The second installment in the Rate Your Music Top 5s series. In this episode, we discuss the top 5 albums from 1953, most of which are highly influential to the development of western music in the 1960s and 1970s. Also important is these albums' impact on the album format itself. 

Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt et se rythmes: 2:55

Thelonious Monk Trio - Thelonious: 16:50

Rosalyn Tureck - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: 29:49

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra- Ellington Uptown: 43:32

Orchestra of La Scala Opera House, Milan - Teatro alla Scala: Tosca: 52:37

Rankings: 1:08:34

The second installment in our Frank Zappa Deep Dive. This crop runs from Hot Rats through the Flo & Eddie years, culminating in Frank's being pushed off stage in London. Stay tuned for Part 3!

Hot Rats: 3:04 Burnt Weeny Sandwich: 17:17 Weasels Ripped My Flesh: 26:28 Chunga's Revenge: 39:15 Fillmore East - June 1971: 48:08 200 Motels: 1:05:13 Just Another Band From LA: 1:18:43 Rankings: 1:34:38

Sit down and grab another PLATE of RAW BEEF, number twelve in the series. In this episode, we discuss a piece of extreme metal, some Icelandic art rock, and a fairly new avant-metal album. We also manage to spend some time (i.e., way too long) discussing the sociology of music and we conclude the show with some good, old-fashioned Gorenoise meme-ing. Enjoy.

Anaal Nathrakh - The Codex Necro (2001) - 2:20 Agent Fresco - Destrier (2015) - 15:24 Imperial Triumphant - Alphaville (2020) - 45:17 Rankings and obligatory Gorenoise meme-ing - 56:54