Jul 29 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
Heroes is the best known song from this album, probably because it also the only one really worthy. The rest are quite chaotic, without coherence, and not very enjoyable.
Exception are Moss garden and Neukoln, with a more Zen, easy style.
rate: 5/10
2
Jul 30 2024
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Not of fan of the pair; never sat down to listen to them.
I probably already knew half of the songs, and listening to the album was a really pleasant experience, even if they are not what I usually listen to.
8/10
4
Jul 31 2024
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
A few well known classics like Proud Mary, and many less known sons, some of them also good.
7/10
3
Aug 01 2024
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
Michelle, Norwegian wood, Drive my car, and other easy listening song of different stiles.
7/10
3
Aug 02 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
A little bit bland, but has a couple of interesting tunes.
6/10
3
Aug 05 2024
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Aug 06 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Funky and catchy.
6/10
3
Aug 07 2024
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Incredibly diverse album, and even though no song really stands out, it has no weak links in it. Delightful to listen to.
8/10
4
Aug 08 2024
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S&M
Metallica
I usually enjoy orchestra-enriched rock, but this cooperation doesn't seam to work. They sound disconnected to the point that I had the feeling I was listening to some Metallica live recording while watching the old Mission Impossible series. I can't recommend it
4/10
2
Aug 09 2024
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Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
A fresh breeze in a warm day. The album might seam at first just another guy with a guitar, but it provides a really enjoyable experience.
7/10
3
Aug 12 2024
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Bad
Michael Jackson
A timeless classic with a few incredible successes, including one of my favourite Man in the mirror.
Other minor songs might have not aged that well, but the album as a whole is consistent.
7/10
4
Aug 13 2024
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Hotel California
Eagles
Rather short album that is a bit more than just Hotel California.
6/10
3
Aug 14 2024
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Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear
I wanted to like this album, but I did not enjoy some of the rather dissonant and chaotic, and the rest were just ok.
5/10
2
Aug 15 2024
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GREY Area
Little Simz
Not a fan of the genre; can't say I enjoyed it.
2/10
1
Aug 20 2024
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
Could not finish it.
There were maybe 2 songs that were ok; had a hard time listening to most of the others.
1/10
1
Aug 21 2024
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Raw, frenetic, powerful.
Yet, personally, the Stratocaster sound and the noisiness gets on my nerves.
4/10
2
Aug 22 2024
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
24 songs, no waste.
8/10
4
Aug 23 2024
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
Some powerful 90s punk. Highly recommendable, but only if you are into that kind of music.
I am not.
5/10
2
Aug 26 2024
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
4 tracks of very dynamic Jazz.
I probably cannot appreciate it as much as it deserves.
6/10
3
Aug 27 2024
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Not Elton Jhon's best.
6/10
3
Aug 28 2024
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Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Fuzzy, Magic, Noisy, and sometimes a bit much.
6/10
3
Aug 29 2024
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Graceland
Paul Simon
Always pleasant and uplifting
7/10
3
Aug 30 2024
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
A rather short and simple Reggae album. Not bad; not great.
6/10
3
Sep 02 2024
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Twisty, jumpy, catchy. Not bad if you like 50's music.
6/10
3
Sep 03 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
Not their best, nor their worse.
6/10
3
Sep 04 2024
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Tical
Method Man
Really not my shite, but I went through the entire thing, so I guess it was not that bad.
4/10
2
Sep 05 2024
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Different, variated, interesting... but didn't resonate with me.
4/10
2
Sep 06 2024
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1999
Prince
Somehow not as good as I remember it.
5/10
2
Sep 09 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
Didn't like them much in the 90s.
Still don't.
5/10
2
Sep 10 2024
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The Clash
The Clash
Much punk.
5/10
2
Sep 11 2024
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
I though about passing on this album, mainly because the genre has never been my cup of tea, but hey, nigga has rhythm!
Glad to stand corrected.
7/10
4
Sep 12 2024
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Metal Box
Public Image Ltd.
Raw, disconnected, basic.
Sounds as if each of the 4 focused on their own instrument ignoring what the rest are doing.
2/10
1
Sep 13 2024
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Face to Face
The Kinks
Reminded me a lot to the Beatles.
But I guess I'm a bit older now.
6/10
3
Sep 16 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Bland. Irrelevant.
3/10
1
Sep 17 2024
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Melodrama
Lorde
Easy listening.
5/10
3
Sep 18 2024
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
Laid back and easy, not very interesting though.
5/10
2
Sep 19 2024
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
No.
2/10
1
Sep 20 2024
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
I can't believe The Passenger is almost 50 years old.
The rest of the album didn't age that well though.
7/10
3
Sep 23 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
So so.
6/10
3
Sep 24 2024
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
80s, Funk & Soul.
Only for fans.
4/10
2
Sep 25 2024
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Tommy
The Who
I don't think I new any of the songs.
Not bad.
6/10
3
Sep 26 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Chaotic, full of cacophony. But it also lots of positive energy.
5/10
2
Sep 27 2024
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Heartbreaker
Ryan Adams
Bland. Very bland.
3/10
2
Sep 30 2024
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Great tunes, awesome energy.
Not a fan of live disks though; sound is not the best, lots of talking.
7/10
3
Oct 01 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
A beautiful, timeless gem.
8/10
4
Oct 02 2024
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
I guess I was not in the mood for this kind of music
3/10
2
Oct 03 2024
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I expected more.
5/10
2
Oct 04 2024
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#1 Record
Big Star
Not bad
7/10
3
Oct 07 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Some really nice tunes.
7/10
3
Oct 08 2024
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
Bland.
3/10
1
Oct 09 2024
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Not bad.
6/10
3
Oct 11 2024
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Kenza
Khaled
Interesting
7/10
3
Oct 14 2024
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Average
6/10
3
Oct 15 2024
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Much more than just pop music.
8/10
4
Oct 16 2024
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
Annoying imposed voice. Awful pitch.
Yes, there that song everyone nows, and some of the songs are fine, but it was actually hard to get through to the end of the album.
5/10
2
Oct 17 2024
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Sunshine Superman
Donovan
OK? I guess?
I wouldn't say it belongs here though.
4/10
2
Oct 18 2024
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Messy, punky, noisy. An acquired taste.
5/10
2
Oct 21 2024
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
A couple of well known songs, yet not Led Zeppelin's best
6/10
3
Oct 22 2024
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Brilliant
8/10
4
Oct 23 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
Interesting, pleasant, but not involving.
5/10
2
Oct 24 2024
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
Different, heterogenous, interesting.
7/10
3
Oct 25 2024
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Pacific Ocean Blue
Dennis Wilson
Carefully crafted. Insipid.
5/10
2
Oct 28 2024
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Live!
Fela Kuti
Very long, repetitive songs that seam to only serve as excuse to never-ending solos by different instruments.
I mean, it is not bad, makes for good background music.
5/10
2
Nov 05 2024
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Power album, if perhaps a little bit too homogeneous.
8/10
4
Nov 06 2024
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
Haven't listened to them before. Reminded me of the Rolling Stones.
Didn't like them either.
3/10
1
Nov 07 2024
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John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but really didn't find anything worth this list.
3/10
1
Nov 08 2024
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
This is not Tortoise, but Torture.
20 minutes song that is not good even as elevator music?
The rest is just OK, sometimes, but nothing more.
1/10
1
Nov 11 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
Never heard of them before.
Not bad.
Forgettable.
5/10
2
Nov 12 2024
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
The songs are quite plain and rather boring.
It has a nice positive energy though.
I guess they are in the list for being among the firsts to use this style?
5/10
2
Nov 13 2024
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
I tried to like it, but I can get myself to enjoy this kind of music.
It just feels flat and repetitive, musically uninteresting.
3/10
2
Nov 14 2024
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Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
The recordings are not the best quality, but the songs have a certain charm that, together with the clicking language, make for a quite interesting and entertaining result.
7/10
3
Nov 15 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
I can understand why, and even agree, why they are in this list.
All I can say is that it did not resonate with me.
5/10
2
Nov 18 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Happily surprised. Warm and homey.
7/10
3
Nov 19 2024
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Physically painful to listen to.
2/10
1
Nov 20 2024
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Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Folky, Bluesy, old-school guitar picking.
Surprisingly pleasant.
8/10
4
Nov 21 2024
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
A little bit too psychedelic for my taste.
3/10
2
Nov 22 2024
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Penance Soiree
The Icarus Line
Disc that seams to be taken from the late 70s.
Too "crispy" for me.
3/10
1
Nov 25 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Can't objectively grade it; just not cut for me.
2/10
1
Nov 26 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Incredibly influential album that keeps rolling like new.
Great riffs, melodies, and lyrics. What's more to ask?
9/10
5
Nov 27 2024
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Not a fan of live albums.
It's not bad, just not great.
6/10
3
Nov 28 2024
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
Light, Beatlesy, enjoyable for the most part.
6/10
3
Nov 29 2024
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
Mostly instrumental, focused on but not limited to the percussion.
I would guess it had a huge influence in the future of funk, disco, hip-hop, and so many other genres.
I enjoyed it more that I would have guessed.
7/10
3
Dec 02 2024
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
A bit insipid.
5/10
2
Dec 03 2024
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The Joshua Tree
U2
Perhaps U2's best album, even if a bit uneven.
It has a special place in my heart.
8/10
4
Dec 04 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Pleasant background music.
5/10
3
Dec 05 2024
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Too focused on parody and too little on the music.
I'm sure they had a blast though.
2/10
1
Dec 06 2024
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A Date With The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers
No.
1/10
1
Dec 09 2024
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Not sure why, I was expecting more.
4/10
2
Dec 10 2024
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Not their best.
6/10
3
Dec 11 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Not a fan of the band, but I recognise their relevance and importance.
The album has one, maybe two well known songs. The rest are absolutely forgettable.
4/10
2
Dec 12 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Can't say I like the band, but this album is quite interesting. It includes studio and live recordings, well known to more obscure songs, and genres that go from pop/disco to some sort of punk.
Still, not something I would choose.
6/10
3
Dec 13 2024
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The Man Who
Travis
It is not that it's bad, it's just bland.
3/10
1
Dec 17 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
Didn't know much of the album.
Nothing surprising though. It's fine.
6/10
3
Dec 18 2024
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The Blueprint
JAY Z
Funky Rap, not too shabby. If you can look past the lyrics, that is.
3/10
2