Jan 30 2025
Purple Rain
Prince
Warm and a bit wobbly - lovely tone. Guitar solos? Drum solos?
4
Jan 31 2025
The Fat Of The Land
The Prodigy
You wouldn't steal a car.....
4
Feb 03 2025
Deja Vu
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Varied
3
Feb 04 2025
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
Bryter Layter
Nick Drake
5
Feb 06 2025
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
The Man Machine
Kraftwerk
Familiar sounds, I enjoyed the warmth. The sort of noises I like to make.
5
Feb 11 2025
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
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
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
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
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John
2
Feb 25 2025
Oracular Spectacular
MGMT
OK, didnt really catch my attention and was quite samey
3
Feb 26 2025
B-52's
The B-52's
Quite enjoyed it - crisp but warm tone
4
Feb 27 2025
All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2
It was ok, Deliriou5?
3
Feb 28 2025
The Stranger
Billy Joel
Actually not bad. I always think of Billy Crystal when I hear is name.
4
Mar 03 2025
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
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
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
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
It's Ray Charles!
4
Mar 07 2025
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin
3
Mar 10 2025
Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin
Meh, Zepelliney
2
Mar 11 2025
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
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
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
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
Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
Another Hendrix - started weird but got into the groove.
4
Mar 18 2025
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
Dust
Screaming Trees
A bit battle of the bands
3
Mar 20 2025
Post Orgasmic Chill
Skunk Anansie
90s fun
4
Mar 21 2025
Live And Dangerous
Thin Lizzy
I couldn't do it..
2
Mar 24 2025
Music From Big Pink
The Band
I can't really remember it so it can't have been that good...
2
Mar 25 2025
The World is a Ghetto
War
3
Mar 26 2025
Moss Side Story
Barry Adamson
3
Mar 27 2025
The White Album
Beatles
4
Mar 28 2025
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
The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Fun, like being in a 60s spy film
4
Apr 01 2025
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
Dummy
Portishead
90s, fun. I could hear the sounds of Delirious and other such things
4
Apr 04 2025
Tanto Tempo
Bebel Gilberto
Enjoyed it but it was quite wallpapery - background music
4
Apr 07 2025
Boston
Boston
Not a big fan, bit dad rock
2
Apr 08 2025
Graceland
Paul Simon
4
Apr 09 2025
I Should Coco
Supergrass
Love this, fun, energetic, nostalgic. Normally not one for upbeat but I enjoyed this a lot
5
Apr 10 2025
The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow
5
Apr 11 2025
The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips
5
Apr 14 2025
In Rainbows
Radiohead
5
Apr 15 2025
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
3
Apr 16 2025
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
4
Apr 17 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
This was pretty long! High quality musicianship and top level songwriting.
5
Apr 18 2025
Rocks
Aerosmith
2
Apr 23 2025
Kick Out The Jams (Live)
MC5
An interesting listen - what Jack Black would like to have been
3
Apr 29 2025
Ready To Die
The Notorious B.I.G.
Tried, failed. Couldn't listen to it
1
Apr 30 2025
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
The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
This is amazing, symphonic, epic. Brilliant
5
May 06 2025
Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
3
May 07 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
4
May 09 2025
Disintegration
The Cure
4
May 12 2025
Ill Communication
Beastie Boys
4
May 13 2025
Aladdin Sane
David Bowie
4
May 14 2025
Blur
Blur
5
May 15 2025
Gold
Ryan Adams
4
May 19 2025
Smash
The Offspring
3
May 21 2025
Green
R.E.M.
4
May 22 2025
Groovin'
The Young Rascals
4
May 23 2025
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
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
System Of A Down
System Of A Down
Meh. Loud.
2
May 30 2025
Rock 'N Soul
Solomon Burke
4
Jun 02 2025
Melodrama
Lorde
5
Jun 09 2025
The Doors
The Doors
4
Jun 10 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
5
Jun 11 2025
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
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
4
Jun 13 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
5
Jun 16 2025
Different Class
Pulp
4
Jun 17 2025
Blunderbuss
Jack White
5
Jun 18 2025
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
4
Jun 19 2025
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
3
Jun 20 2025
Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Byrds
I'd need to listen again to understand what this is...
3
Jun 23 2025
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company
3
Jun 24 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
4
Jun 25 2025
Legalize It
Peter Tosh
3
Jun 26 2025
Faust IV
Faust
It was quite dense
3
Jun 27 2025
New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
Not really my thing but I enjoyed it - like a pub knees up
4
Jul 01 2025
Abbey Road
Beatles
5
Jul 03 2025
Savane
Ali Farka Touré
I enjoy this kind of thing but there wasn't a lot of dynamic to it, more or less the same all the way through
3
Jul 04 2025
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
Actually rather interesting, not as heavy as i remembered the songs to be
4
Jul 08 2025
Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz
Some of these songs are so familiar now, it's good to hear them in a more original form.
4
Jul 09 2025
Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega
It grew on me once I got used to the 80s production
5
Jul 10 2025
Pearl
Janis Joplin
Funky, souly, enjoyable.
4
Jul 14 2025
Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
5
Jul 15 2025
Play
Moby
It was fine, it seemed revolutionary at the time but maybe it was so succesful that now it seems a bit meh. Enjoyed it for the nostalgia trip mainly
3
Jul 16 2025
Arc Of A Diver
Steve Winwood
Straight away I'm watching a science show from the 80s
3
Jul 17 2025
This Is Hardcore
Pulp
4
Jul 18 2025
Oedipus Schmoedipus
Barry Adamson
5
Jul 21 2025
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
5
Jul 29 2025
xx
The xx
4
Jul 30 2025
Clube Da Esquina
Milton Nascimento
4
Jul 31 2025
Frank
Amy Winehouse
4
Aug 01 2025
To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
Not my usual fare but I enjoyed it - feels like there are real deep thoughts and messages in it. Also amused by the bit in "Alright" that sounds like a weird geordie accent
4
Aug 04 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
3
Aug 05 2025
Stand!
Sly & The Family Stone
5
Aug 06 2025
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Eurythmics
4
Aug 07 2025
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Badly Drawn Boy
5
Aug 08 2025
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
3
Aug 11 2025
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
4
Aug 12 2025
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
3
Aug 13 2025
Horses
Patti Smith
4
Aug 14 2025
Teenager Of The Year
Frank Black
I wasn't sure what this was - a bit Springsteen maybe but not as tired? I quite enjoyed it
4
Aug 15 2025
Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
The Residents
Weird.. didn't dislike it as such, just maybe not one I'll listen to much
3
Aug 18 2025
Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
5
Aug 19 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
3
Aug 20 2025
Me Against The World
2Pac
3
Aug 21 2025
Hunting High And Low
a-ha
3
Aug 22 2025
Goodbye And Hello
Tim Buckley
yeah, fine. was confused by his voice
3