood the test of time. Good album as a debut, but definitely nothing I would note as an album you must listen to before dying.
3.5/5
3
May 23 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
This was extremely enjoyable, I love the instrumentation, and her voice. Listened to this 3 times back to back then listened to all of Back to Black, her second album. She really was taken too early from us. I'd love to see how she would've progressed in her career.
5
May 24 2024
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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Very good songwriting throughout, some wonderful songs (stone souled picnic and woman's blues were my favorites). She has a wonderful voice too, hard to believe this came out in 1968, very easy to tell she was a large influence on many songwriters to follow.
4.5/5
5
May 27 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Fantastic p-funk love this album
5
May 28 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
one of my favorites of all time, desert island type shit
5/5
5
May 29 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Wonderful reggae
5
May 31 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Great voice, good songwriting, not quite my style but I get it
4
Jun 03 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
very impressed with this one 4.5.5
5
Jun 04 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
Pretty good stuff, can see why they were touted as a big band coming up.
4
Jun 05 2024
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
not for me
2
Jun 07 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
3
Jun 10 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
5
Jun 12 2024
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The Predator
Ice Cube
solid hip hop album with tough lyrics and some great beats too
4/5
4
Jun 21 2024
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
very interesting and some really cool instrumentation here
4
Jun 25 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
3.5/5, There's good stuff on here, lyrics, songwriting and sometimes so interesting instrumentation but overall it's just not for me
3
Jun 26 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Jul 02 2024
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
Jul 04 2024
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
did not expect the funkiness of this album at all
get on top is awesome
4
Jul 08 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
fantastic, not a bad song on here, one of the greatest pop albums I've ever heard
5
Jul 09 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
want to like this but i really just cant stand thrash
1
Jul 10 2024
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
3.5/5
3
Jul 12 2024
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
Jul 16 2024
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
4.5/5 great jam album
4
Jul 18 2024
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Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
4
Jul 25 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
4
Jul 30 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
1
Aug 06 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Aug 09 2024
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
3
Aug 12 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
3
Aug 13 2024
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
5
Aug 23 2024
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
5