Nov 23 2024
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
Wow, I get why Bob gets talked up so much, I’ve never heard an album where some elements felts decades ahead while others felt perfectly plucked from the early days of recorded music. Great lyrics although the rhymes can come off as a bit silly sometimes. Didn’t expect so much harmonica but it worked well. My only major complaint is that it ran a bit too long, the song mobile in particular feels like it could’ve been cut in half. That being said I think this will only grow on me on continued listens
4
Nov 23 2024
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Sound Affects
The Jam
punk and new wave had a baby and it’s very British and will go on to influence all of alternative music for the entire 80s.
Extremely fun, all killer, no filler.
5
Nov 24 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
To all my fellow gen Zs (and millennials) , I’m very happy to report this album did not disappoint. After listening to Thinkin Bout You, I had fears that this wasn’t going to click with me, but with each track I was further convinced that the incessant praise frank has received is deserved. Pyramids especially is fantastic, the R&B equivalent of a prog rock song.
I guess he was right, the best song wasn’t the single.
Giving this an enthusiastic 5
5
Nov 25 2024
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I’m a huge funk fan, why did I not listen to this sooner?! Will be revisiting often for the foreseeable future.
5
Nov 26 2024
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The Next Day
David Bowie
Love Bowie but this ain’t it, not unlistenable but not essential in the slightest, he has 8 other albums on the list, this one doesn’t need to be here
2
Nov 27 2024
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Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
MORE. POWER. TO. THE. PUSSY.
5
Nov 28 2024
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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Not bad. Fun but Forgettable
3
Nov 29 2024
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
This was my first time listening to this in full. But I already knew it was gonna be 5/5. I mean. C’mon.
5
Nov 30 2024
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The Köln Concert
Keith Jarrett
Interesting for sure. Had a lot of fun with it. Deserves to be on the list but it’s not outstanding
4
Dec 02 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Glad I was in a good mood or this would’ve absolutely made me cry. Fantastic listen.
5
Dec 03 2024
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Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
Not my thing but deserves to be on the list.
3
Dec 04 2024
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Survivor
Destiny's Child
As someone who was a fetus when this style of r&b was popular, I recognized all of the synthetic instruments on this albums as the same ones they use for video games. So listening to this album felt like I was fighting Regigigas on my DS while Beyoncé was singing in the background. Also what’s up with all the weird interpolations?? Tarzan boy? March of the gladiators? This album feels like I'm having a fever dream inside of the Wii shop channel.
3
Dec 05 2024
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Kenya
Machito
This kicks ass.
5
Dec 06 2024
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Pretty killer, a few tracks that didn’t click with me but otherwise great
4
Dec 07 2024
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
Tbh I think every album needs more songs about buildings and food. Talking heads rules. This album isn’t an exception.
5
Dec 08 2024
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Music Has The Right To Children
Boards of Canada
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS! One of the few albums on the list I’ve listened to before. This album is genuinely magical, it feels like you’re exploring a digital wilderness.
5
Dec 09 2024
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Had me interested 30 seconds in, a whole lot of fun, this is why I’ll never say I’ll hate a genre, 5 years ago I would’ve said I hated country, I hadn’t found stuff like this yet.
4
Dec 10 2024
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On The Beach
Neil Young
This album doesn’t make me feel like I’m on the beach, it feels more like a prairie, that being said, it’s still really good.
4
Dec 11 2024
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Sucks that every other heavy metal band that came after them saw this and thought “whoah.. loud guitars and dark lyrics” and not “whoah.. you can make an album that sounds badass and has a harmonica and a jaw harp” (don’t worry, I like metal, but y’know sometimes some more weird stuff would be nice)
5