Mar 17 2025
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The ArchAndroid
Janelle Monáe
Really liked this album, I love how varied it is although it sometimes felt a little too busy.
Fav song: BaBopByeYa - had a few picked out as favourites but I think this one really shows the variety of the album as it changes multiple times throughout the song.
Least fav: Neon Gumbo - is this backwards? I think it’s backwards. I love that she’s experimenting but it just doesn’t do it for me (although I like the thunder at the end)
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Mar 18 2025
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Disintegration
The Cure
I really enjoyed this album, moody and atmospheric in such a good way. Listening to the whole album through I sometimes found it fading into the background for me a little, but it was still enjoyable.
Fav song: Lovesong - probably partly because it’s the song I was already most familiar with. I also really liked Pictures of You and Untitled
Least fav: Last Dance - it’s fine I just didn’t find it as interesting as the other songs
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Mar 19 2025
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Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mixed feelings about this one. The songs I enjoyed I really enjoyed but there were some I didn’t like very much - usually the ones with the strange rapping. I liked that there was some variation with some more intense songs and some slower songs.
Fav song: Scar Tissue
Least fav: Purple Stain
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Mar 20 2025
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Music From Big Pink
The Band
Really enjoyed this album, will definitely listen again. Loved the storytelling and the chill vibes.
Fav song: The Weight - also loved I Shall Be Released and Long Black Veil
Least fav: To Kingdom Come
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Mar 21 2025
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The Joshua Tree
U2
Some enjoyable songs but I find the singing style a little grating at times. Liked the harmonica, and the atmosphere but found it struggled to hold my attention.
Fav song: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - a classic (so is With or Without You but I’ve heard covers of it that I prefer to the original) also liked Bullet the Blue Sky
Least fav: One Tree Hill - maybe? Idk I didn’t dislike any of the songs just a lot of them blurred together for me.
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Mar 24 2025
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Doolittle
Pixies
Really enjoyed the variation on this album, not everything landed for me but overall I really liked it.
Fav song: Here Comes Your Man - also liked Monkey Gone to Heaven and Silver
Least fav: Tame
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May 23 2025
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Enjoyed some of the songs but probably wouldn’t listen to it through as an album again. I preferred the middle of the album to the first and last few tracks. Definitely liked the more upbeat songs, but the slower songs could grow on me if I listened more.
Fav song: Butterflies (not sure if this is actually my fave but it’s where the album picked up for me and I started to enjoy it)
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May 26 2025
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Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
It always takes me a minute to get back into this kind of music but then I like it. Linkin Park often plays at my climbing gym and I do sing along. It reminds me of being a teenager when they would play a lot (and In the End was a meme) I do now find some of it a bit cheesy though.
Fav song: A Place for my Head, I like the guitar at the beginning
Least fav: Runaway, I think this is the most guilty of cheesy lyrics. Particularly the bit at the end where the rhyming words are the ones that are shouted.
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May 27 2025
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Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Lots of songs I already knew and liked - coincidentally had listened to the album a few days ago when a friend put it on. Really enjoyed it but not sure I would listen to the whole album again - although I wouldn’t object to it being on.
Fav song: God Only Knows - a classic
Least fav: Here Today - it’s fine just didn’t like it as much as the others
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May 28 2025
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New Wave
The Auteurs
On first listen I found it a bit forgettable, but when I listened again I really enjoyed it (and then I listened a 3rd time and liked it even more)
Fav song: Showgirl, I also really enjoyed Housebreaking and Home Again.
Least fav: Junk Shop Clothes
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May 29 2025
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Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
Didn’t initially like this one but I enjoyed it after the first few tracks. Listened through twice and both times I started off not liking it and ended up thinking this was an album I might add to my rotation. Really enjoyed the mix of genres and the different instruments that get used. Also really liked the style of the singing.
Fav song: Shiver - I also liked Temptation of Egg, Raw, Astonished (in Memphis) and Bottom Line Man
Least fav: (Well) Dusted - shame it’s so early in the album because it made me think I wouldn’t like the album.
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May 30 2025
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Smile
Brian Wilson
Thought it was okay, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as Pet Sounds. It was interesting to read the history of the album and I can see why people love it but it just didn’t do it for me.
Fav song: Good Vibrations - also quite liked Cabin Essence and Heroes and Villains - Instrumental
Least fav: Mrs O’Leary’s Cow
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Jun 02 2025
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Synchronicity
The Police
Overall quite enjoyed it but didn’t find it particularly exciting. Actually did like Mother but it felt very out of place on the album so was a bit jarring. Other than Mother, it’s the sort of album I wouldn’t mind being on in the background but I wouldn’t seek it out.
Fav song: Synchronicity II - also liked Murder by Numbers and Every Breath You Take
Least fav: O My God - found this one particularly uninteresting
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Jun 03 2025
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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
I loved this album. It was very much my sort of vibe. I already knew Blister in the Sun but was delighted to discover how much I liked the rest of the album. This is one I will definitely listen to again. My main complaint is that Good Feeling is such a good album closer that it seems a shame to have put the bonus tracks on the end.
Fav song: Blister in the Sun - I also liked Gone Daddy Gone and Good Feeling
Least fav: Ugly
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