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THE BETTER HALF

Remember way back when. Back on my first post. When I compared the first half of Donovan’s double LP as being some of the best folk rock EVER released. As good as The Byrd’s Mr. Tamborine Man. As good as Love’s Forever Changes. I meant it. I really did. I LOVE those ten songs with all my heart. But, you know what? The second half is even better! It’s just completely different. Gone are the catchy fun sing-a-long pop songs. Instead Donovan delves into something mystical. Something enchanted.

It casts a spell transporting you to a small fishing village on the craggy shore from a long, long time ago. From a land & culture that is no more and has been lost. When elves still had power and fairies ruled the woods. These are sea songs for a shire. It’s a bewitching listen when life was simple and better for it. When life was still tied to the land and the tides dictated chores. Not time. Not clocks. It’s as if Donovan feels not just born in the wrong decade, but the wrong era altogether. And the spell he casts with both the music & lyrics is seamless. Nothing breaks it. You can actually smell the salt of the sea. Feel the spray of the ocean mist. Nothing reminds you that these songs were written in the sixties. Because these songs don’t even know that radio exists.

Grade: A+. Simply one of the greatest double albums of all time. I would put this up against anything in the rock canon. Anything. That means you The White Album. That means you Blonde on Blonde. And Donovan shoots back to number one where he belongs.
[First added to this chart: 08/20/2016]
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1967
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A BUCOLIC DAY IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE

Well this came out of nowhere! It's simple, but alluring piano passages combined with found sounds that is magically and movingly transportive. It’s like stepping into a wardrobe and emerging in a land of unicorns and butterflies ( can you tell I have two girls! lol). The countryside of Totoro essentially springs to life. And you find yourself sunning on a field of buttercups or whatever as warm, peaceful church bells echo in the distance. An overwhelming sense of calmness enters your bones and you believe that magic is not just possible but real. But it’s not overly pretty or overdone. It’s all very tasteful and not a bit new agey.

It has two distinct sides with side a being incredibly playful and joyful and side b being more on the somber side of things as the day comes to an end.

Grade: A+. I’ve only been at this a short time , but it is definitely the most unique and alluring ambient album I’ve ever heard. And it immediately shoots to the top of my little chart.
[First added to this chart: 03/24/2017]
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1983
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WINTER THAWS

Something happened. What is not clear. But something happened in between Treasure and Victorialand. Some of my sources (& I have many) tell me that Guthrie & Frasier rekindled their love. Others tell me that bassist Simon Raymonde, who was absent for this session & not missed in the slightest, is simply a mega downer. But whatever the cause, whatever the reason, their is a warmth to this album that was not present on their three previous releases. The iciness that used to cover their songs like the morning frost is gone. Winter has thawed and the pearly dewdrops of a new spring shimmer & bask in the rays of the early rising Summer sun. It’s like the black & white world that dominated Cocteau Twins world for so long has been colored in with a super deluxe Crayola crayon set. A softness and gentleness is present. Instead of a cold shoulder, we are given a warm, much needed hug.

Whereas on Treasure, Fraser sounded in pain. Tormented. Like she was exorcising some demons deep inside her. Here, those demons are long gone. Newly saved by the Lord, she’s turned into a loving Pentecostal preacher. A channeler. Taken over by the Holy Spirit and singing in tongues. She is not in control. She is simply a conduit letting the higher forces of goodness work their magic through her. Delivering holy radiance to the masses to heal us. Save us. To let us know that the universe is a divine and wondrous place. That the Gods still exists and are taking care of us. She’s certainly not speaking in English or any other language decipherable by mere human ears. No, she speaks in an ancient tongue long forgotten. A remnant from when the Gods still roamed the the Earth and mated with mortals. And perhaps that was what actually happened. For if any mortal could lure one of the Gods back down to earth for a toss in the hay with just her voice, it is certainly Elizabeth.

Grade: A+. It’s funny. Back in my teens and twenties this was (by far) my least favorite Cocteau Twins album. (Well, except for Four Calendar Cafe which I don’t even count and quickly gave to my Mom. What can I say. My Mom loves Enya. Give her a break. She’s a Mom.) Anyways, back then I loved the dark goth of their early albums and the shoe gaze wonders of Heaven or Las Vegas, but I could never quite get into Victorialand. It was too mellow. Too “nice”. It was missing the bleak drum machine and bass lines that belted out on their early releases. I wanted to be consumed by their dark power. Now, I have embraced the light. The warmth. The sunshine. And you know what? Warmth & sunshine suits them. And this is unquestionably their best. The fullest fruition & distillation of the magic of their inimitable sound. And my chart gives it a big warm hug and channels it all the way to number four.
[First added to this chart: 05/30/2017]
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1986
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The Softies (1979)
Aka Boys who pack an extra sweater

Love is just destruction under another name – [No Solution.]

Broken dreams have left you scarred beyond repair - [Someone Who Cares]



Are u a Hardee or a Softie?

I’m a softie. I like hugs. Playing D&D with my kids. Open bags of Doritos. That kind of stuff.

BUT, I also like loud music with teeth. Its feedback taking a bite out of my ass.

So bands like The Only Ones are my bread & butter. I can’t really relate to the nihilism and violence spewed by bands like Sham 69 or The Sex Pistols. I’m just too polite.

BUT, awkwardness around girls? Crazy love-hate relationships?! Alex, kind sir, I’ll take “Love Song”s for a thousand please!

And Peter Perrett, the lead singer & creative director of The Only Ones is just like me. And no. that’s not from reading his autobiography or anything like that. You just don’t have to. His heart is the open book. Filled with cottontails, sunflowers and secret kisses in that closet down the hall and to the right.

And while his band may not have got the limelight back then, Peter and his Only Ones foreshadowed the whole American Underground that was just about to happen. Bands like Galaxie 500. I mean just listen to the track "In Betweens" and try not to compare him to Dean Wareham. The voice of a long lost friend. That special someone you’d swap your Spider Man comic books with after school. A frayed sweater that u still keep in the that top drawer, just in case you need a hug.

The Verdict: For the second straight year, The Only Ones deliver a five tissue masterpiece with Even Serpents Shine. So break out some cough medicine, a deluxe box of Kleenex, and get ready to have a good old fashioned cry.
[First added to this chart: 11/12/2022]
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1979
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Ark Rock (1978)

See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin' in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way. (The Ark)

I was skeptical. I admit it. Especially when “Baker Street” came on. I was like “That song?!?! R u fricken kidding me? Not that song. It’s cheeseball city.” But I was determined. Dihannse had made his rec. And I had made a commitment. And you know what really helped? All those Yacht Rock episodes I had watched about five years ago at the recommendation of my boy koolkeithsweat (KKS). Comedy gold that show. And Hall & Oates (Hmmm… I wonder what they were up to in 1978? Think ). Their 1973 album Abandoned Luncheonette is now one of my faves and my personal gateway drug to the smooth sounds of the 70s.

And I’m so glad I perservered. Because this is fantastic. An epic, larger than life journey on the smooth seas of 70s soft rock and surely one of the masterpieces of that genre. Sure. It’s bombastic as hell. It wills itself to be large. But, honestly, how is that any different than all the Hair Metal bands I loved in the 80s. Truth is I’d love to hear some US Power Metal band do an aces cover of "Baker Street". It’s ripe for a metal makeover.

And this album is so much more than just the big hits – "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line." The entire album is solid. It’s an album album. The kind of album that other albums talk about. Something that is bigger than just the sum of its songs.

So yeah. I like this. Really, really like this. Just don’t tell anybody! I’ve got a reputation to protect! Wink
[First added to this chart: 11/24/2021]
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1978
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FOLK ROCK FOR MARSHALL STACKS

Stormcock stands alone. No other folk rock album rocks quite as hard as Stormcock. Any of these four songs could pop up on the classic rock radio station of my youth, and I would never even batted an eye. It is totally of its time (i.e. early 70s) - epic and grandiose. But without being pretentious or overwrought or falling into any of the other pitfalls of some prog rock from this period. Of course this is not prog rock. It’s just epic folk rock that really wants to turn the amps up to eleven. This is folk rock for Marshall stacks. Hell, even J Mascis would jizz his pants to this stuff (and probably has if know my boy J). If the extent of your folk rock listening experience so far is Led Zeppelin III (lol) then this is the next album for you. I mean Jimmy Page even guest stars as a certain S. Flavius Mercurius (you just have to love that name. How 70s!) The guitar dual between Harper and Page to end “The Same Old Rock” will give any classic rock aficionado their own personal stormcock. Rocky & JasonConfused, if you haven’t checked out this album yet (& you’re listening) you positively need to. In fact I’m pretty sure all the dad rockers of the world would pretty much dig this album. And, I’ll have you know, I’m no closet Dad rocker. I wear that badge with pride as my two little girls would be happy to tell you. We rock all the time. lol. And lately this is what we’ve been rocking out to in the car. The kids totally love it.

Roy Harper has a voice that is just a natural for hard rock. His voice also changes quite a bit from song to song. In “Hors D’ouervres” I swear he channels Donovan singing Hurdy Gurdy Man from time to time.And in One Man Rock and Roll Band, I swear their are flashes of Roger Waters at his most tormented. In fact, Roy may just have missed his true calling. Because he clearly would have been the prefect front man for any 70s hard rock band and become a bona fide Rock Gawd with groupies galore lined around his massive tour bus caravan. Instead he toiled away in relative obscurity. Loved by those in the know but never a becoming a big commercial success. I’m an unabashed 70s hard rock enthusiast, and I just wish I discovered this sooner because it’s become an instant fave.

Grade: A+. An epic folk ROCK masterpiece with the emphasis clearly on the rock. Despite the epic song lengths, it never feels overlong or meandering. The songs feel just the right length. This has become a mainstay in my car over the last month. Again, this is the ideal entry point for any 70s’ classic rock enthusiast out there who’s just itching for the perfect gateway drug into Folk Rock oblivion. The perfect gift for your Dad for this quickly dawning Father’s day, kids. (Hint, hint.) And this hard hitting, immediate album folk n’ rolls itself all the way to number 10.
[First added to this chart: 06/20/2017]
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1971
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ON THE ROAD

Strollin' down the highway
I'm going to get there my way
Dusk till dawn I'm walkin'
Can hear my guitar rocking? (Strolling Down The Highway)

If Neil Cassady & the gang (from Jack Kerrouc’s classic On The Road) weren’t so into jazz - if they had been born perhaps just five years years later - Jansch is the kind of music they would have been into. Music about the inherent conflict born of being human and having human desires. Between freedom & responsibility. Safety and comfort vs. excitement and adventure and the desire for something new. The freedom to explore and not be tied down while searching for the ultimate expression of who your are. In a way, this is the folk equivalent of that Southern Rock archetype that The Allmans' & Skynyrd loved to wax poetic about - The Ramblin' Man. The Renegade. The Outlaw. “Ain’t no girl going to tie me down.”

Hey girl, oh how my heart is torn
Hey girl, now that your baby's born
What shall it cost? Is my freedom lost?
What is the price of nature's own way (Oh How Your Love is Strong)

But there’s a weariness in this album. A realization that this particular path is not the easiest. There’s an internal conflict. That maybe he’s got it all wrong. That maybe he’d been better off - happier, more content, even more self-realized - if he had just stuck back home. Married that love that he knocked up back in his early twenties. Settled down & relaxed. Been a good father. Because life on the road ain’t easy. Loneliness ain’t easy.

Because restlessness is just greed in another form. It’s an impatience. An inability to surrender to the moment and just be.

Ask me why a rambler ain't got no home
Ask me why I sit and cry alone
I wish I knew
I wish I knew
If I knew, I'd know what to do (Rambling’s Going To Be the Death of Me)

But like Cassidy and the rest of the beats, Jansch probably had no other choice. And this is THE album for embracing those regrets you’ve made along the way with a kindred spirit. For accepting that a part of you never would have been satisfied with that orthodox life. The wife you no longer found attractive. The 2.5 kids and the hour commute to that cubicle 8 floors up in the sky. It’s an album that helps you embrace the randomness of life. Accepting that life doesn’t go according to expectations. For accepting the regret. For accepting that you’ve probably made your life a whole lot more difficult than it had to be because that’s part of who you are. That’s part of being human. We’re never satisfied. Never content. And that Jansch is able to capture this uniquely human quality and the conflict born of it in a folk album is staggering. And makes it one of the true great masterpieces of 60s music.

I love what I wrote about this album a few years back when I first heard it shortly after joining BEA…

Herein lies sparse, finger-picked folk songs on acoustic guitar mostly about how one's quest for personal freedom can sometimes be the very cause of our loneliness & isolation. In a sense one's quest for freedom to find the ultimate can leave you old and exhausted at the side of the road. Wearied. Jealous of all the smart folks who were satisfied with less.

Because less is almost always more. But some of us alas need to go On The Road to learn this.

Grade: A+. Do you want a kickass record collection? Of course you do! Why else would you be here, right? Well then there are two folk albums from 60s that EVERY music aficionado NEEDS. One has to be Dylan. Duh. So take your pick between Freewheelin’ and Another Side. It doesn’t really matter. They’re both Dylan at his folk peak before he plugged in. And then get THIS. Jansch’s debut. England’s true answer to Dylan (it certainly wasn’t Donovan. Donovan was something else completely.) Jansch was already rocking on just a acoustic guitar on this here album. His guitar playing lightyears beyond what most of The Village doing across the pond. And then you’ll be set. Sated. Satisfied to have two of the best folk albums of all time.

Until you’re not.
[First added to this chart: 03/14/2016]
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1965
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Class of '76?! Eddie & The Hot Rods and Pub Rock
– A Footnote No More!!!

Tha1ChiefRocka wrote: Eddie and the Hot Rods debut, Teenage Depression, may be a bit more raw, but their songwriting solidifed on the second album Life on the Line.

Great call, 1Chief! Pub Rock has completely gotten the shaft! I’ve seen countless punk lists and charts over the years, and pub rock bands always get left off which is bullocks plain & simple. They built the concert circuit, established the back to the basics movement, and most importantly released some of the best rock & roll albums of the mid 70s. So I’m psyched to see that both dihansse and 1Chief are NOT making the same mistake that I and countless other list makers have made over the years by leaving them out. Because Eddie & The Hot Rods' Teenage Depression belongs in the conversation of first punk rock albums ever!

Just like Nirvana didn’t suddenly come from nowhere, neither did the Sex Pistols and The Clash.

Blimey, mate, just check out their cover of The Who’s "The Kids Are Alright." It's a fricken' punk landmark spray painted on the bathroom stall. A harder, rougher, & rowdier version of The Who. Which sounds like a pretty apt definition of mid-70s British punk to me when you get right down to it.

Essential (1976)!

So I will absolutely be considering their follow-up from 1977 - Life On The Line - for the top ten and thus a Hall Of Fame slot. Just like Motörhead's Motörhead it will be close.
[First added to this chart: 09/06/2020]
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1976
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PAST And FUTURE (1978)

“I always liked fast music. And this was it, you know. It was really fast with plenty of religion!” – Chris Knox (lead singer of The Vibrators) speaking of the punk rock scene.

Chris Knox was wired for punk rock from the beginning. Long before it hit and became a thing, he was waiting for it. He grew up on instrumental guitar God Duane Eddy and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates. Worshiped The Velvets in the 60s. And then began paying his dues on the pub circuit in the early 70s in a band called Lipstick. Playing Chuck Berry covers just a bit faster & better than his peers. And his own stuff that was heavily influenced by The Velvets.

Of all the UK Class of ‘77 bands, they were closest to their New York contemporaries such as The Heartbreakers. And the reason should be obvious. They shared a musical education. They loved the same bands. The girl groups. The instrumental surf bands. 1950s Rock n’ Roll. All of it. Which gave them a leg up on their UK brethren who were mostly music neophytes who formed bands after finding religion upon hearing The Sex Pistols. Sudden converts the lot of them for the most part. Meanwhile, Chris Knox & his Vibrators had been worshiping at the altar of rock n’ roll for a decade plus.

Unlike the New Yorkers, though, The Vibrators had a toehold on the future as well. Presaging the development of New Wave with bangers such as “Keep It Clean.” Queue it up and just listen to the sound of the guitar and those vocal quirks. Can you say "eighties"?!?!

And if they dipped their toes into new wave territory with Pure Mania, they plunged right in with V2 – a total statement of purpose and a visionary New Wave album that would lead others – most notably Adam & The Ants – into New Wave territory in the near future. V2 deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as other hard hitting New Wave classics like Elvis Costello’s This Year's Model and Devo’s Q: AreWe Not Men?

Truth be told, I think V2 is even better than Pure Mania! It’s just that good with super catchy, punky nugget after nugget with perfect New Wave production, guitar tones and vocal affectations. Really just doesn’t get better for 1978 New Wave/Pop Punk.

Of course the bands in the know knew better. Stiff Little Fingers cribbed their name straight from a Vibrators song. The Exploited pretty much crafted their entire sound from V2's last track - "Troops of Tomorrow." And were't afraid to pay their respects either! Naming their second LP after it!

tldr: The Vibrators are an ESSENTIAL UK Class of ’77 Punk Band. If you've checked out The Clash and The Sex Pistols, they are the next place to go. Right up their with The Damned if you ask me.

THE TWO YOU NEED
1. Pure Mania (1977)
2. V2 (1978)
[First added to this chart: 07/05/2020]
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1978
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United Kingdom UFO
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They Got Robbed, I Tell Ya! Stinkin’ Robbed!
Rank 'Em #4: UFO


You always hear it. They should have been as big as . Mostly, it’s bullshit. Take Diamond Head. Sure they had one essential album -Lightning to the Nations - whose riffs were rightly gobbled up by early 80s San Francisco thrashers like dung beetles gobbling up whatever it is dung beetles gobble up. (Please tell me it’s not dung. I just ate!) But that was it. One killer album does not make a legend. It’s albums and tours. More albums. More tours. Rinse & repeat. Just ask AC/DC, It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N’ Roll). And they even had to do it with their JV singer! So they should know!

But, UFO truly got robbed. They should have been household names. Their names in lights. All that jazz you dreamed about while reading Hit Parader in your Underoos, singing into your hair brush and jamming on your tennis racket. Yet somehow the average bloke listening to classic rock radio has never even heard of them. Which is crazzy with two z's because they just may be the definitive 70s hard rock band. And that ain’t no hyberbole. It’s the God’s honest truth. UFO cranked out a mind boggling string of EIGHT straight albums that belong in the Olympus of 70s Hard Rock. Each a solid four star (or 8.0 for those of you with Pitchforks up your arses.) From Phenomenon in 1974 to The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent in 1981, UFO by all that is good & holy should have dominated the hard rock air waves. Even when their guitar prodigy Michael Schenker ditched them for The Scorpions (and then a solo career) in 1979, UFO continued to turn out two solid throwback hard rock albums in the early 80s with No Place To Run and The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent.

But for my money, there are three platters that are full-on five star molten monsters of proto-metal. Their most metallic, hard-edged stuff before they brought the strings in and tried to dance with your kid sister at junior prom. When a teenaged Michael Schenker wanted to bring the entire world to kneel before his hard ripped abs and black & white V-neck guitar. By all accounts, he was one of the guitar gods of the 70s, and he proved it time & time again on the three that matter – Phenomenon, Force It, and No Heavy Petting. A time when UFO crafted the sound of 70s hard rock. Something halfway between Mountain’s Climbing (whose Leslie West was the last guitarist that Michael Schenker ever copied) and The Sweet’s Sweet Fanny Adams. And not very far removed, I am contractually obligated to add, from what Micheal’s older brother Rudolf’s band The Scorpions were cooking up just a couple countries over during the same time period. The formula that influenced a legion of hair metal bands in the the 80s. (God spare their souls! They knew not what they did!)

Tldr: There are THREE albums by UFO that I feel are ESSENTIAL for the metal canon. And they all came during the mid-70s when UFO were easily one of the top and most influential hard rock/metal bands on the planet…

THE THREE U NEED
1. Phenomenon (1974)
2. No Heavy Petting (1976)
3. Force It (1975)

After that, they continued to lay down four very good Hard Rock albums. But they had changed the dial ever so slightly to the right and went a mite too AOR for my tastes.
[First added to this chart: 07/02/2020]
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1976
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 1 1%
1950s 3 3%
1960s 9 9%
1970s 29 29%
1980s 37 37%
1990s 3 3%
2000s 9 9%
2010s 9 9%
2020s 0 0%
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Real Estate 3 3%
Bert Jansch 2 2%
Bob Dylan 2 2%
Townes Van Zandt 2 2%
Saint Vitus 2 2%
Accept 2 2%
Venom 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 49 49%
United Kingdom 29 29%
Germany 5 5%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Canada 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
Switzerland 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 10/09/2023 09:56
Have I ever properly thanked you for making me check out Mazzy Star, Yo La Tengo, Real Estate early 70s-era Dylan, as well as revisiting Townes Van Zandt? Either way, thank you again.
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From 06/28/2023 09:46
There are 3 elements to a great chart for me.

1. Some great words to tell us why the album is there.
2. A similar taste to your own - a musical message in a bottle
3. Some new picks for my own wish list.

This chart is bristling with new recommendations for my playlist. Whole genres I’ve never explored.

2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
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From 10/28/2022 03:50
One really interesting and diverse list, quite unlike anything I have ever seen here or anywhere else! Many very unusual choices and genres make this a great list. The chart has virtually nothing in common with my own chart or other lists by major magazines, Joe S. Harrington, David Keenan or Piero Scaruffi.

The notes are better than anything I have seen outside of Harrington or Keenan, too.

A minor quibble of mine is the way in which albums of the same genre are clustered together. (When I see that I always wonder if the compiler is not being careful enough to be sure they are being ranked as accurately as thought possible.) even with this reservation, it is an exceptionally interesting and well-written list.
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From 10/25/2022 08:24
Still wanna the greatest charts ever made on both this site and others like RYM. I think you've inspired me to do the same one day by making a chart of lesser known records, and outta those picks, create an alternate universe so flamboyant, colorful, and exciting based on descriptions and stuff.

I think something in the beautiful Donovan description summed it up "these songs doesn't know that radio exists", because some of the favorites on this chart raises this question; what would musicians/artists do if radio never existed". The answer lies in that they probably would make something so flamboyantly authentic as a lotta these wondrous records, and we could only listen to music by hand and choice etc.

God bless!
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From 10/24/2022 03:20
What I like about this chart:
1. we have ZERO albums in common:
2. we have only 4 artists in common, and that may very well become 1 artist in common when I do a review of my chart over the next month;
3. the 1 artist we have in common is Dylan - although our album preferences differ significantly (I am sure that doesn't come as any surprise - you can check out my '64 Dylan albums rated' chart if you have time :));
4. this chart oozes someone who actually breathes, eats, smells, tastes, touches, feels music more than hears it;
5. knowing the effort needed to make even short comments on album choices, the EFFORT in this chart is EXTRAordinary;
6. rather than a regurgitation of the BEA top 100, this chart has only 6 albums rated in the top 1000! and the highest ranking album is at #197 on the overall chart;
7. this chart actually made me go on a wild musical album/artist discovery hunt - I didn't actually find anything that I 'fell in love with' but sometimes the journey is more valuable than the end point ~ at least it gave me a few hours of hope; that maybe out there, somewhere, there is an artist/album undiscovered in my musical universe who will excite me in ways that I cannot explain;
8. ...and finally, the 2 Australian albums - excellent choices!
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From 08/29/2022 05:28
super frikin interesting. love this chart!!!
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From 07/11/2022 09:17
naang naang!! <3 hope ur doing well friend
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From 02/16/2022 00:47
man this is great. I can't even say I agree with A SINGLE ONE of your picks but damn this is very well put together chart. Just the passion you seem to have for music is insane and I love it!!!
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From 08/05/2021 09:25
What a unique list :)
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From 04/03/2021 23:24
Interesting choices, the number 1 is very unique and the rest is metal at the most. I know much of them and i like them some kind of diversive chart. Nice to see such things here.
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