| 4.5 superb |
| Big Brother And The Holding Company Cheap Thrills |
| Charles Mingus Mingus Ah Um |
| David Bowie Young Americans |
| David Bowie Station to Station |
| David Bowie Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) |
| Elvis Costello This Year's Model |
| Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix: The Best of Hendrix |
| Jimi Hendrix Blue Wild Angel |
| John Coltrane Ascension |
| Perhaps Coltrane's most avant-garde, despite its reputation for being "inaccessible," still delivers an amazing experience of sound. Filled with Coltrane's loud squeaks of his saxophone, constant, minimalistic drumming, and other horns, almost all completely separately and independently, oblivious to Coltrane, playing behind him. Both versions of Ascension, each about 40 minutes long, amazingly similar and yet also different. If you listen closely, there are a few recognizable, repeated themes or patterns, but not enough (thankfully) to give it definite form or make it close to predictable. It's not something necessarily you'd jog to (though nobody's stopping you), but it nevertheless is a true work of genius. |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| Miles Davis Birth of the Cool |
| Philip Glass Metamorphosis I-V, for piano |
| Santana Caravanserai |
| Squeeze Argybargy |
| Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians |
| Simply an amazing piece of work from one of the most influential composers of all time. The rhythmic patterns and the tonal cycles are simply breathtaking. For me, I could listen to it for hours. Truly an amazing, landmark piece. |
| Talking Heads Fear of Music |
| Television Adventure |
| Underrated album, of course not as good as Marquee Moon, but still inventive, layered, and often times quite ingenious. |
| The Kinks Face to Face |
| The White Stripes White Blood Cells |
| They Might Be Giants Lincoln |
| They Might Be Giants Apollo 18 |
