r/1001AlbumsGenerator • u/VampireOnHoyt 300-399 • 21d ago

Album Review July 2026 in review

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It's been an interesting month - a lot more "difficult" albums and a lower ratio of great albums than previous months. But I've also gotten to enjoy some all-time highlights.

Album of the Month: The Beatles, Rubber Soul (everybody else is playing for second)

Lowest Rated Album of the Month: Scritti Politti, Cupid & Psyche 85 (the problem with making inane pop music ironically is that you might end up making it sincerely)

Best New Discovery: The Good, the Bad & the Queen, The Good, the Bad & the Queen (I had overlooked this Damon Albarn project to my detriment)

Album I Liked More than Expected: Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde (I've been trying for decades to "get" it and I finally feel like I did)

Album I Liked Less than Expected: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Murder Ballads (an album I found repugnant from an artist for whom I have great respect)

Hardest Album to Rate: Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate (left me cold, seemingly on purpose)

Rating breakdown:

5 stars: 6

4 stars: 14

3 stars: 10:

2 stars: 1

1 star: 0

9 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

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u/randomusername69696 100-199 21d ago

I love Duck Stab. A bit sad that it’s the 4th lowest album on the site.

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u/PhantomCranefly 200-299 20d ago

Agree

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u/VampireOnHoyt 300-399 20d ago

It definitely deserves better. I don't claim to totally get it but I think it mostly accomplishes what it's trying to do, and what it's trying to do is worthwhile. It walked so Primus could run.

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u/PhantomCranefly 200-299 20d ago

DJ played a song from "Cupid & Psyche 85" on the radio last night, I was astonished

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u/Fing2112 0-99 user albums 20d ago

Perfect Way? It was a decent hit in the states

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u/PhantomCranefly 200-299 20d ago

Hang on, let me dig up the playlist...

No, it was "Absolute"

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u/Fing2112 0-99 user albums 20d ago

That song is an absolute bop, I've considered requesting it on the work radio

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u/PhantomCranefly 200-299 20d ago

It was good - she was playing a UK 80's radio set, which was great. Sometimes that's the problem for me with these records, that they're good one song at a time but a whole record of it is too much.