Jul 05 2025
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Really balanced album I should reach for more often.
4
Jul 06 2025
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Sounds great, still. New favorite ‘Beatin’ Around the Bush’
4
Jul 07 2025
Bossanova
Pixies
This isn’t why the Pixies are great. It’s a fine album but it sounds like ‘Doolittle’ B-sides. After the third song it starts to sound same-y.
3
Jul 08 2025
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Bummer of an album but that's the way it's supposed to be.
3
Jul 09 2025
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
Fun!
3
Jul 10 2025
British Steel
Judas Priest
Perfect for 1980! Songs are nice and focused.
3
Jul 11 2025
Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black
Public Enemy
Good. The Bomb Squad was toned down and groovy!
3
Jul 12 2025
At Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Band
They move as a band like a cat. Couldn’t find a pitchy note.
4
Jul 13 2025
Transformer
Lou Reed
There’s a little fat. Not a ton. Most songs don’t grab me.
4
Jul 14 2025
Apple Venus Volume 1
XTC
Mostly good songs mostly elaborately appointed.
4
Jul 15 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
There are a lot of hits on this one.
3
Jul 16 2025
Catch A Fire
Bob Marley & The Wailers
I’m sure it’s fantastic but reggae ain’t my jam -
3
Jul 17 2025
Faith
George Michael
The hits are great and still sound good. Everything else is standard issue dance pop.
4
Jul 18 2025
3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of...
Arrested Development
Sounds of it’s time but still sounds good.
3
Jul 19 2025
The White Album
Beatles
Great songs! Some clunkers. Still sounds great.
5
Jul 20 2025
Bubble And Scrape
Sebadoh
I don’t know why this album is on this list. It’s dull, thick and drowsy.
2
Jul 21 2025
Smash
The Offspring
Man, this record is dumb, shrill and in a hurry. F!
2
Jul 22 2025
Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park
Better than I thought but not my jam.
3
Jul 23 2025
The Stooges
The Stooges
Pretty good but I thought the Stooges were more aggressive -
3
Jul 24 2025
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Good. I’m always surprised at Black Sabbath’s musicality. The drums sound like they’re the ones used on the Flintstones theme.
3
Jul 25 2025
We're Only In It For The Money
The Mothers Of Invention
Good songs. Some horsing around that gets thin.
4
Jul 26 2025
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys
Still sparkly!
5
Jul 27 2025
Survivor
Destiny's Child
Most 17 tracks sounded the same.
2
Jul 28 2025
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
Good! You can hear it echoed down through the years.
4
Jul 29 2025
At Mister Kelly's
Sarah Vaughan
Pretty standard jazz …
3
Jul 30 2025
Goo
Sonic Youth
4
Jul 31 2025
Back In Black
AC/DC
Same as it ever was, which is fantastic!
4
Aug 01 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
I see how people went apeshit but it's seriously same-y
3
Aug 02 2025
Funeral
Arcade Fire
Been there, heard that
2
Aug 03 2025
Come Away With Me
Norah Jones
Goes down easy!
3
Aug 04 2025
Hotel California
Eagles
Second half is a snooze
4
Aug 05 2025
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz
Really good! Charlie Bird is tasty!
4
Aug 06 2025
Immigrés
Youssou N'Dour
Nothing for me here
2
Aug 07 2025
The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Byrds
This is a soft pop record. They don’t have flutes and glocks and crap but they do sing ‘La la la la’
3
Aug 08 2025
Alien Lanes
Guided By Voices
1995 first for Matador records!
3
Aug 09 2025
21
Adele
Soundtrack for your fainting couch! Couldn’t finish it. Dramatic, samey, screechy.
1
Aug 10 2025
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
Simple Minds
Almost there, just need the songs
3
Aug 11 2025
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
WTPD is a prog song. The longer it goes it the more it drags.
4
Aug 12 2025
Blackstar
David Bowie
Weird, good. Funny. “Where the fuck did Monday go?” and “I can’t give away everything!” are two good choruses
3
Aug 13 2025
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Nothing for me here. Not listening.
1
Aug 15 2025
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
I can see why it’s lauded. Doing this in the late 80s was only recently legal.
3
Aug 16 2025
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill
Better than I thought. More diverse in terms of grooves and arrangements
3
Aug 19 2025
Marquee Moon
Television
I wsnt to listen again.
3
Aug 21 2025
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
Good songs!
3
Aug 22 2025
The Genius Of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Genius is right!
4
Aug 28 2025
Fuzzy Logic
Super Furry Animals
Fun, poppy, kitchen sink-ish production. A good time. I'd listen again but I wouldn't likely reach for it.
3
Oct 30 2025
Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The hits were good
3
Oct 31 2025
The Wall
Pink Floyd
Shoulda been a single and left out all of that Broadway Bob Ezrin crap.
3
Nov 01 2025
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin
3
Nov 02 2025
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel
More upbeat than I anticipated.
3
Nov 03 2025
Sunshine Superman
Donovan
Man, one hit and a bunch of other boring stuff.
2
Nov 04 2025
Abraxas
Santana
Classic and still quite an ass kicker
4
Nov 05 2025
Channel Orange
Frank Ocean
Interesting but very of it's time
3
Nov 06 2025
James Brown Live At The Apollo
James Brown
Decent
3
Nov 08 2025
Licensed To Ill
Beastie Boys
Better than I remember
3
Nov 09 2025
So Much For The City
The Thrills
kinda samey over all -
2
Nov 10 2025
Fire Of Love
The Gun Club
Bo-ring!
2
Nov 11 2025
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Pretty feral
4
Nov 12 2025
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
Good hits and then some really under done shit
2
Nov 13 2025
In The Court Of The Crimson King
King Crimson
Sucked!
1
Nov 15 2025
Purple Rain
Prince
Still good - Short too
4
Nov 16 2025
There's No Place Like America Today
Curtis Mayfield
Mellow
3
Nov 17 2025
Olympia 64
Jacques Brel
Really energetic!
3
Nov 18 2025
A Night At The Opera
Queen
Yeah, still good -
3
Nov 19 2025
Repeater
Fugazi
Same
2
Nov 20 2025
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Fine
2
Nov 21 2025
The Cars
The Cars
Flawless
5
Nov 22 2025
Morrison Hotel
The Doors
Good effort, the songs weren't there
2
Nov 23 2025
Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl
Fine but boring
2