Jun 07 2024
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Still pretty good, although I don't really listen to The Smiths now Morrissey is out as a horrible racist.
Best tracks? Cemetry Gates, Bigmouth, There Is A Light.
3
Jun 10 2024
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Flawless and timeless classic.
5
Jun 11 2024
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Obviously the big hits still get quite a lot of radio play but as it's been a while since I last listened to the whole album, I'd forgotten how good the rest of it is.
5
Jun 12 2024
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
What a voice! What great songs. What might have been?
I was slightly disappointed by the recording and production, all the character in the brass and strings has been "filed down" somehow, leaving just the sound with none of the transients. Could have been virtual instruments for all you can tell.
4
Jun 13 2024
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American Idiot
Green Day
Bloody hell, some of these reviews! You'd think Green Day were the Second Coming!
In fact, the singles are okay but the rest of it gets pretty dreary.
3
Jun 14 2024
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
The second day on the trot I've read some reviews and thought, "Bloody hell" but for different reasons.
I admit that I was a bit apprehensive. The Residents are, after all, one of the foundations of avant-garde art-rock; it might be unlistenable. But it's not, it's definitely at the easy listening end of avant-garde. And quite pleasant.
3
Jun 17 2024
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Station To Station
David Bowie
It's genius.
5
Jun 18 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
It's pretty good, obviously Proud Mary went on to be a classic. I've always preferred CCR's version. I don't think it's their best work though.
4
Jun 19 2024
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Larks' Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson
Not my favourite KC album especially not the title tracks but it's not terrible.
4
Jun 20 2024
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Timeless
Goldie
The title track is good but like everything else, at least twice as long as it needed to. The rest, that I could bear is self-indulgent twaddle.
2
Jun 21 2024
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Brilliant Corners
Thelonious Monk
I'd be lying if I said I either understood jazz improvisation or listened to a lot of it. You can tell everyone playing is good and at the top of their game though.
4
Jun 24 2024
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Entirely justifies its classic status.
5
Jun 25 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Very good. Sympathy For The Devil has always been a favourite.
5
Jun 26 2024
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Shaka Zulu
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
It's beautiful but not my usual taste. I also suspect the songs are way more religious than I usually play (just going by titles I can read).
4
Jun 27 2024
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Not sure if I've ever listened to all this before. I really enjoyed it.
5
Jun 28 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
This is the first of these that I've owned since it came out, more or less and it still sounds fresh. It's a masterpiece.
5
Jul 01 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
I don't know a lot of Joni's albums all that well. I need to play through them all because this proves that I'm missing a lot of good music.
5
Jul 02 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
My dad is still a big fan of Sinatra and I was brought up listening to his music. This is pretty much perfect.
5
Jul 03 2024
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White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Not sure what this album or band are doing in a collection of all time greats. I'm sure it was fine at the time and it still is. But a must listen before I die? Laughable.
3
Jul 04 2024
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
I can't help thinking that I should, at least, have heard of all the artists on a "must listen" list but Solange is completely new to me. That's not to say it's bad, quite the opposite. It is a bit overlong though. Some of the "interludes" could vanish without hurting it.
4
Jul 05 2024
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Lady In Satin
Billie Holiday
Really beautiful singing but such a shame that her life was taking its toll.
5
Jul 08 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
One of the great albums of the 1980s. It's pretty much perfect.
5
Jul 09 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Funky as all hell! Love it.
5
Jul 10 2024
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Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
This stands up pretty well to the forty odd years of history under the bridge since its release. Wordy Rappinghood and Genius of Love still stand out but it's all good.
4
Jul 11 2024
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British Steel
Judas Priest
The music is still damned good. Some of the lyrics are preposterous. Still fun.
4
Jul 12 2024
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
One of my friends said of this, when I told them which album I'd been given, "it's one of the good ones." He's right, it's one of the best.
5
Jul 15 2024
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
I'd never even heard of Jorge Ben before I was assigned this album. After listening, it's clear that I have some more research to do.
4
Jul 16 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Do we all know how good James Brown was? This is an interesting document but not really the best introduction to his work.
4
Jul 17 2024
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
This is a fantastic album!
5
Jul 18 2024
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Elvis Is Back
Elvis Presley
Mature Elvis. Fantastic singing, fantastic playing. Songs maybe not quite so memorable. Although his version of Fever seems almost as well known as Peggy Lee's.
4
Jul 19 2024
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Since I Left You
The Avalanches
First thoughts, like before: if it's so great, why haven't I heard of it, or them before?
On listening: this is very interesting indeed. The phrase "electronic music" worries me but this is a clever use of technology and samples. It's effective.
4
Jul 22 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Six stellar musicians at the height of their powers. Absolutely deserving of its classic status.
5
Jul 23 2024
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
It's fine. The singing and the playing is lovely and all. The singles are great. The whole album goes on a bit. Do I think it's a must hear album for all time? No way.
3
Jul 24 2024
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
A masterpiece of disco. The singing and playing are both brilliant. It's astonishing that Rogers and Edwards had never met the Sledges before writing these songs.
5
Jul 25 2024
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Raekwon
I'll be honest, I found this rather hard work. But I've listened to it now and I doubt I'll ever feel the need again.
2
Jul 26 2024
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
I've never listened to this outside of the context of the film before. While some of it is slightly dull film music, parts are absolutely amazing.
4
Jul 29 2024
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is a go-to album for me. I've heard it so often but another listen never hurt.
5
Jul 30 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Weird for a bloke who stole his act from black musicians to be such an unrepentent racist. Hateful man.
1
Jul 31 2024
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Virgin Suicides
Air
Why does anybody think that this is a must-listen? This is okay but no better than that. I'm sure it works well with the film but not independently.
2
Aug 01 2024
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Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
I've come late to Bill Callahan; I'm catching up gradually. This was new to me but it's lovely.
5
Aug 02 2024
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
It's okay. Its problem is that, being old and having listened to lots of things, I remember the bands from where they took their inspiration, some of whose work will probably be on this list somewhere. If I were younger and didn't know those influences, I'd probably be more impressed.
3
Aug 05 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
One of the best albums ever released.
5
Aug 06 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Not my favourite Dylan album. A fair number of the songs are very good but they go on a bit.
4
Aug 07 2024
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Not my favourite Maiden album (I hope Number of the Beast is on this list) but haven't not listened to the whole thing for ages, it's pretty bloody good. This time around, I was slightly surprised to discover that the prog element has been there since day one.
4
Aug 08 2024
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Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis
Even after reading the Wikipedia entry, I'm struggling to understand why this album is on the list. There's nothing wrong with it, it's fine, enjoyable even but it doesn't seem essential.
3
Aug 09 2024
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Another pleasant album with two or three cracking good songs. But it's another where I'm left wonder if it's really deserving of its place here.
3
Aug 12 2024
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Guero
Beck
I like Beck; I've got a couple of his records but not this one. It's okay, seems like more of the same kind of stuff. Nothing particularly stands out and, once again, I'm wondering why it's on this list.
3
Aug 13 2024
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Disintegration
The Cure
My thesis is been that this album is a shibboleth for genuine Goths. Genuine Goths all LOVE it. People, who just like The Cure a bit (even the early stuff), like me, don't.
I think it's okay. I like Lullaby but I also think it's overlong and more than a bit self-indulgent.
3
Aug 14 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Beautiful songwriting, beautiful playing, beautiful singing, beautiful harmonies. This might be a textbook for singer/songwriters, if only it was that easy! They even manage to out-Dylan Dylan on A Simple Desultory Philippic.
5
Aug 15 2024
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
More beautiful songwriting. A couple of stone cold classics and a couple more that deserve to be better known than they are.
4
Aug 16 2024
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The Libertines
The Libertines
If I were 20 years younger, I'd almost certainly have bought this on release and loved it. As it is, even though I don't hate Doherty like a lot of my friends seem to, I can see it's a game of two halves. There are a few songs I really like (The Man Who Would Be King, What Became of the Likely Lads for example) but a lot that sound more like rehearsals than performances. I assume this is by design, whether theirs or the producers. Ultimately, it's mostly filler.
3
Aug 19 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
Three brilliant songs bookend this album but the songs in between aren't as well known for good reason. They're not terrible but they're clearly not as good.
4
Aug 20 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
The second album in a row with strong start and finish. The rest is pleasant but not the same league.
4
Aug 21 2024
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Infected
The The
Reading previous reviews, I see a lot of people not getting this record at all. I presume they did not live in early 1980s UK.
Upbeat jazzy pop accompany bleak lyrics of alienation, political, social, and personal. Which, apparently, I can still remember.
5
Aug 22 2024
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
Obviously Cloud 9 is the big hit but the whole album is really good. I like their cover of I Heard It Through the Grapevine and Runaway Child, Running Wild is amazing.
4
Aug 23 2024
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
People who rated this only 1 star are idiots.
Randy Newman is without doubt one of the world's greatest ever songwriters. Witty, funny, bitter, biting satire coupled with tunes of genius.
4
Aug 26 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Christ but it's long. Even the title is long. Too long. Nobody needs a 2 hour + double CD on a list like this, i don't care how many it sold.
But is it any good? Mostly. The singles are fine, if a bit pretentious: grunge tending to generic rock. Well, so are the non-singles, despite Wikipedia's insistence on the variety of styles.
What this really is, is an album for playing on long (in UK terms) drives.
3
Aug 27 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Not my favourite CCR album. A couple of nice covers but not even my favourite cover of I Heard It Through The Grapevine despite the nice guitar solo. Up Around The Bend, Who'll Stop The Rain, and Long As I Can See The Light are all great tracks though.
4
Aug 28 2024
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
Absolutely nuts! But so engaging. It is a marathon at almost 3 hours. This time we played every song; unfortunately, I napped through about half an hour of the last third 🫤
Not every song hits, some are only fragments but a lot are worth listening to and a few (The Book of Love being the best known) are brilliant.
4
Aug 29 2024
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Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
Very coherent album, clearly focused and obviously belonging together. Strong songs too.
4
Aug 30 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
This style of music isn't really stuff I choose for myself. However, there's no doubting the talent on display. I found myself really enjoying it.
4
Sep 02 2024
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
A cast-iron classic! Was it the first pop music expression of a yearning for a semi-rural golden age that never was? Slightly satyrical and all brilliant.
5
Sep 03 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Is it finished yet? Lauryn Hill has an absolutely amazing voice: beautiful golden, velvet. But every song is like being beaten senseless by that voice.
Individually, each song is great but the cumulative effect is, to me, unlistenable en masse. From about four songs in I was counting the number of tracks remaining. It decreased very slowly.
2
Sep 04 2024
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
Dull and overlong
2
Sep 05 2024
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
God is this 34 years old? I haven't listened to anything by LL Cool J for years and years (never really a big rap fan) but he's quality isn't he? Little of the dick-waving self-aggrandisement of modern times.
4
Sep 06 2024
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
A classic!
5
Sep 09 2024
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
A perfect indie pop record. Still sounds fresh.
5
Sep 10 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
5
Sep 11 2024
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Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
I've heard some of these songs before but I don't think I've played the whole thing. The playing is lovely but it feels like watching a film rather than experiencing the real thing. Oddly uninvolving.
3
Sep 12 2024
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Very strong debut, Knopfler knew what sound he wanted and got it from the start.
4
Sep 13 2024
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The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
Individually the songs are okay. It's only when listened to all the way through that the full banality becomes clear.
2
Sep 16 2024
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Ramones
Ramones
I suppose at the time it came out, it must have been quite the thing, now, if I'm honest, it sounds quite tame. There are some good songs here though.
4
Sep 17 2024
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
This doesn't do much for me except reinforce why I think of Depeche Mode as a singles band,
2
Sep 18 2024
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In It For The Money
Supergrass
Enjoyable but not great. Except for Sun Hits The Sky, which is.
3
Sep 19 2024
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
I can only speculate about what drugs makes this sound good. Definitely none of the ones I'm taking!
1
Sep 20 2024
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
This still sounds bloody good.
5
Sep 23 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
I've never really liked the Pixies but you can see why this was popular and inspiring to so many bands.
4
Sep 24 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Whether it's the politics or the hits, an absolute classic!
5
Sep 25 2024
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Purple Rain
Prince
I've never seen the film and I can't imagine how well Darling Nikki fits into it but the album is brilliant.
5
Sep 26 2024
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Not my favourite genre of music but as it goes, this is not half bad.
3
Sep 27 2024
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
Daft if you stop and think about what he's singing but the music largely carries you along.
4
Sep 30 2024
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
He's an arsehole. Enough.
1
Oct 01 2024
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
Not bad but it didn't really hold my attention
3
Oct 02 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
This is okay, pleasant even but I'm not convinced it's that special.
3
Oct 03 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Stone classic. Not a bad track here.
5
Oct 04 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
I bought this when it came out and liked it a lot. Now, thirty years on, and having listened to a lot more and more varied music, I can hear how basic, plodding and dull it is.
I remember it was a double LP but really, it wastes an awful lot of space on that format (each side is only about 15 minutes rather than pushing 25). I can't help thinking they could lose a song or two and definitely lose a minute or two of uninteresting music from each of the songs.
2
Oct 07 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
I hope the world does not need me to tell it how good this album is.
5
Oct 08 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
I can almost understand why people downrate this with its jazzy noodling bits. Almost.
5
Oct 09 2024
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
I'm just going to say it: this should not be on a list entitled 1001 you MUST hear before you die. It's too long and too dull.
2
Oct 10 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
I don't get post-rock. I can hear the talent on display but none of it affects me in the slightest, except for the eventual boredom.
2
Oct 11 2024
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
James Taylor can do no wrong in my book.
5
Oct 14 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
A great album, several songs are personal favourites.
4
Oct 15 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
I've never listened to this; I went off Radiohead before this. Some nice stuff but, mostly they're still up their own arses.
And to the reviewer who suggested watching their 2003 Glastonbury performance. I did, live — had a miserable time watching guitarists play their effects pedals while refusing to play a hit.
3
Oct 16 2024
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Vespertine
Björk
Disappointing background music. Mostly did not involve me at all.
3
Oct 17 2024
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Odessa
Bee Gees
Wow! I know that the Bee Gee's output before the mid-70s could be unusual to say the least but I wasn't expecting this strange! Not entirely dreadful but not great either. It is, at least, interesting.
3
Oct 18 2024
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
It's hardly bad when it has two absolute classic songs on it but it's not my favourite Stevie album.
4
Oct 21 2024
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Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
I bet there are a bunch of idiots reviewing this and saying how similar all the songs are. This is foundational stuff: Rock'n'roll would not be the same without Little Richard.
5
Oct 22 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Every track is way too long for the content. Can only see this being interesting if you're on drugs.
2
Oct 23 2024
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Snivilisation
Orbital
Largely dull, definitely overlong. If I could have any time back, I'd be requesting this 75 minutes.
2
Oct 24 2024
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Don't Stand Me Down
Dexys Midnight Runners
It's an odd one. There are some good songs but a lot of it feels a bit self-indulgent. I can't help thinking that history might have been different if everybody involved had pulling in the same direction.
3
Oct 25 2024
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Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
I'm not sure exactly what I think of this. The music is beautiful and Sinatra's voice is still good but they don't really fit together and the whole thing is unnecessary.
3
Oct 28 2024
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
A quality performance from Muddy.
4
Oct 29 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
Never my favourite Smiths album. Too many dull tracks.
3
Oct 30 2024
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
This is pretty good but nothing particularly stand out for me.
3
Oct 31 2024
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Foundational record for gen-X brits. It's all brilliant but side 2, especially, is a run of absolute masterpieces.
5
Nov 01 2024
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
I suspect that Baaba Maal was one of the first Worldbeat acts I heard but only in fragments on odd radio programmes. This is very good.
4
Nov 04 2024
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Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
I can see why it sold bucketloads. The songs are catchy, the playing is good, the singing is, at least, interesting. However, it remains manufactured pap of the worst kind.
3
Nov 05 2024
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
It's a classic. I don't know if it's possible to dislike those harmonies.
5
Nov 06 2024
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
It's not even the hits, although they are stellar, it's the playing that gets me, especially Manzarek. Just brilliant.
4
Nov 07 2024
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The Specials
The Specials
5
Nov 08 2024
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Pornography
The Cure
This holds up well in comparison with newer stuff I think. Definitely not a pop Cure album.
4
Nov 11 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
Despite the argument about how much of this was actually recorded live, it holds up really well. Fantastic versions of the songs.
5
Nov 12 2024
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
I can't help feeling that this is weaker for Stevie, merely brilliant in a run of masterpieces.
4
Nov 13 2024
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The Sounds Of India
Ravi Shankar
I feel sorry for those dimwits on here who can't manage to listen to an introduction to Indian classical sitar from the acknowledged master.
5
Nov 14 2024
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Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters
This is really enjoyable even past the hit singles.
4
Nov 15 2024
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Slayed?
Slade
My dad bought this on release. I'm not sure why, I think he only played it once. I played it a lot, still play it occasionally. I absolutely love it. Favourite songs have changed over the years, from Gudbye T'Jane or Mama weer Crazee Now to Look At Last Night.
5
Nov 18 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
This was part of my childhood, even though I've never owned a copy, I've absorbed pretty much every track. It's utterly preposterous and totally overblown but in a knowing way. But of course, it's marvellous.
5
Nov 19 2024
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
I bought this in 1980, I've loved it ever since.
5
Nov 20 2024
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Leftism
Leftfield
I've never heard this before (I tend to avoid dance music) but I really enjoyed it.
4
Nov 21 2024
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Remedy
Basement Jaxx
Odd that, at the time they complained about the meretricious quality of dance music because 25 years on, this sounds just as flash and pointless as the stuff about which they railed.
2
Nov 22 2024
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Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
It's a good job they put the big single up front because, apart from that, it sounds exactly like any of the other umpteen billion albums PSB have released.
3
Nov 25 2024
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
I've never really been a big fan of rap but I remember listening to this when it came out. It was amazing then, and it still is.
5
Nov 26 2024
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Nothing really to add. I've owned it since it came out. I still play it.
5
Nov 27 2024
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evermore
Taylor Swift
This is nice enough but a bit bland, the songs a bit more forgettable. I think she's done better. For me, Folklore was better.
I'm not convinced this album belongs on this list; it smacks of a change that needed to be made to ensure a new edition of the book had new things.
3
Nov 28 2024
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
I remember this being released. I didn't buy it. I'd never listened to it. Boy do I regret that now!
4
Nov 29 2024
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Follow The Leader
Korn
An hour I want back. Complete rubbish! Except for Freak On A Leash, which stands out.
2
Dec 02 2024
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Another foundational work for modern popular music. We could not be here without this.
5
Dec 03 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
For the last record I reviewed, I wrote that popular music would not be the same without. Without this record, I would not be the same.
5
Dec 04 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
Quite difficult to listen to this, knowing what happened afterwards. It still sounds good and Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart is still just about the most accurate song title ever written. Except for the apostrophe, obviously!
4
Dec 05 2024
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Private Dancer
Tina Turner
An odd experience. Like most people, I've been bombarded by the singles from this album (although, somehow, not the massacred version of Help) without having heard the whole thing in one sitting. I swear I did not know there was a longer version of the title track.
Undoubtedly, this record made TT a solo star. And it is very good, except Help!
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Dec 06 2024
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
Spartan, almost perfunctory garage rock with odd psychedelic tinges. I'm not sure I knew these recordings were intended as demos but it makes perfect sense.
In its own way, without meaning to be, it's a masterpiece.
5
Dec 09 2024
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
This record changed the UK. At least, it helped to confirm the change already in progress.
The music here is much better than advertised, the lyrics deliberately provocative. It's a shame it all fell apart; was designed to fall apart, really.
5
Dec 10 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Listening this time, I found myself liking the first half of the album more but there's no doubt about its status in the development of modern metal.
5
Dec 11 2024
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Big band music was another thing my dad introduced me to, although I don't remember him having this album. It's brilliant.
5
Dec 12 2024
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D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
I'd be lying if I said this was my ideal listening but I do recognise that this album was an important milestone in the development of industrial music and it's nowhere near as awful as some of the deluded muppets on here calling themselves reviewers would have you believe. You just have to remember that it's an art project.
4
Dec 13 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
I admit that I prefer the covers on this except for All My Loving but this is still great pop.
5