Jun 26 2025
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Each song has its own charming and mysterious world. Maybe I don't quite understand them yet, maybe my ability to focus is too worn down to really absorb it all, but I want to come back to them. Instrumentation was vibrant and diverse, particularly the different instrumental inflections in Master's Song
5
Jun 27 2025
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At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Very smooth, Sarah's voice is astounding. As a straight-through live recording it's pretty slick with no real fluff or filler in between. particularly like stairway to the stars and how high the moon where she "forgets" all the words. Can get a bit samey as it's 90% ballads
3
Jun 30 2025
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American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
Am honestly a bit bored, it's all quite samey and while Johnny's voice is wonderfully rich, the lyrics don't really carry these songs. particularly Sam Hall who wrote that
2
Jul 01 2025
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If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears
The Mamas & The Papas
Consistently strong throughout but none of the songs necessarily blow me away (even California Dreamin), just a simple selection of great tunes
4
Jul 02 2025
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Doggystyle
Snoop Dogg
Unfortunately a bop, was gonna rate this lower due to the lyrical content (often p repetitive, surface-level and VERY misogynistic) but damn I'd be lying if I said they weren't a lil catchy. The production is CLEAN, instrumentals go crazy hard, and there's some sick hooks in there
4
Jul 03 2025
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The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
The Beatles meet Jack Stauber. Delightful :)
(I had previously rated this 5* but had to knock it down out of gut instinct, it's still incredibly charming but in a very kitsch box-of-sweets way)
4