Jan 09 2025
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Grace
Jeff Buckley
Not bad, inoffensive. Had maybe one or two songs I'd keep, and maybe five that I didn't skip while listening and working. Grace, Mojo Pin, and Dream Brother I kept. I'll need to listen again to see if I'll really keep those. Maybe it'll reduce down to only Grace or maybe everything will be relegated to the b-list. 2.5/5 I think.
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Jan 10 2025
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Very good background music. Iron Maiden is one of those bands where they have a very uniform sound, and this album is especially so. This makes for a consistent and smooth listening experience while trying to work and concentrate on something else. When listening to the songs with focus, they are catchy and I do like the sound of them, though they are all quite similar, which makes it harder to choose the x songs of their discography which are worth keeping. 4/5 stars.
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Jan 13 2025
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Machine Head
Deep Purple
Generic and bland. Not offensive but not wonderful either, just middle of the road. highway star is pretty good for the occasional listen. Smoke on the water's riff is pretty legendary but the song itself is kinda eh. 2/5 stars.
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Jan 14 2025
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
alright I guess. I think it's just not my type of music, but it wasn't bad. I have no idea what was up with the clown sounds in highway 61 revisited. just why?? i grabbed three songs from the album which are pretty decent, but they'll probably go straight to the b-list. like a rolling stone, from a buick 6, ballad of a thin man). 2/5 stars.
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Jan 15 2025
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Eh, alright. I liked the strings in friends, but it didn't quite gel with the rest of the song. immigrant song is obviously the most famous of the songs on the album, and it's fine. I swear it stole all of the energy in the album, so you have one super high energy song and a bunch of sad deflated hacky sacks for the rest. I liked the vocals of that's the way, it's nice to see something different from led zeppelin. 2/5 stars.
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Jan 16 2025
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Tapestry
Carole King
bland and generic for the most part. a natural woman was pretty good, I wouldn't want it in my playlist I don't think, but if someone was playing it out loud I don't think I'd want them to skip it. the rest was just kind of whatever though. 2/5 stars.
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Jan 17 2025
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Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Not my jam, but not bad. There are parts of too high and golden lady which I quite liked, it's just not an album I would listen to intentionally. It had a nice energy to it, and his voice in jesus children of america was quite nice. but yeah, it's nice music just not for me. 2/5 stars.
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Jan 20 2025
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Kind of slow and meandering in a way that didn't work for me. I liked the sound of the driving instruments in Venus in Furs, but not enough to add it I don't think. Femme Fatale isn't bad either, but more vocally than from the instruments. 2/5 stars.
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Jan 21 2025
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
An interesting sound, I vibed with it. It had a good driving beat and timing which I liked. Bodysnatchers captured the energy of this album well I think. I don't think I would need any of these songs, but they make good background music. I'll need to come back to this album though. 3/5 stars.
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Jan 22 2025
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Live At The Witch Trials
The Fall
I liked the main beat of Frightened, Rebellious Jukebox is also fun. Not a bad album tbh. Not my favourite but had a bit of energy which was cool. Good background music. 2.5/5 stars.
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Jan 23 2025
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The Sensual World
Kate Bush
Kate Bush has a good voice and she has some good songs. This is a solid album, nothing particularly stands out as a song I need to have from her but I did enjoy listening to it. 3/5 stars.
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Jan 24 2025
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Connected
Stereo MC's
I really liked the sound and energy of this album. A lot of the songs had an interesting sound and were catchy, I'll grab the full album and see how I sort the songs between my a-list and b-list, but I definitely think this album fills in a niche that is currently lacking. I liked Fade Away and Connected, but honestly I like them all. Also vibed with the accents in this. 4.5 stars.
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Jan 27 2025
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The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem
Iconic. I loved the classics: Drips, The Way I Am, The Real Slim Shady, and Under the Influence. I didn't vibe with a lot of the other songs, but some of them had some good beats. I also appreciated the flow from listening to this album consecutively and how the skits flowed into the following songs thematically. A positive 3.5/5 stars.
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Jan 28 2025
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
Sadly I did not vibe with this album. Fast Cars I loved, as legally obliged. Give Me One Reason wasn't bad either. But the rest of the album was dull, the lyrics were shallow and direct, and the songs sounded eh. Very underwhelming and boring. 2/5 stars.
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Jan 29 2025
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle MonĂ¡e
This is not my genre of music but I can really appreciate the breadth in what Janelle has done an amazing job at creating many unique and distinct sounding songs in this album. Do I like the songs? Eh, not so much, but I do appreciate them. I did like Come Alive (War of the Roses) a decent amount. 3/5 stars.
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Feb 03 2025
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A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse
Faces
Bland and generic, this was a really dull album. stay with me was alright, definitely the best song on the album, but still a dime a dozen. 1/5 stars.
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Feb 04 2025
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Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
It was good background music, some of the tracks were quite nice. Kathy's Waltz had nice flow and embodied the sound of the album well. It made great concentration music and I would definitely return to it (though maybe skip the first track since it's much higher energy than the rest). But would I listen to it on its own? Eh, probably not.
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Feb 05 2025
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Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Fine but not my cup of tea. It had some cool sounds in it, but eh, nothing I would keep. 1/5 stars.
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Feb 06 2025
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Suicide
Suicide
It's okay, a little quiet for my liking. needs to add some wind to its sails I think, but it's fine. 2/5 stars.
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Feb 07 2025
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Follow The Leader
Korn
Not my cup of tea, but fine. I wasn't expecting Ice Cube and I wasn't expecting them to rap. 2/5 stars.
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Feb 10 2025
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Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Bill Evans Trio
actual genuine elevator music ):
1/5 stars.
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