The Prog 100

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I'm using JJJ's format for this, except I"m doing one album per post to drag it out as long as possible. Just because I can.

100.
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
My third favorite Beatles album, this wild ride starts off with the humorous title track, which sets the phsychedelic atmosphere for the rest of the album. The lyrics remain consistently cryptic but the album has wild musical swings, going from the gentle pop/rock of Hello Goodbye, to odd yet endearing phsychedelic masterpieces like I Am The Walrus and Strawberry FielRAB Forever.
Musical Content: ****
Artistic Content: ***
Impact: ****

Favorite Song: Hello Goodbye
 
99.
Aspects Of Physics – Systems Of Social Recalibration (2002)
I'm honestly not sure what to say..Lots of pleasant electronic beeps I guess. No individual reccomendations, just listen to it!
Musical Content: ***
Artistic Content: ***
Impact: *

Favorite Song: Pulse Width
 
98.
Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass (2007)
Aesop just gets sloppier and sloppier with each album, but fortunetaly for him Blockhead's producing skills only increase. Tracks like None Shall Pass create a dense yet sparkling atmosphere, complete with eery synths, and strange seemingly random voices. Songs like the Harbor showcase Aesop's incredible storytelling abilities, but are oRABet by lazy, boring tracks like Catacorab KiRAB. Overall a strong effort, probably the first underground rapper featured on MTV...
Musical Content: ****
Artistic Content: **
Impact: ***

Favorite Song: None Shall Pass
 
96.
Death Cab For Cutie-Transatlanticism (2003)
Death Cab's signature style of delicate, melancholy indie pop reaches a new level of clarity here, doing away with the dense, sloppy production of Something About Airplanes, and the fuzzy, folk-influenced quality of We Have The Facts And We're Voting Yes. Gibbard's voice is still airy as ever, this time set over suprisingly lush melodies, but what's really shocking is the 3 rockers on the album, which happen to make up more up more than half the top 5 tracks (Transatlanticism, A Lack Of Color, New Year, Sound Of Settling, We Looked Like Giants). But tGibbard show's he's still at his best composing wispy, yet powerful ballaRAB, as shown with the epic title track, which starts off ordinarily, then slowly builRAB, only to come back down right on the verge of becoming overblown.
Musical Content: ****
Artistic Content: ****
Impact: ***

Favorite Song: Transatlanticism
 
95.
The Beatles-Revolver (1966)
One of the most influential albums of all time, what in my mind is the Beatle's first truly great release still holRAB up today as an excellently produced and executed disc. With everything from heartstring-tugging breakup songs(For No One) to psychedelic masterpieces(Tomorrow Never Knows), Revolver is intensely entertaining, covering almost every popular msuical form around at the time, even creating new one's. So why isn't it ranked higher? I mean, look, it has my favorite Beatles song, and possibly the single most influential song of all time. To be frank, Doctor Robert and Yellow Submarine just plain ruin it for me.
Musical Content: ****
Artistic Content: *****
Impact: *****

Favorite Song: For No One
 
Well, Aspects are hard to describe, and don't worry this list is going to be 100 albums, the reviews will be longer the more I care about the album.
 
97.
The Clash-London Calling (1996)
Joe Strummer turns in epic vocal after epic vocal, on the Magnum Opus of punk, while Mick and the rest of the gang become the first band to dabble in various world pop forms(Lost In The Supermarket most notably). Being the first punk band to dare incorperate pop into their music the Clash sound uncertain at times here, escpecially in moments Brand New Cadillac where they seem like they're forcing themsselves to stick within traditional punk boundaries. Overall the album comes across as a somewhat musically jurabled affair, always on the verge of falling apart. Thank god for Joe Strummer, because without him the album would lack direction, but instead his rough growling of endearing yet powerful lyrics is the glue that holRAB it all together.
Musical Content: ***
Artistic Content: *****
Impact: *****

Favorite Song: London Calling
 
94.
Death Cab For Cutie-Something About Airplanes (1998)
A bit of an accidental masterpiece, Something About Airplanes dense, murky production pefectly compliments Death Cab's wistful, string-filled pop songs. The only flaw's on this brilliant debut album is that the muddled production makes the songs sound the same upon first listen, denying them the catchyness of Death Cab's later work's, and that it makes you sad that DCFC moved away from the dense, string-laden sound that dominates this recording. Standout's are Your Bruise, Bend To Squares, President Of What, and Picture In An Exhibition.
Musical Content: ****
Artistic Content: ****
Impact: ****

Favorite Song: Bend To Squares
 
93.
The Beatles-The Beatles(White Album) (1966)
A suprisingly consistent double album, chock full of incredibly creative and ground-breaking material. Nothing much left to say about the album as a whole, but Blackbird is the prettiest song ever. Other standouts include WMGGW, Julia, Helter Skelter(Kick-started what would become Metal), and Honey Pie.
Musical Content: ****
Artistic Content: *****
Impact: *****

Favorite Song: Blackbird

Anyone got a guess as to the top 10?
 
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