Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
80

If you really let yourself get into it, it’s a trip. It feels like a bunch of aliens trying to make Modest Mouse

Various Artists - West Side Story
70

Way too long and samey, and I don't personally enjoy super orchestral melodramatic arrangements

Henry Mancini - Breakfast at Tiffany's
83

some awesome big band/easy listening with some really sampleable moments

Patife Band - Corredor Polonês
80

While being a bit unfinished and very rough around the edges, this type of music being made in Brazil years before Yank Crime is pretty crazy.

Tod Dockstader - Eight Electronic Pieces
60

Just noise. It's cool to think that this was made by some of the earliest pieces of music hardware, but really it's just sound effects.

Lawrence Welk - Calcutta!
73

Cute and novel but gets old very quickly. Essentially the same thing over and over again.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat
85

Shorter is a master of amazing licks and intros and the energy of Blakely’s drumming carries each song perfectly as always.

Ciccone Youth - The Whitey Album
65

Super airy feel to it that just doesn't work at all. Horrible mixing, and a lot of weird concepts that aren't executed well, with a very unfinished feel. It draws from Suicide, NY Boom Bap and Brian Eno but still fails to make something interesting at all. The songs go on for way too long without many meaningful changes.

Melody's Echo Chamber - Unclouded
73

Nice and slick but also very samey. None of the songs particularly stand out but it’s still an enjoyable listen. The drums were very excessive for a dream pop album like this but I think it was a good choice personally.

Model/Actriz - Pirouette
87

Model/Actriz channels its New York no wave heritage with a grimy mismatch of many genres and influences (house-inspired drums, theatrical, Windmill Scene inspired vocals, industrial, metallic guitars, and dance punk bass) that all comes together to make a unique and amazing album.

Eric Dolphy - Out There
73

Goofy ass sax tone

Kenny Drew - Undercurrent
70

Standard hard bop album

Dave Brubeck - Time Further Out
85

The Dave Brubeck Quartet can take such unique and interesting ideas from so many areas and types of music and translate them so gracefully into a jazz vocabulary that it doesn't even seem nearly insane as it is. Listening to their work is a unique and amazing journey

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
85

the two bonus tracks that aren’t listed on this version are two of the best tracks 😭😭

Knocked Loose - A Tear in the Fabric of Life
70

I respect what they’re doing and it’s definitely cool but it’s just not my kind of stuff.

Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
80

It’s shocking that such a distinctive and captivating album can be made with only one instrument

Funkadelic - America Eats Its Young
90

Just as good as seminal album Maggot Brain despite being twice as long. A few songs could be cut short or cut out (Loose Booty) but it’s imperfections make it even more passionate

Sickboyrari - Crack Cloud$ Over Arts Kitchen
93

I can't believe I forgot to rate this

Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl
70

I liked the more hazy style she uses and I think the lyricism really isn’t as bad as people say.

ESG - Come Away with ESG
69

The main reason I love Dance Punk and No Wave is for its energy, which just isn’t on this album.

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