Apr 15 2025
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Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
I already knew that I liked a few songs from this album, primarily 1979. Overall, I'm not a big fan of the sound of the vocalist. I can definitely see how it influenced artists that followed and it's an interesting inflection point between punk/grunge into emo, post punk, and alternative rock. I probably can't give it a fair evaluation since I don't enjoy their specific sound. I can't say whether the album had much of a flow to it either, since I kept getting interrupted while listening to it at work. 2 out of 5 stars, I get it, but it ain't for me.
3
Apr 16 2025
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Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Very catchy, good groves, and psycho killer is a certified timeless banger
4
Apr 17 2025
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading
That was a great little discovery. It wasn't listed on Spotify, unfortunately, so the experienced may have suffered from the commercial breaks on YouTube. Altogether, I enjoyed it a lot, the sound was soulful and occasionally funky rock with a flair for the melodramatic. The first three songs on the album left me wondering what box to put this artist into, then it hit its peak with Love and Affection, but I was totally in on the vibe by the end. It was good, not great, so I can see how this artist flew under most people's radars. But I would not be surprised at all to see a charting hit happen with the right cover of any one of the songs.
3
Apr 18 2025
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Tres Hombres
ZZ Top
Good album, one true hit song.
3
Apr 19 2025
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Kid A
Radiohead
Holy shit, now this whole album is iconic. The previous days have been collections of songs by artists. This album is an album of songs that play into each other, recurring themes and high-to-low energy transitions. Thom Yorke really made waves that appeared in other artists. I'm giving it 5 stars because it truly is one of the greatest of its kind.
5
Apr 20 2025
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Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
It was aight, I can see how he had a broad appeal, but I think it just doesn't hit the blues space with much musical novelty. He had a unique vocal style with that, it's kind of a depressed Elvis thing. But it wasn't up my alley.
1
Apr 21 2025
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21
Adele
Great writing and musical composition for this album. Powerful voice, she deserves the flowers she's received.
3
Apr 22 2025
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
It was surprising, the first song of the album was pretty thematically different from the rest of it. It put me on my heels in trying to pin down a genre, but honestly, I really enjoyed what started playing in the auto-generated playlist after the end of the album. So while I don't know what it was, I'm pretty sure I like it, haha.
3
Apr 23 2025
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Bandwagonesque
Teenage Fanclub
Pretty gener-ock, no hits to speak for either. But some catchiness here and there. Not garbage, but not ground breaking.
2
Apr 24 2025
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Very folksy bluegrass, exceptional talent within the genre. I had listened to her in the past, actually. Despite not being in the mood for the genre, it was an easy listen.
3
Apr 25 2025
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Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
It was actually solid, old school country music. Good songs, unfortunate shout down for SF, haha!
Diddyo considers it to be a good one, and now I do too.
4
Apr 26 2025
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Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Pretty good, I preferred the disc 2 of the album.
3
Apr 27 2025
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground
Pretty generic hippie rock. I think there may have been some novelty in the mixing of the album, but I wasn't paying quite enough attention to truly say.
1
Apr 28 2025
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Call of the Valley
Shivkumar Sharma
Really chill, awesome world music with primary sounds from India, but there seemed to also be some Spanish guitar riffs and possibly Latin rhythms.
4
Apr 29 2025
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Queen II
Queen
Not bad, but no hits really.
2
Apr 30 2025
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Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
I'm going to be listening to this more. Really good, complex, and complete feeling.
4
May 01 2025
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Machine Gun Etiquette
The Damned
Good punk album, it's a quick listen and had some moments that hit well. Altogether though it was too short.
2
May 02 2025
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The Sun Rises In The East
Jeru The Damaja
The mixing of the first few songs is meh, and as always Jeru is quite preachy, even in the sub-genre of conscious rap. But when My Mind Spray comes on, the production is on point and the flow is impeccable. There's a reason he's well known in the hip-hop head genre. The beats for the next two songs, Come Clean - E New Y Radio and Jungle Music, are also fresh.
4
May 03 2025
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Live!
Fela Kuti
Damn! What a strong opening, great vibes so far. It's Jazz, it's world music, it's danceable.
5
May 04 2025
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Elephant
The White Stripes
I've listened to this one before! In fact, 7 nation army was the first song I ever played on an open mic night.
But hardest button to button is my favorite track.
Was the album ground breaking? Not especially, does it flow well? Not particularly, is it alright? Yeah it's solidly alright.
2
May 05 2025
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The Bones Of What You Believe
CHVRCHES
Very well produced album, but I can't decide if I love her voice or dislike it. It varies from song to song.
4