Sep 11 2024
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Intro: Nice humor.
The Magic Number: good flow. Bit droning.
Change In Speak: music a bit too loud to properly hear their voices.
Cool Breeze on the Rocks: silly, delightful
Can U keep a secret: asmr nope!
Jenifa taught me: it’s fine. Droning again.
Ghetto thang: good flow. Good switching. Message.
Transmitting live from mars: different. I see what they tried to do.
Eye Know: instrumentals are smooth.
Take it off: transition piece. Bit of playing around. Message.
A little bit of soap: I know the sampling.
Tread water: symbolism. Message.
Potholes in my lawn: message.
Say no Go: funky sampling. Message. Good one.
Do as De La does: crowd hype track.
Plug Tunin’: message.
De La Orgee: skipped.
Buddy: artist hype track. Everyone gets a pat on the back. Throwback.
Description: forgettable.
Me myself and I: funky sampling. Skipped due to something in the instrumentals that bugged me.
This is a recording…: message. Droning.
I can do anything: beatboxing. Asmr again.
Daisy age: instrumentals are distracting. Message.
Decent. Very long.
3
Sep 12 2024
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The Bends
Radiohead
Love those 90’s drums and guitar.
Radiohead was, without me knowing (or understanding), such a huge part of my teen years.
Thom Yorke is always a win. Straight up nostalgia.
Fake plastic Trees is delightful.
Sad sack music is honestly a jam.
Hellooo Bones.
Oh shit Just is on this.
There is a a nice flow through the tracks.
There are times where the instruments overpower his voice but it really only adds to the overarching feeling of the album.
I have missed songs longer than 2 minutes 30.
Released in 1995… fuck my life I am old.
4
Sep 13 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Wonderful voice and just very timeless.
4
Sep 14 2024
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
I am here for all the jazz albums!
The different takes a wonderful. Drummer is on fire! So is the pianist and bass player.
4
Sep 15 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Never really listened to him but he is delightfully entertaining.
Lyrics are so-so but the instrumentals are fire.
3
Sep 16 2024
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
All credits to Mr Sinatras voice and talents but I do believe I am too young and too cynical for this kind of genre.
2
Sep 17 2024
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
First impression: skinny britrock.
Additional notes: the guitar is wonderful. So is the bass. The drums do a fair bit of work. The guitar is a bit glam rock-y at times. It kinda just seems a bit confused.
Vocalist is average.
3
Sep 18 2024
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American Gothic
David Ackles
Such a strange and entertaining trip this album was. Very dark lyrics set to cabaret-esque instrumentals.
The at times grim images Ackles creates draws are quite relatable even today. We as humans really are creatures of habit - we repeat our ancestors mistakes again and again.
5
Sep 19 2024
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Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
3
Sep 20 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
Album for the young and inexperienced when it comes to love and relationships. Growing up while navigating each other and the feelings that at some point will fuck us up.
4
Sep 21 2024
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
The singer confuses the heck out of me. Guitarist is fire though. Bit of droning on.
Looked up the singer. It makes sense now.
I quite like it - it just scratches my brain funny.
4
Sep 24 2024
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Whoever decided on their levels should be smacked. But on the other hand a debut album is a debut album in all aspects.
1
Sep 25 2024
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Scott 2
Scott Walker
1
Sep 26 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
3
Sep 27 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
Chill, mellow, hard hitting.
5