May 20 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
2
May 21 2024
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
4
May 22 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
3
May 23 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
4
May 24 2024
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Blur
Blur
4
May 25 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
May 26 2024
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S.F. Sorrow
The Pretty Things
3
May 27 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
4
May 28 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
3
May 29 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
5
May 30 2024
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
4
May 31 2024
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Beautiful Freak
Eels
3
Jun 01 2024
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C'est Chic
CHIC
3
Jun 02 2024
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
5
Jun 03 2024
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Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
2
Jun 04 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
3
Jun 05 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
3
Jun 07 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
3
Jun 08 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
3
Jun 09 2024
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
Very inoffensive but also doesn’t try anything too daring. Sounds like it would be right at home in an outdoor setting like a block party or small town festival.
3
Jun 10 2024
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I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
3
Jun 11 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
4
Jun 12 2024
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Solid Air
John Martyn
4
Jun 13 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
3
Jun 14 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
5
Jun 15 2024
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Jun 16 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
5
Jun 17 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
3
Jun 18 2024
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
4
Jun 19 2024
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Dog Man Star
Suede
This was one of the more difficult albums for me to rate thus far. I liked a few of the tracks on this album quite a bit, however, the tracks I liked tended to be ones that were then repeated later in the run time of the album.
My main issue with the album lies in the run time and repeating of tracks. After about an hour in I felt I had heard everything the album had to offer and the next hour felt like an inconvenience more than anything. To say it overstayed its welcome is an understatement.
I listened to this album on a road trip and had planned on catching up on some of my backlog of albums during my 4 hours in the car. I got a phone call in the middle of the album causing this one album to then take up a majority of the drive. I know that’s not the albums fault, however when the last half of the album contains a number of different versions of songs heard on the first half of the album it begins to be a bit fatiguing and feel as though it’s wasting my time.
I really wanted to give this at least a 3 maybe a 4 but cannot justify that given that I was angry with the album by the time it had finished.
I’m giving this a 2 only because I feel as though the musicality on display here was good, albeit nothing special. The album isn’t objectively bad enough to earn a 1 but also overstays its welcome to the point of genuine frustration.
2
Jun 20 2024
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Remedy
Basement Jaxx
3
Jun 21 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
4
Jun 22 2024
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
3
Jun 23 2024
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Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
2
Jun 24 2024
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
3
Jun 25 2024
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
5
Jun 26 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
3
Jun 27 2024
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Tragic Songs of Life
The Louvin Brothers
3
Jun 28 2024
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
4
Jun 29 2024
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
3
Jun 30 2024
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
3
Jul 01 2024
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Jul 02 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Jul 03 2024
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Ghosteen
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I was very torn rating this album. I wanted to find something to like here and to see why this album made the list. At times there were some rumblings of something interesting happening that made me think upon further listens I might find something to like here. Unfortunately I am only listening to each of these albums once and giving my initial gut reaction for rating them and I could not find it in me to rate this anything higher than a one.
The album drones on in a very monotonous way throughout the duration of its run time with fleeting glimpses during the albums climax at what could have been had they decided to try anything different. I can appreciate that it is wholly different from anything I’d ever seek out to listen to and that there may be something appealing about it to someone but that someone is not me.
Entirely boring, utterly forgettable.
1
Jul 04 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
4
Jul 05 2024
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
4
Jul 06 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
3
Jul 07 2024
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
3
Jul 08 2024
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Being There
Wilco
4
Jul 09 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
4
Jul 10 2024
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4
Jul 11 2024
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Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Jul 12 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
4
Jul 13 2024
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
3
Jul 14 2024
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Nixon
Lambchop
3
Jul 15 2024
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
2
Jul 16 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
4
Jul 17 2024
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Infected
The The
3
Jul 18 2024
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xx
The xx
3
Jul 19 2024
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
3
Jul 20 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
4
Jul 21 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Jul 22 2024
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S&M
Metallica
The only reason this album doesn’t get a 5 is due to the length and nature of it being a live album. It’s at its best when listened to in its entirety, however due to the 2hr 13 minute run time the likelihood of being able to do that on a casual relisten is very slim.
That being said this is a phenomenal performance start to finish. Metallica has cemented themselves as not only one of the best heavy metal bands of all time but best bands of all time full stop.
The addition of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra add a level of cinematic complexity to already technical and punishing riffs and solos that is very much appreciated. It’s very easy to see why this performance made the list. I want to give this a 5 star rating but I can’t justify it knowing I will rarely if ever revisit this album. I can’t imagine what it would have been like to be there in person. Metal perfected.
4
Jul 23 2024
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Kid A
Radiohead
4
Jul 24 2024
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Different Class
Pulp
3
Jul 25 2024
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
3
Jul 26 2024
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More Specials
The Specials
3
Jul 27 2024
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
4
Jul 28 2024
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
3
Jul 29 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
3
Jul 30 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
3
Jul 31 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
4
Aug 01 2024
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
Aug 02 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
3
Aug 03 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Aug 04 2024
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Kimono My House
Sparks
3
Aug 05 2024
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Green
R.E.M.
3
Aug 06 2024
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Murmur
R.E.M.
3
Aug 07 2024
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
3
Aug 08 2024
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Metallica
Metallica
3
Aug 09 2024
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White Light
Gene Clark
3
Aug 10 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
4
Aug 11 2024
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Ragged Glory
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3
Aug 12 2024
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
3
Aug 13 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
4
Aug 14 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
Aug 15 2024
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
3
Aug 16 2024
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
3
Aug 17 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
4
Aug 18 2024
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
4
Aug 19 2024
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Pink Flag
Wire
3
Aug 20 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
4
Aug 21 2024
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Feast of Wire
Calexico
4
Aug 22 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
2
Aug 23 2024
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Brown Sugar
D'Angelo
4
Aug 24 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3
Aug 25 2024
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Follow The Leader
Korn
2
Aug 26 2024
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Queen II
Queen
4
Aug 27 2024
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
3
Aug 28 2024
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
3
Aug 29 2024
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Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Lupe Fiasco
5
Aug 30 2024
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
3
Aug 31 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
4
Sep 01 2024
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Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
4
Sep 02 2024
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La Revancha Del Tango
Gotan Project
4