Apr 15 2025
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Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman
5/5 - A devastating series of personal observations where the promise of America is wholly undelivered to a large segment of our population. Each song laments in very straightforward and simple phrasing what should be but isn’t the reality for many people in the land of the free. The saddest part is that all the pathos of social and economic injustice in 1988, when America was at an economic peak, is even more bleakly present in 2025 as we stumble towards a precipice.
5
Apr 16 2025
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Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
I always thought I liked Rage Against The Machine, but after listening to the entirety of this album, I actually realized I do not. None of their songs or music really engaged me. I found it to be more noise than coherent musicality and meaning.
I listened to most of their later albums, and with the exception of Bulls On Parade, the rest left me uninterested as well.
I am just realizing that what I always liked was Bush, not RATM.
1
Apr 17 2025
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
I was born in Texas, and this music connects me back to that raw rock/bluesy sound that feels right at home.
Impressive guitars and rhythm across the album, but also somewhat homogeneous and lacking range.
The standout is the studio version of La Grange - just tight, syncopated heat that sets a mood.
4
Apr 18 2025
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Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Some great Led Zeppelin tracks in Houses of the Holy and Trampled Underfoot, but the piece de resistance is the powerful, persistently building masterpiece of exotic mood and music, Kashmir.
5
Apr 21 2025
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(What's The Story) Morning Glory
Oasis
A fantastic album filled with fresh music, arrangements and vocals, and featuring some of the most iconic and period defining songs, especially Wonderwall and Champagne Supernova!
5
Apr 22 2025
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Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
I found this album generally uninteresting. I like some other Smiths tracks, especially How Soon Is Now, but I found this album dull and fairly one note in terms of style or variety. I know this is the album that put them on the map, but now 40 years after it's debut, I feel it's urgent and strident message feels faded and ineffectively delivered.
2
Apr 23 2025
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Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin
3
Apr 24 2025
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Songs For Swingin' Lovers!
Frank Sinatra
Not a big Sinatra fan. The songs on this album for the most part were pretty ordinary, with simple lyrics, and uninteresting music that didn’t bring out the greatness Frank is capable of and lauded for. If I never hear this album again, I will not care one bit.
1
Apr 25 2025
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Mott
Mott The Hoople
Good basic honest rock and roll, but no tent-pole tracks
3
Apr 28 2025
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
Can’t believe I never heard of thus group or any if their songs and music. Really enjoyed the album in general, and I Wanna Be Adored, This Is The One, I Am The Resurrection, and Fools Gold specifically. This is all too new for me to consider it one of the great albums, but it’s very listenable, will have a place on my goto playlists, and I can see how their sound and style was influential on many of the later Britpop supergroups. A seminal effort.
4
Apr 29 2025
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25
Adele
Fabulous sophomore album with period defining global hits Rolling In The Deep and I Set Fire To The Rain. Adele is an original voice filled with nuance and emotion, often sad and wistful, but ultimately powerful and triumphant through all heartaches.
5
Apr 30 2025
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The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Joyous Classic! Louis Prima at the top of his form. Would give it 5 stars except for the fact that the music style and songs are just a bit too old style for my taste.
4
May 02 2025
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Live / Dead
Grateful Dead
I've never been a deadhead and now I know why even more than I did before.
Dull, meandering purposeless music across this whole album. Not sure if there is an industry award for musical sound editing but this album could really use some heavy editing.
I audibly sighed with relief when the album was finished.
1
May 03 2025
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Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones
Okay album. I was never that interested in the RS, but I did see them live in 2024 and gained a big appreciation for their musicianship and ability to deliver a great show. Mick Jagger is still amazing and incomparable.
That being said, this album has Tumbling Dice, but the rest of the tracks are solid R&B and soul but relatively uninteresting.
2
May 03 2025
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...And Justice For All
Metallica
3
May 04 2025
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Tuesday Night Music Club
Sheryl Crow
3
May 05 2025
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Vespertine
Björk
Skillfully and artfully crafted original, just not my taste
2
May 06 2025
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Aja
Steely Dan
A masterpiece that largely defined the soundscape of popular music in the late seventies.
5
May 07 2025
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Station To Station
David Bowie
Decent album from Bowie, although short (only 6 songs, 38 minutes, more than 10 minutes alone from the title track Station to Station).
Golden Years is the whole reason to listen to this album.
4
May 08 2025
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More Songs About Buildings And Food
Talking Heads
3
May 10 2025
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Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan
Pretty solid SD album, anchored by Rikki, a definitive song of the seventies.
4
May 11 2025
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Eternally Yours
The Saints
All around good rock and roll, but none if the songs are significant or memorable. You can never really know what’s going to carry a song or album to the big leagues, and The Saints never figured it out either.
3
May 12 2025
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
It’s a hard pass for me. Just not interested in this genre.
1
May 13 2025
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The Score
Fugees
Yeah, not a fan. I do not understand the appeal of this band or album. Killing Me Softly is the only listenable track, and it can’t touch Roberta Flack’s masterpiece.
2
May 14 2025
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Dirty
Sonic Youth
Not really that familiar with sonic youth. Pretty solid album across all the tracks. None of them really grabbed me beyond a pleasant listen.
3
May 15 2025
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Ellington at Newport
Duke Ellington
I can’t deny the high craftsmanship of the various musicians. Duke was a masterful bandleader and ran a great showcase for the style in Newport. I just don’t care at all for jazz, especially the older, band-style of the genre. I would avoid any elevator that played this music and just walk up the stairs. But 4 stars for their talent and artistry.
4
May 16 2025
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Out Of The Blue
Electric Light Orchestra
Out Of The Blue is one of the outstanding rock/pop albums of all time. Jeff Lynne delivers musical expressions of love, heartache, promise and bliss in an orchestral masterpiece acrisd vocals, music and arrangements. A defining album of the late seventies.
5
May 17 2025
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Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Probably a good album but since I don’t have any appreciation for this style of music I can’t really say.
2
May 18 2025
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I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
This is why I listen to the 1001 Albums list. I am not a fan of country music and I've never heard of Buck Owens. Turns out he is in the Country Hall of Fame and used to rule the airwaves after the Great Depression with his simple (and short avg. 2 minutes) songs with plaintive lyrics and twangy honky-tonk music. A real treat to listen for something completely different than I typically enjoy. Well crafted and performed songs, great voice, and overall a delightful listen once you adjust to this style of music from a bygone era.
5
May 19 2025
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Henry's Dream
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Solid rock ‘n’ roll, but nothing memorable or worth listening to over and over again.
3
May 20 2025
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Parallel Lines
Blondie
5
May 21 2025
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Picture Book
Simply Red
4
May 22 2025
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Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
Different. Kinda of cool, but somewhat expressionless and no really engaging. Not sure if there is supposed to be some type of story coming through, if so I think I missed it.
3
May 23 2025
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In Our Heads
Hot Chip
Very different and not unpleasant album. Some innovative music and themes. Not riveting, but quite listenable in the background
3
May 24 2025
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Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes
4
May 25 2025
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Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
3
May 27 2025
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Pink Moon
Nick Drake
4