If, like me, you doom scroll You Tube, you come across dozens of lists, best this, worst that, biggest the other - one that has got my mind churning is 10 out of 10 albums, that is, LP's you love that are 10 on the earworm scale.
If you keep your standards high, in which I mean you are honest with yourself, and not let an album through that maybe has one song that is "OK", and all the rest are bangers, you can whittle the list down considerably.
One example for me would be Genesis - Selling England By The Pound", I absolutely LOVE that album, but I always had a problem with "The Battle Of Epping Forest" - a sprawling, bitty, stop-start affair that has its moments, but for me falls short of the rest of the songs.I decided to remove the vocals on "Battle" with the benefit of AI, and I was struck by how many instrumental parts came to the surface that I hadn't noticed before, and although I regards Gabriel as one of the best rock singers of all time, I actually prefer the instrumental.So, that album falls at the last hurdle, but here are six albums that in my opinion are 100%'ers:
1. Van Morrison - Wavelength
2. Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
3. The Who - Who's Next
4. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
5. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The moon
6. Yes - Close To The Edge
That list was compiled in about 30 seconds, I could probably come up with about 50 more if I gave it some thought - what are YOUR 10/10 albums?
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