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My Classic 5s

The only times I've ever been truly and completely floored by an albums quality. If you've got stuff to recommend based on these, I'd love to hear them. Also, the order is alphabetical -- there's no point comparing aphex twin to the beatles.
1Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Richard D James has a way with producing such bizarre sounds that never
cease to boggle the mind, and never moreso than on his first LP. 'Green Calx,'
'Ageispolis' and so many others have such strange noises that are so original
and manage to resonate off of each other every time.
2The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

My favorite album from my first favorite band. Cover to cover, this is the most
complete Beatles album, and 'A Day in the Life' is their seminal achievement.
Even the tracks on here that not everyone knows are gems that contribute to
a sublime musical progression.
3Bob Marley
Legend

So universal. Backpacking through West Africa was proof that everyone can
connect with this album. Rightfully revered around the world, Marley has put
forth a standard in Reggae music that hasn't been touched and strikes a chord
with everyone in the room.
4The Doors
The Doors

Philosophical, psychedelic and absolutely phenomenal. The keyboard work
was so many years ahead of its time with lyrics that are so profound and
hypnotizing. They just keep getting better the more you listen.
5Jimi Hendrix
Are you Experienced

(The 3rd album on here from 1967). No one will ever be as good a guitarist as
Jimi -- ever. 'Manic Depression,' 'The Wind Cries Mary', etc. lead off his
strongest album. His early death is, even more than Morrison, the biggest
tragedy in Rock n Roll history.
6Massive Attack
Mezzanine

If you've never heard the song 'Angel' you need to put it on. Right now. Just
be patient with it and it will slowly blow your mind. Nothing but great tracks
on here all creating such a dark brooding tone that twist and turn. Unlike
anything before or after. The worst on here are still quite brilliant.
7Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon

'I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us...very hard to
explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad...' Perfect composition,
incredible inventiveness and precursors to an eerie yet soothing style of music
that has in some ways never been matched.
8Radiohead
Amnesiac

Dubbed Kid B so unfairly. This is every bit as good as the 2000 masterpiece
below. The transition from 'Pyramid Song' to 'Pulk / Pull' to 'You and Whose
Army' is the best 3 song segment Radiohead ever put together. Delve into
this gem, and you'll be thrown in opposite directions simultaneously. Not easy
to bare, yet once you've made your peace, the songs become so soothing and
so natural that you realize your entire world has changed.
9Radiohead
Kid A

'Yesterday I woke up sucking on lemon.' Nonsensical lyrics, twisted
arrangements and bizarre beats. Genius
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