This is great end to end, every track is essential, each so melodic and innovative enough to be interesting. I need to listen to this way more often. Great production and sound quality as well.
I'm surprised at how much I liked this and realize that I need to listen to The Doors more often. Sure enough there are some deep tracks on the 2nd half that I'm totally unfamiliar with and almost all are a pleasant surprise. And of course there are a few completely essential tracks on here. Very good audio quality.
I'm fucking pissed that I took this album for granted when it came out and that I haven't had this in rotation more for the past 30 years. I'm also pissed that there's no talent anywhere near to this anymore. The deep tracks kill - The Day The Niggaz Took Over will play constantly from now on...there's funk flute in Lil' Ghetto Boy. 6 stars.
Outside of the 2 well known singles, haven't really been missing anything else on here. Exceptions being '40' and maaaaybe 2 Hearts.
First album I am unfamiliar with!
Obvs I can't judge this genre but am thankful for being sent this album and feeling blessed to experience it. Am very happy to add this to my rotation, it sounds great and makes me happy.
Once again listening to a v familiar album all the way thru for the first time in a while - every track is a 5 out of 5.
I should like Sonic Youth and this album more than I do, but...I just don't. The heavy distorted guitar and driving drums are pretty great but I'm not compelled to seek this out.
Shoutout to the saxophone on Fireplace
There are some Bauhaus songs that I absolutely love but many on here are for a very specific mood. The production quality is not great on the version I listened to.
Liked this way better on a 2nd listen - I knew none of these tracks other than Once in a Lifetime, they're all pretty spectacular.
This didn't live up to how I had it built up in my mind - I'm sure it's great but there's a number of tracks that I don't connect with.
I like this it reminds me of the kind of house music that Joanie turned me onto around the millennium.
Totally unexpected sounds on this album - I thought the Freddy's Dead cover was totally bonkers on first listen but I've fallen in love with it. Lot of tonal & musical variety on this. Need to listen to this a lot more.
No surprise but pretty great all the way through - another one I need to listen to more.
Beautiful album, definite Wes Anderson aesthetic, needs the right mood.
Even though nothing here really catches my ear, it's an enjoyable listen throughout
Nary a weak track on this LP - there's a few I was not at all familiar with and those are all a good as if not better than the greatest hits.
This is an interesting one to be introduced to - I certainly know her name but have never really dialed in on her work. The Coen bros movie collaborations make sense. This is certainly a beautiful album and one that I'll listen to when in the mood - the production and sound quality is great. Her middle name is Howard.
All timer maybe the Sone's best - Can't You Hear Me Knocking & Dead Flowers on the same LP is god tier. 12 stars out of 5.
I know this is absolutely essential to the oeuvre of Dylan and the genre of folk...not so much to my taste tho. There are some unfamiliar deep tracks here that are beautiful, intriguing, and touching and then some that are forgettable.
Never heard of this band or album, so let's check it out...
WTF, where has this been?!? Instrumentation is awesome, production quality v good, there are some great tracks (I'm only half way thru). Definitely want to listen to more.
Big band sound's not my cup of tea, and this Complete version is a little too complete, but there are some tracks I love (Diminuendo in Blue)! Great recording, sound quality is tops.
Not a miss on this album. Most of the tracks are known hits...I'm in Touch with Your World is brand new to me but a great, complex trip of a track.
Only way this wouldn't be 5 stars is if I had to rank it alongside other Dan albums. Shoutout to Midnite Cruiser
Hard Day is a banger and a great showcase for the hi-fi system's bass dynamics. Actually, a lot of tracks here are. Also, there appears not to be a bad track on this - so far they're all musically engaging. Also, also, George Michael apparently is a very good singer.
Beautiful singer and lovely album. I've never heard of her but I am glad to have discovered her. Sad to hear that she has already passed, she seemed like a real one.
Sure, I'll listen to this if I have to...better than expected, more jazz oriented, will listen more f'sure.
There's a lot of action here - 14 tracks in 39 minutes! Not sure I was familiar with any of these but there are some great tracks here - sound is what I'd expect based on what I've listened to from them. Lot of driving distorted guitar, but also some dreamy, melodic rock (Havalina).
Stone cold classic sure. The hits are familiar 60s R&B but I'm surprised by the number of acoustic guitar-forward tracks on here - that's a sound I didn't expect but certainly dig.
Another one I can't believe I hadn't discovered sooner. Great all the way through. Great production and sound. Will def be in my rotation.
The well known hits hold up very well, I was surprised by how good the deep tracks are.
Starting to really love this upon multiple listens - way for accessible than I expected and some great tracks I can't wait to revisit (who are you, jesus gonna be here).
Definitely need to add this to the rotation and listen more, great album
I wanted to hate on this as over rated but failed - too many good tracks even tho it's too long. Some ridic bullshit (revolution no9) for sure, but also some hidden greats - see Yer Blues.
This is an all time classic and great example of the genre - will be my go to when I'm in the mood
Halfway in, really digging this...great bass on take your time...symphony space is just atmosphere.
I'm crazy into this for someone who is not much of a big band jazz sound. I guess that's because this is representative of the shift towards bebop??
Funny album because no one track stands out but they are all, across the board so imminently listenable.
Not a lot of memorable tracks outside of Family Affair (except for Spaced Cowboy - I can see that one getting in my head), but they're all solid funk tracks.
This is all new to me - I really don't know much NY beyond Harvest. It's solid as far as my enjoyment of NY goes, but I still don't connect with his music all that much. Southern Man breaks up the sound with guitar solos. The last track is interesting.
Some fun shit on here, also a lot of ridiculousness. Pretty sure Child in Time is the inspiration for Dennis Reynolds Day Man performance. There's a lot of fun to be had here. I'll play this at parties even though everyone will look at me funny.
10 out of 10 just for Sing a Simple Song, but everything rocks on this
Another band I've never heard of...very folk oriented, but with a lot of good melodic instrumentation woven in. Apparently A Sailor's Life represents the 1st time rock instrumentation was introduced to folk music?? An interesting song that nicely rocks out towards the end. There's also a song called Cajun Woman.
My first listen was casual, on the kitchen Sonos, and I was meh, thought it to be like CSN-lite, but one song did catch my ear (not even positive which one...prob Tamaplais High), and that inspired me to listen on the hi-fi - much more to this album! Note to self to put this on one late night for the indica.
This is some proper sicko shit - being introduced has made this whole 1000 album exercise more worth it.
This is the first album I couldn't get through - I think MM is a good maybe even great MC but just not for me - his range is so narrow and I'm not in it.
This is great, glad I finally got around to listening to this album that was recently released - I'm sorry, what's that? It's been out, did you say 2 years? TEN YEARS?!? Oh fuck, ok...
I like this very much - fav track is LOADED.
Pleasant album but beyond their hit not much to be memorable, certainly not essential. Some of the other songs *almost* stood out - maybe The Blue Sky. Also, add another star if you really like 80s synth.
A lot of never experienced tracks on here, enjoyable but somewhat indistinguishable on initial listen. Will have to give this one some more spins (but I gotta catchup on 5 missed albums!), Listen to Candy's Room if you like hypnotic hi-hat intros!
Alright I shouldn't be caught off guard by something as culturally critical as this but it's stunning and perfect even though this is not my wheelhouse. The quality of the recording is very good. Things are looking up.
Ashamed to admit that I was scared by the album title, before realizing what a terrible blind spot I have for some really essential music and realizing this is a collection of deeply ingrained stone cold classics. I designate this album Mst Likely to Make Me Actually Feel Patriotic.
Another brand new to me. This is an odd one to me because I recognize that the music is complex and good and the recording well produced...but I'm having a hard time connecting to it. It's like there's some subtle tonality that grates on me. Fascinating, but not for me.
Outside of the awesome but short Easy Rider track really not much at all of interest here...the other song written by Carole King, Goin Back is the only other one I dug. I was surprised by the opening horns on the 1st track I gotta say.
circa 1967 Brazil - This is some Russ Meyer movie soundtrack ridiculousness - there's one full song and like 4 half songs I'd listen to on the regular.
I was never really explicitly aware of The Cure's pivot from gothic to a more new-wave style...apparently this marks that pivot point, so v interesting from a music history standpoint. I was excited to get a Cure album, but it didn't grab me at first. On second pass I'm digging that gothic nature, this will be on rotation come October.
Album #61 - this may be the first where I *fully* and intimately know it start to finish (only other one that came close was Sticky Fingers, but I didn't grow up listening to that)...actually, there are some deep tracks on the back of side B, but everything rocks perfectly
Only 7 tracks and 35 minutes, not a trace of a miss here. Definitely going to be in constant rotation from here on to the end of time. This has the original Hard Times...I did not know that was a Curtis original so thanks for teaching me that, Album Generator.
So this is an interesting dive into the true ABBA beyond what I've superficially thought of them as a disco band...they're just as theatrical in their aesthetic as Supertramp (again, a superficial understanding). the title track is an organ and chorus instrumental - I found it hard to dance to. I'd rate it 3 stars but it gets a 4th b/c of Dancing Queen.
How did I pass this one over for Mama Said?? This is great start to end.
Alrite, another legendary band I know only by their greatest hits...do the Bee Gee's deep tracks hold up as well as the chart toppers? Let's find out...
OK - some solid, some drag...actually side B drags a lot.
No brainer all time great. Songbird I hadn't really noticed before - beautiful!
Tho a lot still delves into noise rock, way more listenable then I had anticipated from a SY album...some favorites: Sugar Kane (Clay Pigeon played it on Wake n/ Bake this morning) and Youth Against Facism.
Whoa, 11 songs - 31 minutes, that's pretty tight.
Very folksy so far. The song Sunny Skies from the Brady Bunch movie is on here. Oh! Then right into hardcore blues with Steamroller. Country Road is great. The last track, Suite for 20 G is also an acoustic beauty.
That song from every romantic comedy movie trailer is on this one, and it's a great song, The rest not so much.
As many times as I've gotten baked and listened to Staralfur over the last 20 years when was the last time I listened to the whole album?? Beautiful! Is this the first album I've been able to listen to from my library? Olsen Olsen, also a favorite.
