BEST 5 MUSIC ALBUMS EVER Jan08

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BEST 5 MUSIC ALBUMS EVER

Revolver by Beatles

Forgive your humble author if he gushes a bit too much in this review, but I’ll just have to make this clear up front. This here album is, BY FAR, my favorite album of all time. PERIOD. The musicianship and production are without fault. The quality and creativity of the songwriting is un-matched. The variety of sounds, lyrical themes, and compositional structure is simply beyond the reach of any other artist/band.

Will you love every song? No.
Will any one of these songs necessarily be your favorite song of all time? No. Is there even a guarantee this will be your favorite album of all time? No. Taken as a whole, though, you will recognize why this album is the finest example of the perfect pop-rock album. It is the archetype. So just get it.

Revolver by The Beatles

 

 

Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

An argument can easily be made that this is one of the best rock and roll albums of all time. In fact, maybe a viable argument could not even be made against that claim. This is my favorite Springsteen album (but they’re all good, for the most part). It has a lot of his pop hits (“Dancing in the Dark”, “Born In the U.S.A.”), and some more sentimental songs (“Bobby Jean”, “I’m On Fire”). Either way, nearly every song on this album is essential Springsteen.

 Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

 

Master of Puppets by Metallica

My love of Metallica’s Master of Puppets album, which has lasted almost two decades now, began on what was a pretty good day for a 15-year-old misfit metalhead, during what was the most miserable time of my life: high school. Even though Master of Puppets didn’t take as gigantic a leap forward as Ride the Lightning, it was the band’s greatest achievement, hailed as a masterpiece by critics far outside heavy metal’s core audience.

 Master of Puppets by Metallica

 

Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis

In my opinion, Sketches of Spain is one of Miles Davis’ most enduring and innovative achievements. How cool was Miles Davis? Cool enough to create jazz music so powerful it moved even anti-jazz consumers. His music is considered some of the most striking and inventive in history. A must for your home music collection.

 Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis

 

London Calling by The Clash

When London Calling was released it was called ‘A serious, ridiculously ambitious punk album’ by the Rolling Stone. Recorded in 1979 in London, which was then wrenched by surging unemployment and drug addiction, and released in America in January 1980, the dawn of an uncertain decade, London Calling is nineteen songs of apocalypse fueled by an unbending faith in rock & roll to beat back the darkness.

 London Calling byThe Clash