5 Stars

You know, perusing my music collection, deciding what to listen to, is always a pain because there is simply just too much. So, what do I do? Well, often times I take a chance and listen to something that I've never heard, or have wanted to hear, and half the time I am disappointed, or, just can't get into it. Other times I'll put on Party Shuffle, or, just randomize a my faves playlist. However, I often forget about the "untitled playlist" at the very bottom of my list that has albums that have all of their tracks at 5 stars. Now, not ALL of the tracks may be 5 stars, but, simply leaving 1 track out of 10 with no rating, while having the other 9 at the top of the list just isn't fair, so, by proxy, these songs get 5 stars. Here's a list of my albums that have ALL 5 star songs. In other words, they are my favorite ALBUMS from start to finish. Yeah some songs'll suck, and some artists will be rather out of place, but, again, it's the appreciation of the crafted art that fills the need...Now, in no particular order...

1. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
2. The Fire Theft - Fire Theft
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
4. Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under the Influence
5. Band of Horses - Cease to Exist
6. Band of Horses - Everything All the Time
7. Beastie Boys - ALL
8. Wilco - AM
9. Beatles - Abbey Road
10. Beatles - White Album
11. Ah shit...all Beatles albums.
12. Steely Dan - Aja
13. Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart
14. Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
15. Michael Penn - March
16. Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
17. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
18. Quasimoto - The Unseen
19. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
20. Radiohead - OK Computer
21. J Live - The Best Part
22. VA - Austin City Limits Big Blues Extravaganza!
23. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
24. Boston - Boston
25. Whiskeytown - Faithless Street
26. Bob Welch - French Kiss
27. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
28. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
29. Youth Group - Skeleton Jar
30. The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It!
31. Superdrag - In the Valley of Dying Stars
32. Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
33. Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
34. Nada Surf - Let Go
35. Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter
36. Ok Go - Ok GO
37. Owl and the Pussy Cat - Owl and the Pussy Cat
38. Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time & Space)
39. Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
40. Slayer - Reign in Blood
41. Phish - Rift
42. Hall & Oates - Rock N' Soul Part I
43. Fugees - The Score
44. The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Muscal Companion
45. Grandaddy - Sumday
46. Mates of State - Team Boo
47. Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
48. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
49. Son Volt - Trace
50. Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift
51. The Pernice Brothers - The World Won't End
52. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
53. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
54. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
55. ALL VAN HALEN (except 0U812...That album gets the Gas Face)!!!