Dec 06 2024
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Guero
Beck
Not bad overall, some good tracks (E-pro and girl) but feels a little lost or too experimental in places.
‘You know I don’t speak Spanish, Baxter’
3
Dec 07 2024
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Live At Leeds
The Who
Decent for a live album that’s not a massive stadium recording. Great bass lines, some slightly questionable banter about Girl Scouts.
4
Dec 08 2024
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Odelay
Beck
Better than Guero!
3
Dec 09 2024
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
Actually never listened to this album all the way through, really enjoyed it. Feels very indie film soundtrack
4
Dec 10 2024
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
The odd moment but just couldn’t get into this one. Found his voice too dreary
2
Dec 11 2024
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Logical Progression
LTJ Bukem
Decent music for work.
3
Dec 12 2024
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
This might be the jolt I finally needed to get into Radiohead. The songs have a good range or style and feel and it holds together really well as an album.
Close to 5 stars for me.
4
Dec 13 2024
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
I just couldn’t really get into this one.
1
Dec 14 2024
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Parachutes
Coldplay
Great stuff start to finish, every track stands on its own.
5
Dec 15 2024
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Musically pretty good if a bit predictable but couldn’t decide whether that’s because it preceded other bands of similar genres
3
Dec 17 2024
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
I enjoyed the first track the most to en the rest kind of felt like more of the same but not quite as catchy.
2
Dec 18 2024
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
How does Bob Marley like his donuts…
From the first fade in it provokes an emotion that’s hard to describe, musically and when you listen deeper into the lyrics.
It just feels timeless. you could only pin turn your lights down low as an 70s/80s song.
Truth is probably 4.5 stars, there’s a couple of slight filler tracks, but very happy to round up!
5
Dec 19 2024
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
I wasn’t fussed about this after the first listen but it definitely grew on me more than I was expecting.
I would be interested to compare this to their other albums, it feels a bit less catchy compared to other stuff but still has the same sound.
3
Dec 20 2024
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
Really enjoyed this, minus a couple of dud tracks. Some of the songs are so intensely layered they need more than a couple of listens to truly appreciate.
Tempted to give it a 5 just for the name of the first track
4
Dec 21 2024
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Power In Numbers
Jurassic 5
Liked the feeling of this as a whole but more as background music. none of the songs are something I would listen to individually.
3
Dec 22 2024
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Not quite sure what this album wants to be. It feels a bit confused and over complicated
1
Dec 23 2024
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Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Not great. Felt a bit lost through this trying to keep track of the multiple styles in each song
1
Dec 24 2024
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So
Peter Gabriel
100% 80s
Pretty good first half, second half falls away a bit.
I recognised more of this than I thought I would. Feel like my dad would love it.
3
Dec 25 2024
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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
I thought the musically it was not bad but found her lyrics a bit disjointed at times.
2
Dec 27 2024
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Some outstanding tracks on this album. The guitar solo alone on since I’ve been loving you is probably worth 5 stars. Some of the later acoustic tracks aren’t at that level though. Probably 3.5 stars but rounded up.
I think they’ll have better albums to come in this list.
4
Dec 28 2024
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Who's Next
The Who
Only listened to it once, a couple of good tracks but mostly felt relatively forgettable for me.
Fred durst did it better 😂
3
Dec 29 2024
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Bug
Dinosaur Jr.
In theory I should probably have liked this one but didn’t really grab me.
2
Dec 30 2024
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Still can’t get into his voice, it seems to convey no range of emotion.
1
Dec 31 2024
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
Enjoyed this, beneath the layers it’s really tight musically. Enjoyed mansize rooster. And would listen to the album again for sure.
First song was kind of like if The Shins had too much morning coffee.
4
Jan 01 2025
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Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
The second half of the album is better than the first but for me I his rapping style just doesn’t gel with the music well enough to make it catchy or memorable.
2
Jan 02 2025
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Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Buzzcocks
Raw at times but with enough melody through it to keep it engaging.
3
Jan 03 2025
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Pretenders
Pretenders
I didn’t find anything in this as particularly memorable, I’m not sure I could pick out an individual track.
2
Jan 04 2025
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Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Never really listened to a Rolling Stones album before this but really enjoyed it. It has a great blues/rock balance. I bet it was incredible to see them play this live when they were in their prime.
Listen out for the drummer’s signature fill that he seems to use in every breakdown.
4
Jan 05 2025
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Strange Cargo III
William Orbit
Some of the tracks get a little weird but I enjoyed this particularly as ambient listening. Will probably add a couple of tracks to my work playlist
3
Jan 06 2025
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
Gets better on 2nd and 3rd listens. Get Free is a nostalgic mtv2 banger but none of the other tracks quite hit that level.
3
Jan 21 2025
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Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
This definitely grows in you the more you listen but the whole album suffers from being too long, I feel like you could actually edit it down to a 45min 4 star album. (Minus all the tracks that seem to only have been included because he came up with an interesting title.)
Chicago is a level above but I would also pick out quite a few tracks in the first half.
3
Jan 22 2025
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Dare!
The Human League
Could have saved us a lot of time by putting don’t you want me as track 1!
2
Jan 23 2025
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
This was decent listening, nice change of pace to all the 80s albums so far.
3
Jan 24 2025
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Electric
The Cult
Not sure if it’s actually meant tongue in cheek but either way I Enjoyed this one.
Bad fun, THPS 4 anyone?
4
Jan 25 2025
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Odessey And Oracle
The Zombies
Oh boy I bet these guys were on some decent LSD when this was released! I enjoyed it but I found the songs to be missing a ‘hook’
3