Sep 25 2024
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Absolute classic album but feels roughly made in a way that even its contemporaries did not. Skits are fun and provide some counterpoint to what would otherwise be solidly braggadocious. The man's flow is unmatched when he is on. One of the best rappers of all time but this isn't a perfect album. It is a good album with perfect swaths. I don't mean to seem overly critical but when you have peaks as high as this album goes the low points stand out in stark relief.
4
Sep 26 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
An album I've heard several times. I adore Smith's voice and a great deal of his writing. For me he is at his best in faster paced songs such as the opening track "Son of Sam". The album drags in a few spots and feels like background music for a film with something more substantial to say in the moment. The arrangement of the album feels a bit hinky compared to either/or (for example). Pacing is a bit off. Figure 8 is an album that'll always be worth listening to...unless there is a livelier Smith album or compendium on hand.
5
Sep 27 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Sort of like decent Elvis crash landed on Brooke Benton island. Someone To Love Me is pretty great. Opening track (at least on Spotify) is fantastic for the genre. Solomon has a lovely and expressive voice. If you're a fan of modern things like St. Paul and The Broken Bones this will pick your locks without effort. It's a decently composed album as far as track ordering. If anything it suffers from being its own sea of same. Like an Ink Spots record, if you've heard the first three tracks, the rest will simply be more of the same. It gets a 6/10 from me. better than average for sure but not really my game overall.
3
Sep 29 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
Well, it isn't my favorite Outkast album but it is the best one of the 2000's! Plenty of good tracks, a couple of hits, and a few misses. Love Outkast and would almost forgive them any missteps as they have tried, consistently, to reinvent what they are and can bring to the people. Really great album that I wish I could put at a 4.4.
5
Sep 30 2024
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The Boatman's Call
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
If Tom Waits were less hatefully intoxicated and more Christmassy you'd have this album...which is a pretty good thing. It's not really for me but I feel like it occupies an important place. The man has talent.
4
Oct 01 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
I dislike Dylan and this isn't really an exception.
2
Oct 02 2024
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Loveless
My Bloody Valentine
Kind of like if you threw the Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, and Maybe a few quieter Ethyl Meatplow tracks into a blender and then smashed a button marked "super soft weiner". I mean that in the best way. Not quite a five-star but damnably close.
4
Oct 03 2024
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Celebrity Skin
Hole
Love was, and I mean this, the worst front person for the band Faith No More. This was a couple of months in the later 80's. It was interesting in that the band was post-Chuck Mosley but still sounded like FNM...except Love...who insisted by sheer will on being who she is. Which is a very mediocre artist. Hole sounds like someone doing an impression of grunge/alternative. If it were not for her multiple dalliances she likely wouldn't have ascended to a fair degree of fame. I would have 50+ minutes of my life back. What I will grant this album is that it is very well laid out and quite consistent. Like some artificial nutrient paste shaped skillfully into the impression of a complete supper. The entire album I cannot find one moment of excitement. Big Yuck to this album.
2
Oct 04 2024
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Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Great album to wake up to in the morning if you can take things slowly. Maybe drags a touch in the middle.
4
Oct 05 2024
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Arrival
ABBA
It's pretty conceptual. I definitely am old enough to appreciate what ABBA is without a trace of irony. I guess that I would say it fills the role it set out to perfectly. It is generally uplifting and even when it is sad and contemplative it isn't very deep about it. It is a candy apple but the apple is a granny smith variety. I like it in small doses but it is cloying and ultimately begins to agitate like apple flesh between my molars. Patently well made but not for me...picky fuck that I am.
3
Oct 06 2024
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Play
Moby
Ye Gods, a 2.5 hour long album is the version I listened to. Gotta say, it is so gentle and groovy and relaxing it just made my day way easier around the house. Even as an extended album every song just flows together so amazingly well. I've been a fan of Moby since I was around 13 and heard "Rain". So, while the beat and effect choices seem a little clunky and dated, the language of the music retains a charming cohesiveness that is pure Moby. Really, I hadn't ever given this (or many) of his albums a full and focused "Dark Side Of The Moon" style listen. I am so glad that I did. I'll come back to this again and again...albeit probably the regular album.
5
Oct 07 2024
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Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
MC Solaar
Not my bag maybe? I love flowing raps with a nice bounce. Something about the production felt kind of off? It is a good album just not a great one or one that I will ever crave?
3
Oct 08 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Loungey and delicious. I'm four tracks in a it is a simply wonderful album that is outside of my normal sphere of listening. Peeping Tom feels similar. With that album Mike Patton was trying to reveal an alternate world where he was interpreting what he compose for various radio stations. While Channel Orange (so far) isn't as genre-swappy it is extremely diverse and densely packed. Alright, finished now. I'd put this up there as a modern masterpiece. Even the parts I am not fond of work as hallways to the next vista. Palette cleansers.
5
Oct 09 2024
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Today's album isn't making it easy on me. I mean, I loathe romantic pop. Aside from my disgust I was surprised at the reggae on "Soda Pop". That is maybe the soul interesting cut left on this whole album. It is mathematically crafted to sell the idea of young sexuality...which, I'm 43. so...no thank you.
It was less awful of an experience than I was expecting on the whole. I was maybe a little surprised that the non-hits on the album were more listenable than their more popular counterparts. "I Will Still Love You" with Don Philip was frankly an 80's ballad. The following track was a super-soft gay dancehall bop. Maybe "Deep In My Heart" is the "best" track on the album.
My life is shorter and incrementally worse but I am wiser for having embarked on this listen. Isn't that just the way of learning.
1
Oct 10 2024
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
Great album. Lots of dynamic range in terms of tempo and feel. Rang life, Gold Soundz, cut your hair, silence kid, and heaven is a truck are all winners. There are a few draggy spots but they set the table for the next course. I've been a Pavement listener for years and years but never really listened to whole albums undistracted and pointedly. I think I'll work my way through the catalog now. Very enjoyable experience.
5
Oct 11 2024
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Cross
Justice
Fine album. Drags a little. Had an opportunity to improve on the best work of ratatat but is merely different.
3
Oct 12 2024
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Young Americans
David Bowie
My favorite bowie album remains in a vast minority. 1. Outside is the tops. This album is really good though. David Bowie always comes in eras. This era is simply not my favorite. I don't care for the Disco swing of it all, the mix feels muddy, and the lyrics feel despondently cynical and clever but just not as pointed as other albums. It's not for me but it's a great album!
4
Oct 13 2024
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
Not my favorite queen album. Possibly my least favorite. That said it is still a good album with impressive diversity. A bad queen album is still worth hearing at least once deeply.
3
Oct 14 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Great album. Oddly, I don't like the first and last tracks but everything in between is sublime. It isn't perfect but I'm going to give it 5 stars for what it is able to accomplish in terms of renovating my whole mood today. Thanks Bob and company.
5
Oct 15 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
A true modern classic. Haven't listened to the whole thing in order maybe ever. Feel like I've been missing out. Amy was sort of a joke culturally at the end of her life but Frank is at the zenith of her talent and she (and the Dap Kings) are amazing here. No notes. Guess I gotta Five-Star this one.
5
Oct 16 2024
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American Gothic
David Ackles
Felt a lot like Warren zevon. Very well composed album full of songs that I don't particularly like. Probably was fairly groundbreaking in its era.
3
Oct 17 2024
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Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
It was fine. Warbly hippy goodness. Felt like what my mom liked to listen to when I was growing up.
3
Oct 18 2024
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Nixon
Lambchop
Such a good album!
5
Oct 19 2024
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Boston
Boston
Maybe one of the best albums of all time. I'm warm on dad rock. I like a Nazareth, I like some journey...but this album is insane and basically made by one guy and a really wild singer. It's very, very good.
5
Oct 20 2024
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Technique
New Order
If you had asked me yesterday in a list of '80s since we've been if I liked New order I would have emphatically said sure! After listening to this album, I've just got to say that I don't like it. Part of it is that it is just a rudimentary area where people were focused on forcing in new technology that maybe wasn't quite ready for prime time. Part of it is that it is self-centered and kind of weenyish. I just didn't care for it. I'm not going to say it's bad.
2
Oct 21 2024
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Me Against The World
2Pac
A lot of people have made bones about the conflicting views expressed in this album. But I think that Tupac was ineffective luminary for the lifestyle. That was evident at the time. Clean order to live in such conditions, one must accept multiple conflicting truths. The album is a wonderful example of beauty in a low vocabulary. The production values are excellent and, while there weren't any real standout tracks aside from "Old School" and "Dear Mama", The album as a whole is magnificently composed In total.
5
Oct 22 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
This was an album I've heard a few tracks off of already. As a contiguous album. It's wonderful. I've heard a lot of praise over the years for the flaming lips but haven't really been dedicated to setting out a blessing. I will absolutely listen to this album again. Then we'll have to be in the right mood.
4
Oct 23 2024
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Legalize It
Peter Tosh
As much as I loved Bob Marley's legend, I really don't like this album. Feels too primitive in some ways? Like old punk. I respect it. It's the roots of a genre I adore...but I don't listen to it hardly ever. This album was a little better than I expected it to be. It's engaging. It's hard to be map listening to reggae!
3
Oct 24 2024
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Sound Affects
The Jam
Really great album that feels like a perfect synthesis between early new-wave and early punk rock. Tuneful and driving with fun lyricism. There wasn't a single song I didn't enjoy or felt was misplaced in the album order. Not sure if it'll make my desert island albums but it is pretty great. I'll give it a five-star because I simply can't find any fault with it.
5
Oct 25 2024
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Leftism
Leftfield
Oddly boring album
Has it's merits. Great music to work to.
3
Oct 26 2024
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Putting this album contextually in its place in history. It is a true masterpiece. It's not a perfect album for me because I have a little bit of trouble with instrumentals and personal relation. I have no criticisms of the type of material or the way it's deployed. I simply wasn't as moved by it as lyrical or narrative musical pieces. Not to say some of that isn't there or that it isn't evocative. Just not what I am into.
5
Oct 27 2024
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NEU! 75
Neu!
Interesting at first but finished in a repetitive and kind of chaotic place that didn't feel like it paid its dues to the first part of the album. Not for me but impressively modern for 1975.
2
Oct 28 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
I know, I know. It's a classic. But it's really just three different songs in a trenchcoat. I like them but not for a while album.
3
Oct 29 2024
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Tapestry
Carole King
I dislike carol king. I don't understand why she is so popular with a certain set of people. her voice is not exceptional, her playing is reasonable, It's not like she was out here smashing barriers. Maybe it's literally just me but I didn't care for a single song. This was a very difficult listen. Two stars but I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
2
Oct 30 2024
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
Amazing album from an alternate universe. Not a bad track. Will spin again.
5
Oct 31 2024
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Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
Did not like it one little bit. Felt like an a poor apeing of country. The band is quite talented but I'm just not sure what was supposed to appeal here.
2
Nov 01 2024
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A Hard Day's Night
Beatles
What a great album. Not perfect but, separate from it being a Beatles album, it's well built. The tunes are catchy and varied. I do not like the Beatles in general but I have to hand it to them, my toes tapped a few times.
4
Nov 02 2024
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Maybe one of the best albums I never heard before on this list so far.
5
Nov 03 2024
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Make Yourself
Incubus
Better than I thought it would be and the singles, while dated, were entertaining.
4
Nov 04 2024
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All Directions
The Temptations
Lovely.
4
Nov 05 2024
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Solid cover to cover
4
Nov 06 2024
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry is cool
4
Nov 07 2024
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Loved it. Somehow so fresh then and today!
4
Nov 08 2024
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Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Just not for me. Nothing to say of it being bad.
3
Nov 09 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
If I wanted to like this artist I probably had to have been alive at the time. Lyrically quite talented and realized. Everything else is meh at best. I've seen him live and felt the same way. I wish I could see what so many others do because I have to admit that they seem to find him captivating.
2
Nov 10 2024
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Modern Life Is Rubbish
Blur
Have never really listened to more than a few of their tracks. Really fun album. Really creatively punky. Loved it.
5
Nov 11 2024
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
I liked it even though it was a deeply silly album. A bit amateurish feeling from a popular band somehow? Could be that it was part of the adoption of early synthesis tech into pop music? Could be that their whole thing was kind of being unserious. I'm not allergic to that. It was pretty ok. Not awesome for how many times people have mentioned the album to me. I think it stood out proud simply because it has a song about a sex dwarf.
3
Nov 12 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Fun album. Great working music. Soothes my noisy mind by generating all the funk which I require. Unexpected and pleasant.
4
Nov 13 2024
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Really incredible technical album. Can't say I loved it?
3
Nov 14 2024
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
Really fun and bouncy album. Wanders sometimes into clash territory, some shades of police, sometimes all their own. Nice record
4
Nov 15 2024
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
I remember when these guys debuted. I thought they were so avant garde. Now the music feels somewhat primitive...still, it is a wild album and I enjoyed almost every single track.
4
Nov 16 2024
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Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
Nice and bluesy jazz wholesomeness.
4
Nov 17 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Really fun album. Tons of wins.
4
Nov 18 2024
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S&M
Metallica
I've always been a fan of Metallica. Even though they can come across as a little juvenile to me now in my 40s.
Still, this album is absolutely amazing. Was groundbreaking for his time and still feels fresh and interesting. This is one I will listen to again.
5
Nov 19 2024
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Dummy
Portishead
I tend to listen in the morning. Not an ideal time for Portishead maybe? Still, what am I interesting band for it's time. Really wasn't anything like it in popular music. Much less a somber group that has four hits on a single album.
4
Nov 20 2024
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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
So much better than I anticipated. I've always thought of Apex twin as being a bit difficult to listen to. Not that I didn't like it but I had to be in the mood for it. These works were incredible.
4
Nov 21 2024
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Really great. Enthusiastic and candy like while cartoonishly dark and morbid. What a fun piece of history.
4
Nov 22 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
It's really groundbreaking but I seem to be on a minority in that I really only like one out of five Beatles songs?
3
Nov 23 2024
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Second Cave album to come up in this process. I liked this one a good bit less. Nick Cave is undoubtedly an important musician but a bit like Tom Waits in that when he's on he's on...when he isn't he's still tom waits. For me, to truly enjoy Cave's music some stars really need to align in a way they didn't really do for abattoir blues.
3
Nov 24 2024
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Fun little detour of low-impact beauty. Really liked it.
4
Nov 25 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
Bjork is a wild talent. This particular album wasn't what I love in her work but it is still really, really good and interesting and pretty fun. Maybe just a bit more somber than I was in the mood for?
4
Nov 26 2024
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Violator
Depeche Mode
So rich and wonderful. Violator is an amazing album. All the teeth of early NIN but if it were a more well-adjusted person, three-dimensional person.
5
Nov 27 2024
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Blue Lines
Massive Attack
Interesting but not my favorite.
3
Nov 28 2024
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A Wizard, A True Star
Todd Rundgren
A weird album, a true oddity by Todd Rundgren.
4
Nov 29 2024
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Bongo Rock
Incredible Bongo Band
A little of this is frankly amazing. Over an hour borders on trying.
3
Nov 30 2024
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Sea Change
Beck
Surprisingly better than I remembered...though I've never sat down and listened to the whole thing critically. It was rich and sad and weird.
4
Dec 01 2024
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In Utero
Nirvana
Zero complaints. Not just a great album but, with cultural touchstones, impossible to listen to and not find yourself contemplating history, what might have been, and what we gained or lost.
Sort of like The Wall in that way but even more accessible. More every-day.
Nirvana did such an impeccable job of never feeling sold out. Always feeling like the throes of a flu fever.
My mother woke me up with breakfast the day Kurt topped himself. My brother and I are came to the kitchen table and then she handed us the paper and simply said: "guys, I'm sorry. I remember how I felt when Lennon died. It's ok to be really sad."
We were.
5
Dec 02 2024
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Whatever
Aimee Mann
Not my typical fare. Musically it vacillates between alt country and Beth Orton style tales of the heart. It's a good representative of its ilk and I found myself enjoying several tracks. I recommended it to my wife who actually is a big Orton fan. I wouldn't change the album if I came into my house and it was on but, barring that, I probably won't critically listen to it again. All things considered I'd give it quite high praise aside from my personal preferences. The music is actually quite well realized and not merely an accompaniment to Mann's wry lyricism.
3
Dec 03 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Enjoyed it. Fun album with an almost old-school rap amount of skit flavor. Which is perfect. I love how unserious it is. Her voice is great and the music is fun.
4
Dec 04 2024
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Cafe Bleu
The Style Council
Not for me. Interesting and fairly advanced for its place in time but maybe a bit too immature in some ways? Felt like fat boy slim as a toddler?
3
Dec 05 2024
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Swordfishtrombones
Tom Waits
Good fun and not nearly as dark as I remembered. Odd for sure and a challenge to listen to in spots.
4
Dec 06 2024
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The Score
Fugees
I've always had mixed feelings in my limited exposure to this group. I heard only the hits. As an album it feels like a true synthesis between Wu-Tang and something more gentle like LL-Cool J's more romantic tracks. It has skits, it has some nice flows, it has great sampling, it's a fantastic and varied album. I don't know that I'll run it back again and again but I enjoyed it.
4
Dec 07 2024
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Solid album. Definitely feels similar to B-52'S in a way but punkier. I listened prior to most of it and I probably will again. I like irreverence.
3
Dec 08 2024
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Buffalo Stance was the only song that I knew from her. I wish I had kept it that way. Buffalo's dance is a weird little pop song but it's good. Everything else on this album feels tortured and like a sickly representative of its era. Not a fan.
2
Dec 09 2024
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
Didn't care for the last one. This album, however, is an amazing classic. Much more composed and a higher caliber of authorship.
4
Dec 10 2024
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Pretenders
Pretenders
So good! Maybe not my speed entirely but really good.
4
Dec 11 2024
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Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi
So earnest it almost can't be parodied. A lot of music of this ilk is just the same. Bon Jovi has a big leg up on its contemporaries in that the musical production is of a really high caliber and that several tracks step away from the mawkish lyricism and end up in sports anthem territory.
I would like to note that the lyrics that made Bon Jovi a total heartthrob today would read like a stalker's missive to his intended victim. This initial thought gave me a few chuckles through the listen.
Not bad. I'll never again listen in its entirety. I will back folks up at karaoke.
3
Dec 12 2024
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Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
I don't care for bob Dylan and I've even seen him live. This album did not deviate. It was not good and I'm a little confused about how Dylan was and remains so highly regarded? It feels like the inversion of the fact that the world's greatest rapper probably stocks shelves at target.
2
Dec 13 2024
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
A great album. Not really what I expected but still really enjoyable. I knew a few Of their songs probably explore other work by them.
4
Dec 14 2024
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
What a fun album. Costello is a heck of a lyricist and composer. I don't know much about him, his career, or more than a few of his singles. Most of what I know is from this album. I was surprised that it was released this early. It seems more advanced than a lot of what was available musically at the time.
4
Dec 15 2024
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
Radiohead and Gorillaz had one baby and it grew up with good insurance and was able to attend therapy and find a decent SSRI to mitigate its tough times. Nice album.
4
Dec 16 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
She is inarguably the present pop queen. That said, I don't care for this album or her music. It is built to have broad appeal and, while it is more technically apt than most, I won't let that elevate it for the sake of its sickly breed. It's fine.
3
Dec 17 2024
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Superunknown
Soundgarden
4
Dec 18 2024
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Freak Out!
The Mothers Of Invention
Wonderful and chock with irreverence!
4
Dec 19 2024
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1984
Van Halen
Goddamn hit parade is what it is. It's gonzo and fun and undeniably a drug-fuelled menace.
5
Dec 20 2024
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Great metal album. Orion is a masterpiece.
4
Dec 21 2024
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OK Computer
Radiohead
I'm in the minority here. Probably greatly. Radiohead has some great songs. Three of them are on here. It is an objectively grand album but I don't really care for Radiohead. I've always been sort of annoyed by them on the whole with songs here and there I really like. I'm giving it four stars because I'm aware the issue is one of personal taste.
4
Dec 22 2024
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Rock Bottom
Robert Wyatt
What a weird album. Like, it feels amateurish but wildly complex in the decisions that were made. It's something I will have to listen to again later. But so odd. And that comes from a genuine Mr. Bungle fan.
4
Dec 23 2024
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I See A Darkness
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
I like a few of Will Oldham's collaborations and he doubtless has a place in music. I don't enjoy this album as a whole. I don't think it's very good.
3
Dec 24 2024
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
I host karaoke. Have for quite a while at this point. I have to hand it to the killers that they really get crowds engaged when they are in "hit mode". I don't actually think this is a historically great album in terms of composition, narrative, or tone. It is not really fun despite what the disco drums tell me. Guitar, for me, on this album kind of saves it. I've seen a few live videos. That guy is machine precise. Singer is great too. Just theatrical in a way that leaves me cringing as much as I'm enjoying. Not a bad album but maybe too oversaturated with praise. If it was unknown I probably would not be so rough...so 4 stars?
3
Dec 25 2024
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Not a fave. Definitely interesting. More, music for a film I would deeply enjoy.
3
Dec 26 2024
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
It's a fine holiday album. Certainly captures the mood.
3
Dec 27 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Just an astounding well composed album with a very silly and pedantic band name.
5
Dec 28 2024
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Rio
Duran Duran
Great and really fun album. Incredibly rich sound. Surprisingly well mixed for the era.
5
Dec 29 2024
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
Really engaging r&b stuff. Lovely, dark, and rich. Feels like it's a pastiche of multiple decades. Nice.
4
Dec 30 2024
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Palo Congo
Sabu
A bit ambient for me. I'm good with instrumental and like a lot of jazz but this was like trance music in a number of ways. Not something that moved me. Perhaps there's a technical thing I am unaware of or a place in history that this snugs into that adds gravity to the album.
3
Dec 31 2024
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
It was an ok album. I like some of her songs but the album dragged somehow as a composition.
3
Jan 01 2025
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Planet Rock: The Album
Afrika Bambaataa
Not bad but a bit too proto for me.
3
Jan 02 2025
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The Slim Shady LP
Eminem
Date and juvenile and better than it has any damn right to be.
4
Jan 03 2025
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A Seat at the Table
Solange
Dreamy and pointed. Really liked it. Nice way to kick off a lonely morning (in a good way).
4
Jan 04 2025
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Abbey Road
Beatles
I really don't enjoy the Beatles. They are varied and explore genre effortlessly. That said, there is still that sound that they have. Their signature. It just never really didn't for me. Pretty sizeable catalogue and I maybe really enjoy 7 songs? I think the problem is me. This is a perfect album. I'm just not the perfect audience for it.
5
Jan 05 2025
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69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
The f*cking temerity. What collection of troll critics landed this three hour long concept album on this list. I have lots to do today...guess the majority of this Saturday will be spent getting my business accounts all balanced whilst pining for love like a beheaded fowl. It's fine. F*ck. Turns out it's still a really interesting if resentable album.
4
Jan 06 2025
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The La's
The La's
Fun and easy and kind of odd in a pleasant way. Definitely emulating antiquity in a talented way. Pretty good.
3
Jan 07 2025
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Great but a bit odd for first thing in the morning. Definitely had me brushing my teeth with a bit more flavor.
3
Jan 08 2025
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Super weird and fun. Not what I was in the mood for but it made me enjoy it anyhow.
4
Jan 09 2025
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Hotel California
Eagles
Good lord it's full of hits.
4
Jan 10 2025
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
Really not what I expected. For being an ambient album of noises and beats it is truly awesome.
4
Jan 11 2025
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Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings
It was fine for me. Not something I'll come back to again. All due respect to Sir McCartney and company but Wings was never my style.
3
Jan 12 2025
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OK
Talvin Singh
Cool album. It's a really strong flavor so you have to be in the mood. I kind of was and wasn't. Trying to be objective about its place in time I have to critically say that it feels a touch repetitive even in considerations of contemporary artists. Maybe that is the Tabla influence? It is, to an extent, a trance album. That said so is Terrence Mckenna and his works at an earlier time were frankly a tad more stimulating to me personally.
3
Jan 13 2025
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Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
Great album brimming with fun and energy.
4
Jan 14 2025
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Didn't love it as much as "my aim is true" but still a rad album.
4
Jan 15 2025
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Trans Europe Express
Kraftwerk
I get that its an early album and kind of aimless in ways but I really, truly enjoyed it. Maybe I was just in the mood for weirdo German ambling this morning? The beeps and boops make for good company while choosing a suitable work outfit and slugging back coffee.
4
Jan 16 2025
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Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
The queens kinda of passed me by on the first try. I thought they were fine. After sitting for a compulsory album however I really like them.
4
Jan 17 2025
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Didn't think it was good. Rhymes were so-so. Production was nice. First Kanye album I've ever listened to but I do trend towards JARV and Aesop Rock and Blackalicious more.
2
Jan 18 2025
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Not my favorite.
2
Jan 19 2025
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World Clique
Deee-Lite
Was totally the feeling I needed today. Discounting that it was still a great album!
4
Jan 20 2025
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
3
Jan 21 2025
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
It's funky bbq music for a lovely moment.
4
Jan 22 2025
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Ys
Joanna Newsom
It's beautiful but it feels like, musically, it's sort of motif heavy. That's a way of calling it repetitive but technically savvy. I won't fault her for it anymore than I fault kraftwerk which I ranked significantly higher than most. I don't really care for her voice? Feels like a bit wilder bjork but over the harp it seems jarring. Really well done lyricism.
3
Jan 23 2025
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Haut de gamme / Koweït, rive gauche
Koffi Olomide
It's a fine album with quite varied instrumentation. I don't mind not being able to understand the lyrics. I love African melody and best choices from this era and maybe even a bit earlier. Still, kinda leaves me wanting a touch on several levels. Feels unbalanced in some way on most tracks.
3
Jan 24 2025
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
I know this is a legendary album but I really did not care for a single song. I typically dig ambient, droney, or slower stuff but this felt frankly sluggish.
2
Jan 25 2025
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
I like quite a bit of jazz. This isn't great for me. That's just a stylistic preference. It's a really good album. If you're into that kind of freeform music for the night and then it's perfect.
3
Jan 26 2025
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Slipknot
Slipknot
I don't like Slipknot but they have some fun tracks. I never was into the Nu metal thing and, while they are an actual metal band, that noxious influence is still present. I will say that some of the lyricism is wry and genuinely fun. The beats are undeniable. Maybe I was not in the mood for what is tantamount to an auditory panic attack? I mean, it is a solid greatest hits album.
3
Jan 27 2025
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Snivilisation
Orbital
Interesting and I can see why Orbital fans like this bent of slightly busier ambient techno.
3
Jan 28 2025
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Love the pass the mic style of that bygone era. It's just a really fun album.
4
Jan 29 2025
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Knowing that these cats are from California makes listening to these songs odd. Great music either way. Just a strange feeling.
3
Jan 30 2025
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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
Neat and more engaging than I expected. Also, given the tear it was made it felt like the production was pretty nice as well.
3
Jan 31 2025
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Dare!
The Human League
Kind of twee and fun but somehow not really super interesting.
3
Feb 01 2025
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Mothership Connection
Parliament
I genuinely enjoyed this short maxi album. It's p-funk. It's on the label. It does it's job admirably.
4
Feb 02 2025
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A Love Supreme
John Coltrane
It's a great work of art. It just isn't to my taste. It does feel almost classical in a way. A bit too much of a good thing somehow? I really like a Coltrane song. I'm just not sure I need a whole album at once?
3
Feb 03 2025
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Maverick A Strike
Finley Quaye
Fun and light. Just what was required for my Sunday. Maybe a bit pop for my usual taste but, while I was going bonkers playing Enter The Dungeon, it was a lovely counterpoint.
4
Feb 04 2025
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
Precisely what's on the label.
4
Feb 05 2025
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
I enjoy the earnestness with which the singer does his thing. The music is good. I can never tell if they're lampooning the Elvis/Vegas/Tony Bennett thing or if they're serious?
3
Feb 06 2025
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Red Dirt Girl
Emmylou Harris
Just found it to be way too schmaltzy. Like, it wasn't bad but I fail to engage with it on any level? I usually assume that's a me problem with albums and artists at this level of renown...here I don't think so.
3
Feb 07 2025
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Surprisingly fun and maybe a bit perfect for my day. Always been a fan of melodic political punk. Bad Religion, NOFX, etc. this felt similar if a bit more insane. I didn't mind it. I've heard, like everyone, plenty of tracks from this album but never eaten it whole. It was a delectable and irreverant treat.
4
Feb 08 2025
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
A little odd as this is a part of my "first thing in the morning" routine but it is a wonderful album. I'm not sure who had the more tragic end of life between him and Sam Cooke. On the subject of the music, well, its sublime. The lyrics are a little cheesy but that both to be expected of the genre and he does them credit in his cadence and voice.
4
Feb 09 2025
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Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Girls Against Boys
Kind of dark and helmet-ish in some ways. Certainly something I would normally like but it didn't really stand out to me.
3
Feb 10 2025
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Quite gentile. Not really my bag but well done and beautifully made.
3
Feb 11 2025
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Marquee Moon
Television
Just Fine. The part I liked was that it felt very talking heads.
3
Feb 12 2025
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Buffalo Springfield Again
Buffalo Springfield
Peppy in a way I wasn't expecting.
3
Feb 13 2025
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Moon Safari
Air
Easy to enjoy. Fun. I'll definitely listen to his again.
4
Feb 14 2025
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
I mean. It's Aretha. It's pretty great.
4
Feb 15 2025
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
It's one of the greatest albums for me personally. Some of this is due, not to the album, as much as the stories around it. I am aware that critically that shouldn't have an impact. However, the fact that such an album would come out of the progeny of Tim Buckley and that he would tragically die a few short years later helps to contextualize it. Jeff did his own thing. Jeff had every right to the fame his solo project was gathering. We will never know if we would hear this music without his father. We'll never know if we would have heard more had he not simply walked into the Mississippi river. These facts cannot help but be factored and so I cannot help but allow them into my critical analysis of this album in its place in history. His voice is damn near alien and his lyrics, while heavy-handed, are absolutely beautiful. What a shame and what a gift.
5
Feb 16 2025
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The Poet
Bobby Womack
Great music but not for me.
3
Feb 17 2025
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
I don't care for iron maiden. I know they were progenitors in a lot of ways but it has never appealed to me. I like a lot of classic metal but not this.
2
Feb 18 2025
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Funeral
Arcade Fire
Decently engaging. Not much else to say?
3
Feb 19 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
It's Dire Straits. Those guys make delicious music. This was a little less mature than later efforts but still so enjoyable.
4
Feb 20 2025
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Dub Housing
Pere Ubu
Weirdo punk stuff. I like it. Feels like a proto Mr. Bungle. Not what I expected? I've heard the name once or twice but that's about it. Pretty solid.
3
Feb 21 2025
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
A little goes a long way. Don't get me wrong. They're all good songs. It just is so achingly arch in places.
3
Feb 22 2025
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The Clash
The Clash
Love The Clash. Currently it is 2/21/25 and this kind of energy is precisely that I need in my heart.
4
Feb 23 2025
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Femi Kuti
Femi Kuti
It's a really good album but perhaps I was not totally into the mood? Either way, great composition.
3
Feb 24 2025
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Small Faces
Odd and engaging. Particularly loved the little storybook stings between songs. It was fine.
3
Feb 25 2025
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Adorable.
3
Feb 26 2025
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Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers
Love the first song. Unfortunately it kind of goes on for the whole album? I found myself wishing for significantly more diversity.
3
Feb 27 2025
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Rocks
Aerosmith
A lot harder than I thought it would be. Definitely had more metal elements that I would've expected more from an album a few years later. Pretty good.
3
Feb 28 2025
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Hypnotised
The Undertones
Odd and punky and fun.
3
Mar 01 2025
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
Even if you don't care for AiC in a general or genre sense this is a superbly put together album. Every song is varied within the context of the genre. The band sounds fantastic. The talent is there. Jerry and Layne have incredible chemistry together in terms of harmony. Another pair who debatably aren't the best vocal soloists but, like Simon and Garfunkel, are preposterously good together. If you don't mind metal-borne grunge this is pretty much as good as it gets.
5
Mar 02 2025
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You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
The title track is amazing. Not a bad lyric amongst the songs. That is saying something given how heavy handed Cohen was in general. Here's to Canada's man in black.
5
Mar 03 2025
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Too Rye Ay
Dexys Midnight Runners
What a wonderful and fun album. I don't think I've ever listened to the whole thing consecutively. It's odd to think that come on. Eileen would be one of the weaker tracks in retrospect. Still a great song but not as engaging as several of them.
4
Mar 04 2025
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Stardust
Willie Nelson
Great collection of standards. I might prefer more original songs but that isn't maybe what this asl um is about.
3
Mar 05 2025
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
I like Devo conceptually. I am happy Devo exists. I don't really enjoy it though.
2
Mar 06 2025
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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis
Just too bloody long.
2
Mar 07 2025
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
One of my favorite albums of all time. I just can't find any real fault with it and there is so much to enjoy. It's so textural and fun.
5
Mar 08 2025
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Felt like it never picked up. Just didn't capture my interest once.
2
Mar 09 2025
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Absolutely one of the greatest jazz albums of all time. I used to have an old boss who would play this album at noon everyday. I caught the shot. He loved it. I got to where I loved it too. I still do. Really holds up even after all the listens.
5
Mar 10 2025
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Music
Madonna
Not what I prefer. A couple of interesting tracks. Felt kind of phoned in?
2
Mar 11 2025
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
I like the density of melody but I'm not crazy about the lyricism and vocal style. The mix is very nice and pleasingly rich.
2
Mar 12 2025
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
What a great funk and jazz album.
4
Mar 13 2025
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
Great album that I'm not really a fan of? A few real bright spots and I do love the interlude tracks.
3
Mar 14 2025
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
Great rhythms and flow. Good beats. Interludes which I always love as a conceit. Maybe some tracks get lost in a sea of same?
3
Mar 15 2025
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Africa Brasil
Jorge Ben Jor
I liked that the fusion ran more towards African beats than Brazilian dance pop. This is a record I'd leave on if it was randomly playing. I think it's sort of a mood elevator musically. Can't comment on the lyricism as I don't speak the language.
3
Mar 16 2025
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Come Find Yourself
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Certainly of an era.
3
Mar 17 2025
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Bad
Michael Jackson
Classic.
3
Mar 18 2025
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1999
Prince
Upbeat and weird like no one else.
3
Mar 19 2025
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
I never really understood what made Neil Young popular or lauded. This recording sounds like it was taken from the next room over, the music (aside from sedan delivery) isn't wildly innovative for the time, and lyrically it feels only fine. Maybe it isn't for me?
2
Mar 20 2025
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The Stooges
The Stooges
Slow and heavy and cold. So unusual for the era. A real showcase of style over talent. Fun without being too serious about it.
3
Mar 21 2025
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Garbage
Garbage
Great alt rock album.
3
Mar 22 2025
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Awesome early work.
4
Mar 23 2025
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Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Didn't like this as much as the first Nick cave album I drew here. Feels a little more murdery than the last. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood?
3
Mar 24 2025
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John Prine
John Prine
There is only one and it's him. Weight and humor in absurd but equal measure. I'm not even a real fanatic but I have so much respect for his ability.
5
Mar 25 2025
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Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
Can't help myself. I love this album.
5
Mar 26 2025
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2112
Rush
I like rush and this is a classic.
3
Mar 27 2025
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Decent lil ambient album.
2
Mar 28 2025
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Punk rock as all hell and with wild beats for the time. Loved it.
4
Mar 29 2025
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Ten
Pearl Jam
As one gets older one maybe slides slightly away from nirvana and towards the inevitable Pearl Jam.
4
Mar 30 2025
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Just a bit to proto for me.
2
Mar 31 2025
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Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
I remember enjoying this more but I felt it was a little overwrought in several areas. It's nice when a Byrd's song is around. A whole flock can be a bit much.
2
Apr 01 2025
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Violator is one of my favorite albums. This is a lot like listening to violator but in the next apartment.
2
Apr 02 2025
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Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
It is precisely what is on the label. Self-indulgent and fun but sort of loses itself in a sea of same from time-to-time. The bright spots are in the last several tracks for me. As for the former? My feeling are similar to a Silver Jews lyric: "the stars don't shine upon us, we're just in the way of their light"
2
Apr 03 2025
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Fun on a bun.
3
Apr 04 2025
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The College Dropout
Kanye West
I dislike this man. I don't particularly care for his work. Still, this is a good album. Maybe the best from him.
3
Apr 05 2025
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Full of fun lyricism and critiques on "modern" feelings. A great album musically and a wonderful contemplative listen on a workday morning.
4
Apr 06 2025
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
I just think I wasn't in the mood. I'll give it situational credit in that he further broke some boundaries and I know intellectually that the music was good. It's a bit schmaltzy at times.
3
Apr 07 2025
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Close To The Edge
Yes
Self indulgent as all good prog should be.
3
Apr 08 2025
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Very relaxing.
4
Apr 09 2025
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
Decent lil pop album. Had a bit of pavement in there which I liked.
3
Apr 10 2025
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Eli And The Thirteenth Confession
Laura Nyro
Really interesting lyricism. Feels like it's from another dimension. Way advanced for the time conceptually. I can see why she was t commercially successful. Still, a shame. She definitely deserves that recognition.
4
Apr 11 2025
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Heroes
David Bowie
Solid Bowie album. Definitely like it better than hunky dory and somewhat less than 1. Outside.
4
Apr 12 2025
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
An almost perfect album. The songs are nearly all engaging in the lyricism is beautiful.
4
Apr 13 2025
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Sister
Sonic Youth
Noisy and ancient goodness.
3
Apr 14 2025
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Kimono My House
Sparks
If you threw Styx and Abba in a bag and chucked the bag into a river of sweet Brandywine you'd have this. I don't hate it.
2
Apr 15 2025
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
A little too much of the same song the whole time.
2
Apr 16 2025
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Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
It feels like Ok Go describing their dungeons and dragons game through song.
2
Apr 17 2025
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Different Class
Pulp
Decent album.
2
Apr 18 2025
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Actually
Pet Shop Boys
Normally I'm an 80's guy. I like romanticism in music just fine. This was a saccharine chug-fest.
2
Apr 19 2025
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
Absolute classic rap album. Has a unique feeling all the way through. Naive and playful pass-the-mic goodness.
5
Apr 20 2025
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Entertainment
Gang Of Four
Incredible album. Went to a protest today. This was my album. Delightful synchronicity.
4
Apr 21 2025
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
For as long as it is it drifts right on by. I got a lot of house work done!
3
Apr 22 2025
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
I know it's sacrilege to a certain age group but I have never been able to engage with LP's earnest angst rap-rock. I've also never listened to a whole album. I can't say that I enjoyed it. It was a sort of chore today. It all was also sort of a pastiche of repeated themes both lyrically and musically. Lost my attention in a sea of same.
2
Apr 23 2025
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American Beauty
Grateful Dead
I never understood the stature of the Dead in music history. I grew up with sort of hippy parents who weren't really fans but would put on this album and a few others from time-to-time. I'm not really sure what to classify the music as, I can't seem to tell what I am supposed to be feeling while listening, the tunes aren't super narrative, and I just don't get the hype. I've got plenty of friends who really respond to them as a group and I sincerely wish I didn't feel like I was missing out. I will say that it is a well-structured album and the basic tunes are fine. I do not hate it, but, merely wish I could engage with it further.
3
Apr 24 2025
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
I totally loved every minute. Weird interludes, transitions from the nega-verse. Like a Portuguese chamber pop mr. bungle.
4
Apr 25 2025
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
Okay album. Felt a bit on the draggy side midway through.
2
Apr 26 2025
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
I'm not sure which is a more perfect album in the annals of prog hip-hop between this and "New Refutations of Space and Time" by Digable Planets...they're both perfect.
5
Apr 27 2025
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Heaux Tales
Jazmine Sullivan
Really well put together album. Can't personally relate to most of the content but I admire how coherent it is. The interstitials are compelling bad argumentation. Production is top-notch and the songs feel varied while still managing to stay in the same general tone and genre mix. I don't know that I'll ever spin it up again but I am gladly surprised by it in general.
3
Apr 28 2025
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Bright Flight
Silver Jews
I love American water and have a great deal of respect for SJ. Bright Flight is sort of a bummer. It's lovely poetry. The music is enchanting. It's just real raw in a way I don't prefer. I had the chance to see them live in there third show ever and was already a fan of American Water and Natural Bridge. They played one song off of this album.
3
Apr 29 2025
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
It's was okeedokee.
3
Apr 30 2025
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
One of the best punk albums I've heard in a long time. I can see why they had a cult following and why they influenced so many after them.
4
May 01 2025
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Let It Be
The Replacements
Great punk album. Not quite in the sub zone of what I'm into and a bit hard to be fair to it after listening to The Minutemen as yesterday's album. I'm going to hit the three star but it may deserve better.
3
May 02 2025
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Man, this poor album. The artists just produced one of the greatest and most heart wrenching albums two years prior and then they have to follow it up? Poor Tusk, they just wanted to make a detox victory lap album and clearly they did. The problem is that folks seemingly wanted more Rumours in a lot of ways. If that album didn't exist this would be just a fantastic and wild journey. So I'm just pretending it is its own thing. I think it's pretty great. Maybe a touch schmaltzy but that's sort of genre appropriate where it rears it's head.
4
May 03 2025
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Long and protracted. I've struggled with tour music (which I feel like this is). Groove for the sake of groove maybe doesn't animate me as much as it does many. That said, the last two tracks, are pretty amazing.
3
May 04 2025
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
I can't say I relate to the cheese of it all but it's an important touchstone and, giving that a pass, it's pretty fun to listen to.
3
May 05 2025
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Kala
M.I.A.
Never listened to the album in its entirety and I feel like I've really missed out. Love how it approaches themes of identity, cultural fear towards immigrants, and the struggle of capitalism from the perspective of refugees. Musically it's fun and stays fresh 18 year later somehow. Just very well done.
4
May 06 2025
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Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Just a fantastic album with so many incredible riffs and solos and moments. Pure mood. A scary dream.
4
May 07 2025
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
Revolutionary and delightful in that way. Not music I enjoy but a message I can get behind. Some of the rhyming is quite nice.
3
May 08 2025
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Cool album. I never quote acclimate to Mayfield's voice and that sort of a nice thing. When in in the mood for it there is no substitute. Guy has character in every note.
3
May 09 2025
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The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
Pretty solid ambient listening with an edge that doesn't come off as mall ninja.
3
May 10 2025
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The Yes Album
Yes
There are definitely aspects of yes that are incredible and really engaging. I guess my initial problem with listening to any album by them is that I feel like I'm waiting for the fun. It's real fun when it's there. It's just a long road sometimes between the fun spots.
3
May 11 2025
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
I love Shane McGowan's delivery and writing. It's a great album and my wife loves the band in general. Irish punk isn't my first go-to and Irish folk isn't either...but in a pinch it's a great way to start the work day.
3
May 12 2025
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Truth
Jeff Beck
Bit noodly and unfocused. Some of the latter tracks were pretty good.
2
May 13 2025
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Fun enough album.
3