Jan 30 2025
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Purple Rain
Prince
Warm and a bit wobbly - lovely tone. Guitar solos? Drum solos?
4
Jan 31 2025
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The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
You wouldn't steal a car.....
4
Feb 03 2025
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Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Varied
3
Feb 04 2025
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Eliminator
ZZ Top
Like being in a montage of an 80s film. Very much the same all the way through - driving beat
2
Feb 05 2025
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Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
5
Feb 06 2025
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In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
It was calm and peaceful, like a pleasant wallpaper. I enjoyed it but it quickly faded into the background
3
Feb 07 2025
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The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Familiar sounds, I enjoyed the warmth. The sort of noises I like to make.
5
Feb 11 2025
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Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Enjoyed it - I like the energy and fun. World music delivers something different and its a bit nostalgic for me too which is good.
4
Feb 12 2025
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The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
Better than i thought - good energy. Newer stuff sounds tired and formulaic but this was quite fresh
4
Feb 13 2025
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Metallica
Metallica
Actually not bad, in some ways its got a folky vibe, pretty guitar riffs alongside driving rhythms. I didn't mind it!
4
Feb 14 2025
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Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes
Never heard of these guys before, slightly odd but fun. I can imagine the room they are recording in - low brown sofas with questionable stains and smoke from an unknown leaf hanging thickly in the air. Hang on a minute, they released an album of a mass. What is this?
3
Feb 17 2025
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
2
Feb 25 2025
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Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
OK, didnt really catch my attention and was quite samey
3
Feb 26 2025
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B-52's
The B-52's
Quite enjoyed it - crisp but warm tone
4
Feb 27 2025
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All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
It was ok, Deliriou5?
3
Feb 28 2025
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The Stranger
Billy Joel
Actually not bad. I always think of Billy Crystal when I hear is name.
4
Mar 03 2025
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Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
Marty Robbins
Not something I'd have picked up to listen to ever. I quite enjoyed the tone of the recording and the storytelling in the lyrics
4
Mar 04 2025
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If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
It was ok, but quite a hard listen. Maybe not ideal on a sunny morning - would be great in a pub in ireland somewhere..
2
Mar 05 2025
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Fragile
Yes
I'm sure some of these are demo tunes from a Casio keyboard... Fine, a bit Dad rock, maybe alan partridge but perhaps thats just because i'm biased by the name...
3
Mar 06 2025
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The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
It's Ray Charles!
4
Mar 07 2025
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Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
3
Mar 10 2025
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Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Meh, Zepelliney
2
Mar 11 2025
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Doolittle
Pixies
Steve Lamacqy, quite a lot on 6 music. I guess I can hear some influencing of later music but overall I wasn't a huge fan
3
Mar 12 2025
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Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Enjoyed it, some familiar things but they seemed to fit together well in the context of the other songs - i guess thats an album!
4
Mar 13 2025
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Our Aim Is To Satisfy
Red Snapper
I enjoyed this, I've never heard of them before and it was really good
4
Mar 14 2025
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Bitte Orca
Dirty Projectors
Really liked this, can tell it's a new york type band but that didn't put me off too much!
5
Mar 17 2025
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Another Hendrix - started weird but got into the groove.
4
Mar 18 2025
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Not listened to full Bowie - wasn't concentrating very well on it but it was pretty good
4
Mar 19 2025
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Dust
Screaming Trees
A bit battle of the bands
3
Mar 20 2025
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Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
90s fun
4
Mar 21 2025
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Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
I couldn't do it..
2
Mar 24 2025
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
I can't really remember it so it can't have been that good...
2
Mar 25 2025
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The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Mar 26 2025
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Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
3
Mar 27 2025
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The White Album
Beatles
4
Mar 28 2025
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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Love this! Its like being in the room with them having a great laugh.
5
Mar 31 2025
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Fun, like being in a 60s spy film
4
Apr 01 2025
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
Its a classic, hard to listen to with fresh ears. I love the warm tone
4
Apr 02 2025
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Dummy
Portishead
90s, fun. I could hear the sounds of Delirious and other such things
4
Apr 04 2025
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Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Enjoyed it but it was quite wallpapery - background music
4
Apr 07 2025
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Boston
Boston
Not a big fan, bit dad rock
2
Apr 08 2025
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Graceland
Paul Simon
4
Apr 09 2025
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I Should Coco
Supergrass
Love this, fun, energetic, nostalgic. Normally not one for upbeat but I enjoyed this a lot
5
Apr 10 2025
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The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
5
Apr 11 2025
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The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5
Apr 14 2025
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In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Apr 15 2025
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The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
3
Apr 16 2025
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Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
4
Apr 17 2025
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The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
This was pretty long! High quality musicianship and top level songwriting.
5
Apr 18 2025
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Rocks
Aerosmith
2
Apr 23 2025
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Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
An interesting listen - what Jack Black would like to have been
3
Apr 29 2025
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Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Tried, failed. Couldn't listen to it
1
Apr 30 2025
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Listening to a bunch of these back to back really changes how they sound. Enjoyable! I guess it helps that it was next to Notorious BIG...
5
May 01 2025
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
This is amazing, symphonic, epic. Brilliant
5
May 06 2025
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
3
May 07 2025
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Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
May 09 2025
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Disintegration
The Cure
4
May 12 2025
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Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
4
May 13 2025
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Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
May 14 2025
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Blur
Blur
5
May 15 2025
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Gold
Ryan Adams
4
May 19 2025
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Smash
The Offspring
3
May 21 2025
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Green
R.E.M.
4
May 22 2025
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Groovin'
The Young Rascals
4
May 23 2025
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Rising Above Bedlam
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart
Slow grower - i enjoyed the latin american elements being integrated into the music
4
May 28 2025
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So Much For The City
The Thrills
I listened to this a lot and i enjoyed how familiar it is and also that it has stayed valid (is that the word?) certainly it feels timeless
4
May 29 2025
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System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Meh. Loud.
2
May 30 2025
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Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
Jun 02 2025
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Melodrama
Lorde
5
Jun 09 2025
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The Doors
The Doors
4
Jun 10 2025
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
5
Jun 11 2025
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
She has things to say, i enjoyed the connection with the music - felt produced but still real
4
Jun 12 2025
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
4
Jun 13 2025
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Jun 16 2025
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Different Class
Pulp
4
Jun 17 2025
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Blunderbuss
Jack White
5
Jun 18 2025
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Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
4
Jun 19 2025
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3