Mar 07 2025
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Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sam Cooke
Soulful and energetic. So many classics. The live recording is very clear.
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Mar 10 2025
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Ágætis Byrjun
Sigur Rós
Well, I heard it. I guess I can die.
What a difficult listen. The etherealness gets old quickly. The random screeching is grating. And then I found out on wikipedia that they are often not even speaking Icelandic, instead they coined a term for the gibberish they're speaking as "Vonlenska". I bet these people enjoy smelling their own farts. 1 star (only because zero isn't an option), and no I didn't need to hear this before I die.
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Mar 11 2025
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Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Only know of CCR from the Greatest Hits album that I played extensively back in high school. So I wanted to pay extra attention to the songs I didn't recognize on this album.
I have to say, that even the tracks that didn't make the hits albums are amazing. I didn't realize they played as much harmonica as they did. Songs like Graveyard Train and Keep on Chooglin' are gems I didn't know existed.
I'll have to keep an eye out for this one for my vinyl collection.
5
Mar 12 2025
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Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan
First half of the album was pretty good. The back half drags pretty heavily.
Dylan is certainly unique and a great songwriter. His singing style can wear on you after a while. Perhaps that's why the back half seemed to drag.
Not really my cup of tea
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Mar 13 2025
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Aja
Steely Dan
The father of Yacht Rocks greatest album. So yeah, it's pretty good. Every arrangement is flawless. ~ 5 Stars
5
Mar 14 2025
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Sound of Silver
LCD Soundsystem
You can't help but bob your head throughout most of this entire album. Because they somehow managed to make me enjoy EDM I'm bumping it up a bit. ~ 5 Stars
5
Apr 24 2025
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Highway to Hell
AC/DC
It's AC/DC alright. Never did like the lead singers voice, but the music bops.
Thought Night Prowler was a good tune then Wikipedia said it was the "Night Stalkers" favorite tune and now I wonder what that says about me.
All in all it's an ok album. Not my favorite from them though.
3
Apr 29 2025
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L.A. Woman
The Doors
I was not high enough for this.
2
Apr 30 2025
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Something Else By The Kinks
The Kinks
Easy listening. Could put it on in the background while doing other things. Can't say I recognize any of the songs. But I might have to bust out "Death of a Clown" when you know who finally kicks the bucket.
3
May 01 2025
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Midnight Ride
Paul Revere & The Raiders
These guys are all over the place. At one point I get the Doors vibes, the next I get Rolling Stones, and then they're going off talking about a car and sounding like the Beach Boys.
Either way, no matter what they did, these 60's classic rockers sounded pretty good. Couple of sloggers though so only 4 stars
4
May 02 2025
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Pyromania
Def Leppard
While the 80's hair metal scene has lost it's power, Def Leppard are still legends. I would give up my left arm to see them in concert, just to check off that box.
However, while this album has a couple classics, the rest of the album can't hold up on it's own. ~ 3 stars
3
May 05 2025
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Axis: Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix
This is Jimi. What makes him a legend is how he uses the guitar to speak to the audience. Little Wing is guitar perfection, even though I prefer the much longer instrumental take Stevie Ray Vaughn did back in the day.
While this album is great, I could have done without that annoying screeching intro track. I guess I should have expected that from a psychedelic rocker like Jimi. It was borderline a 5 star album, but for that reason alone I'm dropping it down. ~ 4 Stars
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