Sep 15 2025
                            
                            
                                
Juju
                                Siouxsie And The Banshees
                            
                    
                    
                            I'd never gotten into this album in depth before, at least not that I remember. I was a late convert to Siouxsie - probably from some teen movie soundtrack. Anyway, first 3 tracks are super solid but 'Sin In My Heart' speaks to me on another level - it's short but has this driving rage that I love (and obviously is heard throughout the album). The album slaps, as the kids say.
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 16 2025
                            
                            
                                
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
                                Kanye West
                            
                    
                    
                            Not a Ye fan per se, but I found this album very listenable. I’ll have to get over my dislike of him and open up to more of his music. 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 17 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Specials
                                The Specials
                            
                    
                    
                            This came to me after I’d already been introduced to the English Beat/ the Beat and FYC. Still formative for my high school era music education. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 18 2025
                            
                            
                                
Music From Big Pink
                                The Band
                            
                    
                    
                            Garage Americana. If not the best debut album, certainly top 3. I’ll let you know the others if/when they generate
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 19 2025
                            
                            
                                
Metallica
                                Metallica
                            
                    
                    
                            I finally got around to seeing these guys in my twenties while they were touring this album with Suicidal Tendencies and Dokken. Seemed like they’d been touring this forever by then, but it was still damn good!
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 22 2025
                            
                            
                                
Exodus
                                Bob Marley & The Wailers
                            
                    
                    
                            Opening with Natural Mystic, you know you’re in for a deep, soulful ride. For me, from Heathen on, it’s all peak Marley. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 23 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Fat Of The Land
                                The Prodigy
                            
                    
                    
                            It’s great but very of its time. Doesn’t hit like it did in the nineties unfortunately. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 24 2025
                            
                            
                                
I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail
                                Buck Owens
                            
                    
                    
                            That was fun. Never listened to a full album of Buck Owens. My bad!
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 25 2025
                            
                            
                                
Get Behind Me Satan
                                The White Stripes
                            
                    
                    
                            Love The White Stripes but never really listened with a critical ear. Powerful in its simplicity even though we’re beyond the earlier rawness at this point. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 26 2025
                            
                            
                                
Smash
                                The Offspring
                            
                    
                    
                            It’s great but there’s a bit of redundancy to it if you’re excluding the hits
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 29 2025
                            
                            
                                
Queen II
                                Queen
                            
                    
                    
                            A little to proggy for the current me but I hear seeds of greatness
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 30 2025
                            
                            
                                
Bayou Country
                                Creedence Clearwater Revival
                            
                    
                    
                            A sophomore album that defined the band’s style. Raw and rocking with very obvious lifts from the greats of the delta blues
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 01 2025
                            
                            
                                
Aja
                                Steely Dan
                            
                    
                    
                            What more can be said? Perfectly engineered. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, these dudes knew what the fuck they were doing and what they wanted to achieve. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 02 2025
                            
                            
                                
Technique
                                New Order
                            
                    
                    
                            Was never a New Order fan but I gave it a proper listen. Still not a fan but I get it, I think. 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 03 2025
                            
                            
                                
Rhythm Nation 1814
                                Janet Jackson
                            
                    
                    
                            Still holds up well. A lot of the social issues are still here and getting worse unfortunately. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 06 2025
                            
                            
                                
Superunknown
                                Soundgarden
                            
                    
                    
                            Making psychedelic grunge metal as poppy as possible, this album is a favorite of my mid-twenties, and I still love it today. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 07 2025
                            
                            
                                
Beggars Banquet
                                The Rolling Stones
                            
                    
                    
                            The beginning of my favorite (uh, everyone’s?) Stones era. Salt of the Earth - ‘nuff said!
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 08 2025
                            
                            
                                
Leftism
                                Leftfield
                            
                    
                    
                            I needed to be high to truly enjoy this, but I get where it’s coming from. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 09 2025
                            
                            
                                
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
                                Mudhoney
                            
                    
                    
                            Another one I never listened to in full. Is it possible to make grunge grungier? These guys did that here with a garage aesthetic that really shines through all that fuzz
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 10 2025
                            
                            
                                
Live At The Harlem Square Club
                                Sam Cooke
                            
                    
                    
                            That sure sounded like a fun time!
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 13 2025
                            
                            
                                
Lost In The Dream
                                The War On Drugs
                            
                    
                    
                            I caught on to this one a couple of years after its release, but just in time to help me process what 2016 wrought on this country and my state of mind. Perfectly chill
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 14 2025
                            
                            
                                
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
                                Coldplay
                            
                    
                    
                            I could have sworn Clocks came out earlier than this. I’m not a huge Coldplay fan overall, but I did (and still do) love this album. There is an urgency here that is lacking on much of their other output. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 15 2025
                            
                            
                                
Bossanova
                                Pixies
                            
                    
                    
                            Maybe my rating is nostalgic because I just saw them, but I got fueled by anger yesterday from the news, so maybe that’s why it hit well too. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 16 2025
                            
                            
                                
Beggars Banquet
                                The Rolling Stones
                            
                    
                    
                            The beginning of my favorite (uh, everyone’s?) Stones era. Knowing the albums coming after brings a deeper appreciation.  Salt of the Earth - ‘nuff said!
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 17 2025
                            
                            
                                
Pet Sounds
                                The Beach Boys
                            
                    
                    
                            I remember listening to the Beach Boys on AM radio with Mom while headed to the beach on summer weekends. It wasn't ever anything from this album as far as I remember. I was in my late teens by the time I got turned on to this and probably my twenties until I understood and appreciated it. Every listen brings some new undiscovered texture.
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 19 2025
                            
                            
                                
One Nation Under A Groove
                                Funkadelic
                            
                    
                    
                            It might be their most accessible album, even with ‘the doodoo chasers’ appealing to the teenage boy in me, but there is another, earlier album I hold in higher regard. Hint: the title track is on the EP that originally came with this album
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 20 2025
                            
                            
                                
Gorillaz
                                Gorillaz
                            
                    
                    
                            Demon Days is my jam. This one, not so much
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 21 2025
                            
                            
                                
Moving Pictures
                                Rush
                            
                    
                    
                            This album starts off so strong with those first 3 songs and then sort of coasts into redundancy. 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 22 2025
                            
                            
                                
Talk Talk Talk
                                The Psychedelic Furs
                            
                    
                    
                            Very of its time and a bit boring.
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 23 2025
                            
                            
                                
Caetano Veloso
                                Caetano Veloso
                            
                    
                    
                            Wow. That was a psychedelic lounge experience! Loved it. Nice change and something new to me. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 24 2025
                            
                            
                                
Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine
                                Cee Lo Green
                            
                    
                    
                            His falsetto grates on me but the beats and melodies are good
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 25 2025
                            
                            
                                
Live!
                                Fela Kuti
                            
                    
                    
                            My kind of music. Funky, jamming rock and African rhythm, horns, and Ginger Baker on Drums! What more could you ask for? 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 26 2025
                            
                            
                                
Stripped
                                Christina Aguilera
                            
                    
                    
                            Definitely not my thing, but the woman has serious pipes. Hitting a bunch of sub-genres under a pop flag, it's evocative of Janet Jackson to my ears and contains the only song of Aguilera's I've listened to regularly - 'Beautiful'. It kinda is.
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 27 2025
                            
                            
                                
John Prine
                                John Prine
                            
                    
                    
                            Oh boy, another artist I discovered way too late for my own damn good. This one contains my favorite song of Prine's - 'Illegal Smile'. That's right, I love this more than 'Angel from Montgomery' because while "it takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry". And sure, there are plenty of brutal (yet classic) songs here as Biggs points out, but we all need more laughter, these days, ya dig? 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 28 2025
                            
                            
                                
A Girl Called Dusty
                                Dusty Springfield
                            
                    
                    
                            Dulcet tones from a golden age of pop, sprinkled with Motown. Big Chill vibes
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 29 2025
                            
                            
                                
Tommy
                                The Who
                            
                    
                    
                            I saw the movie when I was probably too young, but it started my life long love for The Who. This album is ground-breaking and it was at the top of my Who chart until I discovered and dug into Quadrophenia, which is apparently not part of this 1001 album list. I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you!
                    
                            4