Jan 18 2025
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The Joshua Tree
U2
Really starts off with a trio of bangers. The influence this album has is readily apparent. Sometimes it can be hard to view a work of art separate from the art it has influenced. It is hard to view a work alone and not think of the many pieces it has gone on to influence. Sometimes a work of art might not stand the test of time on its own but rather as a piece of all it helped create. I think this album is not that. I think it does stand on its own. I might like some of the music is inspired more, but I liked this quite a bit.
4
Jan 19 2025
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis
It's Miles Davis. I mean... cmon.
5
Jan 20 2025
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
4
Jan 21 2025
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Aqualung
Jethro Tull
4
Jan 22 2025
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Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones
Nothing wrong with it, just not very interesting.
3
Jan 23 2025
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
4
Jan 24 2025
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Now I Got Worry
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The instrumental song "R.L Got Soul" is quite good
1
Jan 25 2025
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Melodrama
Lorde
The short instrumental section in "Hard Feelings" is the best part of the album.
Overall, not a big fan of Lorde's singing voice.
3
Jan 26 2025
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Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Nice blend of punk and bluesy country. A bit long for what it is, but I dig it.
4
Jan 27 2025
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Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
3
Jan 28 2025
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The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
This rules. Probably my favorite album up to this point.
5
Jan 29 2025
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Could I listen to most of this album while playing Skyrim and it not break the immersion? Yes.
4 star album
4
Jan 30 2025
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Greetings From L.A.
Tim Buckley
3
Jan 31 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
I can't think of any other band that incorporates the guitar the way Dire Straits do. It isn't just a guitar solo or two per song. Used almost like punctuation during vocal sections.
And the guitar sound is so clean. Really stands out during an era that was progressing to heavier distortion.
4
Feb 01 2025
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
The Weight is already one of the top songs of all time. The rest of the track list could be nothing but white noise and this would be a 5 star album.
Luckily, the rest of the songs are good too
5
Feb 02 2025
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Viva Hate
Morrissey
Singers in bands tend to get all of the attention and credit. So when singers go off to do solo work, it offers the chance to recognize the unnoticed impact of the other band members.
This is readily apparent for Morrissey. His solo work here isn't awful by any means but clearly Johnny Marrs's songwriting and instrumentation was a key aspect to The Smiths's success.
The song complaining about Indian immigrants knocks this down a star though. There is something nefarious about hearing Morrisseys' sad wistful voice - so commonly heared mourning some lost love - complaining about non white people in the subway station. Yuck.
2
Feb 03 2025
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Germfree Adolescents
X-Ray Spex
Dat sax tho
4
Feb 04 2025
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Imagine
John Lennon
4
Feb 05 2025
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Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
A trio of good songs (Tainted Love, Where Did Our Love Go?, and Say Hello, Have Goodbye) surrounded by meh.
3
Feb 06 2025
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It's A Shame About Ray
The Lemonheads
4
Feb 07 2025
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All Things Must Pass
George Harrison
5
Feb 08 2025
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KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
4
Feb 09 2025
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I do not like Red Hot Chili Peppers. They are the music equivalent to licking an ashtray. That said, I liked the song Breaking the Girl decently enough. And Under the Bridge is good
1
Feb 10 2025
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Mama's Gun
Erykah Badu
Smooth as silk
4
Feb 11 2025
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Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
Classic for sure. Not necessarily something I'd think to put on, but I won't complain when I hear it.
4
Feb 12 2025
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Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
Probably my favorite Miles Davis. Not as accessible as Kind of Blue
5
Feb 13 2025
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Being There
Wilco
4
Feb 14 2025
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Ctrl
SZA
Forgettable.
3
Feb 15 2025
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Queen II
Queen
I went in not expecting to really like this because I'm honestly not a big queen fan. But I ended up liking it a decent amount. There is a noticeable drop when you get to a song that doesn't feature Freddie on vocals. But those songs do serve as a good pallete cleanser from the bombast of the Freddie songs.
A 3.5 for sure but this site doesn't allow half stars for some god awful reason.
3
Feb 16 2025
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Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Adam & The Ants
It might be due to very low expectations given the terrible album cover, but I didn't find this too bad. Some enjoyment to be had.
I'm glad british people aren't real though.
3
Feb 17 2025
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The Last Broadcast
Doves
4
Feb 18 2025
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Really wishing I had that half star increments...
4.5 album. Very good. Talking Heads rule
4
Feb 19 2025
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That's The Way Of The World
Earth, Wind & Fire
3
Feb 20 2025
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Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills
Good instrumentation. Worth another listen but didn't really draw me in
3
Feb 21 2025
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Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers
Electronics is tricky because it does not lend itself to just listening. It works better in context to something else. Be that dancing or as the soundtrack to a movie (for this album, The Matrix comes to mind). Without that context it risks becoming stale and repetitive.
That said, I found this album to be pretty well paced. As soon as a song was nearing that repetitive state where my ears tune out, it added something new to the track to grab my attention.
It would be a killer score for The Matrix.
4
Feb 22 2025
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
4
Feb 23 2025
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The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
You open an album with a French horn interlude and you've sold me
4
Feb 24 2025
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Achtung Baby
U2
3.5. Some good songs here.
3
Feb 25 2025
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Feb 26 2025
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Figure 8
Elliott Smith
4
Feb 27 2025
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The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
Ah, yes. A classic album from "The Misspelled Animal Names"
I don't really want to be so reductive in only drawing comparisons to another band with a misspelled animal name. I think that is unfair to what this album offers that is unique.
There are some neat production tricks. I think this is an album that would grow on me with subsequent listens.
3
Feb 28 2025
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Shadowland
k.d. lang
3
Mar 01 2025
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Fever To Tell
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4
Mar 02 2025
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Heroes to Zeros
The Beta Band
Quite dull.
2
Mar 03 2025
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Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Pavement
4
Mar 04 2025
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Either Or
Elliott Smith
5
Mar 05 2025
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Live At The Star Club, Hamburg
Jerry Lee Lewis
A live album is certainly a choice. Not a good one, mind you. But a choice for sure.
I'm not against live albums in general. There are some great ones (looking at you Stop Making Sense) but I'd never put that over a full Talking Heads album.
And this isn't even a good live album. It is short though.
1
Mar 06 2025
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Disraeli Gears
Cream
4
Mar 07 2025
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
A lot of fun. Very nice melodies. Quite revolutionary for 1978
4
Mar 08 2025
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
4
Mar 09 2025
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Crocodiles
Echo And The Bunnymen
2
Mar 10 2025
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Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds
3
Mar 11 2025
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Parklife
Blur
4
Mar 12 2025
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Sister
Sonic Youth
2
Mar 13 2025
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Rid Of Me
PJ Harvey
3.5
4
Mar 14 2025
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Street Signs
Ozomatli
4
Mar 15 2025
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American Idiot
Green Day
4.5
I am biased because this was a big deal to 10 year old me. But I think it holds up. Probably the definitive anti-Bush era album.
Jesus of Suburbia is still a top tier medly
5
Mar 16 2025
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We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Let's give this album one song to be anti-cop, but you know who really needs to be taken down a peg? Those damn hippies. So the rest of the album will be making fun of hippies. This is good satire.
2
Mar 17 2025
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Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Didn't feel much listening to this. It isn't bad or offensive in anyway. Just doesn't do anything for me.
2
Mar 18 2025
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Hotel California
Eagles
The Eagles is one of those bands thst have a great song you discover on Guitar Hero and think "man, I should listen to more of these guys", only to discover that Guitar Hero chose their one good song and everything else pales in comparison.
Hotel California is a great song. Unfortunately, nothing else on the album is as interesting sonically, lyrically, or thematically.
Great album cover though.
3
Mar 19 2025
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The Rise & Fall
Madness
Bummed this wasn't on spotify for some reason. The youtube audio quality wasn't as good.
But I was surprised by this album. Wish I could listen to it more easily.
4
Mar 20 2025
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Vincebus Eruptum
Blue Cheer
3
Mar 21 2025
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The White Album
Beatles
Chock full of great songs. The only misstep is Revolution 9. But as this is a double album, one song is not enough to drag it down.
5
Mar 22 2025
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Lost In The Dream
The War On Drugs
3.5
4
Mar 23 2025
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Sunshine Hit Me
The Bees
3
Mar 24 2025
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Tellin’ Stories
The Charlatans
It is not that it's bad per se, but in the context on 1001 albums I must listen to before I die? I'm questioning that level of praise. Quite generic.
2
Mar 25 2025
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Shake Your Money Maker
The Black Crowes
No
1
Mar 26 2025
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The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
3
Mar 27 2025
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Better Living Through Chemistry
Fatboy Slim
A decent portion of songs felt like they went on just a bit too long. Started to feel monotonous. But that is the nature of this kind of music and it is less suited for casual listening.
Regardless, a lot of it was quite catchy
3.5
3
Mar 28 2025
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Hearts And Bones
Paul Simon
3
Mar 29 2025
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Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Anything with a Twin Peaks sample gets at minimum 4 stars.
4
Mar 30 2025
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Fever Ray
Fever Ray
4
Mar 31 2025
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Toys In The Attic
Aerosmith
The only good thing to come from Aerosmith is Liv Tyler
1
Apr 01 2025
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War
U2
4
Apr 02 2025
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
3.5
I got to listen to this in NYC. But this album doesn't feature the song from Elf. So what's the point of anything anymore?
3
Apr 03 2025
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Dear Science
TV On The Radio
Lots of different styles. Quite engaging
4