Oct 04 2025
                            
                            
                                
Horses
                                Patti Smith
                            
                    
                    
                            Patti Smith makes me feel strong. Incredible lyrics, this fury inside her, she is so fucking cool. The world she paints in Horses is entirely her own, confident, and integrity. Psychedelic, bluesy, but the highlight is her. Her voice is not traditionally great but that's not the point. The point is her delivery, half spoken-word and half singing. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 05 2025
                            
                            
                                
Endtroducing.....
                                DJ Shadow
                            
                    
                    
                            Phenomenal sampling, super super smooth, early trip-hop and DnB emerging. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 06 2025
                            
                            
                                
Born To Run
                                Bruce Springsteen
                            
                    
                    
                            Life-affirming, big, tight band. I like the boss better when he is a little softer and sadder, but this is full of absolute bangers
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 07 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
                                Lauryn Hill
                            
                    
                    
                            Groovy, conscious, stylish, critique. I really like this. I think it can sound a bit same-y and is perhaps not my exact genre but this is masterful
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 08 2025
                            
                            
                                
At Folsom Prison
                                Johnny Cash
                            
                    
                    
                            Surprisingly, I love this. Songs are tight, voice is unreal, audience interaction and theme of the record work. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 09 2025
                            
                            
                                
Green River
                                Creedence Clearwater Revival
                            
                    
                    
                            Undeniably tight and well-made songs but do not make me feel. I think genre problem for rockabilly. Great voice and instrumentation
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 10 2025
                            
                            
                                
Kimono My House
                                Sparks
                            
                    
                    
                            This rocks. I did not expect glam from this period and would have guessed this was made 10 years later if I did not know. Campy, great lyrics, funny, cynical. 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 11 2025
                            
                            
                                
KIWANUKA
                                Michael Kiwanuka
                            
                    
                    
                            Modern classic. Warm and rich production. Great voice and sense of melody and groove, great percussion. Has a sensitivity that reveals throughout, takes a while to open up its heart. Incredibly tastefully made
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 12 2025
                            
                            
                                
Lost In The Dream
                                The War On Drugs
                            
                    
                    
                            Ambient, moody, has this referential quality to classic rock but reinterprets it in a tasteful way. Problem is, this album is very same-y. Same progressions and drums, very repetitve. Has one trick and does it well, but it is one trick 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 13 2025
                            
                            
                                
Trio
                                Dolly Parton
                            
                    
                    
                            I am shocked I like this. Melodic, beautifully constructed, exceptional singing, sensitive, sad. It is a bit dated in terms of lyrical content but hey this is country. It does not make me cringe as badly as I thought it would, but it does somewhat. It is a bit repetitive toward the middle third
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 15 2025
                            
                            
                                
The Clash
                                The Clash
                            
                    
                    
                            Fun. This whole album rips. Insane debut. Fun interplay of snarling lead vocals and sweet backing vocals. Time capsule to feeling like you’re young and cool in the 70s in London. Simple but effective playing, esp. guitar. Political in a way that hits without being obnoxious
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 16 2025
                            
                            
                                
Violator
                                Depeche Mode
                            
                    
                    
                            Moody and dark, sounds really really good. Production quality is unreal even without remastering. To me comes across as a bit depressy and slightly self-absorbed, but I got into it more as I listened. Temperamentally this is far from me but I appreciate it 
                    
                            4
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 17 2025
                            
                            
                                
There's A Riot Goin' On
                                Sly & The Family Stone
                            
                    
                    
                            Dark, groovy, super smooth in parts and then howling nihilism. Early experimentation with electronica visible here. This is so bumpy and just cool as fuck. Socially conscious, depressing then moments of brightness. It’s not glossing over anger and struggle
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 18 2025
                            
                            
                                
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
                                A Tribe Called Quest
                            
                    
                    
                            Holy shit this is good. Smooth rap all-time high, bumps along jazz-like and quirky, playful, self-aware. Sick production, warm, right amount of grit. This is above all really fun to listen to (e.g. frog sounds?? <3) . Feels like you are living your best life
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 19 2025
                            
                            
                                
Selling England By The Pound
                                Genesis
                            
                    
                    
                            Pretensious. Like if a "well actually" college dude downed the canterbury tales and decided to tell everybody he was into jazz. The playing and musicianship is actually reallly good, it is musically dense just not to my taste. Drumming slaps, some beautiful moments
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 20 2025
                            
                            
                                
Odessey And Oracle
                                The Zombies
                            
                    
                    
                            If the beach boys were British and psychedelic. This is glowing warm with youth and life, has this vintage quality and medieval references that work. Soundtrack to youth, autumnal quality 
                    
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                            Oct 23 2025
                            
                            
                                
Green
                                R.E.M.
                            
                    
                    
                            Great guitar riffs when they’re not on the mandolin. Put down the fucking mandolin. The singing in a super heavy American twang and mandolin throws me off though. Don’t care for this. Doesn’t make me feel much; occasional great riffs offset by aside annoyance at singing and mandolin 
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 24 2025
                            
                            
                                
Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
                                George Michael
                            
                    
                    
                            George Michael undoubtedly has an amazing voice. Problem is the songwriting is a bit dull and the voice is drenched in so much reverb the audio engineer must have answered yes to how much reverb do you want. Perfectly pleasant but aside some great vocals just lacks lyrics, hooks, something memorable. 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 25 2025
                            
                            
                                
Lady Soul
                                Aretha Franklin
                            
                    
                    
                            It should be illegal to have so many classics on one album. Her voice is astonishing, the instrumentation is tight and groovy and funky. The way she sings is so emotive it makes you want to cry or laugh, it makes me feel strong. Has this explosive energy throughout. 
                    
                            5
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 26 2025
                            
                            
                                
Bookends
                                Simon & Garfunkel
                            
                    
                    
                            The concept album part of this, about life, is I think really moving. Some really really gorgeous songs (old friends, america). The second side I think isn’t really for me- sounds almost like michael franks brunch music or general folk rock noodling. I like how there you can hear them trying out electronic aspects in first half
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 27 2025
                            
                            
                                
A Little Deeper
                                Ms. Dynamite
                            
                    
                    
                            She has a cool voice between Lauryn Hill and Nelly Furtado, starts with production more interesting than what I would have thought for early 2000s hip hop but loses steam and is ultimately fine but not great. Some very average 2000s some interesting
                    
                            2
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 28 2025
                            
                            
                                
A Rush Of Blood To The Head
                                Coldplay
                            
                    
                    
                            This has all that is good about coldplay (politik), and the warning signs of what later went wrong (amsterdam). Here they have a kind of radiohead sound full of emotion, it is edgier than their earlier efforts, and some of the songs aged  well. It is simple music but at times works. Nostalgia factor also kicks hard 
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 29 2025
                            
                            
                                
Live At Leeds
                                The Who
                            
                    
                    
                            This comes out the gate storming. The percussion from Moon is unreal, the bass is so tight. I am not sure how I feel about live albums unless they're as good/cohesive/themed as folsom prison. But that being said this absolutely rips. Being in the crowd must have been insane
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 30 2025
                            
                            
                                
When I Was Born For The 7th Time
                                Cornershop
                            
                    
                    
                            Anglo-indian beats. I did not expect this. It's groovy, weird, lo-fi, well-produced, uses found sounds I really like, and has some bops. I flows well the whole way through, has great anti-racist lyrics. Surprising good find!Could be leaner and a bit shorter but still good
                    
                            3
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                            Oct 31 2025
                            
                            
                                
Actually
                                Pet Shop Boys
                            
                    
                    
                            Plug the 80s straight into my veins! The first track had instrumentation that weirdly reminded me of Jai Paul, the rest was more straightforwardly 80s but just extremely well executed. Then realised that a lot of what i think of as iconically 80s is from this. Detached electro-dance-pop, geat melodic sensitivity, real sense of irony detachment and boredom. Self-aware album. Good!!
                    
                            4