The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

TenderLovingKiller® said:
Kinda, it speaks to larger systemic issues. Older mostly male music reviewers thinking that she isn’t appreciative enough of the honor they bestowed on her. It also speaks to the laziness of a lot of music critics after heaping gushing praise on an artist to comeback on the second album as a harsh critic. Feels like anytime an artist is anything less than humble or grateful many are punitive in their next review of the artist.

I feel like had she played nice the reviews would have been kinder. Also, she entitled her follow album an 89 word poem which everyone felt like they needed to make jokes about in their write ups.

Personally It’s my favorite of her albums I feel like she and Jon Brion were a perfect pairing and am still disappointed that she had to shelve their version of Extraordinary Machines.
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Actually the reviews I’ve read were more akin to well this is awesome despite the first album (and the title and her attitude, one of them mentioned the speech… I figured it would be way worse… that’s just a bad speech not a particularly polarizing one in my opinion)
 
12/12/23
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George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1




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Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 by George Michael released in 1990. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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I’ve probably told this story before. This was the first Dylan album I ever bought. My sophomore year of College, the never ending tour made a stop at a high school in nearby Sparta, Tennessee. I had a couple of friends that were really into Dylan, so I decided to tag along for purposes of seeing a Living Legend play even if I wasn’t that into him.

I bought this album on CD the week before so I would know something at the show…

I think he played Masters of War that night, but it was an effectively useless primer as I recognized nothing and the band that night was closer to a Pearl Jam sound than this. But when I heard Tangled Up in Blue that night, I became a fan.
 
Lee Newman said:
12/14/23
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LCD Soundsystem - American Dream



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American Dream by LCD Soundsystem released in 2017. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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The 4th best LCD Soundsystem album, so I assume that their 3 other albums likely made the list as well. This album is still quite good especially after their prolonged hiatus, it is just not as good as what came before.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
The 4th best LCD Soundsystem album, so I assume that their 3 other albums likely made the list as well. This album is still quite good especially after their prolonged hiatus, it is just not as good as what came before.
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I was thinking the same thing when I saw this album come up. I did enjoy it more than I remember when it first came up. Probably still a 3/5 for me.
 
Last.fm shows me that I have listened to this but not the whole album. Seems like I started several times when it came out but never finished. Whereas previous albums by them have excited me, initial reaction to the first track here is that this is by the numbers 80 pastiche. Other voices picks up the tempo but seems more rooted in things I have heard before then something new and inventive like I felt with Sound of Silver. It’s okay so far but I can understand why I did not follow up with it.
 
List 4

155. 8/23/23 Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter in America 4 Stars
156. 8/24/23 Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die 3.4 Stars
157. 8/25/23 The Doors - L.A. Woman 4 Stars
158. 8/28/23 The Verve - Urban Hymns 3.6 Stars
159. 8/29/23 Portishead - Third 3.6 Stars
160. 8/30/23 American Music Club - California 4 Stars
161. 8/31/23 The Gun Club - Fire of Love 3.67 Stars
162. 9/1/23 Dr. Dre - The Chronic 4 Stars
163. 9/4/23 New Order - Low-life 4.33 Stars
164. 9/5/23 Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club 3.2 Stars
165. 9/6/23 The Fall - Live from the Witch Trials 2.67 Stars
166. 9/7/23 Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard 2.5 Stars
167. 9/8/23 Massive Attack - Protection 4 Stars
168. 9/11/23 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 4.5 Stars
169. 9/12/23 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome 2.75 Stars
170. 9/13/23 R.E.M. - Murmur 4.25 Stars
171. 9/14/23 Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl 3.67 Stars
172. 9/15/23 David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars 4.29 Stars
173. 9/18/23 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me 3.8 Stars
174. 9/19/23 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 4.33 Stars
175. 9/20/23 Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 4.5 Stars
176. 9/21/23 Astor Piazzolla & Gary Burten - The New Tango 4.5 Stars
177. 9/22/23 Curtís Mayfield - There’s No Place Like America Today 4 Stars
178. 9/25/23 Beck - Odelay 4 Stars
179. 9/26/23 Sonic Youth - Evol 3.75 Stars
180. 9/27/23 Bjork - Medulla 3.67 Stars
181. 9/28/23 Dexy's Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay 4 Stars
182. 9/29/23 Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! 5 Stars
183. 10/2/23 Pretenders - Pretenders 4 Stars
184. 10/3/23 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers 2.5 Stars
185. 10/4/23 Nas - Illmatic 4.2 Stars
186. 10/5/23 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III 4 Stars
187. 10/6/23 Amy Whinehouse - Back to Black 5 Stars
188. 10/9/23 Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction 4.2 Stars
189. 10/10/23 Madonna - Music 3.67 Stars
190. 10/11/23 Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 4.6 Stars
191. 10/12/23 Cheap Trick - At Budakon 3 Stars
192. 10/13/23 The Black Keys - Brothers 3.75 Stars
193. 10/16/23 Iggy Pop - Lust for Life 4.25 Stars
194. 10/17/23 D’Angelo - Brown Sugar 4.33 Stars
195. 10/18/23 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You 4.67 Stars
196. 10/19/23 Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour 3.5 Stars
197. 10/20/23 Soundgarden - Superunknown 3.67 Stars
198. 10/23/23 Queen - Queen II 2.67 Stars
199. 10/24/23 Beyonce - Beyonce 4.33 Stars
 
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