Mar 27 2025
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Surfer Rosa
Pixies
I was a Breeders and Kim Deal fan before I ever heard the Pixies. I really like this album and want to rate it higher but the second half does not match the beginning. It's still worth listening to again after not having heard it for 3 to 4 years.
3
Mar 28 2025
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Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
I have heard of Stan Getz and Charlie Parker but until today had never listened to either men unless it was something that had been sampled in hip hop. I have not listened to much jazz so I may have to revisit but this is a beautiful album and gets my highest regards.
5
Mar 30 2025
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Abbey Road
Beatles
This is an all time album. I've probably heard Come Together over a thousand times but had not heard the album in it's entirety until today. I can't give it a 5 but it's a 4.5 for me any day.
4
Mar 31 2025
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
4
Apr 01 2025
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American Idiot
Green Day
5
Apr 02 2025
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Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan
My list started with a lot of albums that I am very familiar with the only exception being "Jazz Samba" by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. Of all my albums so far I have not listened to any as much as I have listened to "Enter the Wu-Tang."
It is very cliched that I as a 46 year old white guy love Wu-Tang but I will have to lean into it. I have loved this album since I was 15 years old and it is an absolute masterpiece. What people say about Illmatic, To Pimp a Butterfly, My Twisted Dark Fantasy, etc. is probably undeserved but this is one of the top albums of all time across genres.
5
Apr 03 2025
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Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized
I.had never heard of Lazer Guided Melodies before listening to this album. The first half of the album is more interesting to me as the second half is much more meandering. It's not offensive in anyway but also not worth listening to again.
2
Apr 04 2025
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Hysteria
Def Leppard
I'm just young enough to remember this but not old enough to have listened to the album in it's entirety until.today. It's way over produced and at least twenty minutes too long. I would give it a 4 on the strength of the singles if it didn't seem interminable for the last 4-5 songs.
2
Apr 05 2025
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
Another 60s classic that is never heard in its entirety until beginning the 1001 list. I've listened to a lot of Dylan over the years and appreciate his song writing more so than I like to hear him sing more than a few songs at a time.
3