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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) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966) 9.0/10 to 8.8/10
Ascension - John Coltrane (1965) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler (1968) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980) 8.2/10 to 8.4/10
Cyborg - Klaus Schulze (1973) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Children of God - Swans (1987) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon (2014) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996) 8.6/10 to 8.2/10
Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1972) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell (1966) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Dimensions & Extensions - Sam Rivers (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Cantos I-IV - Franz Koglmann (1992) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Amassed - Spring Heel Jack (2002) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Les Stances a Sophie – Art Ensemble of Chicago (1970) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony For Improvisers - Don Cherry (1966) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969) 8.3/10 to 7.9/10
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Legend of Ai Glatson - Leroy Jenkins (1978) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Quartet - Marion Brown (1966) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Movement - Joe Harriott (1963) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Approximately - Guillermo Gregorio (1996) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Impressions - John Coltrane (1961) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10; 8.2/10 to 7.7/10
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10; 7.9/10 to 7.7/10
Free Form - Joe Harriott (1960) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Free Fall - Jimmy Giuffre (1962) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Psalm - Paul Motian (1982) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Oh Yeah - Charles Mingus (1962) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis (1968) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock (1965) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Live at the Village Vanguard - John Coltrane (1961) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Instrumentals - The Nels Cline Singers (2002) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Bring Yr Camera - The President (Wayne Horvitz) (1988) b]7.9/10 to 7.4/10[/b]
In Our Lifetime - Dave Douglas (1994) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Black Fire - Andrew Hill (1963) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Da Capo - Love (1966) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
Witches and Devils - Albert Ayler (1964) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Pangaea - Miles Davis (1975) Not Rated to 7.4/10
For Players Only - Leroy Jenkins (1975) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Watercolors - Pat Metheny (1977) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Natural Black Inventions - Root Strata - Roland Kirk (1971) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972) 7.7/10 to 7.3/10
Citi Movement - Wynton Marsalis (1992) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Live - Spring Heel Jack (2003) 8.1/10 to 7.3/10
Wilde Senoritas - Irene Schweizer (1976) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock (1964) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Solo - Vijay Iyer (2010) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Blues & Roots - Charles Mingus (1959) Not Rated to 7.3/10
New And Old Gospel - Jackie McLean (1967) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Monkey Pockie Boo - Sonny Shamrock (1970) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Black Unity – Pharaoh Sanders (1971) 7.8/10 to 7.2/10
The Bandwagon - Jason Moran (2003) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Piano Reflections - Duke Ellington (1953) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Return To Forever - Chick Corea (1972) 7.5/10 to 7.1/10
Blue Train - John Coltrane (1957) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane (1970) 7.7/10 to 7.0/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Sings - Patty Waters (1965) 7.3/10
Jazz At The Massey Hall - The Quintet: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus & Max Roach (1953) 6.8/10

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

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10

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

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 - Tracks 1-6 (or Tracks 1-7 depending on the issue) [Entire Side A] (1967) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
The Creator Has A Master Plan - Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Track #1 (1969) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Tragouthia Apo to Aima Exoun Fonos - Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas - Track #2 (1984) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Panoptikon - Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas - Track #1 (1984) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra - The Magic City - Track #1 (1965) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Black Unity – Pharaoh Sanders - Black Unity - Track #1 [entire album] (1971) 7.8/10 to 7.2/10
Bros - Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Track #3 (2007) 7.2/10 to 6.9/10
Steps - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #1 (1966) Not Rated to 6.9/10
El Quinto Regimiento (The Fifth Regiment), Los Cuatro Generales (The Four Generals), Viva la Quince Brigada (Long Live the Fifteenth Brigade) - Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra - Track #2 (1969) 7.8/10 to 6.8/10
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams - Stephan Micus - Implosions - Track #1 (1977) Not Rated to 6.7/10
Communications #11 (Part 2) - Michael Mantler - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Track #6 (1968) Not Rated to 6.7/10
Communications #11 (Part 1) - Michael Mantler - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Track #5 (1968) Not Rated to 6.7/10
Obscured - Spring Heel Jack - Amassed - Track #8 (2002) 7.4/10 to 6.6/10
The Shadow World - Sun Ra - The Magic City - Track #2 (1965) 7.4/10 to 6.6/10
Part 1 - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - Track #1 (1975) 7.2/10 to 6.6/10
Hotel Overture - Carla Bley - Escalator Over the Hill - Track #1 (1972) Not Rated to 6.5/10
Original Sin - Pandora's Box - Original Sin - Track #2 (1989) Not Rated to 6.4/10
Part 2 - Spring Heel Jack - Live - Track #2 (2003) 7.4/10 to 6.4/10
Communications #8 - Michael Mantler - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Track #1 (1968) Not Rated to 6.3/10
Part 1 - Spring Heel Jack - Live - Track #1 (2003) 7.3/10 to Probably Under-6/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair - Patty Waters - Sings - Track #8 (1965) 7.0/10

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

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10

Also recent updates to these lists:

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

Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=20822

Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter/Slowcore Albums:
https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...202#504202
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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:
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
The Days of Wine & Roses - Dream Syndicate (1982) 8.2/10 to 8.3/10
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988) 8.5/10 to 8.2/10
Art & Aviation - Jane Ira Bloom (1992) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Good - Morphine (1992) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys (1980) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Dimension Gate - Aurora (1994) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Just For A Day - Slowdive (1991) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
China Gate - Cul de Sac (1996) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Steve Lacy - Saxophone Special (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Magician Among the Spirits - The Church (1996) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Ghosts - Techno Animal (1990) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
A-Z - Colin Newman (1980) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
At Action Park - Shellac (1994) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (1973) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis (1969) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus (1960) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Nefertiti, the Beautiful One - Cecil Taylor (1962) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Quartet - Marion Brown (1966) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
This Timeless Turning - Sky Cries Mary (1994) 8.1/10 to 7.8/10
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr (1987) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Music in a Doll's House - Family (1969) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy - Sun Ra (1963) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Far Cry - Eric Dolphy (1960) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Charm of the Highway Strip - Magnetic Fields (1998) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson (1982) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10
Learning To Cope With Cowardice - Mark Stewart (1983) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.9/10; 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine (1988) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
The Use of Memory - Franz Koglmann (1990) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
California - American Music Club (1988) 8.1/10 to 7.7/10
Chasing Paint - Jane Ira Bloom (2003) 8.1/10 to 7.7/10
The Red Quartets - Jane Ira Bloom (1999) 8.1/10 to 7.7/10
Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
The Psyche - Revolutionary Ensemble (1975) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Air Time - Air (1977) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Air Raid - Air (1976) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
The Black Light - Calexico (1998) 8.0/10 to 7.6/10
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway (1986) 7.4/10 to 7.6/10
Matching Mole - Matching Mole (1972) Not Rated to 7.6/10
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Skylarking - XTC (1986) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10
May I Sing With Me - Yo La Tengo (1992) 8.0/10 to 7.5/10
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10
Streams - Sam Rivers (1973) 8.0/10 to 7.5/10
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face - Man Man (2004) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Fuchsia Swing Song - Sam Rivers (1964) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins (1958) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Heroes - David Bowie (1977) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Butch - Geraldine Fibbers (1997) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Bromst - Dan Deacon (2009) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Person Pitch - Panda Bear (2007) 7.7/10 to 7.4/10
The Mask and Mirror - Loreena McKennitt (1994) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Delete Yourself - Atari Teenage Riot (1995) 7.9/10 to 7.3/10
Nature of the Beast - Michael Formanek (1997) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Crazy Rhythms - Feelies (1980) 7.9/10 to 7.3/10
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins (1956) 7.9/10 to 7.3/10
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
666 - Aphrodite's Child (1971) 8.2/10 to 7.3/10
Eye of the Hunter - Brendan Perry (1999) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Frank Zappa (1970) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff (2018) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam (1994) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen (1973) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Under The Pink - Tori Amos (1994) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Era of Diversion - Evol Intent (2008) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Street Horrrsing - Fuck Buttons (2008) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2001) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld (1994) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Solid Air - John Martyn (1973) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1972) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974) 7.6/10 to 7.2/10
Low - David Bowie (1977) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Low Kick & Hard Bop - Solex (2001) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP] 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby (1971) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
In The Falling Dark - Bruce Cockburn (1976) 7.2/10 to 7.1/10
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman (1974) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
12 Songs - Randy Newman (1970) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Sail Away - Randy Newman (1972) 7.1/10 to 7.0/10
Songs the Lord Taught Us - Cramps (1980) 7.8/10 to 7.0/10
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos (1991) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986) 7.3/10 to 6.9/10
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Los Angeles - X (1980) Not Rated to 6.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Ferment - Catherine Wheel (1992) 7.4/10
The Guild of Temporal Adventurers - Kendra Smith (1992) 6.8/10

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

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
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 - Tracks 1-6 (or Tracks 1-7 depending on the issue) [Entire Side A] (1967) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
The Creator Has A Master Plan - Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Track #1 (1969) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra - The Magic City - Track #1 (1965) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Colors - Between the Buried and Me - Colors - Tracks 1-8 [entire album] (2007) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) 7.7/10 to 7.3/10
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets - Track #5 (1968) 7.4/10 to 7.2/10
Lorca - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #1 (1970) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st Movement (1808) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Flying Teapot - Gong - Flying Teapot: Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 1 - Track #2 (1973) 7.2/10 to 7.1/10
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Tracks 5-7 (1969) 7.2/10 to 7.1/10
The Tain - Decemberists - The Tain - Track #1 (2005) [entire EP] 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Here, Not Here - Charlambides - Joy Shapes - Track #1 (2004) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Emily - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #1 (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Evangelista I - Carla Bozulich - Evangelista - Track #1 (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair - Patty Waters - Sings - Track #8 (1965) 7.0/10 to 6.9/10
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor - Track #1 (2009) [entire album] 7.3/10 to 6.8/10
Heroin - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #7 (1967) 6.7/10 to 6.6/10
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #4 (1967) 6.6/10 to 6.5/10
Cypress Avenue - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #4 (1968) 6.6/10 to 6.5/10
Bros - Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Track #3 (2007) 7.0/10 to 6.5/10
Good Morning Captain - Slint - Spiderland - Track #6 (1991) 6.6/10 to 6.5/10
Thief of Fire - Pop Group - Y - Track #1 (1979) 6.6/10 to 6.5/10
I Offered it Up to the Stars in the Night Sky - Dirty Three - Whatever You Love You Are - Track #3 (2000) 7.0/10 to 6.4/10; 6.4/10 to 6.5/10
Sawdust and Diamonds - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #3 (2006) 7.0/10 to 6.2/10
We Are Time - Pop Group - Y - Track #4 (1979) Not Rated to 6.2/10
European Son - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #11 (1967) Not Rated to 6.2/10
Krautrock - Faust - Faust IV - Track #1 (1973) 7.2/10 to 6.1/10

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

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa (2010) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963) 7.9/10 to 7.7/10
Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1965) 8.0/10 to 7.7/10
Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder (1951) [aka, "The Big Carnival"] 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
City of Lost Children - Jean-Marie Jeunet (1995) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Irma La Douce - Billy Wilder (1963) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Hour of the Wolf - Ingmar Bergman (1968) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders (1987) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982) [The Final Cut, 117 minutes] 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Peter Greenaway (1989) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
A Zed & Two Noughts - Peter Greenaway (1985) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? - Bae Yong-kyun (1989) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Ballad of Narayama - Shohei Imamura (1983) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Maborosi - Hirokazu Kore-eda (1995) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Dr. Akagi - Shohei Imamura (1998) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Black Cat, White Cat - Emir Kusturica (1998) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
The Killer - John Woo (1989) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Deliverance - John Boorman (1972) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci (1972) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich (1971) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Weekend - Jean-Luc Godard (1967) 7.7/10 to 7.4/10
Amores Perros – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (2000) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg (1981) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman (2008) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Blue - Krzysztov Kieslowski (1993) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Stagecoach - John Ford (1939) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni (1997) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Exotica - Atom Egoyan (1994) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Damnation - Bela Tarr (1989) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (1993) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Steven Spielberg (1977) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Duel - Steven Spielberg (1971) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Southland Tales - Richard Kelly (2003) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Alien - Ridley Scott (1979) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Petulia - Richard Lester (1968) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Funny Bones - Peter Chelsom (1995) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Draughtman's Contract - Peter Greenaway (1982) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
La Jetee - Chris Marker (1962) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Usual Suspects - Bryan Singer (1995) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Fatal Attraction - Adrian Lyne (1987) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Raising Arizona - Joel Coen (1987) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Night of the Living Dead - George Romero (1968) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
While the City Sleeps - Fritz Lang (1955) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Rebels of the Neon God - Tsai Ming-liang (1992) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Eisenstein (1938) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10

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Rust Never Sleeps - I see this album as being about actual and supposed heroism (or notions of heroism).\

- Ride My Lllama and Pocahontas - wild west
- Thrasher and Hey Hey My My - a personal, spiritual rescue mission away from staleness and toward integrity
- Powderfinger - defense of family and property
- Sedan Delivery - libertarian anthem about a speedfreak drug dealer

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DelBocaVista wrote:

Rust Never Sleeps - I see this album as being about actual and supposed heroism (or notions of heroism).\

- Ride My Lllama and Pocahontas - wild west
- Thrasher and Hey Hey My My - a personal, spiritual rescue mission away from staleness and toward integrity
- Powderfinger - defense of family and property
- Sedan Delivery - libertarian anthem about a speedfreak drug dealer

That's definitely a perspective I could roll with.

Young's great works often have a sense of moral and spiritual redemption to them, with their more violent guitar passages adding violence, ragged glory, and so forth...

I agree with said parallels to the wild west and similar or accompanying themes. In many ways Young's works can seem representative of the sort of elegaic poetry and Wild West found in Ford, to the nihilist/drunken/wragged violent glory in that of Peckinpah, and sometimes even that of Jarmusch's ghostly/expressionist/surrealist Dead Man (which he also scored).
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Which songs stood out to you from Same Trailer Different Park and Golden Hour?

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Facetious wrote:

Which songs stood out to you from Same Trailer Different Park and Golden Hour?

None in particular, both albums seem to (for the most part) be a series of solid, gently emotional/melancholic and mildly compelling songs with some nice touches and developments here and there. But I didnt find either to have any real standouts. Just consistently good throughout. Same Trailer seems to alternate mood/momentum a bit more (but almost always a gently melancholic voice regardless of register, arrangement or rhythmic momentum).

(I just updated Same Trailer to 6.1/10 ... Golden Hour probably about the same or maybe slightly below)
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Lingua Ignota - Caligula

2019's best album (so far, but I see nothing topping it). A "Top 20 of Decade" contender.
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SamTheMan wrote:

Lingua Ignota - Caligula

2019's best album (so far, but I see nothing topping it). A "Top 20 of Decade" contender.

Thank you! Never even heard of it. Either a really good sign or a really bad one. Guessing the former! Very Happy

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Some questions about The Birth of a Nation:
How much does the racist content factor into your evaluation?
How much does its historical importance factor into your evaluation?

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Facetious wrote:

Some questions about The Birth of a Nation:
How much does the racist content factor into your evaluation?

Obviously uncalled for from a moral standpoint.

Emotionally, however naive, it marks the central conflict of the film. Griffith seems to be expressing his own hysteria of feeling threatened by black men and this is shown as a dichotomy to the nostalgia and warmth of the "white family". He (obviously incorrectly) expresses that slavery = stability and the freedom of slaves = instability, the collapse of society, etc. Immoral sociologically or as education, but perhaps compelling psychologically/emotionally as I doubt he was alone at that time in his (uninformed, racial) fears.

But obviously anyone watching it should be made aware of its inaccuracies so as not to be encouraged.

In the scenes where black men are shown in a racist light you could switch what theyre shown doing to white people with white to black, and it would probably be much more historically accurate.

*Note: if any of that is "politically incorrect" in how it is written, it was not intended. I am merely trying to talk about racist propoganda in a film. I am not myself in agreement with these notions. I am only talking about their potential significance in a cinematic and psychological sense, not a moral one, which is of course despicable.

Facetious wrote:

How much does its historical importance factor into your evaluation?

To the degree that its historically important elements are part of what makes it cinematically impressive.

*Complicated plot and character development through many stages and storylines
*Many of its scenes are carefully staged to appear as reproductions of history from costumes to the actors to the environments to the look of the period (like a cinematic version of those old Civil War photos)
*Elaborate extras and battle scenes, some sequences were quite brutal and extraordinary for the time (up until, probably, Von Stroheim and Eisenstein ... who no doubt was particularly influenced with Alexander Nevsky)
*Close ups, fadeouts, chase scenes and how theyre edited, stories paralled/crossed/back and forth
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