Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2019)

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Apparently, Mark Hollis has passed away at 64. Legendary vocalist and leader of Talk Talk, whose masterpieces Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock were hugely influential towards Post Rock (and slowcore) and whose career basically laid key elements of the groundwork for later, more famous and widely heralded bands such as Radiohead.

Hollis in many ways carried a mantle left behind by the incomparable (and still massively underrated) Tim Buckley.

Spirit of Eden, years ago, was one of the albums that changed my musical life, outside of Classical music and prior to many other discoveries. Along with Laughing Stock, they are in a sense, Messaien's Quartet for the End of Time for their generation: elemental, overcome by stillness and miraculous evocation, highly personal, enraptured, longing and intensely spiritual. Two of the miracles of Rock music, especially considering Talk Talk's rather unremarkable beginnings as (more or less) a Duran Duran spin off.

RIP Mark.

Hopefully a positive that will come from this is that his music will now be more dedicatedly explored and assimilated by many newer listeners.
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What do you think of Lorde's Melodrama compared to Pure Heroine? Which songs do you find notable?

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Revisiting lots of works of differing genres, plus several prior updates that were under consideration now culminating...

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964) 9.3/10 to 9.1/10
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994) 9.0/10 to 8.8/10
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986) 7.9/10 to 8.2/10
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

Greatest Classical Music Works of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15061

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.9/10 to 9.8/10
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874) 9.5/10 to 9.3/10
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971) 9.4/10 to 9.3/10
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 9.3/10 to 9.1/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10; 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Messiah - George Frideric Handel (1741) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
St. Matthew Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Missa Solemnis – Ludwig van Beethoven (1823) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10

Greatest Songs/Tracks/Movements of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15246

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Movements 1-7 [entire work] (1826) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B Minor - 1st Movement (or Movements 1-3 or 4; sometimes listed as 3 or 4 movements) [entire work] (1853) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Lorca - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #1 (1970) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Krautrock - Faust - Faust IV - Track #1 (1973) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Flying Teapot - Gong - Flying Teapot: Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 1 - Track #2 (1973) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Tracks 5-7 (1969) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
The End - The Doors - The End - Track #11 (1967) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Halleluhwah - Can - Tago Mago - Track #4 (1972) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Marquee Moon - Television - Marquee Moon - Track #4 (1977) 7.1/10 to 7.0/10
Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia - Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia - Tracks 7 & 8 (1976) 7.0/10 to 6.9/10
Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #2 (1992) 7.0/10 to 6.8/10
1/1 - Brian Eno - Music for Airports - Track #1 (1978) 7.0/10 to 6.8/10

Greatest Films of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15558

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941) 9.3/10 to 9.1/10
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes] 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958) [Restored Welles' Cut, 108 minutes] 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927) ["The Complete Metropolis", 147 minutes] 9.1/10 to 8.8/10
The Kingdom - Lars Von Trier (1995) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995) 8.9/10 to 8.5/10
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
The Traveling Players - Theo Angelopoulos (1975) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] 8.7/10 to 8.4/10
The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Andrei Rublev - Andrei Tarkovsky (1966) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Marketa Lazarova - Frantisek Vlacil (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Viridiana - Luis Bunuel (1961) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10

Also recent updates to these lists:

Greatest Works of Art of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=16117
Best Pop Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=19794
Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=19794
Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...highlight=

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Recent updates to various lists...

I am hoping I am just getting started on the "Greatest Paintings" lists. I am hoping to find enough time to make a lot of headway in relatively short order towards overhauling the ratings/rankings -- not just the 7.3+ "Greatest" section, but also the "6.8-7.2" "Great" section (just scroll down to the post below the "Greatest" list). It's been badly in need of an update for a few years or more...

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Nail - Foetus (1985) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Suicide - Suicide (1977) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981) 9.0/10 to 8.2/10

Greatest Classical Music Works of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15061

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten (1945) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.8/10 to 8.4/10

Greatest Paintings of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15560

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) 9.5/10 to 9.1/10; 9.1/10 to 9.4/10
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1942) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
The Battle of Calverhine - Henry Darger (1929) 8.2/10 to 7.8/10
The Last Judgement - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1504-1508) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937) 7.5/10 to 7.2/10; 7.2/10 to 7.5/10
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci (1497) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Psicostasia - Dino Valls (2005) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1908) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
The Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh (1889) 7.6/10 to 7.1/10
Crucifixion - Salvador Dali (1954) 7.5/10 to 7.0/10
Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1562) 7.5/10 to 7.0/10
The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali (1931) 7.4/10 to 7.0/10
The Night Watch - Rembrandt van Rijn (1642) 7.4/10 to 7.0/10
Sandham Memorial Chapel (The Resurrection of the Soldiers & War Murals) - Stanley Spencer (1929) 7.4/10 to 7.0/10
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) 7.4/10 to 7.0/10
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci (1505) 7.4/10 to 7.0/10
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519) 7.4/10 to 7.0/10
The Eve - Luis Jose Estremadoyro (1996) 7.5/10 to 6.9/10
Metropolis - George Grosz (1917) 7.6/10 to 6.9/10
View of Toledo - El Greco (1599) 7.4/10 to 6.9/10
Netherlandish Proverbs - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) 7.4/10 to 6.9/10
Hide and Seek - Pavel Tchelitchew (1942) 7.4/10 to 6.9/10
Legend of the True Cross - Piero della Francesca (1466) 7.4/10 to 6.9/10
Witches Sabbath - Francisco Goya (1823) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Sabra and Shatila Massacre - Dia Al-Azzawi (1983) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Phenomena - Pavel Tchelitchew (1938) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Funeral (Dedicated to Oskar Panizza) - George Grosz (1918) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Triumph of Andre Breton and Surrealism - Shahla Rosa (2006) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Battle of Alexander at Issus - Albrecht Altdorfer (1529) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Psalm 69 - Ernst Fuchs (1960) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Il Grande Metafisico - Gregorio De Chirico (1917) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10

Also recent updates to this list:

Greatest Works of Art of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=16117
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Recent updates to various lists...

Basically, doing my best to update all lists so that the ratings are aligned as uniformly as possible across genres/types of art (note that this is quite challenging to maintain ... some conclusions can lead to further "domino effects" upon several works among the same genre or lineage, and can even reach other art forms). Amidst doing so, I am in some cases drawing truly new, updated conclusions, while others have been more or less on wait or under consideration for as much as the last few months or even a year or more. With Jazz, these are a combo of aligning even more to Scaruffi's (damn you Scaruffi! ) while in other cases my view hasn't shifted or it's even become less aligned to his (such as Atlantis, Mu, Free Jazz...)

In terms of these last 2 weeks-plus of updates, it has been spurred more than anything by a general, slight drop in my estimates of Classical works (most by 0.1 or 0.2), and Film, which has had a "domino effect" across many other ratings in qualitative comparisons to Paintings, to Rock/Jazz, and so on. I've been wondering about dropping many of the Film & Classical works for a long time (but only alluded to & discussed, in PMs). I try to be as "certain" as possible of my re-rates before making them, but I would be lying if I didn't say also that these recent ones aren't causing me some pause ... seeing a few of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mahler's symphonies (and so on) -- long thought of as 8.8+ -- below that, even though still with very high ratings, causes cracks of doubt to peak through. But it "feels" mostly right when I listen to them in comparison to the higher ones so maybe I just need to get more used to it. I'm still feeling these out and checking back for accuracy in comparison to other works, so it remains possible I jumped the gun sooner than usual and that they may have less permanence/solidity than most updates. We'll see... To be continued...

Anyway, as follows...

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Ascension - John Coltrane (1965) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982) 8.9/10 to 8.5/10
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1972) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Art & Aviation - Jane Ira Bloom (1992) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Les Stances a Sophie – Art Ensemble of Chicago (1970) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Approximately - Guillermo Gregorio (1996) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980) 8.6/10 to 8.2/10
Silent Tongues - Cecil Taylor (1974) 8.5/10 to 8.2/10
Episteme - Anthony Davis (1981) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Atlantis - Sun Ra (1967) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Barbed Wire Maggots - Borbetomagus (1983) 8.6/10 to 8.1/10
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973) 8.6/10 to 8.1/10
Legend of Ai Glatson - Leroy Jenkins (1978) 8.6/10 to 8.1/10
Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman (1960) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Streams - Sam Rivers (1973) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
New York Eye & Ear Control - Albert Ayler (1964) 8.3/10 to 7.9/10
People in Sorrow - Art Ensemble of Chicago (1969) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.8/10
Mu - Don Cherry (1969) [Parts 1 & 2] 8.4/10 to 7.5/10
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (1998) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
Blood Sutra - Vijay Iyer (2003) 8.1/10 to 7.3/10
The Bandwagon - Jason Moran (2003) 8.1/10 to 7.3/10

Greatest Classical Music Works of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15061

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10; 8/6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908) 8.6/10 to 8.1/10
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940) 8.6/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra - Alfred Schnittke (1979) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10

Greatest Films of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15558

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
The Kingdom - Lars Von Trier (1995) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
The Passion of Joan of Arc - Carl Theodor Dreyer (1928) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
The Traveling Players - Theo Angelopoulos (1975) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopoulos (1988) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Miracle in Milan - Vittorio de Sica (1951) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Viridiana - Luis Bunuel (1961) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10

Greatest Paintings of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15560

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10

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Recent updates to various lists...

Greatest Albums of All Time (Rock & Jazz): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15276

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Faust - Faust (1971) 9.3/10 to 9.2/10
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963) 9.4/10 to 9.1/10
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Ascension - John Coltrane (1965) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler (1968) [aka, "The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra"] 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta (2005) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Croce - Father Murphy (2015) 8.0/10 to 7.5/10
Forever Changes - Love (1967) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
White Music – XTC (1977) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Led Zepplin I - Led Zeppelin (1969) 7.6/10 to 7.1/10
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10

Greatest Classical Music Works of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15061

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787) 9.4/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971) 9.3/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.1/10 to 8.8/10

Greatest Songs/Tracks/Movements of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15246

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Ascension - John Coltrane - Ascension - Track #1 [entire album] (1965) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10; 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
The Creator Has A Master Plan - Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Track #1 (1969) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Free Form Freak-Out #1/Hurricane Fighter Plane/Free Form Freak-Out #2/Transparent Radiation/Free Form Freak-Out #3/War Sucks - Red Crayola - Parable of Arable Land - Track #1 (or Tracks 1-6 depending on the issue) [Entire Side A] (1967) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance/Mode F: Group and Solo Dance - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #4 (1963) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Allegro moderato – Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" – 1st Movement (1822) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz - Track #1 [entire album] (1960) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso - Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - 1st Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) 7.9/10 to 7.7/10
Touching - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #2 (1971) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st Movement (1808) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Halleluhwah - Can - Tago Mago - Track #4 (1972) 7.1/10 to 7.0/10
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974) Not Rated to 6.7/10
Heroin - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #7 (1967) 6.8/10 to 6.7/10
White Flag - Pyrrhon - Mother of Virtues - Track #2 (2014) 7.0/10 to 6.6/10
The Vile Stuff - Richard Dawson - Nothing Important - Track #3 (2014) 7.0/10 to 6.5/10; 6.5 to 6.6/10
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #4 (1967) 6.8/10 to 6.6/10
Cypress Avenue - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #4 (1968) 6.8/10 to 6.6/10
Good Morning Captain - Slint - Spiderland - Track #6 (1991) 6.8/10 to 6.6/10
Thief of Fire - Pop Group - Y - Track #1 (1979) 6.8/10 to 6.6/10
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #1 (1974) Not Rated to 6.3/10; 6.3/10 to 6.5/10
Why Don't You Eat Carrots? - Faust - Faust - Track #1 (1971) 6.8/10 to 6.5/10
Sven-g-englar - Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun - Track #2 (1999) 6.9/10 to 6.5/10
European Son - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #11 (1967) 6.8/10 to 6.5/10
Beginning - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #1 (1976) 7.0/10 to 6.6/10; 6.6/10 to 6.5/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971) 6.8/10 to 6.6/10; 6.6/10 to 6.5/10
Beside You - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track # 2 (1968) Not Rated to 6.4/10
For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun - Black Tape For A Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Track #4 (1996) Not Rated to 6.4/10
Janitor of Lunacy - Nico - Desertshore - Track #1 (1970) Not Rated to 6.3/10
The Falconer - Nico - Desertshore - Track #2 (1970) Not Rated to 6.3/10
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #3 (1992) Not Rated to 6.4/10; 6.4/10 to 6.3/10
Mütterlein - Nico - Desertshore - Track # 7 (1970) Not Rated to 6.2/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #1 (1968) Not Rated to 6.2/10
Revelation - Love - Da Capo - Track #7 (1966) Not Rated to 6.2/10Not Rated to 6.2/10
Dazed & Confused - Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin - Track #4 (1969) Not Rated to 6.1/10
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963) Not Rated to 6.1/10
24 - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #1 (1992) Not Rated to 6.1/10
Madame George - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #6 (1968) Not Rated to 6.1/10
Ballerina - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #7 (1968) Not Rated to 6.1/10
Abbey Road Medley: You Never Give Me Your Money; Sun King; Mean Mr. Mustard; Polythene Pam; She Came in Through the Bathroom Window; Golden Slumbers; Carry That Weight; The End - The Beatles - Abbey Road - Tracks 9-16 (1969) Not Rated to 6.0/10
The Red Telephone - Love - Forever Changes - Track #6 (1967) Not Rated to 6.0/10
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin - Track #4 (1971) Not Rated to 6.0/10
A Day in the Life - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Track #13 (1967) Not Rated to 6.0/10
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963) Not Rated to 6.1/10; 6.1/10 to 6.0/10
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963) Not Rated to 6.1/10; 6.1/10 to 6.0/10
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #3 (1974) Not Rated to 6.0/10

Also recent updates to these lists:

Greatest Works of Art of All Time: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=16117

Best Pop Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=19794
Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969) 7.0/10 to 6.8/10
Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies (1967) 6.8/10 to 6.4/10
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