Jun 04 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
this is entirely too smooth for the likes of me
3
Jun 05 2024
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
mf rhymed 'dangerous' with 'contagerious'
3
Jun 06 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
when it's good it's very good. when it's not it's... extremely dull
3
Jun 07 2024
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A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Coldplay
significantly worse than i was expecting
2
Jun 08 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
now this is *exactly* what i was expecting
3
Jun 09 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
some seriously powerful stuff on here. wow.
4
Jun 10 2024
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
staggering, phenomenal, essential, a Major Work. an unbelievable achievement then, now, always.
5
Jun 11 2024
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
yeah, this is some really good stuff. 9 min spoken intro just adds to the vibes.
4
Jun 12 2024
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
took a while, but when it clicks this is pretty good. enjoyed how low key and simmering this is
3
Jun 13 2024
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Wild Wood
Paul Weller
not much to say, it was alright
2
Jun 14 2024
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
3
Jun 15 2024
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
this was funky... but not *that* funky, y'know?
3
Jun 16 2024
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
expectation: a bunch of big hits
reality: a bunch of big hits and tons of absolutely bonkers stuff in between. amazing.
4
Jun 17 2024
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Garbage
Garbage
welcome to the 90s. perfect for a chill, sunny sunday afternoon spent drinking and playing d&d
3
Jun 18 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
this was great fun
3
Jun 19 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
first half slapped. second half was pretty dull tho
3
Jun 20 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
sad banger after sad banger
4
Jun 21 2024
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
sorry suggs
2
Jun 22 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
there are fewer than one hundred 'ultra bangers' in existence, and there's one on this album.
3
Jun 23 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
id give it 3.5 if i could, but hey, you gotta round down
3
Jun 24 2024
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
truly baffling. not even the continued horse metaphors can save it
1
Jun 25 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
smoooooothhhhhh operator
4
Jun 26 2024
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
well that certainly was 76 minutes of music
2
Jun 27 2024
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Third
Soft Machine
what's the matter lagerboy, afraid you might taste something?
3
Jun 28 2024
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
hear the /jazz/ go down
3
Jun 29 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
pure cheese
2
Jun 30 2024
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
extremely 70s
3
Jul 01 2024
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Something/Anything?
Todd Rundgren
some real bangers on here
3
Jul 02 2024
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
such a brilliant classic. and they get better from here!
4
Jul 03 2024
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Bone Machine
Tom Waits
big call here after just one listen but i think this is fantastic. chilling, heavy, melancholy, aching and beautiful.
5
Jul 04 2024
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Django Django
Django Django
3
Jul 05 2024
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Modern Kosmology
Jane Weaver
really enjoyed this. going straight into the rotation
4
Jul 06 2024
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Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen
eight perfect songs. a masterpiece
5
Jul 07 2024
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
thoroughly enjoyable stuff. it's 1990s away from being a 4
3
Jul 08 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT'S GOING ROUND // TURNING THE JOINT UPSIDE DOWN
5
Jul 09 2024
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The Band
The Band
this really surprised me - was heaps of fun
4
Jul 10 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
just good stuff innit
4
Jul 11 2024
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
pretty enjoyable stuff. jazzie b is from hornsey btw
3
Jul 12 2024
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
the acceptable facet of the 90s
3
Jul 13 2024
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
i've never listened to this before but my next door neighbour in halls certainly did
3
Jul 14 2024
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
mf rhymed 'd'accord' with 'gare du nord'
4
Jul 15 2024
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
3
Jul 16 2024
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Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP?!?!
3
Jul 17 2024
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Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
man, prog rock rules so hard
3
Jul 18 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
what if we took evident, lightly worn genius... and slathered it with incredible levels of misogyny
3
Jul 19 2024
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
don't know grunge at all but that was fun
3
Jul 20 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
first time listener!!! i loved the bit with the harmonica
5
Jul 21 2024
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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones
4
Jul 22 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
TWO CHIMPS IN A WICKER BASKET
YOU THINK THATS PRETTY CLEVER DONT YOU BOY
5
Jul 23 2024
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Nevermind
Nirvana
3
Jul 24 2024
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Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
don't know what i was expecting but it was certainly better than what i got
2
Jul 25 2024
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Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
good clean fun
3
Jul 26 2024
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
this is stunning, innit
4
Jul 27 2024
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Parachutes
Coldplay
I'VE JUST HAD THIS ALBUM. IT IS FUCKING MINGING. PARACHUTES PUNCH LEMONADE. IT IS FUCKING MINGING. SUCK YOUR DAD
1
Jul 28 2024
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
one good song, eleven times over. it is a banger tbf
3
Jul 29 2024
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
funny story about that last track...
4
Jul 30 2024
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Parklife
Blur
i listened to this album sooo much during my first summer in london. on reflection it's a bit baggy and has a couple too many songs about 'characters' but ... PARKLIFE!
4
Jul 31 2024
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
this was fun but i thought it was gonna be more, y'know, outrageous?
3
Aug 01 2024
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I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
i found this pretty charming. great album cover too
3
Aug 02 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
wow, absolutely incredible. kinda blown away by how brilliant this is. nothing like i expected!
5
Aug 03 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
god bless abba and their transparent egg copter
4
Aug 04 2024
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
i was so ready to like this. guess i'm a rocker
2
Aug 05 2024
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Sister
Sonic Youth
this is awesome
4
Aug 06 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
sadly didn't do anything for me... which is mad cos im a big fan of 90s REM. +1 star for the two hits
3
Aug 07 2024
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Damaged
Black Flag
justice for zaheer
4
Aug 08 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
hell YEAH
5
Aug 09 2024
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
3
Aug 10 2024
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(Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
+1 for free bird
3
Aug 11 2024
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Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
oh mannnnnn.
4
Aug 12 2024
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The Visitors
ABBA
guess i'm an abba person!
4
Aug 13 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Q - why does liam gallagher always order the soup? A - YOU GET A ROLL WITH IT
4
Aug 14 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
OMG. imagine seeing this live...
5
Aug 15 2024
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Risque
CHIC
all time entry in the "oh! it's THIS song!" genre
3
Aug 16 2024
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
you can't fool me, michael stipe
3
Aug 17 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
i listened to a ukrainian version of highway to hell after passing my driving test. great times
3
Aug 18 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
it's the 90s!
3
Aug 19 2024
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Chris
Christine and the Queens
jose.gif
1
Aug 20 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
just miss once king
5
Aug 21 2024
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
you get a lot of music for your money. and most of it excellent
4
Aug 22 2024
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Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
i've tried to listen to this album exactly twice in my life now and each time, it's a big yawn
2
Aug 23 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
i'm always in the mood for gwent
4
Aug 24 2024
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
the hissing of summer yawns
3
Aug 25 2024
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Closer
Joy Division
phenomenal. unique and haunting. what a classic.
5
Aug 26 2024
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Electric
The Cult
way better than I thought it'd be. and then it has any right to be, really!
3
Aug 27 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
great tunes and great album art. winner!
4
Aug 29 2024
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Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
sat with this for a long while, but no, it's not doing anything for me. might give skylarking a spin, tho...
2
Aug 30 2024
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
a banger followed by a bunch of snoozers
3
Aug 31 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
my school once kicked off an assembly with back in black, before the resident "hard man" teacher came out and told us about some strict new rules for that year
3
Sep 01 2024
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Me Against The World
2Pac
remarkably chill and funky
3
Sep 02 2024
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Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
this slapped. vive la mid 2000s
4
Sep 03 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Janis rocks!!!
5
Sep 04 2024
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The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
surprised by how much i loved this! what a jam
4
Sep 06 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
oh yeahhhhhhhh.
4
Sep 07 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
neil young fucking rules
5
Sep 08 2024
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Good Old Boys
Randy Newman
i can't believe this works
4
Sep 09 2024
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
god bless sir rod
3
Sep 10 2024
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
yoooooou caaaaan't aaalways geet whaaat yooouu waaaahhhnnnnntttt.... buuut iff youuu triiiisometimes....
5
Sep 11 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
i second what the guy said about the hackey sack
3
Sep 12 2024
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Live 1966 (The Royal Albert Hall Concert)
Bob Dylan
JUDAS!!!!
5
Sep 13 2024
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
a canonical album for me. listened to this so much c. 2011-2012. and it's still fantastic[ally depressing]
5
Sep 14 2024
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
of course mystra knows it all, she's the god of magic
4
Sep 16 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
it's just a sheer classic, innit
5
Sep 17 2024
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
LOVE dire straits. this isn't quite a 5 for me - making movies thru brothers in arms are the straight fives - but it comes pretty close. trop bien!
4
Sep 18 2024
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Histoire De Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
utterly french, in every aspect. and absolutely brilliant
5
Sep 19 2024
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
this is a superb album. i love how strong the eno influence is. art rock in its purest form
4
Sep 20 2024
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
This was fun. And cool to encounter Huey Morgan, who I only know from his Radio 6 show
3
Sep 21 2024
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Live At Leeds
The Who
found this a bit underwhelming. it's a two for the who
2
Sep 22 2024
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
SUMMER OF 69!!!!!
1
Sep 23 2024
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Fragile
Yes
this is an immense album. obviously roundabout is the biggie, but heart of the sunrise is such a phenomenal piece and the more experimental stuff in-between is short, sweet and interesting. saving my 5 for close to the edge, but it's all here.
4
Sep 24 2024
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
4
Sep 25 2024
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All Hope Is Gone
Slipknot
afraid it's a no from me
1
Sep 27 2024
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Raw Power
The Stooges
entirely too frightening for the likes of me
3
Sep 28 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
too many slow songs... where r the bangers elvis
3
Sep 30 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
what a brilliant album!
4
Oct 01 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
yeah, this is the good stuff. packed full of absolute bangers
5
Oct 05 2024
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My Generation
The Who
enjoyed; will never listen again
3
Oct 06 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
4
Oct 07 2024
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Da Capo
Love
loved this weird, fun, cool, oddly prog-adjacent album. (seriously, there are bits that sound like van der graaf generator).
4
Oct 09 2024
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
complex, unique, truly superb. continues to reward relistens, more than a decade than i first heard it.
5
Oct 11 2024
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
4
Oct 13 2024
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The Only Ones
The Only Ones
really enjoyed this completely eclectic mix
4
Oct 14 2024
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Ramones
Ramones
3
Oct 15 2024
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
Oct 17 2024
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
4
Oct 18 2024
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
awful lyrics, the most annoying singing voice you ever did hear, and every song goes on 1-2 minutes longer than it really should. a truly crap album.
1
Oct 19 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
completely silly but loads of fun
3
Oct 20 2024
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
4
Oct 21 2024
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The Predator
Ice Cube
3
Oct 22 2024
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
eternally underrated smiths album - but what wouldn't shrink in the shadow of meat is murder and queen is dead? more bangers than you remember!
4
Oct 23 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
enjoyed this far more than I thought I would. nice 1 m8!
4
Oct 24 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
even after 15 years or so, this still gets better with every listen
5
Oct 25 2024
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
masterpiece
5
Oct 26 2024
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Revolver
Beatles
my least favourite of the phenomenal 'rubber soul -> abbey road' run, and still a straight up 5. what a band. ps yellow submarine rules
5
Oct 27 2024
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Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
4
Oct 28 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
Oct 29 2024
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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
4
Oct 30 2024
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Group Sex
Circle Jerks
all the signs were this was gonna be awful... but no, it was awesome! fresh, biting, full of energy
4
Nov 01 2024
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
3
Nov 02 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
top tier memory - dancing to "the promised land" with my dad at my wedding
5
Nov 03 2024
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
3
Nov 04 2024
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
4
Nov 05 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
being into this album comfortably the coolest thing i did as a teenager
5
Nov 06 2024
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
3
Nov 07 2024
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
the 90s, what a time. enjoyed this but not at all convinced it's an album you need to listen to before you die
3
Nov 09 2024
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
4
Nov 10 2024
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
strongly prefer making movies and love over gold, but hey, they're not on this list
5
Nov 11 2024
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The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
5/5, difficult to imagine anything slapping harder
5
Nov 12 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
enjoyed it, but majors on the bits of melon collie i enjoyed least, and minors on the bits i liked most
3
Nov 13 2024
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
this was very silly. perhaps even a bit too silly
3
Nov 14 2024
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
4
Nov 15 2024
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Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3
Nov 16 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
paul 4 lyf
4
Nov 17 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
perhaps the ultimate in "Oh! It's that song!"
3
Nov 18 2024
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Arular
M.I.A.
2
Nov 19 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
3
Nov 20 2024
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
a knife by any other name would smell as sweet
4
Nov 21 2024
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
4
Nov 22 2024
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Shleep
Robert Wyatt
maybe a bit of right-place-right-time, but loved this. what a brilliant surprise.
5
Nov 23 2024
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
3
Nov 24 2024
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Trio
Dolly Parton
2
Nov 25 2024
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
someone in the reviews says it should be illegal to rate this less than 4, and they're spot on
4
Nov 26 2024
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
well, duh
5
Nov 27 2024
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
pretty much the definition of a modern classic. played the hell out of this when it came out and it still sounds fresh. trop bien
5
Nov 28 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
3
Nov 29 2024
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
a love supreme... a love supreme... a love supreme...
4
Nov 30 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
what else was it going to be?
5
Dec 01 2024
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
5
Dec 02 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
even without the backstory, this would be stunning. wowza.
5
Dec 03 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
keep on chooglin
3
Dec 04 2024
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
holds up soooo well
4
Dec 06 2024
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
love the funk edge
3
Dec 07 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
4
Dec 09 2024
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Joan Baez
Joan Baez
2
Dec 10 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
4
Dec 11 2024
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
more like the crap lowes
2
Dec 12 2024
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Step In The Arena
Gang Starr
4
Dec 13 2024
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Being There
Wilco
4
Dec 14 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
after the GOAT rush
5
Dec 15 2024
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
ZANE.... YOUR HACKBLOOD POWER IS GROWING... BUT YOU ARE NOT QUITE READY TO YIELD ITS FULL POWER.... YET
2
Dec 16 2024
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Arise
Sepultura
enjoyed the hard edge of the music, but man, those lyrics...
2
Dec 17 2024
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Elephant
The White Stripes
4
Dec 18 2024
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
4
Dec 19 2024
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
4
Dec 20 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
just straight bangers, innit
5
Dec 21 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
4