751. Blondie - Parallel Lines
Irresistible rocky pop classic.
752. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Simplistic edgy boy music. Not without a few bits of tunefulness but it's contrived and cynically constructed. Of its time.
753. Tina Turner Private Dancer
Very 80s with its guitars and clangy drums but funky and soulful with it. Front loaded with cracking tracks. Might have been queen is my pick.
754.755. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP, Marshall Mathers - Eminem
Conceptually brilliant, depraved, caustic surreal theatre, in the Burrows tradition.
756. The Score- The Fugees [1996]
Great beats Lauryn Hill was a virtuoso, KMS is a dynamite cover. Not so much No Woman No Cry.
757. Trans-Europe Express (Kraftwerk, 1977)
Their best album.
758. Nitin Sawhney Beyond Skin
Stylish mashup of "world music" influences.
759. 760. Paul'S Boutique (The Beastie Boys, 1989) It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Public Enemy, 1988)
Quite a trip playing these back to back. Although flava flav offers some points of agreement.
761. The Chronic (Dr. Dre, 1992)
Great billboard for Snoop. They must mention his name 30 odd times.
762. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Don't much like rhcp but I much like some of these melodies.
763. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
Bright expressive pop.
764. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
As smooth as anyone that ever did it.
765. Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
Out there cosmological stream of consciousness. Over smooth rock beds.
766. David Byrne & Brian Eno - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Nice creative, relaxing ambience.
767. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Wild, scuzzy pop erotica. Sex Dwarf indeed.
768. Malcolm Mclaren - Duck Rock
I mean it's pretty great. If it's good enough for Public Enemy then count me in.
769. Abraxas (Santana, 1970)
Groovy Latin rhythms and electrifying guitar.
770. Slipknot - Slipknot
Why does it have to be so long. Can't ever take them seriously with the record scratching and the pop rock vocals that will crop up now and then amongst
the growling.
771. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Love the album. Coconut is one of my all time favourites, specifically the Muppet version.
772. The Doors - The Doors
Seedy psychedelic blues rock
773. Billy Joel - The Stranger
Good rag rock songwriting.
774.775. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott- Supa Dupa Fly, Under Construction
Pretty solid though the Timberland sound is dated and there are some offly regressive ideas here, with the shaming of loose ladies and the dismissal of
anyone with less money than Missy.
776. Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
Lovely traditional break beats and tight rhyming.
777. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
Immaculate flow.
778. Anita Baker - Rapture
Breif, enjoyable pop soul album.
779. R.E.M. - Document
A tad tame and uninteresting. It's no automatic for the people.
780.The Cult : Electric.
Didn't care to much for it until they started playing The Rolling Stones' "start me up" midway through. Then when it stopped so did my interest.
781. 782. Undertones - The Undertones, Hypnotised
Excellent enthusiastic rock pop.
783. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Some real high peaks, a bit of filler and a little too long.
784. Raw Power (Iggy and the Stooges, 1973)
More Raw and ruggedness.
785. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
Love the low key nature of the album. Some fine songwriting.
786. Van Morrison - It's Too Late to Stop Now (1974)
Great diverse performance. From the delicate musical numbers to more raucous, rocky soul stuff.
787. Randy Newman- Good Old Boys
More good, empathetic storytelling.
788. Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
Rather good. He can still rap well, the beats are good if a little poppy and soulful vocals.
789. The Beta Band - Heroes to Zeros
Another good one. ethereal harmonies and interesting, driving percussion.
790. American IV: The Man Comes Around (Johnny Cash, 2002)
Brilliant poignant series, this is probable the best.
791. The Who My Generation
Thumping blues guitars and drums.
792. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Played it twice by mistake. Hadn't thought much of it first time but really dug it second time. Whether it grew on me or it was the place I was in.
793. John Coltrane, a Love Supreme (1965)
A masterpiece of jazz, of course it sounds great.
794. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
Bright witty, highly entertaining. Hit me.
795. Beth Orton - Central Reservation
Sweet songs, rich vocals.
796. The Avalanches-Since I Left You
Good collection of funky dance samples.
797. Emmylou Harris - Pieces of the Sky
Great songs from a queen of country. Upbeat tunes even in the face of more sombre lyrics.
798. Dion - Born to Be With You (1975)
Sentimental and lame at points but resonantly heartfelt at others.
799. Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)
Gruff, rambling tales of blues. Funny and cynical.
800. Paul Simon- Paul Simon
Another good selection of mellow folksy storytelling.
801. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
It's a good introduction to Animal Collective, though I think they have better albums, more representative of their particular style.
802. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Sweet harmonizing alt folk.
803. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Overall good, though the title track is one step away from being a Hulk Hogan intro.
804. M.I.A. - Arular
More good raw experimentalness from M.I.A.
805. Björk - Vulnicura (2015)
I like it. Certain songs have a Vespertine vibe to them but she's layering the vocals like medulla.
806. Buzzcocks : Another Music in a Different Kitchen
Won me over immediately with I hate Fast cars and the lyric "sooner or later you're gonna listen to Ralph Nader".
807. The - The Soul Mining
Decent slice of new wave sounds.
808. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Not feeling this one as much as some of the others.
809. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Very good. The orchestration is more intricate than I was expecting, with the piano and horns.
810. Run DMC - Raising Hell
Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning great.
811. There's a Riot Goin' on (Sly & the Family Stone, 1971)
A fine, funky jam session, no more no less.
812. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
deranged, dreamy psychadelic songs.
813. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
My favourite Springsteen. The line "You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright" is sublime.
814. The Idiot (Iggy Pop, 1977)
It's a good one.
815. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops (1984)
Inoffensive and a touch bland.
816. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Pretty great. Grand , stirring pop tunes.
817. 818. Cocteau Twins - Treasure, Heaven or Las Vegas
Dark ethereal elven music.
819. Eagles - Hotel California
Hotel California is a great song but the Eagles are not my type of music. All a bit insipid.
820. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
Pretty good, though nothing jumps out from the record.
821. 2Pac - Me Against the World
Good, though he's not a favourite of mine. Probably the most charismatic performer in the game even if there are better technicians.
822. Stereo MC's - Connected
Reassuring naff raps and funky melodies I forgot how fun they were.
823. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988)
Prefer the trad folk sounds to the more rocky influences, but overall good.
824. 825. The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust, Dig Your Own Hole
Hard heavy dance beats, most of it is recognisable from any 90s video with rapid editing. Liked.
826. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Tuneless and droney.
827. Supergrass I Should Coco
Fun for a bit then the cheeriness begins to grate.
828. Eels - Beautiful Freak
Loved it. Didn't expect to having avoided them deliberately all these years due to a percieved in error smugness. Intricate, touching, funny lyrics and
melodies. I'll be back to these.
829. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Another band I wrote off upon release due to a couple of singles. Upon deeper listening I really enjoyed what they were doing.
830. Elastica - Elastica
Good glam and dirty pop numbers.
831. Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
An ok soul pop album. The frequent Wacko leitmotifs are a little bit cheeky given that none of these songs hook like most of Michael Jackson's ouvre.
832. Massive Attack: Blue Lines
High drama electronica. Stirring and funky.
833. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
Somewhat passed me by when they first dropped, other than the single. Haunting and enchanting music.
834. White Denim, D (2011)
Wierd and wild arrangements that caught me off guard. I liked it but feel I didn't take it all in on the first listen.
835. Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)
Some interesting ideas and some dull vocal tracks. Some oddly naive lyrics that run up against some succesfully poignant sentiment. After one listen I'm
not sure if this works against the album or in favour of it. This might be good, or not.
836. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
Guiding light of that new folk scene. The equal of the follow up albums Nino Rojo and Cripple Crow.
837. John Lee Hooker - The Healer
Bold bouncing blues rock. Good.
838. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
I liked it at the time, still like it, should play it more. Spaced out glam pop.
839. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way Baby
Solid late 90s dance record. Lots of hits here.
840. Bee Gees - Odessa (1969)
Some restrained songs on here. Not used to hearing them this way sans disco, but good.
841. Raw Like Sushi- Neneh Cherry
Cheesy but infectious light hip pop.
842. Leftfield - Leftism
Nice electro trance rhythms.
843. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Intricate, experimental rhythmic clattering and spooky vocals.
844. Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
Good sturdy soul album with funky grooves and those angelic voices.
845. Gram Parsons: Grievous Angel
Likeable love and life country songs.
846. Transformer (Lou Reed, 1972)
delightful pop album. You can hear Bowie and Ronson all over it, adding a melodic sweetness to the Reed's seedy edges.
847. The Triffids - Calenture (1987)
Wonderful album. "Jerdacuttup Man" is a pretty special song, moving and sublime.
848. Crowded House-Woodface
Solid pop album.
849. Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens
Terrible lyrics even by crap-pop standards. Sure he has a degree of gobby charisma.
850. Supergrass - In It for the Money
The big hits aside I'm not into them.
851. Survivor - Destiny's Child
Horrific, cynical duplicitous corpo-trash. Survivor is supposed to be some feminist anthem for strong independent women, then the follow up song is
"Nasty girl": a song tearing down women who don't measure up to the Child's "Christian" standards. Hateful and depressing shit-culture, and it helped
make them millionaires and billionaires. Kill me.
852. Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Not a favourite but good enough.
853. Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Heads we're dancing is a dud but everything else is majestic. Rocket ship might be my favourite song after Pull Out The Pin from The Dreaming.
854. Nightmares on Wax Smokers Delight
Groovey chill vibes.
855. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Nice smooth vocals a touch of a Marvin Gaye immitation here and there, still I can see why he is well regarded.
856. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Cool, funky kiddos.
857. Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
Another fine deep chilly melodrama.
858. Billy Bragg and Wilco Mermaid Avenue
Great set of folk numbers. They blend very well together.
859. David Gray - White Ladder
Fairly insipid but quite tuneful with it.
860. Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause
Ear scarring crap.
861. Silver Jews - Bright Flight
Liked it a good deal nice strings and vocals.
862. Everything but the Girl Walking Wounded
Warm and dreamy, drummy ambiance.
863. David Holmes-Lets Get Killed
Top looping and rhyming.
864. Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (The Pharcyde, 1992)
Cool, vulgar word flipping hip hop.
865. The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Good hard stripped down rhythms.
866. Moon Safari (Air, 1998)
Very satisfying dreamy electro tunes.
867. Bruce Springsteen the Rising
Another goody, though the constant yank optimism can wear.
868. Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Rowdy street level rap with solid beats. Charisma over rhyming skills.
869. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Oddly I really liked this. I only realised halfway through that it was Pavement again. I guess I was in a unreceptive mood with the last album or I've
aquired the taste.
870. Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
What a twat. An album full of hypocrisy and duplicity, though it still has melody.
871. The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin
competent but unremarkable genre piece.
872. Can - Tago Mago (1971)
Competent but unremarkable different genre piece.
873. Don Mclean - American Pie (1971)
Sweet charming Americana nostalgia.
874. G Love & Special Sauce - G Love & Special Sauce
Interesting, funky live intrumental hip hop beats. Fairly unique in that sense.
875. Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder Talking Timbuktu
Nice guitar and vocals.
876. Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby Stills & Nash (1969)
The harmonising on this album is great. Their best album I've heard so far.
877. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (The Dead Kennedys, 1980)
Excellent tuneful antagonism.
878. Reggatta De Blanc (The Police)
3 or 4 excellent songs, excuse the fecking odd carribean vocal inflections.
879. Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen
Sweet, likeable and amiable pop rock.
880. Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain
A fairly good listen, competent instrumentalists.
881. Screaming Trees - Dust
A decent listen, nothing particularly outstanding though.
882. Eagles-Eagles
A couple of good songs but a bit of a slog across easy listening standards.
883. Tim Buckley: Greetings From LA
Ok but I didn't need another Tim Buckley album.
884. Neil Young - Tonight'S the Night (1975)
And then this guy again.
885. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
quite wild and ungainly. Didn't feel this one on first listen.
886. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Architecture & Morality (1981)
Really liked the wide range of sounds and flavours on offer.
887. Gene Clark - No Other
Quite dull and plodding.
888. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)
I found this an interesting record, with eclectic influences. I'll play it again.
889. 890. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, Here My Dear
Undeniable classic, smooth heavenly music that occassionally has me wanting a bit more grit.
891. The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
Not bad jumping and jiving southern rock jams.
892.Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
I think I enjoyed this one. At times it felt like some of the esotericism was a little forced but it was certainly refreshing amongst the blokey rock of
late.
893. The Last Shadow puppets - The age of the Understatement
Listenable but not a patch on their previous. Something about the reverby production that jars with me.
894. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
Don't hate it but it's all a bit weak tea.
895. Queens of the stone age - QOTSA
It goes on a bit but justifies its reputation.
896. Bonnie Prince Billie - I see a darkness
Great. The kinda dreary vocals and bleak themes are complimented by the stirring melodies
897. Doves - the last broadcast
Good, fairly standard guitar rock.
898. sugar - copper blue
Straight to the point banging rock, not at this time.
899. bill callahan - sometimes I wish
So good. Sleek and sweet and has a lambchop vibe
900. 901. The xx-xx, I See You
Like it. Driving evocative melodic.
902. Django Django - Django Django
lively pop production. The harmonised layering can be a bit much but it's a fun album.
903. The Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons
Bold brash rock arrangements. Sometimes enough other times to much.
904. Jon Spencer Blues Group Now I Got Worry
Loud distorty sound belies the somewhat pedestrian songs.
905. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
A lot of songs, exhaustingly so, though there is a consistent high standard of quality throughout. A great range of alt folky numbers.
906. Badly Drawn Boy - Hour of Bewilderbeast
Plain melodies and simple structures but vanilla ice cream is quite pleasant.
907. 908. Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley, Every Picture
Started strongly with some nice gravely vocals, was kind of over it by the time I reaches the Dylan cover.
909. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
It was alright for a while with a few good melody lines but it's all very dated.
910. Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
This soppy soul pop ballad stuff is perhaps the only musical genre I don't like. This is pretty dull and bad.
911. Bob Dylan, Live 1966 (1998)
Iconic, infamous performance but above that, it's also just good music.
912. Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
This was brand new to me but I dug the sounds and the glam hard rock energy.
913. Madness - The Rise & Fall (1982)
Good jolly sounds and not too over the top madness. They're still in that mellow two tone lane here.
914. Alexander Spence - Oar
Pretty good, imaginative songs employing a range of strip down styles.
915. Carpenters - Close to You (1970)
Sweet and sappy love songs with great production.
916. The Vines-Highly Evolved
A well trod path but it was a perfectly fine listen.
917. Fred Neil
Rambunctious country blues. Good stuff.
918. Big Star - #1 Record
Enjoyable ramble through some imaginative rock tunes. A couple of good covers.
919. Magazine - Real Life
Weird, rough, punky tunes.
920. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Devo, 1978)
Shrill glorious, real bold satisfaction cover.
921. The Dandy Warhols - Come Down
Not bad but a bit drab in comparison to some of their other work.
922. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
very pleased with itself, to the point of annoyance. Perhaps its an aquired tasts but ive yet to get it, certainly competent though.
923. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
At first I thought this was another Dirty Projectors but it quickly won me over with witty lyrics and beautifully mournful melodies.
924. Liars-They were wrong, so we drowned
I certainly admire the DIY anti music ethos.
925. Bees Sunshine Hit Me
Caught off guard with the Jamaican sounds, bright and breezy.
926. The Blueprint (JAY Z, 2001)
How this guy ever gets grouped with the prodigous Nas is a mystery. Beats are good but Jay z is bad and he is also bad rap music, some of the lazy rhymes
are excruciating.
927. Mylo Destroy Rock and Roll
Cool, calming vibes, loved it and replayed it straight away.
928. Endtroducing..... (Dj Shadow, 1996)
A good chopped hiphop dance record.
929. Metallica – S&M
More of the same from these guys but live. Not bad.
930. Ryan Adams - Gold
Pretty good, lively indie rock numbers.
931. Gillian Welch - The Revelator
Fairly simple compositions but super strong melancholy hooks.
932. Steve Winwood - Arc of a Driver (1980)
Some nice keys, a tad dull with the songwriting.
933. Scott Walker - Scott4
Elegant fairytale ambience and a marvellous voice.
934. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Acts as a greatest hits album. Big bold brash classic album.
935. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground
More of the same velvety goodness from the Underground.
936. Joe Ely - Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
small town Honky Tonk country tales.
937. Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers
Harsh, haunting, beautiful.
938. NEU! - Neu! '75 (1975)
Ebbing and flowing, delicate rocky soundscapes.
939. 13th Floor Elevators, the Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
Raw, gritty lush psychadelia.
940. Motorhead - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
Hard heavy live performance, that retains a crystal clarity.
941. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness First Finale
First listen and found it his most underwhelming album. Innervisions is still the high water mark.
942. Joan Armatrading 1976
Strong folky songwriting, great voice and tunes.
943. Garbage - Garbage (1995)
A bit ugly and tuneless. I know they're riding the back of the grunge wave but it's not my vibe.
944. 945 Rufus Wainwright Want Two, Want One
Don't want. I don't get what people like about the whining drone and plodding melodies by this guy. tumescent.
946. Back to Basics
Hated the cynical warbling narcissism of it and it sounded like shit. Then disc two flips everything to surprisingly good, with some real bouncy
production.
947. 948. Manassas - Manassas (1972), Stephen Stills Stephen Stills.
Nice blues rock mix with country touches here and there. Good playing on the journey home.
949. Einstürzende Neubauten - Kollaps
weird abstract noise art, it makes sense if not a particulary pleasant sonic experience.
950. Chic - C'est Chic
Cool, funky, one of the best disco records.
951. R.E.M. - Green
Not for me. I guess I'm an Automatic for The People fan and not an REM fan.
952. 953. The Jesus and Mary Chains - Darklands, Psychocandy
There are melodies here but some of the plodding arrangements put me off.
954. The Birthday Party - Junkyard
They definitely have a grim, dank macabre charm, even as I couldn't see myself choosing to put the album on.
955. Simply Red - Picture Book
Not too bad, for all the shit they got from the cool kids, Mick has a tune in him.
956. The The, Infected (1986)
Didn't take much from this album.
957. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
I liked some of the vocal work, some echoey effects and such.
958. Bee Gees - Trafalgar (1971)
Light breezy and making little impact.
959. Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman [1988]
I still like this album. Gentle folk conscious rock songs.
960. World Clique (Deee-Lite, 1990)
Fun hip poppy dance tracks. Wears a bit thin by the end though.
961. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
Mesmerising rhthms and harsh guitars. SMooth soothing vocals. It works
962. Public Image, Ltd. - Metal Box
Struggled with this one until the final few tracks, which were creative and strange.
963. The Temptations - Cloud Nine (1969)
Some of the less well known tracks that didn't raise much interest.
964. Ozamatli Street Sings
I found the cheesy pop elements overbearing and irritating.
965. Icarus Line Penance Soiree
A proper musical rock outfit. If this is your thing then I'm sure it's revered.
966. Nick of Time- Bonnie Raitt [1989]
Pleasant enough country rock.
967. William Orbit-Strange Cargo Lll
Likeable medetative sounds that become a bit soporyphic. I was literally nodding off.
968. Hole- Live Through This
Hard bashy rock with likeable lead vocals. I dug it.
969. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Big energy, cracking rock fun.
970. Wilco, Being There (1996)
A lively eclectic mix of various rock styles.
971. Dexys Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
Rugged and ragged rocking rye ay.
972. Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982)
Some fine hooky production. One song sounds uncannily like a track off Bowie's Blackstar. Also one song has an effect that is almost identical to the
windows error windows sound, which was fecking annoying.
973. Fatboy SLim - Better Living Through Chemistry
Not iconic in the same way as "You've come a long..." but some fine beats.
974. Divine Comedy Casanova
Lush, sweet Divine music.
975. The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories
Just your basic britpop dirt band. Fine if you're into that.
976. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Decent well played rock with some sweet melodies
977. Ute Lemper • Punishing Kiss
What the feck is this? Fecking great it is. Dramatic and georgeous.
978. Underworld Second Toughest in the Infants
skittering drumlines and rousing harmonies.
979. Red Snapper Our Aim Is to Satisfy
Some decent electro, no more no less.
980. 981 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones, Bone Machine
More sweet sounds from the bourbon soaked cig end.
982. Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91 Enemy Strikes Back,
Powerful politics sure but not enough is said about their aesthetic game and how it was as strong as anyone out.
983. Jane's Addiction, Ritual De Lo Habitual (1990)
Rawkus rowdy manic and I liked it.
984. Sonic Youth - Dirty
Lovely scuzzy guitars and vocals.
985. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
Pretty cool stripped down songwriting.
986. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Does for Marcus Garvey what the Wailers did for Harli Salado. Sublime emancipation reggae album.
987. Associates - Sulk (1982)
It didn't blow me away but I could low key vibe to it.
988. Isley Brothers 3+3
Exquisite musicianship, soulful and beautiful.
989. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Well written solid rock n roll.
990. Pixies - Bossanova
It didn't hit as well as their previous albums but I'll go back to it.
991. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
From an era of well defined styles, they produced a truly iconic sound.
992. Pet Shop Boys-Very
Some nice electro that is more on the cheesy side of their discography.
993. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
Good but with a double album full of it, well that's a lot of dry sardonicism to take.
994. Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl
Nice raw tuneful country tunes.
995. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
996. Pentangle - Basket of Light (1969)
Extremely twee tunes that never let up.
997. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
A sombre, strained beauty to this one.
998. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Slightly irksome in your face post punkiness. On a different day it might have hit me differently.
999. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Café (1976)
Some cool, avant-garde poppy folk music.
1000. Hanoi Rocks - Back to Mystery City (1983)
Nothing to get too excited by.
1001. Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force Planet Rock
An interesting time capsule of where rap didn't go.
1002. 1003. K.D. Lang - Shadowland, Ingenue
Sweet, gentle country ballads.
1004. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
Again this band has evaded my ear somewhat.
1005 Fun Lovin Criminals Come Find Yourself
Surpised to find myself bopping along to this one. It's light, fun, tuneful, flippant.
1006. Todd Rundgren- Something/Anything?
Cool songs and some neat postmodern musical elements.
1007. 1008. Common - Like Water for Chocolate, Be
Funky soul beats, skilled rhyming though I don't view him as the revered poet that some do. Some very dated attitudes.
1009. Sheet Music - 10Cc
Obnoxious and annoying rock exhibitionism, played well though.
1010. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
More cheery sounding rock from this guy.
1011. The Verve - A Northern Soul
Bold playing of imaginative arrangements.
1012. Ride - Nowhere
Washed over me, didn't feel any particular way about it.
1013. Erykah Badu: Mama's Gun
Beautifully produced jazzy rhythms. Elegant, raw vocals. A sublime album.
1014. George Michael Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1
A number of good pop tunes with some heartfelt lyrics.
1015. The Happy Mondays - Bummed
Competent playing, good songs, a decent listen.
1016. 808 State - 90 (1989)
Keeps a banging rhythm throughout, it really grew on me.
1017. 1018. Primal Scream - Screamadelica, Vanishing Point
Not bad electro rock stuff that didn't move me particularly.
1019. Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985)
Bubbly poppy stuff. Very listenable.
1020. Robert Wyatt - Shleep
I suspected it was going to be weird but hadn't banked on it being this wonderful. Lovely invention on the song structures and instrumentation.
1021. Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Sweet, lush Americana.
1022. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Shaka Zulu (1987)
It would be easy to become sniffy towards the face of world music and - thanks largely to Paul Simon - the white West's placeholder for the continents
music, but actually they still sound bloody great.
1023. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session (1988)
Thought this was some nice country folk for a while but then there was no real progression and everything sounded too similar.
1024. Rocket From the Crypt Scream Dracula Scream
Full blooded, in your face rock jams.
1025. Femi Kutti Femi Kutti
Joyful, mad rhythms, great horns. Strong in his own right beyond his fathers shadow. The final song Changes has lyrics about witnessing female
empowerment and gay relationships and I couldn't quite get if this was support or a suggestion that these are symptomatic of a crazy world
1026. Saint Etienne - Fox Base Alpha
Strange and interesting soundscapes.
1027. The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
Tuneful melodies, does that job, not bad.
1028. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
Not something that I would ever put on myself but I was tapping my foot to it.
1029. Finely Quaye Maverick a Strike
He butchers a couple of cover tracks but there is a good pop energy to the album overall.
1030. Talvin Singh - Ok
Eerie, intense and rather delightful.
1031. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Yep, this is certainly not the band for me.
1032. Davd Ackles - American Gothic (1972)
Sharp romantic storytelling, poetic and haunting.
1033. George Jones - The Grand Tour (1974)
Likeable cool country tracks.
1034. Tuesday Night Music Club
A fairly good pop rock album. Some hooky melodies.
1035. Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A. Third and Final Report
I didn't get it but it was strange enough to have me curious to return.
1036. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule (1989)
Interesting poppy vocals, some good toe tapping tunes all a bit samey though..
1037. Neil Young and Crazy Horse- Ragged Glory
yes again, again.
1038. Laibach - Opus Dei (1987)
There are some mad covers here, enjoyable theatre.
1039. Baaba Maal Lam Torro
Interesting Senegalese pop music with a clear Jamaican influence.
1040. Abdullah Ibrahim - Water From an Ancient Well (1985)
Nice to hear some funky trad jazz this late in the list.
1041. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
SUperlative bluesy back trail blue grass country jams.
1042. The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster & Glen
Strange weirdo meme stuff.
1043. Tanto Tempo
cool, sexy, relaxing, lush.
1044. Death in Vegas Contino Sessions
Strong bold sounds, cobbled together into a satisfying album.
1045. John Martyn One World
Soulful tunes and thoughtful songwriting. A chill time.
1046. Suicide - Suicide
Great, dramatic avant-gardey sounds and vision.
1047. Three Years, Five Months, and Two Days in the Life of ...
A great 'lost' hip hop album in terms of time, context and content, whilst still being canonically recognised.
1048. The Saints - Eternally Yours (1978)
Good energy, grit in the vocals but pleasant melodies that take the edge off.
1049. The Style Council - Café Bleu (1984)
An interesting departure for Weller. A poppy soul album that still has some obvious Wellerisms inbedded in its lyrics.
1050. Llyod Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes (1984)
Loved it from the Tori Amos cover album. Sweet evocative songs.
1051. 1052. Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide and The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
A lot of pleasant instumentation, accompanying fairly unexciting singing.
1053. Ltj Bukem Locial Progression
High Quality dnb chaos.
1054. Hugh Masekela - Home Is Where the Music Is (1972)
Very nice horn heavy Arfican jazz.
1055. Khaled - Kenza
I was quite enjoying these jazzy arab rhythms, and then the Imagine cover came on and it's just as bad as the original and sort of put me off the whole
lot.
1056. Rahul Dev Burman - Shalimar (1978)
Really liked this one and has me ready to check out the film.
1057. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
Superlative quality of a type of guitar rock I won't usually listen to.
1058. Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso
Stylish, enthusiastic good sounds.
1059. The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy! (1975)
Loud, Brash, cool greaser punk rock.
1060. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
My favourite album from The Fall. Paintwork and My New House are amazing.
1061. Barry Adamson - Moss Side Story (1989)
I can't remember a thing about it having only just listened to it. Not sure what that means, I might have to give it another spin.
1062. Jah Wobble-Rising Above Bedlam
I dug the gloomy atmosphere on some of the songs.
1063. Les Digitales Rhymes - Darkdancer
Cheap and cheery synths, often quite lame sounding.
1064. Ash - 1977
A handful of lively pop rock tracks, the rest is quite cruddy. Deciding to Include The sick Party was as obnoxious as it sounds as a track.
1065. Suba - Sao Paulo Confessions
Nice bunch of lively beats, without being particularly note worthy.
1066. United States of America - S/T
Mad, psychedelic, creepy carnival visions. Great.
1067. Soul II Soul - Club Classics Vol. One
Soulful pop dance numbers, good.
1068. Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
Harsh, grimey, listenable rock out numbers.
1069. John Zorn - Spy Vs. Spy (1989)
Mad calamitous jazz, could vibe with some but not with all.
1070. Mj Cole Sincere
Good dance tracks, some spirited vocals but it's far from essential stuff.
1071. American Music Club - California (1988)
Not feeling this one, stodgy and rough.
1072. Ali Fateh Nusart Khan - Devotional Songs
Sweet, rousing hymnal tunes. Don't have to understand the words to get the feeling.
1073. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
Perfectly fine, although it feels fairly generic.
1074. Jungle Brothers - Done by the Forces of Nature (1989)
They may be a lesser part of the collective but the Africanist core of the album is pointed.
1075. Barry Adamson Oedipus Schmoedipus
Creative eclectic ideas and execution.
1076. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
A nice mix of light melodies and creative song structures.
1077. Giant Sand Chore of Enchantment
Decent sounding, enough to demand a relisten.
1078. Taylor Swift, 1989 (2014)
Shit.
1079. Songhoy Blues, Music in Exile (2015)
Beautiful. Soulful vocals and charming guitar licks. A soothing, rewarding finish to the journey.
feck you all.
Going by the cover, there will be a fair bit of overlap. Funny to see Kate Bush's The Kick Inside there though. I mean, it's a (very) good album, but except if they're including a handful of her albums, it shouldn't make the cut.
