Jul 30 2025
This Nation’s Saving Grace
The Fall
Songs just seem to have a guitar riff that repeats infinitely while a few words are spoken over it. Honestly, I was ready for it to be over by song 4, but it did get a bit better towards the second half. I guess I'd classify it as art-punk. I just can't tell if I don't like it, or if I just don't like all of it at once.
2
Jul 31 2025
Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple
7 songs in 42-ish minutes... including a 10 minute song and two more over 7 minutes each.
Probably more like 3.5 stars. I doubt I'll listen to the whole album again, but I wouldn't be opposed to it. Overall vibe is great.
3
Aug 01 2025
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Definitely good songs on here, but many just went on way longer than necessary. It loses at least 1 star just for "The Murder Mystery... beatnick-style nonsense read over noise. That's nine minutes of my life I'll never get back. 😄
3
Aug 02 2025
The Gershwin Songbook
Ella Fitzgerald
Amazing, iconic voice. I just didn't have time to get through the whole album... It's over 3 hours long. But, I could easily see just throwing it on for some atmosphere when doing stuff around the house. It deserves more than that, though.
4
Aug 03 2025
Talking Book
Stevie Wonder
Solid album. "Maybe Your Baby" went on too long, but other than that, no complaints.
4
Aug 04 2025
Music From Big Pink
The Band
Not bad. "The Weight" is obviously a classic, but I don't have a huge desire to listen to the entire album again.
3
Aug 05 2025
Odelay
Beck
Interesting. Two songs I'm very familiar with and a bunch of songs that sound familiar. But, I think it's because they just sound like Beck. Another good background album... except when "Where It's At" comes on.
3
Aug 06 2025
Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
"Blister in the Sun" is the only one I recognized, and now I know why. Some of the songs were interesting or funny, but I wouldn't exactly can them good.
2
Aug 07 2025
Architecture And Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Another one of those albums where I could appreciate the concept, and even the execution, but i was just bored.
2
Aug 08 2025
Faith
George Michael
Hidden gems mixed among a slew of hits. I would definitely revisit this one.
4
Aug 09 2025
Illinois
Sufjan Stevens
I like the album's cover art, but the music isn't for me.
2
Aug 10 2025
Electric Warrior
T. Rex
Bang a gong, then move along. Nothing else really stuck out... not terrible, though.
3
Aug 11 2025
Who Killed...... The Zutons?
The Zutons
Quirky, but in a really cool way.
4
Aug 12 2025
Master Of Puppets
Metallica
I mean, of course I'm gonna like this one. Although, I think it's the first time I've actually listened to it in one sitting.
4
Aug 13 2025
Halcyon Digest
Deerhunter
Pretty chill, but maybe too chill. I got bored. Not bad... just not for me.
3
Aug 14 2025
Songs From The Big Chair
Tears For Fears
First time I've listened to the full album. I never realized there's a whole other song that leads directly into Head Over Heels. It's really the three hits that kept me into this one, but the rest is solid, too.
4
Aug 15 2025
Vulnicura
Björk
Yeah... it's Bjork.
2
Aug 16 2025
Sea Change
Beck
Really well done... I'd just have to be feeling some kind of way to listen to the whole thing again. I think it's probably a 3.5 for me, but it's good enough to round up.
4
Aug 17 2025
Hot Shots II
The Beta Band
Not terrible. I don't have any desire to listen to it again, but if I were making a movie, I could see using a couple of songs on my soundtrack. "Squares" just has that kind of vibe.
3
Aug 18 2025
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles
Great album! I can't say I love every song on it individually, but I do love the entire album.
5
Aug 19 2025
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie
It's not bad. I just never really got Bowie, and I still don't. But, I can definitely see how it would've been cool when it first came out in '72. It's just ok.
3
Aug 20 2025
Private Dancer
Tina Turner
Better than I expected. I mean, you can't deny What's Love Got to Do with It and Better Be Good to Me... but there were some other good songs, too. I dug her cover of I Can't Stand the Rain. Probably a 3.5, but I'm rounding down because I know I'll never listen to most of these again.
3
Aug 24 2025
OK
Talvin Singh
Production quality was great... everything sounded nice. But, musically it's not for me. I can appreciate it, especially the percussion, but it was just different versions of the same thing for an hour.
2
Aug 25 2025
Forever Changes
Love
Started off pretty strong. About halfway through, the lyrics got kinda cheesy... like if there was a stereotypical 60s hippy band in a sitcom kind of cheesy. But, I didn't hate his vocals... or the music. There's some songs in here that is revisit, but I'm not sure about the entire album. I think it's another 3.5 rounded down.
3
Aug 26 2025
Is This It
The Strokes
First time listening to the entire album, and it's damn good. It's higher than a 4, but not quite a 5.
4
Aug 27 2025
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
Buck Owens
It's filled with songs my grandma would walk around the house singing. For that nostalgia alone, it gets 3 stars. The fact that there all classics gets it a 4th... but the fact that I'll never listen to the entire album again loses it.
3
Aug 28 2025
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
I was gonna say it sounds like Gorillaz, only boring. Then, I read it's actually a supergroup fronted by David Albarn of Blur... and Gorillaz. He describes it as a project... not a band. And, that kinda makes everything on the album make more sense. But, it's still not great. "Nature Springs" and "Three Changes" were the only real standouts.
2
Aug 29 2025
En-Tact
The Shamen
Nah. I know it has it's place, but the only way I could ever see myself listening to it again is if someone slipped me some acid.
1