November 2015

• Jerry Lee Lewis - ST (1958, RSD LP)★★★☆☆
• Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013,S) ★★★☆☆
• Camel - Stationary Traveler (1984,S) ★★★☆☆
• Revolutionaries - Sounds Vol.2 (1979,RSD LP) ★★★★☆
• Buzzcocks - Another Music... (1974,RSD LP) ★★★★☆
• Beck - Dreams (2015, 12" RSD Single) ★★★★☆
• The Clash - The Clash (1977,RSD LP) ★★★★☆
• Lewis Baloue - Romantic Times (1985,S) ★★★★☆
• Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Goin' Your Way (2015, RSD LP) ★★★★☆
• Carl Perkins - Dance Album (1958, RSD LP) ★★★★☆
• B.B.King - The Thrill is Gone (1970, RSD 10" EP) ★★★★☆
• Spoon - TV Set (2015, RSD 10" EP) ★★★★☆
• Midnight Oil - Earth & Sun & Moon (1993,LP) ★★★★☆
• Rush - Moving Pictures (1981, LP) ★★★★☆
• Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet (1993,LP)★★★★☆
• Robert Gordon - Rock Billy Boogie (1979,LP) ★★★★☆
• Gene Siegel Orchestra - Self-titled (1969,LP) ★★★☆☆
• SFF - Symphonic Pictures (1976, LP) ★★★☆☆
• Free - Best of Free (1972, LP) ★★★★☆
• Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (1990, LP) ★★★★★
• Allan Taylor - Leaving at Dawn (2009,S) ★★★★☆
• Persuasions - Sing The Beatles (2002,S) ★☆☆☆☆
• Talking Heads - Naked (1988, 5.1 2006 DVD-A)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★★★☆
• Air Supply - The Definitive Collection (1999,S) ★★★☆☆
• Bread - Greatest Hits (1973,S) ★★★★☆
• A-Ha - Scoundrel (1986,S) ★★★★☆
• Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing (1998,S) ★★★★☆
• Placebo - Placebo (1996,S) ★★★★☆
• Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson (1988,S) ★★★★☆
• Garbage - Garbage (1995,S) ★★★★☆
• Toto - Hydra (1979,LP) ★★★★☆
• Herman's Hermits - Retrospective (2005,S) ★★★★☆
• Ken Thorne - Red Light Go (2015,S) ★★★☆☆
• Penguin Cafe Orchestra - A Brief History (2001,S)★★★★☆
• Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006, LP) ★★★★☆
• Heart - Magazine (1978,Starline LP) ★★★★☆
• Yellowman - Mister Yellowman (1980,LP) ★★★★☆
• Ini Kamoze - Ini Kamoze (1984,LP) ★★★★★
• Roger Waters - Amused to Death (1992, 2015 5.1 BD-A)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★★★☆
• Roy Orbison - Black and White Night (1989, 2004 5.1 DVD-A)
  • Performance ★★★★★ Sonics ★★★★★
• Camel - In From the Cold (2014,DVD) ★★★★★
• Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase. (2015, 5.1 DVD-A) ★★★★☆
• David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015, 5.1 BD-A) ★★★☆☆
• R.E.M. - Out of Time (1991, 2005 5.1 DVD-Audio) ★★★★☆
• Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire (1973, 2015 4.0 SACD)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★★★☆
• Steven Wilson - Get All You Deserve (2012, BD-A)★★★★☆
• Rush - Farewell to Kings (1977, 2011 5.1 DVD-Audio) ★★★★☆
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★★★☆

Chuck's Rating Scale

• Classic / Essential (Tops) 4.4 to 5.0 ★★★★★
• Must Listen (Great) 3.4 to 4.3 ★★★★☆
• Worthy Effort (Maybe to Good) 2.4 to 3.3 ★★★☆☆
• Below Expectations (Bad) 1.4 to 2.3 ★★☆☆☆
• Avoid (Awful) 0 to 1.3 ★☆☆☆☆

Proviso: I tend to play albums I am familiar with and enjoy (imagine that!), so my ratings are typically at the mid to high end of the scale.

This list is chronological with the top album being the most recently played. Sound quality ratings are included for some releases, such as multichannel mixes and audiophile labels.

Vinyl is my preferred and typical method for playback, but I ocassionally listen to SACD, DVD-Audio, Blu-ray and (less likely) Redbook CD. For releases I don't own, esp. for music exploration and discovery, Spotify and YouTube are my favorite online resources for music streaming (noted with an 'S'). A new designation introduced this month is 'Road,' which is for music played in my car via Spotify, Amazon Music, or my iPhone.

Last month's listening log can be found below.

Earlier lists are saved in the archive folder.