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Oh, this is hard:
1. Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited-A real toss up for me, since I love Blonde on Blonde, but I think Highway...is a stronger album. Favorite songs are Like A Rolling Stone, Highway 61 Revisited, Ballad of a Thin Man, and Desolation Row (honestly, there isn't a bad song on the album)
2. The Velvet Underground-The Velvet Underground & Nico (you know, the banana album?) Proto-punk at it's best. I pick this, even though I think it's not as good as White Light/White Heat, because it has more songs that WLWH which could come in if I had to listen to it over and over. Favorite tracks are Heroin, Waiting for The Man, All Tommorow's Parties, and European Son (to Delmore Schwartz).
3. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation-Sonic at it's peak. Favorite tracks are Teenage Riot, Silver Rocket, Providence, and The Trilogy.
4. The Pixies-Surfer Rosa-The Pixies most inaccesible album, but very rewarding. The odd mixture adds up to a truly hard hitting album. Favorite tracks are Vamos, Bone Machine, Where Is My Mind, and Gigantic.
5. The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers-A great album, every song is entrenched in southern music. The Stones were at their best, at that's saying something. Favorite tracks are Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking?, You Gotta Move, and Moonlight Mile.
I know, pretty limited in musical scope, but this is personal DIDs, so I'll overlook the complete oversight of blues and jazz.
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