Jan 07 2025
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3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul
Intro - funny
The Magic Number - Didn't think much of it, but then 80s rap beats are not my thing
Change in Speak - good groove. Love the brass section.
Cool Breeze on the Rocks - adding this here for completion but what is there to say about this haha
Can U Keep a Secret - funny but that's it (adorable laugh at the end)
Jenifa Taught Me is one of the best so far - loved the Chopsticks interlude, and the cool beat coming in after
Ghetto Thang - the groove on this one is amazing. Best on the album so far.
Transmitting Live from Mars - love the groove on this one, and the French at the start.
Eye Know - so cute! Love the Peg sample.
Take it Off - fairly boring
A Little Bit of Soap - love the sample
Tread Water - pretty fun
Potholes in My Lawn - pretty good groove but fairly boring overall
Say No Go - fairly forgettable
Do as De La Does - abrasive and not great
Plug Tunin' - not bad. Pretty dull
De La Orgee - ridiculous haha
Buddy - pretty dull (has the hilarious signature rap "ha HA!" that I love though)
Description - plodding
Me Myself and I - WHAT an excellent start. Love the hook throughout.
This is a Recording - VERY cool groove. One of the best songs on the album.
I Can Do Anything - funny
D.A.I.S.Y Age - pretty muted and boring, so a disappointing end to
Summary: Love all the samples, love the grooves, love the talking bits, little asides, and jokes. A great time overall.
3
Jan 08 2025
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
...the original version of Show Business though...yikes.
2
Jan 09 2025
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Guero
Beck
E-Pro - not bad, fairly dull
*Que' Onda Guero - really like this one. Reminded me of Gorillaz
*Girl - LOVE the 8-bit intro. Good song - love the key change that leads into the chorus (and is present throughout it). Love the slide guitar solo.
Missing - pretty untuneful and boring
*Black Tambourine - pretty sexy
*Earthquake Weather - cute. Really unusual tune
Hell Yes - love the groove at the start. Sexy song
Broken Drum - alright, fairly dull
Scarecrow - fairly dull
Go It Alone - fairly dull
Farewell Ride - dull also. Many the quality of this album massively dips after the first half.
Rental Car - dull
Emergency Exit - dull
Send a Message to Her - kind of Beatles vibe off this one. Pretty good
Chain Reaction - not bad - love the video game bits at the end. Song is a bit repetitive.
Half and half! Good beginning, dull end, good bonus tracks.
4
Jan 10 2025
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
Aside from the three famous ones, this album is nothing to write home about.* Surprised it made the list.
*One exception being Pieces of What which is pretty good.
2
Jan 13 2025
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Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Another 80s rap album. This will probably be a struggle...
Peter Piper - your classic 80s rap. You know the drill. Earnest. Cheesy beats. Lost it at: "He's not Hansel." "He's not Gretel."
It's Tricky - A classic! Catchy.
My Adidas - alright.
Walk This Way - this is a great song once you studiously ignore the lyrics (yikes).
Is It Live - not bad.
Perfection - LIVING for the smug singing at the beginning and throughout. Also - "DM-" "CCCCCCCC!" - stunning. Song gets pretty boring after the first min though.
Hit It Run - hated this so much I had to skip it.
Raising Hell - "IT is SOMEwhat FRIGHT'ning!" - amazing. Love the rock elements of this song too incl. the guitar solo. Also love "He's off the WALL, on the BALL".
You Be Illin' - really like the hook on this.
Dumb Girl - thought the beginning was dumb (!) but then loved how the beat came in. Love how the final 'Dumb Girl' sounds like Ru Paul said it.
Son of Byford - what can really be said.
Proud to be Black - pretty good. Great lyrics.
All in all I liked it a lot! Surprisingly.
4
Jan 14 2025
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Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
One of the greats! Very excited to listen start to finish and see which ones I'd not heard before.
So Far Away - cute. Love 'tired of makin' out on the telephone'; very wholesome wording/self-censorship haha.
Money For Nothing - I mean what a classique. Excellent.
Walk of Life - one of my favourite songs ever.
Your Latest Trick - what a find - really cool.
Why Worry? - very sweet.
Ride Across The River - weakest so far.
The Man's Too Strong - not great; too country for me too.
One World - fairly forgettable.
Brothers In Arms - SO excellent.
5
Jan 15 2025
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Blood And Chocolate
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
I knew from the first song that this was not going to be my thing...not a fan of this style of singing at all.
Song 2...still struggling.
Song 3...I give up.
1
Jan 16 2025
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xx
The xx
All the other songs aside from Intro are very dull/samey.
Islands - Her voice isn't good...is that on purpose?
Heart Skipped A Beat - Never mind, both voices I'm hearing are bad.
1
Jan 17 2025
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Not bad but definitely much prefer Stop Making Sense.
My goodness his voice is insufferable on Happy Day, haha.
Really liked the bass and beat of No Compassion. "They say compassion is a virtue, but I don't have the time." LOVE that.
Psycho Killer a treat of course.
Quite liked Pulled Up.
2
Jan 20 2025
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Lust For Life
Iggy Pop
Pretty boring title track tbh
Sixteen is very samey too, tune-wise (like WHAT tune, amirite?)
Riff at the start of Some Weird Sin is adorable. Also "things get too straight / I can't bear it" ; same, queen
The Passenger is so basic and samey too - don't know why it's so popular
Tonight is pretty good
So is Success
Turn Blue is the best so far - a weird instance of the later songs being better than the first.
Neighborhood Threat is pretty good.
Last track is pretty good too.
2
Jan 21 2025
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Lively Up Yourself - pretty good, pretty samey
No Woman No Cry - sweeter and better than I remember
Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) - not bad
Rebel Music - like the country aspect of this, and spooky Nick Cave feel
So Jah S'eh - love the jazzy feel
Natty Dread - pretty good
Bend Down Low - pretty good
Talkin' Blues - prettyyyyy dull
Revolution - I like the edge to this one
Am-A-Do - Not bad
Overally I wouldn't return for anything except No Woman No Cry but I did enjoy the album more than I thought I would.
2
Jan 22 2025
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Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
Whatever this is it ain't for me. REM but bad.
1
Jan 23 2025
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Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
Happy Mondays
Kinky Afro - pretty good.
God's Cop - the riff and scatting in this are great.
Donovan - really like this one.
Grandbag's Funeral - too abrasive.
Loose Fit - like this one.
Dennis and Lois - really love the sunny sound of this. one. "It's good to see you. To see you nice. If you do me once, well, we'll do it twice" is great.
Bob's Yer Uncle - love his voice on this one.
Step On - again, love the sunny sound of this.
Holiday - love it. "Slow down, bitch! Bitch, slow down!" - obsessed.
Harmony - pretty dull but sure the rest of the album is great so no problem. SHOOK by the sudden stop though - loved that.
Tokoloshe Man - not bad.
5
Jan 24 2025
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Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized
Title track – very wistful and sweet.
Come Together – kind of plodding but cool lyrics.
I Think I’m in Love – pretty good but not life changing. “I think I’m in love” (“Probably just hungry”) – amazing. Love the whole call and response thing in general; great lyrics.
All of My Thoughts – like the chaotic nature of this.
Stay with Me – pretty nice, but quite samey.
Electricity – too rock for me.
Home of the Brave – pretty forgettable but I like how it runs into the next song
The Individual – love the primal sound on this but due to said sound I wouldn’t be going back to bump this on the regular.
Broken Heart – gorgeous sad start to this. Fucking beautiful throughout. Ethereal. Transcendent.
No God Only Religion – VERY cool but too experimental for a revisit.
Cool Waves – fairly boring.
Cop Shoot Cop… - pretty dull.
5
Jan 27 2025
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My Aim Is True
Elvis Costello
Welcome To The Working Week - Still struggling with this man's voice arghhhh but the song's alright.
Miracle Man – alright, pretty boring.
No Dancing – pretty good. Old school. Love the end-of-chorus key change.
Blame It On Cain – not bad but bit B A S I C.
Alison – quite sweet.
Sneaky Feelings – not bad.
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes – I like the call and response.
Less Than Zero – the best so far.
Mystery Dance – very Time Warp. Not bad but pretty formulaic/tune-less.
Pay It Back – alright – I like the key changes.
I’m Not Angry – I like the opening – reminds me of the Beatles I’m Happy Just to Dance With You. “I got you talking with your hands, got you smiling with your legs” is great.
Waiting For The End Of The World – banal enough.
Watching The Detectives – very cool and love the harmonies and reggae style but if ONLY HE DIDN’T SING THAT STYLISED WAY.
3
Jan 28 2025
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Is This It
The Strokes
Pretty good but samey - only stand outside are Someday, Last Nite (of course) and Hard To Explain
3
Jan 29 2025
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Not my thing generally; too plodding. But Cool Water has nice harmonies. "The night's are cool and I'm a fool" is great.
1
Jan 30 2025
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
Love every song except Midnight Show. W H A T an album.
Special shout out to Change Your Mind which I feel doesn't get talked about enough. Also Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll is so sweet.
5
Jan 31 2025
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Songs From A Room
Leonard Cohen
Listen his voice isn't the best, is it? Most songs are too meandery and sleepy for me.
Love the key changes in Story of Isaac.
Cool dark energy to The Partisan, but the backing singer annoyed me.
Love the reverb on Seems So Long Ago, Nancy.
I like You Know Who I Am - more great key changes.
Tonight Will Be Fine sounds like it's from the Juno soundtrack which is interesting. Lovely end to the album.
2
Feb 01 2025
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Tea for the Tillerman
Cat Stevens
What a classic. Didn't know Sad Lisa - SO good.
Miles from Nowhere and But I Might Die Tonight were also new - not bad.
Great ones all round.
4
Feb 02 2025
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Hard for me to get excited about jazz, but this was very...pleasant?
3
Feb 03 2025
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Guitar Town
Steve Earle
Nothing stand out* but a pleasant listen, as country goes.
*Except for Someday, which is really nice and a gut punch reminder of the Bridge to Terabithia scene it's in.
Also Fearless Heart is quite sweet.
3
Feb 04 2025
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Just ain't my thing, but A Natural Woman is of course lovely, and Good to Me as I Am to You is sexy (some stressful capitalisation choices in its title though).
Backing vocals on Ain't No Way are really cool and unearthly.
2
Feb 05 2025
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Fifth Dimension
The Byrds
Don't think I wanna give this band my time o' day, all things considered.
1
Feb 06 2025
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Just not my shtyle of tune.
1
Feb 07 2025
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G. Love And Special Sauce
G. Love & Special Sauce
Not bad but quite samey. First song is the best.
2
Feb 08 2025
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Used not to like Thinkin Bout You but it's growing on me.
Sierra Leone: "We're spending too much time alone, and I just ran out of Trojans." - incredible.
Pilot Jones is sweet.
Pyramids is a BANGERRRRR.
"Monks in the moshpit" is amazing.
"Taxi driver - you my shrink for the hour" is so good.
Not a lot of standouts, but very good lyrics throughout.
3
Feb 09 2025
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Colour By Numbers
Culture Club
Very inoffensive and goofy. Not memorable except for the famous track.
1
Feb 10 2025
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Spiderland
Slint
Not my scene.
1
Feb 11 2025
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Revolver
Beatles
Masterpiece of course. Accidentally had Spotify on shuffle so enjoy:
Love the beat on Taxman.
Love the depth of For No One.
Love the ominous piano on I Want To Tell You.
Love to joy of Got To Get You Into My Life.
Never noticed how goofy the drumming was on Yellow Submarine. Till now.
Stunning guitar on And Your Bird Can Sing.
Here, There and Everywhere is just ethereal. Love the key change on the last word of "but to love her is to need her everywhere".
Doctor Robert is just so COOL.
Love the 'WHENNNN' coming in early towards the end of I'm Only Sleeping.
Love You To is still the weakest, but I appreciate it more in my old age.
Eleanor Rigby I mean W H A T more can be SAID what a SONG.
The harmonies on She Said She Said are so trippy and delicious.
Tomorrow Never Knows - trippy delight. Love the birds.
Good Day Sunshine - cute but best bit is the key change at the end, and the fade out.
5
Feb 12 2025
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
REALLY good. Very relaxing. Gorgeous voice.
4
Feb 13 2025
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A Little Deeper
Ms. Dynamite
Pretty good and very nostalgic but not a lot of stand outs musically.
Good lyrics.
Love and remember Dy-Na-Mi-Tee, and Put Him Out and Seed Will Grow are good.
Love the backing of Afraid 2 Fly - reminds me of Show Me The Money by Petey Pablo.
3
Feb 14 2025
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Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan
I like most of the less bluesy ones (exception being Obviously Five Believers which has a great riff), aka:
Visions of Johanna
One of Us Must Know
I Want You - WHAT a tune
Just Like A Woman
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - gorgeous
4
Feb 15 2025
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The Cars
The Cars
So not my style but Just What I Needed, Bye Bye Love, and Don't Cha Stop are okay. Moving in Stereo is good.
Love the futuristic 8-bit synth sounds on the album. Pity about the REST.
1
Feb 16 2025
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Hotel California
Eagles
Yikes about this band so nope
1
Feb 17 2025
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
Can't
1
Feb 18 2025
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Master Of Puppets
Metallica
Still can't
1
Feb 19 2025
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The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Pink Floyd
Astronomy Domine - we get it; you're experimental!
Lucifer Sam - I mean it's alright?
Matilda Mother - love the key changes.
Flaming - pretty dull but I love to see 'yippee' featured gleefully in a song.
Pow R. Toc H. - we get it; you're still experimental!
Take Up They Stethoscope and Walk - sounds more like a jam session than a song but great name. I like the dissonant harmonies at the end and the abrupt stop.
Interstellar Overdrive - are people really listening to this on the regular? Or is it a one and done "such talent! On to something tuneful" type sitch?
The Gnome - ok now THIS is music (but in seriousness what a delight).
Chapter 24 - forgettable.
The Scarecrow - same.
Bike - saaaaaammmmeeee.
2
Feb 20 2025
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
First two are grand - not a fan of the occasional like, yodelling? Like the start of the first one though. Good beat.
'Tis all very meandery and tuneless, isn't it?
Good beats though.
Except That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, that song is really good.
2
Feb 21 2025
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Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins
I can tell this is good and was fun to listen through once, but 'cause I'm not a rock fan not many stood out particularly EXCEPT:
Today which is sweet.
Gorgeous guitar on Hummer.
Luna is lovely too.
2
Feb 22 2025
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Really good stuff - didn't expect them to have this hard a sound.
4
Feb 23 2025
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Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper
Fun but forgettable.
Didn't know he could be such straightforward rock.
Hello Hooray is my favourite.
I like the Bond sample in Unfinished Sweet.
2
Feb 24 2025
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Sunday Morning good is good, next one is alright. Femme Fatale I love.
Love how unsettling Venus in Furs is.
Love the energy in Run Run Run, and the ethereal nature of All Tomorrow's Parties. The tempo changes in Heroin are great.
Fun 50s sound on there There She Goes Again.
I'll Be Your Mirror is very cute.
Love how unsettling The Black Angel's Death Song is. Great lyrics too.
European Son - "You spit on those under 21"; "You want to make love to the scene" - iconic. Love the drumming change near the start. Too much filler after that.
Loved all but 2 of them! Surprised and delighted.
4
Feb 25 2025
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Tommy
The Who
What a treat of an album. Stand outs:
Eyesight to the Blind - "You talk about your woman...you should see mine." - so good. Great song in general.
Christmas - Great concept (on a CONCEPT album, no less?!). Great lyrics. Textbook Who key changes.
Gorgeous harmonies in Cousin Kevin. Love the quintessential 60s ones on "You won't be much fun
Being blind, deaf and dumb
But I've no-one to play with today". The lyrics might render it a one-time listen, though.
Go To The Mirror! - just epic. Classic Who key changes too.
I'm Free - so good as we KNOW.
Love that they brought the 60s whimsy with Tommy's Holiday Camp.
End of We're Not Gonna Take it (See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You) is INCREDIBLE AS WE KNOW.
5
Feb 26 2025
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube
Surprisingly enjoyable, even though it is NEARLY 80s rap.
3
Feb 27 2025
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Vulgar Display Of Power
Pantera
Absolutely no chance
1
Feb 28 2025
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
Nothing particularly stand out except Tiny Dancer, and Holiday Inn is good.
2
Mar 01 2025
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Elephant
The White Stripes
Really good! Matched the hype!
Also forgot that I knew and liked more by them than Seven Nation Army (Black Math, I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself).
Great lyrics:
"It's quite possible that I'm your third man, girl. But it's a fact that I'm the seventh son"
"Let's have a ball and a biscuit, sugar."
"The problems at hand are lighter than the problems at heart."
4
Mar 02 2025
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Kala
M.I.A.
Pretty good but quite samey.
Bamboo Banga and World Town are the best aside from Paper Planes.
3
Mar 03 2025
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
Famous ones are BANGERS, others are alright. Breathe and Fuel My Fire are good. Love the Who sample in Climbatize!
3
Mar 04 2025
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Coat Of Many Colors
Dolly Parton
First one is very sweet.
Really cool bass on Traveling Man and love the TWIST. "That travelling man was a two-time lover, took my love and he took my mother!" - excellent.
The rest are too country (go figure) except Early Morning Breeze which has a really cool unusual tune and great bass.
The non-country parts of The Way I See You are great.
3
Mar 05 2025
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Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Country Joe & The Fish
Real meandery, most of it? I can tell that some of it is good but it still did nothing for me.
2
Mar 06 2025
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Exceptional guitar as we'd EXPECT, especially on Highway Star. Only song I didn't like was the ballad at the end which is pretty dull.
Great to hear more by them than the of course excellent Smoke on the Water.
Love Pictures of Home. Great harmonies.
Great instrumentation throughout Lazy (disproving its title amirite).
Love the syncopation on Space Truckin'.
4
Mar 07 2025
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
My goodness he's always left me cold and this album has done nothing to change that. Such an annoying voice.
What an EARTH is going on with the goofy singing on One-Sided Love Affair specifically? Insufferable.
Tutti Frutti is alright because of the nostalgia for Brave Little Toaster it evokes.
Did really like Blue Moon - Take 9/M though. Really cool and psychedelic/modern-sounding? Had only heard the Chromatics cover before and liked it a lot/thought I'd massively prefer it but here we are liking original.
1
Mar 08 2025
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Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Not my thing, but Down to You is lovely; very 90s-film-soundtrack sounding.
Love the jazzy number at the end though! Very unexpected from her.
2
Mar 09 2025
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Rum Sodomy & The Lash
The Pogues
More fun than I'd expected!
3
Mar 10 2025
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Purple Rain
Prince
Liked it a lot more than I expected; didn't know he had such cute ones sound-wise?! LOVE the acknowledgement of female masturbation in Darling Nikki; very cool for the mid-80s!
Purple Rain is the weakest song so its fame is inexplicable.
4
Mar 11 2025
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Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush
Running Up That Hill is transcendent,
unfortunately don't like Hounds Of Love itself,
do like The Big Sky,
love how eerie ad mournful Mother Stands For Comfort is, musically.
'And Dream of Sheep' is heartbreaking.
Didn't think much of Under Ice; I could see it was trying to be spooky but it wasn't effective the way Mother Stands For Comfort is.
Cloudbusting is pretty good. I like the violins and the choir element at the end.
JUMPSCARE at the start of Waking The Witch! LOVE the atmospheric and experimental start; wish that had continued throughout.
Watching You Without Me is SO mournful and so good.
Not a fan of Jig of Life but did like the Irish trad element.
Hello Earth is ok.
The Morning Fog is ok too, but quite an anticlimactic end to the album; I would have had Cloudbusting here as a hopeful ending.
5
Mar 12 2025
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Myths Of The Near Future
Klaxons
Not really my thing but I liked:
Atlantis To Interzone
Gravity's Rainbow - like the drumming and keyboard in this
2
Mar 13 2025
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
Sunshine Of Your Love is actually more dull than I remembered.
Cool harmonies on World of Pain.
Blue Condition is SO dull!
Outside Woman Blues is good.
Great guitar throughout of course, but fairly sleep tunes-wise? Nothing to get excited about.
P.S. Spoke too soon! The unexpected delight of Mother's Lament! Highlights include:
the obscenely English accents throughout.
"an skeleton"
the unhinged harmony on "repliiieeeeeeed"
the Gilbert and Sullivan style harmony on the second "in a jug"; priceless
I should have known there'd be a whimsy track considering the genre and decade, and just like with The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, it's my favourite on the album. Clearly psychedelic rock is not for me. I need a mixtape of whimsy tracks only from the genre. Whack The Laughing Gnome on there.
2
Mar 14 2025
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Nevermind
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit is of course great
In Bloom I found dull
I like the riff in Come As You Are and the weird tune of the chorus (similar to the odd tune at the beginning of Lithium)
Breed is pretty fun
Same with Lithium
Polly is ok
Territorial Pissings is pretty cringe
Drain You is ok. The start of it matches the start of Teen Spirit -
I notice a lot of the songs have a similar tune, or pattern?
Lounge Act - pretty fun
Stay Away - this is my favourite after Teen Spirit
Love the honesty of On A Plain - pretty good song in general.
Really like Something In The Way - love the one-note harmony.
Endless, Nameless - oh no; my least favourite style of 'singing'. Oh wait nice riff after the initial horror. No wait back to the travesty after that. Oh wait nice guitar after that. And back to the cool riff. But now the horrors are back. We knew they would be. Discordant cacophony at 2.30 is cool though.
Ok sweet everything from 2.30 onwards is great. I just need an entirely instrumental version of this track. Great ending to the album, though.
3
Mar 15 2025
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Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Peaches En Regalia - great name, and love the funky start, leading into a cute riff, a TV game show (or 90s Sonic game) sounding jingle, then back to funk. SO good.
Willie The Pimp - hate the singing but love the guitar.
Son Of Mr. Green Genes - not for me.
Little Umbrellas - nor this.
The Gumbo Variations - nor this. It gets particularly nightmarishly dial-up tone sounding towards the end.
It Must Be A Camel - man, I hate this too. And after such a promising start to the album!
2
Mar 16 2025
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1989
Taylor Swift
Before I knew what I know about her I loved this album.
1
Mar 17 2025
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Punishing Kiss
Ute Lemper
First two are fairly meandery. Not a fan of her voice.
LOVE the continuous unexpected chords on 'used to LIVE' in Die Dreigroschenoper.
I like the accordion on The Part You Throw Away.
You Were Meant For Me is the best one. It has an epic scale.
Actually a tortuous experience sitting through Scope J.
1
Mar 18 2025
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
Didn't know the first one! Very fun.
Forgot the mad way she sings the chorus of One Way Or Another. Also very fun.
Great guitar solo halfway through Picture This - otherwise fairly BASIC.
Rest are fairly forgettable, till Will Anything Happen which is pretty good - love the key changes, switching moods and tempos.
Sunday Girl and Heart of Glass always excellent.
Last two are forgettable (I'm Gonna Love You Too is so ditzy haha) but I like some of the Lyrics of Just Go Away: "You got a big mouth and I'm happy to see - Your foot is firmly entrenched where a molar should be"
"Don't be mad or lose your medicaid cool"
"Don't go away sad - Don't go away mad - Just go away"
2
Mar 19 2025
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Nothing's Shocking
Jane's Addiction
Up the Beach is pretty good. Atmospheric.
Ocean Size is ridiculous but unexpectedly enjoyable.
Had a Dad is fairly dull.
"Ted, Just Admit It..." I'm seeing a trend emerge - they're pretty dull? Which is impressive to achieve when they've so much going on.
Could not finish this album.
1
Mar 20 2025
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Want One
Rufus Wainwright
Oh What A World - What a strong start to the album! Such a cool sample choice too
I Don't Know What It Is - very epic feel to this
Vicious World - not bad. I like "didn't realise you were so top of the shelf"
Movies Of Myself - not bad
Pretty Things - very sweetly sad
Go Or Go Ahead - quite a Muse sound on this one
Vibrate - love the classical music backing
14th Street - sort of Julian Casablancas sound on this
Natasha - very pretty
Harvester Of Hearts - not bad, quite wistful (hilarious little laugh at the end)
Beautiful Child - not bad
Want, 1:11, and Dinner At Eight - all made for a dull end to the album, unfortunately
3
Mar 21 2025
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Country Life
Roxy Music
An album so incredibly mediocre that it's almost noteworthy again.
There's a range of styles so some songs should manage to stand out...and yet.
Cool guitar solos on Out Of The Blue and Prairie Rose, though.
2
Mar 22 2025
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Document
R.E.M.
I expected them to be more of my thing than THIS. I knew they were goofy but didn't expect mediocrity too.
2
Mar 23 2025
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
Some of the tunes are alright pity about the SINGING.
Why did they let him away with being so off key? Is it supposed to add charm? It does not add charm.
2
Mar 24 2025
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Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Very good listen. Nothing particularly standout besides the title track, but an overall pleasing groove and some sexy ones too.
3
Mar 25 2025
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
Love his voice and displays of vulnerability.
STAND OUTS:
Ballad Of Big Nothing
Between The Bars - SO good
Pictures Of Me
Angeles
Say Yes
4
Mar 26 2025
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
Favourite is Rhododendron aka the wordless one.
Just not about the meandery sleepy nature of their sound. It's pleasant, but forgettable stuff.
2
Mar 27 2025
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
ANOTHER BEATLES ONE YESSSSSS
Love the weird harmonies in Drive My Car.
Always found Norwegian Wood to be boring.
Love You Won't See Me - always thought the singing was sexy on it
Gorgeous harmonies and lyrics in Nowhere Man.
Think For Yourself - cool discordant harmonies and must always shout out "I won't be THURRRRR with you" - great guitar also. Never heard the fluctuation in note on the final 'you' before the song ends so that was a nice find.
More discordance on The Word! Love that that's a theme throughout this album.
Always found Michelle pretty boring too. Like the chord progression of the spooky bit aka "I will say the only words I know that you'll understand"
What Goes On - like yes it's goofy but again, great harmonies. Never noticed before that there's a country sound to this one.
Girl - fairly nice - again, love the spooky bits' chord progression and the instrumental bit.
Looking Through You - I mean excellent lyrics. What a song.
In My Life - so insanely good and so mature and reflective for a 25 year old.
Wait - more fun discordance!
If I Needed Someone - YET MORE fun discordance!!
Run For Your Life - I mean horrifying lyrics but what a SONG (also hey discordance)
5
Mar 28 2025
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Remain In Light
Talking Heads
Prefer this one to Talking Heads 77.
Born Under Punches and Crosseyed and Painless are both pretty good.
The Great Curve and Once in a Lifetime (love the effect halfway in - "the MOVE-the MOVE-") are excellent.
I like that Houses in Motion starts out like an 80s rap song and is wonderfully weird throughout.
Love the weirdness of Seen and Not Seen and Listening Wind.
Only song I didn't like was The Overload which was a pity considering it's the closer.
4
Mar 29 2025
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Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
Love's In Need Of Love Today didn't do anything for me.
Love the Sonic sounding guitar in the background of Have A Talk With God.
Love the classical sound on Village Ghetto Land.
Insane instrumentation on Contusion. Incredible.
Sir Duke - first one I recognised. Hadn't noticed the little laugh at 1:10 - love it - reminds me of the ad libs in rap songs; "Ha-HA!"
I Wish - I remember this! 'Tis fun.
Knocks Me Off My Feet - Love the lyric "I don't want to bore you with it, but I love you" but not for me otherwise.
Pastime Paradise - great to hear the original hook. Great song; love the violin bringing back the classical sound heard on Village Ghetto Land.
Summer Soft is not for me either - don't like his slower/sweeter ones it seems. Love the lyric "You've been fooled by April" though, and the trademark changing the key consistently throughout the chorus.
Ordinary Pain - too repetitive.
Isn't She Lovely - Never heard the baby crying soundscape version...not a fan but I get why it's there. But GREAT song otherwise as we know. Will be sticking with the radio version!
Joy Inside My Tears - Dull.
Black Man - Pretty dull musically, except I love the finger picking effect and groove of the instrumental bit towards the end.
Ngiculeila and If It's Magic are pretty dull.
As - Pretty dull too, except the tune the choir repeats is cool - love the last note especially.
Another Star, Saturn, and Ebony Eyes, All Day Sucker, Easy Goin' Evening - Same with these.
3
Mar 30 2025
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Reign In Blood
Slayer
I just find this type of rage so fake and pantomime? Laughable. Survived half of the first song and knew I'd heard enough.
As usual in metal, excellent guitar work; shame about the vocals.
1
Mar 31 2025
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Boston
Boston
More Than A Feeling is great and always makes me nostalgic for Scrubs.
Didn't expect to like more of them, but Peace of Mind is good too! And Foreplay / Long Time is really cool before the singing comes in; too repetitive.
Rock & Roll Band is pretty dull but nice harmonies on the chorus.
Smokin' is fun.
Hitch a Ride - like it a lot, particularly the harmonies and drumming.
Something About You is a lot of fun - love the ethereal start and the call and response element; great harmonies as always.
Let Me Take You Home Tonight is sweet.
4
Apr 01 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Down To The Waterline - alright but kind of just a less good Sultans of Swing. Excellent final chord though.
Water Of Love - first few bars reminded me of America from West Side Story. Rest is boring unfortunately.
Setting Me Up - veers too much into country for me.
Six Blade Knife - fairly dull.
Southbound Again - same.
Sultans of Swing - absolutely excellent as we know; highlight being the insane guitar at the end.
In The Gallery - great groove to this one.
Wild West End - not great but love "pink toenails and hands all dirty with money".
Lions - dull.
2
Apr 02 2025
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Roadhouse Blues - alright but prefer the hardness of Waiting for the Sun.
You Make Me Real - too rock and roll for me.
Peace Frog - great solos.
Blue Sunday - sweet croony one.
Ship of Fools - alright - cool timings in the solo.
Land Ho! - Boring and YIKES on the lyrics (thought I can't say much considering I like the Beatles' Run For Your Life).
The Spy - Man I just cannot enjoy blues ever.
Queen of the Highway - dull.
Indian Summer - tune and words are simple but the foreboding instrumentation in the background is reminiscent of The End which I like.
Maggie M'Gill - pretty repetitive, and a flat end to the album. Would have preferred Indian Summer here.
Interesting the mix of genres on this album though.
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Apr 03 2025
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Teenage Head
Flamin' Groovies
Pretty dull, and I don't like his affected voice. Sounds like he's trying to be Mick Jagger.
1