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    —BEST ALBUMS— Warren Zevon - Self Titled Warren Zevon is the most under-rated songwriter of the 70s and this is his best album. Desperados Under The Eaves guts me every times.   Queen - A Night at the Opera Every song on this album kills. Equal parts face melting guitar work and show tune mincing.   Wings - Wings Across America My requisite Wings nod. Contains the best version of Maybe I’m Amazed. Worth the price of admission for Linda’s shitty/awesome one finger keyboard solo during Jet.  Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees The soundtrack of my youth. This was on heavy rotation in my parent’s Volvo as a kid and has been permanently embedded in my DNA since. I can still see my parents belting out Harbor Lights. The Modern Lovers - Self Titled I am happy to just listen to Jonathan Richman talk, all this singing stuff is just a bonus.  Bob Seger - Night Moves Hate if you want to hate. With all the Springsteen fetishism in recent years it is a mystery why cooler-than-though critics still treat Bob Seger like the plague. Give it a few years.  —BEST SONGS— Heart - Crazy On You This song is a direct line to god. Been losing my voice to this one a lot lately. Wings - Silly Little Love Songs Cloying, goofy, and naive. Saved by one of the most UN-FUCK-WITH-ABLE bass lines of all time.  Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Listen again for the first time. There will never be another song like this song.  Boz Scaggs - Lowdown A lot of my best memories in my 20s have this song as a soundtrack. I know it’s coming, but the breakdown gets me every time. Also; FUNKY JAZZ FLUTE! All By Myself - Eric Carmen The torch song to burn all other torch songs. After his band the Raspberries broke-up Carmenwrote a ton of cheesy soft-rock ballads but none come close to this one in impact. I’m welling up just thinking about the chorus.  —WORST ALBUMS— Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle I don’t know how this asshole snuck his way into classic rock radio. Fuck you, Steve Miller.  Billy Joel - Turnstiles We all have people in our lives that we want to like but for some reason just annoy the shit out of us. Billy Joel is that guy for a lot of people I think. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap The world is still waiting for this band to write a second song.  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle Sorry, El Duderino. The world is still waiting for John Fogerty to write his second song too. 

    —BEST ALBUMS—


    Warren Zevon - Self Titled
    Warren Zevon is the most under-rated songwriter of the 70s and this is his best album. Desperados Under The Eaves guts me every times. 
     Queen - A Night at the Opera
    Every song on this album kills. Equal parts face melting guitar work and show tune mincing.  
    Wings - Wings Across America
    My requisite Wings nod. Contains the best version of Maybe I’m Amazed. Worth the price of admission for Linda’s shitty/awesome one finger keyboard solo during Jet. 
    Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
    The soundtrack of my youth. This was on heavy rotation in my parent’s Volvo as a kid and has been permanently embedded in my DNA since. I can still see my parents belting out Harbor Lights.
    The Modern Lovers - Self Titled
    I am happy to just listen to Jonathan Richman talk, all this singing stuff is just a bonus. 
    Bob Seger - Night Moves
    Hate if you want to hate. With all the Springsteen fetishism in recent years it is a mystery why cooler-than-though critics still treat Bob Seger like the plague. Give it a few years. 


    —BEST SONGS—


    Heart - Crazy On You
    This song is a direct line to god. Been losing my voice to this one a lot lately.
    Wings - Silly Little Love Songs
    Cloying, goofy, and naive. Saved by one of the most UN-FUCK-WITH-ABLE bass lines of all time. 
    Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
    Listen again for the first time. There will never be another song like this song. 
    Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
    A lot of my best memories in my 20s have this song as a soundtrack. I know it’s coming, but the breakdown gets me every time. Also; FUNKY JAZZ FLUTE!
    All By Myself - Eric Carmen
    The torch song to burn all other torch songs. After his band the Raspberries broke-up Carmenwrote a ton of cheesy soft-rock ballads but none come close to this one in impact. I’m welling up just thinking about the chorus. 


    —WORST ALBUMS—


    Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
    I don’t know how this asshole snuck his way into classic rock radio. Fuck you, Steve Miller. 
    Billy Joel - Turnstiles
    We all have people in our lives that we want to like but for some reason just annoy the shit out of us. Billy Joel is that guy for a lot of people I think.
    AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
    The world is still waiting for this band to write a second song. 
    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle
    Sorry, El Duderino. The world is still waiting for John Fogerty to write his second song too. 
     
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