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Originally posted by ironweed
Hank Mobley - Soul Station. Underrated saxophonist at his best and a perfect example of why Blue Note rules the post-bop earth.
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory. "Never half step 'cause I'm not a half steppah / drink a lotta soda so they call me Dr. Peppah." The best of the best of late 80s/early 90s east-coast freestyle/jazz fusion. Smart, funny and Bustah Rhymes acting silly.
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash. "Frank Ryan bought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid / and you decked some fucking blackshit who was cursing all the Yids." Before Shane McGowan became a sad caricature of himself he was a brilliant lyricist and singer. Band kicks the shit out of traditional Irish music, makes you want to drink, fight and fall down.
Brian Eno/David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. The grandaddy of electronic music albums. If the groove on "Regiment" doesn't get you then I don't think we should even be having this conversation.
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison. The man at his dark and evil best, making a mockery of what passes for "country music" these days.
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Interesting call on the Pogues. Very good album, though I wouldn't put it top 5. Unless we're just talking titles. Then, definitely top 5. As for Cash prison albums, I'm torn between Folsom and San Quentin. Both great. You can just about hear the warden cringe when Cash busts out "San Quentin, you've been livin' hell to me...."
Mine, for purely best rock albums:
Exile on Main Street (I don't think a better album is possible)
Revolver
Rubber Soul (both perfection in the pop songcraft side of rock)
Highway 61 Revisited (a tough choice over Blond on Blond)
London Calling.
Honorable mention Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Sticky Fingers, Never Mind the Bollocks, Nevermind.
