Albums by Score

Friday, July 31, 2015

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

8.5

making it through love, Mother Nature, sequestered, burning, searching on

Standouts:
"Tell Me Why"
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
"Birds"

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

9.4

conformity, obedience, changing times, carving your own path, rain and sun

Standouts:
"Father and Son"
"Miles From Nowhere"
"Where Do the Children Play?"

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy

8.8

unrestrained, no more meds, fed up, unbalanced, fallen

Standouts:
"I Lost My Mind (+@ )"
"Dimed Out"
"No Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant"

She & Him - Volume One

8.8

silly heart, bright new face, done wrong, in the clutches, oldies

Standouts:
"Black Hole"
"Sweet Darlin'"
"Change is Hard"

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Radiohead - In Rainbows

9.8

spectrum, nova, arpeggi, gravitational collapse, sea

Standouts:
"Reckoner"
"All I Need"
"Nude"

Monday, July 27, 2015

The Replacements - Tim

9.2

settling for less, human imperfection, alternative, sexual excitement, deflating self-importance

Standouts:
"Hold My Life"
"Kiss Me On The Bus"
"Little Mascara"

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

8.3

wartime, political dysfunction, decline, pacifism, godless

Standouts:
"East Jesus Nowhere"
"Horseshoes and Handgrenades"
"The Static Age"

Saturday, July 25, 2015

The Cure - Disintegration

9.7

shattering, deepest despair, storm clouds, organ, only memories

Standouts:
"Disintegration"
"Prayers for Rain"
"Plainsong"

Friday, July 24, 2015

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

10

nocturne and aubade, last lap, into the earth, going gently, ineffable

Standouts:
"Pink Moon"
"Which Will"
"From the Morning"

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Daft Punk - Homework

8.5

technerds turned idols, whirling, rave house, splash, android funk

Standouts:
"Fresh"
"Revolution 909"
"High Fidelity"

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Beyonce - Beyonce

9.3

carnal femininity, self-respect, freedom, maturation, real human want

Standouts:
"XO"
"Drunk in Love"
"Partition"

Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne

8.3

decadence, haughty, leadership, come a long way, hungry for more

Standouts:
"Lift Off"
"Otis"
"Murder to Excellence"

The Amps - Pacer

8.7

lagging behind, suburban languor, summer slack, Captain Kim, feelin' the buzz

Standouts:
"I Am Decided"
"Dedicated"
"Tipp City"

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

8.3

refracted, transcendent, macrocosm, interstellar, into the darkness

Standouts:
"Brain Damage"
"Money"
"The Great Gig in the Sky"

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Peter Gabriel - So

8.7

unity, falling rain, city street, '80s exuberance, coastal plain

Standouts:
"In Your Eyes"
"That Voice Again"
"Mercy Street"

Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head

9.0

the mystique of time, withering, comforting, the harshness of reality, tumbled but not fallen

Standouts:
"Clocks"
"Amsterdam"
"In My Place"

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

9.4

psychosis, demented, shredded, Nietzschean, no return

Standouts:
"Closer"
"Hurt"
"March of the Pigs"

Thursday, July 16, 2015

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

9.1

young at heart, unserious, unwinding, togetherness, seers

Standouts:
"Of Moons, Birds & Monsters"
"Time to Pretend"
"Electric Feel"

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

9.3

solemn, passage of time, outdoors, mind, letting go

Standouts:
"Day Is Done"
"The Thoughts of Mary Jane"
"Cello Song"

Monday, July 13, 2015

Arcade Fire - Funeral

9.9

baroque, neighborhoods, without light, French, grief

Standouts:
"In the Backseat"
"Crown of Love"
"Rebellion (Lies)"

Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe

8.6

heavenly, exploratory, enveloping, fluid, sedative

Standouts:
"The Harbinger"
"Forever"
"Adventurer of the Family"

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Girls - Album

8.8

radiant, lovelorn, darling, friendly love, bloom again

Standouts:
"Hellhole Ratrace"
"Laura"
"Lauren Marie"

Saturday, July 11, 2015

M.I.A. - Arular

8.8

acculturated, cosmopolitan, jungle beats, militant, Third World

Standouts:
"Amazon"
"Galang"
"Pull Up the People"

Friday, July 10, 2015

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a-Changin'

9.2

forsaken, hatred, destitution, change, adrift

Standouts:
"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
"With God on Our Side"
"Only a Pawn in Their Game"

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

8.9

lovey-dovey, unsure, random, stellar, groupie

Standouts:
"Metal Baby"
"Alcoholiday"
"Star Sign"

Sunday, July 5, 2015

Japandroids - Celebration Rock

8.3

hell-bent, wild night, like hell, kinetic, colliding hearts

Standouts:
"The Nights of Wine and Roses"
"Fire's Highway"
"The House that Heaven Built"

The Beach Boys - Wild Honey

8.6

natural, out of sight, rustic, honey pie, working

Standouts:
"Aren't You Glad"
"Darlin'"
"Wild Honey"

Saturday, July 4, 2015

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

8.7

love delusion, self-degradation, rising and setting, strolling, flirting with fame

Standouts:
"Angeles"
"Say Yes"
"Rose Parade"

Friday, July 3, 2015

Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont.

8.0

ominous, odd, fright night, plugged in, distorted

Standouts:
"Focus Group"
"Slow Swords"
"Vox Celeste"