album log: May (20) 2009 --->

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  • November

  • Ant Trip Ceremony: 24 Hours (1968) ee - I had previously banned this from existence, but I found one buried gem in “Outskirts”, the rest however is boring, or worse boring covers.
  • Cybotron: Cyber Ghetto (1995) d
  • Comets On Fire: Field Recordings From The Sun (2002) D
  • Moondog: The Viking of Sixth Avenue (2005, compilation) D
  • The Stark Reality: The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop (1970) VG - quirky progressive rock much like Zappa, but not entirely derivative of Zappa’s work, and obviously a step down from the master.
  • Gordon Jenkins: Gordon Jenkins' Seven Dreams (A Musical Fantasy) (1954) D/G - given the year it was released, this is definitely A Musical Fantasy that is Out-There, but is unfortunately produced in the wrong decade. If this was produced in the 60’s I imagine Jenkins could have pushed his imagination even further and lost most of the school play mentality. Probably the best album of the 50’s for Pop music, but it is, again, unfortunately eclipsed by Jazz pioneers of the decade, and other avant-garde pioneers as well. considering the other electronic material produced Jenkins could have made this REALLY out there, ahead of the Residents, Zappa, and any other obscure pop music. Not a must have, but if you get the chance to check it out do not dismiss it until after his first dream or two; it does not get BETTER, but it is still an interesting recording.
  • One: One (1972) VG - psychedelic unknown with some interesting parts, the most being “II Car Raga” as it takes forever to build and yet I wait and wait for it to come to some conclusion or to make some sense and….
  • Robert Wyatt: Nothing Can Stop Us (1982, compilation) D - it is pretty good, but there is only one original composition, and I always drop an album one step for that fact. It has the good Elvis Costello song “Shipbuilding”, which I think is a wash between their two versions.
  • Scientist: Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981) G
  • Kaoru Abe, Derek Bailey, Toshinori Kondo, Motoharu Yoshizawa: Aida’s Call (?) G
  • Jandek: Blue Corpse (1987) ee
  • Jandek: Modern Dances (1987) ee
  • Genesis: Selling England By The Pound (1973) ee
  • Sun Ra: Lanquidity (1978) VG
  • Brian Eno & Harold Budd (with Daniel Lanois): The Pearl (1984) VG
  • Steve Roach: Structures From Silence (1984) X - not breath taking, but it shore takes my breath away.
  • Sparks: Propaganda (1974) ee - glammmmy glam rock
  • Sparks: Kimono My House (1974) ee - glammy glam rock
  • Sparks: A Woofer in Tweeter’s Clothing (1973) d - this is nothing like the demos, it only shares the name – GLAM ROCK!
  • Sparks: Halfnelson (1971) g - the album jumps back and forth between their demo (quirky psych-pop structures) and the 70’s glam & soft pop/rock – not bad pop music, but it does little for me – I gave it the bump to good for now, but it is really a step down; its quirkiness saves it from obscurity.
  • Boredoms: Chocolate Synthesizer (1994) VG
  • Boredoms: Pop Tatari (1992) VG++
  • Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains (1984) g - nothing like Underwater Moonlight, even in basic composition; Hitchcock seems to be a one hit wonder, but he was WONDERFUL for that one album: it is one of the 5 best pop albums of ALL TIME…Pet sounds, Lolita nation, Days of our drive/sweet piece of ass….
  • Boredoms: Soul Discharge (1989) g
  • Tony Conrad with Faust: Outside The Dream Syndicate (1972) g
  • Gong: The Peel Sessions - 1971-74 Pre-Modernist Wireless on Radio (1971-1974) vg
  • Gong: Camembert Electrique (1971) g
  • Gong: Angel’s Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 2) (1973) X
  • Gong: Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 1) (1973) XX
  • Bob Marley: Catch A Fire (1973) VG - “Slave Driver”
  • Butthole Surfers: Electriclarryland (1996) G++ - “Pepper”
  • Gallon Drunk: From The Heart of Town (1993) VG+++ - not much short of You…The Night…and the Music, actually almost a carbon copy of it. I need to listen to You…The Night…and the Music again to see why there is a difference in rating the two; I assume You…The Night…and the Music is a bit more aggressive….
  • Bongwater: The Big Sell-Out (1992) G
  • Bongwater: The Power of Pussy (1991) G
  • Bongwater: Too Much Sleep (1989) VG
  • Bongwater: Breaking No New Ground! (1987) VG

  • October

  • Paddy McAloon: I Trawl The Megahertz (2003) VG
  • Tony Conrad with Faust: The Pyre Of Angus Was In Kathmandu (1972) g
  • Tony Conrad with Faust: Outside The Dream Syndicate (1972) g - meh, “From the Side of the Machine” was better than “From the Side of Man and Womankind”, and saved this album from obscurity.
  • C.A. Quintet: Trip Thru Hell (1968) VG - it is lame at times, and exceptional at others; another head scratcher – hard to rate and stick to it.
  • Barry Chabala: An Unrhymed Chord (For 25 Acoustic Guitars) (2009) D - not sure what to make of this one.
  • Grand Funk Railroad: E Pluribus Funk (1971) g
  • Cartoon: Music From Left Field (1983) VG
  • King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) g
  • King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson (1969) XX
  • A.R.& Machines: Echo (1972) VG
  • Dreamies: Auralgraphic Entertainment (1973) VG - a.k.a Dreamies
  • Evan Gumz: Tricks of Light () g - ambient at times and downright cool at others. “Saber Rattling” was the peak for me and leads me to believe there is more there, it just has to be dug up: dig baby, dig!
  • Soft Machine: Third (1970) FAV - that’s it, I was always weary to put this album amongst my favorites, but after revisiting it from start to finish I have to say it is marvelous in almost every moment; I used the qualifier “almost” because there is dead space on the album that lots of artists use poorly, but Soft Machine did a FUCKING TREMENDOUS job of it here. some could easily say that each song could be cut by 5 minutes or more, but I say NAY! This is one of those albums that I feel ok with people labeling it a Masterpiece, though I WILL NEVER DO THAT, I just really, really like it.
  • Benett: So You’re Not Coming Over? (1996) G - one year removed from Charles Brown Superstar and thus goes the noise; what is left is Benett’s pop tunes, which are not a waste of time by any means, I would even buy this album if I did not have so many rare albums I would rather track down, and moreover, I prefer her later album Welcome To The Jungle; and if I had a record label I would try to reissue this! underrated artist to say the least, but not in the sense of The Residents or R. Stevie Moore, these are more straight forward pop tunes.
  • Helium: The Dirt of Luck (1995) G - “Baby’s Going Underground” - a longer display of what they started on Pirate Prude
  • Helium: Pirate Prude EP (1994) G - typical mid-90’s shoegazey pop music that does not overwhelm you, but is sweet – and technically it is not an EP, it nears 30 minutes in length
  • Godflesh: Streetcleaner (1989) X - it starts out like I thought it would (and I initially had it as a G/VG rated album making it noteworthy but not special), but as the album progresses I really grew attached to it. it is not some whiny piece of crap metal/industrial stuff that I am used to in my bubble of non-metal music. those who love metal probably think it is a softer but Classic metal album, and those opposed to metal will just hate it – there are those out there who HATE The Velvet Underground & Nico, which I feel is one of only 5-6 albums that are universal truths of rock music greats.
  • Ghost: Lama Rabi Rabi (1996) VG

  • Benett: Welcome To The Jungle (2001) VG
  • The Stranglers: La Folie (1981) VG - “Golden Brown” - very typical sounding 80’s New Wave, but not nearly as good as The Talking Heads, but they have some interesting moments that are good when you need something to ignore in order to write a paper for your Romantic Literature class about Charlotte Smith’s Elegiac Sonnets - it is in stilted English but still good reads for the depressed, or formerly depressed (the letter F used to be used in place of the letter S) – La Folie translates to English as Madness, the final song, the title track, is played as an elegy to a man (and any other persons) lost to madness, which fits in nicely with Charlotte Smith who writes a lot about her pain and envy of a lunatic because he is “uncursed with reason” (Smith, “On Being Cautioned against walking on an headland overlooking the sea, because it was frequented by a lunatic”, line 13), fucking COINCIDENCE, fucking FATE.
  • Dead Boys: Young Loud And Snotty (1977) D - derivative punk, much more bland and uninteresting as the related Pere Ubu, Mirrors, or Television, or even the original band which Pere Ubu also sprouted from, Rocket From The Tombs.
  • Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) G
  • Traffic: Mr. Fantasy (1967) VG++ - US version with Hole In My Shoe, Paper Sun, and Smiling Phases – they vastly improve the album, and makes this album another example of a better alternate version of an album released the same year in a different country because of the addition of singles, much like The Clash (though the US version was released a couple years later).
  • I KNOW WE STARTED THIS TALK SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO HELP ME COMPILE A LIST OF ALBUMS THAT WERE IMPROVED WHEN THE RECORD COMPANY RELEASED IT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY???? – Piper at the gates of dawn comes to mind
  • Charles Brown Superstar: Days of Our Drive/Sweet Piece of Ass (1995) XXX++++/possibly will become FAV - THEE MOST UNDERRATED ALBUM OF ALL TIME - only because it is hardly known by those who have heard of it. if I do get around to starting a record company, this album would be near the top of the list of albums I would like to reissue, and they do have accessible POP songs on here – the cover of Gary Numan’s “Cars” could single b/w “Solid Gold” or “Beestung”. Unfortunately this album was never released on CD and I can only guess that there were a limited number of vinyl releases due to how RARE it is to find a copy of this gem. I am a lucky s.o.b. at the moment – music nerd-wise – many other things in life would be better than any record, even The Modern Dance or anything by Bob Dylan or John Coltrane! I wonder if they would even want a record company to reissue the album?????? it is good enough that it should have had at least one stab at a reissue from some label.
  • Drum Circus: Music Theatre (1971?) G - I have never even heard the name of either the name of the album or band: very underrated even thought it is not close to being a masterpiece, it is very, very enjoyable and interesting, and weird like other krautrock albums are, at times.
  • Talking Heads: Fear of Music (1979) VG+++ - this is somewhat rare, this album i feel is their best, and the rare part is that not one of the songs is any of their classics, which they do have many, but this just flows and sounds great and refreshing even within these new wave kings.
  • Miyako Ochi; Acid Seven; Masato Minami; Taj Mahal Travellers; Les Rallizes Dénudés: OZ Days Live (1971) G - the first two acts simply try to imitate the old rock ‘n’ roll songs such as “Twist And Shout” and the whole rockabilly feel; the third Masato Miniami plays quiet folk music, the first few are in Japanese, but as we see in the final one before the deluge of the Travellers and Denudes, they play a cover of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” in English.
  • Guru Guru: UFO (1970) VG - VERY GOOD krautrock psychedelic jam album
  • Daevid Allen: Banana Moon (1971) VG
  • The Muffins: Manna/Mirage (1978) VG++++ - like many proggy albums, and Canterbury albums in particular this album is eXceptional on many levels with something missing that I cannot put my finger on, but if you like the instrumental Zappa, and Soft Machine and have read about this album, I would put this album into serious consideration TO BUY with REAL MONEY if you feel it is worth it; it is very intellectual, ummm, prog-rock like.
  • Meshuggah: I (2004) G/D
  • The Lemonheads: It’s A Shame About Ray (1992) G
  • Edsel: Techniques of Speed Hypnosis (1995) D
  • Jazz Composer’s Orchestra: Communication (1965) X - I gave it the bump because I am a fan of free jazz, and The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra.
  • Morphine: At Your Request (2009, compilation) X - I love this band.
  • Charalambides: Joy Shapes (2004) VG+
  • King Tubby: King Tubby’s Lost Treasures (2001, compilation) G
  • Nick Mason: Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (1981) VG - Robert Wyatt sings most of the songs, they are pretty good; I didn’t know Nick Mason could compose pop songs.
  • Autechre: Chiastic Slide (1996) X - WOW! I have completely underestimated electronic music, more please!
  • Sex Pistols: Nevermind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols (1977) VG+++
  • Cobra Verde: Viva La Muerte (1994) VG - a step below their Death of Samantha material, still a solid effort
  • The B-52’s: The B-52’s (1979) VG/G - oddly I feel I hate this album, yet feel guilty that I like it a lot, yikes: whatever shall I do.
  • Human Drama: Songs of Betrayal (1995) g/D
  • Mnemonists: Mnemonist Orchestra (1979) VG+ - i want to give it the nod, but there is something missing, it is too free and lacks focus needed to be elevated into the category of GOTTA HAVE IT NOW!
  • Malcolm McLaren: Duck Rock (1983) VG - world music/ska/experimental hip-hop – the songs are inbetween fake (real?) radio announcements, and the music is always very enjoyable and interesting, but nothing that will shock or awe by either idea or physical sound, but I will keep this close to me at all times.
  • Black Sabbath: Paranoid (1970) VVG+++ - it has most of the classics of the Metal genre (War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man)
  • Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) D - sounds like 80’s Floyd at times, and the more I listen I feel even less respect for websites (or any publication for that matter) that pushed this album when it was remastered within the last year – people really do care more about the name attached to the piece of artwork than the work itself, and in this case it is only a last name “Wilson” and it is the wrong Wilson; Brian was the genius, not Denny.
  • Аукцыон (Auktyon, or probably Auction): Птица (Bird) (1993) VG/X - I rated it X (4.0) on RYM just because it was interesting enough, being Russian and all, and not like most other things I have heard to I felt like giving it the benefit of my rating, but it is closer to a 3.5/5, or better a 7.5/10, not an 8/10. the quality will show itself through repeated listens.
  • Barry Black: Barry Black (1995) VG++
  • David Thomas: Vocal Performances (1981) G - this is NOT for the casual fan of Pere Ubu or even David Thomas, I just happened to like it – it is him basically alone singing to himself on the cover “Sloop John B” and little instrumental accompaniment on “Petrified” – this is s single
  • John Frusciante: Niandra LaDes And Usually Just A T-Shirt (1994) VG/G
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willy and the Poorboys (1969) G
  • Philip Jeck + Jacob Kirkgaard: Soaked (2002) D
  • Love And Rockets: Seventh Dream Of A Teenage Heaven (1985) VG - but be warned, this is very 80’s sounding.
  • Ed Hall: Albert (1988) VG - similar to Love Poke Here, but there was a tinge of insanity added to Love Poke Here that sent their psycho-punk into overdrive that is absent here – cool names for their songs on this release.
  • The Beach Boys: Surfs Up! (1971) D
  • The Beach Boys: Sunflower (1970) D - almost a parody of what Smile could’ve been and what Pet Sounds was
  • Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words: Lost In Reflections (2008) VG
  • Patty Waters: College Tour (1966) VG
  • on College Tour Patty Waters starts out with no words, but just vocalizations, using her vocals as an instrument with the piano, bass, woodwind instrument, and glacial cymbals in “Song of Clifford” which actually got some decent applause from the crowd considering the construct of the “song.” “Hush Little Baby With The Ba Ha Bad” continues with the vocal instrument smooth this time, quiet, as a lullaby, sweet, but with some words this time: “Ba” and “Ha” like 30’s scat which is all I can make out as she shrieks toward the end. In “Wild is the Wind” she begins to “sing” with her soft, welcoming, voice before it again starts to erupt with the band repeating “wild” over and over, more frantic each time like with “Black” on her previous album, then it quiets before erupting once more as she has a psychotic break, then it ends, quiet like the rest, at rest, to regain her strength for the next assault. Waters contains herself in “Prayer” without words, just her soft weathered voice. “It Never Entered My Mind” and “Song of Life With Hush Little Baby” returns Waters to a “normal” jazz numbers like on the first half of her precious album: low tempo and sweet with a bit of flair this time around (especially on the latter). “Song Of The One (I Love) Or Love, My Love” is another “song” where Waters explores her vocals with shrieks for the first half which grow thinner, stronger, and louder before she begins an orgasmic vibrato erupting into the previous shrieks which die out and let the instruments carry the album to its end where Waters lets out a bit of a sigh and then applause.

  • Her vocals on this album are not in the same league as Meredith Monk’s of old, or as Joanna Newsom’s of new, but they are interesting and worth a few listens. I like that she replaced melody with emotion when needed, and contained her instrument and let the compositions breathe when needed. Aside from her elevating her vocals to another jazz instrument, I was pleasantly surprised by the applause she got after her performances, maybe that was due to her singing on a College Tour, or maybe it was because they were expecting a jazz band, and what she accomplished was barely infantile compared to what Cecil Taylor was doing on the piano of the same year or Albert Ayler was playing on his saxophone a couple years before, or….

  • and the difference in covers between Patty Waters Sings and this album is a good indicator of the change in environment. Patty Waters Sings is sweet, and this album is on the verge of hippie cultist dada commune music.

  • Patty Waters: Patty Waters Sings (1965) G - listed as a jazz singer, so her albums will go under Jazz – very common low tempo jazz numbers with Waters singing sweetly with the tunes; it is in “Black Is The Color of My True Lover’s Hair” that she starts to explore her voice as an instrument, but not to the degree of Meredith Monk or Galas, as she repeats “BLACK!” over and over through the middle part of the song until it becomes almost mute, rumbling back with bass and drums, then piano, the a sultry “Black” appears again which morphs one more time to a desperation still uttering “Black”, and as she seems to fall apart, so does the music around her, then everything becomes very calm for the last few moments as she moans a bit with what energy she has left. The vocalization she employs in the 14 minute closer “Black…Hair” is just a shape of what was to come on her next recording College Tour.
  • Dan Melchior und das Menace: Thankyou Very Much (2009) G - nice little English (garage?) rock album, similar (for name sake) to The Black Lips whose album 200 Million Thousand failed to be as interesting as this album can be at times. the prevailing theme is anxiety from its opener “O! Anxiety” to “Alien American” & “Club Frills” with the calm instrumental “Soiled Clown Blues” all seeping into dreams with “Blue Tentacles”, and some others. There is no amazing new musical idea or perfection of an older idea – the singer imitates the Public Image Ltd. Johnny Rotten in inflection and phrasing; the instruments are just guitar (acoustic and electric), bass, drums, keyboards, and the terrifyingly UNORIGINAL and downright annoying use of over processing the vocals like what the Strokes do, not the way Gibby Haynes does on Butthole Surfers songs – and, yes! there is an enormous difference between the two approaches to vocalization.
  • Current 93: Calling For Vanished Faces (1999) X - compilation - gothic
  • Longshoremen: Grr Huh Yeah (1985) VG - goofy lyrics (“the rocks a funny shape”) over jazzy instrumentals.
  • Patti Smith: I Never Talked To Bob Dylan (1976) VG - live
  • Marion Brown: Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (1970) X - jazz
  • The Flaming Lips: Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips (1986) G
  • Pere Ubu: Dub Housing (1978) Favorite
  • Electric Wizard: Dopethrone (2000) VG - not nearly as good as Come My Fanatics… but I liked it so I gave it a bit of a bump from G to VG (33.5 on RYM)
  • Deuter: Celebration (1976) G
  • Eluvium: Talk Amongst The Trees (2005) VG
  • Enigma: The Cross of Changes (1994) G
  • The Golden Palominos: Visions of Excess (1983) D
  • David Thomas: Winter Comes Home (1983) g/d
  • Smithereens: Green Thoughts (1988) G
  • Napalm Death: From Enslavement To Obliteration (1988) ee
  • Butthole Surfers: Widowmaker! EP (1989) VG
  • The Golden Palominos: The Golden Palominos (1983) VG
  • Drain: Pick Up Heaven (1992) VG
  • Gastr del Sol: Camoufleur (1998) G
  • Electrelane: Rock It To The Moon (2001) G
  • Joe Satriani: Surfing With The Alien (1987) G
  • Lubricated Goat: Plays The Devil’s Music (1987) VG++++ - not sure about how essential it is to anyone’s collection, but if you like “the devil’s music” and just an evil tinge to punk music then this is for you.
  • Lee Harvey Oswald Band: A Taste of Prison (1994) VG
  • Ed Hall: Gloryhole (1991) VG
  • Ed Hall: Motherscratcher (1993) D
  • Tackhead: Friendly As A Hand Grenade (1989) X
  • Fear: The Record (1982) X
  • Ed Hall: Love Poke Here (1990) X
  • Delerium: Spiritual Archives (1991) VG
  • Electric Wizard: Come My Fanatics… (1997) X - I had forgotten about this bit of evil!
  • Dicks: These People (1985) V/G - debut is better
  • Dicks: Kill From The Heart (1983) VG - pretty cool stuff, though kind of bland compared to what the Butthole Surfers would do the same year, and especially the next two years.
  • Deuter: Aum (1972) VG - similar to D
  • Deuter: D (1971) VG - similar to other Krautrockers – especially Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream – very ambient/worldly.
  • Faust: 71 Minutes (1979) VG
  • Norman Greenbaum: Spirit In The Sky (1969) G
  • Old Time Relijun: Uterus and Fire (1999) G
  • Rudimentary Peni: Cacophony (1989) G
  • Rudimentary Peni: Farce EP (1982) G
  • Rudimentary Peni: Rudimentary Peni EP (1981) G
  • Lisa Germano: Magic Neighbor (2009) G/probably D - this is nothing special for the casual fan, but I love singer/songwriters, and Lisa Germano is probably 2nd only to Bob Dylan on my scale of personal importance, and Bob Dylan is de facto my favorite, so she ranks very high on my list: I am too partial to her.
  • Cloaks: Versus Grain (2009) VG
  • Djam Karet: Reflections From The Firepool (1989) X - I used to think this was pretty good, but now it is on the verge of eXceptional, so I gave it the benefit this time around.
  • Furry Things: The Big Saturday Illusion (1995) VG - **”Nothing From Zero”
  • Deuter: Silence Is The Answer (1980) VG
  • Tangerine Dream: Rubycon (1975) D
  • Tangerine Dream: Ricochet (1975) VG
  • Missing Foundation: 1933 Your House Is Mine (1988) X
  • Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) X
  • The Del Lords: Johnny Comes Marching Home (1986) VG
  • Maquiladora: Ritual of Hearts (2002) VG
  • David + David: Boomtown (1986) D
  • Cradle of Thorns: Feed-Us (1994) D
  • Black Tape For A Blue Girl: Remnants of a Deeper Purity (1996) X
  • DJ Shadow: Endtroducing… (1996) X
  • P: P (1995) VG - Butthole Surfers side project
  • The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips EP (1984) VG
  • Stephan Micus: Implosions (1977) VG **”Crossing The Bridge”
  • Spongehead: Spotted Meat Spread (1989) VG
  • Pere Ubu: Song of the Bailing Man (1981) VG
  • U.S. Maple: Talker (1999) G
  • U.S. Maple: Long Hair In Three Stages (1995) VG - overrated a bit by me, and EXTREMELY overrated by scaruffi
  • Tangerine Dream: Atem (1973) VG
  • Tangerine Dream: Zeit (1972) XX - ***”Birth of Liquid P…”
  • Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (1974) VG
  • The Ex: Starters Alternators (1998) VG
  • The Ex: Instant (1995) X
  • Helmut Schäfer: Noise As A Language (2008) VG
  • Pain Teens: Born In Blood (1990) X
  • Daryll-Ann: Weeps (1996) g
  • Woods: Songs of Shame (2009) D
  • Rake.: Tell-Tale Moog (1995) X - this is just for the Tell-Tale Moog half of the album – I do not expect for this to count for anything, it is what I listened to and I think that this half is exceptional, whereas the other half is just Good..
  • Steve Reich: Octet / Music for a Large Ensemble /Violin Phase (1980) XX - “Octet”
  • Sun Ra: Space Is The Place (1973) VG
  • Philip Glass: Einstein On The Beach (1979) X
  • Maquiladora: The Lost Works of Eunice Phelps (1998) VG

  • August

  • Sparks (Halfnelson): A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing (1968) G - bootleg, not the 70’s album (have not heard it) – I label as it is on RYM; the release appears to be under Halfnelson, an early name for the band Sparks.
  • Van Morrison: It’s Too Late To Stop Now (1974) VG - live
  • Built To Spill: There’s Nothing Wrong With Love (1994) g
  • Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: I See A Darkness (1998) ee
  • David Thomas: Variations On A Theme (1983) G
  • David Thomas: Blame The Messenger (1987) VG
  • A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders (1993) d
  • Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan: Prospect Hummer EP (2005) d
  • Black Dice/Animal Collective: Wastered (2004) d
  • Arctic Monkeys: Humbug (2009) ee
  • Swans: Soundtracks For The Blind (1996) X
  • Pussy Galore: Right Now! (1987) VG
  • The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: (1994) X - just some cool blues songs, nothing terribly special for the average listener – so note it as just VG/G if you are not interested in this type of music.
  • Cocteau Twins: Treasure (1984) X
  • Cocteau Twins: Sunburst & Snowblind EP (1983) G
  • John Fahey & Cul de Sac: The Epiphany of Glenn Jones (1997) VG
  • John Fahey: Womblife (1997) G
  • John Fahey: Blind Joe Death/John Fahey (1959) D
  • Daniel Johnston: Songs of Pain (1981) G
  • David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972) d
  • A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990) VG
  • Daniel Johnston: Hi, How Are You? (1983) G
  • PJ Harvey: Dry (1992) VG
  • Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (1979) VG
  • Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes: (Libertés?) (1975) X
  • Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes: Ame debout (1971) X
  • Animal Collective: People EP (2007) G
  • Harmony Rockets: Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void (1995) VG - if you like long drawn out instrumentals, Jon Hassell, and need a little more material by Mercury Rev alumni
  • Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis: Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis (1969) X
  • Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors (1971) D
  • Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes: Paix (1972) XX
  • King Crimson: Red (1974) VG
  • Massive Attack: Blue Lines (1991) d
  • Neil Young: Zuma (1975) g
  • Neil Young: On The Beach (1974) VG - better than the last time
  • Flower Travellin’ Band: Satori (1971) G
  • Stiff Little Fingers: Inflammable Material (1979) VG
  • The Undertones: Teenage Kicks EP (1978) D
  • The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (1989) XX - this is definitely my most guilty pleasure; if i can be objective i would say this is an above average album but i have always been able to go back to this album; this is the one example i would give to Beatles fans why i seem to have an irrational hatred of The Beatles – they never quite put together an entire great album of great pop songs, The Stone Roses did, and almost every moment feels right or at least it is not gaudy filler; if The Beatles would have taken their best songs from 1966-1967 and put them on one album including singles and the production values of Pepper/Mystery Tour over that of Revolver, they would have put together an amazing pop album (for my ears).
  • Panda Bear: Person Pitch (2007) X
  • Jane: Paradise (2002) d - Panda Bear side project with Scott Mou
  • Campfire Songs (Animal Collective): Campfire Songs (2003) G
  • Panda Bear: Panda Bear (1999) D
  • Yo La Tengo: Painful (1993) G
  • Panda Bear: Young Prayer (2004) d/ee
  • James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game (2009) G/D
  • Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions (2009) d
  • Miles Davis: In A Silent Way (1969) X
  • Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions: Through The Devil Softly (2009) G
  • Billy Bao: May 08 (2009) G/D
  • The Young Fresh Fellows: The Men Who Loved Music (1987) VG
  • A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (1991) G
  • Animal Collective: Water Curses EP (2008) D
  • Animal Collective: Strawberry Jam (2007) VG
  • The Velvet Underground (Doug Yule): Squeeze (1973) d/ee - a weak impersonation of Loaded by Doug Yule.
  • John Fahey: Yellow Princess (1969) G
  • Low: Trust (2002) VG
  • Bat For Lashes: Two Suns (2009) VG
  • Legion of Two: Riffs (2009) G
  • R.E.M.: Out of Time (1991) ee
  • R.E.M.: Green (1988) d
  • R.E.M.: Document (1987) D
  • R.E.M.: Life’s Rich Pageant (1986) G
  • R.E.M.: Fables of Reconstruction (1985) d
  • R.E.M.: Reckoning (1984) D
  • R.E.M.: Chronic Town EP (1982) g
  • R.E.M.: Monster (1994) D
  • Church of Misery: Houses of the Unholy (2009) g - sounds like Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age, and is apparently about serial killers
  • St. Vincent: Actor (2009) VG
  • Antlers: Hospice (2009) d
  • Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca (2009) G
  • Bibio: Ambivalence Avenue (2009) D
  • Derrick May: Innovator: Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet (1991, compilation) VG
  • Uncle Tupelo: March 16-20, 1992 (1992) VG
  • Moonshake: Eva Luna (1992) g
  • Marc Ribot: Rootless Cosmopolitans (1990) VG
  • Marc Ribot: Shoe String Symphonettes (1997) D
  • Descendents: Milo Goes To College (1982) d
  • Shit & Shine: 229 2299: Girls Against Shit (2009) g
  • The Legendary Pink Dots: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (1990) g
  • Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) g
  • Sonic Youth: Goo (1990) g
  • Morphine: The Night (2000) VG
  • Morphine: Like Swimming (1997) VG
  • Sisa: Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol (1975) D
  • Portishead: Dummy (1994) X
  • Laika: Sounds of Satellites (1997) VG
  • Shady: World (1994) g
  • M83: Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003) g
  • Lou Reed: Berlin (1973) g - i hear a bit of Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom in this album; Berlin being released a year before Rock Bottom, i wonder whether or not this was some sort of inspiration for Wyatt – please, does anyone else hear it, or would anyone please tell me I am crazy?
  • Palace Music: Viva Last Blues (1995) D

  • July

  • Fiona Apple: When The Pawn… (1999) g
  • Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On (1971) D
  • Philip Jeck: Suite: Live In Liverpool (2008) G
  • Andrew Jackson Jihad: Candy Cigarettes & Cap Guns (2005) ee - sometimes i can tell that a song is supposed to be funny, but i do not laugh, and there is really nothing else.
  • Beck: A Western Harvest Field By Moonlight (1994) d
  • Fushitsusha: Live I (1989) G
  • Charles Brown Superstar: The Summertime EP (1994) G - neat psychedelic pop, focused more on the psychedelics; i am eager to hear the album Days of Our Drive/Sweet Piece of Ass (where all of these tracks are lifted from) but i no longer have the feeling of getting it at all costs.
  • Jackson Browne: Running On Empty (1977) g
  • Mindless Self Indulgence: Tight (2008) d
  • Mindless Self Indulgence: If (1999) ee
  • Mindless Self Indulgence: Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000) d - this seems more like a band to see live, as i have read and heard they get pretty crazy; their albums sound like a poor man’s Offspring at times, or a mix between Linkin Park and Sum 41 with dance music.
  • Frank Zappa: Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) G
  • Sonic’s Rendezvous Band: Do It Again! (1979) d/ee
  • The La’s: The La’s (1990) ee - “There She Goes Again” is the mushroom on this cow pie.
  • Stereolab: Refried Ectoplasm (compilation, 1995) d

  • Bob Dylan: Before The Flood (1974) g
  • Peter Gabriel: Passion (1989) G
  • Various Artists: The Poop Alley Tapes (1996, compilation) G - i only got it to hear a song by Charles Brown Superstar - the song leaves me wanting more, i want Days of Our Drive/Sweet Piece of Ass!
  • Fugazi: Repeater (1990) VG

  • June

  • Sugarsmack: Top Loader (1993) G
  • The Fiery Furnaces: Gallowsbird’s Bark (2003) G
  • The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat (2004) VG
  • Red Horse: Red Horse (2009) d - experimental music with most of its composition rooted in aleatory, and This Heat’s early experiments (especially Side B).
  • The Flaming Lips: Clouds Taste Metallic (1995) g - “The Hard Bulletin” is an easy and apt description of this album, and “Lightening Strikes The Postman” hints at Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”, in a infantile way.
  • Nick Cave: Your Funeral…My Trial (1987) ? VG, possibly FAVORITE
  • Kevin Ayers: Shooting At The Moon (1970) VVG
  • Bad Brains: Bad Brains (1981) VG
  • Kevin Coyne: Marjory Razorblade (1973) d
  • Mission of Burma: Vs. (1982) g
  • PJ Harvey: Rid of Me (1993) d
  • The Doors: Strange Days (1967) G
  • The Doors: Morrison Hotel (1970) g
  • The Doors: L.A. Woman (1970) G
  • The Doors: The Soft Parade (1969) d
  • The Doors: Waiting For The Sun (1968) G
  • Various Artists: Ice Cream & Suckers (1963) g/d - interesting, but not worth scavenging the Nordic for a copy escalating $50…vinyl only
  • 6/15
  • Towering Inferno: Kaddish (1993) g
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins: Free Form Patterns (1968) ee - do not let the title fool you, this is average blues at best.
  • 6/14
  • Son House: The Original Delta Blues (1964) g
  • Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4 (1916) XX
  • John Cale: Fear (1974) VG
  • 6/12
  • Jackson Browne: Late For The Sky (1974) g
  • 6/11
  • Bruce Springsteen: Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978) d
  • 6/7
  • NoMeansNo: Wrong (1989) G
  • 6/6
  • Pink Floyd: Animals (1977) G
  • Sun Ra: Atlantis (1967) FAVORITE
  • Bob Dylan: Together Through Life (2009) d
  • Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa (1977) FAVORITE
  • Fred Frith: Speechless (1981) G
  • The Nuns: The Nuns EP (1978) G
  • Zero Boys: Livin’ In The 80s EP (1980) d
  • The Rolling Stones: Some Girls (1978) g
  • T. Rex: Electric Warrior (1971) d
  • Nancy Sesay & the Melodaires: C’est Fab EP (1980) FAVORITE - CLICK HERE to listen to the title track (of three tracks on the EP) on youtube. this may have been released in 1979, but i have no proof of either year.
  • T. Rex: T. Rex (1970) d
  • Lou Reed: Transformer (1972) d
  • 6/4
  • Elvis Costello: Girls + £ ÷ Girls = $ & Girls (1977-86, compilation) G - all because of lbangs! i have an ambivalent opinion of Elvis Costello and his albums. i hated them at first, then i slowly came around to This Year’s Model, then i hated them all over again, and much more than at first…then i compromised with liking tracks like “Tokyo Storm Warning”, “Green Shirt”, “Waiting For The End Of The World”, “Shipbuilding”, but i could cut this album in half and it would still only register G, possibly VG…sorry lbangs. i need to track down Blood & Chocolate, it may be his best album (or just side 1 being his best side ever)…it has some of his best and convincing songs. and running through an album that spans the good part of his career I officially think that Costello has one of the most overrated and mediocre voices in all of the rock pantheon – it is downright annoying at times (Lipstick Vogue)
  • The Kinks: Kink Kronikles (1966-70, compilation) X - “You Really Got Me” is conspicuously absent
  • Sugarsmack: Top Loader (1993) X/G - not sure yet, on the border after 2 listens spaced a couples years apart
  • Honeymoon Killers: Love American Style (1985) G
  • Alan Licht: The Evan Dando of Noise? (1997) d
  • Swell Maps: …In “Jane From Occupied Europe” (1980) G
  • 6/3
  • Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Magnetic Flip (1984) X
  • Peter Jefferies: At Swim Two Birds (1987) G
  • Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Beat of the Mesozoic EP (1985) X
  • Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic EP (1983) G
  • 6/2
  • Meat Puppets: Meat Puppets II (1983) G
  • Pram: Helium (1994) G - an upgrade from Stars, Earth from the year before
  • Pram: The Stars Are So Big, The Earth Is So Small…Stay As You Are (1993) pG - this album has some potential but “In Dreams You Too Can Fly” drags on and on, boring me and leaving a bad taste in my mouth.
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Doc At The Radar Station (1980) G
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970) X
  • Pink Floyd: Meddle (1971) G
  • Papa M: Live From A Shark’s Cage (1999) X
  • 6/1
  • June Of 44: Tropics and Meridians (1996) G - not on the level of Four Great Points’s mania but on the level of math rock albums closer to their idols Slint.
  • Weezer: Weezer (2000) ee - meh, i know the songs too well to attempt objectivity, but it is an album full indie pop/rock songs that have predicable hooks that do not demand you sing over and over in your head like a Beach Boys song. the few good songs that i used to like i nostalgically bear (Photograph, Hash pipe) but the others i have greater understanding why i forgot them…they are forgettable, duh.
  • White Heaven: Strange Bedfellow (1992) d - similar to Out though it is more grounded – less spacey – but the same sort of song structure with weak singing…i am not sure why they did not get a different singer, or the singer did not step down like with The Who (Townshend wrote all the songs). so, unless you know what you are getting into with Out, Strange Bedfellow should not be high on anyone’s list of album to pick up.
  • The Residents: The Commercial Album (1980) VG - The Residents do it again, and again, for me that is.
  • The Residents: God In Three Persons (1988) G
  • Unrest: Perfect Teeth (1993) G - good, but not as good as Imperial f.f.r.r.
  • The Residents: Mark Of The Mole (1981) X
  • Fifty Foot Hose: Cauldron (1968) X
  • Unrest: Fuck Pussy Galore (& All Her Friends) (1993, compilation) d - generally for fans of Unrest only, and to those who are not familiar with the band, start with their previous releases – most any would do depending on who you consult, but Imperial f.f.r.r. is better than Perfect Teeth, and Tink From S.E. as well as Malcolm X Park are other good (earlier) places to start.
  • The Red Krayola: Parable Of Arable Land (1967) X - this is the Collectables (or just the orginal) version of the album, unlike the Sunspots version (the one i bought which has one less free form freak-out after the song “War Sucks”, and the opening crash is much more abrupt). this is the better version, if for nothing other than the added freak-out – the basis of the album’s greatness.

  • May

  • 5/31
  • The Wipers: Over The Edge (1983) d - meh, pass on this average punk album, except for “Romeo” which turned out to be a well crafted punk song that goes beyond the three chord bacchanal
  • The Residents: Eskimo (1979) X
  • 5/30
  • Van Dyke Parks: Song Cycle (1968) G
  • The Residents: Third Reich ‘n Roll (1975) pG - this is novelty at its best, not to say that it is great, and anyone who is familiar with 60’s pop hits, and especially those who love those 60’s hits, should pick this release up for nothing more than a good laugh. it is at the very least an entertaining excursion in song parody, and more formally song reconstruction (the CD release comes with the GREAT cover of the Rolling Stones “Satisfaction” which is one of the GREATEST covers of all time). i know i have heard most of the songs reconstructed on this album (click here to see a rough list of what those songs are {scroll down halfway}– this list is helpful to have, or at least to keep in mind, while listening) though it would have been beneficial for my entertainment if i brushed up on “Psychotic Reaction”, “96 Tears”, & “Talk Talk”. i could write more on this album, but why would i waste my time when the link above has everything you could possibly want to read on the album.
  • Yoko Ono: Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970) G - this is a very good effort, but i wish she recorded everything here during the Ornette Coleman sessions (“AOS”), or with Neu! – there is a difference between what Klaus Dinger does on the drums and what most other pop/rock drummers do, though i do not think he is an utter genius on the drums alone, he is certainly much better than Ringo (a.k.a. the luckiest s.o.b. of the 20th century, or at the very least in the running for the award).
  • John Lennon: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970) G - “Mother”; “I Found Out” is boring
  • Heather Duby: Post To Wire (1999) X
  • The 49 Americans: Wonder (1980) d - for those of you wondering why some of us can stand listening to bands like the Residents (or any dadaist group), this is proof that any dada does not make for a good album – the Residents (there is probably a better comparison that is slipping from my mind at the moment) have something that the 49 Americans could never put together on any of their albums. The 49 Americans are goofy, but their music lacks qualities that have it stand out. Wonder (and probably We Know Nonsense) sound like a bunch of kids meandering about the studio and their minds, recording anything that comes to light in either wonder and not recording it well – though this may be because of a lack of money, and the lack of money may be because of what they have to record, hmmmmm, paradoxical to say the yeast. that said, this is not horrible, just unfocused. this album should have been a demo for something better, not the final pressing.
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Good Son (1990) X
  • 5/29
  • Brian Wilson: SMiLE (2004) VG
  • Coil: Horse Rotorvator (1986) G
  • The Mekons: Fear & Whisky (1985) pG - “Chivalry”
  • Underground Lovers: Rushall Station (1996) G
  • Underground Lovers: Dream It Down (1994) G
  • The 6ths: Wasps And Nests (1995) G
  • Weezer: Weezer (1993) G
  • Underground Lovers: Leaves Me Blind (1992) XX
  • 5/28
  • Biosphere: Substrata (1997) G
  • Jack With One Eye: The Bad Sleep Well (2009) G
  • The Jesus Lizard: Head (1990) VG - almost X – “Waxeater”
  • The Fall: This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985) d/ee - a truly boring and stagnate effort
  • Hugo Largo: Drum (1987) VG - 2nd listen – not sure what to think of this….
  • Honeymoon Killers: Let It Breed (1986) pG - just more Honeymoon Killers: a derivation of other rock bands of the 80’s, particularly the Butthole Surfers.
  • Brightblack Morning Light: Brightblack Morning Light (2006) G - i used to love this, what happened?
  • Mark Hollis: Mark Hollis (1997) G - literally a continuation of Talk Talk’s Laughing Stock, gutted and reprocessed.
  • Hugo Largo: Drum (1987) G
  • Seefeel: Quique (1993) G - why is this album not on electronic lists on this site? is it somewhat unknown or just considered slop? darktremor, anyone else? – i know nothing about electronic music….
  • 5/27
  • The Fall: The Frightening And Wonderful World Of The Fall (1984) d
  • Fela Kuti: Zombie (1977) G
  • Forrest Fang: The Wolf At The Ruins (1989) XG - not a rock album, but i will still put it on the list for 1989 because i will forget about it otherwise.
  • David Bowie: Low (1976) d
  • The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour (1981) G
  • Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1987) X - “Bring The Noise”, “Don’t Believe The Hype”, “She Watch Channel Zero?!”, “Rebel Without A Pause”
  • Colin Newman: A-Z (1980) G
  • Ant-Bee: Electronic Church Muzik (2009) X
  • 5/26
  • Wire: 154 (1979) G - the punk is almost completely removed and is now being replaced by new (no) wave pretentions. this is their best album, but not SO much better that i would stack this far above the previous 2 – they are all cookies in the cookie jar…and now for some A-Z (tomorrow).
  • Wire: Chairs Missing (1978) G - punk starting to be removed for a more artsy atmosphere.
  • Wire: Pink Flag (1977) G - punk album
  • La Düsseldorf: La Düsseldorf (1976) G - basically this is Neu! 76 and is an even further derivation of Neu! and not as good as Neu! 75! this is the Klaus Dinger (drummer) half of Neu!, so, much of the motorik drumming is present.
  • Lou Reed: New York (1988) X
  • Dream Theater: Images And Words (1991) d
  • Talking Heads: Remain In Light (1980) G
  • 5/25
  • Red Temple Spirits: Dancing To Restore And Eclipsed Moon (1988) X - it is no “Sister Ray”, and not much of an “Interstellar Overdrive” (they channel post-Barrett Floyd (“Nile Song”) unlike The Soft Boys whose Robyn Hitchcock tries to be Barrett), and not as overtly psychotic as “The End” but the album can be very mesmerizing and gives quality repeat listens.
  • Animal Collective: Danse Manatee (2001) G - better than Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished, but missing the closer of an “Alvin Row”
  • Animal Collective: Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished (1999) G - “Alvin Row”
  • Animal Collective: Animal Crack Box (2000 - 2003, 2009 release) ee - only get this if you are starved for some Animal Collective – there is nothing special here, ONLY FOR FANATICS OF ANIMAL COLLECTIVE like all the bootlegs of Dylan and other artists with similar releases.
  • Numb: Death On The Installment Plan (1993) G - pretty good industrial rock album with the better moments coming as instrumentals (“Trial”, “Decay Of The Angel” & “Fugue”)
  • Art Bears: Winter Songs (1978) G
  • Art Bears: Hopes & Fears (1978) G - great Canterbury intellectual rock album.
  • The Crocodiles: Summer Of Hate (2009) d
  • Animal Collective: Here Comes The Indian (2003) G
  • 5/24
  • The Congos: Heart Of The Congos (1977) G
  • Catherine Wheel: Ferment (1992) d
  • Buffy Saint-Marie: Illuminations (1969) d
  • Bruce Cameron: Midnight Daydream (1999) G - this is Cameron’s first and only album due to either a murder or suicide shortly after the release and has been somewhat forgotten ever since; i only found out about it because Ant-Bee, a collaborator on the album among other greats, told me to check it out. it is a cool album mixed with evil, psychedelia, Hendrix’s guitar, and ANT-BEE’s baroque (“Mind Gardens”, “Just Like A Spaceman” both of which he performs lead vocals). click on the album to go to a page to download the entire album for free and hear for yourself!
  • Blonde Redhead: La Mia Vita Violenta (1995) G
  • Big In Japan: Big In Japan (1979) G - this is not an album (so it will not be RATED on any other list, always suppressed unless i make a mistake not suppressing the auto bullet), but i read on the wik that Julian Cope petitioned for this band to break up and i do not understand why; they are not painfully annoying, in fact they are decent for the times (the late 70’s was a great time for rock music) and this band never amassed an LP, just 2 singles and a compilation of those singles, and the “album” i listened to was not an album at all but those singles and their Peel Sessions. it was not bad at all, but in the grand scheme of things they do not compare to Chrome or PiL of the same year.
  • Bardo Pond: Lapsed (1997) G - further removed from Bufo Avarius than Amanita, and much less inspiring than Amanita.
  • Babatunde Olatunji: Drums Of Passion (1959) G
  • Bedhead: WhatFunLifeWas (1994) G - a very somber affair
  • The Honeymoon Killers: Hung Far Low (1991) X - i can understand why very few see anything in this band – they can easily be written off as an above average, but not GREAT garage-rock band that get lumped into the rest of the mix and forgotten with time: their albums are very hard to find in hard copy.
  • Can: Tago Mago (1971) X - great first lp, but the second lags a bit much for me to consider it GREAT
  • 5/23
  • Can: Soon Over Babaluma (1974) G
  • Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything? (1971) d
  • The Stooges: Fun House (1970) X
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: I’m Gonna Do What I Wanna Do: Live At My Father’s Place 1978 (1978) G
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Ice Cream For Crow (1982) X
  • 5/22
  • The Fall: Live At The Witch Trials (1978) G
  • Fela Kuti: Shakara (1972) G
  • Aztec Camera: High Land, Hard Rain (1983) ee
  • Babes In Toyland: Spanking Machine (1989) G
  • Cows: Sexy Pee Story (1993) G
  • Bitch Magnet: Umber (1989) G
  • Eggs: Teenbeat 96 Exploder (1993) G
  • Heather Duby: Post To Wire (1999) X
  • James Chance & the Contortions: Buy! (1978) G
  • Royal Trux: Royal Trux (Skulls) (1992) G
  • The Red Krayola: The Parable Of Arable Land (1967) X
  • 5/21
  • Mayo Thompson: Corky’s Debt To His Father (1970) G
  • Faith No More: Introduce Yourself (1986) G
  • Savage Republic: Customs (1989) X
  • The Red Krayola: Soldier-Talk (1978) G
  • Underground Lovers: Leaves Me Blind (1992) X
  • 5/20
  • Underground Lovers: Leaves Me Blind (1992) X
  • Tom Waits: Closing Time (1973) ee
  • Lambchop: I Hope You’re Sitting Down (1994) G
  • Today Is The Day: Willpower (1995) G
  • Today Is The Day: Today Is The Day (1996) X
  • Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1976) G
  • Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Damn The Torpedoes (1979) d
  • The Pixies: Come On Pilgrim EP (1987) G
  • Ant-Bee: Electronic Church Muzik (2009) X
  • Jean-Luc Ponty: King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa (1969) X
  • The Pop Group: For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (1980) X???i guess
  • Black Heart Procession: 2 (1999) G
Author Comments: 

bold indicates what level i rated the album
key:
FAVORITE - a.k.a. FAVOURITE
X - eXceptional - just below being one of my FAVORITE albums, but much better than any Good album.
VG - Very Good - a significant notch above a regular G
G - Good - albums i enjoyed listening to all-the-way through
g - pretty good - albums i can listen to all-the-way through with some pleasure
D - bright spots, but others are forgettable
d - decent - albums i CAN listen to all-the-way through but would probably not choose to do again.
ee - everything else - very awful or very boring albums, do not care to distinguish as i NEVER listen to these albums as albums, only for the singles if that.

if a rating is different than indicated for the year an album rated was recorded, go with the rating in this log since it will be the most updated.

callanyvegetable08/21/2009

Nice to see Ol' Neil coming around for you

Feif Umgotnn08/22/2009

definitely, i will probably give Beach and Tonight another listen today.

callanyvegetable11/20/2009

Thanks for the review. Now let me get back to digging!

Feif Umgotnn11/20/2009

haha, i forgot about that. DIG WHILE YOUR SHOVEL IS SHARP!