Jan 06 2025
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Hunky Dory
David Bowie
Bowie
3
Jan 07 2025
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Exodus
Bob Marley & The Wailers
4
Jan 08 2025
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
5
Jan 09 2025
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Different Class
Pulp
This album is interesting. It's well put together, aurally interesting, and clever album. It has catchy hooks, and complexity. But somehow I hate it, not sure why exactly it just puts me on edge. 2/10.
2
Jan 10 2025
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
dull.
1
Jan 13 2025
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Superfly
Curtis Mayfield
4
Jan 14 2025
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Wonderful voice. Album is a little dull otherwise.
3
Jan 15 2025
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Pornography
The Cure
This album is aurally a little strange, with lots of haunting, echo-y sounds. It's difficult to parse the sound on a first listen, but there are some interesting beats and riffs. Feels like the type of album I'd need to listen to a few times to understand it properly and see if it hooks me, but I'm not sure it has in the first listen.
4
Jan 16 2025
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Queen Of Denmark
John Grant
This album is excellent. I had never heard of John Grant before, but this album was thoroughly enjoyed. Musically complex and varied.
5
Jan 17 2025
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Happy Sad
Tim Buckley
This album sorta just sucks. There's like 30 seconds of guitar in Strange Feelin' that's kind of decent, but the rest is boring.
1
Jan 20 2025
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Music for the Masses
Depeche Mode
Didn't make me want to fall asleep, or tear my ears out. But still, boring.
2
Jan 21 2025
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Love the intro. Feels like a very 90's album, so it's pretty forward thinking for 1989.
Loses a lot of momentum in the second half, but is a decent album overall.
3
Jan 22 2025
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Roger the Engineer
The Yardbirds
Damn good album. I get the hype around the Yardbirds now. Varied and energetic.
4
Jan 23 2025
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The Downward Spiral
Nine Inch Nails
I have a weird relationship with NiN. They're a band I should like but often they don't quite hit for whatever reason.
I think some of the lyrics are just straight up cringeworthy.
That said this album has a couple of really great tunes on it. Closer is terrific.
3
Jan 24 2025
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Wow, great voice. She has a sense of humour too. Interesting to hear an early live recording where it goes a bit wrong, but still sounds great.
How High the Moon is brilliant.
4
Jan 27 2025
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Bored.
1
Jan 28 2025
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
Really cool album. Great drum lines. More varied than expected for a punk album, too. Can see why the Pixies are so influential.
Where is my Mind is a classic, but I also love Tony's Theme and Oh My Golly!
5
Jan 29 2025
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
Full album not on Spotify-use YouTube. Even on YouTube can't find the full album.
Saturday Night is good, but album is very hit and miss overall. More miss than hit.
2
Jan 30 2025
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Repeater
Fugazi
Nice little album. Maybe not the most original, but good sound and well put together.
4
Jan 31 2025
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
Not bad. Just a bit generic.
2
Feb 03 2025
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Gosh this album is a bore. Not awful, just boring.
2
Feb 04 2025
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Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
What a silly album. Lots of fun!
4
Feb 05 2025
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Devo
Devo have more than one album? Who knew. No "Whip It" on this.
Album is ok.
3
Feb 06 2025
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Songs Of Love And Hate
Leonard Cohen
Eh.
2
Feb 07 2025
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Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
Cee Lo Green
There's some interesting moments in this album, and also some terrible stuff. Overall album is fine. Childz Play is notably awful.
2
Feb 10 2025
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Classic album. The highs are very high, overall the album is decent.
3
Feb 11 2025
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
Bittersweet Symphony is an all time classic. I hadn't listened to the whole album before, but this is absolutely brilliant! Just wall to wall excellence.
The melancholy, bittersweet vibe pervades the whole album. But the sounds are varied and interesting. Definitely experimental, but it all works. Lucky Man, Sonnet, The Drugs don't Work are other highlights.
4
Feb 12 2025
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Nothing mind-blowing. Pretty good for a jazz album.
2
Feb 13 2025
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Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
I had never heard of this band or album, but yeah it's real good.
3
Feb 14 2025
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Tapestry
Carole King
Obviously one of the classic albums. Some absolutely terrific songs on here. Carole King is not the sort of artist I would seek out, but this album is consistently high quality.
5
Feb 17 2025
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles
There's not a bad song on this album. There's a reason it's a classic.
4
Feb 18 2025
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Not bad, just boring.
2
Feb 19 2025
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Let England Shake
PJ Harvey
I enjoy the sound of this album, although there's no real standout track. Works really well as an album, very chill.
3
Feb 20 2025
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Siembra
Willie Colón & Rubén Blades
SALSA! pretty good fun album. Good background music.
3
Feb 21 2025
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Absolutely a classic album. There's a few all time hits in here, although the majority of the album is pretty same-y sounding. The songs that change up the beat like Clint Eastwood and 19-2000 are excellent.
All that said, there's not a lot of depth or complexity here.
3
Feb 24 2025
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
Country is not my thing, but Dolly is worthy of respect.
2
Feb 25 2025
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
"Don't tell me you never got the Led out!"
Zeppelin have so much talent. Immigrant song is a classic. There's a lot to love in this album, although it's not quite at their top level all the way through.
4
Feb 26 2025
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LP1
FKA twigs
I had never heard of FKA Twigs before.
The overall sound is pretty interesting although not much has really stood out as being a cut above.
Experimental in the soundscape though the lyrics are pretty generic/uninteresting.
2
Feb 27 2025
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School's Out
Alice Cooper
4
Feb 28 2025
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GI
Germs
I had never heard of Germs before.
It seems to just be another punk rock band. I enjoy the punk rock sound but they don't seem remarkable, just another punk rock band.
Seem to be influential on the Grunge scene, which is cool but not very apparent from this album.
I am enjoying the sound of this album all up.
3
Mar 03 2025
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
Dull.
1
Mar 04 2025
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
The Kinks were absolutely prolific, and they have some good songs. But this particular album is far from their best work.
3
Mar 05 2025
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The Last Of The True Believers
Nanci Griffith
Not sure what the significance of this album is. Seems like a pretty generic country album. My internet search didn't turn up much either. It isn't an early album either, so i doubt that it's an influential one.
It isn't entirely awful, which is probably high praise for a country album from me.
2
Mar 06 2025
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Highly Evolved
The Vines
The Vines suck. Friend of mine had a bad experience at a Vines convert, and I've disliked them since.
There are many better Australian pub rock bands more deserving of a spot in the list.
Even from roughly the same era, the list is missing Wolfmother's self titled debit, Jet's excellent Get Born, Silverchair's Frogstomp, Neon Ballroom or Diorama, and Powderfinger's Odyssey Number Five . Grinspoon released an album the same year, which was a better album, even Bodyjar, the Living End, Killing Heidi, Waikiki... and yet this tripe makes it.
2
Mar 07 2025
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The Predator
Ice Cube
Yeah, this album is brilliant. I don't listen to a lot of rap music but goddamn.
4
Mar 10 2025
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
The music that's here.is pretty good, but half the album isn't music.
2
Mar 11 2025
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At San Quentin
Johnny Cash
Not really a country fan, but Cash is clearly passionate and talented.
Album is really excellent.
4
Mar 12 2025
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Phrenology
The Roots
The first song is garbage.
This album is a mess.
That said there are a couple of decent songs on here. Thought @work is pretty good. Also like Quills But Pussy Galore is painful.
Overall kinda meh? The sort of album I wish I could remove from my Spotify history.
2
Mar 13 2025
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The Idiot
Iggy Pop
Doom dadoom dum dum!
I enjoy the simple but super clean bass lines.
"Baby" clearly has that Kinks inspiration. Which is fine because that's an awesome bass line.
Overall album is pretty good. Not absolutely mind blowing, but enjoyable.
3
Mar 14 2025
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Broken English
Marianne Faithfull
Never heard of Marianne Faithfull.
Has a very 80's sound for a 70's album. Sounds like a movie soundtrack from the mid 80's.
"Working class hero" is great.
3
Mar 17 2025
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
I just had Iggy Pop's The Idiot 2 days ago. Well, random is random I guess, and this is a much better album, anyway.
We start off strong with Lust for Life.
The Passenger is a classic.
4
Mar 18 2025
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The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths
Pleasant, inoffensive album. Decent tunes, some interesting melodies. Overall pretty good but nothing mindmelting.
3
Mar 19 2025
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Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
What a wonderfully weird sound the Eurythmics have.
I had of course heard Sweet Dreams before, but never listened to the whole album. But the whole thing is really well done.
Weirdly Sweet Dreams was one of my least favourite songs from the album.
5
Mar 20 2025
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
I WANT MYYYYY
Immediately can see a couple well loved songs on this album
The album starts off with a lot of energy, but halfway through all the energy goes away and becomes a dull, somber affair. Love the first half of the album, the second half is pretty dull. Brothers in Arms does send the album off on a strong point, however.
4
Mar 21 2025
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I'm Your Man
Leonard Cohen
Yawn.
2
Mar 24 2025
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Not again! Pain.
1
Mar 25 2025
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Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Cosmic Dancer is good.
Get It On is a well loved classic.
Jeepster is great, too.
Overall sound is pretty catchy.
3
Mar 26 2025
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
Santa Cruz is a strong start.
One Horse Town is great, too.
Pretty enjoyable album overall.
3
Mar 27 2025
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Peace Sells...But Who's Buying
Megadeth
Going to be honest, their sound is super dated. Has not aged well. And they're just not as good as other bands of their time like Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden etc.
I don't mind Metal on occasion, but Megadeth ain't it. Still it's not a bad album technically, and they're clearly very influential.
Love the spine-melty Devils Island!
3
Mar 28 2025
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Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart
I r bored. Bored bored bored.
That's all right going into Amazing Grace is super cringe.
Maggie May is actually a pretty good song, though.
2
Mar 31 2025
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You've Come a Long Way Baby
Fatboy Slim
This album is outrageously good. Not usually an EDM fan but this album is wall to wall bangers!
The Rockefeller Skank is an absolute classic, so is Praise You. But there's not a weak song on the whole album.
FBS just has a completely unique style which is unmatched even to this day.
5
Apr 01 2025
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Pretty boring album. Only has one sound, and that sound is pretty generic/boring can't see why it's on the list whatsoever.
Sad music for the sake of being sad sucks.
2
Apr 02 2025
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Imperial Bedroom
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I have zero thoughts or feelings regarding this album.
It isn't bad. It's even almost good. But it doesn't hook me in any way.
2
Apr 03 2025
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The United States Of America
The United States Of America
Unavailable on Spotify, but available in its entirety on YouTube Music.
Having said that, the album is kinda rad! Very forward looking.
AA Milne being the writer of Cloud Song was an unexpected discovery. I wouldn't have thought the Winnie the Pooh author would have written music, too.
Overall enjoyed the album, very odd but pretty interesting.
3
Apr 04 2025
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Fulfillingness' First Finale
Stevie Wonder
Pleasant sounding album.
Boogie On Reggae Woman is really cool
The weird melody in You Haven't Done Nothin' is great, too, though it is very similar to the one in Superstition, which came out two years earlier. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I guess.
Overall album was enjoyed!
3
Apr 07 2025
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Cloud Nine
The Temptations
3
Apr 08 2025
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
Will I enjoy this album?
Maaybeeee
Hot Take: Morning Glory is a better song than Wonderwall.
I don't think I have ever listened to this album in full, but I do know most of the songs already. One of those pervasive albums we've all heard. It's just played absolutely everywhere. An absolute classic, and most of the hate for it I feel is simply because it's so overplayed.
Champagne Supernova is another favourite.
It's a strong album overall, even though I'm sorta sick of hearing half the songs.
4
Apr 09 2025
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Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane
Somebody to love-great.
My Best Friend-quite good.
Also enjoy 3/5 of a mile.
Drags on towards the end.
3
Apr 10 2025
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Ace of Spades is a brilliant song, but this is the first time I have listened to the whole album.
The energy remains consistently high throughout. The album is a hour of power!
Live to Win is great, too.
Motorhead knew what they were going for in this album and 100% nailed it.
4
Apr 11 2025
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C'est Chic
CHIC
Disco? Disco.
Has a fun melody but tedium begins to set in quickly by the end of Le Freak. Hopefully the rest of the album doesn't sound the same...
Ok, Savoir Faire does change up the beat a bit. This song is very Love Boat. Very cool song, actually.
3
Apr 14 2025
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
I quite enjoy Sabbath, though I will say they have better stuff than this self titled album. Still, much enjoyed.
4
Apr 15 2025
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
I don't necessarily think this album is bad, it's just excruciatingly boring.
There's a couple ok songs towards the end.
2
Apr 16 2025
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Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Good study music. I guess most would associate this with elevator music these days, but an album has to be really good to be pervasive enough to hear it so widely, and to have so many songs that you're familiar with even if you don't quite know where from.
I feel like I've heard about 30 covers of some of the songs off this album.
Girl from Ipanema is a bonafide classic.
3
Apr 17 2025
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Fragile
Yes
This is an odd album.
There's some interesting melodies, album is pretty experimental.
Decent but not really grabbing me either.
3
Apr 18 2025
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The White Room
The KLF
Only able to find the directors cut which is apparently a different album, with a few different songs.
Don't listen to a lot of EDM but yeah the album is pretty interesting. Madrugada Eterna has a great melody.
3
Apr 21 2025
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Album is quality from start to finish. Not normally my style but definitely a solid album. At times sounds almost like a 2010-ish indie rock era album, which is impressive for an album from 1988.
4
Apr 22 2025
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Holy hell. An absolute banger of a classic album.
5
Apr 23 2025
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Seventeen Seconds
The Cure
One song almost got this album out of "aggressively dull" and into "dull as dishwater." Boring.
1
Apr 24 2025
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Lam Toro
Baaba Maal
This album is really cool.
3
Apr 25 2025
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Risque
CHIC
It's fine.
2