Sep 26 2024
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
This is definently an album that was innovative at the time with its use of harmonies, sounds and instrumentation. We know Brian Wilson was heavily influenced by The Beatles and the music they were putting out at the time. For me this album is good, but unlike a Beatles album, some of it seems forced. Where Beatles albums seem to flow and meld together with no "bad" songs, this album has some great masterpieces and some songs that , for one of the greatest albums of all time, seemed like Wilson was trying to hard to be innovative and different rather than natural.
3
Sep 27 2024
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With The Beatles
Beatles
Onion the classic early Beatles albums encompassing their early sound. Full of great originals and covers. All around good
4
Sep 30 2024
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
4
Oct 01 2024
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
4
Oct 02 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
First Taylor Swift album I've ever listened too and I was impressed. She obviously has great musical talent and this album is a good listen for start to finish.
4
Oct 03 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Hip hop is not generally my thing but this was good. I've seen other reviews complaining about the similar sounds and beats, and while true to some extent, it is far above the 1 star ratings they give it.
3
Oct 04 2024
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Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
A great example of early 90s indi alternative. This is a good album with a few good innovative songs on it. I'm giving this a 3 as it may not be accessible to some due to its raw nature. A personal favorite of mine tho.
3
Oct 07 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Fairly typical Talking Heads album. Some good songs, some experimental stuff from Bryne. Overall good.
3
Oct 08 2024
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Good example of the garage rock sound comeback of the early 2000s. This album fits in nicely next to The White Stripes and The Strokes.
3
Oct 09 2024
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Had heard of it bit never listened to it. It was good. May have to listen again sometime.
3
Oct 10 2024
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
I had always heard a lot about how good this album is but never got around to listening to it. Now that I have, I can say it lives up to the hype. Great songs, great writing, great production. It's all there.
4
Oct 11 2024
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The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
This is a great album. It covers early rap with the signature turntable scratching as well as R&B and Soul. This caught me off guard with how good it was.
4
Oct 14 2024
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
Can't go wrong with The Band
3
Oct 15 2024
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Document
R.E.M.
Classic REM.
4
Oct 16 2024
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In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Definitely the forerunner to Rush.
3
Oct 17 2024
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
The singer has a unique singing style amd voice. It makes for an interesting listen
3
Oct 18 2024
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Konnichiwa
Skepta
I listened to this and I'm not sure why this is on here. I'm not a big fan of rap but this just sounds like most other recent rap stuff. Nothing made this stand out to me.
2
Oct 21 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
3
Oct 22 2024
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Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Great album. Classic Creedance. This album plays like a greatest hits.
4
Oct 23 2024
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My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Brian Eno
Well... I heard it.
Oh. You want more of a review. Ok. This sounds like the soundtrack to a bad 80s computer game you would play on a Tandy computer mixed with whales farming.
1
Oct 24 2024
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Fly Or Die
N.E.R.D
This was pretty good. Had never heard of this group before. Overall a solid album.
3
Oct 25 2024
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Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
This was good. I enjoyed it very much. Was impressed to learn he did all the instrumentation himself.
4
Oct 28 2024
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Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Classic alternative. First 4 songs are fantastic. There are a few songs that are just ok, but considering this was Dave Grohl just beginning to stretch his wings, a pretty good effort.
4
Oct 29 2024
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A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Great album of songs.
4
Oct 30 2024
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
This band reminds me of the Lumineers trying to be the Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing songs written by David Byrne. There are moments where the music is smooth but then suddenly disjoints itself. For some this may be enjoyable but for me, no.
2
Oct 31 2024
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Movies
Holger Czukay
Honestly, read about this album before listening and was not really enthused to listen. After listening tho, it was better than I expected. Unlike the previous Bryne/Eno record i listened to that was disjointed noise, this at least had some sort of attempt to make music mixed in with the different sampling that at least flowed as a semi coherent musical idea.
2
Nov 01 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
This was ok. More instrumental then what I would expect from The Cure.
3
Nov 04 2024
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The White Album
Beatles
Great album but I'm only going with 4stars as there are a couple of tracks on here that are not up to usual Beatles standards.
4
Nov 05 2024
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Synchronicity
The Police
A great album that had The Police riding off into the sunset. Aside from the Andy Summers track "Mother" that kinda kills the flow and vibe of the album, this is as solid an album as you could ever expect from a band at the top of their game.
4
Nov 06 2024
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Space Ritual
Hawkwind
This started out a bit artsy fartsy but finished stronger at the end. This is one of those albums you probably need to listen to a couple times to fully grasp.
3
Nov 07 2024
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En-Tact
The Shamen
This was decent.
3
Nov 08 2024
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Rain Dogs
Tom Waits
I've seen a lot of reviews that love or hate this. Personally I think this is pretty good. Waits voice is so unique and couple that with some bayou jazz and this is a winner.
4
Nov 11 2024
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Boston
Boston
Fantastic album! Too bad it's so short.
4
Nov 12 2024
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
A good Prince album with his eclectic style. Sign o the Times and Never Take The Place Of Your Man are classics.
4
Nov 13 2024
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Live Through This
Hole
This a straight forward grunge dock album that just happens to be sung by Courtney Love. A solid record for sure.
4
Nov 14 2024
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Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
Had never heard of this group or this album, or any songs for that matter. This was a pleasant surprise that I enjoyed.
3
Nov 15 2024
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
This had some great hits in it that I knew but didn't attribute to Culture Club. Everyone know Karma Chameleon but a real new is Church of the Poison Mind. Great listen from a great 80s band.
3
Nov 18 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
I stopped following Radiohead around the Kid A era because I was not a fan of Thom Yorke, in my opinion, whining over an electronic beat. This album a couple year down the road does nothing to convince me different. There are a couple good songs on here but there are some that to me are not my thing.
2
Nov 19 2024
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
A snapshot in time from a rockabilly legend that sadly left the world too soon. Some of the songs are your standard slow formula late 50s ballads and some are formula rockabilly songs, but considering Holly only had this one album and is still considered a defining voice of the genre shows the potential he had. This album encapsulates what he was about.
4
Nov 20 2024
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Aja
Steely Dan
Good mix of rock and jazz playing makes this a good album to pop on and groove to.
4
Nov 21 2024
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Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Standard Janet Jackson album.
3
Nov 22 2024
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Gris Gris
Dr. John
Ok. I'm not sure why this album is ranked so high on Top (Insert number) albums of all time. This honestly reminds me of The Muppert band doing a record. The most surprising thing about this record was I found out Walk on Guilded Splinters is off this album and was later covered by Paul Weller on his phenomenal Stanley Road album. Never knew it was a cover song til today. Admitted this does seem like the type of artist that Weller might cover. Oh well. It's still 2 stars for me.
2
Nov 25 2024
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Listened to this again after not having heard it for some time. My personal preference was always for Siamese Dream, but on this resistenc I found myself more impressed with the consistency of good quality songs across both discs. Overall I was impressed with this album upon revisiting it after all these years.
4
Nov 26 2024
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Back In Black
AC/DC
Solid. Hadn't heard it before now but I can definitely see why it's considered so highly. I did t realize this album was as old as it was.
4
Nov 27 2024
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Wild Gift
X
An excellent example of early 80s LA punk with a hint of new wavyness.
3
Nov 28 2024
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Had never heard the album all the way thru, but was familiar with a lote of the big songs on this like War Pigs, Iron Man and Paranoid. Very good.
4
Nov 29 2024
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Mott
Mott The Hoople
This album fells like it would fit in the Bob Dylan catalog in the mid to late 70s. Enjoyable.
4
Dec 02 2024
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
Typical Bowie album
3
Dec 03 2024
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Great album from a legendary artist.
4
Dec 04 2024
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Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres Of Paradise
Ok. I have never heard of a concept album for techno. I always thought techno was all conceptual. Who knew?
1
Dec 05 2024
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Virgin Suicides
Air
This was good. Unlike the other electronically album i had the day before, this actually had beats an music and provided a nice background soundtrack to my day as I listened.
3
Dec 06 2024
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Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Great surprise of an album! This fits in nicely with the UK jangle pop of the 80s such as Aztec Camera DNA Prefab Sprout. Very nice!
4
Dec 09 2024
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Transformer
Lou Reed
Great album. Knew several songs off of it but never heard the whole album together. Very glad I did.
4
Dec 10 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Classic rock album. Can't go wrong with some Zep.
4
Dec 11 2024
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
One of my personal favorites. Glad to see it on the list!
4
Dec 12 2024
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Screamadelica
Primal Scream
This album was ok. Best song on it was the first one, Movin' On Up which makes you think you've heard it before as it sounds similar to a George Michael song. There are a couple other decent songs on here though most of it veers into the electronics genre. Overall o... k...
2
Dec 13 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
I've never benn big on rap so am not familiar with a lot of rap artists. I had heard of Wu Tang Clan but never actually listened to any of their music. This album had me bobbing my head to the beats and some of the lyrics and references were quite entertaining.
3
Dec 16 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
Start the fireplace and grab a glass of wine. It's Sade time!
3
Dec 17 2024
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Low
David Bowie
I read the wiki on this album and it says some of the origins of this album were originally intended to be a soundtrack and it shows. This album plays like a movie score at times with mostly instrumental numbers. It is ok.
3
Dec 18 2024
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
Great album! RIP
3
Dec 19 2024
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
This is a good album. Joplin's grainy voice is powerful o er a tight backing band. This album showcases the talent that was there before she met her untimely demise.
3
Dec 20 2024
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m b v
My Bloody Valentine
Interesting as I have never heard this group before, and I respect that this album is in a certain genre of music more about creating an aura, but it's not really for me. This is good for an ambient mood if you need it, but is mostly fuzzy instrumentals.
2
Dec 23 2024
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1984
Van Halen
One of my favorite Van Halen albums
4
Dec 24 2024
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Moving Pictures
Rush
An excellent example of a Rush album. Signals is also a great record that came right after this. Probably peak Rush in my opinion.
3
Dec 25 2024
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I Am a Bird Now
Antony and the Johnsons
Eh. I had a hard time getting past the singers voice.
2
Dec 26 2024
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
A great collection of Christmas songs! And it was given to me ON Christmas! Coincidence? I think not. Still this is an excellent collection of xmas favorites including the Baby Please Come Home by Darlene Love which became a staple on Letterman for all those years.
3
Dec 27 2024
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Vulnicura
Björk
Bjorks eclectic style shines thru on ths album. Though I'm not generally into her electronica style music (I like some of the Sugarcubes stuff and her early solo work) this was ok.
3
Dec 30 2024
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
One of my favorite Bob Dylan albums. Tangled up in Blue is such a great song.
4
Dec 31 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Classic Stones. Can't go wrong with Sympathy ForThe Devil. Probably the best Rolling Stones song of all time.
4
Jan 01 2025
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The New Tango
Astor Piazzolla
This was a nice groove to listen to. I enjoyed this. It was nice and chill but showcased the talents of the musicians involved. Very nice.
3
Jan 02 2025
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Interesting. The singer, who sings in French, has a gravelly voice similar to Tom Waits.
3
Jan 03 2025
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
Not bad. Electronic music is not usually my thing. This provided a nice calm background noise for my days work. As an employee who walked in and heard it playing said, "It sounds like the music on a video game menu scree." Pretty acurate.
2
Jan 06 2025
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
I like the two hits on this, but electronic is not my thing in general.
3
Jan 07 2025
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
Had never listened to any Jethro Tull before. This album was an interesting mix ranging from hard rock riffs mixed with Renaissance Faire music. It sounds like it wouldn't work, but it does.
4
Jan 08 2025
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
A classic.
4
Jan 09 2025
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Once in a Lifetime is by far the best song on here. The rest are ok.
3
Jan 10 2025
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
These guys were definitely an inspiration to Oasis. If I didn't know better, I'd have said this WAS Oasis. If you like Oasis, you will like this. Fortunately for me, I like Oasis.
4
Jan 13 2025
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From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
A classic example of Elvis. With hits like In the Ghetto and Suspicious Minds mixed in with other great songs like Long Black Limousine and the powerful Don't Cry Daddy, this album is great!
4
Jan 14 2025
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
Definitely not as good as it's predecessor, but I respect the attempt to try and do something a bit different from Rumours. This album does achieve being different, but is a bit less cohesive. Overall not bad, but not great.
3
Jan 15 2025
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
A great example of 80s new wave This Town is one of my favorite tracks along with You Can't Walk in Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep). With the 2 singles We Got the Beat and Our Lips Are Sealed, a solid album.
3
Jan 17 2025
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The Grand Tour
George Jones
This is the country I think of when I think of country. Generally not my genre. This is ok. There are a couple songs I can get behind like Mary Dont go Round and Our Private Life, but mostly, for me at least, meh.
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