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

NOTE: This is a log of my favorite works of music, cinema and/or visual art for the given week. The rankings here will not necessarily parallel my overall rankings, as these are only what I favored for the given week. To qualify for inclusion, the work must be rated 6.8/10 or better (or at least was at some point during the week). This log will also include updated ratings for my various lists (below the "Top 10+" section)

Below that, there will be a running listing of my "Top 50 Works of Art of the Year". This is simply a log of my favorite art over the course of this whole year, whether old or new to me. This list is cumulative, week-to-week, until its final standings at the end of the year.

Recommendations and suggestions welcome. For my criteria, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503

Bold = Newly added
Bold + Italics = Was already listed but recently upgraded/downgraded

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2019)

PAST WINNERS: 1995 - 2018
(NOTE: My series of "Top 10 of the Week" lists only actually goes back to 2008. Prior to that are simply my noted favorite works of each given year without any attempt to keep further record)


2018: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
2017: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2016: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2015: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2014: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2013: Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi (1874)
2012: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2011: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2010: Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
2009: Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
2008: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
2007: Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1968)
2006: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
2005: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
2004: Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
2003: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
2002: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
2001: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2000: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
1999: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - J.S. Bach (1723)
1998: OK Computer - Radiohead (1997)
1997: The Bends - Radiohead (1995)
1996: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
1995: Throwing Copper - Live (1995)

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2019)
1. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
2. The Doors - The Doors (1966)
3. Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
4. Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
5. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
6. Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
7. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
8. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
9. Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
10. String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
11. Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
12. Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
13. Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
14. Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
15. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
16. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
17. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
18. Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909)
19. Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)
20. Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
21. Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
22. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (1968)
23. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)
24. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
25. Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
26. Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
27. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969)
28. The Blue Angel - Josef Von Sternberg (1930)
29. M - Fritz Lang (1931)
30. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
31. Desertshore - Nico (1970)
32. Pelléas et Mélisande - Claude Debussy (1898)
33. Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten (1945)
34. Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
35. Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
36. The Days of Wine & Roses - Dream Syndicate (1982)
37. Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
38. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones (1972)
39. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
40. Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
41. Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
42. Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
43. Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805; revised 1806-1814)
44. Dimension Gate - Aurora (1994)
45. Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
46. Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999)
47. Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990)
48. Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
49. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
50. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE DECADE (2010-2019)
1. Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2. Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
3. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
4. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
5. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
6. Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
7. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
8. Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985)
9. Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987)
10. The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500)
11. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
12. Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
13. Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
14. Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
15. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
16. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
17. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
18. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
19. Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
20. Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
21. Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
22. Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958)
23. Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
24. Faust - Faust (1971)
25. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
26. Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
27. The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
28. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
29. Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927)
30. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
31. Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
32. Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
33. Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
34. Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
35. The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
36. Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
37. Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
38. Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980)
39. Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
40. Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1907) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]
41. The Reminiscences of Judge Schulze (Parts II, III, & VII) - Werner Tubke (1967)
42. The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
43. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
44. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
45. Werckmeister Harmonies - Bela Tarr (2000)
46. Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
47. Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
48. Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994)
49. Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
50. Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 11-4-19 - 12-31-19
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (1968)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
The Blue Angel - Josef Von Sternberg (1930)
M - Fritz Lang (1931)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones (1972)
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Metal Box - Public Image, Ltd (1979)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)
Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1972)
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964)
Watermark - Enya (1988)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful - Waitresses (1982)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Exploded Drawing - Polvo (1996)
Aviary - Julia Holter (2018)
Red - King Crimson (1974)
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol (2002)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Tweez - Slint (1989)
Tonight's The Night - Neil Young (1975)
Enter The Void - Gaspar Noe (2009)
Summertime '06 - Vince Staples (2015)
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (1969)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground (1969)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Bricolage - Amon Tobin (1997)
The Nose - Dmitri Shostakovich (1930)
Sister - Sonic Youth (1987)
Confusion is Sex - Sonic Youth (1983)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple (2012)
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1973)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Flowers of Romance - Public Image Ltd (1980)
Da Capo - Love (1966)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Tago Mago - Can (1971)
Faust IV - Faust (1973)
Vision Created Newsun - Boredoms (1999)
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993)
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band (1971)
Dust - Laurel Halo (2017)
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Frizzle Fry - Primus (1990)
Rusty - Rodan (1994)
Hole - Foetus (1984)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Atomizer - Big Black (1986)
The Land Of Harm And Appletrees - Aurora (1993)
Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins (1983)
Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre (1978)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Treasure - Cocteau Twins (1984)
A Burning Circle And Then Dust - Lycia (1995)
A Day In The Stark Corner - Lycia (1993)
Close to the Edge - Yes (1972)
Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 1 & 2 - Art Blakey (1957)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000)
2 - Kraftwerk (1971)
Exploded Drawing - Polvo (1996)
Boces - Mercury Rev (1993)
Homogenic - Bjork (1997)
Holy Money - Swans (1986)
Skag Heaven - Squirrel Bait (1986)
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975)
Goat - Jesus Lizard (1991)
New York - Lou Reed (1989)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
You The Night And The Music - Gallon Drunk (1992)
Indian War Whoop - Holy Modal Rounders (1967)
Filth - Swans (1983)
Cop - Swans (1984)
You Can't Pray A Lie - Laughing Hyenas (1989)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) 9.4/10 to 9.5/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968) 9.0/10 to 9.1/10
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966) 9.0/10 to 9.1/10
Desertshore - Nico (1970) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Well-Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo (1997) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
The Days of Wine & Roses - Dream Syndicate (1982) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix (1968) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Metal Box - Public Image, Ltd (1979) 7.7/10 to 8.2/10
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones (1972) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Nail - Foetus (1985) 8.8/10 to 8.1/10
The Epic - Kamasi Washington (2015) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Aviary - Julia Holter (2018) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Faust IV - Faust (1973) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
This Timeless Turning - Sky Cries Mary (1994) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator (1971) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (1969) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground (1969) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Exploded Drawing - Polvo (1996) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Boces - Mercury Rev (1993) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10
Sister - Sonic Youth (1987) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Joy Shapes - Charalambides (2004) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Confusion is Sex - Sonic Youth (1983) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Learning To Cope With Cowardice - Mark Stewart (1983) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Atomizer - Big Black (1986) 8.0/10 to 7.6/10
Fire of Love - Gun Club (1981) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band (1971) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
163. Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987) [7-Track CD release] 8.0/10 to 7.6/10
Mellow Out - Mainliner (1996) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Future Days - Can (1973) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Conspiracy - Jeanne Lee (1974) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Red - King Crimson (1974) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo (1993) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Hole - Foetus (1984) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Goat - Jesus Lizard (1991) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins (1983) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band (1972) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Treasure - Cocteau Twins (1984) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Orgy in Rhythm, Vol. 1 & 2 - Art Blakey (1957) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
A Burning Circle And Then Dust - Lycia (1995) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Jazz in Silhouette - Sun Ra (1958) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10[/b]
A Day In The Stark Corner - Lycia (1993) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Tweez - Slint (1989) Not Rated to 7.3/10
2 - Kraftwerk (1971) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Labradford - Labradford (1996) 8.0/10 to 7.3/10
Holy Money - Swans (1986) Not Rated to 7.2/10
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988) 8.0/10 to 7.1/10
Skag Heaven - Squirrel Bait (1986) Not Rated to 7.1/10
You The Night And The Music - Gallon Drunk (1992) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Indian War Whoop - Holy Modal Rounders (1967) 8.1/10 to 7.0/10
New York - Lou Reed (1989) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Filth - Swans (1983) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Telescopic - Edith Frost (1998) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Cop - Swans (1984) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Unsane - Unsane (1991) 7.9/10 to 6.5/10
You Can't Pray A Lie - Laughing Hyenas (1989) Not Rated to 6.5/10
Stands for Decibels - DBs (1981) 6.8/10 to 6.4/10
The Meters - The Meters (1968) Not Rated to 6.1/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
The Land Of Harm And Appletrees - Aurora (1993) 7.4/10
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful - Waitresses (1982) 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Summertime '06 - Vince Staples (2015) 7.3/10
Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre (1978) 7.3/10
Dust - Laurel Halo (2017) 7.1/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10; 8.9/10 to 9.1/10
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
The Nose - Dmitri Shostakovich (1930) Not Rated to 7.9/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL RECORDED PERFORMANCES - RE-RATED:

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL RECORDED PERFORMANCES - RATED:

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY ASSIMILATED SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960) 8.2/10 to 8.3/10
The Blue Angel - Josef Von Sternberg (1930) 7.7/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Possession - Andrzej Zulawski (1981) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
M - Fritz Lang (1931) 8.0/10 to 8.2/10
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Greed - Erich von Stroheim (1924) [Studio Cut, 140 minutes] 7.7/10 to 8.2/10
Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Love Exposure - Sion Sono (2008) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Enter The Void - Gaspar Noe (2009) 7.2/10 to 7.5/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:

NEWLY ASSIMILATED PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RATED:

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 9-30-19 - 11-3-19
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1839)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Symphony No. 7 in C Major "Leningrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Symphony No. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor "Stalingrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1943)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1937)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)
Concerto for Orchestra - Bela Bartok (1943)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Tabula Rasa - Arvo Part (1977)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994)
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969) 9.5/10 to 9.4/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749) 9.6/10 to 9.5/10
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) 9.6/10 to 9.5/10
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) 9.6/10 to 9.3/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10; 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10; 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 8.5/10
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10; 8.2/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.7/10 to 8.3/10
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - Krzysztof Penderecki (1996) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Books I & II) - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 9.1/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.7/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887) 8.7/10 to 8.1/10
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) 8.9/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.2/10; 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10; 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliot Carter (1976) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 7 in C Major "Leningrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 8.6/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 8 in C minor "Stalingrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1943) Not Rated to 8.6/10; 8.6/10 to 8.5/10; 8.5/10 to 8.0/10
Concerto for Orchestra - Bela Bartok (1943) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
String Trio - Alfred Schnittke (1985) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
String Quartet No. 4 - Bela Bartok (1928) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 3 - Witold Lutoslawski (1983) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) 8.7/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 5 in D minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1937) Not Rated to 9.0/10; 9.0/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish" - Felix Mendelssohn (1842) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10; 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony in C - Igor Stravinsky (1940) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony in Three Movements - Igor Stravinsky (1945) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra - Alfred Schnittke (1979) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor - Johannes Brahms (1891) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky (1874) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms (1882) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 - Johannes Brahms (1883) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943) 8.0/10 to 7.7/10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886) 8.0/10 to 7.7/10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968) 8.0/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra "Introitus" - Sofia Gubaidulina (1978) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821) 8.0/10 to 7.6/10
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.1/10 to 7.6/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 - Johannes Brahms (1854) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10; 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10: 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10: 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major "Coronation" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10: 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10: 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10; 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Tabula Rasa - Arvo Part (1977) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10; 7.7/10 to 7.5/10
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10; 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826) 8.1/10 to 7.5/10
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718) 7.9/10 to 7.4/10
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major "Triple Concerto" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Clarinet Concerto in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10; 7.1/10 to 7.2/10
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10; 7.9/10 to 7.1/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977) 7.8/10 to 7.0/10
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.0/10
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738) 7.3/10 to 6.9/10
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (1913) 7.3/10 to 6.8/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) 9.4/10 to 9.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 7-29-19 - 9-29-19
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994) ... Spent portions of the last week re-evaluating this film in depth, by sequence, by scene, by shot, etc... Probably going to be upgraded but will likely watch one more time before deciding.
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman (1973)
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Limelight - Charlie Chaplin (1952)
The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Europa - Lars Von Trier (1991)
Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967)
Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968)
Play Time - Jacques Tati (1967)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Frank Capra (1939)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950)
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 19 - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
Soft Moon - The Soft Moon (2010)
Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Departure From the Northern Wasteland - Michael Hoenig (1978)
Cure For Pain - Morphine (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Long Division - Low (1995)
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young (1979)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010)
Trust - Low (2002)
The Red Shoes - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (1948)
Breathless - Jean Luc Godard (1959)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Picaresque - Decemberists (2005)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
City Lights - Charlie Chaplin (1931)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division (1979)
Funny Games - Michael Haneke (1997)
La Foret - Xiu Xiu (2005)
What Passes For Survival - Pyrrhon (2017) ... I am re-rating this from 7.9 to "Not Rated". Rarely do I encounter an album that changes rating with such volatility between listens. One listen it seems like a stunning collision between the frantic violence of free jazz, the "fission" of Beefheart, the terrifying purge of NIN's Downward Spiral, and a technically mind-boggling, life-threatening culmination of death metal; the next it seems so congested and excessive that it all might just swallow too much of its emotional impact to be truly extraordinary. Does it coalesce to serve a compelling purpose? I'm not quite sure. Could be anywhere from a 6.5 to an 8+. For now I have no idea and it might require a deeper pursuit through metal first (and/or some pointers from Scaruffi) before its something I can more reliably come to grips with and better judge to draw a more stable conclusion...
Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves (2013) ...Not rated yet... Scaruffi just rated it a 7, inspiring me to give it a shot... Upon 3 listens my opinion has varied between 6, 6.5 and 7 so far, averaging out unofficially to a 6.5 but still unstable leaning higher (hence my inclusion here, albeit tentative fwiw). Like I said with Golden Hour (which could be a 6 to 6.5?) this seems to have potential for a higher rating. Her voice usually has a touch of melancholy and genuine personality to it that generally keeps things pretty fresh and fairly compelling even when using it in ways that would, for most vocalists, ride very close to banality. Also, enough of the songs make slightly unexpected turns arrangement-wise, composionally and/or in their chorus, and this elevates the work expressively from what might otherwise be just another mediocre pop-country album.

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
What Passes For Survival - Pyrrhon (2017) 7.9/10 to Not Rated
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
La Foret - Xiu Xiu (2005) 7.7/10 to 7.5/10
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young (1979) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Same Trailer Different Park - Kacey Musgraves (2013) 6.1/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) 8.1/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 7 in C Major "Leningrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10; 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924) 8.8/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish" - Felix Mendelssohn (1842) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946) 8.4/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816) 8.4/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Satz: Ebene - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #1 (1972) 8.7/10 to 8.4/10
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804) 7.5/10 to 7.1/10
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804) 7.6/10 to 7.0/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Limelight - Charlie Chaplin (1952) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (1994) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman (1973) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Play Time - Jacques Tati (1967) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Europa - Lars Von Trier (1991) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino (1992) 7.5/10 o 7.8/10
Funny Games - Michael Haneke (1997) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Frank Capra (1939) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-17-19 - 7-28-19
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
The Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
The Days of Wine & Roses - Dream Syndicate (1982)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Dimension Gate - Aurora (1994)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994)
Art & Aviation - Jane Ira Bloom (1992)
Magician Among the Spirits - The Church (1996)
Ghosts - Techno Animal (1990)
At Action Park - Shellac (1994)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson (1982)
Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004)
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Matching Mole - Matching Mole (1972)
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (1973)
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell (1977)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)
Bricolage - Amon Tobin (1997)
Barrett - Syd Barrett (1970)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
A-Z - Colin Newman (1980)
Music From The Penguin Cafè - Penguin Cafè Orchestra (1976)
Just For A Day - Slowdive (1991)
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
China Gate - Cul de Sac (1996)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
The Band - The Band (1969)
World Without Rules - Paul Haslinger (1996)
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971)
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway (1986)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977)
This Timeless Turning - Sky Cries Mary (1994)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys (1980)
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (1969)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)
Strange Days - The Doors (1968)
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope (1984)
Half Mute - Tuxedomoon (1979)
Far Cry - Eric Dolphy (1960)
Charm of the Highway Strip - Magnetic Fields (1998)
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator (1971)
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP; Original 1-Track Release]
The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face - Man Man (2004)
Music in a Doll's House - Family (1969)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989)
Marjory Razorblade - Kevin Coyne (1973)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)
Ferment - Catherine Wheel (1992)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981)
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Harvest - Neil Young (1972)
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985)
Blanket Warm - Lullaby For the Working Class (1996)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)
Joy Shapes - Charlambides (2004)
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002)
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (2002)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen (1973)
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa (2010)
The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder (1951) [aka, "The Big Carnival"]
City of Lost Children - Jean-Marie Jeunet (1995)
Irma La Douce - Billy Wilder (1963)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)
Late For the Sky - Jackson Browne (1974)
Eye of the Hunter - Brendan Perry (1999)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
Dub Housing - Pere Ubu (1978)
Heroes - David Bowie (1977)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (1989)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1972)
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002)
Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff (2018)
Roots - Sepultura (1996)
Chasing Paint - Jane Ira Bloom (2003)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? - The Pop Group (1980)
Crazy Rhythms - Feelies (1980)
The Black Light - Calexico (1998)
Butch - Geraldine Fibbers (1997)
Future Days - Can (1973)
Learning To Cope With Cowardice - Mark Stewart (1983)
Conspiracy - Jeanne Lee (1974)
Isn't Anything - My Bloody Valentine (1988)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000)
Mellow Out - Mainliner (1996)
Bromst - Dan Deacon (2009)
Hour of the Wolf - Ingmar Bergman (1968)
Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982) [The Final Cut, 117 minutes]
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Peter Greenaway (1989)
A Zed & Two Noughts - Peter Greenaway (1985)
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? - Bae Yong-kyun (1989)
Ballad of Narayama - Shohei Imamura (1983)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971)
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr (1987)
Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins (1958)
Delete Yourself - Atari Teenage Riot (1995)
Humility In The Light Of Creator - Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre (1969) [Not Rated Yet]
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973)
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins (1956)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)
666 - Aphrodite's Child (1971)
Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt (1969)
Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Frank Zappa (1970)
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam (1994)
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974)
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders (1987)
Street Horrrsing - Fuck Buttons (2008)
Maborosi - Hirokazu Kore-eda (1995)
Dr. Akagi - Shohei Imamura (1998)
Black Cat, White Cat - Emir Kusturica (1998)
The Killer - John Woo (1989)
Blue Velvet - David Lynch (1986)
Deliverance - John Boorman (1972)
Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci (1972)
The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanovich (1971)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1972)
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby (1971)
In The Falling Dark - Bruce Cockburn (1976)
The Mask and Mirror - Loreena McKennitt (1994)
Low - David Bowie (1977)
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP]
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman (1974)
Landlocked - Witch Hazel (1995)
Under The Pink - Tori Amos (1994)
Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished - Animal Collective (2000)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)
Weekend - Jean-Luc Godard (1967)
Amores Perros – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (2000)
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg (1981)
Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman (2008)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen (1973)
Blue - Krzysztov Kieslowski (1993)
Stagecoach - John Ford (1939)
Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni (1997)
Exotica - Atom Egoyan (1994)
Damnation - Bela Tarr (1989)
Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (1993)
Duel - Steven Spielberg (1971)
Southland Tales - Richard Kelly (2003)
Alien - Ridley Scott (1979)
Sings - Patty Waters (1965)
Solid Air - John Martyn (1973)
The Guild of Temporal Adventurers - Kendra Smith (1992)
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2001)
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos (1991)
Petulia - Richard Lester (1968)
Funny Bones - Peter Chelsom (1995)
The Draughtman's Contract - Peter Greenaway (1982)
La Jetee - Chris Marker (1962)
Era of Diversion - Evol Intent (2008)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005)
Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1965)
The Usual Suspects - Bryan Singer (1995)
Fatal Attraction - Adrian Lyne (1987)
Raising Arizona - Joel Coen (1987)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974)
Solid Air - John Martyn (1973)
Dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld (1994)
White Music – XTC (1977)
Person Pitch - Panda Bear (2007)
Night of the Living Dead - George Romero (1968)
Songs the Lord Taught Us - Cramps (1980)
Low Kick & Hard Bop - Solex (2001)
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986)
12 Songs - Randy Newman (1970)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
Los Angeles - X (1980)
While the City Sleeps - Fritz Lang (1955)
Rebels of the Neon God - Tsai Ming-liang (1992)
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Eisenstein (1938)

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

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

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

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-27-19 - 6-16-19
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler (1968)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987)
Amassed - Spring Heel Jack (2002)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Well-Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo (1997)
Perfect From Now On - Built To Spill (1997)
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969)
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980)
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock (1965)
Escalator Over the Hill - Carla Bley (1971)
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996)
Free Form - Joe Harriott (1960)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Live at the Village Vanguard - John Coltrane (1961)
Blood Sutra - Vijay Iyer (2003)
Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis (1950)
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961)
Late For the Sky - Jackson Browne (1974)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
California - American Music Club (1988)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)
The Good Son - Nick Cave (1990)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Live - Spring Heel Jack (2003)
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian (1996)
Solo - Vijay Iyer (2010)
Sings - Patty Waters (1965)
Blues & Roots - Charles Mingus (1959)
Piano Reflections - Duke Ellington (1953)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
New And Old Gospel - Jackie McLean (1967)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Popol Vuh (1972)
Impressions - John Coltrane (1961)
For The Roses - Joni Mitchell (1972)
In Our Lifetime - Dave Douglas (1994)
Monkey Pockie Boo - Sonny Shamrock (1970)
Blue Train - John Coltrane (1957)
Da Capo - Love (1966)
Return To Forever - Chick Corea (1972)
The Bandwagon - Jason Moran (2003)
Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Jazz At The Massey Hall - The Quintet: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus & Max Roach (1953)

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

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

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
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

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

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-13-19 - 5-26-19
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta (2005)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci (1497)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci (1505)
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell (1966)
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989)
Murmur - R.E.M (1983)
Revisiting Da Vinci: The Annunciation; Madonna of the Carnation; Genevra de Benici; Virgin of the Rocks I; Virgin of the Rocks II; The Virgin and Child With St. Anne; Salvator Mundi (Undecided on ratings/rankings of each so including these as one entry)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996)
Strange Days - The Doors (1968)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
Da Capo - Love (1966)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Led Zepplin I - Led Zeppelin (1969)
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP]
Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969)
Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies (1967)

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
Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969) 7.0/10 to 6.8/10
Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies (1967) 6.8/10 to 6.4/10

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

[b]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

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-6-19 - 5-12-19
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Escalator Over The Hill - Carla Bley (1971)
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (1998)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Blood Sutra - Vijay Iyer (2003)
The Bandwagon - Jason Moran (2003)

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

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

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) 8.5/10 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

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

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-22-19 - 5-5-19
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986) ... Strongly considering an upgrade to 8.3+
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Nail - Foetus (1985)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
The Clash - The Clash (1977)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)
The Band - The Band (1969)
The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981)
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)

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
Nail - Foetus (1985) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10
Suicide - Suicide (1977) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
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
The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981) 9.0/10 to 8.2/10
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

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
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

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

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

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

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-15-19 - 4-21-19
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Shooting at the Moon - Kevin Ayers (1970)
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981)
Odyssey & Oracle - The Zombies (1968)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986)
Marry Me - St Vincent (2007)
Smile - The Beach Boys (1967; released in 2011)
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1973)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)
12 Songs - Randy Newman (1970)
Murmur - R.E.M (1983)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966) 7.1/10 to 7.3/10
Purple Rain - Prince (1984) 7.9/10 to 7.1/10
Smile - The Beach Boys (1967; released in 2011) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Odyssey & Oracle - The Zombies (1968) 6.7/10 to 6.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-18-19 - 4-14-19
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909)
Pelléas et Mélisande - Claude Debussy (1898)
Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten (1945)
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)
Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (1966)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805; revised 1806-1814)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711)
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish" - Felix Mendelssohn (1842)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
L’Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi (1607)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Spleen & Ideal - Dead Can Dance (1985)
Watermark - Enya (1988)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Tabula Rasa - Arvo Part (1977)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1806)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787) Not Rated to 9.4/10
Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909) Not Rated to 9.1/10
Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805; revised 1806-1814) Not Rated to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) 8.0/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish" - Felix Mendelssohn (1842) Not Rated to 8.4/10
L’Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi (1607) Not Rated to 7.9/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Pelléas et Mélisande - Claude Debussy (1898) 9.0/10
Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten (1945) 8.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-11-19 - 3-17-19
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
St. John Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1724; revised 1725, 1732 & 1749)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms (1882)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1730)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1739)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741) 8.8/10 to 9.0/10
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1730) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1739) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-11-19 - 3-10-19
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
The Days of Wine and Roses - The Dream Syndicate (1982)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones (1971)
With Fontella Bass - Art Ensemble of Chicago (1970)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo (1993)
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967)
Eye of the Hunter - Brendan Perry (1999)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
The Cross of Changes - Enigma (1993)
Harvest - Neil Young (1972)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
The Third Man - Carol Reed (1949)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)
Blues For the New Millenium - Marcus Roberts (1997)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Blows Against the Empire - Jefferson Starship (1970)
Her - Spike Jonze (2013)
Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder (1974)
Medicine Show - The Dream Syndicate (1984)
Return To Forever - Chick Corea (1972)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major "Triple Concerto" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Lick My Decals Off, Baby - Captain Beefheart (1970)
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002)
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron (2018)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971)
Sunday's Child - John Martyn (1975)
Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger (1975)
Flying Cowboys - Rickie Lee Jones (1989)
Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt (1972)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (1968)
Dejavu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1969)
Curtis - Curtis Mayfield (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844)
Viet Cong - Preoccupations [aka, "Viet Cong"] (2015)
MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana (1994)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
With Fontella Bass - Art Ensemble of Chicago (1970) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea and Return To Forever (1972) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane (1970) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Return To Forever - Chick Corea (1972) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Medicine Show - The Dream Syndicate (1984) Not Rated to 7.1/10
L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Absolutely Live - The Doors (1970) Not Rated to 7.0/10
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (1968) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Waiting For The Sun - The Doors (1968) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger (1975) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Dejavu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1969) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Curtis - Curtis Mayfield (1970) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt (1972) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Viet Cong - Preoccupations [aka, "Viet Cong"] (2015) 7.0/10 to 6.3/10
MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana (1994) 7.0/10 to 6.1/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
The Cross of Changes - Enigma (1993) 7.3/10
Blows Against the Empire - Jefferson Starship (1970) 7.2/10
Sunday's Child - John Martyn (1975) 6.9/10
Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder (1974) 6.8/10
Flying Cowboys - Rickie Lee Jones (1989) 6.8/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.3/10 to 8.7/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10; 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.3/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1909) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
*Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
*Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
The Third Man - Carol Reed (1949) 7.2/10 to 7.3/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Her - Spike Jonze (2013) 7.0/10
Roma - Alfonso Cuaron (2018) 6.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-4-19 - 2-10-19
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Harvest - Neil Young (1972)
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002)
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young (1979)
For The Roses - Joni Mitchell (1972)
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols (1977)
Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966) [NO RATING YET]
The Firstborn is Dead - Nick Cave (1985)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974)
Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music (1973)
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969)
Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1967)
She Hangs Brightly - Mazzy Star (1990) [NO RATING YET]
Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird (2005)
Noble Beast - Andrew Bird (2009)
The End - Nico (1974)
Heartbeat City - The Cars (1984)
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (1967)
Fairytale - Donovan (1965) [NO RATING YET]
The Boxing Mirror - Alejandro Escovedo (2006)
White Light - Gene Clark (1971) [NO RATING YET]
Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn (2004)
Stands for Decibels - DBs (1981)
Stolen Moments - John Hiatt (1990) [NO RATING YET]
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart (1971)
Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart (1970) [NO RATING YET]
Guitar Town - Steve Earle (1986)
Satellite Sky - Mark Heard (1992)
Dig - Adam Again (1992)
Have A Marijuana - David Peel (1969)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Harvest - Neil Young (1972) 7.0/10 to 7.2/10
Fred Neil - Fred Neil (1967) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird (2005) Not Rated to 7.0/10
The End - Nico (1974) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane (1967) Not Rated to 6.9/10
The Boxing Mirror - Alejandro Escovedo (2006) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Stands for Decibels - DBs (1981) 6.9/10 to 6.8/10
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart (1971) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn (2004) Not Rated to 6.9/10; 6.9/10 to 6.5/10
Dig - Adam Again (1992) 7.1/10 to 6.3/10
Satellite Sky - Mark Heard (1992) Not Rated to 6.9/10; 6.9/10 to 6.3/10
Guitar Town - Steve Earle (1986) Not Rated to 6.8/10; 6.8/10 to 6.1/10
Have A Marijuana - David Peel (1969) 7.3/10 to 5/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Blacklisted - Neko Case (2002) 7.0/10
Noble Beast - Andrew Bird (2009) 7.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-28-19 - 2-3-19
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz - David Thomas Broughton (2007)
In The Falling Dark - Bruce Cockburn (1976)
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)
Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996)
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett (1988)
Holiday - The Magnetic Fields (1993)
Heartland - Owen Pallett (2010)
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (1975)
Broken English - Marianne Faithful (1979)
22, A Million - Bon Iver (2016)
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds (1967)
March 16–20, 1992 - Uncle Tupelo (1992)
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson (1975)
Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn (2004) [NO RATING YET]
Strangers Almanac - Whiskeytown (1997)
Heartbeat City - The Cars (1984)
Gravity - Alejandro Escovedo (1992)
Red Dirt Girl - Emmylou Harris (2000)
Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977)
Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen (1984)
Between The Buttons - The Rolling Stones (1966) [US Version]
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones (1969)
Scarecrow - John Mellencamp (1975)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1976)
Guitar Town - Steve Earle [NO RATING YET]
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (1965)
Jackson Browne [Saturate Before Using] - Jackson Browne (1972) [NO RATING YET]
The B-52's - The B-52's [NO RATING YET]
Central Reservation - Beth Orton [NO RATING YET]
Blues Traveler - Blues Traveler [NO RATING YET]
Excuses For Travellers - Mojave 3 [NO RATING YET]
The Boxing Mirror - Alejandro Escovedo [NO RATING YET]
Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt (1978)
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - Bright Eyes (2002)
John Prine - John Prine (1971) [NO RATING YET]
Days in the Wake - Palace Brothers (1994)
Crocodiles - Echo and the Bunnymen [NO RATING YET]
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones (1966) [US Version] [NO RATING YET]
Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders (1984)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits (1987) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Solid Air - John Martyn (1973) Not Rated to 7.4/10
In The Falling Dark - Bruce Cockburn (1976) Not Rated to 7.2/10
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970) Not Rated to 7.2/10
Things We Lost in the Fire - Low (2001) Not Rated to 7.1/10
The Drift - Scott Walker (2006) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975) 7.1/10 to 7.0/10
Lost Souls - Doves (2000) Not Rated to 7.0/10
22, A Million - Bon Iver (2016) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds (1967) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1977) Not Rated to 6.9/10
March 16–20, 1992 - Uncle Tupelo (1992) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake (1970) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson (1975) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett (1988) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Heartbeat City - The Cars (1984) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen (1984) Not Rated to 6.8/10
The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds (1968) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Scarecrow - John Mellencamp (1975) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Flyin' Shoes - Townes Van Zandt (1978) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Solace - Sarah McLachlan (1991) Not Rated to 6.8/10
End of Amnesia - M. Ward (2001) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (1965) 6.5/10 to 6.8/10
Learning to Crawl - The Pretenders (1984) Not Rated to 6.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
David Thomas Broughton vs. 7 Hertz - David Thomas Broughton (2007) 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Holiday - The Magnetic Fields (1993) 7.2/10
Heartland - Owen Pallett (2010) 7.1/10
Broken English - Marianne Faithful (1979) 7.0/10
Strangers Almanac - Whiskeytown (1997) 6.8/10
Gravity - Alejandro Escovedo (1992) 6.8/10
Days in the Wake - Palace Brothers (1994) 6.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-21-19 - 1-27-19
Soft Moon - The Soft Moon (2010)
Aviary - Julia Holter (2018) [NO RATING YET]
The Moon Seven Times - The Moon Seven Times (1993)
The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon (1968)
Hard Again - Scott Tuma (2008)
Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt (1969)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Mr. Fantasy - Traffic (1967)
Circa Now - Rocket From The Crypt (1993)
The Family That Plays Together - Spirit (1968)
Family Entertainment - Family (1969)
Leaves Me Blind - Underground Lovers (1993)
Ekstasis - Julia Holter (2012) [NO RATING YET]
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975)
Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant (1995)
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson (1982)
Moon Pix - Cat Power (1997)
Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
The Silver Apples - The Silver Apples (1968)
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple (2012)
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson (1975) [NO RATING YET]
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
Johnny Comes Marching Home - The Del Lords (1986)
Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp (1985) [NO RATING YET]
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (2014)
Ocean Beach - Red House Painters (1995)
Teen Dream - Beach House (2010)
Radio City - Big Star (1974)
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (2012)
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett (1988) [NO RATING YET]
Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt (1972) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Soft Moon - The Soft Moon (2010) Not Rated to 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.6/10
The Problem With Me - Seam (1993) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Steal Your Face - Mi Ami (2010) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Mr. Fantasy - Traffic (1967) Not Rated to 7.5/10
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt (1969) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Miniature Portraits - 5ive Style (1999) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators (1966) Not Rated to 7.3/10
The Silver Apples - The Silver Apples (1968) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Moon Pix - Cat Power (1997) Not Rated to 7.2/10
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple (2012) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant (1995) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Ocean Beach - Red House Painters (1995) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Third - Big Star (1978) Not Rated to 6.9/10
White Blood Cells - White Stripes (2001) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Johnny Comes Marching Home - The Del Lords (1986) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso (2014) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Radio City - Big Star (1974) Not Rated to 6.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
The Moon Seven Times - The Moon Seven Times (1993) 7.5/10
The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon (1968) 7.5/10
Hard Again - Scott Tuma (2008) 7.4/10
Circa Now - Rocket From The Crypt (1993) 7.3/10
The Family That Plays Together - Spirit (1968) 7.3/10
Leaves Me Blind - Underground Lovers (1993) 7.3/10
Old No. 1 - Guy Clark (1975) 7.1/10
Teen Dream - Beach House (2010) 6.8/10
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (2012) 6.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-14-19 - 1-20-19
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993)
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996)
Stormcock - Roy Harper (1970)
Butch - Geraldine Fibbers (1997
Eye of the Hunter - Brendan Perry (1999)
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd (1968)
2 - Black Heart Procession (1999)
Prayer For The Halcyon Fear - Tiny Lights (1985)
The Mask and the Mirror - Loreena McKennitt (1994)
Smoke In The Shadows - Lydia Lunch (2004)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976)
Dimension Gate - Aurora Sutra (1994)
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
Your Bag - Lida Husik (1992)
Life in a Bubble Can Be Beautiful - Red Stars Theory (1999)
White Music – XTC (1977)
The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face - Man Man (2004)
Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair (1998)
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981)
Lost Works of Eunice Phelps - Maquiladora (1998)
Everclear - American Music Club (1991)
Sky-skating - Annette Peacock (1982)
God Weed Satan: The Oneness - Ween (1990)
Johnny Comes Marching Home - Del-Lords (1986) [NOT RATED YET]
Green Thoughts - Smithereens (1988)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Dimension Gate - Aurora Sutra (1994) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
L'ordure à L'état pur - Peste Noire (2011) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Orange - John Spencer Blues Explosion (1994) Not Rated to 7.7/10
As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire - Black Tape For A Blue Girl (1998) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Beautiful Freak - Eels (1996) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Prayer For The Halcyon Fear - Tiny Lights (1985) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (1976) Not Rated to 7.5/10
A Chaos Of Desire - Black Tape For A Blue Girl (1992) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Smoke In The Shadows - Lydia Lunch (2004) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Dubnobasswithmyheadman - Underworld (1994) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (2000) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt - John Frusciante (1994) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Whitechocolatespaceegg - Liz Phair (1998) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Skylarking - XTC (1986) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols (1977) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Everclear - American Music Club (1991) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Green Thoughts - Smithereens (1988) Not Rated to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 6.4/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes - 16 Horsepower (1996) 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
The Mask and Mirror - Loreena McKennitt (1994) 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Stormcock - Roy Harper (1970) 7.5/10
Butch - Geraldine Fibbers (1997) 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Eye of the Hunter - Brendan Perry (1999) 7.4/10
Your Bag - Lida Husik (1992) 7.4/10
Mars Audiac Quintet - Stereolab (1994) 7.4/10
Life in a Bubble Can Be Beautiful - Red Stars Theory (1999) 7.4/10
The Man in a Blue Turban With a Face - Man Man (2004) 7.3/10
Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones (1981) 7.3/10
Sky-skating - Annette Peacock (1982) 7.3/10
Lost Works of Eunice Phelps - Maquiladora (1998) 7.3/10
God Weed Satan: The Oneness - Ween (1990) 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-7-19 - 1-13-19
Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999)
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope (1984)
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993)
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)
Erpland - Ozric Tentacles (1990)
Love Agenda - Band Of Susans (1989)
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (1989)
When I Was A Boy - Jane Siberry (1993)
Four Great Points - June of 44 (1998)
Dimension Gate - Aurora Sutra (1994)
Pure Electric Honey - Ant-Bee (1990)
Rock For Light - Bad Brains (1983)
Excavation - Haxan Cloak (2013)
Slide - Lisa Germano (1998)
La Foret - Xiu Xiu (2005)
Damaged - Black Flag (1981)
The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone (1991)
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Electro-Shock Blues - Eels (1998)
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman (1974)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Marquee Moon - Television (1977) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Erpland - Ozric Tentacles (1990) 7.7/10 to 7.9/10
When I Was A Boy - Jane Siberry (1993) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Before and After Science - Brian Eno (1977) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope (1984) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Love Agenda - Band Of Susans (1989) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Rock For Light - Bad Brains (1983) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Excavation - Haxan Cloak (2013) 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993) Not Rated to 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.6/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976) 6.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-1-19 - 1-6-19
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Post to Wire - Heather Duby (1999)
154 - Wire (1979)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
Late For the Sky - Jackson Browne (1974)
Charm of the Highway Strip - Magnetic Fields (1998)
Demanufacture - Fear Factory (1994)
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff (2018)
Gallowsbird's Bark - Fiery Furnaces (2003)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979)
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
The Clash - The Clash (1977)
77 - Talking Heads (1977)
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
Fantasia For Guitar & Banjo - Sandy Bull (1963)
12 Songs - Randy Newman (1970)
Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine (1968)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10
154 - Wire (1979) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Demanufacture - Fear Factory (1994) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Damn The Torpedoes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1979) Not Rated to 7.3/10

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2018)

PAST WINNERS: 1995 - 2017
(NOTE: My series of "Top 10 of the Week" lists only actually goes back to 2008. Prior to that are simply my noted favorite works of each given year without any attempt to keep further record)


2017: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2016: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2015: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2014: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2013: Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi (1874)
2012: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2011: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2010: Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
2009: Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
2008: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
2007: Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1968)
2006: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
2005: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
2004: Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
2003: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
2002: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
2001: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2000: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
1999: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - J.S. Bach (1723)
1998: OK Computer - Radiohead (1997)
1997: The Bends - Radiohead (1995)
1996: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
1995: Throwing Copper - Live (1995)

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2018)
1. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
2. Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
3. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
4. Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
5. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
6. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
7. Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
8. Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
9. Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
10. Faust - Faust (1971)
11. String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
12. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
13. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
14. Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
15. Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
16. The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500)
17. The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
18. Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
19. The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
20. Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
21. Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
22. Metamorphosis of Narcissus - Salvador Dali (1937)
23. Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
24. Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
25. Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
26. Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
27. Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
28. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
29. Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950)
30. Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
31. Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
32. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
33. Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopoulos (1988)
34. Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
35. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
36. The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
37. What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962)
38. 8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963)
39. Good - Morphine (1992)
40. Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
41. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
42. Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
43. Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
44. Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992)
45. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
46. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
47. Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989)
48. Uncanny Valley - Stabscotch (2017)
49. Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
50. Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais (1961)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-19-18 - 12-31-18
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989)
Uncanny Valley - Stabscotch (2017)
Tago Mago - Can (1971)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Song of the Stallion - Robbie Basho (1970)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1: Flying Teapot - Gong (1973)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Trust - Low (2002)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis (1980)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Disappeared - Spring Heel Jack (2000)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990)
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992)
2 - Don Caballero (1996)
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello (1976)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Psalm - Paul Motian (1982)
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta (2005)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell (1977)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Permanent Waves - Rush (1980)
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden (1991)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980)
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1996)
Picaresque - Decemberists (2005)
The Witch - Richard Eggers (2015)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Fontanelle - Babes in Toyland (1992)
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (1969)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
Stands for Decibels - DBs (1981)
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones (1971)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey (1973)
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Before We Were Born - Bill Frisell (1988)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Spleen & Ideal - Dead Can Dance (1985)
Kick Out the Jams - MC5 (1969)
Electro-Shock Blues - Eels (1998)
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin (1971)
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957)
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP]
Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
Perfect From Now On - Built To Spill (1997)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1973)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)
Strange Days - The Doors (1968)
Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock (1945)
Drifters/Love is the Devil - Dirty Beaches (2013)
2112 - Rush (1976)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark Lanegan (1994)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
Torn Curtain - Alfred Hitchcock (1966)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967)
Future Days - Can (1973)
Buy - Contortions (1979)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Spiderland - Slint (1991) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10; 8.6/10 to 8.7/10
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974) 8.9/10 to 8.7/10
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1: Flying Teapot - Gong (1973) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10; 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10; 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970) 8.7/10 to 8.5/10
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10; 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Kick Out the Jams - MC5 (1969) 8.7/10 to 8.4/10
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989) 8.7/10 to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969) 8.5/10 to 8.3/10
Cosmic Interception - Von Lmo (1994) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Fontanelle - Babes in Toyland (1992) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Song of the Stallion - Robbie Basho (1970) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Before We Were Born - Bill Frisell (1988) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta (2005) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (1969) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Future Days - Can (1973) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Strange Days - The Doors (1968) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974) 7.2/10 to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993) 7.8/10 to 7.5/10
Buy - Contortions (1979) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark Lanegan (1994) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1973) Not Rated to 7.2/10
Ten - Pearl Jam (1991) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins (1995) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Drifters/Love is the Devil - Dirty Beaches (2013) 7.9/10 to 7.1/10
Pretty on the Inside - Hole (1991) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Use Your Illusion I & II - Guns N' Roses (1991) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Permanent Waves - Rush (1980) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden (1991) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan (1974) Not Rated to 6.8/10
2112 - Rush (1976) Not Rated to 6.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Uncanny Valley - Stabscotch (2017) 8.2/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Spellbound - Alfred Hitchcock (1945) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Rebecca - Alfred Hitchcock (1940) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Married to the Mob - Jonathan Demme (1988) 6.0/10 to 5.0/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Torn Curtain - Alfred Hitchcock (1966) 7.0/10
The Witch - Richard Eggers (2015) 7.0/10 ...An expertly paced, creepy supernatural horror film with methodical and elliptical editing and stunning visuals that are a cross between Tarkovsky's Nostalghia and Caravaggio's paintings, but with the content of Goya's black period. Cinematically, it is fairly reminiscent of Von Trier's Antichrist, and in various ways, Dreyer's Ordet and the religious conviction of his works, Freidkin's The Exorcist, Bergman's Hour of the Wolf, and other folklore/films of supernatural horror.

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-5-18 - 11-18-18
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Meet the Residents - Residents (1974)
Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011)
What Passes For Survival - Pyrrhon (2017)
Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff (2018)
Willpower - Today is the Day (1994)
Through Silver in Blood - Neurosis (1996)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
Roots - Sepultra (1996)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)
Da Capo - Love (1967)
Demanufacture - Fear Factory (1994)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
You Won't Get What You Want - Daughters (2018) ...NOT RATED YET...
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
And Justice For All - Metallica (1988)
The Band - The Band (1969)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Dirt - Alice in Chains (1992)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986)
Platform - Holly Herndon (2015) ...NOT RATED YET...
The Miraculous - Anne Von Hausswolff (2015)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Meet the Residents - Residents (1974) [Original Mono Recording] 8.2/10 to 8.4/10 ...not truly a "real-time" upgrade. I should've already had this shown as rated between 8.5 and 9 (if I'm not mistaken) and forgot when I transferred my content over from listology.com. Ex: https://web.archive.org/web/20150703165...-rock-jazz ... ... Couldnt find the final version prior to the final listology crash. There were frequent temporary crashes following that point for about a year before the site finally gave out, and several updates were missed or lost from view during that time. Anyway, Scaruffi reminded me of the mistake when he recently upgraded it himself from 8 to 8.5 and I noticed I had it at an outdated rating of 8.2 on BEA. I hadn't listened to it for quite some time so I revisited it just to be sure and it's still a remarkable, bonkers, blackly comic and rather terrifying Dadaist album, possibly their masterpiece.
Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Temple Of The Morning Star - Today is the Day (1997) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Images and Words - Dream Theater (1992) Not Rated to 7.5/10; 7.5/10 to 7.9/10
Roots - Sepultra (1996) Not Rated to 7.9/10
The Band - The Band (1969) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Happiness - Lisa Germano (1993) [i]Not Rated to 7.7/10

Da Capo - Love (1967) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984) 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
Blues For The Red Sun - Kyuss (1992) Not Rated to 7.5/10
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989) 7.7/10 to 7.5/10
2 - Earth (1993) Not Rated to 7.4/10
White Soul - Green (1989) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10
Reign in Blood - Slayer (1986) Not Rated to 7.3/10
The Miraculous - Anne Von Hausswolff (2015) 7.5/10 to 7.0/10
Dirt - Alice in Chains (1992) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Ultramega OK - Soundgarden (1988) Not Rated to 6.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
What Passes For Survival - Pyrrhon (2017) 7.9/10
Demanufacture - Fear Factory (1994) 7.6/10
Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff (2018) 7.5/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-29-18 - 11-4-18
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1996)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh (1973)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Doors - The Doors (1967) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Croce - Father Murphy (2015) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-8-18 - 10-28-18
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.8/10 to 9.9/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.3/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.3/10 to 9.2/10
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-1-18 - 10-7-18
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 9-24-18 - 9-30-18
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
The Good Son - Nick Cave (1990)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey (1973)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 9-10-18 - 9-23-18
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Good - Morphine (1992)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais (1961)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Irma La Douce - Billy Wilder (1963)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Woman in the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara (1964)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Holy Motors - Leos Carax (2012)
The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (1953)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes]
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin (1936)
Harakiri - Masaki Kobayashi (1962)
Monsieur Verdoux - Charlie Chaplin (1947)
Sunrise - F.W. Murnau (1927)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Atomizer - Big Black (1986)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010)
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1985)
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.7/10 to 9.8/10
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) 9.5/10 to 9.6/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969) 9.4/10 to 9.5/10
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) 9.4/10 to 9.5/10
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Good - Morphine (1992) 8.0/10 to 8.3/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Resnais (1961) 7.4/10 to 7.9/10
Irma La Douce - Billy Wilder (1963) 7.3/10 to 7.7/10
Woman in the Dunes - Hiroshi Teshigahara (1964) Not Rated to 7.6/10
The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (1953) 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin (1936) 7.4/10 to 7.6/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Harakiri - Masaki Kobayashi (1962) 7.3/10
Monsieur Verdoux - Charlie Chaplin (1947) 7.3/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) 9.9/10 to 10/10
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"] 9.6/10 to 9.5/10
Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 9-3-18 - 9-9-18
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Viridiana - Luis Bunuel (1961)
Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir (1937)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)[/b]
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders (1987)
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (1993)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Transition - Peter Michael Hamel (1983)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Chimes at Midnight - Orson Welles (1965)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887) 8.5/10 to 8.7/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.6/10 to 8.4/10
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) 8.0/10 to 8.4/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Destroy Me Lover - Pain Teens (1993) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Viridiana - Luis Bunuel (1961) 7.5/10 to 8.3/10
Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir (1937) 7.4/10 to 8.1/10
Chimes at Midnight - Orson Welles (1965) Not Rated to 7.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 8-27-18 - 9-2-18
Play Time - Jacques Tati (1967)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Dr. Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick (1964)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer (1962)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa (1952)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968)
Petulia - Richard Lester (1968)
Earth - Alexander Dovzhenko (1930)
Secret Ceremony - Joseph Losey (1968)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa (1952) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer (1962) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10
Secret Ceremony - Joseph Losey (1968) 7.7/10 to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 8-20-18 - 8-26-18
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin (1940)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Rebecca - Alfred Hitchcock (1940)
A Streetcar Named Desire - Elia Kazan (1951)
Shane - George Stevens (1953)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Emperor of the North - Robert Aldrich (1973)
Heroes - David Bowie (1977)
Network - Sidney Lumet (1976)
The African Queen - John Huston (1951)
Don't Look Now - Nicolas Roeg (1973)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (1964) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Miracle in Milan - Vittorio de Sica (1951) 7.7/10 to 8.0/10
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (1957) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan (1957) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Cache - Michael Haneke (2005) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Time - Kim Ki-duk (2006) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Sansho the Bailiff - Kenji Mizoguchi (1954) 7.4/10 to 7.7/10
Hour of the Wolf - Ingmar Bergmam (1968) 7.4/10 to 7.7/10
Children of Paradise - Marcel Carne (1945) 7.4/10 to 7.7/10
The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin (1940) 7.4/10 to 7.6/10
To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch (1942) 7.4/10 to 7.6/10
Emperor of the North - Robert Aldrich (1973) 7.2/10 to 7.3/10
A Streetcar Named Desire - Elia Kazan (1951) Not Rated to 7.1/10
The African Queen - John Huston (1951) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 8-13-18 - 8-19-18
Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock (1943)
Meet John Doe - Frank Capra (1941)
Yeti - Amon Duul II (1971)
Annihilation - Alex Garland (2018)
Late Spring - Yasujiro Ozu (1949)
It's a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946)
Peggy Sue Got Married - Francis Ford Coppola (1986)
The French Connection - William Friedkin (1971)
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (1975)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman (1984)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1975)
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan (1967)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
The Traveling Players - Theo Angelopoulos (1975) 8.4/10 to 8.5/10
The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola (1972) 8.0/10 to 8.4/10
Andrei Rublev - Andrei Tarkovsky (1966) 8.0/10 to 8.4/10
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Marketa Lazarova - Frantisek Vlacil (1967) 8.0/10 to 8.3/10
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967) 7.8/10 to 8.3/10
The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
The Deer Hunter - Michael Cimino (1978) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Eternity and a Day - Theo Angelopoulos (1998) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
The Weeping Meadow - Theo Angelopoulos (2004) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Meet John Doe – Frank Capra (1941) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Shadow of a Doubt - Alfred Hitchcock (1943) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Late Spring - Yasujiro Ozu (1949) 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Eraserhead - David Lynch (1978) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Deliverance - John Boorman (1972) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Last Tango in Paris - Bernardo Bertolucci (1972) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Twelve Monkeys - Terry Gilliam (1995) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Duel - Steven Spielberg (1971) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - Robert Altman (1971) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman (1984) 7.1/10 to 7.0/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Annihilation - Alex Garland (2018) 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 8-6-18 - 8-12-18
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962)
8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963)
La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960)
Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - John Ford (1962)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
L'Avventura - Michelangelo Antionini (1960)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix (1967)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2001)
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1973)
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Eisenstein (1938)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) 8.0/10 to 8.3/10
The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963) 7.8/10 to 8.3/10
8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - John Ford (1962) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10
L'Avventura - Michelangelo Antionini (1960) 7.2/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-11-18 - 8-5-18
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopoulos (1988)
Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
The Trial - Orson Welles (1962)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973)
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959)
Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971)
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
The Band - The Band (1969)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
The Apartment - Billy Wilder (1960)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
M - Fritz Lang (1931)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Greed - Erich von Stroheim (1924)
Some Like it Hot - Billy Wilder (1959)
The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway (1986)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese (1973)
Dirty Harry - Don Siegel (1971)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder (1951) [aka, "The Big Carnival"]
The Color of Paradise - Mahid Majidi (1998)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman (1957)
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013)
La Strada - Federico Fellini (1954)
To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch (1942)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
The Red Shoes - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (1948)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Martin Scorsese (1974)
The Stranger - Orson Welles (1946)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder (1944)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Peeping Tom - Michael Powell (1960)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
The Searchers - John Ford (1956)
Everyone Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (1964)
Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979)
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Splendor in the Grass - Elia Kazan (1961)
Casablanca - Michael Curtiz (1942)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1965)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Don Siegel (1956)
Raging Bull - Martin Scorsese (1980)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
Scarface - Howard Hawks (1932)
Soylent Green - Richard Fleischer (1973)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803)
Fury - Fritz Lang (1936)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Pure Heroine - Lorde (2013) 6.8/10; 6.8/10 to 6.9/10; 6.9/10 to 7.0/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976) 7.9/10 to 8.4/10
Landscape in the Mist - Theo Angelopoulos (1988) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Hush... Hush Sweet Charlotte - Robert Aldrich (1965) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
M - Fritz Lang (1931) 7.5/10 to 8.0/10
On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954) 7.7/10 to 7.9/10
The Seventh Seal - Ingmar Bergman (1957) 7.6/10 to 7.9/10
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
The Trial - Orson Welles (1962) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (1957) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa (1954) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10
Hiroshima, Mon Amour - Alain Resnais (1959) 7.5/10 to 7.8/10
Ace in the Hole - Billy Wilder (1951) [aka, "The Big Carnival"] Not Rated to 7.8/10
Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973) 7.4/10 to 7.8/10
Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971) 7.3/10 to 7.7/10
The Apartment - Billy Wilder (1960) 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
Some Like it Hot - Billy Wilder (1959) 7.4/10 to 7.6/10
Alien - Ridley Scott (1979) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
La Strada - Federico Fellini (1954) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10
Peeping Tom - Michael Powell (1960) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch (1942) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
The Stranger - Orson Welles (1946) 7.1/10 to 7.3/10
Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Casablanca - Michael Curtiz (1942) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Fury - Fritz Lang (1936) Not Rated to 7.0/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
While the City Sleeps - Fritz Lang (1955) 7.3/10
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Martin Scorsese (1974) 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-4-18 - 6-10-18
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-28-18 - 6-3-18
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889) 8.0/10 to 8.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-7-18 - 5-27-18
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-30-18 - 5-6-18
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Good - Morphine (1992)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974) ...Not included on my Greatest Albums list: 7.2/10 (possibly 7.3/10+)...
Homogenic - Bjork (1998) ...Not included on my Greatest Albums list: 7.1/10...
2 - Black Heart Procession (1999)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-23-18 - 4-29-18
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974) ...Not included on my Greatest Albums list... 7.2/10 (possibly 7.3/10+)...
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley (1967)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969)
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush (1985) ...Not included on my "Greatest Albums" lists ... Probably 7.0/10...
Marry Me - St Vincent (2007)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-16-18 - 4-22-18
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)[/b]
Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino (2009)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974) ...Not included on my Greatest Albums list... 7.2/10 (possibly 7.3/10+)...
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) ...Not included on my Greatest Albums list... 7.2/10 (possibly 7.3/10+)...
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) ...Not included on my Greatest Albums list... 7.2/10 (possibly 7.3/10+)...

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Inglorious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino (2009) 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-9-18 - 4-15-18
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Heroes - David Bowie (1977)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Low - David Bowie (1977)
Another Green World - Brian Eno (1975) (Not included on my "Greatest Albums" list: 7.0/10)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-2-18 - 4-8-18
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell (1966)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-26-18 - 4-1-18
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Disappeared - Spring Heel Jack (2000)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Easily Slip Into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987)
Rusty - Rodan (1994)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell (1981)
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-19-18 - 3-25-18
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Tago Mago - Can (1971)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon (2014)
Through Time and Mystery -- Ending - Peter Frohmader (1988)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Conspiracy - Jeanne Lee (1974)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) 8.2/10 to 8.8/10
Tago Mago - Can (1971) 8.2/10 to 8.5/10
Through Time and Mystery -- Ending - Peter Frohmader (1988) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Conspiracy - Jeanne Lee (1974) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-12-18 - 3-18-18
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan (1957)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan (1957) 7.6/10 to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-5-18 - 3-11-18
Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950)
The Big Heat - Fritz Lang (1953) ...Rating/ranking upgrade on the way, though undecided on specifics at the moment... mid-evaluating this film a bit more deeply into its subtext(s) -- and in terms of visual analysis and its correlation to its themes/emotions/subtext(s) and the affect this has upon the rating... (side note that I am also doing this with On the Waterfront, which may be upgraded too...)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967)
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith (1976)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1988)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
Master Of Puppets - Metallica (1986)
Harvest - Neil Young (1972)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1976)
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
Robin Holcomb - Robin Holcomb (1990)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Sunset Boulevard - Billy Wilder (1950) 7.6/10 to 8.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-26-18 - 3-4-18
Countdown to Ecstacy - Steely Dan (1972)
On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954)
Happiness - Lisa Germano (1993)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (1974)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984)
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - Bright Eyes (2002)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails (1989)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002)
Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen (1969)
Music From Big Pink - The Band (1968)
Late For the Sky - Jackson Browne (1974)
Under The Pink - Tori Amos (1994)
Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley (1969)
Into the Music - Van Morrison (1979)
Desperado - Eagles (1973)
Stands for Decibels - DBs (1981)
Hotel California - Eagles (1976)
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young (1970)
Tidal - Fiona Apple (1996)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen (1984) 6.8/10 to 7.2/10
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground - Bright Eyes (2002) 6.9/10 to 7.1/10
Hotel California - Eagles (1976) 7.0/10 to 6.9/10
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young (1970) 7.1/10 to 6.9/10
Tidal - Fiona Apple (1996) Not Rated to 6.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Into the Music - Van Morrison (1979) Not Rated to 7.1/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Secret Ceremony - Joseph Losey (1968) 7.5/10 to 7.7/10
Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
The Manchurian Candidate - John Frankenheimer (1962) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Children of Paradise - Marcel Carne (1945) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
The Red Shoes - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (1948) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Sunrise - F.W. Murnau (1927) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Huston (1948) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir (1937) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Sergei Parajanov (1968) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
The Terminator - James Cameron (1984) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Robert Wiene (1920) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
To Be or Not To Be - Ernst Lubitsch (1942) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Walkabout - Nicolas Roeg (1971) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
World on a Wire - Rainer Fassbinder (1973) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Sweet Hereafter - Atom Egoyan (1997) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Shallow Grave - Danny Boyle (1994) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Black Rain - Shohei Imamura (1988) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Something Wild - Jonathan Demme (1986) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis (1994) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Soylent Green - Richard Fleischer (1973) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
The Man With A Movie Camera - Dziga Vertov (1928) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
The Phantom Carriage - Victor Sjostrom (1921) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
The Last Laugh - F.W. Murnau (1924) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges (1941) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
His Girl Friday - Howard Hawks (1940) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme (1991) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
It's a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Frank Capra (1939) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Miller's Crossing - Joel Coen (1990) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Road Warrior - George Miller (1981) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Blow Out - Brian De Palma (1981) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Scarface - Howard Hawks (1932) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Scarlet Empress - Josef Von Sternberg (1934) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Earth - Alexander Dovzhenko (1930) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
High Noon - Fred Zinneman (1952) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Rules of the Game - Jean Renoir (1939) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
City Lights - Charlie Chaplin (1931) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The Exterminating Angel - Luis Bunuel (1962) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith (1915) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
The General - Buster Keaton (1926) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Pepe Le Moko - Julien Duvivier (1937) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
The Searchers - John Ford (1956) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Cat Ballou - Silverstein (1965) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Milos Forman (1975) 7.4/10 to 7.2/10
Airplane! - David Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker (1980) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Trainspotting - Danny Boyle (1996) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Simon of the Desert - Luis Bunuel (1965) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Das Boot - Wolfgang Petersen (1981) 7.4/10 to 7.2/10
Emperor of the North - Robert Aldrich (1973) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
American Graffiti - George Lucas (1973) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Blues Brothers - John Landis (1980) 7.3/10 to 7.2/10
Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman (1984) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick (1999) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick (1987) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
A Fish Called Wanda - Charles Crichton (1988) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Exorcist - William Friedkin (1973) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Fifth Element - Luc Besson (1996) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
All Quiet on the Western Front - Lewis Milestone (1930) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Andromeda Strain - Robert Wise (1971) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Mad Max - George Miller (1980) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner (1980) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
King Kong - Ernest Schoedsack (1933) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The French Connection - William Friedkin (1971) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Paths of Glory - Stanley Kubrick (1957) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Planet of the Apes - Franklin Schaffner (1968) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Jaws - Steven Spielberg (1975) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - George Roy Hill (1969) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Frantic - Roman Polanski (1988) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen (1985) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Outlaw and His Wife - Victor Sjostrom (1917) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Vampyr - Carl Theodor Dreyer (1931) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Freaks - Tod Browning (1932) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Bride of Frankenstein - James Whale (1935) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Platoon - Oliver Stone (1986) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Meshes of the Afternoon - Maya Deren (1943) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The African Queen - John Huston (1951) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Tokyo Story - Yasujiro Ozu (1953) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
Thelma & Louise - Ridley Scott (1991) 7.3/10 to 7.1/10
The Seventh Continent - Michael Haneke (1989) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
The Circus - Charlie Chaplin (1928) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10
Zero for Conduct - Jean Vigo (1933) 7.3/10 to 7.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-19-18 - 2-25-18
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989)
Sing to God - Cardiacs (1995)
The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone (1991)
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1996)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music (1972)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Landlocked - Witch Hazel (1995)
Korn - Korn (1994)
Buy - Contortions (1979)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Glee - Bran Van 3000 (1998)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)
Rocket to Russia - Ramones (1977)
There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
Surfer Rosa - Pixies (1988)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)
Barrett - Syd Barrett (1970)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2001)
Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone (1969)
White Music – XTC (1977)
Paid in Full - Eric B & Rakim (1987)
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello (1978)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons (1973)
Bromst - Dan Deacon (2009)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks (1967)
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae (2010)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement (1992)
Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament (1977)
Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey (2014)
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1973)
Murmur - R.E.M (1983)
Graceland - Paul Simon (1986)
The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
On The Corner - Miles Davis (1972)
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello (1978)
Vivid - Living Colour (1988)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Purple Rain - Prince (1984) 7.2/10 to 7.9/10
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989) 7.1/10 to 7.8/10
Sing to God - Cardiacs (1995) Not Rated to 7.7/10
Korn - Korn (1994) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Rocket to Russia - Ramones (1977) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Skylarking - XTC (1986) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Landlocked - Witch Hazel (1995) 7.1/10 to 7.3/10
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (1996) 6.8/10 to 7.3/10
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992) Not Rated to 7.3/10
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Murmur - R.E.M (1983) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Tallahassee - Mountain Goats (2003) Not Rated to 7.1/10
Graceland - Paul Simon (1986) 7.1/10 to 7.0/10
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons (1973) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Since I Left You - Avalanches (2000) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak (1987) Not Rated to 6.9/10
On The Corner - Miles Davis (1972) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello (1978) Not Rated to 6.9/10
The Smiths - The Smiths (1984) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1982) 6.4/10 to 6.6/10
Aquarium - Aqua (1997) 6.0/10 to 6.5/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone (1991) 7.4/10
Glee - Bran Van 3000 (1998) 7.3/10
Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament (1977) 7.0/10
Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey (2014) 7.0/10
Vivid - Living Colour (1988) 6.8/10
Heartbreak City - Cars (1984) 6.4/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Weekend - Jean-Luc Godard (1967) 7.5/10 to 7.7/10
Greed - Erich von Stroheim (1924) [Studio Cut, 140 minutes] 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
On the Waterfront - Elia Kazan (1954) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman (1957) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
A Face in the Crowd - Elia Kazan (1957) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
The Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa (1954) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-12-18 - 2-18-18
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942)
Perfect from Now On - Built To Spill (1997)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrissette (1995)
The Charm of the Highway Strip - The Magnetic Fields (1994)
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (1998)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980)
Purple Rain - Prince (1984) ...Under strong consideration for 7.3/10+
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (1976) ...Not included on my "Greatest Albums" list: 7.2/10...
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr (1987)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
White Music - XTC (1977)
Homogenic - Bjork (1997)
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello (1978)
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush (1985)
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1973)
The Tain - Decemberists (2005) [EP]
Songs in the Key to Life - Stevie Wonder (1976)
Picaresque - Decemberists (2005)
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian (1996)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Original Sin - Pandora's Box (1989) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10
The Charm of the Highway Strip - The Magnetic Fields (1994) 7.6/10 to 7.9/10
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morrissette (1995) 7.0/10 to 7.6/10; 7.6/10 to 7.9/10
Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev (1998) 7.4/10 to 7.6/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) 7.7/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-5-18 - 2-11-18
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500)
6 - Supersilent (2003)
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971)
Destroy Me Lover - Pain Teens (1993)
The Big Heat - Stan Ridgway (1986)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones (1972)
Half Mute - Tuxedomoon (1979)
Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones (1968)
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957)
New York - Lou Reed (1989) ...Still undecided on an exact rating (probably 7.3+), but I hope to have this resolved soon within another revisit or two...
Marry Me - St Vincent (2007)
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (1970)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
The Last Judgement - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1504-1508)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004)
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian (1996)
Between The Buttons - Rolling Stones (1967) ...Not included on my "Greatest Albums" list: 7/10...

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
6 - Supersilent (2003) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Destroy Me Lover - Pain Teens (1993) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones (1971) 7.4/10 to 8.0/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Half Mute - Tuxedomoon (1979) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500) 9.1/10 to 8.9/10; 8.9/10 to 9.1/10
The Last Judgement - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1504-1508) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10
Mirror - Andrei Tarkovsky (1974) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
The Traveling Players - Theo Angelopoulos (1975) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (1964) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Once Upon a Time in the West - Sergio Leone (1968) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Zardoz - John Boorman (1972) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Point Blank - John Boorman (1967) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-29-18 - 2-4-18
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
The Band - The Band (1969)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Apocalypse, girl - Jenny Hval (2015)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990)
At Action Park - Shellac (1994)
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita Falls - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell (1977)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Rusty - Rodan (1994)
2 - Black Heart Procession (1999)
Da Capo - Love (1967)
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan (1965)
For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? - The Pop Group (1980)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark Lanegan (1994)
Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis (1950)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum (1969)
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (1978)
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985)
Excerpts From A Love Circus - Lisa Germano (1996)
Funeral - Arcade Fire (2004)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Band - The Band (1969) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Ceremony - Anna Von Hausswolff (2012) 7.9/10 to 6.5/10 or 7/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
La Dolce Vita - Federico Fellini (1960) 7.7/10 to 7.9/10
8 1/2 - Federico Fellini (1963) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10
Marnie - Alfred Hitchcock (1964) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Play Time - Jacques Tati (1967) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-22-18 - 1-28-18
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Metamorphosis of Narcissus - Salvador Dali (1937)
The Band - The Band (1969)
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
The Days of Wine & Roses - Dream Syndicate (1982)
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1973)
Music From The Penguin Cafè - Penguin Cafè Orchestra (1976)
It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)
The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (1984)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Shoot Out the Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson (1996)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Strange Days - The Doors (1968)
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair (1993)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost - Mark Lanegan (1994)
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - The 13th Floor Elevators (1966) ... I've had this at 7/10 for a long time but may be upgraded ... under consideration ...
The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987) ...Not included on my "Greatest Albums" list: 7.0 or 7.1/10
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
The Black Light - Calexico (1998)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
Ceremony - Anna Von Hausswolff (2012) ...Seems like I may have this one overrated ... probably either 7.5 or 7 ... I'll revisit again to be sure...
Nothing Important - Richard Dawson (2014) ...Not included on my "Greatest Albums" list: 7.2/10
Stands for Decibels - DBs (1981) ...Not included on my "Greatest Albums" list: 6.9/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Music From The Penguin Cafè - Penguin Cafè Orchestra (1976) Not Rated to 7.9/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Peasant - Richard Dawson (2017) 6/10 or 6.5/10 ...a strange, idiosynchratic album of awkward, seemingly incongruous (but usually interesting) elements that works just about as much as it doesn't. Dawson merges midieval themes, freak folk, yearning/angry choirs, inharmonious instrumentals and outbursts of strange sounds/cacophany, and in his own vocals, he sings in a pained, broken, stretched register somewhere between Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) and Captain Beefheart. The weaknesses seem to lie mostly with his vocals when they are left alone, or mostly alone, without the other elements to cover them up. As in: when he sings solo (or mostly solo) his performance sounds overly self-conscious and contrived (trying more to imitate his idols/sounds different than actually feeling the emotion erupting from him in real-time) so even though he is stylistically somewhere between Mangum and Beefheart (two extraordinary touchstones) he usually comes across as somewhat tedious, lacking Beefheart's startling range/force of nature and lacking Mangum's amazing compassion and moving dichotomy between overwhelmed ecstacy and deep sorrow/nostalgia. He fairs much better when there are chorals surrounding his voice, or when more instrumentals/cacophany enter the mix, or on some occasions when he applies his gravelly, throaty register (the peak of which can be found in his previous album with The Vile Stuff, one of the best songs of the decade). Still, an artist to look out for, and it's entirely possible this album is more a grower than I realize, as it is a respectably creative effort from all involved.

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-15-18 - 1-21-18
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Metamorphosis of Narcissus - Salvador Dali (1937)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. - Einstürzende Neubauten (1983)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994)
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali (1931)
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry (1988)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Structures From Silence - Steve Roach (1984)
Murmur - R.E.M (1983)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
The Record - Fear (1982) ...Not Rated Yet ... Initial impression: 7/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. - Einstürzende Neubauten (1983) 8.0/10
The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry (1988) 7.3/10
Structures From Silence - Steve Roach (1984) 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-8-18 - 1-14-18
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor - Franz Schubert (1828)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (1980)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Songs from the Hill/Tablet - Meredith Monk (1979)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Sarajevo - Omar El Nagdi (1992)
Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 - Franz Schubert (1826)
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (1986) (not included on my "Greatest Albums" lists; 7.0/10)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967) (not included on my "Greatest Albums" lists; 7.1/10)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Songs from the Hill/Tablet - Meredith Monk (1979) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor - Franz Schubert (1828) Not Rated to 7.4/10; 7.4/10 to 7.7/10
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata in G major, D. 894 - Franz Schubert (1826) Not Rated to 7.1/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
DAMN - Kendrick Lamar (2017) 4.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-1-18 - 1-7-18
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874) ...See the following list for my revised selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882) ...See the following list for my brand new selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789) ...See the following list for my revised selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994) ...See the following list for my brand new selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
String Trio - Alfred Schnittke (1985)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor - Johannes Brahms (1891) ...See the following list for my brand new selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci (1497)
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Clarinet Concerto in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) ...See the following list for my brand new selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Sinfonietta - Leos Janacek (1926) ...See the following list for my brand new selection for "best recorded performance": https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima (2005)
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms (1882)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 - Johannes Brahms (1883)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor - Johannes Brahms (1891) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms (1882) 8.2/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 - Johannes Brahms (1883) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Clarinet Concerto in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Sinfonietta - Leos Janacek (1926) Not Rated to 7.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994) 7.9/10[/i]

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2017)
1. Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
3. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
4. Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
5. Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909)
6. Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
7. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
8. Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
9. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
10. Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
12. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
13. Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
14. Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
15. Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
16. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
17. Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
18. Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
19. Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
20. Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
21. The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
22. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
23. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
24. Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
25. Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
26. Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
27. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
28. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
29. Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
30. Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
31. Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
32. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
33. String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
34. The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
35. Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
36. Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)
37. Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)
38. Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
39. Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
40. Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
41. Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
42. Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
43. Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
44. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
45. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
46. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
47. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
48. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
49. Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
50. Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)

PAST WINNERS: 1995 - 2016
(NOTE: My series of "Top 10 of the Week" lists only actually goes back to 2008. Prior to that are simply my noted favorite works of each given year without any attempt to keep further record)


2016: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2015: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2014: Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
2013: Requiem - Giuseppe Verdi (1874)
2012: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2011: Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
2010: Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
2009: Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
2008: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
2007: Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1968)
2006: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
2005: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
2004: Kid A - Radiohead (2000)
2003: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
2002: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
2001: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
2000: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
1999: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - J.S. Bach (1723)
1998: OK Computer - Radiohead (1997)
1997: The Bends - Radiohead (1995)
1996: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick (1968)
1995: Throwing Copper - Live (1995)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-18-17 - 12-31-17
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009) ...See newly added "best recording" on the following list: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098 ...This work is brand new to me ... and was revelatory and astonishing ... Maybe the greatest Cello Concerto of all time and under consideration (with works such as Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies and Joanna Newsom's Have One On Me) as possibly the greatest work of art (any medium) so far this century...
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009) 8.4/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson (2017) 5.0/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2017)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-11-17 - 12-17-17
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) ...See revised "best recording" on the following list: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-4-17 - 12-10-17
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Cello Suite No. 4 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) (Not Rated Yet)
Cello Suite No. 3 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) (Not Rated Yet)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.7/10
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943) 8.0/10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886) 8.0/10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968) 8.0/10
Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.8/10; 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-27-17 - 12-3-17
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Cello Concerto in B minor - Antonin Dvorak (1895) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (1896) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711) Not Rated to 8.5/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Cello Concerto in B minor - Antonin Dvorak (1895) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (1896) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) Not Rated to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-13-17 - 11-26-17
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Nail - Foetus (1985)
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra - Alfred Schnittke (1979)
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1839) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...120#458120
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky (1874) ...See newly added "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Vier Ernste Gesange, Op. 121 - Johannes Brahms (1896)
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1806)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (1913)
Symphony No. 1 in C major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1795-1801)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Nail - Foetus (1985) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714) Not Rated to 8.9/10
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005) Not Rated to 8.9/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1839) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Vier Ernste Gesange, Op. 121 - Johannes Brahms (1896) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1806) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (1913) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Symphony No. 1 in C major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1795-1801) Not Rated to 7.3/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
127 Hours - Danny Boyle (2010) 6.3/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990) Not Rated to 7.0/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" -
1st Movement [enitre work] (1913) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 11-6-17 - 11-12-17
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977) ...See my brand new selection for "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826) ...See revised "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889) ...See my brand new selection for "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) ...See my brand new selection for "best recording" here: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15098
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin (1924)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803) 7.9 to 8.1/10
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826) 8.0 to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-30-17 - 11-5-17
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 9.3/10 to 9.0/10

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.4/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
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) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) 8.3/10 to 8.2/10
Allegro, ma non tanto - Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major - 1st Movement (1887) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Oh Comely - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Track #8 (1998) 7.8/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-23-17 - 10-29-17
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux (1990)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.7/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.3/10 to 8.8/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017) 6.9/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017) 7.1/10 / Piero Scaruffi: 6.8/10 (Unofficial rating until he underlines/reviews it)
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villeneuve (2017) 6.9/10 / Piero Scaruffi: 6.9/10 (Unofficial rating until he underlines/reviews it)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Un poco sostenuto — Allegro - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - 1st Movement (1876) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Andante sostenuto - Moderato con anima (F Minor) - Moderato assai, quasi Andante (B Major - F Major) - Allegro vivo (F Minor) -Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - 1st Movement (1878) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 4th Movement (1812) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804) 7.3/10 to 7.5/10
Finale: Allegro con fuoco (F major) - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - 1st Movement (1878) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Andante con moto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 2nd Movement (1824) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-16-17 - 10-22-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
Nail - Foetus (1985)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Slow, Deep & Hard - Type O Negative (1991)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) 9.5/10 to 9.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) 9.2/10 to 9.3/10
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884) 9.2/10 to 9.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.8/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Doors - The Doors (1967) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
The Creator Has A Master Plan - Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Track #1 (1969) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Miss Fortune - Faust - Faust - Track #3 (1971) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
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) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - 3rd Movement (1820) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Free Form Freak-Out #1/Hurricane Fighter Plane/Free Form Freak-Out #2/Transparent Radiation/Free Form Freak-Out #3/War Sucks/Free Form Freak-Out #4 - Red Crayola - Parable of Arable Land - Track #1 (or Tracks 1-7 depending on the issue) [Entire Side A] (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Lento - Allegro ma non troppo - Cesar Franck - Symphony in D Minor - 1st Movement (1888) 8.2/10 to 8.1/10
Allegro moderato – Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" – 1st Movement (1822) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10; 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Allegro maestoso - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - 1st Movement (1785) Not Rated to 8.0/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra - The Magic City - Track #1 (1965) 7.6/10 to 8.0/10
Unit Structure/As of a Now/Section - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #3 (1966) 8.1/10 to 8.0/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis - Variations in Dream-time - Track #2 (1982) Not Rated to 8.0/10
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 7.9/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor - 1st Movement (1808) 7.6/10 to 7.7/10
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966) 7.7/10 to 7.6/10
Enemy of Light - Anthony Davis - Variations in Dream-time - Track #2 (1982) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Beginning - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Five Moods From an English Garden - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #3 (1980) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Under the Double Moon - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #4 (1980) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Frankie Teardrop - Suicide - Suicide - Track #6 (1977) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Cantelina - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #3 (1996) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Molto moderato - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 1st Movement (1828) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Andante con moto – Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" – 2nd Movement (1822)
Not Rated to 7.4/10
Andante sostenuto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 2nd Movement (1828) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 10-9-17 - 10-15-17
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
Dream Theory in Malaya - Jon Hassell (1981)
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey (1973)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
Not Available - Residents (1974)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Third Ear Band - Third Ear Band (1970)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy - Sun Ra (1963)
Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017)
Neu! - Neu! (1972)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)

FAMILIAR CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966) 9.2/10 to 9.1/10
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Desertshore - Nico (1970) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra - Michael Mantler (1968) [aka, "The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra - The Jazz Composer's Orchestra"] 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Y - The Pop Group (1979) 9.0/10 to 8.9/10
Third - Soft Machine (1970) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Suicide - Suicide (1977) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969) 8.3/10 to 8.5/10
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu (1978) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Not Available - Residents (1974) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Mother! - Darren Aronofsky (2017) 7.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 8-7-17 - 10-1-17
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965)
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964)
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972)
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan (1966)
City of Glass - Stan Kenton (1953)
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967)
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959)
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958) [Restored Welles' Cut, 108 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969)
Air Time - Air (1977)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957)
Even the Sounds Shine - Myra Melford (1994)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Legend of Ai Glatson - Leroy Jenkins (1978)
Approximately - Guillermo Gregorio (1996)
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962)
California - American Music Club (1988)
Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987)
Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus (1960)
Blues For the New Millenium - Marcus Roberts (1997)
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971)
Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1972)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
The Red Quartets - Jane Ira Bloom (1999)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996)
Karma - Pharoah Sanders (1969)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman (1959)
Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins (1958)
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins (1956)
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell (1966)
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (1959)
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis (1969)
North By Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993)
Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler (1964)
Dimensions & Extensions - Sam Rivers (1967)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Dr. Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick (1964) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
Impressions - John Coltrane (1961)
Fuchsia Swing Song - Sam Rivers (1964)
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Rear Window - Alfred Hitchcock (1954) ...Might get upgraded from 7.5 to somewhere between 7.6 and 7.9, but I'm undecided at this time
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)
Birth of the Cool - Miles David's (1950)
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (1978)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Good - Morphine (1992)
Black Unity - Pharaoh Sanders (1971)
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971)
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961)
Largo - Brad Mehidau (2002)
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus (1956)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
Jazz in Silhouette - Sun Ra (1958)
The Bandwagon - Jason Moran (2003)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1986)
Desire - Bob Dylan (1975)
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan (1975)
Forever Changes - Love (1967)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Conspirators of Pleasure - Jan Svankmajer (1996) ...Now re-rated below (and on my "Greatest Films" list) ... Several more film upgrades to follow, though probably gradually, unless I find more time for them (in which case it will go faster)...
The Band - The Band (1969)
Fontessa - Modern Jazz Quartet (1956)
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985)
Removal of Secrecy - Rova Saxophone Quartet (1979)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
Fevers and Mirrors - Bright Eyes (1999)
Moondance - Van Morrison (1970)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett (1976) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971) 8.9/10 to 8.8/10; 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis (1969) 8.6/10 to 8.9/10
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
Sahara – McCoy Tyner (1972) 8.5/10 to 8.8/10
City of Glass - Stan Kenton (1953) 7.9/10 to 8.7/10
The Magic City - Sun Ra (1965) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle – Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1973) 8.1/10 to 8.6/10
A Genuine Tong Funeral - Carla Bley/Gary Burton (1967) 8.3/10 to 8.6/10
Out to Lunch - Eric Dolphy (1964) 8.3/10 to 8.6/10
Legend of Ai Glatson - Leroy Jenkins (1978) 7.6/10 to 8.6/10
Epitaph - Charles Mingus (1962) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Spiritual Unity - Albert Ayler (1964) 8.6/10 to 8.5/10
Air Time - Air (1977) Not Rated to 8.5/10
Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk (1956) 7.8/10 to 8.4/10
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (1959) 7.8/10 to 8.4/10
Approximately - Guillermo Gregorio (1996) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus (1957) 7.8/10 to 8.3/10
Easily Slip into Another World - Henry Threadgill (1987) 7.6/10 to 8.2/10
Presents Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus (1960) 7.8/10 to 8.1/10
The Red Quartets - Jane Ira Bloom (1999) 7.6/10 to 8.1/10
Blues For the New Millenium - Marcus Roberts (1997) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
California - American Music Club (1988) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967) 8.5/10 to 8.1/10
Dual Unity - Paul Bley (1971) Not Rated to 8.3/10; 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman (1959) 7.6/10 to 8.0/10
Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins (1958) 7.4/10 to 7.9/10
Saxophone Colossus - Sonny Rollins (1956) 7.4/10 to 7.9/10
Far Cry - Eric Dolphy (1960) 7.5/10 to 7.9/10
Air Raid - Air (1976) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Impressions - John Coltrane (1961) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Fuchsia Swing Song - Sam Rivers (1964) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Oh Yeah - Charles Mingus (1962) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra (1971) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Light as a Feather - Chick Corea (1972) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus (1956) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Black Unity - Pharaoh Sanders (1971) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Birth of the Cool - Miles David's (1950) 7.3/10 to 7.8/10
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (1959) 7.3/10 to 7.7/10
Removal of Secrecy - Rova Saxophone Quartet (1979) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Largo - Brad Mehidau (2002) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Western Suite - Jimmy Giuffre (1958) Not Rated to 7.3/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes] 8.9/10 to 9.1/10
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958) [Restored Welles' Cut, 108 minutes] 8.7/10 to 9.0/10
The Kingdom - Lars Von Trier (1995) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Underground - Emir Kusturica (1995) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975) 8.4/10 to 8.9/10
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) 7.8/10 to 8.8/10
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) 7.6/10 to 8.6/10
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] 7.6/10 to 8.6/10
The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah (1969) [Director's Cut, 145 minutes] 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Chinatown - Roman Polanski (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? - Robert Aldrich (1962) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Dr. Strangelove - Stanley Kubrick (1964) 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Conspirators of Pleasure - Jan Svankmajer (1996) 8.4/10 to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-31-17 - 8-6-17
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958) (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1948) (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
Mr. Arkadin - Orson Welles (1955) [Comprehensive Version, 105 minutes] (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
The Magnificent Ambersons - Orson Welles (1942) (likely to receive a ratings upgrade, possibly back to 8.3+ or even 8.8+, like it was a few years ago. Still undecided though...)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)[/b]
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) 8.4/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-24-17 - 7-30-17
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, Op. 8, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-12, Op. 3, "L'Estro Armonico" - Antonio Vivaldi (1711)
Fontanelle - Babes In Toyland (1992)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major - Niccolo Paganini (1817-1818)
Violin Concerto in D minor - Jean Sibelius (1905) [Final, Revised Version]
Violin Concerto - Benjamin Britten (1939)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Violin Concerto - Samuel Barber (1939)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Antonin Dvorak (1879)
Violin Concerto - Esa-Pekka Salonen (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in E major "L'amoroso" - Antonio Vivaldi (circa 1728)
Concerto for Violin and American Gamelan - Bill Alves (2004)
La La Land - Damien Chazelle (2016)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878) 9.0/10 to 9.1/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.6/10 to 9.0/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, Op. 8, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.8/10 to 9.0/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.6/10 to 8.7/10; 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.0/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930) Not Rated to 7.9/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
La La Land - Damien Chazelle (2016) 7/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Allegro assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 1st Movement (1806) 7.7/10 to 7.8/10
Andante sostenuto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 2nd Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 3rd Movement (1806) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Molto moderato - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - 1st Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.5/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-17-17 - 7-23-17
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1738)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 8.1/10 to 8.2/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.0/10 to 8.2/10
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734) 8.0/10 to 8.1/10
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957) 8.1/10 to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 7-3-17 - 7-16-17
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (1991)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879)
Symphony No. 3 - Witold Lutoslawski (1983)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) 8.1/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876) 8.6/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) 8.2/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844) 7.9/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) 7.8/10 to 8.0/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-26-17 - 7-2-17
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 4 - Michael Tippett (1977)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky (1911)
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837)
Zen Arcade - Husker Du (1984)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 4 - Michael Tippett (1977) 8.2/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.3/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908) Not Rated to 8.6/10
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940) 8.4/10 to 8.6/10
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.2/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) 8.2/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky (1911) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Symphony in C - Igor Stravinsky (1940) Not Rated to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-19-17 - 6-25-17
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907)
Miss America - Mary Margaret O'Hara (1988)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963) 8.1/10
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907) 8.0/10
Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 8.3/10 to 8.7/10
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890) Not Rated to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 6-12-17 - 6-18-17
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)[/b]
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)
Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946)
Nostalghia - Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969)
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 7 in D - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony 8 - Eduard Tubin (1966)
Symphony 7 - Roger Sessions (1967)
Symphony 3 "Collages" - Roberto Gerhard (1960)
Symphony 8 - Vagn Holmboe (1952)
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius (1919)
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP]
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Symphony No. 4 in G major - Gustav Mahler (1900)
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" - Joseph Haydn (1793-1794) [No Rating Yet]
Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul - Pierre Schaeffer (1950) [No Rating Yet]

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998) 8.4/10
Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946) 8.4/10
Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969) 8.4/10
Symphony 8 - Eduard Tubin (1966) 8.2/10
Symphony 7 - Roger Sessions (1967) 8.2/10
Symphony 3 "Collages" - Roberto Gerhard (1960) 8.2/10
Symphony 8 - Vagn Holmboe (1952) 8.2/10
Symphony 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893) 9.1/10 to 9.2/10
Messiah - Georg Handel (1741) Not Rated to 9.1/10
St. Matthew Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727) Not Rated to 9.1/10
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius (1919) Not Rated to 8.2/10
Symphony No. 4 in G major - Gustav Mahler (1900) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-21-17 - 6-11-17
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Faust - Faust (1971)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967)
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails (1994)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliot Carter (1976)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola (1967)
Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1833)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.4/10 to 9.1/10
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994) 8.4/10 to 8.7/10
Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965) 8.9/10 to 8.5/10
Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliot Carter (1976) Not Rated to 8.5/10
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936) 8.9/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-15-17 - 5-21-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878) Not Rated to 8.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-8-17 - 5-14-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 5-1-17 - 5-7-17
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921)
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1909)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945)
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major - Johannes Brahms (1854)
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)
Byzantine Concerto - Ljubica Maric (1959)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Byzantine Concerto - Ljubica Maric (1959) 7.8/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.1/10 to 8.3/10
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor - Johannes Brahms (1883) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1909)[/b] Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major - Johannes Brahms (1854) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-24-17 - 4-30-17
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969) ...I don't listen to it as much as I used to, but each time I do it reveals itself as inscrutable, astonishing and mind-boggling as ever... perhaps no work of art since Wagner's Tristan & Isolde more thoroughly erased/altered and replaced its dogmas as Trout Mask Replica did... It is the 20th century's version of Beethoven's Grosse Fugue/14th/15th String Quartets in that it will be reckoned with for a long time to come before it is rightly assimilated and valued by the majority...
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Missa Solemnis – Ludwig van Beethoven (1823) Not Rated to 9.1/10
Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 9.2/10 to 9.0/10
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) Not Rated to 8.3/10 [Loose Rating]
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 8.2/10 [Loose Rating]
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788) Not Rated to 8.2/10 [Loose Rating]
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927) ["The Complete Metropolis", 147 minutes] 9.0/10 to 9.1/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS - RE-RATED:
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500) 9.0/10 to 9.1/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-17-17 - 4-23-17
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1800-1804)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1706-1713)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944) Not Rated to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953) Not Rated to 8.6/10
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723) Not Rated to 7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1800-1804) NOT RATED YET
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 582) - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1706-1713) Not Rated to 7.8/10

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2017)
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
German Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1884)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1907) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
In the Gardens of Pharoah - Popol Vuh (1972)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
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Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
St. Matthew's Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)
I - Meshuggah [EP]
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Not Available - Residents (1978)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
Amsterdam - Lofty Pillars (2001)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000)
You are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Zambodia - Motherhead Bug (1993)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Evangelista - Carla Bozulich (2006)
Untitled - Tera Melos (2005)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci (1505)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
OV - Orthrelm (2005)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
Prison - Tatiana Glebova (1927)
Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656)
Psalm 69 - Ernst Fuchs (1960)[/b]
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912)
Metropolis - George Grosz (1917)
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Trust - Low (2002)
Dies Irae - Dino Valls (2012)
The Slav Epic - Alphonse Mucha (1928) [Series of 20 Paintings]
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Ivan Albright (1944)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Fire of Love - Gun Club (1981)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2003)
The City Rises - Umberto Boccioni (1910)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)
The Tain - Decemberists (2004)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Charles Mingus (1978)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-10-17 - 4-16-17
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Alban Berg (1935)
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Trio No. 5 in D major "Ghost" (aka, "Piano Trio No. 1 in D Major" or "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Symphony of Psalms - Igor Stravinsky (1930)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967) 7.9/10 to 8.6/10
Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Alban Berg (1935) 7.9/10 to 8.3/10
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.2/10 to 8.3/10
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938) Not Rated to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956) Not Rated to 8.0/10
Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878) Not Rated to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 4-3-17 - 4-9-17
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794) Not Rated to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-27-17 - 4-2-17
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)[/b]
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Octet for Strings in E-flat Major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825) Not Rated to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) Not Rated to 7.9/10
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784) Not Rated to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-20-17 - 3-26-17
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786) Not Rated to 7.9/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-13-17 - 3-19-17
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) ...Gardiner's stunning 2016 rendition (see my best recordings list) has to be heard to be believed. His 1992 rendition was already among the very best, but this one hits a high mark that is astonishing. For sheer intensity it has possibly been approached by the likes of Karajan's very best, or maybe Kleiber's famous recording and a few other candidates, but it also reaches a vivid orchestral color and instrumental designation, balance, sound dimension and nuance where Beethoven's entire composition blossoms to life more so than possibly any other recording -- the combination of which will be very hard to top... If someone (maybe Gardiner himself? -- PLEASE!!) matches the performance and overall execution but also records it in the highest quality SACD (or similar) format, then I could see another improvement, but if not, it's difficult to imagine at this point. Gardiner has mastered Historically Informed Performance the likes of which would've seemed impossible in the late 80's when the practice started to really come to the fore. I am really hoping he does a similar recording as this 5th for the 9th (not to mention the rest).
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninov (1901)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Amadeus - Milos Forman (1984) (6.9/10)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808) Not Rated to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812) Not Rated to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 3-6-17 - 3-12-17
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) - Hector Berlioz (1837)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
St. Matthew's Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
Prison - Tatiana Glebova (1927)
Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656)
Psalm 69 - Ernst Fuchs (1960)
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912)
Dies Irae - Dino Valls (2012)
The Slav Epic - Alphonse Mucha (1928) [Series of 20 Paintings]
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Ivan Albright (1944)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Grande Messe des morts (Requiem) - Hector Berlioz (1837) 9.2/10

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791) Not Rated to 9.0/10
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750) Not Rated to 8.5/10
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I & II - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742) Not Rated to 8.5/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-27-17 - 3-5-17
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) ...Unspeakably, unbelievably incredible. Seems to me to be the absolute summit of all artistic accomplishment. See new rating below...
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) ...Much of my music listening time over the last 4-5 days has been consumed revisiting this towering masterpiece of art, going through various versions, trying to determine the best one. At 4 hours long, this will be quite useful to come to a conclusion on! I hope to finally have a rating and ranking for Tristan and Isolde by the end of the week, including which performance to add to my "Best Recorded Performances" list...
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.6/10 to 9.7/10
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909) 9.6/10 to 9.7/10
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) Not Rated to 9.5/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS - RE-RATED:
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) 9.6/10 to 9.9/10
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"] 9.5/10 to 9.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-20-17 - 2-26-17
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"]
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1907) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Sarajevo - Omar El Nagdi (1992)
Mona Lisa - Leonardo Da Vinci (1505)
Dreaming of Reptilian Glory - Chiho Aoshima
The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Metropolis - George Grosz (1917)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
The City Rises - Umberto Boccioni (1910)
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Charles Mingus (1978)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965) 8.8/10
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion - Charles Mingus (1978) Probably 7/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED PAINTINGS - RATED:
Sarajevo - Omar El Nagdi (1992) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) Not Rated to 9.2/10
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.1/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798) 8.0/10 to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-13-17 - 2-19-17
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1909) ...Greatest work of art in the history of mankind???
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) ...Greatest work of art in the history of mankind??? ...Most of the time, it's these two (Mahler's and Beethoven's 9th) and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel (Ceiling and Last Judgement) that I go back and forth on. Bach's Mass in B Minor, Verdi's Requiem and Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (unrated, unranked on my list for now, but almost certainly 9.3+) also deserve strong consideration or at least a very honorable mention.
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) ...entrapped in a haunting dream of endless melodic, harmonic and rhythmic repetition and variation, of vibrant but perplexing sonority and labyrinthine texture, of searing darkness and monumental distress, of rising beauty and collapsing death, of awaking suddenly and dying slowly, of nostalgic entrance and farewell exits. As if Schubert is walking into the same predicament over and over again, each time with a gradient, new perspective and feeling. Each time this seems as real as the vivid repetition of its dream, but in its newfound present recognition only amounts to a curse, and the tragic inescapable reality of now, which is becoming a treadmill of winding and fading memories, and will soon become death...
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)
German Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965) [NO RATING YET]

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826) Not Rated to 9.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886) 8.1/10 to 7.9/10
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879) 7.9/10 to 7.8/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 2-6-17 - 2-12-17
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major "Ghost" (aka, "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major" or "Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723) 8.4/10 to 8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886) 8.5/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887) 8.6/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875) 8.4/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806) 8.2/10 to 8.0/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) ...How? How is this possible? How can one artist express so much, and regardless of the content, to be addressed with such emotional conviction and conceptual weight? To exhibit such profound depths of insight and compassion into the human condition? The further and further I go with Beethoven, the more I understand him, the more unfathomable his achievements become, as well as the incredible fact that they all came from a single person...
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1884)
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedy's (1980)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Fire of Love - Gun Club (1981)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
The Complete Guide to Insufficiency - David Thomas Broughton (2005)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826) 8.7/10 to 9.2/10
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940) 9.0/10 to 8.7/10
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893) 8.8/10 to 8.7/10
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 9.0/10 to 8.6/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824) 8.9/10 to 8.5/10
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.3/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Trio No.2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.9/10 to 8.3/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.8/10 to 8.3/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941) 8.8/10 to 8.3/10
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913) 9.0/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Movements 1-7 (1826)
Molto Adagio – Andante – Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio – Neue Kraft fühlend. Andante – Molto adagio – Andante–Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung in F Lydian - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 3rd Movement (1825)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B Minor - 1st Movement (or Movements 1-3; sometimes listed as 3 movements, though continuously played) [entire work] (1853)
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804)
Adagio–Allegro non troppo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor - 1st Movement (1893)
Allegro energico e passionato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 4th Movement (1885)
Allegro con brio - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 1st Movement (1884)
Allegro – Un poco sostenuto - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 4th Movement (1884)
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 4th Movement (1812)
Andante moderato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 2nd Movement (1885)
Assai sostenuto – Allegro in A minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 1st Movement (1825)
Allegro - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 1st Movement (1824) Andante con moto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 2nd Movement (1824)
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885)
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804)
Introduzione: Largo...Prestissimo-Fuga: Allegro risoluto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 4th Movement (1818)
Allegro - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828)
Andantino - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828)
Finale: Allegro molto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 4th Movement (1804)
Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 1st Movement (1818)
Adagio sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 3rd Movement (1818)
Finale: Adagio lamentoso – Andante - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor - 4th Movement (1893)
Presto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 4th Movement (1824)
Rondo: Allegretto – Presto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 4th Movement (1828)
Poco sostenuto – Vivace - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 1st Movement (1812)
Allegretto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 2nd Movement (1812)
Andante - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 2nd Movement (1884)

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 (1826)[/b] 8.7/10 to 9.2/10
Molto Adagio – Andante – Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio – Neue Kraft fühlend. Andante – Molto adagio – Andante–Molto adagio. Mit innigster Empfindung in F Lydian - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 3rd Movement (1825)[/b] Not Rated to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B Minor - 1st Movement (or Movements 1-3; sometimes listed as 3 movements, though continuously played) [entire work] (1853) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Marcia funebre: Adagio assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 2nd Movement (1804) 7.8/10 to 7.9/10
Adagio–Allegro non troppo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor - 1st Movement (1893) 8.0/10 to 7.9/10
Allegro energico e passionato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 4th Movement (1885) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Allegro – Un poco sostenuto - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 4th Movement (1884) 7.9/10 to 7.6/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 4th Movement (1812) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Assai sostenuto – Allegro in A minor - Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - 1st Movement (1825) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Andante moderato - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 2nd Movement (1885) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Allegro - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 1st Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Andante con moto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 2nd Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.4/10
Allegro non troppo - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 1st Movement (1885) 7.7/10 to 7.4/10
Allegro con brio - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 1st Movement (1804) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Introduzione: Largo...Prestissimo-Fuga: Allegro risoluto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 4th Movement (1818) 8.2/10 to 7.3/10
Allegro - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Andantino - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 1st Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Finale: Allegro molto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major "Eroica" - 4th Movement (1804) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10
Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 1st Movement (1818) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Adagio sostenuto - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major "Hammerklavier" - 3rd Movement (1818) 7.6/10 to 7.3/10
Presto - Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - 4th Movement (1824) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Rondo: Allegretto – Presto - Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - 4th Movement (1828) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Poco sostenuto – Vivace - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 1st Movement (1812)
Not Rated to 7.3/10
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV - Track #4 (1971) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Track #4 (1969) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Allegretto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 2nd Movement (1812) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Andante - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3 in F Major - 2nd Movement (1884) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Allegro giocoso - Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor - 3rd Movement (1885) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - Track #2 (1969) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor (1966)
Third - Soft Machine (1970)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman (1996)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple (2000)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Crystals - Sam Rivers (1974)
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967)
Zambodia - Motherhead Bug (1993)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson (1974)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
White Soul - Green (1989)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
Skylarking - XTC (1986)
Bellybutton - Jellyfish (1990)
The Tain - Decemberists (2004)
Dummy - Portishead (1994)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Zambodia - Motherhead Bug (1993) (NO RATING YET)
Walk Among Us - Misfits (1982) (NO RATING YET)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822) 9.1/10 to 9.0/10
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805) 8.9/10 to 8.6/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820) 8.9/10 to 8.4/10
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818) 8.9/10 to 8.3/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-23-17 - 1-29-17
Ciaccona - J.S. Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - 5th Movement (1720)
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822)
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple - La Novia - Track #1 (2000) [entire album]
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974)
Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - 3rd Movement (1820)
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006)
Emily - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #1 (2006)
Allegro assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 1st Movement (1806)
Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 3rd Movement (1806)
Sawdust and Diamonds - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #3 (2006)
Cantelina - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #3 (1996)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor - Track #1 (2009) [entire album]
Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 1st Movement (1822)
The Tain - Decemberists - The Tain - Track #1 (2005) [entire EP]
Facelift - Soft Machine - Third - Track #1 (1970)
Anonymous Proposition - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #2 (1970)
Driftin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #4 (1970)
Nobody Walkin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #5 (1970)
Slightly All the Time - Soft Machine - Third - Track #2 (1970)
Out-Bloody-Rageous - Soft Machine - Third - Track #4 (1970)
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - Track #1 (1965)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Ciaccona - J.S. Bach - Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - 5th Movement (1720) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 2nd Movement (1822) Not Rated to 8.4/10
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) 8.3/10 to 8.1/10
Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - 3rd Movement (1820) Not Rated to 8.0/10
La Novia - Acid Mothers Temple - La Novia - Track #1 (2000) [entire album] 7.6/10 to 7.8/10
Allegro assai - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 1st Movement (1806) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - 3rd Movement (1806) Not Rated to 7.5/10
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Cantelina - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #3 (1996) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato - Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - 1st Movement (1822) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Facelift - Soft Machine - Third - Track #1 (1970) 7.4/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Sawdust and Diamonds - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #3 (2006) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Anonymous Proposition - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #2 (1970) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Driftin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #4 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Nobody Walkin' - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #5 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Slightly All the Time - Soft Machine - Third - Track #2 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Out-Bloody-Rageous - Soft Machine - Third - Track #4 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - Track #1 (1965) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-16-2017 - 1-22-2017
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
The Survivor's Suite - Keith Jarrett (1976)
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground (1967)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Trust - Low (2002)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2003)
Doolittle - Pixies (1989)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) (7.2/10)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) (7.2/10)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) 7.3/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
Giles Corey - Giles Corey (2011) MY RATING: 7.5/10 / SCARUFFI'S RATING: 7.5/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-9-2017 - 1-15-2017
Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - Track #6 (1967)
Atlantis - Sun Ra - Atlantis - Track #5 (1967)
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964)
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)
Djinji's Corner - Marion Brown - Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Track #2 (1970)
Touching - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #2 (1971)*
The Vile Stuff - Richard Dawson - Nothing Important - Track #3 (2014)
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974)
Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown - Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Track #1 (1970)
Steps - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #1 (1966)
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996)
Chasing a Bee - Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam - Track #1 (1991)*
I Offered it Up to the Stars in the Night Sky - Dirty Three - Whatever You Love You Are - Track #3 (2000)
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974)
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971)*
Djed - Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Track #1 (1996)*
Very Sleepy Rivers - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #8 (1991)*
Frittering - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #6 (1991)*
Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Track #2 (1975)
Soap Shop Rock - Amon Duul II - Yeti - Track #1 (1970)
Hobo Ho - Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - Track #4 (1971)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #1 (1968)
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963)
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963)
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963)
Madame George - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #6 (1968)
Ballerina - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #7 (1968)
Beyond Reason - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #1 (1980)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
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) 8.7/10 to 8.6/10
Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman - Seeds, Visions & Counterpoint - Track #2 (1996) 8.3/10 to 7.9/10
Steps - Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures - Track #1 (1966) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
White Flag - Pyrrhon - Mother of Virtues - Track #2 (2014) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
The Vile Stuff - Richard Dawson - Nothing Important - Track #3 (2014) Not Rated to 7.3/10; 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Soap Shop Rock - Amon Duul II - Yeti - Track #1 (1970) 7.4/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Hobo Ho - Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music - Track #4 (1971) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Track #1 (1968) 7.4/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Track #2 (1975) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Beyond Reason - Anthony Davis - Lady of the Mirrors - Track #1 (1980) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-9-2017 - 1-15-2017
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) (9.6+/10)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Faust - Faust (1971)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972)
The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane (1964)
Yerself is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
In the Gardens of Pharoah - Popol Vuh (1972)
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP]
Improvisie - Paul Bley (1971)
Desertshore - Nico (1970)
Not Available - Residents (1978)
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)
You are Free - Cat Power (2003)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave (1984)
Half Machine Lip Moves - Chrome (1979)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
Return To Cookie Mountain - TV On The Radio (2006)
Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young (1975)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd (1967)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2000)
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Tortoise (1996)[/b]
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000)
The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O'Connor (1987)
Trust - Low (2002)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (1985)

FAMILIAR ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RE-RATED:
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) 9.3/10 to 9.4/10
Faust - Faust (1971) 9.1/10 to 9.3/10 ...Not a surprise that it's back to the rating it held for years...
I - Meshuggah (2004) [EP] Not Rated to 7.8/10
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-9-2017 - 1-15-2017
Satz: Ebene - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #1 (1972)
Pursuance/Psalm - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - Tracks #3 & 4 (1964)[/b]*
Miss Fortune - Faust - Faust - Track #3 (1971)
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)*
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974)
The Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues - Track #9 (2014)
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976)
Touching - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #2 (1971)*
Moon in June - Soft Machine - Third - Track #3 (1970)
I - Meshuggah - Meshuggah - Track #1 (2004) [entire EP]
Bros - Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Track #3 (2007)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon - Track #1 (2006) [entire album]
Hotel Overture - Carla Bley - Escalator Over The Hill - Track #1 (1971)
Evangelista I - Carla Bozulich - Evangelista - Track #1 (2006)
Tragouthia Apo to Aima Exoun Fonos - Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas - Track #2 (1984)*
Vuh - Popol Vuh - In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Track #2 (1972)*
Melody 8 - Tera Melos - Untitled - Track #8 (2005)
White Flag - Pyrrhon - Mother of Virtues - Track #2 (2014)
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974)
Why Don't You Eat Carrots? - Faust - Faust - Track #1 (1971)
Panoptikon - Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas - Track #1 (1984)*
Chasing a Bee - Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam - Track #1 (1991)*
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Track #7 (1967)
Obscured - Spring Heel Jack - Amassed - Track #8 (2002)
Improvisie - Paul Bley - Improvisie - Track #1 (1971)[*
Djed - Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Track #1 (1996)*
Thief of Fire - Pop Group - Y - Track #1 (1979)*
We Are Time - Pop Group - Y - Track #4 (1979)*
Hey Fredrick - Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - Track #4 (1969)*
Wooden Ships - Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - Track #6 (1969)*
Eskimo Blue Day - Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers - Track #7 (1969)*
From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #4 (1984)*
I Offered it Up to the Stars in the Night Sky - Dirty Three - Whatever You Love You Are - Track #3 (2000)*
Cabin Fever - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #2 (1984)*
Very Sleepy Rivers - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #8 (1991)*
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #1 (1974)
Lieber Honig - Neu! - Neu! - Track #6 (1972)
A Box For Black Paul - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #7 (1984)*
Saint Huck - Nick Cave - From Her To Eternity - Track #5 (1984)*
Janitor of Lunacy - Nico - Desertshore - Track #1 (1970)
The Falconer - Nico - Desertshore - Track #2 (1970)
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #2 (1963)*
Track C: Group Dancers - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #3 (1963)*
Track A: Solo Dancer - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Track #1 (1963)*
In den Gärten Pharaos - Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos - Track #1 (1972)*
Sweet Oddysee of a Cancer Cell t' th' Center of Yer Heart - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #5 (1991)*
Frittering - Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam - Track #6 (1991)*
Meadow Meal - Faust - Faust - Track #2 (1971)
Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Track #5 (1959)
Satz: Exil Sils Maria - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #3 (1972)
Mütterlein - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970)
My Only Child - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970)
Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #3 (1974)
Hallogallo - Neu! - Neu! - Track #1 (1972)
Afraid - Nico - Desertshore - Track #6 (1970)
Abschied - Nico - Desertshore - Track #5 (1970)

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Alifib/Alife - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Tracks #4 & 5 (1974) 8.5/10 to 8.4/10
Conclusion - Keith Jarrett - The Survivor's Suite - Track #2 (1976) 8.4/10 to 8.3/10
Moon in June - Soft Machine - Third - Track #3 (1970) 7.9/10 to 8.0/10
I - Meshuggah - Meshuggah - Track #1 (2004) [entire EP] Not Rated to 7.8/10
The Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon - The Mother of Virtues - Track #9 (2014) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
Melody 8 - Tera Melos - Untitled - Track #8 (2005) Not Rated to 7.6/10
Bros - Panda Bear - Person Pitch - Track #3 (2007) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Track #7 (1967) 7.9/10 to 7.5/10
Obscured - Spring Heel Jack - Amassed - Track #8 (2002) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon - Track #1 (2006) [entire album] 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Little Red Robin Hood Hit the Road - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #6 (1974) 7.4 to 7.3/10
Why Don't You Eat Carrots? - Faust - Faust - Track #1 (1971) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom - Track #1 (1974) 7.3 to 6.8-7.2/10
Janitor of Lunacy - Nico - Desertshore - Track #1 (1970) 7.4 to 6.8-7.2/10
The Falconer - Nico - Desertshore - Track #2 (1970) 7.4 to 6.8-7.2/10
Lieber Honig - Neu! - Neu! - Track #6 (1972) 7.3/10 to 6.8-7.2/10
Mütterlein - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970) 7.3 to 6.8-7.2/10
Meadow Meal - Faust - Faust - Track #2 (1971) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Track #5 (1959) Not Rated to 6.8/10 - 7.2/10
My Only Child - Nico - Desertshore - Track #7 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Hallogallo - Neu! - Neu! - Track #1 (1972) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Satz: Exil Sils Maria - Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht - Track #3 (1972) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Afraid - Nico - Desertshore - Track #6 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10
Abschied - Nico - Desertshore - Track #5 (1970) Not Rated to 6.8-7.2/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 1-1-2017 - 1-8-2017
Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) (9.6+/10)
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007)[/b] [...Stunningly vibrant, genre-jumping prog-metal ... A bit like combining Master of Puppets-era Metallica (though upping the ante on ferocity) and Dark Side of the Moon-era Pink Floyd, with the mercurial tactics of The Vampire Rodents...]
Inside Out - John Martyn (1973)
Amsterdam - Lofty Pillars (2000)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992)
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Neil Young (1969)
Evangelista - Carla Bozulich (2006)
Untitled - Tera Melos (2005)
OV - Orthrelm (2005)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006)
The Tain - Decemberists [EP] (2005)
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)[/b] (7.2/10)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED ALBUMS/CLASSICAL WORKS - RATED:
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007) 7.9/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
Colors - Between the Buried and Me (2007) My Rating: 8/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 8/10

Top 10+ Songs/Tracks/Movements of the Week: 1-1-2017 - 1-8-2017
Biography - Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music - Track #4 (1981)
Part I - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - Track #1 (1975)
Foam Born (A) The Backtrack/(B) The Decade of Statues/Informal Gluttony/Sun of Nothing/Ants of the Sky/Prequel to the Sequel/Viridian/White Walls - Between the Buried and Me - Colors - Tracks 1-8 [entire album] (2007)
For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun - Black Tape For a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Track #4 (1996)
Moon in June - Soft Machine - Third - Track #3 (1970)*
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966)
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets - Track #5 (1968)
Flying Teapot - Gong - Flying Teapot - Track #2 (1973)
Lorca - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #1 (1970)
Melody 8 - Tera Melos - Untitled - Track #8 (2005)*
Krautrock - Faust - Faust IV - Track #1 (1973)
Vuh - Popol Vuh - In Den Ghaerten Pharoahs - Track #2 (1972)*
Apotheosis - Peter Michael Hamel - Transition - Track #5
Outside In - John Martyn - Inside Out - Track #4 (1973)*
OV - Orthrelm - OV - Track #1 [entire album] (2005)*
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Track 5-7 (1969)
The End - The Doors - The Doors - Track #11 (1967)
Marquee Moon - Television - Marquee Moon - Track #4 (1977)
Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia - Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia - Tracks 7 & 8 (1976)
Only Skin - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #4 (2006)*
Evangelista I - Carla Bozulich - Evangelista - Track #1 (2006)*
Here, Not Here - Charlambides - Joy Shapes - Track #1 (2004)
Good Morning, Captain - Slint - Spiderland - Track #6 (1991)*
Light My Fire - The Doors - The Doors - Track #7 (1967)*
Emily - Joanna Newsom - Ys - Track #1 (2006)
Sven-g-englar - Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun - Track #2 (1999)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon - Track #1 (2006) [entire album]*
Fare Forward Voyagers - John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers - Track #3 (1973)*
Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #2 (1992)
The Tain - Decemberists - The Tain - Track #1 (2005) [entire EP]*
Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere - Track #7 (1969)
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #4 (1967)
Heroin - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #7 (1967)
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus - The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute - Track #1 (2005)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #3 (1992)
24 - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #1 (1992)
Washer - Slint - Spiderland - Track #4 (1991)
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - IV - Track #4 (1971)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RATED:
Foam Born (A) The Backtrack/(B) The Decade of Statues/Informal Gluttony/Sun of Nothing/Ants of the Sky/Prequel to the Sequel/Viridian/White Walls - Between the Buried and Me - Colors - Tracks 1-8 [entire album] (2007) 7.9/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Biography - Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music - Track #4 (1981) 8.3/10 to 7.9/10
Part I - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert - Track #1 (1975) 7.5/10 to 7.9/10
For You Will Burn Your Wings Upon the Sun - Black Tape For a Blue Girl - Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Track #4 (1996) 7.5/10 to 7.7/10
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - Track #14 (1966) 8.3/10 to 7.8/10
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets - Track #5 (1968) 7.8/10 to 7.7/10
Lorca - Tim Buckley - Lorca - Track #1 (1970) 8.3/10 to 7.7/10
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Tracks 5-7 (1969) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
The End - The Doors - The Doors - Track #11 (1967) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Bel Air - Can - Future Days - Track #4 (1973) 7.6/10 to 7.5/10
Halleluwah - Can - Tago Mago - Track #4 (1972) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10
Radio Ethiopia/Abyssinia - Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia - Tracks 7 & 8 (1976) 7.6/10 to 7.4/10
Marquee Moon - Television - Marquee Moon - Track #4 (1977) 7.4/10 to 7.3/10
Medicine Bottle - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #2 (1992) 7.5/10 to 7.3/10
Venus in Furs - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #4 (1967) 7.4/10 to "6.8-7.2/10" <--MAYBE STILL 7.3/10
Heroin - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #7 (1967) 7.4/10 to "6.8-7.2/10" <--MAYBE STILL 7.3/10
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus - The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute - Track #1 (2005) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #3 (1992) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
24 - Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill - Track #1 (1992) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Washer - Slint - Spiderland - Track #4 (1991) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - Track #9 (1965) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"
European Son - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - Track #11 (1967) 7.3/10 to "6.8-7.2/10"

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week (2016 - December only)

NOTE: This is a log of my favorite works for the given week. The rankings here will not necessarily parallel my overall rankings, as they are only what I favored for the given week. In other words, sometimes I will temporarily get more excited about a work, especially newer ones, than others that I might rate more highly on my overall lists -- hence it may rank #1 here but (much) lower on one of my overall lists. This log will feature any of the art I have assimilated (newly or revisited) within the week listed, whether it be Rock or Jazz albums, Classical works, Films or Visual Art. More often than not, I tend to focus on one or two of those art forms at once so it is very rare that all will be featured in the same week but it has happened on occasion. This log will also include all of my updated ratings for newly assimilated works as well as those I've recently re-rated that week.

Additionally, below my "Top 10+ of the Week", I am listing my "Top 50 Works of Art of the Year". This is simply a log of my favorite art over the course of this year only. This list becomes increasingly exclusive as the year goes on, making it very difficult to only include 50 and leave out so many incredible art works that I was amazed by in 2016. It will be continuously updated until its final version at the end of 2016.

Bold = Newly added to the list today
Bold + Italics = Was already listed for the week but changed positions today

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2016)
1. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
2. String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
3. Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis (1982)
4. Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
5. Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
6. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
7. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
8. Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
9. Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
10. Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
11. Afternoon of a Georgia Faun - Marion Brown (1970)
12. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
13. Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965)
14. Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
15. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
16. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
17. Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
18. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
19. String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
20. Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
21. Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)
22. Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948)
23. Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
24. Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974)
25. Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
26. Ptah, the El Daoud - Alice Coltrane (1970)
27. Extensions - McCoy Tyner (1970)
28. Conference of the Birds - Dave Holland (1973)
29. Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (1972)
30. Sahara - McCoy Tyner (1972)
31. The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (1975)
32. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
33. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
34. Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
35. Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892)
36. Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
37. Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
38. Liberation Music Orchestra - Charlie Haden (1969)
39. Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
40. We Insist! Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach (1960)
41. Symphony For Improvisers - Don Cherry (1966)
42. People in Sorrow - Art Ensemble of Chicago (1969)
43. Intents and Purposes - Bill Dixon (1967)
44. Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993)
45. The Long View - Marty Ehrlich (2002)
46. 666 - Aphrodite's Child (1972)
47. Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - Stereolab (1993)
48. Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
49. Fluxations - Denman Maroney (2001)
50. Episteme - Anthony Davis (1981)

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-26-2016 - 12-31-2016
Croce - Father Murphy (2015)
Apocalypse, girl - Jenny Hval (2015)
Tera Melos (aka, " Untitled") - Tera Melos (2005)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991)
Viscera - Jenny Hval (2011)
Long Time Underground - Tom Carter (2015)
Melancholia - Lars Von Trier (2011) (Current rating: 7.4/10)
Amores Perros - Alejandro González Iñárritu (2000) (Current rating: 7.5/10)
Holding Hands With Jamie - Girl Band (2015)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Dumb Flesh - Blanck Mass (2015)
Blossom Bells - Erland Dahlen (2015)
Hold - James Welburn (2015)
Frozen Altars - Moonrises (2015)
No Now - Clarence Clarity (2015) (Current rating: 7.1/10)
The Original Faces - Helen (2015)
For A Reason - Lifetones (2016)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Tera Melos (aka, "Untitled") - Tera Melos (2005) 7.7/10
Long Time Underground - Tom Carter (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7.5/10
Dumb Flesh - Blanck Mass (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10 or 7.5/10
Blossom Bells - Erland Dahlen (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10 or 7.5/10
Hold - James Welburn (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10 or 7.5/10
Frozen Altars - Moonrises (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10
The Original Faces - Helen (2015) Undecided, first impression is 7/10
For A Reason - Lifetones (2016) Undecided, first impression is 6.5/10 or 7/10

PIERO SCARUFFI - RECENT RATINGS - COMPARISON
The Most Lamentable Tragedy - Titus Andronicus (2015) My Rating: 7/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 7/10
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015) My Rating: 7/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 6/10
Divers - Joanna Newsom (2015) My Rating: 7/10 / Scaruffi's Rating: 6.5/10
Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens (2015) My Rating: "Below-7/10" (Note: I don't generally try and judge my exact ratings below 7/10 unless I have good reason to) / Scaruffi's Rating: 6/10
Dude Incredible - Shellac (2015) My Rating: "Below-7/10" (Note: I don't generally try and judge my exact ratings below 7/10 unless I have good reason to) / Scaruffi's Rating: 4/10
Blackstar - David Bowie (2015) My Rating: "Below-7/10" (Note: I don't generally try and judgey exact ratings below 7/10 unless I have good reason to) / Scaruffi's Rating: 4/10

FAMILIAR SONGS/TRACKS/MOVEMENTS - RE-RATED:
Valentyne Suite - Colosseum - Valentyne Suite - Tracks 5-7 (1969) 7.8/10 to 7.6/10
The End - The Doors - The Doors - Track #11 (1967) 7.8 to 7.6/10
Bel Air - Can - Future Days - Track #4 (1973) 7.8 to 7.6/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-19-2016 - 12-25-2016
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Croce - Father Murphy (2015) ...very possibly the best album of 2015 (Rock, Jazz or Classical)
Peppermint Candy - Chang-dong Lee (1999)
The Well-Tempered Clavier - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722)
Fantasy in C Major - Robert Schumann (1836)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
The Big Lebowski - Joel & Ethan Coen (1998)
Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (1991)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Fargo - Joel & Ethan Coen (1996)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Peppermint Candy - Chang-dong Lee (1999) 7.8/10
Barton Fink - Joel & Ethan Coen (1991) 7.3/10

FAMILIAR WORKS - RE-RATED:
The Big Lebowski - Joel & Ethan Coen (1998) 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
Fargo - Joel & Ethan Coen (1996) 7.5/10 to 7.4/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-12-2016 - 12-18-2016
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Octet in E-flat Major - Felix Mendohlssen (1825)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ - Olivier Messiaen (1969)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Fantasy in C Major - Robert Schumann (1836)
Nocturnes (Nos 1-21) - Frederic Chopin (1827 - 1846)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor "The Tempest" - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1801-1802)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Piano Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (circa 1912-1913)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Prelude in A Minor (aka, "Fantasy" in A Minor, BWV 922) - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1710-1714)
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1814)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1796)
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy (2015)
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major "Les Adieux" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1810)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949) 8.2/10
Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879) 7.9/10
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy (2015) 6.8/10

FAMILIAR WORKS - RE-RATED:
Nocturnes (Nos 1-21) - Frederic Chopin (1827 - 1846) Not Rated to 7.8/10 [NOTE: Probably not to be considered a "single" work, so I've removed it from my "Greatest of All Time" list]
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor "The Tempest" - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1801-1802) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major "Les Adieux" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1810) 7.8/10 to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1814) Not Rated to 7.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1796) Not Rated to 7.3/10

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week: 12-5-2016 - 12-11-2016
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1893)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948)
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1888)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D major "Ghost" (aka, "Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major" or "Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)

NEWLY ASSIMILATED WORKS - RATED:
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974) 8.6/10

FAMILIAR WORKS - RE-RATED:
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944) 8.4/10 to 8.9/10
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864) 8.7/10 to 8.8/10
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819) 7.9/10 to 8.4/10
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976) Not Rated to 8.3/10
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866) Not Rated to 8.1/10
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New week rolling out. FINALLY got around to revisiting, rating and ranking Meredith Monk's extraordinary avant-garde vocal/Classical masterpiece, Songs from the Hill/Tablet. Generally speaking, I am infusing my listening with Classical music, so lots of updates should be on the horizon, both with revisits and adding works to my lists that I am gradually getting back around to. I am kind of dabbling in some paintings here and there as well, and may get back around to some updates in this regard, but I'm not sure right now if I'll follow through on this.
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Revisited Bruce Springsteen's The River last night. Ever wondered why the hell I (or Scaruffi) rate/rank it so highly?

The River is perhaps the most "mainstream" album I (or Scaruffi) rate/rank above 8/10, and it's caused more than its fair share of head-scratching over the years.

I don't have time to devote to a fully fledged analysis right now, but I do feel the key points to pay attention to when listening are as follows. Assimilated with these in mind (attended to in real-time while listening), it may surprise you just how amazing the experience is.

Notice how the instrumentation and execution of the songs (faster paced songs especially) tends to be walls of granitic sound, vibrant and packed and whole -- with a lot of tonal/melodic/instrumental nuance/inter-weaving elements running through them. The songs tend to keep toppling upon its own prior phrases/verses so that a shape-shifting momentum of vibrant emotional freedom and ecstasy takes place in the expanding forward thrust of the instrumentation. These songs are packed with sound, and the shifts and turns are composed and resolved with an extreme economy and positive formal logic.

That in mind, notice how Springsteen's vocals (even in the faster paced songs) are often shifting between enthusiasm and wragged glory/exhaustion/disillusionment/nostalgia/aching regret/rage. This often adds a gripping juxtaposition and tension between voice and the roving, emphatic texture of the walls of sound backing him.

Further, and perhaps most importantly, this tension creates an amazing textural metaphor between the surface emotions of the music and Springsteen himself, in all the songs. In all the songs, Springsteen's voice sounds like it is inside the wall of sound but also trying to escape it, trying to break free, on the verge but also never getting too far from its musical center to entirely do so. Due to this juxtaposition of emotional/tonal contrasts (slight and large), each emphatic punch or cry or lament of his voice is a metaphor (but also physically in the textural balance itself) of him trying to escape his predicament/environment, which aligns flawlessly to the overall concept and Springsteen's ethos/modus operandi (the rebel spirit, "born to run" etc).

His voice is agreeably in the rhythm and flow of the music, in counterpoint with it, but also emotionally ambiguous, elusive, diametric or with further expressive facet(s) to it -- between yearning, passionate pleas and ferocious, violent urges to escape.

The final three songs mark the end of the road for all the hopeful, energetic paths strewn throughout the work (heretofore viewed from all angles) into a desperate emptiness, a sustained rejection of optimistic youth met by each increasingly lonely fate in succession (Price You Pay, Drive All Night, Wreck on the Highway).

Just some bullet points that might just improve the work by quite a bit for you, if you don't love it already.
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Mozart's Piano Sonata #11 may be the most clear and fundamental representation of the miracle of his genius.

Perhaps the most fundamental element of Mozart's genius lies in his peculiar articulation of phrase. In his 11th Piano Sonata, he performs this miracle on a work that, at a glance, sounds utterly elementary. Not only is it a single instrument (piano) but it is being played in a manner and progression that seems completely natural, without virtuostic or adventurous technical demands.

However, listening more attentively one finds that:

(a) every note is emotionally ambiguous, between the innocent wonder of childhood happiness, but also (simultaneously) the deftest touch of heartache and nostalgia, and subtle variations of this, like fluctuations in descriptive thought or speech as it is being articulated.
(b) each note and series of notes is being articulated as if an oratory gesture, and especially, lines of singing as if that of a lonely youth (or nostalgia for that). The more one hears this, the more "communicative/conversational" and characterful the instrument sounds. In the faster runs and scales of notes this progresses to singing laughter, that sounds like laughing to cover tears (the notes rapidly fluctuating between both expressions).
(c) and perhaps even more fundamentally, the more one pays attention the more singular each note and series of notes, one to the next becomes in how precisely and carefully they are being relayed. They are each being articulated with the utmost care, as if just before each note or series of notes, an exact consideration of gesture and pinpoint honing of oratory skill is being shaped and carried out.

See my "best recorded performances" list for Brautigam's rendition, which exhibits the most idiomatic understanding of Mozart's miraculous art.
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DAMN - Kendrick Lamar (2017) 4.0/10

Professional ratings
AnyDecentMusic? 9.1/10
Metacritic 95/100
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
The A.V. Club A
Chicago Tribune 3.5/4 stars
The Daily Telegraph 5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A
The Guardian 5/5 stars
NME 4/5 stars
Pitchfork 9.2/10
Rolling Stone 4.5/5 stars
Vice A−

wut???
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New week rolling out... Now that I've overcome the not-so-shocking revelation that Kendrick Lamar's DAMN is well on its way to becoming the most overrated work of music in the history of humanity... Laughing

I think its near universal praise as "album of the year" and "one of the best albums of all time" (etc) is just further proof that (all?) mainstream music mags are paid (in various ways) to give positive reviews and the hype produced by this colors many (not all) people's opinions of a work. For the life of me, I don't know how one could listen to the great albums across the history of hip hop (let alone music history) and determine that DAMN is a substantial work or worthy of such praise. It sounds like the work of someone that has smoked way too much pot, lost much of his personality and conviction, and lazily gone through the motions (when he is obviously capable of much more) and forgot that it's not just the lyrics/poetry/story-telling alone that makes a great work of music but ... music! And in hip hop, inflecting one's delivery with emotionally compelling/affecting vocal sonority/nuance (such as Notorious BIG), or out-right theater (such as Eminem), is usually quite crucial. With To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar recognized this and it felt like not just a theatrical and personal anthropological study but also a resurrection and nostalgia for black history/culture, thus attaining MUCH more substance/depth than DAMN, which outside of a few solid tracks, is a musical waste of time. It might make semi interesting reading though, but I'm not aching to find out.

Rant aside, new week rolling out. Main focus is still Classical, mixed with various other urges (Rock, paintings...) Smile
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The mainstream stream of consciousness is so devoted of the so called in depth music, that even when some apparent profound music manages to squeeze in the shallow mainstream dancefloor, critics will play it as a magnificent record, hence the high metascore note, also pitchfork has been licking Rap's ass throught the whole last year, so it was expected to get a high score

It's not a bad album, it's just tad overrated.
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The mainstream stream of consciousness is so devoted of the so called in depth music, that even when some apparent profound music manages to squeeze in the shallow mainstream dancefloor, critics will play it as a magnificent record, hence the high metascore note, also pitchfork has been licking Rap's ass throught the whole last year, so it was expected to get a high score

It's not a bad album, it's just tad overrated.


Agreed, except for the "tad" part Very Happy
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Agreed, except for the "tad" part Very Happy


Well, I guess I could say it is DAMN overrated

sorry I'll see myself out
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Antonio-Pedro wrote:
Well, I guess I could say it is DAMN overrated

sorry I'll see myself out


Shame on you

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