Jan 05 2025
Sheer Heart Attack
Queen
Really interesting. Especially the vocals that weren't Freddy
4
Jan 06 2025
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
So great! Solid vocal performance plus great backup vocals
5
Jan 07 2025
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
I didn't love this. Most of the songs were kind of gutless. I like the edgy vocals of Ray Charles but most of these were early 60s easy-listening style
3
Jan 08 2025
Tapestry
Carole King
Incredible album.
5
Jan 09 2025
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Really good album! I had heard the classics from the Greatest Hit comp, but there was more really good stuff on here.
4
Jan 10 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Oooh! So fun! very talented musicians and I enjoyed the swing vibe
4
Jan 11 2025
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Not super exciting. Roadhouse Blues is the best but I didn't get into the rest
3
Jan 12 2025
Survivor
Destiny's Child
Pretty incoherent as to theme. Are those girls nasty or are they independent?
3
Jan 13 2025
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
This album was a bunch of fun. It was mostly right up my alley for grungy 90s rock
4
Jan 14 2025
Station To Station
David Bowie
4
Jan 15 2025
In Rainbows
Radiohead
I want to like Radiohead but I can't. It just all feels so pretentious
2
Jan 16 2025
Aja
Steely Dan
Lots of good competent jazz-tinged pop rock. No real excitement
3
Jan 17 2025
Smash
The Offspring
Fun 90s punk
4
Jan 18 2025
A Girl Called Dusty
Dusty Springfield
Good Bacharach standards, well sung. It just goes on a bit too long
3
Jan 19 2025
Document
R.E.M.
I love this album so much. I thought it was just nostalgia but a fresh listen confirms it.
5
Jan 20 2025
Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos
Wonderful!
5
Jan 21 2025
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phenomenal players, but the lyrics in most of the songs are just so stupid.
3
Jan 22 2025
London Calling
The Clash
Classic!
5
Jan 23 2025
A Night At The Opera
Queen
It's got Bohemian Rhapsody and my wedding song.
4
Jan 24 2025
Deserter's Songs
Mercury Rev
Couldn't listen to this. Not enjoyable
1
Jan 25 2025
Fragile
Yes
4
Jan 26 2025
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Incredible vocals
4
Jan 27 2025
Orbital 2
Orbital
Once you get past the annoying synching/unsynching opening and closing tracks, the rest of the album is really solid. Good beats. Halcyon is a standout
3
Jan 28 2025
Disintegration
The Cure
3
Jan 29 2025
Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
Some of the tracks are quite good, but this drags in places
2
Jan 30 2025
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
5
Jan 31 2025
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
I knew nothing about this album, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was a cool stripped down vibe. Easy going heartbreak
4
Feb 01 2025
Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
Not really for me
3
Feb 02 2025
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
4
Feb 03 2025
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
It's fine, but it's not a great album overall. Superstition is super, but lots of fluff
3
Feb 04 2025
Machine Head
Deep Purple
4
Feb 05 2025
Head Hunters
Herbie Hancock
I appreciate what this album is trying to do, but the style is not for me
3
Feb 06 2025
Tago Mago
Can
I just can't
1
Feb 07 2025
The Age Of The Understatement
The Last Shadow Puppets
Such a good vibe. I came into this cold with no expectations, and was bopping and dancing within the first couple of songs. It's an early 60s movie vibe, redone for the modern ear. More like Kingsman The Secret Service than James Bond. Groovy baby
4
Feb 08 2025
Van Halen
Van Halen
I was surprised how much of this is just hard rock blues. It's great!
4
Feb 09 2025
The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
Unlistenable. I tried
1
Feb 10 2025
This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
It's a fine album but not my taste
3
Feb 11 2025
At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
A classic! It has its flaws as a performance, but captures an event
4
Feb 12 2025
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco
It was much more alternative and experimental than I expected, but I only had a passing familiarity with Wilco. I think I liked it
4
Feb 13 2025
Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
Perhaps the literal best
5
Feb 14 2025
Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
Interesting but somewhat repetitive. Lots of funky drummer with electronic dance vibes. I was grooving, but not earth shattering
3
Feb 15 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Amazing!
5
Feb 16 2025
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Feb 17 2025
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
4
Feb 18 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
Feb 19 2025
The Idiot
Iggy Pop
3
Feb 20 2025
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
4
Feb 21 2025
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
3
Feb 22 2025
Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
3
Feb 23 2025
Devotional Songs
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2
Feb 24 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
I appreciate this for what it is, but it was not for me
3
Feb 25 2025
Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
4
Feb 26 2025
Third
Soft Machine
There were moments when the jazz was working for me, but the unlistenable opening track, plus the vocals ruined it. Since I managed to enjoy some of it I will grant it 2 stars
2
Feb 27 2025
The College Dropout
Kanye West
I was conflicted until I found a way to listen to this that wouldn't put any money in Kanye's pocket. This was my first listen and, although I have enjoyed individual works by Kanye, I hadn't experienced this as an album.
It was like very little I had listened to before. I didn't expect the humour, the skits, the contrast between self-deprecation and self-aggrandizing. The rhymes are so good, the beats are amazing. I listened to every word of the 1 hour, 20 minute album and at the end I just felt sad. This album made me laugh and gasp and dance, but I felt sad for what the man is today. I don't know if Kanye in 2005 had the same opinions and beliefs that he has today and was just good at masking them, or has untreated mental illness and 20 years of fame changed him into what he is now.
Since I'm rating the album and not the man, this is 5 stars. A 5 star album for me has to be something that I genuinely enjoy, but also appreciate for a unique approach, or a groundbreaking effort, or a contribution to music that deserves recognition. 5 stars doesn't require perfection but it does require innovation or creativity or generational talent. I see no reason not to recognize that here while boycotting the man in 2025.
5
Feb 28 2025
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
4
Mar 01 2025
Moon Safari
Air
3
Mar 02 2025
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
Probably my favorite album of all time
5
Mar 03 2025
Rejoicing In The Hands
Devendra Banhart
2
Mar 04 2025
Heroes
David Bowie
I expected to like this more
3
Mar 05 2025
Bluesbreakers
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
3
Mar 06 2025
Darklands
The Jesus And Mary Chain
I realize I've never listened to this group before. I enjoyed it a whole lot
4
Mar 07 2025
More Specials
The Specials
I just can't do it. It feels like a novelty act
2
Mar 08 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
4
Mar 09 2025
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Unapologetic folk album with the power and vibrato of Joan Baez's voice to carry it through
4
Mar 10 2025
The Undertones
The Undertones
So fun! Kind of dumb but I'm loving it. Pop punk rhyming couplets without much of a point beyond the songs itself
4
Mar 11 2025
My Generation
The Who
This feels like The Who trying to figure out who they are. I didn't expect the blues tracks. The stand-out standards are by far the best songs (My Generation, The Kids Are Alright) where you really see the direction they will eventually go. The rest is fine and you can hear Keith playing those drums which is what I need. Not my favourite though.
3
Mar 12 2025
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
4
Mar 13 2025
Chemtrails Over The Country Club
Lana Del Rey
I've been typically lukewarm on Lana Del Rey, although sometimes the big sweeping songs like "Ride" have swept me up. So I've never listened to a full album of hers until now. This was very impressive. Her voice was interesting as she moved from the highs to the lows. I'm still not convinced she's a good singer, but many of my favourite singers aren't technically good singers.
The music and the production of some of the songs is nuanced and subtle, but still engaging. And the inclusion of "For Free", not exactly the best-known Joni Mitchell song, made me emotional. A fantastic conclusion to the album, tying together the themes and subjects of the songs that came before.
4
Mar 14 2025
The Cars
The Cars
A classic! The one miss is "I'm in Touch With Your World" which sounds like an elementary school band trying to write a Talking Heads song. The rest of it is just a delight. Nearly every track is a classic rock radio hit, and the few new-to-me songs were great as well.
4
Mar 15 2025
Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
3
Mar 16 2025
Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Tough one today because I was moving and grooving to the rhythm, and then I started listening to the lyrics. Oh no. Between the casual racism, the misogyny, the sex stuff and then the weird sex stuff, it's hard to find something to love. Still, I was grooving so I can't say I hated all of it
2
Mar 17 2025
Live At Leeds
The Who
It's a great live album
4
Mar 18 2025
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
3
Mar 20 2025
All Directions
The Temptations
4
Mar 21 2025
Paris 1919
John Cale
I just could not get into this
2
Mar 22 2025
2112
Rush
4
Mar 23 2025
Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
I'm not the audience here.
3
Mar 24 2025
Bummed
Happy Mondays
3
Mar 25 2025
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
3
Mar 26 2025
Copper Blue
Sugar
Hits me in my 90s grungy heart.
4
Mar 27 2025
Pictures At An Exhibition
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I just do not have the space for this in my life
2
Mar 28 2025
Protection
Massive Attack
Really boring and overly mellow
2
Mar 29 2025
Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
4
Mar 30 2025
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Bill Callahan
I disliked this, but that seems like a failing of mine
3
Mar 31 2025
You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen
5
Apr 01 2025
Grace
Jeff Buckley
4
Apr 02 2025
Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
4
Apr 03 2025
461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
3
Apr 04 2025
Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
3
Apr 05 2025
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
3
Apr 06 2025
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
4
Apr 07 2025
War
U2
4
Apr 08 2025
Raw Power
The Stooges
4
Apr 09 2025
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
3
Apr 10 2025
The Score
Fugees
4
Apr 11 2025
Want Two
Rufus Wainwright
4
Apr 12 2025
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
3
Apr 13 2025
Next
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Goofy fun
3
Apr 14 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
I hate this so much. I despise the insincerity and utter contempt for the audience shown here. It feels like an entire album of "Screw you for listening to this." Feeling that contempt, I've decided to stop listening to it.
2
Apr 15 2025
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Purely subjective, but this was the vibe I needed today. Ask me tomorrow and you might get a different answer. This album is beautiful and cool.
5
Apr 16 2025
Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dr. Octagon
2
Apr 17 2025
Shalimar
Rahul Dev Burman
3
Apr 18 2025
Playing With Fire
Spacemen 3
2
Apr 19 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
5
Apr 20 2025
Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
3
Apr 21 2025
Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
Apr 22 2025
xx
The xx
4
Apr 23 2025
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
2
Apr 24 2025
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
3
Apr 25 2025
L.A. Woman
The Doors
4
Apr 26 2025
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
3
Apr 27 2025
Calenture
The Triffids
2
Apr 28 2025
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
5
Apr 29 2025
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
4
Apr 30 2025
Clandestino
Manu Chao
2
May 01 2025
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
3
May 02 2025
The Rise & Fall
Madness
2
May 03 2025
Be
Common
4
May 04 2025
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
4
May 05 2025
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
Cornershop
4
May 06 2025
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
4
May 07 2025
Closer
Joy Division
3
May 08 2025
S&M
Metallica
4
May 09 2025
Movies
Holger Czukay
3
May 10 2025
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
5
May 11 2025
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
4
May 12 2025
Basket of Light
Pentangle
3
May 13 2025
Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
4
May 14 2025
Oxygène
Jean-Michel Jarre
3
May 15 2025
Graceland
Paul Simon
5
May 16 2025
Back At The Chicken Shack
Jimmy Smith
3
May 17 2025
Stardust
Willie Nelson
3
May 18 2025
Phrenology
The Roots
4
May 19 2025
Manassas
Stephen Stills
2
May 20 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
May 21 2025
Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
4
May 22 2025
Slayed?
Slade
Straight ahead rock but the songwriting is really not good. The one standout is a Janis Joplin cover "Move Over"
3
May 23 2025
The Coral
The Coral
4
Jun 05 2025
Amnesiac
Radiohead
2
Jun 06 2025
Street Life
The Crusaders
Smooth jazz disco R&B. The title track was a nasty bait and switch with some excellent vocals and I was looking forward to the singing, but the rest of the record was instrumental. It all worked out fine, and this album gets the "made me dance" bonus, so 4 stars
4
Jun 07 2025
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Classic album but it begins to flag after Anarchy. I'm not crazy about New York with the homophobic slur, although it's an interesting song in context.
4
Jun 08 2025
Murder Ballads
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4
Jun 09 2025
Time Out Of Mind
Bob Dylan
5
Jun 10 2025
Cloud Nine
The Temptations
4
Jun 11 2025
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
This does my grungy little heart good
4
Jun 12 2025
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Joni Mitchell
3
Jun 13 2025
Surf's Up
The Beach Boys
3
Jun 14 2025
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
5
Jun 15 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
4
Jun 16 2025
That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
4
Jun 17 2025
Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
4
Jun 18 2025
Permission to Land
The Darkness
3
Jul 05 2025
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
3
Jul 06 2025
Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club
3
Jul 07 2025
Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
5
Jul 08 2025
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
4
Jul 09 2025
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott
3
Jul 10 2025
Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3
Jul 11 2025
The Last Broadcast
Doves
3
Jul 21 2025
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
3
Jul 22 2025
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
4
Jul 23 2025
Double Nickels On The Dime
Minutemen
4
Jul 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Jul 25 2025
...And Justice For All
Metallica
3
Jul 26 2025
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
5
Jul 27 2025
Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
2
Jul 28 2025
Junkyard
The Birthday Party
1
Jul 29 2025
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
4
Aug 01 2025
Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
4
Aug 02 2025
Pretenders
Pretenders
4
Aug 03 2025
Medúlla
Björk
4
Aug 04 2025
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
1
Aug 05 2025
Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
3
Aug 08 2025
I See You
The xx
4
Aug 09 2025
Young Americans
David Bowie
4
Aug 10 2025
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
Never before has anyone been so confident in so little.
2
Aug 11 2025
One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
4
Aug 15 2025
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
4
Aug 16 2025
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
4
Aug 17 2025
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
3
Aug 18 2025
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Dexys Midnight Runners
2
Aug 19 2025
Madman Across The Water
Elton John
4
Aug 20 2025
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
3
Aug 21 2025
Heartattack And Vine
Tom Waits
5
Aug 22 2025
Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
3
Aug 23 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
3
Aug 24 2025
Before And After Science
Brian Eno
3
Aug 25 2025
Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
4
Aug 26 2025
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
4
Sep 01 2025
Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
4
Sep 02 2025
Blood On The Tracks
Bob Dylan
5
Sep 03 2025
After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
4
Sep 04 2025
Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
4