The Bolshoi - Friends
86

The funny thing is the best track off this album is a bonus track called "A Funny Thing..."

Hannah Cohen - Earthstar Mountain
99

By far the best album to come out this year.
Favorite Tracks - Dusty, Mountain, Earthstar, Una Splaggia, Summer Sweat and Shoe.

The Chameleons - Arctic Moon
0

Stopped listening once I got to the line that infers that the end of the world would mean "Great news for holocaust jews and the people of japan".
As a grandson of late holocaust survivors, I find it so offensive and so out of touch with reality.
This feels like a knife in the gut, the kind that hurts the most when it comes from people who inspired you in so many profound ways.
Thanks for the memories, Chameleons, but this is where we part ways.

Mr. Mister - Welcome to the Real World
96

A Massively underrated album.
Broken wings is such a beautiful track.

King Crimson - Red
100

This is absolutely mind blowing on every listen.

Todd Rundgren - Healing
97

If it wasn't for "The Healing - Part III" which was redundant to the theme in my view, I would've given this album a perfect score.
Brilliant arrangements, progressions and structures makes this superb record such a joyride to listen to.
Favorite tracks: Healer, Flesh, Compassion, Time Heals and Tiny Demons.

Peter Gabriel - i/o
92

The "Bright-Side" and the "Dark-Side" versions are quite mediocre in my view, but the "In-Side" mix really elevates this album to a whole other level as it enables a higher resolution, and a wider sound than its' predecessors, which renders the listeners a better understanding and a deeper connection to the songs as well as the psychological atmosphere they manifest.

Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking
70

Not even a brilliant track like "Being Baptised" which I consider as one of the Manics' greatest songs over the past 15 years, neither other lovely songs like "Hiding In Plain Sight", nor "Brushstrokes Of Reunion" save this album from its' blatant mediocrity.

The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
94

Quite good, albeit a bit too repetitive at times.
"Endsong" is by far the best track of the year as far as I'm concerned, and one of the best tracks to come out in recent years.

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
100

The Definition of A Timeless Masterpiece.
Will never get tired of it.

Tom Vek - We Have Sound
85

A mixture of some mesmerizing classic tunes with a few atrocious ones.
Favorite Tracks: I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes, If You Want, Nothing But Green Lights and On The Road.

4hero - Parallel Universe
88

Would've given it a much, much higher score if it had ended at track 9.
The last 5 tracks aren't in par in quality with the rest of the album in my view.
Favorite Tracks: Universal Love, Parallel Universe, Talk Around Town, People Always Criticize Us and Follow Your Heart Pt. 2.

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
93

Sounds like one of the best Disturbed records I haven't heard in years.
Favorite Tracks: Panic Attack, Trial By Fire, Escape From Reality and Giants In The Sky.

Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea
100

This album is up there alongside the best Pumpkins' albums.
What makes this album perfect to me - the quality of the songs, the production, and how perfect Billy Corgan and Paz Lenchantins' vocals complement one another.
Favorite Tracks: Settle Down, Honestly, Heartsong, Endless Summer, and Jesus I / Mary, Star Of The Sea.

Perry Blake - Death Of A Society Girl
95

Although not all songs are my cup of tea, the production value on this album is massive.
Favorite tracks: Requiem, Nobody's Child, Let's Fall In Love and Death Of A Society Girl.

The Cleaners from Venus - Number Thirteen
99

Phenomenal album from start to finish.
Should have been massive when it came out.

Nadine Shah - Filthy Underneath
93

I liked how this album manages to blend different genres of RnB, New Wave, Soul and Post Rock and stays cohesive throughout its entirety while conveying different mental states and emotions to the listeners in profound ways.
Favorite tracks: Even Light, Greatest Dancer and Hyperrealism.

Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
89

Very impressive production.
The first half is much better than the second.

Travis - The Man Who
100

Filled with so many classics, this has to be one of the best Britpop albums of the 90's.
Favorite Tracks - Writing To Reach You, The Last Laugh Of The Laughter, Turn, Why Does It Always Rain On Me and Luv.

The Divine Comedy - Casanova
100

Insane, weird, original and owns its own signature style.
This is the exact definition of an all time masterpiece.

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