Feb 09 2025
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Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake
Enjoyable album. Plenty of interesting guitar pieces and impressive string sections. Songs mellow, tender and anguishingly beautiful. Don't know how likely I am to actively seek out another listen, but certainly wouldn't turn it down given the right opportunity.
4
Feb 09 2025
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All Mod Cons
The Jam
Fine. Nothing that commands your attention, but if you like music of this ilk then this is more of the same.
3
Feb 10 2025
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Fragile
Yes
Interesting arrangements and instrumentals. Maybe a touch meandering at times, it's high points are great but fleeting.
3
Feb 11 2025
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Live At The Regal
B.B. King
Just a fun album. Everyone's here for the same reason, to let BB indulge himself in the blues, and he does so unapologetically.
4
Feb 12 2025
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Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The grandiose title and concept is betrayed by the fact the album just doesn't particularly go anywhere. A handful of good ideas are lost in a sea of the unremarkable. The lyricism was a particular catching point as it ranged from unnoticeable and bland to egregiously clumsy.
2
Feb 13 2025
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Listening now, without the context of how innovative this album was when released, most of what it has to offer has been improved upon over time. It's highlight reel however is still full of all-timers. 3 is unfair, but I couldn't justify a 4 from my level of enjoyment.
3
Feb 14 2025
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
A lonely sounding album. Almost exclusively Nick and his guitar, it's sound is interesting, subdued and quite enjoyable
4
Feb 15 2025
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Just middling. A few fine tunes and most that are just unremarkable.
3
Feb 16 2025
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Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette
3
Feb 17 2025
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Third/Sister Lovers
Big Star
A bit boring really. The story around the album is more interesting.
3
Feb 18 2025
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Heroes
David Bowie
As someone who never actively listened to Bowie, the first half was exactly what I expected. Good, serviceable tunes (with the standout exception of Heroes, an all time great) without much more to them. However I wasn't prepared in the slightest for the direction the back half of the album would go. Weird ambient pieces, dripping with atmosphere and tension, and immensely fun.
5
Feb 19 2025
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
His first solo album was a reaction to everything the Beatles were doing before, a massive swing of the pendulum in the opposite direction. It's a fun, low stakes affair with little polish but plenty of charm.
4
Feb 20 2025
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Le Tigre
Le Tigre
This is why I'm here. To find a gem I otherwise might never listen to. The album I never knew I needed.
5
Feb 21 2025
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
He's here again... great.
2
Feb 22 2025
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Disintegration
The Cure
Hmm. Yes.
4
Feb 23 2025
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Kenza
Khaled
I have no frame of reference for this. Sounded a bit too bland-pop-ish at times.
2
Feb 24 2025
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The Nightfly
Donald Fagen
It doesn't feel like it's a record that stands for anything, just pleasantries that appeal to the most general audience possible.
2
Feb 25 2025
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Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
Technically good without ever excelling in any department? It feels music has progressed far beyond what this album has to offer.
2
Feb 26 2025
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BEYONCÉ
Beyoncé
Carried by Beyoncé's vocal ability and melodies, the album has some very average instrumentals and functional lyricism at best.
4
Feb 27 2025
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Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys
The production is really good, lots of interesting and creative samples used across a range of genres. However the lyricism is middling, lacking depth or subject matter, which is not a killing blow by itself, but the ridiculously homogeneous delivery saps all the interest out of most lyrics on most songs. At a glance, and at it's worst, it's hard to tell where one song ends and another begins.
3
Mar 01 2025
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
Fun album.
4
Mar 03 2025
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Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets
An interesting soup of genre.
3
Mar 04 2025
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Definitely Maybe
Oasis
3
Mar 05 2025
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The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden
3
Mar 06 2025
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Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
4
Mar 08 2025
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Amnesiac
Radiohead
4
Mar 09 2025
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Sex Packets
Digital Underground
2
Mar 12 2025
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Timeless
Goldie
4
Mar 13 2025
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV On The Radio
Starts really strong, but fades across the length of the record. An interesting sound and a good listen 👍
4
Mar 14 2025
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Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Derek & The Dominos
3
Mar 15 2025
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Smash
The Offspring
Nothing special, wouldn't turn it off, wouldn't really come back to it
2
Mar 20 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4
Mar 25 2025
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Madman Across The Water
Elton John
3
Mar 31 2025
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Guero
Beck
2
2
Apr 03 2025
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Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
4
Apr 05 2025
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
PJ Harvey
5
5
Apr 19 2025
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus
Mint
4