Mar 16 2025
Disraeli Gears
Cream
I really only knew sunshine of your love before this, and mostly knew cream as Eric clapton’s band and knew that he was more of a blues guitarist
I was surprised to see this album take a more psychedelic form which was cool.
The guitar riffs were solid too
Standouts: Strange Brew, Tales of Brave Ulysses, SWLABR
3
Mar 17 2025
xx
The xx
Listening to this album without much prior context other than listening to Jamie xx, I expected a completely different vibe.
I really liked a lot of the minimal instrumentation and put in context of the year the album came out, I can see why this album was such a hit.
Maybe one critic was that there wasn’t much variety in the instrumentation like the guitar and bass tones, which made a few songs sound very similar, although the drums added a lot of variety here
I particularly liked: Islands, Basic Space, Night Time
4
Mar 18 2025
Blunderbuss
Jack White
4
Mar 19 2025
Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
This album definitely had some good songs, but I think none of them really spoke to me
3
Mar 20 2025
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
This is a masterpiece- it combines so much of jazz with African music and seems very ahead of its time.
It’s groovy and beautifully done.
Standout songs: The Big Apple, Minawa, Blues for Huey, Maesha
5
Mar 21 2025
Neon Bible
Arcade Fire
Was a pretty enjoyable album - loved some of the sounds in it
Standouts: keep the car running, intervention, no cars go
4
Mar 22 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Pretty good bluesy album - enjoyed some world music influences which were big at the time. I’m trying to be more critical of my album reviews
3
Mar 23 2025
The Holy Bible
Manic Street Preachers
2
Mar 24 2025
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
3
Mar 25 2025
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
This album hits home for me. I’ve probably listened to it hundreds of times over the course 18 years.
It might be nostalgia but this album never gets old to me, maybe because over time, I’ve changed too - I keep picking up new things with each listen - perhaps it’s a new bass fill on A Place For My Head, or the guitar riff on Forgotten that I hadn’t paid attention to initially.
Man, this album just makes me feel great. It reminds me of singing In The End at the back of the school bus. It reminds me of how Linkin Park was the first band I ever really loved.
Standouts (currently): Papercut, Runaway, Points of Authority, Forgotten
5
Mar 26 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
This feels very classic rock, but also kinda funky and groovy
I like the variety in songs, and the extended jams at some of the endings of the songs.
Standouts: Cosmic Dancer, Get it On, m, Hot Love
4
Mar 28 2025
The Undertones
The Undertones
It was good, but not great - some feel good classic punk rock but nothing else above that
3
Mar 31 2025
Pretenders
Pretenders
It was okay - some good songs
3
Apr 01 2025
Hotel California
Eagles
3
Apr 02 2025
The Joshua Tree
U2
4
Apr 03 2025
Duck Rock
Malcolm McLaren
4
Apr 16 2025
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
5
Apr 23 2025
Porcupine
Echo And The Bunnymen
2
May 26 2025
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
5
Jun 30 2025
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
4
Jul 02 2025
Reign In Blood
Slayer
4
Jul 03 2025
I Against I
Bad Brains
3
Jul 07 2025
Surfer Rosa
Pixies
3
Jul 18 2025
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley
4
Jul 21 2025
Live At Leeds
The Who
3
Jul 22 2025
Debut
Björk
4
Jul 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
5
Aug 05 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
I hadn’t even heard of T. Rex until I got recommended this album and I can totally see why this was so influential
It’s got a great mix of psychedelic, classic rock, glam and all the good stuff packed into such a catch and fun album
5
Sep 30 2025
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Album of my year for me. I’ve listened to it like 10 times already
Each song is so unique but so good. There’s such a good balance of technical mastery and soul in the music
5
Oct 23 2025
american dream
LCD Soundsystem
3
Oct 24 2025
Tapestry
Carole King
God her voice so smooth. I’m a sucker for the blues and a good bass line too
4
Oct 25 2025
KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka
Pretty good album! Very late 2010s indie mixed with soul.
3
Oct 27 2025
Follow The Leader
Korn
Pretty strong start - I forgot how good ‘Got the life’ was. the bass tone and guitar riffs are honestly pretty sick throughout, I can see why it spawned an entire genre.
But holy shit some of the lyrics are cringe and did not age well at all. All in the family makes me wanna kms
2
Oct 28 2025
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Pretty cool and unique album. Loved some of the heavier beats
4
Oct 29 2025
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Pretty cool and unique album! I especially like the use of moog synths and is very reminiscent of a lot of Indian fusion I would listen to in high school
I especially liked the cover of Light My Fire and Mamata
4
Oct 30 2025
Machine Head
Deep Purple
Highway star is such a great opening track
Drum solo intro on “Pictures of Home” goes so hard
Why didn’t I know that Smoke on The Water had a really good bass line???
Also I really like the mix! Each instruments’ role is super clear
Long live heavy metal \m/
4
Oct 31 2025
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
The punk stuff and the first few songs were kinda mid - pretty generic
But I kinda like the bluesy stuff- it’s definitely a lot of what influenced Jack white and I could see live shows being super fun - Cool Drink of Water was probably the standout to me
Also wtf they just dropped the n word on Black Train
2
Nov 01 2025
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Pretty good album - and good songwriting. I liked the continuity between the opener and closer
I think it didn’t really speak to me perhaps as much as other Neil Young albums
3
Nov 02 2025
Club Classics Vol. One
Soul II Soul
This was a really fun listen, and definitely one of those dance music classics. Lots of great hits. I really liked the African Dance/Dance combo
It is a culturally significant album and you can really tell while listening to it.
That being said, I didn’t hit in ways I thought it would
3
Nov 05 2025
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
this album didn’t really hit on first listen, and I wasn’t sure what the vibe that they were going for was - it seemed pretty all over the place
On second listen I felt like I got what they were going for - I’m not too big on noise rock but it’s the type of music Helen Kostas and Alex want the band to sound like
There was still a lot of songs that I felt were just filler, despite some really good ones in there - Soul and Fire, Homemade and Think (Let Tomorrow Bee) were the standouts
3