I am an avid music fan, and one of my favorite -musically related- pastimes is debating (with myself), which are my favorite music records and why. So I thought I'd start a topic where everyone has to name their personal top (insert a number of your preference) albums. Adding the rationale behind your choices would be even better
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So here I go with my favorite 10.
Bob Dylan: Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
I think this record - and not his sophomore one- is the epitome of his acoustic phase. Herein are songs characterized by his idiosyncratic and absurd sense of humor; scathingly bitter vilifications (somehow I never had an issue with Dylan's jibes against whomever); and beautiful poetic imagery: "My Back Pages" is brutally ingenious, and "To Ramona" is one of my favorite Dylan songs.
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (1966)
For fear of sounding verbose I'll succinctly say of the record: a majestic, and beguiling tapestry, though the third side in not on par with the other three.
Kinks: Face to Face (1966)
And they only had one full-time songwriter
. David Davies almost single-handedly wrote an album full of little pop diamonds, whose simplicity make the feat all the more astounding. The most famous song of the record is "Sunny Afternoon", which is unfortunate for most are on par with it. Face to Face could be described as Revolver's -slightly less gifted- cousin. I highly recommend it.
The Doors: The Doors (1967)
With its mix of mesmerizing gloominess, blues bravado, and inventive musical arrangements this record made the Doors nationwide starts almost overnight (well not exactly, but anyway), and is undoubtedly among my top 10.
Well this is it for today. Six more albums to go. I am looking forward for your opinions!
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