| 5.0 classic |
| Aerosmith Rocks |
| Beneath its sheen as an era-defining hard rock record is a piece of immense artistic value, in a viscerally thrilling form that still excites nearly 40 years later. |
| Big Star #1 Record |
| Bell and Chilton together created a set of pop songs more wonderful, and ballads more beautiful, than can otherwise be imagined. Truly a masterpiece. |
| Hollerado Record in a Bag |
| A modern classic, loaded with exuberant, lively, FUN and charming tunes bursting with inspiration. |
| My Bloody Valentine Loveless |
| An album that gradually wears its way into you, transforming your idea of what sounds can be and mean. Dense, but worth patience. |
| Nick Drake Pink Moon |
| Chilling and unwelcoming, yet all the same warm and humbling. |
| The Beatles Abbey Road |
| At the end of their career, the Beatles still had ideas about what The Beatles were and could be. Awe-inspiring. |
| The Clash London Calling |
| Don't think of it as a great punk record, think of it as a great record, spanning the whole world and all of history. Truly they were "the only band that mattered." |
