Sep 25 2024
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
I should have listened to this when it was new, I think 16 year old me would have really enjoyed this and it would have made its way into my pantheon of great albums. Hearing it in 2024 was good, and I did enjoy it, but I don't think it was the right time for me.
4
Sep 26 2024
Rio
Duran Duran
Great 80s album. I would have dug it if I were alive then.
3
Sep 27 2024
Violator
Depeche Mode
A couple good songs but mostly kind of boring. Am I a bad 80s music fan?
2
Sep 29 2024
Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Not for me. Should stay in the malls of the 90s.
2
Sep 29 2024
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
SO SAD
2
Oct 01 2024
Fragile
Yes
Great early 70s album. Not for my regular rotation but I never get sad when Yes shows up on the radio.
4
Oct 02 2024
Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
I don't think I'm the target audience for this album.
3
Oct 03 2024
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
5
Oct 05 2024
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
This is the most 90s album i've ever heard just from the opening guitar riffs. I like her voice when she's not doing weird things with it. I think that was kind of her trademark but I don't really like the cracking that she does and a lot of country singers do.
She's working through a LOT in this album. jagged little pill walked so that Sour and Guts could run.
5
Oct 06 2024
21
Adele
SHE GOT PIPES DAMN
Music I can recognize is good, but not something i'm going to choose to listen to on my playlists.
3
Oct 07 2024
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Neat. Jazz. IDK i don't think i really appreciate it as much as I should.
2
Oct 08 2024
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Wow that flute. Great earlier classic rock album.
4
Oct 09 2024
1999
Prince
4
Oct 10 2024
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
4
Jun 19 2025
Closer
Joy Division
I don't think it's for me. It's a little bit too boring? I don't know. I probably would have liked it if it hit me at the right time in my teens, but the mono-tone nature of his voice and the rest of the music really doesn't unlock any feelings in me.
2
Jun 20 2025
Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room
Dwight Yoakam
A country album! I'm not usually a country fan, but I don't dislike country either.
Pretty whiny 80s country here I think. Not my favorite. Not loving it. The title track is kind of nice though. Not something I'd choose to listen to though I think. It's very stereotypical country. Maybe there's some "Seinfeld isn't funny" going on here but it's really not that interesting to me.
1
Jun 21 2025
Blue
Joni Mitchell
Is this the oldest album I've reviewed so far? Early 70s, and it SOUNDS like it! But I don't necessarily hate it. Feels like the soundtrack to a period piece set in the early 70s. But it probably wasn't used in contemporary movies at the time.
I get the feeling this album is very influential to a lot of folk acts, especially some of the earlier and later Decemberists stuff.
Carey is a standout track. California is good too! I've definitely heard that song before. A Case of You has strong Crane Wife 3 vibes at the start. Or, I guess I should say CW3 has strong ACoY vibes at the start
Another album I can recognize is pretty good (and influential in its spaces) but not one I could find myself listening to if I didn't listen to it back in the day and build those life/nostalgia connections.
3
Jun 24 2025
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
I mean come on. It's a classic for a reason. we all love CCR. Do we listen to CCR on a regular basis? No. Am I speaking for a lot of people in the way I'm typing now? Yes. I don't care.
5
Jun 25 2025
Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
5
Jun 26 2025
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
It's also a classic album. Not really my style but it's good to have listened to.
3
Jul 07 2025
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
Opening monologue reminds me of Stevo32 from Sum41 and I think he'd appreciate the comparison.
Feels a little bit like a proto-Ramones. I think it was probably great back in the day, but doesn't really hold up anymore on its own. "Seinfeld isn't funny" and all that.
Still, good to be familiar with history! I wish we'd covered more stuff like this in my history of Punk music class in college.
2
Jul 10 2025
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Awesome jazz album. Feels generic but probably because it is so influential.
4
Jul 15 2025
In Rainbows
Radiohead
Sure is some Radiohead. Not changing my opinion on them but it's not bad
3
Jul 29 2025
Bad Company
Bad Company
More bands need to have a song that is just their band's name.
But this album is a classic 70s rock album that I don't think gets enough credit for how great it is. I know there's a lot of great music in that era, and this in is underrated IMO.
Reminds me of Boston's first album. Oops all bangers.
4