Aug 13 2025
Coles Corner
Richard Hawley
Too safe and friendly for my liking, but beautiful nonetheless.
3
Aug 14 2025
The Wildest!
Louis Prima
Wow. I was familiar with some of the songs, of course. But the whole short album was a bit of a surprise.
What a fun, loose and playful recording!
Sometimes more jazzy, sometimes nearly rock and roll. Great fun and quintessentially 1950s.
5
Aug 15 2025
Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Iconic songs, no doubt. I however struggle to enjoy the album. There's too much of a feeling of sameness. I also find out quite noisy, and that combination with the singer's voice just doesn't really do it for me.
2
Aug 18 2025
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Was surprised. When this came out, I was still listening to grunge. The radio hits that came out, I found a bit cloying.
In hindsight and in context of the whole album, that definitely contains some more grungy songs, I quite like it.
Fun, energetic. I love the drums, his style is so recognizable. Recordings a bit flat?
3
Aug 19 2025
Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell
Classical Joni Mitchell - all about the stories. Too much work for me, but I get why so many people like it.
2
Aug 20 2025
Urban Hymns
The Verve
The drugs don't work is an anthem, but for the rest I always found it a bit annoying. Hasn't really become more interesting with time. One of those records that everyone of our age had, and put on during dinner parties. A bit yawn for me...
2
Aug 21 2025
Debut
Björk
Another one of those albums that were played during dinners all the time. It was definitely groundbreaking, although I wouldn't call it pleasant.
Not something I would listen to a lot anymore, but just right every now and then.
3
Aug 22 2025
All Hail the Queen
Queen Latifah
Didn't really get familiar with hiphop back in this time, but kind of enjoyed it for its playful and laid back attitude.
I am surprised how well this has aged: I still really like listening to this album, have played it a few times now and not yet bored.
Love the horns, the samples and the additional voices. Most lyrics don't go very deep, more like battle tracks. Some social commentary.
Really decent recording quality, considering the age and underground nature of hiphop back then.
Will keep this around, probably buy a CD.
3
Aug 25 2025
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa
Found this very hard to listen to. Hate music that is built around solos. Just play a song, dammit
1
Aug 26 2025
Raising Hell
Run-D.M.C.
Like Queen Latifah, fun laid back old hip hop. Slow, melodic, well articulated. Not much thematic diversity, but i like it.
Collab with Aerosmith was a genius move by Rick Rubin
3
Aug 27 2025
White Light / White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Sheesh. You can hear that these are some great musicians. But for the love of Pete, who gave them so many drugs?
Hate to high hell. Perhaps with exception of the few classical rock and roll tracks.
1
Aug 28 2025
Birth Of The Cool
Miles Davis
Some of the slower songs (Moon dreams, Boplicity) I enjoyed as moody background music. Nice for working or reading.
Many of the other songs are a bit too note-filled for my taste. I'm not a jazz nut, and I feel that much of the Jazz repertoire is meant to show off the technical and academic prowess of the players.
At some points (Rocker for example) the big band sound makes me smile. But the solos turn me off again.
2
Aug 29 2025
Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention
Not really sure why this is on a greatest albums list?
I liked listening to it, but it didn't shatter me. Nice, friendly.
Still sounds a bit Americal to me in places, but maybe it was chosen because it was a switch to re-acceptance of English folk?
3
Sep 01 2025
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
An album full of bangers. For my regular listening, it's too smooth and too repetitive.
3
Sep 02 2025
Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
Solemn and dark. Reads a bit like a poem (a la Joni Mitchell) or a prayer.
The thing with this type of album is, that it hits you hard if the themes happen to match your experience at the moment.
This one doesn't really for me.
Not a bad album, and cool to see a man who is not afraid to touch large emotions.
3
Sep 05 2025
Home Is Where The Music Is
Hugh Masekela
Love the doubling horns and other brass playfulness.
Love that they tend to somewhat start and finish a song, not getting (too) lost in solos, although towards the end of the album it starts falling more and more into the 'annoying jazz tricks' pit for me. For example in 'Blues for Huey' an icky long drum solo.
The songs tend to have an emotional story arc, which I appreciate. Virtuosity is not the point.
I still don't find instrumental jazz interesting enough to sit through an entire album. But in the right time and place, this could be ok.
2
Sep 08 2025
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
Cool laid back vibe
Very diverse samples, fun
You can hear their enthusiasm
The lyrics don't do much for me
3
Sep 09 2025
Meat Is Murder
The Smiths
The Smiths have an unmistakable recognizability. I had never listened to a whole album. The intensity is high and the lyrics deserve listening to. So: not for all occasions. But upbeat, with lots of variation and smart.
Definitely worth listening to, now and then.
4
Sep 10 2025
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Smashing Pumpkins
Have been listening to this album since my teens. It captured me like nothing else, and still does. Not all songs are hits in solitude, but the emotional bow over these two CDs is unbroken. An all time epic album for me.
5
Sep 12 2025
A Northern Soul
The Verve
Cool laid back vibe
Very diverse samples, fun
You can hear their enthusiasm
The lyrics don't do much for me
4
Sep 19 2025
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
Not a huge fan of this flat-sounding punk.
2