Dec 30 2024
Odelay
Beck
3
Dec 31 2024
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
5
Jan 01 2025
Live!
Fela Kuti
5
Jan 06 2025
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Not my preferred cup of tea but listenable. Has some nice very interesting songs. One of those albums that I will have to be in the mood for to play it again.
3
Jan 07 2025
The Band
The Band
I don't say this about many albums, but I really, really HATE this album.
1
Jan 08 2025
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Jan 09 2025
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
4
Jan 10 2025
The Joshua Tree
U2
Never been a big fan of U2, but this album has a few songs I like (just the first 3) after that it turns into a meh record for me.
3
Jan 13 2025
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
5
Jan 14 2025
Raw Power
The Stooges
This is one of those albums that have that raw and dirty feel to it. I love it!
5
Jan 15 2025
Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Muse is one of those bands that I really have to be in the mood to listen to, but when I do I really enjoy them. That said I still cannot listen to them for too long, they can get a little monotone after awhile. I just listened to this album I'll be OK for the next year if I don't hear another album. A song here and there sure (I have a few sprinkled in my playlists) but not a whole album. To me the album is a solid 4 when in the mood.
4
Jan 16 2025
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours has been one of my favorite albums since I first heard it back in the early 80s. It is a very well recorded album and I use The Chain to test the staging of a system. The harmonies on the album are great and musically it is tight.
5
Jan 17 2025
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Hurt is by far my favorite song in this album. You can feel the pain of that the song evokes in Johnny's voice. The rest of the album is OK.
3
Jan 20 2025
Transformer
Lou Reed
Perfect Day is the only song that I really liked out of the whole album, but I have never been a huge fan of Lou Reed to begin with. Walk on the Wild Side also OK, but in general the album is not for me.
2
Jan 21 2025
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
This album has 2 of my favorite M&P songs Monday, Monday and California Dreamin'. The rest of the album is pretty good. I have always been a fan of the layered harmonies that the M&P produced.
4
Jan 22 2025
The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
Now we are talking. The album that made my neighbors think that I was scarifying virgins (it was a lot easier to find those back in the 80s) and goats in my house when I was growing up. One of my mom's neighbors actually talked to my parents one afternoon because they were worried about me (I turned out OK, I think). I would blast this almost every day. This is a banger from the beginning 'til the end.
5
Jan 23 2025
Smile
Brian Wilson
This is just not for me. Usually I can find a redeeming quality on almost any album, but this one I just couldn't sit through. I had to pull the plug half way through the second song.
1
Jan 24 2025
Exile In Guyville
Liz Phair
I get the grittyness in the album, but really not for me, but not horrible.
3
Jan 28 2025
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
Great album for a Saturday afternoon listening session. Whiskey on one hand and a nice cigar on the other.
4
Feb 17 2025
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
I have listened to this album hundreds of times and I never get tired of it.
5
Feb 20 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
I've loved this album since my cousin bought it back in 85-86 and I put it in my grandpa's record player. Great all around guitar work and exquisite bass lines.
5
Feb 24 2025
Smash
The Offspring
Never was a big fan of the Offspring in general, album is OK.
3
Feb 26 2025
Hysteria
Def Leppard
Hysteria is one of my favorite albums. All songs are bangers.
5
Apr 07 2025
Abraxas
Santana
This is just wonderful. Full of great guitars and latin flair.
5
Apr 21 2025
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Everyone is raving about this album, it is OK. Nice vocals and music, but nothing to extraordinary. One thing I liked is that you can not cage it in just one genre. I'll give it 3 stars because I cannot do 1/2 stars otherwise it would be 3.5. Bad? Absolutely not. Great? Again, absolutely not. Was it enjoyable? Yes. Will I listen again? Most probably yes. Usually I do not fall in love with any album the first time I listen, so it merits a second try and see if I can bump that rating... The jury is still out!
3
Apr 22 2025
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Not for me... I would need to do copious amounts of acid, shrooms, or some other illegal hallucinogen to listen to this.
1
Apr 28 2025
Who's Next
The Who
It is a pretty nice classic album. Has 2 of my favorite songs of all time Won't Get Fooled Again and Baba O'Riley.
4
May 09 2025
Debut
Björk
Really good album. It is so different to everything else that was being released at the time.
4
May 16 2025
Bad
Michael Jackson
5
May 23 2025
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
4
May 28 2025
Signing Off
UB40
3
Jun 03 2025
1999
Prince
5
Jun 10 2025
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
4
Jun 13 2025
The Beach Boys Today!
The Beach Boys
4
Jun 16 2025
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
5
Jun 24 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
5
Jun 27 2025
Violator
Depeche Mode
5
Jun 30 2025
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
5
Jul 07 2025
Definitely Maybe
Oasis
4
Jul 18 2025
Slipknot
Slipknot
4
Jul 21 2025
Document
R.E.M.
4
Jul 28 2025
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
Jul 30 2025
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
4
Aug 06 2025
Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
2
Aug 11 2025
Horses
Patti Smith
3
Aug 12 2025
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
Aug 18 2025
Kid A
Radiohead
3
Aug 20 2025
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
4