Sep 19 2025
                            
                            
                                
Cafe Bleu
                                The Style Council
                            
                    
                    
                            Immediately - Love the Southern Soul-Gospel piano to kick off the album. 
                    
                    Overall, this sounds like a show and collage of moods and styles. The vocal performances are pretty alright, and some tracks give me a Ben Folds vibe. Piano playing almost sounds like it could cover off of Rocking the Suburbs - even though this came out 20? years earlier. 
                    
                    I laughed out loud at "A Gospel". Please see the Wendy's Employee Training from the 80s. British dudes singing... rrm... writing about American politics is always weird to me. 
                    
                    The Wiki states that this is more of a compilation, and academically, it includes some solid music ideas and examples. The recording is simple and not overworked. "Here's one that got away" is a great example of that, but I'd almost prefer a comp of various artists who really embody these genres and styles. 
                    
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 20 2025
                            
                            
                                
Illmatic
                                Nas
                            
                    
                    
                            "Fuck who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary
                    And my mentality is money-orientated"
                    
                    I haven’t thought about this album in forever. The structure, lyrics, flow, samples, beats, the best of the era and probably ushered in a turning point in the genre becuase - man, no going back from this one. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 23 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
                                Bob Dylan
                            
                    
                    
                            ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssHowmanyroadsmusamanwahlkdehnsssssssssssssssssss
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 25 2025
                            
                            
                                
Darkdancer
                                Les Rythmes Digitales
                            
                    
                    
                            Real talk, I think this style of dance music is a joke. And I think I’d put this album as a prime example. 
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 26 2025
                            
                            
                                
Django Django
                                Django Django
                            
                    
                    
                            Not a huge electronic music person. I appreciate the blend of digital and analogue instruments. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 27 2025
                            
                            
                                
Here's Little Richard
                                Little Richard
                            
                    
                    
                            Classic
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 29 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Good, The Bad & The Queen
                                The Good, The Bad & The Queen
                            
                    
                    
                            Damon is boring here.
                    Danger Mouse is the most overrated producer.
                    Just not good is the only way I can really put it. 
                    
                            1
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Sep 30 2025
                            
                            
                                
Surrealistic Pillow
                                Jefferson Airplane
                            
                    
                    
                            Good album. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 01 2025
                            
                            
                                
Unknown Pleasures
                                Joy Division
                            
                    
                    
                            No wonder GenX were so predisposed to apathy.
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 02 2025
                            
                            
                                
Californication
                                Red Hot Chili Peppers
                            
                    
                    
                            Trust. I do not need to listen to this album to rate it. 10 Stars. 
                    
                    Update. I listened to it. 20 stars. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 03 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
                                The 13th Floor Elevators
                            
                    
                    
                            Let's see what the caterpillar has to say about this one. Caterpillar? 
                    
                    "Which way did the fishy fish go?"
                    
                    A complete mid-range album from a time where LSD was both super cool and used by the CIA to look into other dimensions. 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 04 2025
                            
                            
                                
Cheap Thrills
                                Big Brother & The Holding Company
                            
                    
                    
                            This is neat. 
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 05 2025
                            
                            
                                
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
                                Simon & Garfunkel
                            
                    
                    
                            Fun. 
                    
                    Neat.
                    
                    Easy listening.
                    
                    But just kinda “good” to me. 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 06 2025
                            
                            
                                
Porcupine
                                Echo And The Bunnymen
                            
                    
                    
                            Not my bag. 
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 07 2025
                            
                            
                                
Hot Fuss
                                The Killers
                            
                    
                    
                            Fun. Not a huge Killers fan. Nothing groundbreaking or really grasping to me on this album
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 08 2025
                            
                            
                                
Joan Armatrading
                                Joan Armatrading
                            
                    
                    
                            Real good dude 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 09 2025
                            
                            
                                
Ten
                                Pearl Jam
                            
                    
                    
                            Masterpiece. No notes.
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 10 2025
                            
                            
                                
evermore
                                Taylor Swift
                            
                    
                    
                            In the current taylor swift climate, i refuse to believe this was given to us at random. I sang every word. Loudly. Proudly. Adam Dreschner [sic] made this album anything it was going to be.
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 11 2025
                            
                            
                                
American IV: The Man Comes Around
                                Johnny Cash
                            
                    
                    
                            This is one of the first albums I ever bought and some of the first songs I ever learned to play. I did not know Johnny cash farther than a cartoonish character of country music that was more fable than man. It wasn’t until a decade later I really started to see cash a a real person after reading Cash by Johnny Cash (because I was High Fidelity). Now 20 years later with more insight and understanding more of the songs chosen for this anthology, I can give it no less than an 5/5
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 12 2025
                            
                            
                                
At Budokan
                                Cheap Trick
                            
                    
                    
                            It’s fine 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 13 2025
                            
                            
                                
Hard Again
                                Muddy Waters
                            
                    
                    
                            Yeah I mean…. Come on
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 14 2025
                            
                            
                                
Are You Experienced
                                Jimi Hendrix
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 15 2025
                            
                            
                                
Truth And Soul
                                Fishbone
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 16 2025
                            
                            
                                
Pet Sounds
                                The Beach Boys
                            
                    
                    
                            Good album. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 20 2025
                            
                            
                                
Peter Gabriel
                                Peter Gabriel
                            
                    
                    
                            Peter Gabrielle is so bleh to me. But so are most British art school weenies
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 21 2025
                            
                            
                                
This Year's Model
                                Elvis Costello & The Attractions
                            
                    
                    
                            Frankly I love this album. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 22 2025
                            
                            
                                
Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
                                Billy Bragg
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 23 2025
                            
                            
                                
Highway 61 Revisited
                                Bob Dylan
                            
                    
                    
                            Yeah I mean yeah 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 24 2025
                            
                            
                                
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down
                                The Dandy Warhols
                            
                    
                    
                            Not my thing
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 25 2025
                            
                            
                                
Fleet Foxes
                                Fleet Foxes
                            
                    
                    
                            Hippie ass bullshit that I love 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 28 2025
                            
                            
                                
My Generation
                                The Who
                            
                    
                    
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 30 2025
                            
                            
                                
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
                                Merle Haggard
                            
                    
                    
                            Love some Merle softies 
                    
                            4