so fucking weird and cool, I like it!
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Added to Liked Songs Playlist:
— Thriller!;
— (Pa) Ubu Dance Party;
— Codex;
nice, soul and warm. Like it
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Added to Liked Songs Playlist:
— Shining Star;
— That's the Way of the World;
not my favorite, still cool album
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Added to Liked Songs Playlist:
— All My Loving;
— Don't Bother Me;
— Till There Was You;
— Roll Over Beethoven;
— Devil In Her Heart;
Great album. Goosebumps included
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Liked:
— Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5);
— Have a Cigar;
— Wish You Were Here;
— Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)
Solid album, based
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Liked:
— Welcome To The Jungle
— It's So Easy
— Out Ta Get Me
— Think About You
It's good. I'm just not a fan, I guess. 2/5
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Liked:
— Just What I Needed
It was an interesting experience. Indian background elevator music with pseudo deep lyrics. Nice try.
Excellent choice for 1001 Albums I Must Hear Before I Die. (No)
If I get stoned, I’ll definitely play “The Conference” again.
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Liked:
— Broken Skin
— Letting Go
— Nostalgia
— The Conference
It's okaaaaay
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Liked:
— War on War
— Jesus, Etc.
Nice
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Liked:
— Metal
— M.E.
— Tracks
— Observer
— Cars
Another unknown band for me. It's rock, but it's boring. Nothing catchy, real catchy, nothing memorable or special. Mediocre.
Liked only two songs and one of them (Lost in You) because it has the same vibes as “Always on My Mind” whatever version: Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson or someone else.
2/5
Latin Rock with Jazz Fusion influence. Really big Jazz and Blues influence. It’s incredibly good. I like it. I enjoy it. Feeling like I’m in Mexico or Colombia right now. Listened to it almost twice.
Solid 3/5
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Liked:
— Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
— Oye Como Va
Yeeaahh, Arctic Monkeys. Debut studio album. It's solid, but mostly plain. I think it's a little outdated now. A lot of songs sound like Arctic Monkeys songs, not much expression and uniqueness in these songs, just the regular Arctic Monkeys sound.
3/5
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Liked:
— I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
— Mardy Bum
— Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...
So, basically, it's a cover album, because 8 of 12 songs are covers. I rarely admit that covers are better than originals and this album is no exception. Only "Have Love Will Travel" I find more interesting than the original, so I like it and it's basically the most popular song of the album. Psycho, which is an original song, is also very good.
2/5
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Liked:
— Have Love Will Travel
— Psycho
Album 14. Tusk — Fleetwood Mac (1979)
I fucking love Fleetwood Mac so much. And I almost don’t know their songs except the hits. Happy to get this album to listen. So many great songs, sooo many.
It's not "Rumours" and it's not a failed album. It's Tusk, It's Fleetwood Mac. 4/5
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Liked:
— Sara
— Storms
— Sisters of the Moon
— Task
— Never forget
It's definitely the most popular album by Bob Marley and maybe his best. I think about Marley's songs a couple of times per year, so it's great to hear this album today. The album is great, sounds very good and really contrasting. The album masterfully mixes songs about religion, politics, love. "Waiting In Vain" is one of the saddest reggae songs I've ever heard. Meanwhile "Three Little Birds" is one of the most optimistic classic reggae songs.
4/5
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Liked:
— The Heathen
— Jamming
— Waiting In Vain
— Three Little Birds
— One Love / People Get Ready
Wow, I expected to like the album more. I didn't catch the vibe of the best-selling album of all time.
I don't want to relisten to the album except for the songs I liked. I didn't expect the other songs, besides the hits, to be so ordinary and unmemorable. They just seem boring to me. And still, it's not bad, but I expected more.
3/5
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Liked:
— Beat It
— Billie Jean
— The Lady in My Life
I don't know Coldplay well. I get Radiohead vibes, but worse and more boring. With Radiohead, at least you feel like dying or something like that. But listening to this album is just endless suffering lol. But some songs are good, it was nice to listen to them.
2/5
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Liked:
— Politik
— The Scientist
— Clocks
I didn't get the album and why it's on this list. Boring for me, not expressive. I liked only one song, and it was with no lyrics.
2/5
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Liked:
— Aluminum
I don't like it. I just wanna quote someone else review:
"I just can't enjoy the monotonous sludge of distorted guitars and Corgan's petulant whine."
1/5
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Liked:
— Today
It’s a great experience to listen to the album as a live recording, but I'd prefer if it were edited into a shorter version because it’s too long and all the introductions aren't necessary.
I feel greatness in this. I almost know nothing about Duke Ellington, so there is opportunity to fill the gap. Can’t even imagine how fascinating this album sounded live. “Diminuendo In Blue” is an absolute banger
4/5
Typical French music experience, I guess:
Musician whispering ASMR pedo topics while your brain transforming into a baguette.
It's nice instrumentally, btw.
1/5
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No liked songs
I've listened to maybe 10-20 Radiohead songs and nothing from this album. It's pretty good. It will be interesting to compare this album with others.
3/5
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Liked:
— Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
— You And Whose Army?
— Life In a Glasshouse
The album surprised me. I really liked the style and didn’t get tired of it at all because it’s so short. I even wanna listen to a few more of their songs
3/5
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Liked:
— Frightened
— Crap Rap 2like to Blow
Maybe it had a lot of influence on country and folk music (I don't know), but I didn't enjoy listening to the album. It's just okay — old, forgettable, kinda bland. Still, the album isn't total shit, her voice is cool.
2/5
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No liked songs
I've only heard "D.A.N.C.E" from this album and "Neverender" feat. Tame Impala.
I very rarely listen to this kind of music, but I actually like it and it was interesting.
If I were a fan of the genre, I'd probably rate it even higher.
Still, 3/5
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Liked:
— Genesis
— Stress
— Waters of Nazareth
I prefer slightly more technical rap, here it's a bit funky, but that doesn't make it bad. It's fucking awesome — explosive, pretentious, and poetic.
I adore hip-hop for the freedom, the skill, the breaking of established rules. This album has all of that; it's a badass revolutionary record that people copied and looked up to. Still, with a heavy heart I gotta admit that listening to it today feels a bit tough and you can really feel it's aged.
This is only the first hip-hop album on the list. In every hip-hop review I'm gonna brutally confess my huge love for hip-hop and rap culture and the genre. Right now I wanna drop here a short piece of pizdatiy text from a pizdatiy Novosibirsk (originally) guy who absolutely destroys B2B sales in fucking London — Anton Gladkov:
"Вот если пристальнее взглянуть на хипхоп. Когда в 70-х пацаны в Бронксе начали читать под странноватый по тем временам ломанный биточек на вечеринках, весь мир блядь угарал над ними. "Это не музыка", "это ебаная деградация", "это ебучие фрики, обезъяны, широкие штаны потому что они в них обосрались". А сейчас хип-хоп это мультимиллиардная индустрия, и Кендрик Ламар получает Пулитцеровскую премию.
Не потому что рэп изменился под мир - а потому что пара сотен свободных ебанатов сказали "нахуй ваши каноны" и продолжили ебашить свой стиль в своем собственном переизобретенном мире. Эти люди подняли силу с пола, где она кстати всегда и лежала, и использовали её по собственному (а не по чужому) желанию."
I feel bad giving it 3/5, but it's not the kind of album I’m dying to come back to over and over
Second hip-hop album in a row. Fantastic. I listened to this album 1.5 month ago and here we go again. It's great. It's a modern classic and Kanye is a genius in his own way, I love that way, so I love the album too.
Kanye is another one of those "свободные ебанаты" who actually pushes the genre and the whole culture forward.
I like the quote "move culture or move with culture"
Kanye is one of the ones who move culture and it's wonderful.
He doesn't have the greatest lyrics, he doesn't have the best flow, but he has black balls.
"'Cause the same people that tried to blackball me
Forgot about two things, my Black balls"
"I'm livin' in the future so the present is my past
My presence is a present, kiss my ass"
Solid 4/5
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Liked:
— Gorgeous
— POWER
— Monster
— So Appalled
— Devil In A New Dress
— Runaway
— Lost In The World
Basically, it's The Beach Boys album😈. It's okay, I like original versions of Heroes and Villains and Good Vibrations and I kinda like the versions on this album too. In Blue Hawaii is unexpectedly good.
In general, 2/5.
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Liked:
— In Blue Hawaii
— Heroes and Villains
— Good Vibrations
One of the most influential albums and blah-blah-blah. I knew and liked a few songs for a long time, but never listened to the whole banana album.
So finally it happened. Fuck, it sounds pretty fresh 58 years after release! It's a great piece of music. I added 5 of 11 songs to my playlist, but I enjoyed listening to all of them.
4/5
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Liked:
— Sunday Morning
— I'm Waiting For The Man
— Femme Fatale
— Heroin
— I'll Be Your Mirror
I like some of Supertramp hit songs but I'd never listened to this album before.
While listeting, I got Pink Floyd vibes, yacht or soft rock vibes and so on.
I feel like I'm listeting to a bad blend of my favorite musics by Steely Dan or Pink Floyed or Led Zeppelin or some other 70s bands. They took all of this great music and put it in a blender and you get this very strange, inconsistent mix with unpredictable quality.
I can't find it interesting and exciting because of this strange mix. If I want to listen yacht rock, I'll play yacht rock. If I want Pink Floyd, I'll play Pink Floyd. But not this. It has little of everything, but nothing special and outstanding. And songs are fucking too long.
2/5
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Liked:
— Hide In Your Shell
If yesterday's album was very very 70s in every way, then today's album is pure 80s britpop af in every way.
It's not bad and it's not very good either. Just okay, liked some of the songs and enjoyed listening to it.
2/5
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Liked:
— Lemon Firebrigade
— Marine Boy
It's boring and feels like background irritating noise to me. I tried to find something good in this album, but I can't. Some of the songs are okay, but no, fuck this shit.
1/5
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No liked songs
Yeah, it's based and classic album and I like it. Basically, every song I already had in my playlist, I'd already known and liked for a long time.
Even though I listened to the full album today, I didn't add any new songs to my playlist. Not really my favorite style and all that, but it's just so beautiful
3/5
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Liked:
— Out on the Weekend
— Heart of Gold
— Old Man
I fucking love it. Starting with the title and that atomic bomb cover. I just love atom bomb references in general. Lynch used them in Twin Peaks, Blondie used atom bomb in her music, Count Basie used atom bomb too. Give 1 atom bomb reference per person please and let's see what will happen with the world.
I listened to this twice, fantastic. Yep, a couple of songs are too similar but it's okay because you have time to relax before the next super banger song!
"- What about an atom bomb? — Carol
- ....
- Yes or No? — Carol
- Ultimately, Yes. ..... — Hivemind
- ....
- Would you like an atom bomb? — Hivemind"
Pluribus, 2025
Yes, I don't mind to buy a vinyl of this!
5/5
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Liked ALL:
— The Kid from Red Bank
— Duet
— After Supper
— Flight of the Foo Birds
— Double-O
— Teddy the Toad
— Whirly-Bird
— Midnite Blue
— Splanky
— Fantail
— Lil' Darlin'
Some songs are super cool, sarcastic and I like them. But album is kinda meeeh in general.
Wow, it's fun, experimental and unusual for the 70s. Definitely not my favorite, but it's really good to listen once in a while.
It feels like a bunch of really good musicians just fucking with me because the music is great, the lyrics are mostly bad, there are so many styles and it's mixed very well.
I've known a few 10cc songs for a long time and damn, I mean, that's the same band that made I'm Not In Love, Dreadlock Holiday — that's phenomenal. This album so shitty (sheet music, shit music, I'm sure it was intended, yep) deliberately, not because of a lack of skills, that's their style and british fuckiness at its prime.
4/5 and respect +
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Liked:
— The Wall Street Shuffle
— Hotel
— Clockwork Creep
— Baron Samedi
— The Sacro-Iliac
It’s hard to rate a Nirvana album because I was never a fan and I like and don't like it at the same time. I feel same towards Linkin Park music btw.
I hate when Kurt Cobain screams into my ear in Scentless Apprentice, but I really like everything in Heart-Shaped Box or Dumb.
Overall it's a great music, but most songs are not enough for me somehow. It was really nice listening to the album once, but I don't want to add this to my playlist or listen to it intentionally.
3/5
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Liked:
— Heart-Shaped Box
— All Apologies
This album is masterpiece. Love it. I already knew Wouldn't It Be Nice and God Only Knows before. The album is great, but not every song goes to my playlist.
5/5, yep, I don't mind to have a vinyl of this.
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Liked:
— Wouldn't It Be Nice
— Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)
— God Only Knows
— Here Today
It's good for me, 'cause I like that hip hop shit. But it really feels outdated: the beats, the sounds. Huge respect to the guys anyway.
3/5
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Liked:
— Rock Box
— Wake Up
— 30 Days
I expected worse, especially when I read a couple of reviews and saw the rating. But it's actually pretty good. I love how it feels so raw and it's not a flaw.
Nice songs, but mostly of them aren't enough to be added to my playlist.
3/5
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Liked:
— Fm
So, it's a time to expand my playlist with some great Bob Dylan music. I've listened to him a lot, but I don't have many of his songs in my playlist. His music is beautiful and majestic like a cozy blanket but not for every day personally.
I enjoy this album, sometimes it's so cute, sometimes it's damaging my ears with the harmonica. But I love it, every moment of it
4/5
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Liked:
— Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
— One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
— I Want You
— Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
— Temporary Like Achilles
I love this band and have some of their songs in playlist, but the band name wasn't familiar to me hah. So, initialy I thought it was another british crap band or something. But no, it's gold.
It's like a head-scratcher massager that's teasing my ears and head inside and outside with music.
Their debut album is also in the 1001 list, so I'll be waiting 'cause it's a great album too.
4/5
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Liked:
— So Far Away
— Money For Nothing
— Your Latest Trick
— Why Worry?
— Brothers In Arms
It's depressing, boring and not what I want to listen to on a Sunday.
I See A Darkness is a good song, but I don't like the album. Maybe it's because my Beck Depression Inventory score isn't high enough, don't know. It's not for me. Moreover, this album is not available on spotify, I don't know why, account region or some other reason.
1/5
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Liked:
— I See A Darkness
not my favorite, still cool album
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Added to Liked Songs Playlist:
— All My Loving;
— Don't Bother Me;
— Till There Was You;
— Roll Over Beethoven;
— Devil In Her Heart;
A bland British hard rock/metal album. It’s nice to hear it in the morning to warm up. But actually, it isn’t a really good one. It feels like an imitation of great albums. Nothing extraordinary. I don’t wanna relisten to any songs.
2/5
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No liked songs
s it bad? No.
Is it good? Also no.
It’s fine.
I was expecting more, but this is Elvis's 10th album and he isn’t in his prime.
This album is a great choice for background music in an American diner hehe, but it’s not cool to listen to it intentionally.
2/5
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No liked songs
I’m not a heavy metal fan and only able to listen to this music for a very short time, so I listened to this album in 3 short sessions.
All metal music blends into one mushy, similar thing for me, so it’s even hard to rate this album.
It's okay, I guess...
2/5
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Liked:
— Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
It's nice and cozy, dreamy and I like how it feels so chill.
Listened to this album as background music while doing chores and it was perfect.
3/5
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Liked:
— Cherry-coloured Funk
— Frou-frou Foxes in Midsummer Fires
Why am I fucking listening to this dude for the first time ever? It's a fucking raz'yob, not just an album. It was so unexpected, with a variety of genres and mixes: hard, glam, art, punk rock; funk; jazz; blues; orchestra; — and it's like a perfect storm. I was shocked while listening, it was a trip. I want a vinyl copy of this, aaaaggggghhhh!
aaaaahhh, and these drums, I'm obsessed. And these guitars...
But honestly, I needed to listen to a couple of songs first to catch the vibe, at first I thought 3 or 4 rating, but fuck no, it's...perfect. Blue Turk was an all-changing song on the album, I finally fell in love with the album when I heard it. I added everything to my playlist except the hit School's Out, I kinda like it less.
5/5
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Liked:
— Luney Tune
— Gutter Cat vs. The Jets
— Street Fight
— Blue Turk
— My Stars
— Public Animal #9
— Alma Mater
— Grande Finale
This album is American AF!!!!!! Fundamental, enjoyable and soulful. Great lyrics and music, almost perfect. Powerful and BIG sound! And it's so passionate. I definitely need more music like that in my playlist. We have 4 more Bruce Springsteen albums in the list, so I'm glad it's not the last time we'll meet in this challenge. I listened to the album twice and I'm not sure, but it can be 5 out of 5 in the future.
But now it's solid 4/5
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Liked:
— Thunder Road
— Night
— Born to Run
— She's the One
It’s David Fucking Bowie. It’s his fourth studio album and the earliest one on the list. It’s unbelievable that we get a great Bowie album every year, like the next year after this masterpiece we got another one, Ziggy Stardust. What a genius omg.
Changes — Love the song, love the lyrics, love the Shrek. Yes, the cover of this song with Bowie as participant was in Shrek 2. It’s everything you need to know about it hahahahah lol.
It’s basically Bowie’s manifesto, ‘cause he loved changes so much, it was throughout his life, throughout his career and it’s just his performance. I wish to untie this ball and understand why I love the Bowie so much. Is it really since childhood when I saw Shrek or is it because of Elon
Bowie & Bach are my two fav musicians (https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1644575182839742464?s=20) — Elon Musk, April 8th, 2023
or is it some other reason?
Time may change me. But I can’t trace time.
Oh! You Pretty Things — I don’t know, it’s great song.
Homo sapiens have outgrown their use.
Eight Line Poem — Chill nice song, it’s not in my playlist.
Life on Mars? — yes, yes, yes.
It’s the first Bowie song I was obsessed with. I heard it in a SpaceX animation video (https://youtu.be/Tk338VXcb24?si=b7z1y9NqnQ5pYGzs) about the Falcon Heavy Launch in 2018 and it’s changed my life.
I love Bowie so much since then. Life on Mars is the №4 lifetime song in my Spotify and I streamed it over 80 times. So, yes, I admire this song.
The history of creating this song is mind-blowing. There was a French hit song “Comme d’habitude (https://youtu.be/w22haP4hgsQ?si=vPw4-18Xp7Ci9Mis)” by Claude François, Bowie wrote English lyrics for this song “Even a Fool Learns to Love (https://genius.com/David-bowie-even-a-fool-learns-to-love-lyrics)”, but Bowie didn’t like it and the publisher he worked for didn’t like it either, so English lyrics were later written by another dude - Paul Anka. And this song became the famous “My way (https://youtu.be/qQzdAsjWGPg?si=8PCya_GdjyTuk_Ha)” by Frank Sinatra.
Later, Bowie listened to it on the radio and wanted to create his own version. So, he created Life on Mars?
which is my sort of, you know, revenge trip on My Way
Absolute G.O.A.T and legend
Kooks — It feels like a balm for the soul, such a nice and warm song, so relaxed, a little cheerful and just personal about his son.
Quicksand — so philosophical and deep, great song. I really need to relisten to it more.
I’m frightened by the total goal
Drawing to the ragged hole
And I ain’t got the power anymore
No I ain’t got the power anymore
Fill Your Heart — It’s not original, it’s a cover of Biff Rose’s song. Easy, positive, nice
Andy Warhol — It’s nice trolling song, but not for my playlist.
Song for Bob Dylan — It’s very fun to listen how Bowie imitates Dylan’s style hahahaha and it’s great. Also not in my playlist, but it’s really wonderful.
Queen Bitch — Glam Rooooock, fuck yeaaah, it already feels like the next album.
The Bewlay Brothers — it’s so mysterious, psychedelic and a personal song. Fantastic
This is a moment, when Bowie finally finds his voice before becoming Ziggy. The previous three albums are also great for me, as a fan, but there wasn’t so much bangers and hits just in one album. But this is a different one, when Bowie is still Bowie, but already in his Prime!
5/5
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Liked:
— Changes
— Oh! You Pretty Things
— Life on Mars?
— Kooks
— Quicksand
— Fill You Heart
— Queen Bitch
— The Bewlay Brothers
Why does it have such a low 2.65 rating?? Okay, sometimes it's stolen, but fuck copyright. Copyright is shit. Besides, that’s a great album created by a sick person. Why sick? Who the fuck comes up with the idea to mix all of this and hip hop in a radio program wrap?!
How many genres you want? Yes
It feels like Columbian ex-Medellin cartel narco who's still on coke and moved to LA, learned what hip-hop is on TV and wanted to make an album with as many genres and music all around the world in a wrap of hip hop radio program. WTF
The listening experience of this like Compton with Bronx interrupting Mexico City and trying to take over control.
Legba track is like aliens invading Colombia, but in the end American black LA gangsters saved everyone.
I want to relisten to it, especially Jive My Baby, while riding a cabriolet in the San-Fernando Valley.
3/5
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Liked:
— Merengue
I don’t like his voice and there’s a reason — he is a communist. Fuck communists.
The album is okay sometimes, I like surrealistic and psychedelic vibes that occur sometimes. It's experimental, so. Not a very good experiment, more like excrement.
I can't help but humiliate and joke about commies, especially when you've failed as an activist just as hard as your ideology failed.
Nothing added to my playlist.
2/5
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No liked songs
Yep, it's good.
I like a Black Steel, cover of Black Steel in The Hour Of Chaos by Public Enemy.
It was unexpected to hear the same sample in Hell Is Round The Corner as in Glory Box by Portishead.
Or a sample from Michael Jackson in Brand New You're Retro.
Otherwise, the album is kinda plain, but I still like it, maybe I'll relisten to some tracks later because there's potential for my ears.
3/5
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Liked:
— Black Steel
— Hell Is Round The Corner
It feels like boring, whiny and dull. It was hard to listen. Better to read the actual Bible.
I liked Black Mirror. It was such a cheat code name, that's not fair.
2/5
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Liked:
— Black Mirror
Well, it's Portishead. It's not Dummy album, but still...if you like it, you like it.
Better to listen to it in the dark lifeless street.
Liked The Rip and coincidentally it's the most popular song of the album.
These songs create a perfect dark, dangerous atmosphere, a little industrial too. I think it could be a good match for David Lynch films or something like that, 'cause some songs feel like a dream, some like a trip, some like electricity from the power plug that jerks your brains off. I want to relisten to it one day. Nice☺️
3/5
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Liked:
— The Rip
The vocal first reminded me of David Bowie's voice a little and the style, but not really.
It's not outstanding and it's kinda plain, feels like another british band.
I listened to it in the afternoon and mostly forgot about the album by late evening, saaad.
2/5
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Liked:
— Monday
Yeah, it sounds good, especially for background. The voice is good, the guitar is good, so many layers in the music. It’s just nice to listen to, so calm, somber, melancholic and saaad because it's basically a post-breakup/depression album. Nothing catchy or something that holds my attention.
At least it’s not another British band of 70s or 80s hahahahahah, so it was interesting to listen to. But not enough for me
3/5
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No liked songs
I had expectations because of the It's my life song from the other album that I have in my playlist.
But it's soooo chill and calm, which is annoying. Idk. Today is not a chill vibes day I guess, I need more energy in the music.
It's a very good album and it's very 80s.
3/5
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Liked:
— Time It's Time
It's an okay album and I'm not sure it's proper to be in the list of the best albums. Whatever.
The album doesn't feel timeless, it's very 90s and outdated now. Anyway, it's good to listen to once.
Already had Groove Is in the Heart in playlist, it's literally their only hit song.
Build the Bridge sounds like slender meme music, love it.
2/5
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Liked:
— Groove Is in the Heart
— Deep Ending
— Build the Bridge
This is the first non-random album.
It's a Christmas compilation album.
I don't know how to rate it. Well, it's a really good compilation of holiday music.
Some of them are classics, some of them sound like something that's playing in the malls.
It was unexpected to get this album today, it's a real good easter egg.
This album was released on November 22, 1963.
The same day JFK was assassinated.
What really went on between Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys, and who really pulled the trigger on JFK?
— Special Agent Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks
So, a Christmas Gift that we deserved, I guess.
Ironically, Phil Spector killed someone with a gunshot in the mouth in 2003.
4/5🎄
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No liked songs
Well, sure I knew Personal Jesus and Enjoy the Silence, I have them in my playlist. But I had never listened to the whole album.
And it’s stunning, astonishing, remarkable and so on. I added everything to my playlist except one song.
It’s a perfect album for today, so I listened to this dark synth-pop three times hehehe.
There will be only one more Depeche Mode album on the list and I definitely want to listen to more of their albums.
5/5
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Liked:
— World In My Eyes
— Sweetest Perfection
— Personal Jesus
— Halo
— Waiting for the Night
— Enjoy the Silence
— Policy of Truth
— Clean
This is the lowest rated album on the whole list — 1.88/5.
And it brings me extra interest, ‘cause masses can’t be wrong, right????
How to start, lol. It’s not another mediocre britpop album from the 70s or 80s. It’s something new, experimental, something I have never listened to before.
It’s industrial, it’s creepy af, it’s so anxious, noisy and dark. It's experimental chaos and I like it, I respect it.
I really like Dead on Arrival, so fucking alienly weird and dangerous, it sounds like a space blaster war on the moon in the second part: green aliens protecting their underground moon bunkers while SpaceX colonizers attack them.
The album sounds like a perfect soundtrack for the "Outer Wilds" game too.
3/5
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Liked:
— Dead on Arrival
I started listening to this album and thought "wow, it's very similar to bjork, why did they make it so similar".
Later I got it...It's actually bjork in the band🤦♂
Not trash and not great. It's okay
2/5
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No liked songs
nice, soul and warm. Like it. 3/5
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Added to Liked Songs Playlist:
— Shining Star;
— That's the Way of the World;
Well, it’s epic, beautifully written and sometimes sounds interesting.
If it were shorter, I would like it more. It’s 54 minutes of depressing, boring music, which is way too much for me.
I already want to call Robert Dimery a jerk for including so many ordinary britpop albums. It’s exhausting.
It’s worse than Coldplay. And Coldplay is worse than Radiohead, so...
2/5
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No liked songs
For me, it’s an almost perfect album for the last day of the year. Chill, jazzy, funky, unexpected British rap ahahahah. In a world full of New Year madness, it’s a piece of heaven, an island of the calm.
I’ll relisten to it later, it’s great. And I want to listen to their next album “Our Favourite Shop” too.
I added the first 7 songs to my playlist and then something happened. The first half of the album is 5 out of 5, the second half is worse, unfortunately. I added nothing to the playlist.
It was really nice to listen to every song, but A Gospel (the rap song) was a turning point song.
Firstly, wtf, it’s fucking strange, nigger rap style, but by a white dude. East Coast style, but British wrap. They’re copying Black East Coast style like Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy or Run-DMC.
It’s not Bronx rap, it’s London rap that copies the Bronx, and it feels weird in a bad way. Well, at least Paul Weller has balls to do that and probably did it one of the first in the UK, respect+.
It’s a new band and an experimental album for Paul Weller after The Jam band is over. I think Cafe Bleu is a fantastic change of music style for Paul, this album is much better for me than Sound Affects by The Jam.
So, overall…
4/5
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Liked:
— Mick’s Blessings
— The Whole Point Of No Return
— Me Ship Came In!
— Blue Cafe
— The Paris Match
— My ever Changing Moods
— Dropping Bombs On The Whitehouse
Honestly, it’s a perfect choice for today again. Only yacht-rock can gently fondle my ears after a sleepless night.
I love yacht-rock and Steely Dan sooo much. I’ve listened to Rikki Don’t Lose That Number over 10 times since 2019. And probably never listened to other songs from this album. Time to fix it.
I really want to write a big text about the album or Steely Dan in general, but I’m tired af. So, it has been postponed until their next album, glad we have 4 of them on the list.
Only one thing I can say, the album disappointed me. I hoped to add a lot of songs to my playlist, but no. It’s a small catch. There’s almost no fish in this album for me.
3/5
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Liked:
— Rikki Don't Lose That Number
— With A Gun
It's the third great album in a row, unbelievable.
I'm not a fan of metal, but there are exceptions. And this is one of them. I love it. I had some of these songs in my playlist a long time ago.
You Really Got Me is a great cover of The Kinks. I don't know if it'll be bumped up to 5 out of 5 in the future, but for now it's solid...
4/5
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Liked:
— You Really Got Me
— Ain't Talking' 'Bout Love
— Atomic Punk
Fourth great album in a row. Random in 2026 is crazy.
Love it. Maybe ‘cause I’m a mad man and this album is by Madness. Maybe it’s because of the name — “The Rise & Fall”. Like Ziggy Stardust, you know.
Well, this album is so good and so long that it brings me a little more madness, that's the truth. That’s why I like it.
It’s old and… not gold, but really good ska music. Sometimes boring and too similar and it’s okay.
What I like about the album is how it blends reflective, melancholic themes with nonsense and catchy hooks.
The National Anthem is a sick song, it’s art in the flesh.
Remember, tomorrow's just another day. Great song.
3/5
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Liked:
— Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)
— Our House
— Tiptoes
— Madness (Is All In the Mind)
— Walking with Mr.Wheeze
where time becomes a loop...
where time becomes a loop...
where time becomes a loop...
That's not nearly as bad as reviews and ratings make it look.
Time Becomes or Input Out are irritating, but there's a kind of junk beauty in it. It reminds me of donation messages to streamers with repititive sounds, lol.
Besides that, I had a great time with this album. Moreover, I listened to it twice!
I don't know electronic music very well. I guess it's not a masterpiece for the ages, but I like it, especially for background listening.
Output rotation (Input translation)
Output rotation (Input translation)
Output rotation (Input translation)
3/5
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Liked:
— WALK NOW...
Prince makes sexy songs, alright. Better than Michael Jackson by the way.
My eyeballs popped out when I found out about the “Purple Rain” movie. The film and the album are one whole idea. I’ll watch it, I have to see it.
Why the fuck do we need The Weeknd’s Die For You when we already have I Would Die 4 U by Prince.
Prince is a master and innovator, The Weeknd is a copycat. (I’m being too harsh on The Weeknd, it’s just a trolling-roasting mood)
Wtf, The Weeknd even copied the idea of creating low-quality movies with his own acting, that’s such a shame for him.
I was writing it while listening Purple Rain and there’s a line “I never wanted to be your weekend lover”. Even Prince didn’t love The Weeknd.
Well, back to the album. Yeah, it’s impactful, well written, Prince made almost everything alone. He’s kind of the Kevin Parker of the 80s, but on a bigger scale.
That’s wow, because Michael Jackson is like Frank Sinatra — voice + performer. That’s all, not the author and musician. That’s not bad, just they’re living on different planets. And I rate it differently, I’m biased towards standalone authors.
Prince is everything everywhere all at once. That’s a huge respect to the dude. He was an author, a producer, a performer, a voice. He even made a whole soundtrack album for Batman by Tim Burton! What a legend. Genius.
I didn’t fully catch the vibe of the album, but I’ll update my review couple days later after watching the movie and maybe I’ll add more songs to my playlist.
4/5
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Liked songs:
— When Doves Cry
I really like this dirty, dark blend of blues, folk or whatever it is.
It's quite original and there are so many styles on this album.
This album feels like a Tim Burton movie about a Caribbean drunk bum during Halloween.
The storytelling across these songs is fucking amazing.
At first, I didn't get it and thought it was a mismatch, not for me. But it gets better the more you listen. I listened to it twice today.
I guess it's the seventh great album in a row.
4/5
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Liked songs:
— Hang Down Your Head
— Time
— Gun Street Girl
— Union Square
— Walking Spanish
I like reggae and this was easy to listen to.
But it's a fake reggae from some Scottish dude.
I'd rate this as just an okay album, far from great.
And I need a dose of hip-hop. I'm going to listen to Ice Cube and Eric B. & Rakim.
2/5
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Liked songs:
— You Love Gets Sweeter
It's dog shit.
There is nothing new, nothing original, plain and tasteless.
You can hear Bjork's influence, but it feels like a squeezed-out and dried-up version of Bjork, very bad. It was a waste of time for me.
1/5
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No liked songs
I'D BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ALBUM.
I had already listened to Dire Straits Brother In Arms in December, but I really wanted to hear it!
I had 3 out of 9 songs in my playlist and very high expectations.
Honestly, it’s a tough call which one is better, both are great.
And yes, this is perfection, I don’t believe it’s a debut album.
Water of love is such a beautiful ballad, I'm shocked.
Southbound Again and In The Gallery are less enjoyable for me.
Everything else is phenomenal.
The guitar riffs on this album are so smooth and so unique, especially combined with the vocals. I love it so much.
And the album cover is fantastic. But I can’t give a perfect score, unfortunately.
4/5
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Liked songs:
— Down To The Waterline
— Water Of Love
— Setting Me Up
— Six Blade Knife
— Sultans Of Swing
— Wild West End
It’s an iconic hard rock/metal album. I love it so much and listened to it twice today.
This is the only Bon Jovi album on the list and I wish there were more.
It’s an easy listen — kind of pop metal and very accessible, though not everyone enjoys it, and that's fine. I was shocked while reading reviews because there are so many snobby reviews with low ratings. Some people call it outdated or annoying, but I think it’s just a chill, fun and classic album.
4/5
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Liked songs:
— You Give Love A Bad Name
— Livin’ On A Prayer
— Wanted Dead Or Alive
No no no no no, Björk is unique, but she's totally not for me. It’s a nightmare that four of her albums are on the list. I’m only ok with her debut album.
2/5
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No liked songs
It’s sweet and essential. I wouldn't replay it too often, but once in a while it’s a spectacular album. And it's definitely a vital post-Beatles album. I knew some of it already, but it was a pleasure to hear it all.
4/5
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Liked songs:
— Band On The Run
— Mrs. Vandebilt
— Let Me Roll It
— Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
I know Willie Nelson has a lot of music, but when I read it was his 22nd studio album….I mean, wtf. I asked Grok how many he has. He has fucking 104 studio albums (78 solo + 26 collaborative ones). Mind-blowing.
It’s a full cover album, all of the songs are American standards (Great American Songbook), but performed in Willie Nelson’s style.
Some facts:
- Stayed at #1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart for years (over a decade in total on the charts)
- Sold more than 5 million copies in the US alone
- Produced three #1 country hits: "Georgia on My Mind," "Blue Skies," and "All of Me"
Great.
upd. And it's Ron Swanson's favorite artist, it means it's automatically top-tier artist
3/5
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Liked songs:
— Blue Skies
— Unchained Melody
— Someone to Watch Over Me
It’s a very generic, noisy indie rock album.
I feel like I've already heard it 10 times during this challenge because it lacks any real uniqueness. It reminds me of 1977 by Ash.
I only enjoyed the first track and nothing more. Looking back, I don’t remember anything from the album except the opening song.
I’ll be generous and rate it…
2/5
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Liked:
— Freak Scene
I don't understand. It feels like a good album, nice music, but not enough in general. I think because it's a very transitional album.
I feel like it's influential, somewhere between one decade's sound and the next. Like the transition from glam rock in Bowie's style plus rock, but it's already a kind of synth-pop sound, but not really a synth-pop.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too"
It's really good technically and etc, but...Do I want to listen to it? Probably no. If it occurs on a radio, I'll be jovial to hear a Quiet Life or Fall In Love With Me, or Alien. It's all good music, I respect a try of mixing all of this, but I don't want it in my playlist.
2/5
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No liked songs
It's a shame that The Papas & The Mamas (1968) isn't on the list, because I want to listen to it too.
I don't know why, maybe because it's dogshit in Dimery's opinion and he is a dick. I have at least two liked songs from that album in my playlist. Anyways, I'll listen to it outside the challenge.
If You Can Believe Your Eyes & Ears is an incredible album, very 60s. It's trying to copy everyone and be unique at the same time - and it works.
I'm a little biased. I love the band so much, their style and songs, even if they're not always perfect. I like how they work with vocals, mixing voices. Their vocal harmonies are fantastic.
Maybe it's not universally praised as a classic, but I enjoy these vibes so much. It's a classic for me.
Can you even imagine pushing a debut album with such a hit as California Dreamin'?
It's a fucking anthem. I've listened to it over 50 times and my target is 100 streams by 2030.
The band existed for just 4 years, but their music left a mark forever.
4/5
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Liked:
— Monday, Monday
— Straight Shooter
— Got A Feelin'
— I Call Your Name
— Go Where You Wanna Go
— California Dreamin'
Album 80. Want Two — Rufus Wainwright (2004)
It’s not thaaaat bad, but I didn’t find any value in this album for me. I’d rather listen to something else.
It was okay for background listening, but nothing, nothing caught me. I don't understand why this is on the list.
1/5
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No liked songs
No. It's terrible, untalented rock, punk music.
Waste of my time
1/5
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No liked songs
Album 82. You Want It Darker — Leonard Cohen (2016)
It has vibes of Bowie’s Blackstar album. It was also written right before his death, deep and dark topics and etc. Both were released in 2016.
But in general, I have difficulty listening to this now. It’s not the right kind of music for me right now. It’ll resonate better later.
However, I enjoy it. It’s like poetry with music, cool. Because he actually was a published poet before becoming a musician.
Remind me to relisten to it 40 years later. It’ll be 3 or 4 out of 5 , but for now it’s…
2/5
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Liked:
— You Want It Darker
Album 83. Shleep — Robert Wyatt (1997)
Another Robert Wyatt album. It's fucking awful - even worse than the first one. I don't like it.
Waste of my time
1/5
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No liked songs
Album 84. A Wizard / A True Star (https://open.spotify.com/album/3vpVWxOR2W611w9lgAxWET?si=vOgBDXXwROurgS1IWSBu5Q) — Todd Rundgren (1973)
This album feels like my day — complete schizo journey. I mean, it's great — I love psychedelic music. But it's hard to listen to.
A Wizard / A True Star is such an experimental album, that first listeners were rats.
There was so much acid in the album, that every listener must take a drug test after listening.
The whole album is a trip. And I love to travel.
And I'm crazy enough, I guess, so I'm good not to relisten to it for extra dose. But never say never
3/5
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No liked songs
Album 86. Blackstar — David Bowie (2016)
Omg, I just mentioned this album a couple days ago in Leonard Cohen's review and here we go — Bowie's Blackstar ★
It was released on January 8th 2016. Bowie died on January 10th 2016. So, all this just hit its 10-year anniversary.
It's a phenomenon. Bowie transformed his death into art.
He created another experimental album just before his death. It's art rock with different styles of jazz.
Even Kendrick Lamar and Death grips influenced this. That's mind-blowing for me.
Bowie was cutting-edge to the end.
He created it looking into death's eyes. Each track can be interpreted at least as autobiographical, as fiction or as philosophical message.
And the album has all sorts of feelings and emotions: acceptance and rage; despair and hope; fear and irony. Everything.
It makes the album much more multilayered. It's one of the reasons why it's so hard to listen to for me.
Another reason, when playing this, you feel like you're in a cemetery. I have these associations. It's a cemetery record.
Blackstar is a death trip.
Blackstar is the death of his last persona — David Bowie.
5/5
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Liked:
— Blackstar
— Lazarus
— Sue (Or In a Season of Crime)
— Girl Loves Me
— Dollar Days
— I Can't Give Everything Away
Album 87. Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo (https://open.spotify.com/album/5hM61fBUA5OIMJUUuMrzyH?si=l9e3ly_NQ8SKB7fdBC5gyQ) — MC Solaar (1991)
French hip hop with a great flow? Viiiibeeesss
It’s so cool and unusual. I've heard maybe a couple French rap tracks ever.
French hip hop has exceptional sound and style.
Flow and rhythm are so smooth and easy to listen to.
It’s funky and jazzy. I love it, but I don’t understand it lol. I had to read lyrics translation of some songs later, it sucks.
I’m getting high when I hear a mix of hip hop and jazz. It conquers new frontiers of music sound for me. Blends like this simultaneously combine extremely chill sound and masterful rapping technique. It’s fucking brilliant.
It's like french A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, Gang Starr or something else.
Unfortunately, language barrier kills 50% of the album for me, I'd like to rate it even better. It would easily be 4 out of 5 if it were in English. Lyrics are crucial and critical in rap. I just can't understand his clever wordplay, puns, references in French.
Afterthought. Despite the language barrier, I want more French hip hop.
3/5
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Liked:
— Victime de la mode
— Ragga Jam
Album 88. Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury — The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy (1992)
It's a bad hip hop album and even worse political message.
Well, who the fuck is this dude I thought. He's a radical left activist who's shitting words out of his mouth, of course from SF.
He is not even a rapper. That’s why he sounds like a teenager who’s trying to rap for the first time. Moreover, his lyrics make him not just a rap teenager, but a dumb rap teenager.
Lyrics are shallow, boring and plain. Voice and technique are shit. Beats are decent.
This album is about hypocrisy? Sure, it’s hypocritical leftist propaganda disguised as hip-hop, spreading an anti-capitalist message by using capitalist infrastructure. Fuck you dude.
Firstly I wanted to rate it as 2 out of 5, ‘cause I’m biased towards rap.
But no way I can rate it more than...
1/5
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No liked songs
Album 89. Hot Fuss (https://open.spotify.com/album/4piJq7R3gjUOxnYs6lDCTg?si=Fbd1YjF0T824eDiHoVhQpQ) — The Killers (2004)
It's not great, but good music. Had two songs in my playlist before. Forgettable indie rock besides the hits.
3/5
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Liked:
— Mr.Brightside
— Somebody Told Me
