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Ex-Easter Island Head—Norther (2024):
Pretty interesting, and not easy to categorize. It's not quite ambient, but it's also not nearly as frenetic as the usual UK Electronica tempo. But also not trip hop, either.
Album 268/412
Pretty interesting, and not easy to categorize. It's not quite ambient, but it's also not nearly as frenetic as the usual UK Electronica tempo. But also not trip hop, either.
Album 268/412
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ex-Easter Island Head—Norther (2024):
Pretty interesting, and not easy to categorize. It's not quite ambient, but it's also not nearly as frenetic as the usual UK Electronica tempo. But also not trip hop, either.
Album 268/412
Pretty interesting, and not easy to categorize. It's not quite ambient, but it's also not nearly as frenetic as the usual UK Electronica tempo. But also not trip hop, either.
Album 268/412
Louis Armstrong—The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings (2000):
Hard to sum up. Has the same issue as a lot of the pre-1960 ones from the original list, where it's *really* not meant to be listened to As An Album, but also Armstrong was a titan who deserves eternal recognition.
Album 267/412
Hard to sum up. Has the same issue as a lot of the pre-1960 ones from the original list, where it's *really* not meant to be listened to As An Album, but also Armstrong was a titan who deserves eternal recognition.
Album 267/412
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Louis Armstrong—The Best of The Hot 5 & Hot 7 Recordings (2000):
Hard to sum up. Has the same issue as a lot of the pre-1960 ones from the original list, where it's *really* not meant to be listened to As An Album, but also Armstrong was a titan who deserves eternal recognition.
Album 267/412
Hard to sum up. Has the same issue as a lot of the pre-1960 ones from the original list, where it's *really* not meant to be listened to As An Album, but also Armstrong was a titan who deserves eternal recognition.
Album 267/412
David Allan Coe—Once Upon a Rhyme (1975):
Above replacement country music. I actually grabbed a couple songs off here for the highlights playlist, which doesn't normally happen.
Album 266/412
Above replacement country music. I actually grabbed a couple songs off here for the highlights playlist, which doesn't normally happen.
Album 266/412
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
David Allan Coe—Once Upon a Rhyme (1975):
Above replacement country music. I actually grabbed a couple songs off here for the highlights playlist, which doesn't normally happen.
Album 266/412
Above replacement country music. I actually grabbed a couple songs off here for the highlights playlist, which doesn't normally happen.
Album 266/412
Wet Leg—Wet Leg (2022):
Oh no, music styles that I have nostalgia for are now acceptable retro mining!
Oh no, this is like 3 years old already! I'm wildly late to the party on the retro mining too!
Can basically hear them counting on their fingers to keep the lyrics on-rhythm lol
Album 264/412
Oh no, music styles that I have nostalgia for are now acceptable retro mining!
Oh no, this is like 3 years old already! I'm wildly late to the party on the retro mining too!
Can basically hear them counting on their fingers to keep the lyrics on-rhythm lol
Album 264/412
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wet Leg—Wet Leg (2022):
Oh no, music styles that I have nostalgia for are now acceptable retro mining!
Oh no, this is like 3 years old already! I'm wildly late to the party on the retro mining too!
Can basically hear them counting on their fingers to keep the lyrics on-rhythm lol
Album 264/412
Oh no, music styles that I have nostalgia for are now acceptable retro mining!
Oh no, this is like 3 years old already! I'm wildly late to the party on the retro mining too!
Can basically hear them counting on their fingers to keep the lyrics on-rhythm lol
Album 264/412
Robyn—Body Talk (2010):
Weird experience. It's Swedish pop music, but Swedes basically invented american pop production, it's unmistakably That... but since I've never heard it out in the wild, I can actually escape it by pausing it and walking away when I decide I've had enough.
Album 263/412
Weird experience. It's Swedish pop music, but Swedes basically invented american pop production, it's unmistakably That... but since I've never heard it out in the wild, I can actually escape it by pausing it and walking away when I decide I've had enough.
Album 263/412
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Robyn—Body Talk (2010):
Weird experience. It's Swedish pop music, but Swedes basically invented american pop production, it's unmistakably That... but since I've never heard it out in the wild, I can actually escape it by pausing it and walking away when I decide I've had enough.
Album 263/412
Weird experience. It's Swedish pop music, but Swedes basically invented american pop production, it's unmistakably That... but since I've never heard it out in the wild, I can actually escape it by pausing it and walking away when I decide I've had enough.
Album 263/412
Mr. Bungle—California (1999):
Pre-Y2K really was a golden age for white funk. Glad that they did that while the getting was good, I enjoy this kind of thing. I hate tv & channel surfing, but I apparently like listening to an album that reminds me of channel surfing
Album 262/412
Pre-Y2K really was a golden age for white funk. Glad that they did that while the getting was good, I enjoy this kind of thing. I hate tv & channel surfing, but I apparently like listening to an album that reminds me of channel surfing
Album 262/412
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Mr. Bungle—California (1999):
Pre-Y2K really was a golden age for white funk. Glad that they did that while the getting was good, I enjoy this kind of thing. I hate tv & channel surfing, but I apparently like listening to an album that reminds me of channel surfing
Album 262/412
Pre-Y2K really was a golden age for white funk. Glad that they did that while the getting was good, I enjoy this kind of thing. I hate tv & channel surfing, but I apparently like listening to an album that reminds me of channel surfing
Album 262/412
Yoko Ono—Fly (1971):
Put it on the main list, cowards!
I actually really liked sides 1 & 2—Ono's vocals didn't bug me the way they seem to for most people, and "Mindtrain" is great. Toilet Piece too.
Sides 3 & 4...are admittedly a bit much, tho. Title song shouldn't have been 20min
Album 261/412
Put it on the main list, cowards!
I actually really liked sides 1 & 2—Ono's vocals didn't bug me the way they seem to for most people, and "Mindtrain" is great. Toilet Piece too.
Sides 3 & 4...are admittedly a bit much, tho. Title song shouldn't have been 20min
Album 261/412
December 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yoko Ono—Fly (1971):
Put it on the main list, cowards!
I actually really liked sides 1 & 2—Ono's vocals didn't bug me the way they seem to for most people, and "Mindtrain" is great. Toilet Piece too.
Sides 3 & 4...are admittedly a bit much, tho. Title song shouldn't have been 20min
Album 261/412
Put it on the main list, cowards!
I actually really liked sides 1 & 2—Ono's vocals didn't bug me the way they seem to for most people, and "Mindtrain" is great. Toilet Piece too.
Sides 3 & 4...are admittedly a bit much, tho. Title song shouldn't have been 20min
Album 261/412
The Notwist—Neon Golden (2002):
German rock/electronica hybrid thing. Not quite trip hop, but seems to be drifting that way every now and then. Pretty good rainy day music
Album 260/409
German rock/electronica hybrid thing. Not quite trip hop, but seems to be drifting that way every now and then. Pretty good rainy day music
Album 260/409
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Notwist—Neon Golden (2002):
German rock/electronica hybrid thing. Not quite trip hop, but seems to be drifting that way every now and then. Pretty good rainy day music
Album 260/409
German rock/electronica hybrid thing. Not quite trip hop, but seems to be drifting that way every now and then. Pretty good rainy day music
Album 260/409
Beyoncé—RENAISSANCE (2022):
Fundamentally it's coffee shop music, even if it does talk dirty to you sometimes. I'd be lying if I tried to act like it wasn't a pretty fun listen though.
Album 259/409
Fundamentally it's coffee shop music, even if it does talk dirty to you sometimes. I'd be lying if I tried to act like it wasn't a pretty fun listen though.
Album 259/409
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Beyoncé—RENAISSANCE (2022):
Fundamentally it's coffee shop music, even if it does talk dirty to you sometimes. I'd be lying if I tried to act like it wasn't a pretty fun listen though.
Album 259/409
Fundamentally it's coffee shop music, even if it does talk dirty to you sometimes. I'd be lying if I tried to act like it wasn't a pretty fun listen though.
Album 259/409
Weezer—Pinkerton (1996):
Ok I liked that *way* more than blue album. In a departure from the attitudes of rockers long past, it makes the brave decision to present sleaziness as something that's not even a little bit cool or interesting
Album 258/409
Ok I liked that *way* more than blue album. In a departure from the attitudes of rockers long past, it makes the brave decision to present sleaziness as something that's not even a little bit cool or interesting
Album 258/409
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Weezer—Pinkerton (1996):
Ok I liked that *way* more than blue album. In a departure from the attitudes of rockers long past, it makes the brave decision to present sleaziness as something that's not even a little bit cool or interesting
Album 258/409
Ok I liked that *way* more than blue album. In a departure from the attitudes of rockers long past, it makes the brave decision to present sleaziness as something that's not even a little bit cool or interesting
Album 258/409
Soul Coughing—Ruby Vroom (1994):
The vocals sound like an obnoxious mashup between CAKE and Smash Mouth, and I wish I were able to get past that better, because there's a lot of very fun things happening in this on the music & production side.
Album 257/409
The vocals sound like an obnoxious mashup between CAKE and Smash Mouth, and I wish I were able to get past that better, because there's a lot of very fun things happening in this on the music & production side.
Album 257/409
December 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Soul Coughing—Ruby Vroom (1994):
The vocals sound like an obnoxious mashup between CAKE and Smash Mouth, and I wish I were able to get past that better, because there's a lot of very fun things happening in this on the music & production side.
Album 257/409
The vocals sound like an obnoxious mashup between CAKE and Smash Mouth, and I wish I were able to get past that better, because there's a lot of very fun things happening in this on the music & production side.
Album 257/409
No Doubt—Tragic Kingdom (1995):
Overall it's a biiiiiiiiiiittttt bloated, but *man* that opening stretch of songs is just hit after hit. Bands really gotta start playing around with brass instruments again, we were wrong to leave that behind in the 90s.
Album 256/405
Overall it's a biiiiiiiiiiittttt bloated, but *man* that opening stretch of songs is just hit after hit. Bands really gotta start playing around with brass instruments again, we were wrong to leave that behind in the 90s.
Album 256/405
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
No Doubt—Tragic Kingdom (1995):
Overall it's a biiiiiiiiiiittttt bloated, but *man* that opening stretch of songs is just hit after hit. Bands really gotta start playing around with brass instruments again, we were wrong to leave that behind in the 90s.
Album 256/405
Overall it's a biiiiiiiiiiittttt bloated, but *man* that opening stretch of songs is just hit after hit. Bands really gotta start playing around with brass instruments again, we were wrong to leave that behind in the 90s.
Album 256/405
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band—Stranger In Town (1978):
A titan of oldies radio. Agreed with the generator peanut gallery that this could easily bump something off the original list, but I'm not exactly Invested in the fight.
Album 255/405
A titan of oldies radio. Agreed with the generator peanut gallery that this could easily bump something off the original list, but I'm not exactly Invested in the fight.
Album 255/405
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band—Stranger In Town (1978):
A titan of oldies radio. Agreed with the generator peanut gallery that this could easily bump something off the original list, but I'm not exactly Invested in the fight.
Album 255/405
A titan of oldies radio. Agreed with the generator peanut gallery that this could easily bump something off the original list, but I'm not exactly Invested in the fight.
Album 255/405
Daft Punk—TRON: Legacy (Soundtrack) (2010):
Didn't hold up as well as I thought it would.
Like sure, it's the only worthwhile part of the movie. But on it's own, it only really shows life for "Derezzed," and the rest is just variations on That One Motif over and fucking over.
Album 254/405
Didn't hold up as well as I thought it would.
Like sure, it's the only worthwhile part of the movie. But on it's own, it only really shows life for "Derezzed," and the rest is just variations on That One Motif over and fucking over.
Album 254/405
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Daft Punk—TRON: Legacy (Soundtrack) (2010):
Didn't hold up as well as I thought it would.
Like sure, it's the only worthwhile part of the movie. But on it's own, it only really shows life for "Derezzed," and the rest is just variations on That One Motif over and fucking over.
Album 254/405
Didn't hold up as well as I thought it would.
Like sure, it's the only worthwhile part of the movie. But on it's own, it only really shows life for "Derezzed," and the rest is just variations on That One Motif over and fucking over.
Album 254/405
Espers—II (2006):
Proggy psychedelic music, of the "sacred altar in the haunted forest" variety
Album 252/401
Proggy psychedelic music, of the "sacred altar in the haunted forest" variety
Album 252/401
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Espers—II (2006):
Proggy psychedelic music, of the "sacred altar in the haunted forest" variety
Album 252/401
Proggy psychedelic music, of the "sacred altar in the haunted forest" variety
Album 252/401
Savatage—Hall of the Mountain King (1987):
Now *THERE's* an album cover!
Extremely stupid cheesy 80s metal, which is usually a coin toss whether that'll be very fun or very annoying. This one is fun!
Album 251/401
Now *THERE's* an album cover!
Extremely stupid cheesy 80s metal, which is usually a coin toss whether that'll be very fun or very annoying. This one is fun!
Album 251/401
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Savatage—Hall of the Mountain King (1987):
Now *THERE's* an album cover!
Extremely stupid cheesy 80s metal, which is usually a coin toss whether that'll be very fun or very annoying. This one is fun!
Album 251/401
Now *THERE's* an album cover!
Extremely stupid cheesy 80s metal, which is usually a coin toss whether that'll be very fun or very annoying. This one is fun!
Album 251/401
Malibu—One Life (2019):
Ambient seems pretty hard to fuck up. Rare instance of feeling like I'd prefer longer than E.P.-length
Album 250/401
Ambient seems pretty hard to fuck up. Rare instance of feeling like I'd prefer longer than E.P.-length
Album 250/401
November 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Malibu—One Life (2019):
Ambient seems pretty hard to fuck up. Rare instance of feeling like I'd prefer longer than E.P.-length
Album 250/401
Ambient seems pretty hard to fuck up. Rare instance of feeling like I'd prefer longer than E.P.-length
Album 250/401
Barenaked Ladies—Gordon (1992):
Occupies a middle ground between R.E.M. and something along the lines of They Might Be Giants. Holds up worse than either of those, though.
Album 249/396
Occupies a middle ground between R.E.M. and something along the lines of They Might Be Giants. Holds up worse than either of those, though.
Album 249/396
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Barenaked Ladies—Gordon (1992):
Occupies a middle ground between R.E.M. and something along the lines of They Might Be Giants. Holds up worse than either of those, though.
Album 249/396
Occupies a middle ground between R.E.M. and something along the lines of They Might Be Giants. Holds up worse than either of those, though.
Album 249/396
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtrack) (1975):
The movie's fun for the first 66%, but blows its biggest song ("Time Warp") *very* early, completely running out of steam by "Eddie." That stretch of all the slowest songs at the end is a *slog*. Soundtrack's thankfully half as long.
Album 248/396
The movie's fun for the first 66%, but blows its biggest song ("Time Warp") *very* early, completely running out of steam by "Eddie." That stretch of all the slowest songs at the end is a *slog*. Soundtrack's thankfully half as long.
Album 248/396
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtrack) (1975):
The movie's fun for the first 66%, but blows its biggest song ("Time Warp") *very* early, completely running out of steam by "Eddie." That stretch of all the slowest songs at the end is a *slog*. Soundtrack's thankfully half as long.
Album 248/396
The movie's fun for the first 66%, but blows its biggest song ("Time Warp") *very* early, completely running out of steam by "Eddie." That stretch of all the slowest songs at the end is a *slog*. Soundtrack's thankfully half as long.
Album 248/396
Procol Harum—A Salty Dog (1969):
Treebeard ordering at the bar be like.
But yeah I was impressed with this. Very relaxing fuzzy guitar.
Album 247/396
Treebeard ordering at the bar be like.
But yeah I was impressed with this. Very relaxing fuzzy guitar.
Album 247/396
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Procol Harum—A Salty Dog (1969):
Treebeard ordering at the bar be like.
But yeah I was impressed with this. Very relaxing fuzzy guitar.
Album 247/396
Treebeard ordering at the bar be like.
But yeah I was impressed with this. Very relaxing fuzzy guitar.
Album 247/396
Paul & Linda McCartney—Ram (1971):
Honestly pretty solid 70s rock, but it's also the post-Beatles career that I'm least interested by
Album 246/396
Honestly pretty solid 70s rock, but it's also the post-Beatles career that I'm least interested by
Album 246/396
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Paul & Linda McCartney—Ram (1971):
Honestly pretty solid 70s rock, but it's also the post-Beatles career that I'm least interested by
Album 246/396
Honestly pretty solid 70s rock, but it's also the post-Beatles career that I'm least interested by
Album 246/396
Tosca—Suzuki (2000):
Austrian trip hop kinda thing. Pretty good stuff, the use of voice samples for rhythm was interesting, but kinda grated on me. Non-ideal headphones experience. Never been an ASMR guy.
Album 245/396
Austrian trip hop kinda thing. Pretty good stuff, the use of voice samples for rhythm was interesting, but kinda grated on me. Non-ideal headphones experience. Never been an ASMR guy.
Album 245/396
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tosca—Suzuki (2000):
Austrian trip hop kinda thing. Pretty good stuff, the use of voice samples for rhythm was interesting, but kinda grated on me. Non-ideal headphones experience. Never been an ASMR guy.
Album 245/396
Austrian trip hop kinda thing. Pretty good stuff, the use of voice samples for rhythm was interesting, but kinda grated on me. Non-ideal headphones experience. Never been an ASMR guy.
Album 245/396
Vampire Weekend—Only God Was Above Us (2024):
Not my preferred indie flavor. I’ve always been decidedly neutral on these guys
Album 244/396
Not my preferred indie flavor. I’ve always been decidedly neutral on these guys
Album 244/396
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Vampire Weekend—Only God Was Above Us (2024):
Not my preferred indie flavor. I’ve always been decidedly neutral on these guys
Album 244/396
Not my preferred indie flavor. I’ve always been decidedly neutral on these guys
Album 244/396