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Five-Star Albums


Alroy Sez - Wilson Sez - Experts Agree


Here we've collected all the records receiving the maximum rating from either or both of us. We consider five-star records so good they're worth hearing even if you don't like the genre, so if you don't like one of these records, your taste is probably very different from ours. Like we care. (DBW)

Alroy Sez:

The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Crosby, Stills & Nash
The Clash
Bob Dylan, Freewheelin'
Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced?
The Jam, All Mod Cons
Elton John
King Crimson, Discipline
Joni Mitchell, Court & Spark
The Police, Regatta De Blanc
The Posies, Amazing Disgrace
Richard Thompson, Mirror Blue
Stevie Wonder, Talking Book
Velvet Underground, Loaded
The Who, Who's Next
XTC, Skylarking

Wilson Sez:

AC/DC, Back In Black
Chuck Berry, Berry Is On Top
Rubén Blades & Willie Colón, Siembra
Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains
Bootsy's Rubber Band, Aaah... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
John Coltrane, Giant Steps
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
Miles Davis, 'Round About Midnight
Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis, E.S.P.
Devo, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Eric Dolphy, Out To Lunch
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks
Earth Wind & Fire, All 'N All
Duke Ellington, The Blanton-Webster Band
Duke Ellington, The Great Chicago Concerts
Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved A Man
Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
Juan Luis Guerra, Bachata Rosa
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage
Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection
Rickie Lee Jones, Pirates
Carole King, Fantasy
Little Richard, Here's Little Richard!
Curtis Mayfield, Curtis
Daniela Mercury, Feijão Com Arroz
Metallica, Master Of Puppets
NG La Banda, Cabaret Panorámico
Thelonious Monk, Monk's Music
Thelonious Monk, At Carnegie Hall
Charles Mingus, Mingus A Um
Charlie Parker, The Very Best of Bird
Eddie Palmieri, Unfinished Masterpiece
Parliament, Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Prince, Sign O' The Times
Prince, The Hits/The B-Sides
Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Silvio Rodríguez, Triptico
Run-D.M.C.
Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends
Sleater-Kinney, All Hands On The Bad One
Sly and the Family Stone, There's A Riot Goin' On
Sonic Youth, Dirty
Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key Of Life
Los Van Van, Songo
Los Van Van, Aqui... El Que Baila Gana

Experts Agree:

The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Derek & The Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Jimi Hendrix, Axis: Bold As Love
John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band
Joni Mitchell, Blue
The Mothers of Invention, We're Only In It For The Money
The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle


Out of our goddamn way.

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