Jun 05 2024
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Moby
Meh.
I remember a few of these songs from back when they came out. I was deep into my late teenage punk phase at that point so this wouldn't have done much for me then. Can't say a lot has changed in 24 years tbh. There's a bit of nostalgia here but honestly I don't think that I would choose to listen to any of these songs again.
Top tracks: South Side, Bodyrock
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Jun 06 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
2
Jun 07 2024
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
4
Jun 10 2024
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
1
Jun 11 2024
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
This is an album that i'm ashamed to say that i've probably never sat and listened to front to back, even though i'm intimately familiar with like 75% of the songs on here.
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Jun 12 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
I hate this with every fibre of my being. This album in particular is especially offensive, but really most of this kind of thing from that era is intolerable. It's not Bon Jovi's fault, there are a ton of classic songs on here and the ones I know, I know quite well. It's just that this stuff has been played endlessly on mediocre classic rock station and dive bars. It's just cringe at this point. If I never heard Dead or Alive again in my lifetime, it won't be soon enough.
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Jun 13 2024
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
I probably should have given this album more of a chance in the 90s than I did, but electronic music wasn't cool to punk kids of that era. The video hits from that time are classic and I gained an appreciation for them when I got a little older, but listening to this in full now I see why this was such a big album at the time.
Fav tracks: Smack My Bitch Up, Firestarter
Surprise fav tracks: the L7 - Fuel My Fire cover and Diesel Power
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Jun 14 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
I probably wouldn't choose to listen to this album of my own accord, but I did enjoy my time with it today. It's the kind of thing I could see playing in the background in the garage on a Saturday night with the boys. Would go well with lite beer, hockey and darts.
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Jun 17 2024
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
2
Jun 18 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
1
Jun 19 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
4
Jun 20 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
3
Jun 21 2024
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You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
4
Jun 24 2024
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
5
Jun 25 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
3
Jun 26 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
5
Jun 27 2024
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Gentlemen
The Afghan Whigs
3
Jun 28 2024
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Odelay
Beck
Like most 90s kids I owned this CD but i'm probably only familiar with half of it at best. Listening was a trip down memory lane and much of this still really holds up, but some of it is experimental and overall forgettable. I still enjoyed the songs I remember from the 90s and rediscovered a couple more that were largely forgotten. I wouldn't rush out and buy it again though.
Favs : Where It's At, Devil's Haircut
Surprise Favs : Minus, Ramshackle
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Jul 01 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
Initial familiarity 2/11
I was never a big REM fan though I do enjoy most of their hits/singles enough so that I could make a pretty solid mix CD, they're just not a band i've ever really felt compelled to seek out any full albums. This one isn't doing much to change that opinion. It's decent enough but ultimately fails to really capture my interest.
Favs: End of the World..., One I Love
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Jul 02 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
3
Jul 03 2024
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90
808 State
You know what? I don't think this album was intended for Monday mornings and getting caught up on emails. I need different drugs and a different mindset to get on this level - the coffee just ain't cutting it. It's far less irritating and dated than some of this kind of thing i've heard before but I still had to skip a lot of it.
Not for me, probably never was.
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Jul 04 2024
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Adele
Technically masterful yet profoundly uninteresting. American Idol-core. This is music for shopping at Macy's.
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Jul 05 2024
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More Specials
The Specials
The Specials had some truly great songs but this is not a great album. The first album absolutely deserves a place on this list but i'm not so sure this one does. The ska tracks (Enjoy Yourself, Do Nothing, Rat Race, Man at C&A, Rude Boy Outta Jail) are stellar but the rest is just a hodge-podge of styles that never really hit for me.
The first album + 4 or 5 from this album + Ghost Town is really all the Specials anyone needs.
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Jul 08 2024
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
5
Jul 09 2024
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
Uncle Neil has a lot of records. Some are great, some decidedly less so. After the Gold Rush is one of the great ones. Neil ain't for everybody but man that 5 album run from 'Everybody Knows This is Knowhere' to 'Tonight's the Night' is legendary. God-tier.
5
Jul 10 2024
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
This is somehow both familiar and completely alien. I wouldn't say I loved it but I certainly didn't hate it either.
25 albums into this project and this is the kind of thing I was hoping to get. While not something I would seek out again this is definitely an album I wouldn't have found on my own so I'm happy to have been exposed to it.
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Jul 11 2024
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Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Loretta Lynn
I love all the user reviews, especially the multiple 1 star "Girl, leave your man already" ones. It's either that or glowing praise. Not much middle ground.
I have a tough time with classic country. Most of it sounds very repetitive and thematically shallow to me. Thankfully this one rises above the dreck a bit. Musically it comes off a little more sophisticated with some nice instrumentation punching up the typical 2 chord country gallop thing, and Loretta has a lovely voice that shines above the repetitiveness of the songs. I wouldn't say I loved it but it had it's charming moments for sure. Still reeks of tears-in-your-beer country. I prefer the less produced folky/outlaw flavour.
i'd give it a 2 or 2.5 though i'm happy to have gotten another one from outside my wheelhouse.
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Jul 12 2024
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Butterfly
Mariah Carey
NOOOOOOPE
For albums this bad, youtube in an icognito browser is the way. Like hell i'm gonna let this mess up my YT or Spotify algorithms. Get ready skip button, you're getting a workout today my boy.
Great singer. Awful, awful songs.
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Jul 15 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
I think the highest form of praise I can give an unfamiliar album is to say I liked my time with it and will plan to revisit it. I'd probably give this a 3.5 after one listen.
Fav tracks : Victoria, Brainwashed, Mr Churchill Says, Nothing to Say
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Jul 16 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
4
Jul 17 2024
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Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
1
Jul 18 2024
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Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
I can see how this sort of thing fits a movie soundtrack or a passive activity like video gaming, but there's no way you can tell me that people actually put this on (with a clear mind) and actively listen for 75 solid minutes. This is decent background music at best. And not one, but TWO 15+ minute songs at the front of the album???? getthefuckouttahere...
Banstyle isn't bad but it needs to be about 10 mins shorter. Blueski is cool.
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Jul 19 2024
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Life Thru A Lens
Robbie Williams
I drew this album after 2 other mediocre dull british electronic albums and to be honest, I'm reaching my breaking point here. Had I gotten this after a truly great album I might be more receptive to this overproduced pop crap, but today is not that day. I won't be finishing this.
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Jul 22 2024
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
2
Jul 23 2024
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
3
Jul 24 2024
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
A strong 4-4.5 but there's a few duds on here keeping this from being a full 5/5.
4
Jul 25 2024
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2+ hours is an awful lot of bluegrass to ask someone to consume, but I must say i'm actually really enjoying this album though it did start to drag and get very same-y by disc 2. I probably should have broken this out over a few sessions.
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Jul 26 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
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Jul 29 2024
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Imagine
John Lennon
3
Jul 30 2024
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
A guy I knew in high school gave me a copy of this on a blank tape. It was 97 or 98 and I had no idea who the Violent Femmes were. He offered it with no context or explanation that I can recall. One listen and I was sold. I assumed they were a 90's band cause it sounded relevant to that time - weird and quirky and alternative and all that. It wasn't until a couple years later when I actually went out and bought a copy that I learned that it was released in 82. The Violent Femmes were way ahead of the their time man.
Probably a 4 or 4.5 for me cause a couple songs drag a bit, but nostalgia pushes this to a 5 today.
5
Jul 31 2024
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
This was a pleasant surprise, sounds way ahead of it's time.
3
Aug 01 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
2
Aug 02 2024
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Homework
Daft Punk
The good thing about an album with songs this repetitive is that you can scrub ahead 2-3 mins at a time and you haven't missed anything. I estimate I shaved a good 35 minutes of the runtime of this 74min slog.
Around the World, Alive and Da Funk do kinda slap though.
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Aug 05 2024
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Elephant
The White Stripes
4
Aug 06 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
4
Aug 07 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Aug 08 2024
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
4
Aug 09 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
2
Aug 12 2024
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The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Great beats and production. This was never my kind of thing back in the 90s but i've come to appreciate it in recent years.
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Aug 13 2024
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
I still don't get the hype for this record, and i've given it a fair shake plenty times. I always think "this time will be different" but it just doesn't speak to me I guess. It feels too reserved and doesn't go hard when I feel like it should. It has it's moments sure but not enough to make me want to come back.
2.5/5
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Aug 14 2024
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Now this one is a surprise. Did not expect to like this as much as I did. Great early nineties alt-rock with some excellent melodies. I will be revisiting.
Strong candidate for worst album cover of all-time though.
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Aug 15 2024
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Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Billy Bragg
3
Aug 16 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
3
Aug 19 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
I remember listening to this a few times back when it came out during the big garage rock revival. My feeling at the time is that it was pretty good but nothing really sunk its hooks on to me beyond Maps. That one has been on my playlists ever since.
Revisiting today, my feelings haven’t really changed. The album is decent enough and has some raucous fun moments but it never reaches the heights of Maps, although the run of Maps > Y Control > Modern Romance is probably the most interesting part of the album. I think this band is better when doing mid-tempo moody stuff.
3.5/5
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Aug 20 2024
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
This album was playing in the car when I drove past a fertility clinic. Now i've been named in a class action paternity suit. Thanks Marvin...
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Aug 21 2024
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Stripped
Christina Aguilera
I listened to the singles and then noped out. This is about as good as early 2000's pop music gets and it's still unlistenable.
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Aug 22 2024
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
Gonna have to agree with a number of other reviewers here and say that this album has some interesting moments but the repetitiveness and minimalism of the "songs" plus all the interludes/affirmations/ASMR things really detract from what could have been a decent album. I get it, this isn't meant to resonate with me. 2 or 3 cool songs and 17 duds. Not a great ratio.
Favs: Monsters, Stop Dem, Eternal Life
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Aug 23 2024
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
I have been a Johnny Cash fan for as many of my 40+ years as i've had functioning eardrums. His music is some of the first that I can remember hearing as a child when my dad would play his tapes in the truck on road trips and we'd sing along with hits like One Piece at a Time, Ring of Fire, 5 Feet High and Rising, etc. ... His music is a foundational memory for me and a big part of my childhood and i'm not even a country fan. John's late career comeback with these Rick Rubin albums was a welcome surprise. I listened to these records some at the time but haven't really stuck with them since.
The album as a whole is pretty solid for being a collection of covers. I appreciate Cash's stripped down approach and these songs (mostly) tend to work in his style and delivery. The star here though is the updated recording of Give My Love to Rose, an early Cash classic. I would have LOVED to have gotten an entire album of re-recorded 50s and 60s hits in this stripped down style.
Now let's talk about the big 'Hurt' shaped elephant in the room. I know this song gets heaps of praise as being his literal swan song. It's poignant and autobiographical but I'm just too emotionally tied to the original. It's the cathartic closer off of one the nineties greatest masterpieces, so this version just feels disconnected and wrong to me. It's "crown of shit" John, not "crown of thorns"!
3.5/5
Favs: Give My Love to Rose, Streets of Laredo, Sam Hall
Least Favs: Danny Boy, Hurt (fight me)
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Aug 26 2024
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
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Aug 27 2024
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
3
Aug 28 2024
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Aug 29 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
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Aug 30 2024
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
I have a tough time objectively reviewing this kind of early rock n roll stuff cause it just sounds like the soundtrack to every nostalgic 50's movie and tv show. I don't think of this music as actual music, if that makes sense. It's decent enough but viewed backwards through the lens of nearly 70 years of popular music it just sounds rudimentary and adolescent to me.
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Sep 02 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
3 good songs, 21 mediocre/filler tracks. Not a great ratio.
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Sep 03 2024
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Parklife
Blur
3
Sep 04 2024
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Done By The Forces Of Nature
Jungle Brothers
2
Sep 05 2024
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
3
Sep 06 2024
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
2