Jun 02 2025
Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Interesting blues and folk sounds make this an enjoyable experience. Quality of songs varies quiet a bit tho. Many bangers but some rather mediocre pieces as well. However great overall!
4
Jun 03 2025
I Should Coco
Supergrass
Only knew Alright before and was really suprised by this awesome brit rock/pop record with so much energy and yet a few changes of pace within. Greatly enjoyed this one!
4
Jun 04 2025
Diamond Life
Sade
Souly pop record that seems like solid background music. Lacks some spice though.
2
Jun 25 2025
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Arctic Monkeys
Man, this takes me back to my teenage years. One of my most listened to CDs of all time because it fucking slaps. Just love the energy and vibe this record brings. It changes pace at the right moments and keeps suprising you. Love all of these songs. Prolly one of the rare no skip lps for me.
5
Jun 26 2025
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast
Monumental release! Would have been good albums by themselves. But put out together these to lps complement each other well. Super fluid hip hop record followed by a super creative funk, jazz, soul album referencing each other is fun to listen too. Banger singles on both discs. Hey ya, the way you move, roses - damn! But also many of the lesser know tracks are great. I enjoy e.g. unhappy, the rooster and happy valentine's day. These two hours never drag. Really respect this achievement!
4
Jun 27 2025
Van Halen
Van Halen
Huge guitars with complicated solos and memorable riff blend together perfectly with great vocals to create a typical glam sound ypu want to listen to with the volume cranked up all the way. Cool kinks cover. Aint talkin about love riff is just iconic. Not in love with the ice cream man. Great, straight forward rock record!
4
Jun 30 2025
In A Silent Way
Miles Davis
Soothing jazz album. Like the side a more than b.
3
Jul 01 2025
Talking Heads 77
Talking Heads
Solid album with little to none tracks that I dont like. Fascinating that this new wave sound not from the 80s. However, i am missing more tracks that stand out like psycho killer.
3
Jul 02 2025
Spy Vs. Spy: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
I guess im not musically educated or old enough to really appreciate what these musicians are doing. However, this aggressive free jazz record is not something I can enjoy at all.
1
Jul 03 2025
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Dead Kennedys
Interesting Elvis cover. The rest is a solid punk record that is not my cup of tea to be honest.
2
Jul 18 2025
Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix
Groovy guitar masterclass. Middle tracks remind you that this was created while the beatles prime period. Didnt know that all along the watchtower is a cover of a dylan song. Overall just great. Rare no skip album.
5
Jul 21 2025
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
Groovy album with funky baselines. The dre/snoop dog combo is fun to listen to. They just both flow along in a smooth west coast style. Love the backing vocals on many tracks. Lyrically there are many songs that didnt age well.
3
Jul 22 2025
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Nice debut with fresh indie sounds. Love the instrumentation. Really likr the run of neighborhood songs. Wake up is a nice tune. Some if the other tracks feel a little stale tho. Not 100% in with the singers voice. And yet i have to add one extra star for rebellion. What a banger song that has been a great compagnon for two decades now an still hits as hard as in the beginning of the 00s.
4
Jul 23 2025
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd
As a sci fi fan i just love this album because this lp takes you on an epic journey through time and space. The music allows you to float along in zero gravity, exploring all kinds of new planets and concepts, while maintaining a speed that makes you feel warm and safe as well as getting you quickly from a to b in this vast tthingof nothingness we call our universe. Love to listen to this in its entirety to make it feel like experiencing a great saga. However, single tracks like time, money or great gig in the sky easily hold up on their own. What an awesome record!
5
Jul 24 2025
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Awesome doom metal album. So many hauntingly beautiful riffs and solos on here. Fascinating that tomorrow's dream was picked as the single. I like supernaut under the sun and especially snowblind all better. Changes as the soft ballad of the record also works for me. Great record!
5
Jul 25 2025
Synchronicity
The Police
Wow, what a mixed bag this was. Side a of this LP is weak. Mother is a standout weird song and really feels like a record scratch moment that makes you check if you are still listening to the same album. Side b is way stronger. Every breath you take, king of pain and wrapped around your finger is a nice run of enjoyable songs. If i put a lot of emphasis on those good tracks and let them do very heavy lifting 3 stars sounds okay.
3
Jul 28 2025
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Pogues
Perfect music to rock in the shire, to dance to with your leprechaun friends or to raid a boat to.
Unfortunatly I am neither a hobbit, a pirate nor do i know any magical goblins. Also don't celebrate St Patricks day.
I respect their craft, but would not know when to put this record on.
2
Jul 29 2025
Endtroducing.....
DJ Shadow
Holy moly, what a cool piece of art. Sometimes i forget that i like this trip hop stuff, but this LP reminded me vehemently. On this fusion kitchen of hip hop, funk, soul, jazz and rock DJ Shadow proves that this guy knows how to cook.
Bonus points fornthe context again. This is entirely made out off samples, which is fun.
Found that Radiohead got inspired by this for some parts of OK Computer. Thank you for that!
So why not 5 stars?!
4
Jul 30 2025
Here Are the Sonics
The Sonics
Simple, short and straight forward rock album that gives you the early Beatles feel. Covered Roll over beethoven just like about any great band during that era and interpreted a lot of other songs as well. Like the drive and enthusiasm of the singer. The shouting at the beginning of tracks gives me stu king gizzy vibes. Black keys must have listened to Have love will travel. Love that the garage rock influence reaches this far.
4
Jul 31 2025
At Newport 1960
Muddy Waters
Love the energy of this live album. Very upbeat for blues music. Strong singing performance. I can understand why this was very influencial, given this was one of the first concert recordings of this genre.
4
Aug 01 2025
Reggatta De Blanc
The Police
Love message in a bottle. Apprechiate walking on the moon. Dont care for the rest that much and have to say that the on any other day lyrics didnt age well.
2
Aug 02 2025
Dummy
Portishead
Gloomy triphop meets a beautifully haunting voice. Sour times, its a fire, ..roads and glory box are standout tracks that are all great on their own. And yet, i like this album even more because it works in its entirety with every song flowing smoothly into the next one. Mezzanine by massive attack could probably not exist without this lp.
4 stars because it is missing this one iconic single.
4
Aug 02 2025
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Cute little folk record, that feels very intimate, since we only hear the artist and a guitar. Pink moon ist a great title track. The rest is nice but not outstanding.
3
Aug 03 2025
Chore of Enchantment
Giant Sand
Well-crafted country/americana rock album. And yet, I found it fairly uneventful. No real song highlights that either rocked or reached me on a different level emotionally.
3
Aug 04 2025
Music in Exile
Songhoy Blues
Powerful story to this record with the band being displaced and trying to recreate the sound of northern mali to give some piece of home to other people with the same destiny.
Really like their desert blues style. Reminds me of arc de soleil and even khruangbin from time to time. The vocals are a little repetitive but love the riffs and bass lines. Songs that stand out to me are Sourbour, Sekou Oumarou, Petit Metier and Jolie.
Glad i got to discover this!
4
Aug 05 2025
Brothers In Arms
Dire Straits
Very easy to listen to. Love the Knopfler guitar style. Not a bad song on there. Im a sucker for trivia, so this being the first cd to sell over 1 million copies adds to the legacy of this record for me. But this lp misses big hits and a change of pace in its laid back sound to make it more interesting.
4
Aug 06 2025
Hypnotised
The Undertones
Interesting pop, punk, rock record that feels younger than it is. Simple songs about growing up. A lot of them are catchy. I liked the way girls talk and i told you so the most. However, only decent album since this style is not entirely my cup of tea.
3
Aug 07 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
I would not call this an album but an artistic sound artifact. Interesting period piece that gives you an idea what they were thinking about during this time. Horrible to listen to.
2
Aug 08 2025
Being There
Wilco
Long americana, alt-rock, country record that has its moments. Monday, outtasite, hotel arizona and kingpin stuck with me. But given its length it lacks more highlights like this. For my taste it would have been better to make one album out of this material by cutting a few tracks and not a double lp.
Solid record tho that could be a nice roadtrip soundtrack.
3
Aug 09 2025
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
Great voice, emotional song writing, good production. Not a bad song on there. Really admire lets stay together, old time lovin and how can you mend a broken heart.
Would have loved this record to be longer than 34 mins.
4
Aug 10 2025
If You're Feeling Sinister
Belle & Sebastian
Sweet songwriting and beautiful vocals provide you with a very intimate indie pop experience. Autumn music for me.
Interesting that the artists requested to not promote this LP and not put out a single from this.
Especially like the tracks like dylan in the movies, if youre feeling sinister and the boy done wrong again.
3
Aug 11 2025
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Remember the hype from back then for this release. A virtual band was something completely new. Clint eastwood was rocking so hard. Never listened to the full album tho until now.
Takes a while to get drawn in at first, but from track 5 on this record really takes of and throws a lot of great songs at you. Love the hypnotizing vocals, the many change-ups do to the many features and the general overarching groove that somehow binds it all together.
4
Aug 12 2025
Superunknown
Soundgarden
Awesome, energetic grunge record that is on the heavier side. Nice vocals, great riffs, many banger songs. Not much more to say.
4
Aug 13 2025
Gris Gris
Dr. John
Facinating little trip here. Maybe literally. This interesting, but short bluesy rock record feels like if you were wondering wonderland with alice after you took some shrooms while someone put on a slowed down version of sympathy for the devil. And i like it. Croker courtbullion is a little too experimental for my taste, but all the other tracks have a cool vibe.
3
Aug 14 2025
Rubber Soul
Beatles
Love the beatles, adore this album. Drive my car, michelle and norwegian wood are prolly the know hits from this one. But imo the word, in my life and you wont see me are very much hidden gems in their catalogue. And im looking through you will always have a special place in my heart.
Also just a fun point in their development as a band. Feels like the first grown up album after their early period.
5
Aug 15 2025
Odessa
Bee Gees
Record with a great vision. This magnum opus feels like their try to produce their version of the white album. Many tracks with totally different genres on their. We go from folklore via rock/pop and country to classical stuff. While I can respect this concept approach i have to say that not too many songs stand out for me. Odessa or seven seas symphony are pretty tunes, but i admit, i just wanted more songs like marley purt drive, sound of love or never say never again.
3
Aug 16 2025
Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix
Crazy, that this is a debut album. Hendrix shows an incredible range of styles within rock music. So many bangers on this album. Purple haze, hey joe, fire, foxey lady, the wind cries mary. Simply outrageously good to have this many hits on one lp.
5
Aug 17 2025
Parachutes
Coldplay
Early coldplay was fire. Perfect rock pop album. Feels like a warm comfy blanket. As a teenager i borrowed this cd so many times from the local library. Chris Martin's voice is mesmerizing. So many great songs on there. Love yellow, spies, sparks and everything's not lost. No skip album for me.
5
Aug 18 2025
Automatic For The People
R.E.M.
Solid pop/rock album that is easy to listen to. Interesting arrangements and production details. Drive, man on the moon, everybody hurts and nightswimming are sweet memorable songs. And yet, this music still seems to lack some spice that gives it another layer for my taste.
3
Aug 19 2025
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Very sensitive and soulful music with amazing vocals. What a talent mayfield was. Like the production and instrumentation. Misses the absolute banger hits tho like he had on curtis.
3
Aug 20 2025
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Solid pop/rock/folk album which is an interesting period piece looking at simons career and his breakup with garfunkel. You can feel the song writing talent. Like his vocals as well. He seems to want to show his musical range with a lot of genre hopping. While i admire the wish to display the mastery of everything from blues to reggea, it does not help the record imo. The tracks do not blend enough to make this feel like a coherent lp and bumps the rating down a little bit. Still very enjoyable.
3
Aug 21 2025
Fred Neil
Fred Neil
Nice, this is what this project is about. Had heard everybody's talkin' before but could pin this song to an artist. Never heard of fred neil before but am very happy to discover him. Find his voice very appealing and like how intimate and personal these songs feel. Cynicrustpetefredjohn raga to close this lp shows some experimental quality that i admire.
4
Aug 22 2025
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell
It is not every day that you listen to a song about sex dwarfs, but hey this album is called non-stop erotic cabaret after all. This tainted ove version is legendary. So much, that they used its vibes in where did our love go. Bed sitter and memorabilia are cool as well. While irritating at times this lp grew on me while listening to it and i find many of these synth pop song very danceable. Lets give this album some extra credit for being very provocative at the time. Very interesting listen.
3
Aug 23 2025
Heaven Or Las Vegas
Cocteau Twins
Never heard of them, but quite like this dream pop album. Their style sounds very modern for the time of release. Love the soundscapes they produce and how they experiment quite a lot technically with a whole bunch of different synthies and effects. This lp flows very well for me. Vocals, melodies and effects blend so beautifully. Heaven of las vegas, iceblink luck and frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires are the standout tracks.
For a german speaker fotzepolitic is a standout song title as well. Love it! 3,5 is 4 for me.
4
Aug 24 2025
Third
Portishead
Read a bit about this album and find it interesting how the tried to renew themselves here, switching instruments even. This entire album contains many very interesting bits and pieces. Beth's voice is as beautiful as ever. Quite a few interesting song ideas on here. Deep water feels like the track from the her soundtrack that the AI writes on the beach. Silence is such a tease with its abrupt ending. The rip is another nice buildup song. However, this entire album feels like it is made out of fragments that do not fit completely. While I admire this experimental vibe, it does make this a little hard to listen to.
3
Aug 25 2025
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Moribund the burgermeister is one of the weirder title tracks i have heard. Maybe this song makes the hit of the album, solsbury hill, feel so much better. Unfortunately it doesnt get better than this song. Modern love and here comes te flood are interesting tunes. But for some reason this entire work doesnt click with me. The lp feels a little all over the place with the the general flow, overproduced and like i am missing an important piece to understand gabriel's overarching vision here. It rather seems to be a totally mixed bag of songs i do not particullarly like.
2
Aug 26 2025
The World is a Ghetto
War
Another hidden gem i would not have discovered without this. Mixes funk, soul and jazz very well. Like where was you at, city, country, city, four cornered room especially and the title giving track especially. Album flows very well and never drags.
4
Aug 27 2025
The Poet
Bobby Womack
Energetic soul album that had me grooving right away. Bobby has a nice voice and is stringing together many fun disco or soul tunes here. Lay your lovin on me, if you think youre lonely now and stand up are the standouts for me. Like but not love this lp.
3
Aug 28 2025
Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Another interesting find here. Love the vibes of this album. Apart from the great first track darkness, darkness it provides several other good songs. Quicksand, beautiful, sham and ride the wind all deserve a mention here. So i guess i dig this lp a lot.
4
Aug 30 2025
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Adele
I always try to guess who we will talk about in 50 years when we look at the music from the 2010s on. Adele is a strong guess of mine and this album a reason why. Obviously her awesome voice carries this entire lp, but this should not distract you from neatly put together arrangements and great songwriting. Like the concept of a make-up album - making peace with yourself and your past.
Hello, i miss you, remedy, love in the dark sweetest devotion - all highly emotional bangers that hit hard. What a talent she is! :)
And yay, finally a female voice on here. Below 10% So far with my draw here.
4
Aug 31 2025
Hot Fuss
The Killers
A favorite of mine, when i went to school. Mr brightside was just such a big song back then. When you went out this song always came up during the night and everybody went nuts.
Very interesting to listen to the entire album again now about two decades later. It brought up a lot of great memories and still holds up. As many debut records, it seems to release a lot of build up energy all at once. While being fairly straight-forward in their indie rock sound, i do enjoy that the killers make their music feel huge, like you can only play it in the vastness of the nevada desert blasting it out full volume. Love how they created rock anthems in this way.
The record is unbalanced tho. The back half contains a few songs that are filler and should have gone to a b-side.
The only reason for me to take away a star from an lp that begins with a five song stretch not many albums can rival. Jenny was a friend of mine, mr brightside, smile like you mean it, somebody told me, all these things that ive done. Wow, what an insane sequence of indie bangers.
4
Sep 01 2025
Orbital 2
Orbital
Cool electronic rave album. Much more interesting than the Orbital book that is floating around right now.
This sounds fairly modern for being released in '93. Like planet of the shapes and halcyon+on+on a lot. Very easy to listen to and quite danceable.
3
Sep 02 2025
Smash
The Offspring
Takes me back to my teenage years. Their sound worked so well during that time. Straight forward punk vibe, fairly simple melodies and a lot of energy. Self-esteem was such an anthem and still works.
But this album becomes a little boring today. It is the same sound all the way through. A little more variety is missing to rate this higher than mid.
3
Sep 03 2025
Vento De Maio
Elis Regina
Glad that i got to experience this brazilian star, even though i see that the book has messed up here and actually tagged a wrong album. So pretty hard to rate because of this.
The compilation that was linked here flows in a nice way. And yet, going by some random reddit commets, the authors meant to put in elis as her lp. Maybe it appears later so i will give this here a mildly interesting rating.
3
Sep 04 2025
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
"I don't believe in beatles" - this line of god always breaks my heart. john is still at the heights of his powers here and this would have meant that there could have been a few more great beatles records.
However, lennon created a deeply personal experience here. Musically there is nothing new compared to his beatles approaches. But why change a winning formula, right?
Love many of the songs on there. Mother, hold on, working class hero, isolation are all great. And most of the other tracks hold up as well.
4
Sep 05 2025
You're Living All Over Me
Dinosaur Jr.
Holy moly, what a ride. I knew they existed, but im very intrigued to dig deeper after this experience. These loud and distorted guitars simply slay. Love the grungy sound. Kracked, raisans, tarpit are my faves. Enjoy the cure cover as well.
4
Sep 06 2025
She's So Unusual
Cyndi Lauper
Finally another female artist. And what an album. Amazing that this was her debut record. It provides so much girl power energy in the best way and so many hit. I mean, girls just wanna have fun, she bop, all through the night. What a great collection. And time after time is my absolute favorite of hers. Crazy good song.
Love the variety of styles over the different songs. And still, they work together. Shows me a lot of craftswomanship as a song writer.
Also found out that cyndi won a grammy as well as a tony and an emmy. Awesome. And it prolly left a huge legacy and inspiration for current artists. For some reason i think, there would be no chappell roan without her.
4