All ratings are out of 5 stars
Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju
This is an alright jazz album I guess. The first track kind of drags on a bit and brings the album down. The other 3 tracks, however are all very great. The B side of this album together stomps the hell out of the A side.
Rating: ***½
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
This is my rec, and this is one of my favourite albums ever. It is a pretty dance album than Sound of Silver, and this album is fantastic in about 5 different genres it tries.
Rating: *****
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
This whole album is great, definitely deserving of the high rating from hipster land. The only fault I really find in this album is the first track, since her voice just doesn't do it for me there. Once that 3 minutes is over it is all great from there.
Rating: ****½
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
This album will probably be rated higher in the years to come by magazines considering this was a stellar comeback album right before he passed on. Me and the Devil is definitely a contender for one of the best songs of last year. He is an amazing talker and I wish this album was a bit longer, since the samples he used all worked and he has a great voice.
Rating: ****
St. Vincent - Actor
This album surprised me, since I expected this album to be a simple pop album. The instrumentals were all stellar, though at parts it kind of dragged a bit which hurt this album.
Rating: ****
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Definitely an album to smoke in a lounge to, though I'm a bit disappointed that SBell didn't pick an album by Davis that people haven't heard, since he has a lot of better material in my opinion (like In a Silent Way for example).
Rating: ****
Wilco - Summerteeth
This album is a little step down from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I still like this album, but with 17 tracks it had some more boring parts than YHF did.
Rating: ****
Ride - Nowhere
One of the best shoegaze albums of the 90s. His voice soothes my soul.
Rating: ****½
Nest - Trail of the Unwary
Going into this album I expected more vocals. Honestly, I am happy with the ambiance with little folk sounds touched on, definitely wished giggs would become a permanent member!
Rating: ****½
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
I like this album more than Summerteeth, so this would have been a better rec to go with imo. The singers voice has the classic punk vibe to it, which i dig. The only thing about this record that made me angry is that he never spelled Friend right when he was spelling it out.
Rating: ****
Woo lots of 4 star albums this month, any who the ranking looks like:
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Ride - Nowhere
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
Nest - Trail of the Unwary
Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
St. Vincent - Actor
Wilco - Summerteeth
Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju
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