Jan 06 2025
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Love the three-piece sound! Bass is awesome, love the stripped back drums, and the guitar feels stripped back too but still noisy at times?? Awesome. Definitely want to revisit
4
Jan 07 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
My favorite Dire Straits release, love every song on here.
4
Jan 08 2025
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
4
Feb 05 2025
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Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
So excited to dig into this. I am a huge Stevie fan and somehow have heard every 70's release EXCEPT this one... so here we go!
1. I've heard Sunshine ofc, but forgot how much I love it. Saved
2. Holy shit how have I not heard this?? Incredible heavy groove love it.
3. Beautiful
4. really cool, reminds me of Bridges - come back to this
i just finished writing the rest of my notes and they didnt save:( really sad learning moment for this site, but i will push forth. Tldr i thought tracks 5 7 and 8 were just nice and the rest was outstanding. i like how Heron and Jackson collaborated to give us a good combo of synth-busy grooves and attention-grabbing lyrics, but appreciare even more now that stevie would do all of it soo well on his own. superstition was awesome to hear in context of this album instead of musiquarium which Ive been used to since i was a babie. the last two tracks were a perfect way to end the album and made me want to hit play on track one again immediately which is rare-ish. I wiuld probably rate it 9/10 but i cant figure out how to do a half star so im rounding up to 5/5 cus its well deserved.
5
Feb 06 2025
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To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
okay i will listen to it again. i think i have heard it too much, to the point where i even gave away my TPAB vinyl to a friend - mostly because i was excited to share the experience and i thought he might appreciate it more since he had never heard it and i may have overplayed it for myself. he love it ofc so i'm glad....i might need to buy it again though we'll see.
Kendrick has caused such a shift in music and culture recently. i think it is time for me to revisit this,maybe the context will add something. I am writing this a day or two after Not Like Us won 5 grammys, and 5 days before Super Bowl LIX. Tbh i kinda wish I had gotten DAMN or good kid instead because I dont feel like I've given those proper attention. gonna try to listen to this on my headphones when I can instead of my left airpod at work.
man....I dont even have much to say. It's still a 5 of course. note to self: don't go that long without relistening to this again. It's such a dense record, always something new you can find. Maybe show it to your dad or something
5
Feb 07 2025
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
didnt expect this one. this is the one with no bass right? thats why i was turned off from it before i think. tried it a couple times but it hasnt stuck yet. Excited to try it again though
I liked it more than I expected. Mix is flat and its a little long, but got great riffs and chugs and i like the compositions.
3
Feb 08 2025
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Bad
Michael Jackson
This one is not my favorite of Michael's, I even like Dangerous more than this one I think. But it's still got a few great tracks, especially Another Part Of Me. Less likely to revisit this album compared to his others, but still enjoyable. 3/5
3
Feb 09 2025
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
For whatever reason, I am rarely drawn to listening to grunge. But then whenever I do, I'm blown away. I really enjoy it in the moment, but then for whatever reason I don't come back to it for a long time. This album is having that same impact on me as Superunknown did. Gonna give this a 4 so I will remember to come back to it.
I love the riffs and song arrangements. This is probably as good a time as any during this project to say I dont listen to lyrics as closely as I should. The lyrics have to really strike a specific way to take the forefront in my listening - otherwise I am always focused on the music/melodies/grooves/rhythms first and foremost. I like the music on this album a lot, and I dont find the lyrics distracting lol. i will probably listen more in the future and have more to say
4
Feb 10 2025
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
LETS GOOO!
I just saw someone else got this one yesterday and I remembered how much I liked the title track. I haven't heard the rest and was thinking I should listen to it anyway. Very excited
Alright I really like this! It was mostly just a really cool album to hear. I love the keyboard and guitar especially. I like it definitely had a biig influence on a lot of the music that I love, but might not have been something I would hear if not for this site. I was tempted to rate it 4 stars just cus it was really cool to hear, but i dont really see myself coming back to it. thats the only reason it gets a 3. if i do come back to it I will bump it to 4 stars
haha ive listened to it again twice. I would give it 3.5 if i could so i will rate it 4
4
Feb 11 2025
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
I expected to not really care about this one, and that ended up being the case for a lot of it - mostly in the first half. The guitar solos were what stood out to me the most, other than that I don't care for the hits and the rest didn't stand out much either. It just really seemed to drag. Thought I would have my first 2-star
BUT something about the 2nd half of this album really seemed to pick up, and I was really enjoying it by the end. Just fun songs. I would probably even grab a vinyl copy so i can just play side B. I really liked it. And it does make me want to go back and see if I missed something in the first half. We'll see, but for now I am rating 3 stars.
Alright I am starting my 2nd listen through now. Something I was thinking about regarding Gimme All Your Lovin: I'm gen z so this always just sounded like one of the bad-to-the-bone type songs/bands that were overplayed in movies. That was my impression going into this album. But if I close my eyes and place myself in 1983, 15-or-so years old, just picked up this cool car record the day it came out with no clue what its gonna sound like, brought it home after school and put it on my speakers - this song is pretty sweet. Track 2 sounds better to my ears now too.
I think my knee jerk reaction was bias from the overplayed tracks. Forgetting that helps me understand the hype.
3
Feb 12 2025
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Casanova
The Divine Comedy
Never heard of this one! Cool
yeah I didnt love it. There were definitely some cool things about it. But it was kinda like that Geordie Greep album if it was boring. Or maybe not boring, just less inspired by the music I love. I was excited when their bio mentioned ELO , but this seems to lack a lot of the life and groove that I love from ELO. This feels a lot more showtune-y, which I don't hate but I am not really interested. I love musicals and have played in several pit orchestras, but I guess I dont really like when regular music tries to sound like broadway music lol. There were interesting moments for sure, mainly in the chords and melodies that I liked, but overall I really dont feel like listening to it again.
2
Feb 13 2025
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The Band
The Band
LETS GOOO
I love the band but i have Not listened to them enough. I didn't expect this one but I'm looking forward to it
Enjoyed it quite a bit! love Up On Cripple Creek
3
Feb 14 2025
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Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
oooooh awesome!! I love A Minha Menina but I havent heard the rest yet.
loved ittt! Right up my alley for late 60s psych🔥
4
Feb 15 2025
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2112
Rush
Oh I know this one 🔥
I think it will be a 4. its probably a 7.5 for me. First half is much stronger than the 2nd half I think.
i think i gotta put it at a three. Lots of moments I love but i think there are 4 or 5 other Rush albums i would revisit before this one.
3
Feb 16 2025
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Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth
probably my fav sonic youth so good
4
Feb 18 2025
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Hotel California
Eagles
good 7/10 tbh
3
Feb 19 2025
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
love this one a lot, favs are thrasher and powderfinger. Welfare Mothers and Sedan Delivery are the weaker point of the album for me but still rock.
4
Feb 20 2025
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Ray Of Light
Madonna
nice, I've listened to this a little bit but wanted to spend more time with it.
such a cool album, i love just letting myself sink into it. it's probably an 8.5 or 9 out of 10, so i will give it 4 stars
4
Feb 21 2025
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Tank Battles
Dagmar Krause
damn this is some hot garbage
jk i appreciate what it is but I'm definitely not understanding it fully, just not for me i think. I would prefer to hear the original compositions. I think because I enjoyed it much less than the only album I've given 2 stars so far, I gotta put it at 1 star.
I definitely dont feel like this was an albim I needed to hear before I die. Points for being something I never would have listened to otherwise though.
1
Feb 22 2025
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We Are Family
Sister Sledge
YESSS
I just listened to this full album for the first time last week, and have had Thinking of You on repeat for a good month or so now. Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards are such a good combo i never get tired of.
Love almost every song here. 4 stars
4
Feb 23 2025
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Liquid Swords
GZA
bet. i've listened to this once and definitely felt like i needed to give it a closer listen.
Awesome. I liked it a lot this time around.
3
Feb 25 2025
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Hard Again
Muddy Waters
THIS IS SO GOOD!! Listened to it a bunch today. i'm sure there are a number of albums that would have been the one to get me into blues, but this is the first one I got from the generator. I've always meant to listen to more blues, just never got to it. I hope there are more albums like this on the list - more blues yes, but also just more for me to discover
4
Feb 26 2025
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High Violet
The National
i liked this more than i expected! has a really cool hazy sound that i like
3
Feb 27 2025
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
Really awesome groovy funky rock album with great instrumental tracks. Its too bad they let that minecraft villager into the studio to scream about cheating on his partner. I am going to pretend its a Chuck Rainey album and bump it up to 3 stars.
3
Feb 28 2025
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Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal Collective
This album gives me such a sense of mystery. Its one of those that is so layered and different that I want so badly to understand it. I swear it sounds different every time I hear it. Its just SO cool, and I'm so intrugued by it - like I don't quite get it and I want to keep listening it until I do.
4
Mar 01 2025
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
This album gives me such a sense of mystery. Its one of those that is so layered and different that I want so badly to understand it. I swear it sounds different every time I hear it. Its just SO cool, and I'm so intrugued by it - like I don't quite get it and I want to keep listening it until I do.
5
Mar 02 2025
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Odelay
Beck
good oneee i always kinda forget how much i like it
4
Mar 03 2025
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Destroy Rock & Roll
Mylo
4
Mar 04 2025
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
I hadn't heard this one! I like it a lot so far.
Nick Cave is something I find hard to get myself to listen to sometimes. I got Murder Ballads on this list a couple weeks ago and skipped it, even though I own the vinyl. But there is just so much thats cool about his music. And this album feels different somehow from the other albums I've heard. Something about it feels more palatable even when I wasn't sure I was in the mood to listen to Nick Cave.
I really like how the band's music is perfect for each song, but even though its SO cool, it has a way of almost forcing you to pay attention to Cave's lyrics. I kinda divided the two halves of the album up thoughiut my day and really liked it
4
Mar 05 2025
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Beauty And The Beat
The Go-Go's
3
Mar 06 2025
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
4
Mar 07 2025
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Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
am i really about to rate this 5 atars? its definitely a 9/10, probably top 3 from the residents. i love them so much. i like weird music already, but something about the residents sound is different and more...warm? Like they're rarely super abrasive. the most "abrasive" one would probably be the executioner. but yeah its definitely weird tonally, lyrically, vocally, and sonically, but also warm sonically. more creepy than noisy and im here for it
5
Mar 08 2025
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Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
I liked it, Its probably a 7/10. Its just a little long but i like the vibe a lot and its got some great songs
3
Mar 09 2025
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Melodrama
Lorde
3
Mar 10 2025
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Raw Power
The Stooges
I think I enjoyed Funhouse more but this ones still awesome
3
Mar 11 2025
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
4
Mar 12 2025
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Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian
4
Mar 13 2025
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Rust In Peace
Megadeth
4
Mar 14 2025
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
really cool, love the synths. I think its 7/10 but I'm going to give it 4 stars so I remember to come back to it
4
Mar 15 2025
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Mar 16 2025
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
3
Mar 17 2025
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Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
3
Mar 19 2025
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
3
Mar 20 2025
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
3
Mar 21 2025
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Rattlesnakes
Lloyd Cole And The Commotions
Really like Forest Fire
3
Mar 22 2025
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So
Peter Gabriel
5
Mar 23 2025
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What's That Noise?
Coldcut
4
Mar 24 2025
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
3
Mar 25 2025
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
4
Mar 28 2025
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Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear
4
Mar 29 2025
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
its a 5/10 for me, liked some of it and not others. got old after a while, maybe a little too long
2
Mar 30 2025
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The Contino Sessions
Death In Vegas
3
Mar 31 2025
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
2
Apr 01 2025
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Ten
Pearl Jam
3
Apr 02 2025
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Smile
Brian Wilson
3
Apr 03 2025
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Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3