Oct 28 2024
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
3
Oct 29 2024
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
4
Oct 30 2024
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The Yes Album
Yes
3
Oct 31 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Top notch boomer co-worker music
3
Nov 01 2024
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1989
Taylor Swift
People love this and they’re not wrong
4
Nov 02 2024
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Is AC/DC THE quintessential cock rock? Maybe? Ironically, once Brian Johnson stepped in for Bon Scott, it feels like we started getting less cock, more rock. Though now I wonder if this hadn’t already begun by Highway to Hell, which is mostly great up until it closes with Night Prowler. On its own, the concept of lurking around in the darkness isn’t necessarily bad. Ninjas, Owls, Batman, and the Northrop B-2 Spirit are all generally beloved. These are not the night prowling vibes which AC/DC embraces on this closing track. But maybe the willingness here to fully embrace and explore some of humanities more problematic corners is, in fact, a good thing. Even if it may not appeal to my own personal tastes. I was gonna give this five, then Night Prowler made me think four. Now I’m seeing an opposite argument for it to justify the five. But ultimately, this is just my opinion, and personally, Night Prowler lost me at the end, so four.
4
Nov 03 2024
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
I dunno, it was fine. Not really my jam
3
Nov 04 2024
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Being There
Wilco
Pretty great. Outtasite (Outta Mind) and Outta Mind (Outtasite) seem like they’re based on the melody from the Sesame Street theme. Which is wonderful
4
Nov 05 2024
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Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
Lime in the coconut
3
Nov 06 2024
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Sulk
The Associates
I swear I’ve heard the Club Country 12” Version sampled somewhere. Otherwise this was completely new to me. But based on the art and year, it was exactly what I was expecting and it kinda ruled
4
Nov 07 2024
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Why do certified lowlifes make such great music?
4
Nov 08 2024
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
3
Nov 09 2024
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Nov 10 2024
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Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
4
Nov 11 2024
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Maybe I like jazz now
4
Nov 12 2024
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C'est Chic
CHIC
Le Freak is such a bop. Couple other decent ones on here too.
4
Nov 13 2024
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Django Django
Django Django
3
Nov 14 2024
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
3
Nov 15 2024
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Woodface
Crowded House
There goes God
In his sexy pants
And his sausage dog
Ugh
3
Nov 16 2024
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Ten
Pearl Jam
Almost 5/5. Release is just a bit much at the end. Just quit while you’re ahead.
4
Nov 17 2024
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Heroes
David Bowie
Some decent Bowie bops and a bunch of intriguing instrumentals
4
Nov 18 2024
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Basket of Light
Pentangle
Basket of Light is kinda lit. In some cases it almost feels like peak acoustic music before it all became electric.
4
Nov 19 2024
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
I don’t know shit about jazz. And honestly, the trumpet is probably not my favourite instrument. But I’m kinda starting to like it. Maybe don’t pay too much attention. Don’t overthink it. It’s pretty great.
4
Nov 20 2024
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
If aliens—or current toddlers—ever end up asking what rave sounds like, this is the album. It is to rave what Nevermind is to grunge. And 30 years later, rave as a concept, activity and culture, probably inarguably has the larger global significance. Plus, personally, I love this album. It sounds like being 14 again.
5
Nov 21 2024
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She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper and Chappelle Roan are the same template
4
Nov 22 2024
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Pretty alright. Not my jam, but probably still a jam. 3/5
3
Nov 23 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
So ubiquitous that not having experienced it at the time it somehow almost seems like a parody of itself. Though I guess that’s part of being iconic?
3
Nov 24 2024
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Funky. Quirky. Lotta good beats. Solid 4/5 for sure. Could potentially see it growing on me to the point where it’s 5/5
4
Nov 25 2024
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Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
I kinda put this one off, because I wasn’t getting a great vibe. But it’s groovy and bluesy. Consistently pretty solid. Feel like I recognize it as a record utilized in turntablism a fair bit
4
Nov 26 2024
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Bat Out Of Hell
Meat Loaf
Seeing this album art as a kid, I assumed this was the hardest rock ever. As I got older, I realized that wasn’t what Meat Loaf was about. However listening to it now in its entirety, I gotta say, it rocks pretty hard. Easy 4/5. Could probably grow on me onto 5/5
4
Nov 27 2024
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
4
Nov 28 2024
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
Solid 90s (Brit?) rock I was not previously familiar with
3
Nov 29 2024
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
This album rules
4
Nov 30 2024
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Zombie
Fela Kuti
4
Dec 01 2024
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James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
4
Dec 02 2024
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Low
David Bowie
It’s Bowie?
3
Dec 03 2024
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
A few recognizable hippie tracks on this one
3
Dec 04 2024
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Fear Of Music
Talking Heads
Didn’t enjoy this one as much as some of their other work
3
Dec 05 2024
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Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers
Personally found this much less enjoyable than Holy Bible. Just kinda boring.
2
Dec 06 2024
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Suicide
Suicide
Not at all what I was expecting. Kinda like ambient drone punk? Some social commentary that’s still sadly relevant almost 50 years later
4
Dec 07 2024
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Metallica
Metallica
Absolute classic. Probably should be 5/5 but not quite maybe? Second half of the album loses a bit of steam. So like 4.9???
4
Dec 08 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
More engaging than I was expecting. It’s lighter, but still fun and uptempo for much of it. It may be soft rock, but it does indeed rock
4
Dec 09 2024
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
Honestly not as great as I remember it being. All I Wanna Do is still a bop, but the rest is just… fine…
3
Dec 10 2024
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
Listened to the expanded edition, as the only version of the recommended nine track (original?) I could find on streaming was the censored version. Honestly what is there to say about this? Game changing, genre defining, pure heat from beginning to end. Easy 5/5
5
Dec 11 2024
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Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Kinda interesting like blues-ish, honky tonk punk? I dunno.
3
Dec 12 2024
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
Pretty alright 90s alt rock
3
Dec 13 2024
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Pretty solid but not Petty’s best work
3
Dec 14 2024
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
My dad played this album a lot in the car when I was a kid. Very fond memories
4
Dec 15 2024
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E.V.O.L.
Sonic Youth
3
Dec 16 2024
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
Unique. Pretty groovy. New to me.
4
Dec 17 2024
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Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson
Iconic country and western
4