Nov 30 2024
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Amazing album. The album that changed Led Zeppelin. Stairway is their most famous song and its successful journey started a change from driving blues inspired tracks (Black Dog) to long sweeping epics (Kashmir). Both phases are represented on this album, but my heart itβs always pulled towards the early albums. This however, doesnβt negate the greatness of this album.
5
Dec 01 2024
The Stooges
The Stooges
Gritty and raw. Like someone took the peaceful feeling of hippy rock and ran it through a filter filled with stale beer and cigarette butts. Not the punk I know by sound, but contains the raw emotion of punk and laid bare the emotional grit it would come to be known for. Short blasting songs bookend the long and erie and ethereal sounds of βWe Will Fallβ provides the clearest connection to real hippy rock, layered with strings and a haunting refrain, it provides a respite from the more traditional length punk songs. Tracks like βAnnβ connect The Stooges to rock predecessors The Doors. βNo Funβ challenges the conventional wisdom by substituting hand claps for traditional drum kit, providing a lighter feel despite the heaviness of the lyrics.
4
Dec 02 2024
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
A simple and well-made album. Have a close personal connection to this album as this was the first album my father bought after I was born. He tells a tale of listening to this album nonstop for the two weeks after I was born while he was taking care of me at home. Paul Simon having his first chance to be on his own, his music became a little funky or a little groovy, a little less folk, singer, songwriter and got blues and world music and it is really appreciated.
4
Dec 03 2024
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
This album is a lot. All over the place. Some of my absolute favorite songs by Hendrix, but also brief glimpses into what Hendrix may have become had he not passed at an early stage of his career: an experimental jazz and blues jam musician who played for himself and not for others. Watchtower and Voodoo Child (Slight Return) are rock anthems, and always warrant a repeat during listening.
4
Dec 04 2024
Stardust
Willie Nelson
Fantastic album. Willie breaking from the country mold and making something soft and sweet. An intimate set of sweet songs that feel like youβre listening in a small quiet coffee shop on a calm and breezy Sunday morning.
5
Dec 05 2024
21
Adele
5
Dec 06 2024
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
What the hell is this?!?! Nick Cave has always been different, and this is certainly different. I appreciate that they are βdoing somethingβ, but I canβt figure out or understand what that thing is. Is it Punk? Rock? Nothing?
2
Dec 07 2024
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
One of my favorite songs from a group I donβt connect with other wise. College Radio rock is not a big thing to me. A couple tracks are pleasing, but over the soundscape is broad and confusing.
3
Dec 08 2024
OK Computer
Radiohead
Amazing album. Each song serves to build upon the previous and makes for a listening experience that gives me a new experience with each listen.
5
Dec 09 2024
World Clique
Deee-Lite
Happy and bouncy House music. Has the eternally epic Groove is in the Heart featuring Bootsie and Q-Tip and was a personal favorite. The whole album contains an effervescent mix of dance, disco, R&B, and hip hop. A pleasant listen.
3
Dec 10 2024
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
Amazing album by my favorite group. Perfect in so many ways.
5
Dec 11 2024
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Nice simple singer/songwriter album. Classic tracks, pleasant ballads, and jamming blues inspired make for a jaunty listen.
4
Dec 12 2024
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Easy to see, despite this not yet being the Queen they would become, the Queen I love. Fun album, but also explains why I gravitate to their singles.
3
Dec 13 2024
Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
3
Dec 14 2024
Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
One song after another on the album is fantastic. First time I listened to this album in its entirety and I couldnβt have enjoyed it more. Beautiful, thought provoking, and filled with blissful memories (2013 Red Sox).
5
Dec 15 2024
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Easy listening supreme. Nothing objectionable, yet nothing noteworthy.
3
Dec 16 2024
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Amusing and 100% enjoyable album. Never have I intentionally out on a single song from this album, but through covers and soundtrack appearances, I knew basically all of the tracks. Really a fun listen.
4
Dec 17 2024
...And Justice For All
Metallica
Iβm be of the last great albums by a great bad before they lost their mojo. This is towards the end of their amazing run of albums in the late 80βs. Love the long songs with long operatic introductions.
4
Dec 18 2024
Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Garage band blues! Fun album. A new band discography for me to explore.
4
Dec 19 2024
Close To You
Carpenters
3
Dec 20 2024
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt
Not sure what that was.
1
Dec 21 2024
With The Beatles
Beatles
Pure musical joy. The sound that made the Beatles. Absolutely love this version of the Beatles.
4
Dec 22 2024
Dig Me Out
Sleater-Kinney
A raucous bouncy punk album with a consistent vibe and feel. Know who Sleater-Kinney want to be after listening. Vocals donβt connect, but like the spirit and soul.
4
Dec 23 2024
Repeater
Fugazi
4
Dec 24 2024
All Directions
The Temptations
A transition for The Temptations? This feels like an album with two souls: traditional Motown of the 60βs (second half) and first half is their best Sly attempt. Funky and political, there are some fantastic songs.
4
Dec 25 2024
Scream, Dracula, Scream
Rocket From The Crypt
3
Dec 26 2024
A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Perfect Christmas album.
5
Dec 27 2024
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
New to me, and couldnβt be happier to experience. A well crafted rock album that warrants more listens to explore the themes presented. Great listen.
4
Dec 28 2024
Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
5
Dec 29 2024
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Excellent debut album. Wide ranging songs. Missing the banger youβd get from later albums, but more of the classic hippy rock that made me love him from the start.
4
Dec 30 2024
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
Dance music that has some notable songs as it attempts to blend rap and dance. Owned it when it came out and it never fully clicked and that has not changed.
3
Dec 31 2024
Station To Station
David Bowie
Makes me wonder why I donβt listen to more David Bowie. Always like his songs and he is clearly an artist that focuses on albums, not songs. A pleasant listen.
4
Jan 01 2025
Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Beautiful soul album with elevating touches of jazz and hip hop.
4
Jan 02 2025
Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
Electric pop duo who can play it in every genre on one album. Nothing earth shattering, nothing offensive. Simple and clean.
3
Jan 03 2025
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
Great listen. Like many Iβm sure, I only know this band as a one hit wonder. It couldnβt be further from the truth. Songs across this album are bouncy and full of life and energy with the driving rhythm section and uplifting horns. The track βGenoβ in particular is tremendous.
4
Jan 04 2025
Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Ohh MJ! The one that lead to Thriller. A head bobbing blend of Soul, R&B, and disco. This album may be the link between disco and 80βs pop. What a fun listen.
4
Jan 05 2025
Abbey Road
Beatles
What a joy! The definition of an album. No song would fit another album. No change in track order could be made. The final burst of tracks, creating an enchanting medley, seals the album with a charming red bow.
5
Jan 06 2025
Steve McQueen
Prefab Sprout
All over the place. Sounds at time like a 2020 bad trying to sound like a band from 1980.
3
Jan 07 2025
Heroes
David Bowie
Not all things can be winners. A couple great songs, but nothing earth shattering.
3
Jan 08 2025
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
An obviously well constructed album that just misses being my type of thing.
3
Jan 09 2025
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Exceptional. What it must have been like to listen to this when it came out with tracks of people speaking! Paul Simon is a true genius.
5
Jan 10 2025
Horses
Patti Smith
Wow! You can see why this is always on the list of greatest albums.
5
Jan 11 2025
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Not my favorite RHCP album, but still pretty good. Clean and polished. Some all time anthems for sure. And Flea as always is the highlight.
4
Jan 12 2025
The Scream
Siouxsie And The Banshees
3
Jan 13 2025
Risque
CHIC
3
Jan 14 2025
Imagine
John Lennon
He will always be a favorite. He will always have songs that donβt quite his a cord, but those like Imagine will live with me always.
4
Jan 15 2025
I See You
The xx
Something new. Some parts I liked, but something missed. There are moments it reminds me of Portishead
3
Jan 16 2025
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Arguably on the Hip Hop Mt Rushmore. Some of the intermissions are dated, but the music holds up. Snoop enters the world of music in a way few have, and Lady of Rage makes me wonder why she never made it.
5
Jan 17 2025
In Utero
Nirvana
Sonic storm of lost love, pain, and wanting to be oneself. Fabulous work of art.
5
Jan 18 2025
Odelay
Beck
Such a well constructed album. Love Beck. Love this album.
5
Jan 19 2025
Third
Portishead
A different vibe than the first two Portishead albums, which I am extremely familiar with. Some tracks connected, but there is something different that misses the mark. They no longer have the vibe of hiding in a dark room, poring out your soul to the heavens.
3
Jan 20 2025
John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
4
Jan 21 2025
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
My first Velvet Underground album, and it wonβt be my last. A simple album with beautiful melodies.
4
Jan 22 2025
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
MIβm re swing that the albums mom listened to, but still beautiful
4
Jan 23 2025
Another Green World
Brian Eno
A well constructed album of music I donβt jive with.
3
Jan 24 2025
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
Frank Sinatra
Beautiful and easy to like.
4
Jan 25 2025
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar
Amazing start to finish. A simple story told in a complex and compelling manner. An all time classic.
5
Jan 26 2025
Darkdancer
Les Rythmes Digitales
Itβs to dance music.
2
Jan 27 2025
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
Funk, Rock, Blues, R&B all blended into a sonic wave that enthralls the listener. Tremendous music.
5
Jan 28 2025
Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Yacht Rock supreme. Chill vibes and fun listen, yet nothing special.
4
Jan 29 2025
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Brilliant. Songs of struggle, life, and love. Most artists canβt make a 40 minute album of music and Wonder gives more than twice that as the albums draws one in and paints vivid pictures through the perfectly interlaced rhythms and melodies.
5
Jan 30 2025
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Well crafted hip hop beats.
4
Jan 31 2025
Ramones
Ramones
When I say I like real punk, this is what I mean. Simple,short songs with a driving rhythm. Love the Ramones.
5
Feb 01 2025
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
All time great first rap album. The interlude skits are dated, but the songs are immortal.
5
Feb 02 2025
Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Wow! I was aware, but not familiar with The Yardbirds. So good. Hippy rock with blues roots blended into a beautiful album.
5
Feb 03 2025
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
Not my thing. Fine overall.
3
Feb 04 2025
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
A masterpiece.
5
Feb 05 2025
Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
Beautiful music.
3
Feb 06 2025
Made In Japan
Deep Purple
Classic rock at it best. Not an album for any mood. Fits perfectly into certain time and places.
4
Feb 07 2025
Tidal
Fiona Apple
A sultry mix of soul, jazz, and rock. The personal tales are riveting
4
Feb 08 2025
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Wonder 70βs soul.
4
Feb 09 2025
Disintegration
The Cure
4
Feb 10 2025
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
3
Feb 11 2025
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Beautiful. Al Green crossed with James Taylor. Something to explore further.
4
Feb 12 2025
ΓgΓ¦tis Byrjun
Sigur RΓ³s
3
Feb 13 2025
Konnichiwa
Skepta
4
Feb 14 2025
Shleep
Robert Wyatt
3
Feb 15 2025
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
5
Feb 16 2025
Aja
Steely Dan
4
Feb 17 2025
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
2
Feb 18 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Feb 19 2025
Odessa
Bee Gees
3
Feb 20 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Feb 21 2025
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
4
Feb 22 2025
Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
4
Feb 23 2025
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
3
Feb 24 2025
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4
Feb 25 2025
Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
3
Feb 26 2025
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
5
Feb 27 2025
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
4
Feb 28 2025
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
4
Mar 01 2025
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
4
Mar 02 2025
The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
3
Mar 03 2025
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
2
Mar 04 2025
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
5
Mar 05 2025
Frank
Amy Winehouse
4
Mar 06 2025
Truth And Soul
Fishbone
4
Mar 07 2025
Kilimanjaro
The Teardrop Explodes
3
Mar 08 2025
Nilsson Schmilsson
Harry Nilsson
4
Mar 09 2025
Survivor
Destiny's Child
4
Mar 10 2025
Shadowland
k.d. lang
4
Mar 11 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
3
Mar 12 2025
Boston
Boston
4
Mar 13 2025
Orbital 2
Orbital
3
Mar 14 2025
Bright Flight
Silver Jews
3
Mar 15 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
4
Mar 16 2025
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
5
Mar 17 2025
Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
3
Mar 18 2025
Hotel California
Eagles
5
Mar 19 2025
A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
4
Mar 20 2025
Dummy
Portishead
5
Mar 21 2025
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
5
Mar 22 2025
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
5
Mar 23 2025
Go Girl Crazy
The Dictators
3
Mar 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Mar 25 2025
Urban Hymns
The Verve
4
Mar 26 2025
Chelsea Girl
Nico
3
Mar 27 2025
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Mar 28 2025
Gris Gris
Dr. John
4
Mar 29 2025
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
4
Mar 30 2025
Second Toughest In The Infants
Underworld
2
Mar 31 2025
Tonight's The Night
Neil Young
4
Apr 01 2025
London Calling
The Clash
4
Apr 02 2025
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
Apr 03 2025
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water
Limp Bizkit
2
Apr 04 2025
Behaviour
Pet Shop Boys
3
Apr 05 2025
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
4
Apr 06 2025
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
4
Apr 07 2025
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
3
Apr 08 2025
Dirt
Alice In Chains
5
Apr 09 2025
Vauxhall And I
Morrissey
4
Apr 10 2025
Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
5
Apr 11 2025
Music
Madonna
3
Apr 12 2025
Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
5
Apr 13 2025
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
5
Apr 14 2025
Triangle
The Beau Brummels
2
Apr 15 2025
The Suburbs
Arcade Fire
3
Apr 16 2025
Yank Crime
Drive Like Jehu
2
Apr 17 2025
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
5
Apr 18 2025
(Pronounced 'Leh-'NΓ©rd 'Skin-'NΓ©rd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
5
Apr 19 2025
Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
4
Apr 20 2025
Underwater Moonlight
The Soft Boys
3
Apr 21 2025
The Specials
The Specials
3
Apr 22 2025
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
3
Apr 23 2025
Kenza
Khaled
3
Apr 24 2025
All Mod Cons
The Jam
3
Apr 25 2025
Queen II
Queen
4
Apr 26 2025
Back To Black
Amy Winehouse
4
Apr 27 2025
Hysteria
Def Leppard
4
Apr 28 2025
Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
4
Apr 29 2025
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
5
Apr 30 2025
Scott 4
Scott Walker
3
May 01 2025
Pink Flag
Wire
3
May 02 2025
Sea Change
Beck
5
May 03 2025
Bad
Michael Jackson
4
May 04 2025
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
3
May 05 2025
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
4
May 06 2025
Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
May 07 2025
The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
4
May 08 2025
Destroyer
KISS
3
May 09 2025
Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
3
May 10 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
4
May 11 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
5
May 12 2025
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
3
May 13 2025
Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan
4
May 14 2025
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
3
May 15 2025
Bummed
Happy Mondays
3
May 16 2025
Parachutes
Coldplay
4
May 17 2025
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
4
May 18 2025
Talk Talk Talk
The Psychedelic Furs
3
May 19 2025
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
4
May 20 2025
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
5
May 21 2025
The United States Of America
The United States Of America
3
May 22 2025
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
3
May 23 2025
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
4
May 24 2025
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
5
May 25 2025
Black Metal
Venom
3
May 26 2025
Cross
Justice
3
May 27 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
May 28 2025
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
4
May 29 2025
Kala
M.I.A.
3
May 30 2025
Either Or
Elliott Smith
3
May 31 2025
Superunknown
Soundgarden
5
Jun 01 2025
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan
5
Jun 02 2025
The Man Who
Travis
4
Jun 03 2025
Be
Common
5
Jun 04 2025
Chris
Christine and the Queens
2
Jun 05 2025
Since I Left You
The Avalanches
3
Jun 06 2025
Dusty In Memphis
Dusty Springfield
3
Jun 07 2025
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
5
Jun 08 2025
Apocalypse Dudes
Turbonegro
3
Jun 09 2025
Django Django
Django Django
2
Jun 10 2025
Metallica
Metallica
5
Jun 11 2025
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
3
Jun 12 2025
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Jun 13 2025
Smile
Brian Wilson
4
Jun 14 2025
Eliminator
ZZ Top
5
Jun 15 2025
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
2
Jun 16 2025
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
4
Jun 17 2025
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
Jun 18 2025
Maxinquaye
Tricky
3
Jun 19 2025
Third
Soft Machine
2
Jun 20 2025
Live!
Fela Kuti
3
Jun 21 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
3
Jun 22 2025
Hejira
Joni Mitchell
4
Jun 23 2025
It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
3
Jun 24 2025
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
4
Jun 25 2025
For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music
3
Jun 26 2025
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
5
Jun 27 2025
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
4
Jun 28 2025
Low
David Bowie
3
Jun 29 2025
Face to Face
The Kinks
4
Jun 30 2025
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
4
Jul 01 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
5
Jul 02 2025
Arular
M.I.A.
4
Jul 03 2025
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
3
Jul 04 2025
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
4
Jul 05 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
Jul 06 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
5
Jul 07 2025
Fun House
The Stooges
4
Jul 08 2025
Moving Pictures
Rush
4
Jul 09 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Jul 10 2025
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
3
Jul 11 2025
Younger Than Yesterday
The Byrds
4
Jul 12 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
4
Jul 13 2025
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
4
Jul 14 2025
LP1
FKA twigs
2
Jul 15 2025
Live At Leeds
The Who
5
Jul 16 2025
Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
4
Jul 17 2025
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
3
Jul 18 2025
Slanted And Enchanted
Pavement
3
Jul 19 2025
At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
5
Jul 20 2025
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
5
Jul 21 2025
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
4
Jul 22 2025
Parklife
Blur
3
Jul 23 2025
Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
4