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Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

Steely Dan 4/9: Nice chill sounds on this Steely Dan album. Our boys continue to be masters of their draft on Katy Lied. Honestly, this record is solid all around with great jazzy instrumentals and enjoyable hooks aplenty. However, this record didn't particularly excite me for most of its runtime. I found this one to be very good background music, but I probably wont rush to come back to it anytime soon. Doctor Wu is my favorite moment of this album, but nothing here is bad.

David Bowie 25/25: I admit I have a special bias in favor of Blackstar, as it was the first and only David Bowie album that I feel like I participated in the release of. I remember listening to this the day it dropped and loving the whole thing. I still love this record, it's probably one of the most honest and revealing explorations of death that anyone has ever made. He experiments here with a very foreboding form of jazz that fits the atmosphere perfectly and really makes for a great listen. ... read more

David Bowie 24/25: This is a fantastic return to music for Bowie. I really love the harder, more rocking sound that Bowie returns to for this album. This record is also consistently great unlike almost any Bowie record maybe since "Heroes" and definitely since Scary Monsters. I really appreciate the reflective tone here and the album cover is brilliant (not lazy ffs). I found the songwriting to be some of his best ever here, certainly more world-weary than he has been before. Some ... read more