| 2023 Listening Log: Part Deux |
| 1 |  | Yaeji
With A Hammer
(4/11)
2023
Ended up being enjoyable for her interesting, enjoyable production
3.2/5
1 Thing To Smash, Fever, I'll Remember For Me, I'll Remember For You |
| 2 |  | Fire-Toolz
I am upset because I see something that is not the
(4/12)
2023
4/5
Gleam Beam, Paraclete Bhishajyati, Soaked: Another Name For Everything, Mantra-ing And Golgotha: Double Bind (Prequel) |
| 3 |  | Owl City
Coco Moon
(4/13)
2023
oh god, this is horrendous. filled with five minute songs that have abhorrent choruses and asinine lyrics. probably would've been listenable if every song was half its length. no highlights at all, unfortunately
1.5/5 |
| 4 |  | Chick Corea
My Spanish Heart
(4/19)
1976
4.2/5
Love Castle, Day Danse, The Hilltop, Wind Danse, Spanish Fanasty Pt. 1 |
| 5 |  | Paul McCartney
Ram
(4/23)
1971
points for sounding ahead of its time. good songwriting, solid album, but it didn't really feel like too much to write home about
3.4/5
3 Legs, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Monkberry Moon Delight |
| 6 |  | Girls Aloud
Chemistry
(4/24)
2005
Production rather impeccable. Voices are good, but garnish to an outstanding show of melodic pop perfection.
3.5/5
Models, Biology, Wild Horses, Watch Me Go, Racy Lacey |
| 7 |  | Korine
Tear
(4/24)
2023
3.4/5
Mt. Airy, Deicide, Train To Harlem |
| 8 |  | Plastyc Peachez
Peach Bumz
(4/25)
2022
3.2/5
Fungi Fieri, Michael Wave |
| 9 |  | Everything But The Girl
Amplified Heart
(4/26)
1994
3.9/5
We Walk The Same Line, Missing, Get Me, Walking To You |
| 10 |  | Everything But The Girl
Walking Wounded
(4/27)
1996
4.2/5
Mirrorball, Walking Wounded, Before Today, Flipside, Big Deal |
| 11 |  | Nala Sinephro
Space 1.8
(4/27)
2021
3.4/5
Space 2, Space 5, Space 8 |
| 12 |  | Paul Desmond
Take Ten
(4/27)
1963
3.7/5
Take Ten, EMbarcadero, The One I Love |
| 13 |  | Jessie Ware
That! Feels Good!
(4/28)
2023
3.9/5
Free Yourself, Pearls, That! Feels Good!, Lightning |
| 14 |  | The Beach Boys
Carl and the Passions
(4/28)
1972
2.4/5
You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone, Cuddle Up |
| 15 |  | Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass
Volume 2
(4/26)
1963
2.9/5
Winds Of Barcelona, Milord |
| 16 |  | The Shangri-Las
Leader of the Pack
(4/29)
1964
Why did they pretend Side 2 was performed in front of a live audience? What was the purpose? It ruins almost every song. Side 1 however shows off some very high and melodramatic moments.
3.1/5
Leader Of The Pack, Bull Dog, Rememer (Walking In The Sand) |
| 17 |  | Car Girlfriend
Car Girlfriend
(4/29)
2023
3.8/5
Cop Killer, ICE Bus, Demagogue |
| 18 |  | Goldfrapp
Felt Mountain
(5/1)
2000
3.7/5
Utopia, Pilots, Human |
| 19 |  | fromjoy
fromjoy
(5/2)
2023
4/5
machine, seraph, morbidly perfect, icarus |
| 20 |  | The Reels
Quasimodo's Dream
(5/2)
1981
2.9/5
According To My Heart, Depression |
| 21 |  | Olive
Extra Virgin
(5/3)
1996
Sometimes the bite hits right, sometimes it's more bland than anything else.
3.2/5
You're Not Alone, Outlaw, I Don't Think So |
| 22 |  | Crimewave (UK)
Altercation
(4/29)
2023
Scattered, frantic nightlife - electronic/idm with riffs distorted beyond belief
3.7/5
Dispersal Order, Aftermath, CCTV |
| 23 |  | Brain Vacation
Old Feelings
(5/3)
2023
3.9/5
George Street Shitfest, Red Rover, Silver Spoon, I am the DUde |
| 24 |  | Aztec Camera
High Land, Hard Rain
(5/3)
1983
4.3/5
oblivious, Walk Out To Winter, We Could Send Letters, Pillar to Post, Lost Outside The Tunnel, Back On Board |
| 25 |  | Sierra On-Line
Glass Shutters
5/4
2021
3.2/5 |
| 26 |  | Hiroshi Yoshimura
Green
5/4
1986
4/5 |
| 27 |  | Hiroshi Yoshimura
Wet Land
4/30
1993
4/5 |
| 28 |  | The Beach Boys
Holland
(5/5)
1973
A couple tracks drag, but the ones that don't sweep you up in the last group effort with a unique sense of identity.
3.8/5
Sail on Sailor, California Saga, The Trader
3.8/5 |
| 29 |  | Takashi Kokubo
Oasis of the Wind II ~ A Story of Forest and Water ~
(5/4)
1993
3.5/5 |
| 30 |  | Paulinho Nogueira
Bossa Nova Guitar
(5/5)
1963??
3.2/5 |
| 31 |  | Kevin Atwater
Downers Grove
(5/6)
2023
3.9/5
tattletale, Jacob killed a cat, Christopher street |
| 32 |  | Prefab Sprout
Steve McQueen
(5/7)
1985
4.1/5
Appetite, Desire As, Horsin' Around, Goodbye Lucille #1, Faron Young |
| 33 |  | Los Indios Tabajaras
Maria Elena
(5/7)
1963
3/5
Jungle Dream, Pajaro Campana, Los Indios Danzan |
| 34 |  | The Tymes
So Much In Love
(5/8)
1963
3.4/5
Wonderful! Wonderful!, That Old Black Magic, So Much In Love, Autumn Leaves |
| 35 |  | Vulfmon
Here We Go Jack
(5/9)
2022
3.5/5
How Much Do You Love Me?, Take Me To A Higher Place, Let's Go! Let's Go!, Here We Go Jack |
| 36 |  | Vulfpeck
Shvitz
(5/9)
12/30/2022 (counted toward 2023 listening)
Honestly surprisingly disappointed here. Really feels like going through the motions. Still slick though - still groovy playing
2.8/5
New Guru, In Heaven |
| 37 |  | Al Green
Let's Stay Together
(5/10)
1972
Just a great voice
4/5
Let's Stay Together, What's This Feeling? |
| 38 |  | The Beach Boys
15 Big Ones
(5/18)
1976
more like 15 big stinkeroonis straight from the toilet (their are a couple saving graces - That Same Song working incredibly as irony with a killer chorus, the raspy voice on Just Once In My Life, and Susie Cincinatti just being plain fun)
2.2/5
That Same Song, Susie Cincinatti |
| 39 |  | The Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari
1962
(5/23)
Wow, they were kinda mid at the start. Heads You Win Tails I Lose is a good early 60s dramatic ditty, but honestly that's it for this one
2.4/5
Heads You Win Tails I Lose |
| 40 |  | The Beach Boys
Surfin' U.S.A.
1963
(5/23)
Also mid, but it DOES have a certified hood classic in Surfin' USA. This is the one I knew the melody to when I was 5, just because - 'surfing' down a giant playground slide on my feet. There are a couple decent instrumentals here as well, but nothing pops.
2.5/5
Surfin' U.S.A. |
| 41 |  | Kaizo Slumber
How Are We Feeling Today?
(5/24)
2023
3.4/5
REUBENS WALTZ, NAPALM STICKS TO KIDS, GALAXY TORIMOTI, COMIC MISCHIEF |
| 42 |  | Woody Goss
High Loon
(5/22)
2023
3.7/5
no no yes no, threety three, don't stop til you top the top |
| 43 |  | Lesley Gore
I'll Cry If I Want To
(5/10)
1963
It's My Party, Cry, What Kind Of Fool Am I, Judy's Turn To Cry [this one is just really funny. they were really out here giving songs sequels in 1963]
3.2/5 |
| 44 |  | Paul Mark
12 1/2 Geishas Must Be Right
(idk lol earlier this year)
1963
3.8/5
Cherry Blossoms, "Sukiyaki", Just a Gay Romance, Farewell to Tosa |
| 45 |  | Piero Piccioni
Il boom
(5/28)
1963
3.5/5
Samba Della Ruota |
| 46 |  | Piero Piccioni
Un Tentativo Sentimentale
(5/26)
1963
4/5
Mamboso, Malibu, Dea di un sogno - Finale |
| 47 |  | Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Duke Ellington
Money Jungle
(5/29)
1963 [25 down wooo]
3.7/5
Caravan, Money Jungle, Very Special |
| 48 |  | New Order
Brotherhood
(5/29)
1986
Splits in two, half rock exploration half disco night, latter is favorable to these ears. Bizarre Love Triangle goes hard forever
3.6/5
Paradise, Bizarre Love Triangle, All Day Long, Every Little Counts |
| 49 |  | Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
(5/31)
1988
4/5
What I Am, Little Miss S., The Wheel, Nothing, Now |
| 50 |  | Curtis Amy and Dupree Bolton
Katanga!
(5/31)
1963
3.7/5
Native Land, You Don't Know What Love Is |
| 51 |  | Pet Shop Boys
Please
(5/31)
1986
4.1/5
West End Girls, Opportunities, Love Comes Quickly, Violence, Why Don't We Live Together? |
| 52 |  | Vulfmon
Vulfnik
(6/1)
2023
2/5
Lord Will Make A Way |
| 53 |  | 'Til Tuesday
Voices Carry
(6/1)
1985
4.5/5
Voices Carry, No More Crying, Winning The War, Maybe Monday, You Know The Rest, Love In A Vacuum |
| 54 |  | Book of Love
Book of Love
(6/2)
1986
3.2/5
Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes), I Touch Roses, Boy, Book Of Love |
| 55 |  | Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
(6/3)
1971
4.1/5
After Forever, Sweet Leaf, Solitude |
| 56 |  | Pupil Slicer
Blossom
(6/4)
2023
3.6/5
Creating The Devil In Our Image, The Song At Creations End, Dim Morning Light |
| 57 |  | A Taste of Honey
Another Taste
(6/5)
1979
2.5/5
Your Love |
| 58 |  | M83
Fantasy
(6/6)
2023
2.9/5
Oceans Niagara, Amnesia, Dismemberment Bureau |
| 59 |  | The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers
(6/7)
1971
4.1/5
Sway, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Sister Morphine, Dead Flowers |
| 60 |  | KAYTRAMINE
Kaytraminé
(6/8)
2023
3.4/5
4EVA, Master P, Sossaup, STFUx3 |
| 61 |  | John Prine
John Prine
(6/9)
1971
4.4/5
Hello In There, Paradise, Sam Stone, Angel In Montgomery, Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore, Far From Me |
| 62 |  | Janelle Monae
The Age of Pleasure
(6/9)
2023
2.6/5
Float, Phenomenal, Only Have Eyes 42 |
| 63 |  | Uriah Heep
Look At Yourself
(6/10)
1971
4.2/5
Look At Yourself, July Morning, Shadows Of Grief |
| 64 |  | Youth Lagoon
Heaven Is a Junkyard
6/11
2023
3.7/5
Mercury, Trapeze Artist |
| 65 |  | Pastor T. L. Barrett And The Youth For Christ Choir
Like A Ship... (Without A Sail)
6/12
1971
4/5
Like A Ship, Wonderful, Ever Since |
| 66 |  | Gentle Giant
Acquiring the Taste
6/13
1971
4.2/5
The House The Street The Room, Plain Truth, Wreck |
| 67 |  | Herbie Hancock
Mwandishi
6/13
1971
4.5/5
Ostinato, Wandering Spirit Song |
| 68 |  | Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage
6/14
1971
3.7/5
Eye Of The Hurricane, Survival Of The Fittest |
| 69 |  | The Stylistics
The Stylistics
6/14
1971
3.5/5
You Are Everything, People Make The World Go Round, Country Living |
| 70 |  | Buffy Sainte-Marie
She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina
6/14
1971
2.4/5
Moratorium, She Used To Wanna Be A Ballerina |
| 71 |  | De Staat
Red Yellow Blue
6/15
2023
3.4/5
Look At Me, Take Root, One Day, Burning The Flag |
| 72 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Future Games
6/17
1971
3.7/5
Future Games, Sands Of Time, Show Me A Smile |
| 73 |  | The Who
Who's Next
6/17
1971
3.9/5
Baba O'Riley, The Song Is Over, Going Mobile |
| 74 |  | Sigur Ros
ÁTTA
6/17
2023
4/5
Skel, Gold, Klettur |
| 75 |  | Merle Haggard
Hag
6/18
1971
3.7/5
Soldier's Last Letter, The Sidewalks Of Chicago, I'm A Good Loser |
| 76 |  | Willie Nelson
Yesterday's Wine
6/18
1971
3.2/5
Summer Of Roses, Yesterday's Wine |
| 77 |  | Curtis Mayfield
Roots
1971
6/19
4.1/5
We Got To Have Peace, Keep On Keeping On, Beautiful Brother Of Mine |
| 78 |  | Janis Joplin
Pearl
1971
6/20
4.3/5
Cry Baby, A Woman Left Lonely, Half Moon, Me and Bobby McGee |
| 79 |  | The Kinks
Muswell Hillbillies
1971
6/20
4.5/5
Skin and Bone, Alcohol, Complicated Life, Here Come The People In Gray, Have A Cuppa Tea |
| 80 |  | Ascendant Vierge
Une nouvelle chance
6/21
2023
3.9/5
je suis un avion, Une Novelle Chance, Au Top, Aimer sur le long terme |
| 81 |  | Leonard Cohen
Songs of Love and Hate
6/21
1971
4.6/5
Avalanche, Last Year's Man, Dress Rehearsal Rag, Diamonds In The Mine |
| 82 |  | Funkadelic
Maggot Brain
6/22
1971
3.8/5
Maggot Brain, Can You Get To That |
| 83 |  | Carole King
Tapestry
1971
6/23
4.3/5
I Feel The Earth Move, It's Too Late, So Far Away, Beautiful, Tapestry |
| 84 |  | Blue Gene Tyranny
Out Of The Blue
1978
6/24
While side A has some very attention grabbing, hypnotic and beautiful playing, it's Side B, home to the 25-minute title track, that steals the show for me. A combination of poetry and soundscapes, the voice of someone contemplating consciousness fades in and out, oscillating with a small high-pitched chorus and various instrumental excursions. It's beautiful.
4.2/5
Next Time Might Be Your Time, A Letter From Home |
| 85 |  | Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
1971
6/26
4/5
What's Going On, What's Happening Brother, Mercy Mercy Me, Inner City Blues |
| 86 |  | Bruce Springsteen
Darkness on the Edge of Town
1978
6/26
3.9/5
Something In The Night, Candy's Room, Streets Of Fire, Darkness On The Edge Of Town |
| 87 |  | Elvis Costello
This Year's Model
1978
6/26
3.8/5
Radio Radio, Lipstick Vogue, (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea |
| 88 |  | Rush
Hemispheres
1978
6/26
An Exercise in Self-Indulgence
3.7/5
La Villa Strangiato |
| 89 |  | Moses Sumney
Aromanticism
7/1
2023
falsetto the album
3.7/5
Indulge Me, Make Out In My Car, Don't Bother Calling |
| 90 |  | Geese
3D Country
7/1
2023
cowboy punk / Love is fickle, and hearts can break
So lay down your fathers and let you in the Lord
4.5/5
2122, 3D Country, Cowboy Nudes, I See Myself, Crusades, Mysterious Love, Tomorrow's Crusades |
| 91 |  | Janet Jackson
All For You
7/1
2001
Can't pretend this doesn't have some absolute classics. Interpolating funk classics (All For You) and Clair De Lune (Someone to Call My Lover), being impossibly horny on Would You Mind, insane wall of sound on Trust A Try, sleek drum 'n' bass on Better Days. Wonderful handful of tracks there.
3.7/5
All For You, Would You Mind, Trust A Try, Someone To Call A Lover, Better Days |
| 92 |  | Aaliyah
Aaliyah
7/1
2001
Funny, this kinda touches on the Jackson record above - R&B feels like the jumping off point for some very fun style exploration that Aaliyah generally nails. I can see why she's so missed.
4.2/5
Try Again, What If, Loose Rap, More Than A Woman, U Got Nerve, I Can Be |
| 93 |  | Better Lovers
God Made Me An Animal
7/8
2023
3.3/5
Become So Small |
| 94 |  | Jess Williamson
Time Ain't Accidental
2023
7/6
3.5/5
Stampede, Roads, Something's In The Way, Hunter |
| 95 |  | Grian Chatten
Chaos For The Fly
7/9
2023
3.4/5
Last Time Every Time Forever, Season For Pain, East Coast Bed |
| 96 |  | Julie Byrne
The Greater Wings
2023
7/11
I held your voice Infinite in the night air
Go toward what is real The moon is no god of fear
3.9/5
Hope's Return, Flare, The Greater Wings, Summer Glass |
| 97 |  | George Clanton
Ooh Rap I Ya
7/28
2023
3.6/5
You Hold The Key and I Found It, Ooh Rap I Ya, I Been Young, Justify Your Life |
| 98 |  | Iggy Pop
The Idiot
8/1
1977
3.7/5
Dum Dum Boys, Funtime, Nightclubbing |
| 99 |  | Iron Maiden
Powerslave
8/1
1984
4/5
Aces High, Flash Of The Blade, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner |
| 100 |  | Carly Rae Jepsen
The Loveliest Time
8/2
2023
3.6/5
Aeroplanes, After Last Night, Put It To Rest |
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