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 Monáe
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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Feb 11 2025
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
This is a really unique album. It brings in a lot of instruments from beyond the genre to provide an interesting and dynamic sound. something something cowbells though. each song felt different and fresh. 4/5 stars.
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Feb 12 2025
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C'est Chic
CHIC
A fun like upper-vlass club sort of disco sound. Not my jam, but a fun deviation for 40 mins. Le freaks is fun obviously, but i loved the beat of chic freak and the rest of the album was pretty fun. 3/5 stars.
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Feb 13 2025
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Rio
Duran Duran
not bad, just kind of generic pop. rio wasn't bad and lonely in your nightmare is pretty catchy. for what it is, it's pretty good. it's just not somethig i need. 2.5/5 stars.
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Feb 14 2025
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Take Me Apart
Kelela
Eh, whatever. Not the fusion of genres and elevation I was hoping for; fairly straight-forward. A couple of te songs were catchy enough (blue light and onanon) but nothing show-stopping. 1.5/5 stars.
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Feb 17 2025
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Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division
The music doesn't click for me which is a shame, but I really appreciate the technical side of things: the instruments sound good and the songs are interesting. the crispness of the drums, the sound of the guitar tracks, very nice indeed. 3/5 stars.
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Feb 18 2025
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
I like the early 90s feeling of this album. it has a lot of the emotion from early rap with the beats of 90s rap which is really fun. i enjoyed this album quite a lot even if i wouldnt to download all of it. Bring da ruckus is good, so is da mystery of chessboxin and c.r.e.a.m. 3.5/5 stars.
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Feb 19 2025
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Solid Air
John Martyn
this was a spectacularly boring album except for the last song: I'd Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman) which was pretty fun. but the rest... yikes. 1.5/5 stars.
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Feb 20 2025
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
Pretty boring and slow imo. just not my thing unfortunately. 1.5/5 stars.
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Feb 21 2025
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Big fan. Engaging and interesting songs. the lyrics are, as always with Nick Cave, great, and the songs themselves are really enjoyable to listen to (especially the first half of the album). Starting off with Papa Won't Leae You Henry is a killer start to the album. Really enjoyable. 4.5/5 stars.
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Feb 24 2025
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So
Peter Gabriel
Eh, fine. Not my thing, so kid of boring, but not the worst. 2/5 stars.
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Feb 25 2025
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At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash
Boring as shit, to put it simply. It's just an old man talk-crooning slowly and blandly. Every song sounds the same and I couldn't wait for this album to be over. 1/5 stars.
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Feb 26 2025
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Blue
Joni Mitchell
Eh, boring. Not my jam. 1/5 stars.
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Feb 27 2025
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Paris 1919
John Cale
Kind of boring, not my thing. There was some varity between the songs but not enough for me to really enjoy this album. 1.5/5 stars.
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Feb 28 2025
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Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
There's some measure of variety within this album, but not a massive amount. Gasoline Alley was decent but not really my jam. An okay album. 2/5 stars.
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Mar 06 2025
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Hail To the Thief
Radiohead
Hm, this is the epitome of the Radiohead sound. No particular song stood out to me in this wall of lilting fuzzy Radiohead. Not bad, just not something I need. None of the songs had any interest factors which stood out to me, so like 2/5 stars.
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Mar 07 2025
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Achtung Baby
U2
Not bad, an interesting album. Seems to have a lot of big hits on it. The Fly was cool as were a few other songs. A fine album just not overly for me I think. 2.5/5 stars.
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Mar 10 2025
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Bossanova
Pixies
There's a few really great songs on here. The album started off really strong with Cecilia Ann, and there were a couple of other songs that were really fun. I liked the energy of the album and the sound. 4/5 stars.
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Mar 11 2025
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
I love Walk on By and I didn't even realise that's what it was. Big win there, but felt very caught out by the 18 minute song I thought would be over and done with soon enough. It was not. 2.5/5 stars.
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Mar 12 2025
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The Visitors
ABBA
inoffensive and bland. 2/5 stars.
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Mar 13 2025
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Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
An interesting album for sure. It seemed to have a cool mix of talent on it - Atticus Ross and Nick Cave. And going from It's Business as Usual to Miles is a hilarious contrast. I did like the former song, and a few of the others too. The variety and range on this album was really cool even if I didn't love every song on it. 3.5/5 stars.
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Mar 14 2025
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
Not bad, I thought it was kind of generic and had a very consistent sound throughout the album the first listen, but I gave it a few more listens and there's some good songs in there for sure. I liked a bunch of songs on here - probably at a b-list level but there's gonna be a few a-lists in there. 4/5 stars.
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Mar 18 2025
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Actually really fantastic. I loved the sound and feel of this album so much. The guitar and drum work was amazing and each song was dynamic and interesting. Particularly loved Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, You Shook Me, and Dazed and Confused. 4.5/5 stars.
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Mar 19 2025
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Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Nightswimming is always a favourite of mine. This album has a good mix of songs with enough difference between them for a unique listening experience. Sweetness Follows is quite good, so is Drive and Try Not to Breathe. 3.5/5 stars.
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Mar 20 2025
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
Really boring and obscenely long. 1/5 stars.
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Mar 21 2025
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
generic rock. it's whatever. 1/5 stars.
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Mar 24 2025
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
I like El Condor Pasa (If I Could), but the rest isn't really my jam. Not bad, just not my thing. 2/5 stars.
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Mar 25 2025
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Odelay
Beck
Yeah, fine. Devils haircut was good enough to want to get permanently, but nothing else jumped out. I see what Beck is and I understand the niche he's filling, I just don't need much of it I think. 2.5/5 stars.
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Mar 26 2025
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
kind of just boring middle of the road. there is some interest factor in the variety of sound and instruments used but at the end of the day it's just not my thing. 1/5 stars
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Mar 27 2025
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
Some good ol' 90s rap. Can't go too wrong with this, always love the piano and more classical instruments contrasting with the rapping. Nothing in here I want but I respect it. 2.5/5 stars.
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Mar 28 2025
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Loved the sound, not all were hits but there was enough in there that I really enjoyed. The kind of nasally singing voice was a vibe and the songs were varied enough to provide good variety. Though with an album this long, you'd hope so lol. 3.5/5 stars.
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Mar 31 2025
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
Kind of boring actually. I feel like there's better work from David Bowie that isn't this middle-of-the-road boring generic music. The best song on here was Five Years - it built up nicely, but still a B-list song. Having listened to this did help me find some other stuff which was better - Tin Machine amongst them. 2/5 stars.
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Apr 01 2025
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
I liked the guitar at the end of To Live is To Die and I quite liked the sound of Eye of the Beholder. Not a bad album, just don't really need the rest I think. Some of the songs had some good driving sounds, but how much will that hold up on a casual listen? 2.5/5 stars.
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Apr 02 2025
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Untitled (Black Is)
SAULT
It was oddly preachy about being black in a really surface-level and cringy way? Very much felt like a thirteen year old's school project of uplifting cultures rather than anything meaningful or touching. Which is a shame because some of the songs were quite cool in their sound. I loved the drums in Bow and Wildfires was pretty good too. Don't Shoot Guns Down and a few other songs brought some interesting sounds together, I just hated the cringy reinforcements. Like genuinely painful to listen to and I definitely skipped a few songs which I try hard not to do during these reviews. 2/5 stars.
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Apr 03 2025
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
Inoffensive and catchy enough. Nothing bad, nothing great. Happy to listen to this as background music but probably wouldn't want to intentionally listen to this. 2.5/5 stars.
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Apr 04 2025
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Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Originally I thought this would be more diverse and interest than it turned out to be. Shame. Memory Boy is pretty catchy, but the album is pretty same-samey and generic. I swear there's actual duplicate songs in this. 2/5 stars.
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Apr 17 2025
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Blackstar
David Bowie
I quite liked this album. I absolutely love Girl Loves Me, and Black Star was also really good, and so is Dollar Days. This is a dynamic and varied album that is an absolute delight to listen to and I enjoyed myself a lot with this one.
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May 01 2025
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The Modern Dance
Pere Ubu
Bland and boring, a struggle to listen to. 1/5 stars,
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May 02 2025
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Sail Away
Randy Newman
One cannot underestimate just how awful and terrible this album was. This was my first do not finish and I think I skipped half of the songs I did listen to. american (insult) 0/5 stars. gross.
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May 05 2025
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Synchronicity
The Police
This was a fantastic album. Each song was vibrant and unique and really enjoyable. The diversity in sound within the album (going from Mother to Miss Gradenko - hell yeah), but also the quality of what has been put together was fantastic. IMO the weakest song was Every Breath You Take - I grabbed all songs except that one. I really like Synchroncity I and Mother, and Murder By Numbers is really catchy. 4.5/5 stars.
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May 06 2025
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Different Class
Pulp
Eh it's fine. It feels like a lot of the albums I've listened to so far as part of this whole thing. Solidly fine and generic. 2.5/5 stars.
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May 07 2025
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Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
I like the guy's voice a lot it has a nice nasally and kinda weak sound, like a thread pulled tight. Big fan. Otherwise a generic and boring album, not my thing. 2/5 stars.
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May 08 2025
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Shaft
Isaac Hayes
This isn't my jam, but I appreciate it. It's dynamic, well-made and interesting. 2/5 stars.
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May 09 2025
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Black Holes and Revelations
Muse
Very, very good. Dynamic album with lots of different sounds and distinct songs. The techno sounds work well with the guitar work (which was fantastic this album), and the Muse singing style. Obsessed obsessed obsessed with the end of Map of the Problematique, definitely my favourite 45 seconds of the whole album. Did I love every song on the album? No, but there was enough in there for me to really enjoy myself. 4/5 stars.
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May 12 2025
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Raw Power
The Stooges
Solidly whatever. just not my jam. 2/5 stars.
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May 13 2025
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Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
I vibe with this. An OG for sure. Definitely worth listening to. The songs have nice variety in the instruments and the rapping. Do I love all of it? Nah, but I'd recommend people to listen to it. Straight Outta Compton and Fuck Tha Police are tried and true for sure. 3/5 stars.
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May 14 2025
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Horses
Patti Smith
Big fan of this album, Patti's voice was really good, and the songs were catchy and enjoyable to listen to. The music was varied and well-crafted, and each song stood alone. The songs also didn't feel particularly dated for a 70s album. Land: Horses etc was a really good song. 4/5 stars.
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May 15 2025
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
Eh, kind of same-ish. Legally obliged to like Ace of Spades and Love Me Like a Reptile, but every song felt the same. So you really just need the one or two of them. Certainly not 27 of them. 2.5/5 stars.
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May 16 2025
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Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
Box Cars was a really good song but I hated every other song so much. Genuinely suffered through this album. Not a fan at all. 1/5 stars.
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