Aug 09 2025
The Lexicon Of Love
ABC
The first song, "Show Me", was the best one, it has a good bassline. The only other 2 songs I thought were remotely good are, "Poison Arrow" and "4 Ever 2 Gether". This is being generous, I really don't care for this generic 80's sound. Admittedly this is 1982, and for it's time it may have been exciting. The instrumentation is interesting, but the composition is bland. Stereotypical 80's chart toppers.
2
Aug 10 2025
Gorillaz
Gorillaz
This album feels more complete to me than something like Demon Days. Demon Days is definitely flush with more hits, but this is Gorillaz at their most interesting and raw.
4
Aug 11 2025
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest
I've always heard about A Tribe Called Quest but never got around to giving them a listen. I love how jazzy and smooth this album is. "Excursions" is an all-time opener in my opinion.
1. Jazz (We've Got)
2. Excursions
3. What?
4
Aug 12 2025
Diamond Life
Sade
None of it is "bad", not at all. Completely inoffensive, perfectly adequate, laid-back background music. I'm fond of jazz, even smooth jazz, but this just feels so sterile and lacking in nuance. She has a wonderful voice for sure, but idk this just doesn't do it for me, there's no soul in those horns man. If I wanted to throw on some jazz I would choose almost anything else.
2
Aug 13 2025
White Blood Cells
The White Stripes
Not much to say, a few classics here but overall this album just leaves me wishing I were listening to The Raconteurs.
3
Aug 14 2025
Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
I have never listened to Neil Young, this album surprised me. Sorry for the backwards comparisons, but I am from a younger generation. Songs like "Thrasher" remind me of The Mountain Goats, and as crazy as this feels to say, and it is not something I was expecting at the tail-end of this album, "Sedan Delivery" sounds like an early prototype of Pixies. Very Francis Black-esque vocals, and while the instrumentation isn't as "strange" as a Pixies song might be, the tempo changes are there. Really neat album considering the the time period.
4
Aug 15 2025
Ananda Shankar
Ananda Shankar
Clearly a skilled musician, but man I really do not care for sitar. The covers are certainly interesting, but the best song is the last one.
2
Aug 16 2025
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
I really don't like the rolling stones, every song sounds the same to me. Not unlistenable, just really boring. Best songs here are Sway and Moonlight Mile.
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