Apr 17 2025
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Natty Dread
Bob Marley & The Wailers
It’s not quite my taste, but it was nice to listen to it all the same, more of a listening in the background while I get other stuff done kind of album, than an attention stealer, but it made me feel happy and that I could feel the sun on my skin, which is a positive.
I only recognised no woman no cry (and that was a different version) so no massive bangers to get the album noticed, but this was also good in its own way. Quiet and unpretentious.
Best song so Jaj’seh
Summary: good, but I probably wouldn’t be in a rush to listen again any time soon
4
Apr 18 2025
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At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Again not my vibe. I enjoyed the first song and then they just all felt pretty repetitive, then again a lot of the songs were repeated. Wouldn’t listen again
3
Apr 19 2025
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This Is Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Again not my vibe - but I can respect that it’s good for the genre it’s representing. I wouldn’t listen again, but was easy listening all the same.
3
Apr 20 2025
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Moondance
Van Morrison
I enjoyed it at the time, but it wasn’t very memorable
4
Apr 21 2025
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One Nation Under A Groove
Funkadelic
Not a lot to it, three songs, 17 mins - not super memorable. I liked the first song, but wouldn’t listen again
2
Apr 22 2025
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Elephant
The White Stripes
LOVE this album! So many memorable songs and classics which stick with you
5
Apr 23 2025
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Rings Around The World
Super Furry Animals
Couldn’t really get into this album, it seemed to be all over the place, hopping between genres and it just felt like it was trying to be too clever and it just came off as chaotic
3
Apr 24 2025
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Djam Leelii
Baaba Maal
One of those albums you really want to root for, but does nothing for you in reality. He has a great voice, but nothing really made it stand out or drew me to return to it. I’m glad a Senegalese artist was able to gain popularity though
3
Apr 25 2025
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NEU! 75
Neu!
I’m actually shocked that anyone listened to this and decided it was one of the best 1001 albums ever made, unless I’m totally missing something. I can generally see why an album is great even when it’s not to my personal taste, but this was just noise
1
Apr 26 2025
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Is This It
The Strokes
Slightly biased as it’s my type of music and I like the strokes already. It was an album that I enjoyed listening too, but for me it didn’t have too many memorable songs on it
4
Apr 27 2025
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Disintegration
The Cure
I love the cure, and this album has some of my favourite cure songs on it
5
Apr 28 2025
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The Atomic Mr Basie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
I tried to listen to this bearing in mind that I don’t really like jazz and that it was from the 1950s. But, even with that in mind I don’t think this was particularly impressive or progressive
1
Apr 29 2025
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American Idiot
Green Day
Never has been my favourite Green Day album. They were probably quite progressive with their messaging at the time though, which feels more pertinent now
4
Apr 30 2025
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Hot Fuss
The Killers
This still has one of my favourite intro songs of all times and it just sets the pace for the rest of the album. It’s a rare thing on an album that nearly every song is a banger. It was also enjoyed by so many different subsets of people (although that was also its downfall and made it unpopular too). I also like it as much 20 years later even though my taste in music has evolved. Some of the songs even transported me back to that time, containing memories and emotions.
5
May 01 2025
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The Stooges
The Stooges
Great guitar, meh lyrics, average songs. Nothing overly special or memorable for me.
3
May 02 2025
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The Modern Lovers
The Modern Lovers
What was this? Sounded like a drunk man singing absolute garbage down at the pub, and he wanted you to know he could spell g-i-r-l-f-r-i-e-n-d. An extra star for the guitar
2
May 03 2025
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Pearl
Janis Joplin
You can’t argue with a bit of Janis. Some good songs on it (hello soundtrack of look who’s talking), and you can’t deny she’s bloody talented.
4
May 04 2025
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Manassas
Stephen Stills
2
May 07 2025
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
You can’t deny that this album has some excellent songs on it, and I really enjoyed listening to it, but there is something now, as there was then, that I’m not even sure I can really put my finger on that makes me unable to be fully invested in the arctic monkeys or able to give them 5 stars.
So the tl;dr great album that I really enjoyed listening to, but something is just missing for me
4
May 08 2025
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Urban Hymns
The Verve
I was excited to get this album. I really like songs I’ve heard (and my faves were on this album), but I’ve never listened to their full album from start to finish. However, when I finished listening to it, I didn’t really recall anything else from the album apart from those songs, but now I also felt a bit depressed.
I’ve given it an extra star purely because I think I would have enjoyed it more on a different day, and I would listen again to test this theory
4
May 09 2025
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Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Love the angst, don’t love the music unfortunately.
3
May 10 2025
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After The Gold Rush
Neil Young
I actually really like some of the songs on this album, and I wish I like Neil Young more (he’s playing at Glastonbury this year after all), but I just find his voice a bit grating. I guess it’s like marmite.
3
May 11 2025
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Violator
Depeche Mode
I really like the songs that I have already heard on the album (familiarity?). Personal Jesus is undeniably a banger. Although there wasn’t anything else on it that was noteworthy for me.
3
May 12 2025
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More Specials
The Specials
Sounded like a bunch of people jamming out in one of their father’s garages, amateur and nothing special
2
May 13 2025
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Excellent guitar to open, but I felt no other songs lived up to the brilliance of Sultan’s of swing. It felt like a little bit of filler for that one great song.
3
May 14 2025
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Music For The Jilted Generation
The Prodigy
This album spurred a kitchen rave with me and my toddler, and was also a great backdrop to spur me on to do work. Would listen again when I need to be revved up. The album started making me feel a little anxious towards the end though and it gets a little samey, but a gem all the same
4
May 15 2025
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New Boots And Panties
Ian Dury
I feel bad as I couldn’t finish it, and I always want to give all albums a fair chance. BUT, it was 2 hours long, 2 hours of my life that I know I would never get back. It felt like listening to a bad comedy troupe at a caravan park.
1
May 16 2025
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Movies
Holger Czukay
Didn’t hate it, didn’t love it, not exactly memorable; but I’m not over motivated to remind myself, or listen again
2
May 17 2025
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This Year's Model
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Fine, nothing special
3
May 18 2025
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Peggy Suicide
Julian Cope
If you loved me at all you wouldn’t make this album over 2 hours long.
A prime example of why you shouldn’t put every song you’ve ever written on the album, nothing special, pretty boring
2
May 19 2025
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Get Behind Me Satan
The White Stripes
4
May 20 2025
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Dirt
Alice In Chains
Actively didn’t enjoy. Other bands have done it better, had better lyrics, songs and voices.
1
May 21 2025
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OK Computer
Radiohead
3
May 24 2025
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Morrison Hotel
The Doors
3
May 25 2025
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Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
4
May 28 2025
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I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
If it was a whole album of nothing compares to you it would definitely be a 5 stars. However, despite being good, the rest of the songs don’t hit the mark in quite the same way. Beautifully haunting though
4