Nov 29 2024
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
Thanksgiving Day = Mostly short songs, 35 minutes. The hits are okay, other parts sound dated.
2
Dec 02 2024
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
More doesn't mean better, but this is still okay as a double album. The slow songs wander, the fast ones are frantic. "That's Enough For Me" is my take
and also one of the better songs.
3
Dec 04 2024
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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
This always seemed like an introduction the the next five Rolling Stones albums.
Very listenable for a Sunday morning jam.
5
Dec 05 2024
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At Budokan
Cheap Trick
Good pop songs, lots of energy. The hits are the best part
3
Dec 06 2024
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
A bunch of short songs, some with catchy hooks, mostly sounding about the same.
2
Dec 09 2024
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Low and slow, kinda sad
2
Dec 11 2024
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White Ladder
David Gray
Slow and kinda sad. Good sounding overall
3
Dec 12 2024
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Sounds Springsteenish. Waitin'on a Sunny Day is my favorite
3
Dec 13 2024
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Psychocandy
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Mostly slow and sad with some good Pop touches.
2
Dec 16 2024
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Good smooth and happy
3
Dec 17 2024
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Queen II
Queen
Lotsa music. Individual songs are okay, but not in a play-it-again way.
2
Dec 18 2024
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Is This It
The Strokes
Bouncy songs, good hooks and a clean happy song. Kinda punk, kinda pop. This was a fun ride.
4
Dec 19 2024
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D
White Denim
Some clean songs, some messy ones. Back at the farm was my favorite
2
Dec 20 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
Good full pop songs, the longer tunes aren't too much
3
Dec 23 2024
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
This has better production values and a cleaner sound than their first couple of albums. The songs are tighter, but there's less of the boogie sound that makes ZZ Top fun.
2
Dec 24 2024
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Not the best Dire Straits album, but still good. Very clean. Some of the slow songs on the second side are less enjoyable
3
Dec 25 2024
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Foxbase Alpha
Saint Etienne
Smooth, beats, nice for a relaxed day
3
Dec 27 2024
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Public Image: First Issue
Public Image Ltd.
Punk popish with some techno that sounds like filler
1
Dec 31 2024
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Mostly nice bouncy very British folk pop. Some dated songs that are still okay
2
Jan 01 2025
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Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
Crunchy guitars and loud swearing.
1
Jan 03 2025
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
Reminds me of Sublime
2
Jan 06 2025
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The Yes Album
Yes
Bouncy, lots of notes. Then dreamy and kind of thin.
3
Jan 07 2025
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West
Lots of noise and beats. Runaway was okay
2
Jan 08 2025
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Macho swearing, misogyny, loud beats. Still fun.
2
Jan 09 2025
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
Bouncy synthesizer, a couple of trippy slow songs. Okay for both housework and just sitting there jams.
3
Jan 10 2025
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
CCR getting their sound together. Not as innovative as the upcoming flurry (4 more albums in 2 years) just good solid, chunky music. The begining of Lean Clean & Bluesy
4
Jan 13 2025
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Well produced dance music.
2
Jan 14 2025
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Bossanova
Pixies
Bouncy pop, guitar driven. Down to the Well is good.
3
Jan 15 2025
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John Prine
John Prine
Story- songs about regular people.
4
Jan 16 2025
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Boy In Da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Good beats and smooth synthizer grooves. Not as earthy as Sly & Robbie dubs, but still okay
3
Jan 17 2025
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Superfuzz Bigmuff
Mudhoney
Short grungy songs. Chunchy and fun, but vocals aren't great
2
Jan 20 2025
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Clean, lightweight well-produced pop.
2
Jan 22 2025
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The Who Sell Out
The Who
Very Whoish. Mostly short, fun pop songs, good guitar riffs. The commercial jingles are clever bits but dated.
2
Jan 23 2025
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Like A Prayer
Madonna
Not as many vocal gymnastics as later big poofy pop. Big beats, catchy rhythms.
2
Jan 24 2025
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California
American Music Club
Reminded me of Gram Parsons, only with more pop and punk influances. The upbeat songs work better
3
Jan 29 2025
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
The Incredible String Band
Trippy and fun. Very dated, wandering vocals.
3
Jan 30 2025
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Here Come The Warm Jets
Brian Eno
Lightweight, all over the place with thin vocals. "Needles in the Camel's Eye" is an okay pop song, the rest is an uneven mix of bouncy and spacy.
1
Jan 31 2025
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
"Morning Will Come" and " Animal Zoo" are upbeat and fun but aimless, the rest is lightweight, spacy and dated. Okay for a sleepy jam
2
Feb 03 2025
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
Repeated plays and it's still that good.
5
Feb 04 2025
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Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
Long songs and some country sounding short songs
5
Feb 05 2025
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Hunting High And Low
a-ha
bouncy pop music, 80s ish
2
Feb 06 2025
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Warehouse: Songs And Stories
Hüsker Dü
Melodic, mostly upbeat.
3
Feb 10 2025
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
An hour of loose rock-n-roll jams. All the ingredients, blues, soul, and attitude.
5
Feb 11 2025
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At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
Two disc set but with some short sides. It's good Souther boogie rock with a strong LIVE feeling.
4
Feb 12 2025
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Smooth country swing
3
Feb 13 2025
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Pieces Of The Sky
Emmylou Harris
2
Feb 17 2025
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Abraxas
Santana
A couple well known 60ish songs with long keyboard and guitar jams, plus other songs with multiple rhythm changes
3
Feb 18 2025
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Mostly solid songs, dated but still a good collection
4
Feb 20 2025
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Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
A bunch of British rock stars playing classic American blues. Good gritty guitar jams
4
Feb 21 2025
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Good songs and mellow music. Kind of sad but okay
3
Feb 24 2025
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
a dozen short songs that have held the test of time
4
Feb 25 2025
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
smooth groves, easy bass driven dub
3
Feb 26 2025
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461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
An easy bunch of cover songs
2
Feb 27 2025
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Trio
Dolly Parton
mostly slow songs, some country swing.
2
Mar 03 2025
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Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
big songs, as good as Hendrix gets
5
Mar 04 2025
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Achtung Baby
U2
This is a good full album,. Less industrial than some U2
4
Mar 07 2025
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Illmatic
Nas
Smoother and poetic, thhis has aged well
3
Mar 10 2025
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Play
Moby
The bluesy, mid-tempo songs are good. Techno in a personal way
2
Mar 11 2025
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xx
The xx
Lightweight techno pop. Okay for easy days
2
Mar 12 2025
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Devil Without A Cause
Kid Rock
Crunchy guitars and heavy beats mixed with machismo, bravado and misogny. The Beasties boys used the same formula but didn't take themselves seriously. This is the kind of thing that gives ignorant white trash a bad name.
1
Mar 13 2025
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Cut
The Slits
Bouncy pop with lots of rhythm changes
2
Mar 14 2025
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Fun House
The Stooges
A mix of fun frantic blues-rock and slow muddy guitars. Sometimes both in the same song.
3
Mar 17 2025
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Mostly sad songs, well-structured and interesting. "Man In A Shed" is the most upbeat of the bunch
2
Mar 21 2025
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Big and bold and fun. More rock than I expected
4
Mar 25 2025
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
Smooth long jams with interesting solos. Not too heavy
3
Mar 26 2025
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
A dozen short Electric Country songs, the classic tales with a twang. Solid structure, a bridge btween Hank Williams and Gram Parsons.
4
Mar 27 2025
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Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
A bunch of short, mostly fast songs. A lot of ideas and energy, like Costello's first couple albums, but not quite as structured. Still real tasty hooks and like Sublime, an the entire collection is greater than the parts.
3
Mar 28 2025
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
One long, wandering spacy song. Relaxing and melancholy, disjointed,
2
Mar 31 2025
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Some longer songs with sound effects, some short songs with sound effects. Very British, solid beats
2