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AfterHours

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Working on this now ... Recommendations welcome ... Fwiw, this doesn't mean I am "done" with working on the "Best Animated Films" list, but I have needed a break from it ... I may also start working on Country (with side genres) and Pop (plus associated genres), but I'll start with Hip Hop etc and see where that leads me. Basically the three/four major genres that are most prone to the mainstream (Pop, Country, Hip Hop/R and B)... filling these out a bit more. A side curiosity of this "project" is also to clarify my ratings below 7.3, including below 6.8 (which I may fill out a bit more than usual ... we'll see how long I can last with that) and also out of curiosity to see if my ratings hold as well (or not) in that range in comparison to Scaruffi. Generally, mainstream Hip hop, R and B, and Pop seem to have a lower similarity rate than other genres whether I try one before he rates it or after. Or, more specifically, is that my similarity to Scaruffi's ratings tends to be closer in proportion to how "non-mainstream" the work is (probably approx 85% similarity, within less than 1/2 ratings point, for less mainstream works), and then dips to maybe 65-70% on more mainstream albums. So there is a part of me that is curious to see if listening to more of these closes that gap (or not), while just simultaneously polishing up my own "feeling of accuracy" in these ranges regardless of how similar they are to Scaruffi or not. This all of course also aligns to my intended re-consideration and re-working of my criteria page ratings scale, nerdy shit like double checking how many 6s go into a 7 or 7.5, and what-not, which will hopefully lead to a re-working of the "combo ratings" and then the "higher precision" or more "advanced" calculations that were being discussed with DelBoca and, later, Rhyner.

Best Hip Hop/R & B/Soul/Funk Albums

8/10
<<<<<8.1>>>>>
It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)

7.5/10
<<<<<7.7>>>>>
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989)
<<<<<7.6>>>>>
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (2000)
I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses - Backxwash (2021)
The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monae (2010)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
Frizzle Fry - Primus (1990)
Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco (2015)
<<<<<7.5>>>>>
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (1971)
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)
Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) ***arguable/questionable genre selection***
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West (2010)
<<<<<7.4>>>>>
Smoke In The Shadows - Lydia Lunch (2004) ***arguable/questionable genre selection***
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Clouddead - Clouddead (2001)
The Reality of My Surroundings - Fishbone (1991)
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow (1996)
Buy - Contortions (1979) ***arguable/questionable genre selection***
<<<<<7.3>>>>>
Glee - Bran Van 3000 (1998) ***arguable/questionable genre selection***
Untitled - Dalek (2010)
Summertime '06 - Vince Staples (2015)
Iridescence - Brockhampton (2018)
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2005)
Sign O' the Times - Prince (1987)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)

7/10
<<<<<7.2>>>>>
Private Dancer - Tina Turner (1984)
One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic (1978)
Negro Necro Nekros - Dalek (1998)
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (1971)
Float - Aesop Rock (2000) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990)
Exmillitary - Death Grips (2011)
<<<<7.1>>>>>
Aquemini - Outkast (1998)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (1993) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Baduism - Erykah Badu (1997)
Madvilliany - Madvillian (2004)
More Than a New Discovery (aka "The First Songs") - Laura Nyro (1967)
Psychodrama - Dave (2019)
<<<<<7.0>>>>>
The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992)
Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G (1994)
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar (2015)
The Money Store - Death Grips (2012) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989)
XXX - Danny Brown (2011)
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
No Now - Clarence Clarity (2015)
Funkentelechy Vs The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament (1977)
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro (1969)
There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
New Amerykah Part One - 4th World War - Erykah Badu (2008)
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube (1990)
The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999)
<<<<<6.9>>>>>
Bad - Michael Jackson (1986)
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder (1976)
Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone (1969)
Personal Journals - Sage Francis (2002)
The Score - The Fugees (1996)
Boy in Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal (2003)
3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989)
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)
Late Registration - Kanye West (2005)
Since I Left You - Avalanches (2000) ***arguable/questionable genre selection***
Mothership Connection - Parliament (1975)
Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock (1973) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1973)
Raising Hell - Run D.M.C (1986)
Bangerz - Miley Cyrus (2013)
<<<<<6.8>>>>>
Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (1999)
Paid in Full - Eric B & Rakim (1987)
1999 - Prince (1982)
The Love Below - Andre 3000/Outkast (2003)
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996)
On The Corner - Miles Davis (1972)
Illmatic - Nas (1994)
Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A (1988)
Channel Orange - Frank Ocean (2012)
Curtis - Curtis Mayfield (1970)
Vivid - Living Colour (1988)
The Carnival - Wyclef Jean (1997)
Thriller - Michael Jackson (1984)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (1997)
MAYA - M.I.A (2010)
Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve (2019)
Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition - Your Old Droog (2020)

Others - Probably 6.8+
Gris Gris - Dr John (1967)

NOTE: The 7/10 section is fairly incomplete (mainly what I've revisited recently enough to have rated with confidence). 6.7 and below is especially incomplete (not a lot I've revisited recently enough + many I still need to hear to fill it out more...

6.5/10
<<<<<6.7>>>>>
Fishscale - Ghostface Killah (2006) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Stankonia - OutKast (2000) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Supreme Clientele - Ghostface Killah (2000) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
House of Balloons - The Weeknd (2011)
Black Messiah - D'Angelo (2000) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Me Against The World - 2Pac (1995)
The Blueprint - Jay-Z (2001)
<<<<<6.6>>>>>
Make It Big - Wham! (1984)
Dont Smile at Me - Billie Eilish (2017) [EP] ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go? - Billie Eilish (2019) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson (1989)
Beware (The Funk is Everywhere) - Afrika Bambaataa (1986)
<<<<<6.5>>>>>
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991)
<<<<<6.4>>>>>
All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (1996)
A Grand Don't Come For Free - Streets (2004)
Dirty Mind - Prince (1980)
Songs in A Minor - Alicia Keys (2001)
<<<<<6.3>>>>>
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)
Good Kid M.A.A.d City - Kendrick Lamar (2012)
Frank - Amy Winehouse (2003)
The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (1982)
Original Pirate Material - Streets (2002)
Control - Janet Jackson (1986)
Whitney - Whitney Houston (1987)
License To Ill - Beastie Boys (1986)
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown (1988)
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (1972)

6/10
<<<<<6.2>>>>>
Arular - M.I.A (2004)
Brown Sugar - D'Angelo (1995) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys (1998)
<<<<<6.1>>>>>
Dangerous - Michael Jackson (1991)
The Great Twenty Eight - Chuck Berry (1982) [Compilation] ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (1990)
<<<<<6.0>>>>>
Break Out - The Pointer Sisters (1983)
808s and Heartbreak - Kanye West (2008)
<<<<<5.9>>>>>
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown (1965)
Faith - George Michael (1987)
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse (2003)
Ballads 1 - Joji (2018) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding (1965)
<<<<<5.8>>>>>
Speakerboxxx - Big Boi/Outkast (2003)
25 - Adele (2015)

5.5/10
<<<<<5.7>>>>>
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin (1967)
Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men (1991)
Bedtime Stories - Madonna (1994)
Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (1992)
<<<<<5.6>>>>>
21 - Adele (2011)
<<<<<5.5>>>>>
<<<<<5.4>>>>>
DAMN - Kendrick Lamar (2017)
I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters (1982)
Yeezus - Kanye West (2013) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
<<<<<5.3>>>>>
Janet - Janet Jackson (1993) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***

5/10
<<<<<5.2>>>>>
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett (1965)
<<<<<5.1>>>>>
Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne (1987) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Butterfly - Mariah Carey (1997)
Off The Wall - Michael Jackson (1979)
<<<<<5.0>>>>>
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys (1994)
19 - Adele (2009)
Daydream - Mariah Carey (1995)
FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake (2006) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (Disc Two: HIStory Continues) - Michael Jackson (1995)
<<<<<4.9>>>>>
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (rec: 1955-58; rel: 1958) [Compilation]
Meet The Temptations - The Temptations (rec: 1961-64; rel: 1964) [Compilation?]
<<<<<4.8>>>>>
After School Session - Chuck Berry (1958) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Live at the Apollo - James Brown (1962) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Here's Little Richard - Little Richard (1956) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Think! - James Brown (1960) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
Dance Party - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1965)

4.5/10
<<<<<4.7>>>>>
Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande (2016)
<<<<<4.6>>>>>
<<<<<4.5>>>>>
Justified - Justin Timberlake (2002) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
<<<<<4.4>>>>>
<<<<<4.3>>>>>
Rated R - Rihanna (2009)
Beyonce - Beyonce (2013)

4/10
<<<<<4.2>>>>>
Lemonade - Beyonce (2016)
<<<<<4.1>>>>>
<<<<<4.0>>>>>
<<<<<3.9>>>>>
<<<<<3.8>>>>>

3.5/10
<<<<<3.7>>>>>
<<<<<3.6>>>>>
<<<<<3.5>>>>>
<<<<<3.4>>>>>
Spellbound - Paula Abdul (1991)
Regulate ... G-Funk Era - Warren G (1994) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
<<<<<3.3>>>>>
Twist & Shout - The Isley Brothers (1962)
II - Boyz II Men (1994)

3/10
<<<<<3.2>>>>>
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (1996)
No Strings Attached - NSYNC (2000)
<<<<<3.1>>>>>
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - MC Hammer (1990) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson (1997) ***tentative rating / may need revisit***
<<<<<3.0>>>>>
<<<<<2.9>>>>>
Spice - Spice Girls (1996)
<<<<<2.8>>>>>

2.5/10
<<<<<2.7>>>>>
Hooked - Vanilla Ice (1989)
<<<<<2.6>>>>>
<<<<<2.5>>>>>
<<<<<2.4>>>>>
<<<<<2.3>>>>>
Music For The People - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (1991)[/i][/b]
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TiggaTrigga

Enter The Wu-Tang - Wu-Tang Clan (very curious about your thoughts on this)
Float - Aesop Rock
Luv(sic) Hexalogy - Nujabes
Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix) - Death Grips (Scaruffi never rated this for some reason)
Lil Peep, Part 1 - Lil Peep
XXX - Danny Brown
El Negro - Signor Benedick the Moor
Laila's Wisdom - Rapsody

*I mean I'm pretty curious about what you think of all of this, but Wu-Tang especially. Surprised Scaruffi didn't give it a 7.5 despite how much he praised it.

AfterHours

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TiggaTrigga wrote:

Enter The Wu-Tang - Wu-Tang Clan (very curious about your thoughts on this)
Float - Aesop Rock
Luv(sic) Hexalogy - Nujabes
Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix) - Death Grips (Scaruffi never rated this for some reason)
Lil Peep, Part 1 - Lil Peep
XXX - Danny Brown
El Negro - Signor Benedick the Moor
Laila's Wisdom - Rapsody

*I mean I'm pretty curious about what you think of all of this, but Wu-Tang especially. Surprised Scaruffi didn't give it a 7.5 despite how much he praised it.

Thanks!

I added Float and Enter the Wu-Tang with "tentative / may need revisit" ratings/rankings, plus several others (in bold) that I hadn't transferred over to this list yet (from my main "Greatest Albums" list). I also added 6.7 and below echelons with a decent helping of selections (though incomplete of course).

I've heard Lil Peep and Danny Brown but need to listen again. The rest would be new to me.
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Some hip hop suggestions, possibly 7.3+:
Donuts - J Dilla (2006)
The Money Store - Death Grips (2012)
Innercity Griots - Freestyle Fellowship (1993)
From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - Dalek (2002)
Absence - Dalek (2005)
I'll Sleep When You're Dead - El-P (2007)
Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MC's (1988)
Selebeyone - Steve Lehman (2016)
Carnelian - Kill the Vultures (2015)
The Way of the Cipher - Steve Coleman and Metrics (1995)
Labor Days - Aesop Rock (2001)
Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light - Divine Styler (1992)
Sex Packets - Digital Underground (1990)
Traumnovelle - Coin locker kid (2012)
Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion (1991)

Also, why list Speakerboxx and The Love Below separately? Might as well list Church Gone Wild and Chirpin Hard separately, or the live and studio halves of Ummagumma, etc

TiggaTrigga

So...thoughts on Enter the Wu-Tang when you get a chance to hear it?

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Facetious wrote:

Some hip hop suggestions, possibly 7.3+:
Donuts - J Dilla (2006)
The Money Store - Death Grips (2012)
Innercity Griots - Freestyle Fellowship (1993)
From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots - Dalek (2002)
Absence - Dalek (2005)
I'll Sleep When You're Dead - El-P (2007)
Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MC's (1988)
Selebeyone - Steve Lehman (2016)
Carnelian - Kill the Vultures (2015)
The Way of the Cipher - Steve Coleman and Metrics (1995)
Labor Days - Aesop Rock (2001)
Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light - Divine Styler (1992)
Sex Packets - Digital Underground (1990)
Traumnovelle - Coin locker kid (2012)
Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion (1991)

Also, why list Speakerboxx and The Love Below separately? Might as well list Church Gone Wild and Chirpin Hard separately, or the live and studio halves of Ummagumma, etc

Thanks I threw Money Store up there (though needs a revisit to be more sure). Pretty sure Donuts would be a 7ish, though I'll probably revisit that one because its shaky. And Dalek's Absence as well. I don't think I've heard any of the rest, except maybe that Ultramagnetic MCs one (seems to ring a bell, but not sure...).

One could go either way on the Speakerboxx/Love Below split, considering it a single "combined" work, or two separate albums. Its just so clearly them releasing two completely separate albums as a packaged "Outkast" release (which if I remember right, they've confirmed), so that's the main reason. But, I actually had it listed "combined" before I split them up, so I'm not too opposed to that. And maybe you could say the same thing about the Hella release. I'm not sure you could with Ummagumma... When I get the chance I'll look into SB/TLB a bit and might change my mind. To come up with a "combined" rating, this might also entail listening to the whole again, though I'm not sure I'm willing to do that on this round of hip hop listening. It probably wouldn't rate much better than TLB even combined -- maybe even lower overall -- because there isn't much accumulation happening as the two sides are so disparate (therefore, it would be partially, maybe mostly, an avg between the two instead of one building off the other).
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AfterHours

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TiggaTrigga wrote:

So...thoughts on Enter the Wu-Tang when you get a chance to hear it?

Probably. Think I've only listened to it maybe once (twice?) in the last decade, so if I feel re-familiarized with it enough after a new spin during this round of listening, maybe I'll give it a shot.
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For my criteria page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503

To visit my Main lists, go here:
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Greatest Paintings: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=15560
Greatest Works of Art: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...hp?t=16117

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

Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 5-2-2022 - 5-8-2022
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses - Backxwash (2021)
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1908)
Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco (2015)
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (2000)
Pauline Chapel: The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1545; 1550)
Iridescence - Brockhampton (2018)
The Scroll - Shahzia Sikander (1990)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture]
Purple Rain - Prince (1984)
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) - Salvador Dali (1954)
Friendly as a Hand Grenade - Tackhead (1989)
The Taking of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (circa 1602)
Eli And The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro (1968)
The Cold Vein - Cannibal Ox (2005)
The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)
Private Dancer - Tina Turner (1984)
XXX - Danny Brown (2011)
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (1998)
Illmatic - Nas (1994)
Bad - Michael Jackson (1986)
There's A Riot Goin' On - Sly & The Family Stone (1971)
Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G (1994)
The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999)
MAYA - MIA (2010)
Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve (2019)
Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition - Your Old Droog (2020)
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (1973)

Top 10+ Albums/Movies/Visual Art for the Week(s) - Rated 2.8/10 to 6.7/10
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985)
Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson (1989)
Whitney - Whitney Houston (1987)
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown (1988)
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (1972)
Make It Big - Wham! (1984)
Beware (The Funk is Everywhere) - Afrika Bambaataa (1986)
Black Soap - Mike (2018) [EP] ...No rating yet... It may or may not be "below-6.8" -- it's more that I am very undecided, in the middle, of whether it is a successful or failed experiment, or a bit of both...
Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding (1965)
Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne (1987)
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin (1967)
21 - Adele (2011)

FAMILIAR ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RE-RATED:
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem (2000) 7.3/10 to 7.6/10
Tetsuo & Youth - Lupe Fiasco (2015) Not Rated to 7.6/10
XXX - Danny Brown (2011) Not Rated to 7.0/10
Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson (1989) 6.1/10 to 6.6/10
Beware (The Funk is Everywhere) - Afrika Bambaataa (1986) 7.3/10 to 6.6/10
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston (1985) 6.0/10 to 6.3/10
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown (1988) 5.8/10 to 6.3/10
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (1972) Not Rated to 6.3/10

NEWLY LISTENED - ROCK/JAZZ ALBUMS - RATED:
I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses - Backxwash (2021) 7.6/10
Iridescence - Brockhampton (2018) 7.3/10
MAYA - M.I.A (2010) 6.8/10
Injury Reserve - Injury Reserve (2019) 6.8/10
Dump YOD: Krutoy Edition - Your Old Droog (2020) 6.8/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902) 8.5/10 to 8.7/10
Pauline Chapel: The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1545; 1550) 7.5/10 to 7.6/10
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture] 7.3/10 to 7.4/10
The Scroll - Shahzia Sikander (1990) Not Rated to 7.3/10

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2022)
Sistine Chapel: Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
St. Peter's Basilica - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donato Bramante, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1626) [Architecture]
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes]
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Isenheim Altarpiece - Matthias Grunewald [includes sculpture by Nikolaus Hagenauer] (circa 1512-1516)
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1652) [Sculpture and Architecture]
The Gates of Hell - Auguste Rodin (1889 "Expressionist" Version) [Sculpture]
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1942)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Sandham Memorial Chapel: The Resurrection of the Soldiers & War Murals - Stanley Spencer (1929)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
The Sacrifice - Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
St. Matthew Cycle: The Calling of St. Matthew; The Inspiration of St. Matthew; The Martyrdom of St. Matthew - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1602)
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci (1497)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
It's Such a Beautiful Day - Don Hertzfeldt (2012)[/b]
Apollo and Daphne - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1625) [Sculpture]
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Medici Chapel: The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture and Architecture]
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
The Entire City [Zurich Version] - Max Ernst (1936)
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
Cache - Michael Haneke (2005)
The Godfather, Part 2 - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Straw Dogs - Sam Peckinpah (1971)
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
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@ TiggaTrigga and anyone else interested...

RE: KLIMT BEETHOVEN FRIEZE

I just found a link to the whole frieze in one shot at extremely high resolution + highest quality + largest image available, that appears to have been recently produced by Google Arts and Culture. It's now on my "Greatest Paintings" list in the images and links section just under the immediately visible images of the work. Titled: FULL VIEW - ENTIRE FRIEZE - LARGEST IMAGE - HIGHEST QUALITY AND RESOLUTION - ZOOM FUNCTION.

This is a pretty big deal towards making analysis of it far easier, without having to resort to several individual links to view its parts in higher resolution/quality (though one can still do so if they want to highlight just one part). And also, this basically ends the necessity to view the work up close through various HQ art books on Klimt, which although I had used on many occasions, being books they weren't possible to provide access to through my list. In short, this new link is a godsend for analyzing the work. Getting up close to Klimt's art, his unique ornamentation and colors and figures, and especially his sense of line/extraordinary draughtsmanship, which carries with it its own emotional, thematic feelings and "momentum", is a MUST towards truly coming to grips with this astonishing work (and his others).

Fyi, I also made a similar update for The Kiss, where I replaced a link to its "largest, highest resolution" image that was no longer working, with a newer one from Google Arts and Culture that IS working.
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Oh dang that is helpful! Insight on Friendly As a Hand Grenade? I'd read Scaruffi's thoughts but I can't speak Italian. I will say that Demolition House is a weird track and Ska Trek is awesomely funky and kinda ska.

...I still don't understand why Scaruffi associates it with hip-hop but whatever.