Sep 22 2024
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
Not bad. A little maudlin and melancholy. Definitely not everyday listening for me.
3
Sep 23 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Just awesome. Added to my Tidal Collections, so it must be good!
5
Sep 24 2024
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Apart from the hit tracks, I found this album notable only for being jarring and messy. Silence was definitely golden at the end of the 40 minutes or so that i spent listening to it.
2
Sep 25 2024
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
I liked the second half better than the first half. Highlights? Sunday Girl and Heart of Glass, naturally. Still, all in all, just an OK album for me. I think I could have died happy without having heard it, to be honest.
3
Sep 26 2024
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
There is something about Neil Young's singing voice that leaves me a little unenthused, but if I set that prejudice aside, I think this is a hell of a good album. The lyrics, especially on Thrashers, intrigued me sufficiently to do some online research to understand what they represent, and I enjoyed all the tracks enough to give the album a second play, just to make sure I actually did like it. It might not make it into my Tidal collection, so I will rate it a four star album, but I certainly wouldn't mind listening to it again sometime.
4
Sep 27 2024
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2112
Rush
It took several attempts to listen to this album, as I kept trying when I was tired and the sound of the water on the Overture lulled me to sleep. Having finally heard it all the way through though, I'm very impressed. It's going in my tidal collection. Five stars from me.
5
Sep 28 2024
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Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Just great music from Sting and the boys. It's going into my collection. Five stars.
4
Sep 29 2024
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
On the first listen, I figured three stars would be generous for this album. But just to be sure, I spent the weekend with it in my headphones, and surprise to say, it did grow on me, so despite not being a big Fleetwood Mac fan, I'm going to give it four.
4
Sep 30 2024
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Technique
New Order
Bland and forgettable, that's the best I can say about this album. Three stars is generous, but I'll give them up because there was nothing that offended my sense of musical taste.
3
Oct 01 2024
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good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
I liked this much better than I thought I would. It won't go in my Tidal collection, as I'm no big fan of rap music, and I probably won't ever listen to it again, but my journey through the tracks was pleasant enough to warrant three stars, rather than the one or two I expected to give up before I listened to it.
3
Oct 02 2024
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Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
Meh! I like some Indian music. But this? Nah!
2
Oct 03 2024
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
The moment I dreaded in this project has finally come - the point when I receive an album that I really don't like, but dogged as I am, will hear it through to the bitter end. This was a painful listen.
I appreciate that the \"artists\" were probably off their faces on Acid, but surely there must have come a point when their sensibilities returned and they realised what a godawful cacophony they had created, although, apparently not.
My first one-star album. There you go!
1
Oct 04 2024
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
I'm shocked, because I really wanted to hate this album, and groaned inwardly when presented with it, since I have ever considered music by the Smiths to be whiny, maudlin junk. But I didn't hate it. In fact, I gave it a second listen, and now I'm even more shocked because I'm going to give it four stars.
4
Oct 05 2024
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Pure genius for sure. An easy four stars. Why not five? Only because this is not a music genre I typically engage with, I am unlikely to listen to it again, and I won't be adding it to my Tidal collection. But nobody can deny the magic of Mr. Charles' voice and genius on the ivories.
4
Oct 06 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Nice, mellow, inoffensive sounds with a cool electronic vibe. Definitely an easy listen, and I might give it another go later. This will be a four-star album for me.
4
Oct 07 2024
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Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
I didn't feel much fire. What rhymes with fire? Dire! Yes, that's what I thought of this album. It takes elements of some of my favourite music genres and turns them into a pile of shite.
Inclusion of the slide guitar is just enough to persuade me to give this two stars instead of just one. Just terrible!
2
Oct 08 2024
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
WARNING! Do not listen to this if you are contemplating suicide. My god! But this is a maudlin album, but my god! did I enjoy listening to it. Perhaps that says something about my current state of mind. I may reach out for it again one day, but I won't add it to my Tidal library. Another album that I expected to hate, but that will get four stars from me, at least today.
4
Oct 09 2024
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
The tracks Tennessee and Friday Night Fever just about elevate this to a two-star album for me. The singing in general is dreadful, and I feel that this album would best be on a list called 1001 albums to listen to that will make you want to die.
2
Oct 10 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
It's not in me to give this album any less than the five stars it deserves. Adding it to my Tidal library.
5
Oct 11 2024
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Suicide
Suicide
Oh God!! What to do with this package of weirdness. I didn't like it, but I didn't hate it either. Sure, I'll never listen to it again, at least not intentionally, and some of the "music" was laughingly bad, especially the screaming bits. You know what I'm gonna do? Give it three stars, that's what!
3
Oct 12 2024
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Of course it's five stars. It's Led Zep!!
5
Oct 13 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
Almost squeezed a fourth star out of me, because I liked the second half of the album more than the first. But... nah! It's three stars from me. Not bad.
3
Oct 14 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Unmemorable, bland, and only the last two or three tracks save it from being a two-star album for me, so I'll grudgingly give it a three.
3
Oct 15 2024
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
Oh Dear! On the first track it sounds like someone's trying to sabotage the track by randomly banging on a tin cup, and the rest of the album is not much better. Dreary, dull, and weird, but not in a good way. I didn't like it much, but I suppose I can manage two stars.
2
Oct 16 2024
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Born To Be With You
Dion
It was just alright for me, The co-packaged Streetheart was the better album, I think.
3
Oct 17 2024
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Gave it two listens and it's still just alright for me. Nice music, but just not my cup of tea I guess. Will give it three stars as there's nothing really wrong with it. I'm just not fussed.
3
Oct 18 2024
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
This album was an exercise in endurance for me. I think I would have enjoyed it a bit more if I heard most of the songs with the vocals removed. Indeed, it is only some decent musicianship that keeps me from giving a single star. Instead, it just about deserves two, in my view.
2
Oct 19 2024
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Yeah!! I liked this. It gets four stars.
4
Oct 20 2024
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Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
George Michael
Liked it a lot. Four stars.
4
Oct 21 2024
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xx
The xx
Played this with the expectation of trashing it in review and moving on (like many others have), and ended up playing it over and over. Beautiful, ethereal, mesmerising, it's probably been the most surprising album of this project so far for me. It's getting five stars and going in my tidal library.
5
Oct 22 2024
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
I enjoyed listening to this album. I'll give it four stars.
4
Oct 23 2024
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Make Yourself
Incubus
Excellent album. It's going into my Tidal library and getting five stars.
5
Oct 24 2024
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A Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile
Rather discordant in the main, I did enjoy a few moments of this album, so for that I'll give it three stars. But really I see it as a 2.5.
3
Oct 25 2024
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
I so wanted to hate this, but I love it. It's getting five stars and going into my Tidal library.
5
Oct 26 2024
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
If you'd told me at the time of this album's release, that one day I would add a rap album to my music collection, I'd have called you sick in the head... But the day has come. This one's going in, and getting five stars. I loved listening to it.
5
Oct 27 2024
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
Just beautiful. Another album from a genre that I've paid little attention to. That may change now, and this album, for sure, is going into my collection. Five stars from me.
5
Oct 28 2024
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Hmmm!...nice voice and everything, but this type of music just bores me and leaves me cold. Not my cup of tea and I was glad when the album came to a close. I'll give it three stars because she's a top-notch singer, but that's all.
3
Oct 29 2024
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Brothers
The Black Keys
The second half of this album was better than the first half. Still, three stars is the most I'm prepared to offer.
3
Oct 30 2024
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Songs The Lord Taught Us
The Cramps
This was a fun album to listen to. Noisy, brash, and with crazy lyrics. I won't be adding it to my collection but I liked it a lot. Four stars.
4
Oct 31 2024
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Good musicianship. Not sure I liked the political commentary, and it just didn't do much for me. Three stars.
3
Nov 01 2024
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Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
Not the kind of melancholia that resonates with me. It's OK to listen to once, but I don't think I'd want two listen any more.
3
Nov 02 2024
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Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
I like Queen, but to my mind, this album has a mix of strong and weak tunes. I think I will add it to my Tidal library, but it's not quite a five-star winner for me.
4
Nov 03 2024
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Picture Book
Simply Red
Love it... And don't know what all the hate is about. My criteria for rating albums in this project is very simple... 1) Did I enjoy listening to it? If no, one star, if yes, two stars. Would I mind if I had to listen to it again? If no, another star. Would I actively seek to listen to it again? If yes, another star. Do I want it in my library/collection? If yes, another star.
This album got them all, so, five stars. Thank you!
5
Nov 04 2024
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Roots
Sepultura
Nope!...Just nope!!
1
Nov 05 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
It's a high three-star album, because I liked it more than Amnesiac, which is a low-three star, but it's a three-star nonetheless. I'd listen to it again, but wouldn't actually seek to do so.
3
Nov 06 2024
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Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
Definitely a Forrest Gump box of chocolates of an album. If I was more enamoured of McCabe's vocals I might have given this five stars. There was some hard candy, some soft centres, and some of those ones that everyone leaves in the box until last. Worth a four, I think.
4
Nov 07 2024
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Welcome to the Afterfuture
Mike Ladd
I'm sure one of the tracks featured fart noises, which is very appropriate as the entire album is shit. One star!
1
Nov 08 2024
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
I like Beyonce as a vocalist, so going in, I thought it would be an easy decision to rate this as a five-star album, but in the event I could not. Some of the tracks are very good, but others didn't move me much at all. I think I like the album enough to add it to my Tidal library and give it some more air time, but a four-star rating is the best I can do, I feel.
4
Nov 09 2024
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
This project is certainly full of surprises for me. I have always had an aversion to Bob Dylan due to the association of his music with a dark period in my younger days. But in keeping with the spirit of this project, I broke my vow never to listen to his music when this album showed up as my daily offering.
And, surprise, surprise, I really enjoyed it. It could even be said to have been a cathartic experience. In fact, I liked this album so much, I'm going to give it five stars and add it to my Tidal library.
5
Nov 10 2024
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. Four stars from me.
4
Nov 11 2024
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B-52's
The B-52's
One play was enough. This album did nothing for me. Two stars is the best I can afford.
2
Nov 12 2024
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
To me, this album seems kind of soulless and just, meh! I'll give it three stars in recognition of the fact that the beachboys were a big deal back in the day, but I won't seek this album out again.
3
Nov 13 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Not really my cup of tea, but there's no denying the talent at work on this album, so I'm going to give it four stars.
4
Nov 14 2024
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Another one that I expected to write off, but which will now get five stars from me. I liked it a lot.
5
Nov 15 2024
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
During my initial playthrough of this album, I was frequently interrupted, so had to listen to it a bit at a time over the course of several hours. Initially I didn't like it very much, but about three tracks in, I started to enjoy it. I even saw it as a potential five-star pick.
Later in the evening, I was able to give it a full, uninterrupted playthrough, after which I realised that I didn't like it so much after all. In the end, I feel that three stars is appropriate.
Perhaps the experience highlights how one's mood and situation affects the appreciation of music, just as much as how music can change one's mood. Interesting!
3
Nov 16 2024
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1999
Prince
Good tunes and some good laughs along the way. I enjoyed this album immensely. I'm giving it five stars and adding it to my Tidal library.
5
Nov 17 2024
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
The interminable droning of the vocalist handicaps the talented musicianship on this album, ensuring that three stars is the most it will get from me.
3
Nov 18 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Very good. Nice voice, great music, just not my favored genre. But I'll give it four stars.
4
Nov 19 2024
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Marquee Moon
Television
Great guitar work, which to my mind, warrants four stars on that basis alone. Not so fussed on the vocal work though.
4
Nov 20 2024
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I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
I guess Leonard Cohen is going to appear in my stats as one of those controversial artists, since I enjoyed You Want it Darker so much, and disliked this album immensely.
After listening to the aforementioned (Darker), I was really looking forward to listening to more of Cohen's work, but I was to be disappointed, I was glad when this one came to an end.
2
Nov 21 2024
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Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
I like this more than Pet Sounds, which I gave three stars. So I'll give this one four.
4
Nov 22 2024
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Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
Don't like the crappy production and don't like many of the songs either. Two stars from me.
2
Nov 23 2024
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War
U2
As excellent as I expected it to be. Five stars and it's going in my Tidal library.
5
Nov 24 2024
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
I like latino pop music, but salsa not so much. Nevertheless, there is no denying the talent employed by this outfit, so I'll give it four stars.
4
Nov 25 2024
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Wild Gift
X
Bloody brilliant... Surprised me totally. Five stars and it's going in my Tidal library.
5
Nov 26 2024
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Darkness on the Edge of Town
Bruce Springsteen
I'll add it to my tidal library and give it a few more listens at some point, but for now it's getting four stars.
4
Nov 27 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
I like this album. I think David Gray has a very soulful voice. five stars and it's going into my Tidal library.
5
Nov 28 2024
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Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
Jingly jangly excellence. I love it. Five stars and an addition to my Tidal library.
5
Nov 29 2024
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Treasure
Cocteau Twins
I don't find the music on this album particularly ethereal, as some have described it. And I really don't get the nonsensical lyrics thing. If this is treasure, I think it would be better to stay buried. Two stars is all I'm prepared to bestow on this one.
2
Nov 30 2024
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Station To Station
David Bowie
I'm not really a fan of Bowie's voice, but the music on this album is great, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Four stars from me, then.
4
Dec 01 2024
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Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Since embarking upon this project, I've come across too many albums that once played, I couldn't wait for them to end. This is the first album I have listened to that I DIDN'T WANT to end.
Just blissful to listen to, and I always thought I hated jazz. May have to reevaluate that assumption. This one is going in my tidal library and getting five stars!
5
Dec 02 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Seems I've become a Dylan fan. This one's getting five stars, proving that my enjoyment of Highway 61 Revisited was not a fluke.
5
Dec 03 2024
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Bossanova
Pixies
Better than I thought it would be. Not my bag, but I have to admit some of the tracks are very good. I'll give it four stars.
4
Dec 04 2024
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Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Not so sensational, just kind of meh! Forgettable glam rock with a touch of weirdness that couldn't move me in any way. I'll reluctantly give it three stars, simply because I could listen to it again, although I wouldn't seek to do so.
3
Dec 05 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
I think this is the first album in the 70-odd that I've been presented with on this project that I feel everyone should listen to at least once in their lives. It is very clear that Ms Hill poured her heart and soul into every recording on the album, and the result is quite beautiful. I would give this album 10 stars if I could and it's definitely going into my Tidal library.
5
Dec 06 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
It's an OK album. A bit too clean and clinical for my liking. I'm glad I gave it a listen, but I won't care if I don't hear it again, so three stars is the best I can do.
3
Dec 07 2024
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Some excellent guitar moments ensure that I could not give this album less than three starts. But unfortunately, Janis Joplin's voice is a taste I have not acquired, and ensures that any more than three stars is an impossibility.
3
Dec 08 2024
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Sincere
Mj Cole
I like this. Great music to play when you're doing stuff and don't want to invest too much attention to your tunes. Very easy listening. Five stars and an addition to my Tidal library.
5
Dec 09 2024
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
2
Dec 10 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
The Killers - killing it. Love this album! Five stars and an addition to my Tidal library.
5
Dec 11 2024
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
What to say about this album? It's importance is not lost on me, and there's no mistaking it's influence on later music across several genres. But that doesn't make it any more enjoyable to listen to from my perspective. I don't like Nico's voice, so the only tracks that I enjoyed at all were the ones with Reed on vocals. At least a couple of the tracks are potential belters, but my enthusiasm for them soon waned when the screeching feedback kicked in. For me, this album is not quite a three star effort, so two is all it gets.
2
Dec 12 2024
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S&M
Metallica
I was expecting more from this album than I got during the experience of listening to it. Sure, It's Metallica, one of my favourite bands, and it's awesome, but somehow not as awesome as I anticipated. Nevertheless, I'll give it five stars and add it to my Tidal library, but I think I prefer my Metallica fix without the orchestral accoutrement.
5
Dec 13 2024
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
I'm not familiar with Hawkwind's music, and while I'm not sure I'd particularly want to listen to this album again, and I certainly won't add it to my Tidal library, it is good enough to make me want to explore more of this band's material. I like the music, but the album just seems a bit corny these days, what with the over-dramatic spoken-word interludes and seventies "space noises".
4
Dec 14 2024
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Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths
I preferred listening to The Queen is Dead, and that one got four stars, so I have to give this one three.
3
Dec 15 2024
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Country Life
Roxy Music
I was quite happy when this one came to an end. Just couldn't get into it. Mostly came across as discordant, jarring noise with barely discernable lyrics. One extra star for the totty on the cover, bringing it to two stars.
2
Dec 16 2024
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
This album is a lot of fun to listen to, and some of the tracks definitely had me rocking out. I'm not going to add it to my Tidal library, but I would happily listen to it again... Therefore, four stars.
4
Dec 17 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
I found nothing to dislike about this album, and I thought the vocals were the best parts. It's just not my kind of music.
3
Dec 18 2024
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
So amazingly flawed, rough, ready, and honest. Rock and roll at its best. RIP Lemmy. Long live Motorhead.
5
Dec 19 2024
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
After enduring a Sepultura album a few weeks ago, I was not looking forward to listening to even a half-hour of Slayer. However, I was surprised, in a good way, as I quite enjoyed this offering from a metal genre that I usually avoid like the plague. I won't be adding it to my Tidal library any time soon, but I wouldn't mind listening to it again sometime.
4
Dec 20 2024
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Drunk
Thundercat
I found this album sooo boring to listen to. So much so that it actually di di di di did my head in.
2
Dec 21 2024
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
I thought the first couple of tracks on this album were awful, but it improved after that. I don't feel compelled to add it to my Tidal library, but I enjoyed it enough to listen again in the future. Four stars.
4