Dec 13 2024
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4.5 Stars. Yearnin Learnin and Africano were my favorite tracks, but really not a bad song on the whole album. Love me some horns.
4
Dec 16 2024
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Disintegration
The Cure
Ehh, the album is a bit slow and depressing, but what do you expect from The Cure. Love Pictures of You & Love Song, but this one isn’t for me. 2.5 Stars.
2
Dec 17 2024
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Pretty sure I am not this album’s target audience. Felt more like a poetry reading put to music and kinda weird music at that. Wish he would stick to singing like a normal person and not fluctuate between kind of nasally and high pitched like his balls were getting squeezed. You got a couple really short songs that end just when they were getting good, then BOOM….9 minutes of Pyramids. The whole thing was confusing. It was like failing College English Tests all over again.
1
Dec 18 2024
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3 + 3
The Isley Brothers
Loved this one. Great album from start to finish. Funky like an old pair of gym socks. Favorite tracks: That Lady & Summer Breeze. I can see this one being the soundtrack to a lot of pregnancies back in the day. 4.5 Stars.
4
Dec 19 2024
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
I should probably like these guys more, but for whatever reason Thin Lizzy is still just sort of ok for me. Live albums can be hit or miss as far as production goes, but the sound quality was excellent here. Really enjoyed the guitar riffs on Suicide and Sha La La, and the surprise Huey Lewis harmonica on Baby Drives Me Crazy was great.
3
Dec 20 2024
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
A fine little punk-ish album. I prefer the Ramones, but I found this to be a rather enjoyable listen.
3
Dec 23 2024
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
Love me some old time rock & roll. It’s like I’m back working at the old Scoop Shop. Highlights: Can’t Nobody Love You, Cry To Me, and Can’t Love Em All. 3.5 stars.
3
Dec 24 2024
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Parklife
Blur
What a nice little 90’s album. Never really got into Blur back in the day. Probably because CDs were too expensive to take a chance on when all I knew was Song 2 from Q101 radio play, and I had MTG cards and comics to buy. Enjoyed the entire album, but the highlights for me were: Tracy Jacks, Parklife, and Badhead.
4
Dec 25 2024
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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
First one of these I actually own a physical copy of. I’m not a big Neil Young guy, but when my pack rat uncle suddenly passed during Covid the family had to deal with his estate and clearing out his house FULL of stuff. I got the task of selling off his old record collection. A buddy of mine came down from Muncie to help sort and price them. As we sat in my garage pawing through bin after bin of old dusty albums and playing them on my little portable player, deciding which I was selling and which I was gonna keep as inheritance, we eventually got to the Neil Young’s. My buddy insisted I keep this one and Oyster Bay and give them a try. Still not a big Neil Young fan, but I do enjoy the memory of listening to records in my garage on a sunny Covid afternoon, drinking beers, talking music, and enjoying some company that wasn’t a foster pug or the guy selling contactless to go orders from Fire By The Monon for a change, and that memory alone is worth 4 stars.
4
Dec 26 2024
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A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
Various Artists
Listened to this while making a ham. This is a hard one to rate. Sure, it’s a five star Christmas album, but I’m not going to want to listen to this one in June. We’ll call it a 2.5 ⭐️ album, but round up to 3 because it’s Baby Jesus’ Birthday.
3
Dec 27 2024
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
A classic album that oozes 90’s vibes. Not a bad song on it. Live Forever is just a fantastic track.
5
Dec 30 2024
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Diamond Life
Sade
That saxophone on Smooth Operator was steamy as hell. Those horns here were oozing 80’s sex appeal, like this album could have been the soundtrack for an episode of the Red Shoe Diaries. 3.5 ⭐️
3
Dec 31 2024
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Stankonia
OutKast
Second one of these I own a physical copy of. Though like the Neil Young album, partial credit this time to my wife. It’s not often she makes a pick at the record store. I love the hits, but deep cut Outcast, for me, isn’t as great as other early 00’s rappers like Nelly, Ludacris, or Talib. Still a solid 4 ⭐️ for BOB, So Fresh So Clean, and Ms Jackson. Dig the song with Erykah Badu too.
4
Jan 01 2025
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Not sure if this is a R&B or a Big Band album, but if you can’t feel the soul oozing out of every track then something is wrong with you. I’ll bet this album would have been an even better listen in a dimly lit room, with a 7 & 7, and a fresh pack of unfiltered smokes instead of behind a desk, looking at insurance claims, and drinking a cup of coffee.
4
Jan 02 2025
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Eagles
Eagles
Ehh, it’s fine. Not a big Eagles guy, and I don’t get what Elaine sees in Witchy Woman. Take It Easy is a banger, tho. 3.5 ⭐️
3
Jan 03 2025
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
"How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?”
"Seven!"
"No, Dad. It's a rhetorical question."
"Rhetorical, eh? Eight!”
Dylan is a hard pass for me. I get he’s a fantastic song writer tackling the big issues of the day, but these songs would be better sung be anyone else. I’m sure they would have still let him play his harmonica, but someone should have taken that mic out of his hand. Still gets 2 ⭐️ for his prolific lyrics, but buddy needed to take some singing lessons.
2
Jan 06 2025
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A Night At The Opera
Queen
Another album I own a physical copy of, but this one’s all me. I’ve loved Queen since Wayne’s World came out, so of course I was excited to find this gem in the used bin for $10. Bohemian Rhapsody is the star of this album…No question, but I really enjoy 39. I’m not normally a folksy guy, but when you got a folk song about space travel with a pounding bass line like this, woo boy. A delightfully weird album with a quirky mix of musical styles that somehow all fit brilliantly together.
5
Jan 07 2025
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My Generation
The Who
When The Who rock, they rock the fuck out. My Generation still hits hard today. However, I really enjoyed Much Too Much & The Kids Are Alright which were considerably more chill. These guys can do it all.
4
Jan 08 2025
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
Well there goes my high 90’s decade rating right down the toilet. Fuck this album. Full disclosure, I didn’t finish. I bailed after 6 tracks (which was still 32 lousy minutes of repetitive nonsense). I didn’t like Prodigy’s weird techno bull shit when they popped up in America in mid 90’s. I still didn’t like it when The Matrix came out and made industrial techno and those dumb long leather duster jackets popular again at the end of the decade either. I’ll bet this genre is a considerably better listen in a crowded warehouse rave at 3 am high as hell on ecstasy, but it’s god awful at 8:00 am behind a desk reviewing insurance claims. There had better be an Iron Maiden album down the road on this list, or I’m calling bull shit! 0 ⭐️🖕🏻🖕🏻
1
Jan 09 2025
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Solid Jazz album. A bit disjointed at the start, but that’s kind of to be expected from jazz. The later songs made me feel like I was watching an old timey black & white detective movie, where the smoke show blonde walks in on the half drunk private eye pleading him to take her case then he mumbles something about not working for no dames before an inner monologue starts in about how he needs the money to pay off Franky Fingers or some shit. 🕵🏻♂️💃🥃
3
Jan 10 2025
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Headquarters
The Monkees
“Ew! You like The Monkees?
You know they don't write their own songs.”
“They do so!”
“They don't even play their own instruments.”
“No! No!”
“That's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat.”
Ehhh, it’s a fine little Beatles knockoff. Not sure why this album is on the list, when none of the hits are on it and what is on it isn’t anything too spectacular. Solid 2.5 ⭐️ middle of road very ok album.
2
Jan 13 2025
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
How you gonna start an album with an absolute fucking banger like Immigrant Song then roll into nothing but sleepy time snoozers. This album gave me the equivalent of rock & roll blue balls. 2.5 ⭐️ rounded up for Immigrant Song
3
Jan 14 2025
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Radiohead is hit or miss for me, and this one was a big miss. Was it 16 songs or one long confusing noisy mashup designed to make me sleepy. Everything sounded pretty much the same. Pablo Honey, The Bends, Ok Computer, and In Rainbows would have all been better choices than this dud.
2
Jan 15 2025
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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Richard Thompson
“Grrr... Now when I say "hello, Mr. Thompson" and press down on your foot, you smile and nod.” 😑
“No problem.”🫡
“Hello, Mr. Thompson.”😉
“I think he's talking to you.” 🤔
I guess it is a fine album if you like folk music, but I don’t. Might have been a little better if there were more songs like Little Begger Girl that had some pep to them, but this one was a real snooze fest. Someone get the Thompsons a coffee pot or a baggie of coke.
2
Jan 16 2025
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Fishscale
Ghostface Killah
Dope album. Who am I to give notes to Ghostface Killah?
5
Jan 17 2025
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Trio
Dolly Parton
Disclaimer: I REALY don’t like country music, and this one felt like a country album intended for ladies in bad relationships with their man but who still have a good relationship with Jesus. This album is a hard pass for me. Linda Ronstadt got some pipes on her, and I like a good collaboration project as much as the next guy, but this was no duet with The Plow King.
“🎶Mr. Plow is a loser, and I think he is a boozer…🎵So you better make that call to the Plow King🎵”
1
Jan 20 2025
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Another album on here I own a physical copy of. I rescued this gem from the clearance bin, marked down from $1 to only 25 cents. What a bargain! Their harmonies are up there with The Beach Boys and The Beatles for The GOAT, in my opinion. Not a bad song on here. I’m not always in a mood for hippy folk rock, but when I am, it doesn’t get much better than this.
5
Jan 21 2025
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Great album. What sort of joyless twat doesn’t like The Beach Boys?
5
Jan 22 2025
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Idlewild
Everything But The Girl
This is a peculiar little album. The instrumentals are giving me big time Hold/Elevator music vibes. The lady singer is WAY better than her buddy. The songs with lyrics kind of got an older 10,000 Maniacs thing going on. Not sure what to make of this or why it’s on the list.
2
Jan 23 2025
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Just a fantastic album by one strange dude. Songs on it from The Martian and Guitar Hero only sweetens the deal. No complaints.
5
Jan 24 2025
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Raw Like Sushi
Neneh Cherry
Who’s picking these things? This album is nothing but a generic late 80’s early 90’s hip hop album with nothing special standing out. Maybe it would have sounded better if I was wearing one of those airbrushed Bugs Bunny shirts where he’s got on baggy pants and a backwards hat.
2
Jan 27 2025
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Loved this album. So good, I listened to it twice. That Crumb cover art really lets you know you’re about to get freaky with some underground 60’s shit. Not a bad song on the album which is part acid rock, part psychedelic, a splash of blues, and all sorts of awesome. Janis Joplin was a bad ass. This one deserves all 5 ⭐️
5
Jan 28 2025
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Christ almighty, how many Bob Dylan albums we gonna get before we get a proper metal album? I mean, Bob Dylan is a great songwriter and all, but there’s more than folk rock music to listen too.
3
Jan 29 2025
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
Loved this one. Those horns. Those drums. That little splash of flute. Possibly some harp? There was a lot going on here. All of it absolutely fantastic. Peak 70’s blacksploitation soundtrack right here. Only complaint was I wanted more.
5
Jan 30 2025
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Cut
The Slits
This was almost unlistenable. There’s noisy bands, and then there’s bands that just make noise. I didn’t care for these ladies at all. Seemed like a sort of Talking Heads knock off, but without the creativity, charm, or talent. I only listened to half. Perhaps the second half was better, but I don’t know. I don’t want to know. Quite frankly it’s a half an album I could do without.
1
Jan 31 2025
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Virgin Suicides
Air
I liked this one. No clue what the movie is about. No idea who Air are, but this was an enjoyable little listen. It was giving me Flaming Lips vibes due to its artsy weirdness and use of synths and noises as music. 4.5 ⭐️
4
Feb 03 2025
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
I’m not a big Country & Western guy, but I am a sucker for a good live album. The man in black did not disappoint here. Mad respect to the older country singers who would throw up the middle finger and spit in the face of the authorities, as opposed to the boot licking conformist pussies we got these days.
5
Feb 04 2025
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Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
A delightfully weird little album. Not sure if this is jazz or funk, but I enjoyed it. Maybe a splash of prog towards the end??? Would have been even better with fat doobie, instead of sitting behind my work computer, but so it goes.
4
Feb 05 2025
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
Ehh, it’s fine I guess. Not the biggest Clapton guy. I prefer him in small doses, and this album seemed to drag. -1 ⭐️ for off album activities. What sort of cunt steals a Beatles wife?
2
Feb 06 2025
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Good, but not great. I loved the funk, but the soul leaned a little bit too gospely/Jesusy for my tastes. Super Fly was better.
Side complaint: how we gonna get 2 Curtis Mayfield albums before we get even one Metal album 😕
3
Feb 07 2025
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Another album I own a physical copy of. Man, this thing is just great. That cover art is iconic, but I feel like it’s somehow even more alluring with one of those parental advisory labels slapped on it (eat shit Tipper Gore, you uptight bitch. Your scheme didn’t work). Not a bad song on it. Pop this bad boy on, find me some shitty seed filled brick weed, a six pack of Red Dog or some Mickey’s hand grenades, and I’m transported back to the 90’s. Easily 5⭐️
5
Feb 10 2025
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Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Finally, a metal album. Praise be to Satan 🤘🏻🤘🏻. I have not listened to this album all the way through since my brother threw a party and my CD case went “missing” back in 99. Black Sabbath are the grand daddies of Metal, and I assume every 13 year old metal curious kid gets a copy of this at some point. So fucking good. Although admittedly pretty tame by today’s Metal standards, this thing still rocks. Everyone knows the hits, but I’m a sucker for Electric Funeral. This album was the soundtrack to many a Magic The Gathering game back in the day. I really should buy another copy.
5
Feb 11 2025
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
This shit is lame. Bailed after 3 songs. Nu Metal is pretty awful. Seems like a boring knockoff of Rage Against The Machine, but instead of killer music and gripping, thought provoking lyrics, you get a bunch of whiny suburban pussies who are mad at their parents. I hated this shit when it was new. I still dislike it now.
1
Feb 12 2025
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evermore
Taylor Swift
Ehh, I know I’m pretty far from the target demographic for this album, but I just don’t see what the fuss is all about. Sort of reminded me of that Ed Sheeran mix of modern pop plus a bit of folksy acoustic guitar. Maybe this great if you’re a broad who’s dated a bunch of lousy men, but it’s just not for me. Pretty middle of the road, not too great but certainly not terrible either. Solid 2.5 ⭐️ which probably would have rounded up to 3, until Bon Iver turned up on the final track 😒.
2
Feb 13 2025
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
I liked this. Super Duper Chill. It’s got that spacey ethereal weird indie rock vibe. Sort of reminiscent of the older Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse or Built To Spill records. I’d be interested in checking out more shit from these guys. It did seem to drag a little bit towards the end. A hour long runtime for this sort of music is a bit much. Solid 4 stars, tho.
4
Feb 14 2025
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Frank
Amy Winehouse
Solid album. Lots of soul in that voice. It’s like a modern take on an old school jazz lounge singer act. The band was great too. No complaints from me.
5
Feb 17 2025
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Achtung Baby
U2
Ehh, it’s ok. Not a big U2 guy, and their 80’s stuff is better in my opinion. Perfectly ok middle of the road album that I was ready to be done with before the nearly hour long run time. 2.5 ⭐️ that is rounding down. I have not forgotten about how hard it was to get rid of that dumb Songs of Innocence album these cunts forced onto everyone’s IPhone back in the day. Not without my consent, Bono!
2
Feb 18 2025
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Revolver
Beatles
Another one of these I own a physical copy of. I LOVE this album. Hands down my favorite Beatles album. Such a wonderful mix of styles, moods, and themes that all seamlessly combine into a brilliant easily digestible album. Eleanor Rigby is such a hauntingly beautiful song, and those horns in Got To Get You Into My Life 😍.
5
Feb 19 2025
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Slipknot
Slipknot
Holy shit, I did not expect this album to turn up here. I remember when this thing came out. The late 90’s were a disappointing time for new music. MTV stopped playing videos for TRL & Reality bull shit, the radio was full of Creed, Nickleback, and Boy Bands, and metal was morphing into its Nu phase with Linkin Park, Papa Roach, and Limp Bizkit 😒. Then out of fucking nowhere come these masked lunatics from Iowa with this record that is just banger after face melting banger. This shit still hits hard. Saw them when they were touring for this album, and I got kicked in the knee in the pit. My buddy Ray tried stealing one the Slipknot guy’s shoes when he jumped into the crowd from on top of the speakers, and he got kicked in his chest. Good times 🤘🏻🤘🏻
5
Feb 20 2025
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Smoke On The Water has been ruined for me by a million shitty marching band covers, but the story behind it is pretty fucking Rock & Roll. Some ass hat shot a flare gun off at a Zappa concert and burnt the place down where Deep Purple was gonna record this album. Who knew 🤷🏻♂️. Overall, I liked it. Definitely more Rock than Metal, but I can see those early Heavy Metal seeds starting to poke their heads out on this thing.
4
Feb 21 2025
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L'Eau Rouge
The Young Gods
Hello?
Itchy & Scratchy Land, open for business!
Who are you to resist it, huh?
Come on, my last paycheck bounced! My children need wine!
I’m positive whoever did the accent for the Euro Itchy & Scratchy Land bit heard this record and parodied his guy’s voice. Man, the Swiss were into some weird shit in the late 80’s, huh? The harder songs are all right, but some of these tracks sound like creepy circus music.
2
Feb 24 2025
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Violator
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode…More like Depress Mode, am I right? Good lord, this album was one giant fucking bummer. I like 80’s synth pop and sad songs as much as the next guy, but man there was just not much here for me. Even The Cure toss in an upbeat sad song on their albums every once in awhile. Not unlistenable or anything, but too much of a downer for my tastes.
2
Feb 25 2025
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
Not bad. Jazz isn’t always in my listening rotation, but I do enjoy it when it comes around. Love me some big bands, but not all the time. 3.5 ⭐️
3
Feb 26 2025
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S&M
Metallica
Come on people, somebody ordered the London Symphony Orchestra. Possibly while high? Cypress Hill, I'm looking in your direction.
Love me some Metallica, and by that I mean: Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, and …And Justice For All. S&M is the rare “newer” album by them I do enjoy. The orchestra melded nicely with the band, but some of the song choices leave room to be desired. Could have trimmed down that run time a bit if there weren’t 6 songs from Load & Reload included 😒…but I suppose if you go to the trouble of getting a whole ass orchestra you’re gonna use it. And to be fair, I guess I do have a soft spot for Hero Of The Day. Just an exceptionally lame song. Who would have thought Metallica would have a song that makes mention of an easy chair 🤷🏻♂️
4
Feb 27 2025
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
I’m with Daria and her opinion of this record, “Should I file this under Self-Indulgent Posers or Underrated Geniuses?” I like weird, artsy, and innovative music, but something feels off about this record. Almost like it’s being weird, and artsy just for the sake of being weird and artsy, and the music is just the medium for a bunch of avant guard weirdos to do their thing. Maybe you just had to be there and catch this shit when it was fresh, but count me out. 2.5 ⭐️ rounding up. I get this album is generally considered influential, and I am probably a bit too dumb to properly appreciate it.
3
Feb 28 2025
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Pornography
The Cure
Depressing, even by The Cure standards. A bit on the noisy side as well. Thanks, but no thanks.
1
Mar 03 2025
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
I liked it. A lot of these big band jazzy albums sound the same. I don’t really have the ear to distinguish them, but they all are pleasant enough to listen to. 3.5 ⭐️ rounding down because I was expecting something a bit more intense from that album cover.
3
Mar 04 2025
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
I bailed after 5 songs. I have always DESPISED that damn Hallelujah song, and now I can fucking hate Leonard Cohen too. This album is a slow moving, monotonous, bummer. I can’t believe this sleepy time cunt is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but Iron Maiden isn’t 🙄
1
Mar 05 2025
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Cupid & Psyche 85
Scritti Politti
This album’s vibe is best described as: Super Duper 80’s. Dude even doing his best Michael Jackson impression with those high pitched vocals. Somehow all these songs sound vaguely familiar, but I haven’t heard any of them before. Like these songs could have been in a random 80’s movie, but nothing iconic or memorable like Breakfast Club, we’ll go with something like Police Academy 4 during a montage sequence and nobody noticed. I guess it’s good if you love the 80’s.
2
Mar 06 2025
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Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
I appreciate their efforts in pioneering the rap genre. We’re not getting to Doggy Style or tons of other cool shit without these guys, but man, them 80’s raps are kind or corny. I guess this was amazing way back in the day, but I’m not in any hurry to hear it again anytime soon. 2.5⭐️ rounding up for laying the foundation of what was to come.
3
Mar 07 2025
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
I’ve never much cared for George Thorogood, but I guess it turns out I’m just not much of a Blues guy. Maybe this shit hits hard if you’re walking along a sun scorched, lonesome dusty road or sitting in a Mississippi jail cell after a run in with the crooked local sheriff, but otherwise it’s gonna be a pass for me. And speaking of George Thorogood, he totally ripped off Manish Boy, so I guess I can hate him even more now. 2.5⭐️ rounding up because it’s not bad…I just don’t like it much 🤷🏻♂️
3
Mar 10 2025
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Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Another one of these I own a physical copy of. This came as a hand me down from my mother-in-law. I know a lot of people hate their mother-in-law, but not me. She’s great. She quietly reads her book. I quietly read mine. Nothing is said unless one of is grabbing another round of beers, and we each try to get through our books before her husband or my wife come over and start yapping about some nonsense. Such a fantastic album that gets a lot of play time at my house. Thanks for the record, Nancy.
5
Mar 11 2025
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Tommy
The Who
All right lads, next album is gonna be a fucking rock opera.
Ok. What’s it gonna be about?
A deaf, dumb, and blind kid.
I don’t know, mate. Seems a bit odd for a rock & roll album.
But wait, he also crushes at pinball.
Fucking brilliant. Let’s make it a double.
4
Mar 12 2025
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Heavy Weather
Weather Report
Alright, let’s deal with elephant in the room first. That album cover is…fucking amazing 🤩. Is that a thunderstorm wearing a hat? Is the hat causing the storm over city or did it just happen to be floating by? Is the hat passing by a volcano, or did it catch the buildings on fire with lightning strikes causing the plumes of smoke? What would cause a seemingly normal hat to attack a city this way? Was this hat inspired by jihadi message boards? Why are only one of the leaves wet? Did that hat eventually find its way to the Beer Baron?
Sadly, the album answers none of these questions. It’s a weird little smooth jazz album with a mix of songs that could be an 80’s TV theme song, soft core porno background music, and one bongo drum tribal song.
I don’t know what to make of this, but 3 ⭐️ for the cover alone
3
Mar 13 2025
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Bailed about half way through. I hear this guy is The Boss. The Boss of what exactly? Generic Wuss Rock? And when did he start mumble singing like he’s Eddie Vedder? I bet people who chose VH1 over MTV probably love this shit. It’s not unlistenable. Just pretty lame 😒
2
Mar 14 2025
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Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
This shit kinda sucks. It’s like a crappy high school music teacher tried making a demo tape. Sure Mr Callahan can play music, but he sings for shit. Ahh, he’ll just talk the lyrics, man…. It will be artsy. We’ll slap a picture of some out of focus horses on the cover, and I’ll get my buddy who works at the holistic crystal shop to put some copies on the counter. People who make their own deodorant and eat plain organic lentils for lunch everyday will eat it this shit up.
1
Mar 17 2025
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Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
This shit fucking still bangs. They didn’t crown him The King Of Pop for nothing. Yeah, yeah, but what about all that funny business with the kids??? Ehh, he’s dead. 5 ⭐️ no deduction for being a creep. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough is just too damn good 😍
5
Mar 18 2025
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Marquee Moon
Television
Did not expect a band from the 70’s to have this sort of indie rock sound. Kind of giving off Strokes/Wilco vibes. Loved the title track. Nice pick for this sort of playlist. 4.5 ⭐️
4
Mar 19 2025
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Spiderland
Slint
This shit sucks. They remind me of one of those pretentious local groups that always gets angry when they lose their small town battle of the bands and then get mad because nobody listens to “good music” around here 😒
1
Mar 20 2025
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ehh, this one’s not for me. I enjoyed the band, but the singer kind of ruined it for me. I get this is one of those punk/folk/artsy acts that people who smoke American Spirits probably all love, but I found the up - down, sing songy voice, with surprise inflections out of nowhere to be irritating. I’d take Go Go Bordello or Angry Johnny and The Killbillies over this. 2.5 ⭐️ rounding up for the band
3
Mar 21 2025
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Loved it. Would’ve been much better with a pint of Guinness than behind a desk reviewing insurance claims, but bills need to get paid. Nobody does folk music better than the Irish. Give it a little bit of modernizing and you can’t miss. If you’re into Flogging Molly or Drop Kick Murphys than you’re gonna like this too.
5
Mar 24 2025
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
A great album to pop on if you’re looking to wind down and hit the sack. There’s some good tunes on here for sure, but the whole thing makes me very sleepy 🥱
4
Mar 25 2025
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Garbage
Garbage
Solid 90’s album. Makes me yearn for some Red Dog Beers or a bottle of Boons Farm and a heavy dose of second hand Marlboro smoke….maybe a game of hacky sack
4
Mar 26 2025
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Bailed halfway. It’s about the same as the last Muddy Waters album I didn’t care for. Not because it’s bad or unlistenable, or anything Like that. I just don’t care much for blues music. If I need extra “blues” in my life, I’ll pop on the news.
2
Mar 27 2025
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
What’s That Noise? Good question. Super 80’s vibe with hints of Disco, Hip Hop, and Techno that ends up feeling a bit like an EDM Jam Band. Pretty sure I caught them sampling old cartoons on one of these tracks. I don’t see what the fuss is. If this is supposed to be the birth of EDM, then someone should go back in time and strangle Coldcut in its crib.
1
Mar 28 2025
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Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise
Ehhh, I liked it at times and HATED it at times. You got a nice weird jam / jazz-ish thing going on then BOOM here’s some dead noise. Then we’re jamming, jamming, jamming, Fucking Surprise here’s a track with some god damn crickets. Probably would have liked it more if I was super baked, but then I would be searching my house for crickets.
2
Mar 31 2025
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Am I huge Beastie Boys fan? No. Do I love this album? Yes. Not really a bad song on it. Pretty sure if you’re of a certain age you had a copy of this at one time or another. Brass Monkey & Paul Revere are my favorites, but that xylophone work on Girls is rather impressive.
5
Apr 01 2025
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The World is a Ghetto
War
Not bad. Never really listened to any War before other than the radio hits. Funky & soulful. Felt like these songs could have been in a Shaft flick or even background music from one of the first two Rockys.
3
Apr 02 2025
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New Forms
Roni Size
HATED IT. Got through a song and a half and bailed. This shit was Terrible. The only Techno I like is Techno Destructo. Let’s get some GWAR on this list already 🤘🏻🤘🏻
1
Apr 03 2025
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Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Not bad. Sort of got an 80’s new wave-ish vibe that leans goth. Think Cure/Joy Division/Concrete Blonde. Felt like this could have been the soundtrack to The Craft. Spooky bitches probably ate this shit up.
3
Apr 04 2025
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Born To Be With You
Dion
Not bad, if you’re into oldies style rock & roll. Nothing amazing. Nothing terrible. Enjoyable in a not so exciting sort of way. Like the musical equivalent of going to Chili’s. 2.5 ⭐️ rounding up 🤷🏻♂️
3
Apr 07 2025
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
Solid album. No complaints. They rocked the hell out.
4
Apr 08 2025
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Not bad. An enjoyable little blues/rock album. Feels like these songs were in a ton of 80’s or 90’s movies usually as background music when the new kid in town rolls up on his BMX bike and takes off his sunglasses and stares into the camera to let you know that he’s “cool”
3
Apr 09 2025
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Solid album. Weird and artsy without being pretentious. An enjoyable listen with multiple styles that all fit together well.
4
Apr 10 2025
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Abbey Road
Beatles
Another one of these I own a physical copy of. I love the later drug fueled Beatles albums, but this one is probably my least favorite. Still a great album.
4
Apr 11 2025
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Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield
Huh, wouldn’t have guessed the Exorcist theme song would’ve turn up on here, but life is full of strange little surprises isn’t it? A bizarre album. 2.5⭐️ that’s rounding down for that growly ass werewolf shit going on towards the end. What the hell was that about? What was any of this about?
2
Apr 14 2025
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Chirping Crickets
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
As far as oldies go, it doesn’t get much better. Reminds me of my time slanging ice cream cones at the old Scoop Shop.
4
Apr 15 2025
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
Not bad. A little funkier than I was expecting from a disco album.
3