Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (1980)

In honor of the recent death of Lemmy Kilmister I've decided to jump ahead on my list  and review an album by Lemmy's band Motörhead, namely Ace Of Spades. I know a few people who are huge Motörhead fans, but I'm not sure I can name a single song by the band. All I'm hoping for is this to be either seriously good heavy metal music in the vein of Led Zeppelin or Iron Maiden, and hopefully not ridiculous trash a la Megadeth.

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)

The Flaming Lips sounds like the name an 80s band should have come up with. I shouldn't judge a band by its name, or an album by its cover. In some cases it's really hard not to.

The Cure - Disintegration (1989)

NEU! - NEU! 75

Let's go huskies! (clap clap clapclapclap) Let's go huskies! (clap clap clapclapclap) Oh wait, that's NU. Sorry.

The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs Of Life (1956)

Do you like country music? Are you over the age of 60? If you answer no to either of those questions then you'll probably hate Tragic Songs Of Life. Well, maybe that's a bit strong. I answer no to both of those questions and I don't hate this album. Then again I recognize this music is just a product of its time- a more wholesome time when country music wasn't about dudebros drinking beer and driving pickup trucks with their girl.

Adele - 25 (2015)

So now I come to the album that got me going on this mini-tangent, the recently released 25. I think for the most part I could have ignored the excitement of Adele's first release in nearly 4 years even though everyone was talking about it if it weren't for one thing... Adele's stupid face.

Adele - 21 (2011)

I'll note up front Adele's 21 appears in the most recent edition of 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Adele - 19 (2008)

Since everyone is talking about Adele, and I'm getting tired of seeing her face everywhere without knowing what the big deal is, I've decided I need to look into Adele.

Beastie Boys - License To Ill (1986)

Not looking forward to listening to more Beastie Boys music, although I suppose it's possible in 1984 they hadn't yet developed into the sample monster they were on Paul's Boutique.

Khaled - Kenza (1999)

It's an amazing cosmic coincidence that I wind up listening to Kenza immediately after listening to Shalimar. To my biased white boy ears the music is superficially similar. The tones and styles are what I would stereotypically label "middle eastern music." But relying on my own limited musical sense is really unfair in this case.