May 20 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Great album to start with. Something I would never have chosen to listen to and I really enjoyed it. Great to get away from the same old.
4
May 21 2024
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Breathlessly joyful
4
May 22 2024
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The Doors
The Doors
Definitely a classic, but sounding dated to me now.
3
May 23 2024
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Be
Common
My kind of rap. A decent groove underpinning the record.
4
May 24 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
One of the great albums.
5
May 25 2024
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
A couple of catchy enough songs, but otherwise cheesy 80s fluff.
2
May 26 2024
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
3
May 27 2024
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
Haven’t listened to this before. Won’t listen to it again. But glad I did this time. Just not for me.
2
May 28 2024
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Just didn’t hit like it used to.
3
May 29 2024
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All Directions
The Temptations
Loved it.
4
May 30 2024
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Picture Book
Simply Red
If only the could’ve held back the years. They’ve not been kind to this record.
2
May 31 2024
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Meh
2
Jun 01 2024
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Catchy folky pop. Not unpleasant.
3
Jun 02 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Fantastic record. Childhood soundtrack and sounds so good still.
5
Jun 03 2024
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Ambient 1/Music For Airports
Brian Eno
I find ambient music endlessly fascinating, and this is so far head of its time. Works well as wallpaper music, but I recommend putting on a decent pair of cans and giving it a proper audition.
4
Jun 04 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Better than Axis
4
Jun 05 2024
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Sincere
Mj Cole
1
Jun 06 2024
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
A great listen. It’s pretty samey at times but it really drew me in.
4
Jun 07 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I’m developing a worrying interest in prog rock. This is quite something, and you probably had to be there, but I actually kinda liked it.
3
Jun 08 2024
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Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
3
Jun 09 2024
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Some good tunes here. Nice album.
3
Jun 10 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
Didn't feel particularly excited by this one popping up, but I didn't realise Pretenders were this good. Space Invader my fave.
4
Jun 15 2024
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Pleasant folky harmonies
3
Jun 16 2024
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Face to Face
The Kinks
Cookie cutter 60s stuff, but an enjoyable listen nevertheless.
3
Jun 17 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Will be coming back to this one
4
Jun 18 2024
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Not completely awful
2
Jun 19 2024
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You Are The Quarry
Morrissey
Insipid
2
Jun 20 2024
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Low
David Bowie
Are we sure he was clean when he wrote this?
4
Jun 21 2024
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John Prine
John Prine
Oh goody, I thought. Twangy banal country BS to wade through. And (to be fair) a lot of the music is just that. But it made me realise that country music really allows the vocals prominence, and a lot of these ones are worth a listen. A few really bleak lines in there.
3
Jun 22 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
3
Jun 23 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
3
Jun 24 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
2
Jun 25 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Jun 26 2024
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Smash
The Offspring
Nope
2
Jun 27 2024
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In Utero
Nirvana
I hoped / expected more. Bit disappointed.
3
Jun 28 2024
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Nighthawks At The Diner
Tom Waits
Distinctive. A bit repetitive. But also quite enjoyable.
3
Jun 29 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
Jun 30 2024
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Wild Gift
X
3
Jul 01 2024
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Cut
The Slits
2
Jul 02 2024
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Fear Of A Black Planet
Public Enemy
3
Jul 03 2024
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Goo
Sonic Youth
2
Jul 04 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
3
Jul 05 2024
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Astral Weeks
Van Morrison
3
Jul 06 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
4
Jul 07 2024
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3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
4
Jul 08 2024
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Lost Souls
Doves
3
Jul 09 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Really enjoyed this.
4
Jul 10 2024
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
2
Jul 11 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
3
Jul 12 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jul 13 2024
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It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Wasn’t expecting this to be good. But it is.
4
Jul 14 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Solid soul album. There’s better stuff out there though.
3
Jul 15 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
CREAM is almost 5 stars on its own. But the rest of this is pretty average.
3
Jul 16 2024
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
4
Jul 17 2024
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
High hopes after first track. Dashed.
2
Jul 18 2024
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Crime Of The Century
Supertramp
3
Jul 19 2024
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
Enjoyed this, but can't explicitly say why. None of the songs particularly stuck out, but as a whole a pleasant listen.
3
Jul 20 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Jul 21 2024
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Dummy
Portishead
5
Jul 22 2024
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
I liked this. And I don't like country.
3
Jul 23 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
3
Jul 24 2024
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
Deliciously 80s
3
Jul 25 2024
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The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Utterly forgettable
2
Jul 26 2024
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
35 minutes of my life I will never get back
1
Jul 27 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
5
Jul 28 2024
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
3
Jul 29 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
4
Jul 30 2024
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Moondance
Van Morrison
2
Jul 31 2024
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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
An extra point for being interesting
4
Aug 01 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
2
Aug 02 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
4
Aug 03 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
3
Aug 04 2024
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
Execrable
1
Aug 05 2024
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Fun House
The Stooges
4
Aug 06 2024
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Not sure why this sticks out from all the other "a guy with an acoustic guitar" albums I've heard in my life, but it does. Lovely piece of music.
4
Aug 07 2024
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Some nice stuff on here
3
Aug 08 2024
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
I expected worse
2
Aug 09 2024
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Unrefined psychedelic weirdness, but a perfectly pleasant listen.
3
Aug 10 2024
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2
Aug 11 2024
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
2
Aug 12 2024
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
4
Aug 13 2024
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
5
Aug 14 2024
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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned
Liars
I’m never going to listen to this again. But I didn’t hate it and it was easier to get through than I expected.
3
Aug 15 2024
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The Healer
John Lee Hooker
3
Aug 16 2024
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British Steel
Judas Priest
4
Aug 17 2024
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Do you like fish sticks?
3
Aug 18 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Aug 19 2024
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
I had no idea Dylan has such an awful voice. Not being familiar with his work I was quite looking forward to this, but it’s almost unlistenable.
1
Aug 20 2024
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Unexpected gem
5
Aug 21 2024
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
2
Aug 22 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
4
Aug 23 2024
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Guitar Town
Steve Earle
2
Aug 24 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
3
Aug 25 2024
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Third
Soft Machine
Probably a 3️⃣ ⭐️ for an interesting listen, but Out-Bloody-Rageous is good enough to bump this up a point.
4
Aug 26 2024
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
3
Aug 27 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
3
Aug 28 2024
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Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
5
Sep 10 2024
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For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
3
Sep 11 2024
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The Band
The Band
3
Sep 12 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
Superb
5
Sep 13 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
5
Sep 14 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
4
Sep 15 2024
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This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Why do the shit albums always seem to be the longest ones?
2
Sep 16 2024
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Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
4
Sep 17 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
5
Sep 18 2024
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Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
3
Sep 19 2024
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
4
Sep 20 2024
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
4
Sep 21 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Genius is the word
5
Sep 22 2024
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
1
Sep 23 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Bland non-music
1
Sep 24 2024
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My Generation
The Who
4
Sep 25 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
5
Sep 26 2024
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Atomizer
Big Black
2
Sep 27 2024
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
3
Sep 28 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
4
Sep 29 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
3
Sep 30 2024
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Moon Safari
Air
5
Oct 01 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
3
Oct 02 2024
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Thriller
Michael Jackson
5
Oct 03 2024
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
3
Oct 04 2024
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
Some of this sounded great. But the mixing was bizarre, as if trying to deliberately hide the vocals.
3
Oct 05 2024
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Ten
Pearl Jam
3
Oct 06 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
5
Oct 07 2024
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
I don't even think this is possible to rate. I didn't really enjoy listening to it, but it isn't a 1 or 2 star. It's not a 4 or 5 either because I doubt I'll ever listen to it again. A 3 feels so vanilla, but here we are.
For once though, I really did need to hear this album.
3
Oct 08 2024
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
The more ambient sounding stuff good. The Dylan-esque tracks shite.
3
Oct 09 2024
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
This is really good. Gutted it's not on Apple Music, otherwise I'd be coming back regularly.
4
Oct 10 2024
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
Had to listen via YouTube as not available on Apple Music in the UK. Hard work with all the adverts.
3
Oct 11 2024
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Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
Enjoyed this. Must’ve sounded so fresh in 1981.
4
Oct 12 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
An absolute masterpiece. Stunning.
5
Oct 13 2024
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Sound Affects
The Jam
4
Oct 14 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
3
Oct 15 2024
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
4
Oct 16 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Wish they hadn’t invented this one
2
Oct 17 2024
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
Classic douchebag + guitar music
2
Oct 18 2024
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Viva Hate
Morrissey
3
Oct 19 2024
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
3
Oct 20 2024
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The Pleasure Principle
Gary Numan
4
Oct 21 2024
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Music From The Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
4
Oct 22 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
Except for the title track (excellent), it’s a middle of the road snore-fest that drags and drags and drags. Felt like hours long.
2
Oct 23 2024
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
3
Oct 24 2024
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
3
Oct 25 2024
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Incredibly irritating vibrato. Won’t be listening to this one again.
2
Oct 26 2024
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
4
Oct 27 2024
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
I was dreading this from the reviews, but it was a fascinating listen. Probably won’t be back any time soon, but definitely going to give some other TG a try.
3
Oct 28 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
1959 was an amazing year for jazz albums, and Kind of Blue is the best of them all.
5
Oct 29 2024
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
Oct 30 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
2
Oct 31 2024
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Cross
Justice
4
Nov 01 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Bit disappointed by this. Some great tunes, mixed in with some real cheese.
3
Nov 02 2024
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Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
This was fun
4
Nov 03 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
3
Nov 04 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Delightfully batshit. Cities is a great tune.
4
Nov 05 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
This could be the most incredible instrumental music (it isn’t) and it would still be 1 star thanks to Dylan’s utterly execrable voice and singing.
1
Nov 06 2024
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Woodface
Crowded House
2
Nov 07 2024
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Scum
Napalm Death
Comically bad. Felt like some sort of parody, tempted to give it another star for making me laugh.
I’m about 150 albums in and have now had 4 of the 5 lowest rated ones. Good to get the crap out the way early.
1
Nov 08 2024
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
Sublime
5
Nov 09 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
3
Nov 10 2024
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Crap
2
Nov 11 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Nov 12 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
4
Nov 13 2024
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Yeezus
Kanye West
I’m struggling to put in words quite how shit this album is
1
Nov 14 2024
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
2
Nov 15 2024
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
4
Nov 16 2024
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The Yes Album
Yes
3
Nov 17 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
4
Nov 18 2024
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Fiona Apple
Started off interesting. Rapidly became tedious.
2
Nov 19 2024
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C'est Chic
CHIC
4
Nov 20 2024
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Debut
Björk
3
Nov 21 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
4
Nov 22 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
3
Nov 23 2024
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Queen II
Queen
4
Nov 24 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
Nov 25 2024
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
4
Nov 26 2024
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
4
Nov 27 2024
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Abbey Road
Beatles
5
Nov 28 2024
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
3
Nov 29 2024
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Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
A bit dull, really
2
Nov 30 2024
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Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
Not as bad as the other Dylan albums I’ve had so far. Still bloody awful.
1
Dec 01 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
4
Dec 02 2024
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Electric
The Cult
3
Dec 03 2024
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
Dec 04 2024
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
4
Dec 05 2024
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Being There
Wilco
1
Dec 10 2024
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Infected
The The
3
Dec 11 2024
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Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
3
Dec 12 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
3
Dec 13 2024
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
2
Dec 14 2024
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
4
Dec 17 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
2
Dec 18 2024
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
4
Dec 19 2024
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Me Against The World
2Pac
4
Dec 20 2024
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Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
The Adverts
4