Jan 17 2025
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Live!
Fela Kuti
I really like this one. Afro fusion rhythms
5
Jan 18 2025
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Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel
Two great songs, one good song, the rest was a waste of time.
3
Jan 19 2025
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Winter In America
Gil Scott-Heron
A really great album.
5
Jan 20 2025
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
Not my style. I love the early Radiohead but this transition album made me transition out of enjoying them further.
1
Jan 21 2025
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Brothers
The Black Keys
It’s very repetitive and monotonous to get through. There are a few enjoyable tunes but the vast majority sounds and feel like filler songs.
3
Jan 22 2025
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Blur
Blur
Besides the one hit song on the album, the rest was a waste of time. It’s very boring and non inspired. Of it wasn’t for Song 2, I’d rate this album a 1.
2
Jan 23 2025
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Ace of Spades
Motörhead
While not my style of rock and roll/punk/heavy metal, I can appreciate its influence they had on other styles of music.
2
Jan 24 2025
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
A fantastic classic rock album. Truly a great masterpiece.
5
Jan 25 2025
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
Great album of soulful funk. These are some very talented musicians.
4
Jan 26 2025
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There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
I enjoyed the music but and lyrics but I am not a fan of his singing octave.
3
Jan 27 2025
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
Mudhoney
A good album by a band that helped create the grunge sound. I prefer Dinosaur Jr over Mudhoney but it was still a solid album.
3
Jan 28 2025
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Public Enemy
Public Enemy #1. I enjoy their early 90’s stuff a little more as it hits harder.
3
Jan 29 2025
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The album was better in the second half. Enjoyable but not great.
3
Jan 30 2025
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Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Great album. Looking back now I consider this rock and roll way more than metal. Solid album with some sleeper hits.
4
Jan 31 2025
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Gold
Ryan Adams
This is my first time listing to Ryan Adams. He’s very talented and a good songwriter. There was something about this him and this album that I couldn’t put my finger on that made me not love it as much as I should considering how talented him and his band is. The closest way I can describe it is, is they have heart, but they don’t have soul.
4
Feb 01 2025
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The Wall
Pink Floyd
A classic for a reason. Typically I’m not a fan of double albums but this is one of the better examples. There are so many fantastic songs here.
5
Feb 02 2025
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...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
Nope.
1
Feb 03 2025
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Ocean Rain
Echo And The Bunnymen
A very talented lead singer. The vocal mix is too loud and the underlying music is too boring.
1
Feb 04 2025
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Graceland
Paul Simon
A fantastic album from the 1980’s. A classic from that time.
5
Feb 05 2025
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
A great soul album fr its era.really nice melodies and singing.
5
Feb 06 2025
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Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
It honestly sounds like dementia patients having musical diarrhea. There are no redeeming qualities besides when it eventually ends. Pretentious and pompous as a “great album” when in reality it quite the opposite. It’s the first time in my life I wished I was deaf. Is it art? Sure, but it’s not good art. It’s terrible art in the worst way possible. It’s a potpourri of baby vomit and freshly stepped in dog shit but in musical form. Walking into an any Guitar Center and hearing musicians randomly play parts of songs overtop of each other is about as enjoyable, and the same level of talent, as this album.
Jesus this is just fucking awful noise. I’d rather have a colonoscopy than listen to this. If I could give it zero stars I would.
Here is how I know the people reviewing this with 5 star ratings and giving it praise are full of shit…. If they went to an elementary school talent show and hear a bunch of 8 year olds playing this, they would cringe and have a hard time sitting through their performance. Afterwards they would give the kids words of encouragement stating that with some more practice, they can get really good.
1
Feb 07 2025
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Hejira
Joni Mitchell
Joni is a very talented singer. However these songs don’t really speak to me and I find them all very similar and boring.
3
Feb 08 2025
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Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
I understand the cultural significance of this band and album, but in my opinion the majority of the music doesn’t resonate with me. There are some great songs and great funky grooves. A solid album.
3
Feb 09 2025
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
A true, deep, powerful classic album.
5
Feb 10 2025
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Wild Is The Wind
Nina Simone
What an amazing and powerful voice. A true artistic talent. While I enjoyed the style of songs bouncing around, I feel it would have been best to stay with one style of music over multiple styles.
4
Feb 11 2025
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
This is the music C-3PO makes love to. At least there’s melodies.
2
Feb 12 2025
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Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
There are so many better bands from that era.
2
Feb 13 2025
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
Great hard hitting funk rock hooks and powerful lyrics. The album would have been better if they dropped a song to make the runtime shorter and written a 3 minute song also. Not every rage has to be 5 minutes long.
4
Feb 14 2025
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KE*A*H** (Psalm 69)
Ministry
A well crafted album of metal from its era. Younger me enjoyed this a lot more than older me.
2
Feb 15 2025
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Stankonia
OutKast
I appreciate the rhythms but this music doesn’t speak to me.
2
Feb 16 2025
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Pump
Aerosmith
I enjoy this album but I am biased. I was 10 years old when this came out and played this album on repeat that summer. Aerosmith was always a unique band back then and now and there has never been another band that has sounded like them before or since. For that alone they deserve some praise. Like them or not, you know Aerosmith when you hear Aerosmith. Their band was their brand and they did it well.
All the members are talented musicians who know their craft well. The lyrics are all overly sexualized which dates the songs very much but that was the 80’s.
All the songs are unique and are produced, played, and recorded with talent. It’s up to the listener on whether they enjoy them or not. I do. They’re fun and memorable.
4
Feb 17 2025
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Future Days
Can
An ambient, relaxing, chill, rhythmic soundscape. It’s easy to listen to and enjoy.
There is a review on here praising the drummer and stating that he is better than other luminary drummers of the era that are world famous. As a drummer myself it took me many years to understand what it was about all the drummers people love and how to play more like them. Once I discovered the secret to all of them, the illusion of mind blowing drummers (and drumming itself) was kinda ruined for me. Here’s the trick that they all do…..They all play syncopated 16th notes nonstop between their whole kit. Take your hands and play along and you will find they are just playing 16th notes the whole song without stopping, sometimes throwing in a quick fill of 32nd notes here and there. 16th notes nonstop doesn’t impress me anymore. I enjoy drummers who let the music breathe and play for the song. This drummer just plays 16th notes constantly and it’s the reason why I can’t give the album 5 stars.
3
Feb 18 2025
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
A classic album by ZZ Top. The hits are timeless.
5
Feb 19 2025
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Triangle
The Beau Brummels
It’s just an average folk rock album. Nothing more or less. All talented musicians but there is no inspiration here.
3