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
Aug 31 2025
Pornography
The Cure
Not my favorite Cure album. Probably won't give it another full listen, but not bad.
3
Sep 01 2025
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Kinks
Pretty good. I'm not dying to hear it from start to finish again, but I could give it another listen.
3
Sep 02 2025
The Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks
Copy/ paste notes from previous Kinks album.
3
Sep 03 2025
Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely
70s Country... just ok.
2
Sep 04 2025
Ray Of Light
Madonna
I guess this is when she started down the electronic path of music. Not great.
2
Sep 05 2025
D.O.A. the Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
WTF was that? It's only music in the sense that random noises played simultaneously can technically be considered music. But no... absolutely not. 0 stars
1
Sep 19 2025
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin
Great album. Respect probably gets the most attention, but the title track is outstanding... and then A Change is Gonna Come wraps it all up beautifully. Not a bad song in the bunch.
5
Sep 20 2025
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
First song is an undeniable classic. The rest of the album just didn't grab me the same way. Not bad... just nothing else that really stood out.
3
Sep 21 2025
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Not for me. I guess it's technically fine... I was just bored.
2
Sep 22 2025
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Jane's Addiction
Two really good songs and the other 7 are mid at best. I don't need to hear the whole thing again.
3
Sep 23 2025
London Calling
The Clash
This album has it all... in both style and quality. There's punk influence.. reggae... blues... rock, etc. There's classics... hidden gems... and time wasters. Overall, I know I'm coming back to the full album at some point, but I may skip a track here and there.
4
Sep 24 2025
Suede
Suede
I didn't think I was going to like this at all, but it's not bad. In fact, it's good for what it is... it's just that what it is isn't my favorite. But, there's definitely good songs on here that I'll revisit... just not the whole album.
3