1. The Neolithic Archive: 2009-2020
This is the second version of Only Solitaire, mainly consisting of my amusing alphabetic project. Reviews are still preserved in .doc and .htm formats, and in the frozen blog on Blogspot. These reviews are generally readable, and I probably haven't changed my opinions on most of these artists and albums. Feel free to browse.
Only Solitaire Blog | Only Solitaire review timelineOnly Solitaire reviews A-B: DOC version | Only Solitaire reviews A-B: HTML version
Only Solitaire reviews C: DOC version | Only Solitaire reviews C: HTML version
Only Solitaire reviews: Important Artist Series (.doc only version for now)
Additionally, for the first ten months of 2016, OS featured a series of "Important Album" reviews in special format, unavailable directly on the OS blog, but linked to it. (Currently discontinued, replaced with the Important Artist Series above).
Jan. 03, 2016. Radiohead: OK Computer
Jan. 10, 2016. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
Jan. 17, 2016. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
Jan. 24, 2016. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Jan. 31, 2016. Radiohead: Kid A
Feb. 07, 2016. King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King
Feb. 14, 2016. The Beatles: Abbey Road
Feb. 21, 2016. The Beatles: Revolver
Feb. 28, 2016. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
Mar. 06, 2016. Led Zeppelin: Untitled
Mar. 13, 2016. Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
Mar. 20, 2016. David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders Of Mars
Mar. 27, 2016. The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Apr. 03, 2016. Black Sabbath: Paranoid
Apr. 10, 2016. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
Apr. 17, 2016. Pixies: Doolittle
Apr. 24, 2016. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
May 01, 2016. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
May 08, 2016. The Doors: The Doors
May 15, 2016. Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
May 22, 2016. Nick Drake: Pink Moon
May 29, 2016. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
June 05, 2016. Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
June 12, 2016. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
June 19, 2016. The Beatles: The Beatles
June 26, 2016. Talking Heads: Remain In Light
July 03, 2016. Television: Marquee Moon
July 10, 2016. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
July 17, 2016. The Clash: London Calling
July 24, 2016. Arcade Fire: Funeral
July 31, 2016. Pink Floyd: Animals
August 07, 2016. Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde
August 14, 2016. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced
August 21, 2016. Nirvana: Nevermind
August 28, 2016. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
September 04, 2016. Joy Division: Closer
September 11, 2016. David Bowie: Low
September 18, 2016. King Crimson: Red
September 25, 2016: Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks
October 02, 2016: Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
October 09, 2016: The Beatles: Rubber Soul
October 16, 2016: Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin
2. The Paleolithic Archive: 1998-2007
This is the original version of Only Solitaire, mostly untouched since early 2007. This version only serves as a curious reminder of past times. I seriously would not recommend relying on it, although there are indeed quite a few artists and records here that I haven't had the opportunity to comment on since 2007 (some of my opinions on these artists may, of course, have drastically changed in the meantime).
Table Of Contents
Music reviews
View list of artists sorted by time period [gradation approximate] |
View list of artists by style/category [includes complete album listing] |
View list of artists in alphabetic order [including those in appendices] |
Auxiliary Pages
1. Important Technical stuff:
2. Ratings and Numbers:
2.1. The General
Rating page
2.2. The Ratings System: A Moronically Detailed
Explanation
2.3. A Modest Rock Chronology
2.4. My Full Collection In .XLS form
3. Useful goodies:
3.1. Essay page
3.2. Song Analysis page
3.3. Beginner's Course: A Subjective "Rock
Anthology"
3.4. Search for the album you want by browsing
song titles
3.5. A few links
4. Useless/Obsolete/Nostalgic goodies:
4.1 My Old Musical
Creed
4.2 Subjective/Objective lists of outstanding rock
albums
4.3. The News page
4.4. Plans for the future [Millennium Version]
Special review project
Class A artists
Class B artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Class E artists
Unrated artists
Class B artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Class E artists
Unrated artists
Special review project
Class B artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Class E artists
Unrated artists
Class B artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Class E artists
Unrated artists
Class B artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Unrated artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Class E artists
Unrated artists
Class B artists
Class C artists
Class D artists
Unrated artists