M.I.A. Kala (2007):
Faced again with being kind of a basic bitch about a few things, "Paper Planes", overexposed as it is, is both very different from the rest of this, and also I like it more.

Nightmares on Wax Smoker's Delight (1995):
Accurate album name, inaccurate artist name, this was just pleasant!

Mott The Hoople Mott (1973):
Mr. Hoople boort boort boort boort boort

Eminem The Slim Shady LP (1999):
Time capsule of an era where it somehow wasn't considered deeply uncool to be in awe of The Joker and how sick and twisted his humor is. idk there's never not an audience out there for this kind of shit, but it's weird to me that this was a big deal album with like mainstream appeal

Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962):
Casting older songs into a listenable idiom. Was very funny music to have on while reading the new Iliad translation.

Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On (1973):
Lesser artists trying this would maybe come across sleazy, but when he does it, it’s nice & tasteful.

Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell (1986):
Dated in a way that makes me smile instead of groan (fucking losing my mind at the aerosmith cover, it's so good). This one must have been huge at the time, I feel like this is still probably a lot of people's mental model of how rap music sounds.

Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year's Model (1978):
Enough Costello's come across here enough times now to make clear that there's not going to be too much stylistic variety between albums, so you'll either be on board with him or not (he is a consistent 4/5 for me). This one's maybe a little bit cleaner/tighter than Armed Forces.

The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground (1969):
And that's a wrap for all the velvet underground on the list. Verdict: not really for me, but they're good, and endless respect to them for sounding Like That back in the 60s.

Ice Cube AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990):
What the fuck is it with all these guys and the constant cuck-revenge fantasies, it's so weird and pervasive! Still comes out way better than Eminem, though; I like the Bomb Squad's production a hell of a lot more, Chuck D's presence on the album is very appreciated, and Ice Cube has a much better range of topics that he's capable of covering, compared to Mathers

Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006):
I already liked Frank, and this one's even better.

Morrissey You Are The Quarry (2004):
...had to be there, I guess. Think there's only one more of this guy on the list, but he's had frankly too many opportunities on this thing to win me over for how boring each of these has been. I might need somebody to explain patiently to me what the appeal is here, because everything I've osmosed just seems to point at inside baseball stuff around the particular scene he's involved in?

U2 Achtung, Baby (1991):
Hey alright I liked this, and mostly didn't know the songs before. I might have been done a disservice with the order I heard the U2 entries in. Apparently this one was pitched as a major reinvention of their sound, which might have made All That You Can't Leave Behind make more sense if I'd listened that one after this? maybe unlikely, and I'm definitely not going to listen to that one a second time to find out

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury (1992):
Sort of the rap equivalent of when on twitter two people manage to stay nice to each other during a disagreement, and then some third dipshit chimes in “wow a calm rational discussion? on the hellsite???”
By which I think I mean the corniness of the project, while not a fault, isn’t on its own really cause for praise, either

K.D. Lang Ingenue (1992):
ohhhh uh oh I think people are gonna be mad at me about this one

George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990):
Good music to cook to, especially good music for you and your partner to cook together to. A lil date at home for you & yours


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