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Glorious Noise Lost Classics

Lost Classic: Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show

Dream Syndicate - Medicine ShowSteve Wynn shakes off NYC and goes west.

Lost Classic: Nico - Desertshore

Nico - DesertshoreThe most challenging post-VU offering made by a former member.

Lost Classic: Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby

Opal - Happy Nightmare BabyBefore Mazzy Star, there was Opal.

Lost Classic: Ron Wood - I've Got My Own Album to Do

Ron Wood - I've Got My Own Album to DoJust before he became a Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood was a party man with the coolest cats in rock and roll. His first solo album hits the highs and lows of 1974 with a star studded cast of extras.

Lost Classic: Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie JoeInspired by Totale's excellent write-up of Badfinger, Phil steps up with a look back at a staple of the country soul set.

Lost Classics: Badfinger - Straight Up

Badfinger - Straight UpThe third (and best) album by the Beatles proteges.

Lost Classics: D.R.I. - Dealing With It

D.R.I. - Dealing With ItThe story of four teenage boys coming of age in the 80s, dealing with issues of social alienation and feelings of worthlessness: the greatest concept album about teen angst ever recorded?

Lost Classics: James Gang - Rides Again

James Gang - Rides AgainThe Joe Walsh power trio's second album has no right to be as great as it is. Or as overlooked.

Lost Classics: XTC - Black Sea

XTC - Black SeaThe near-perfect that marks the end of their "drums and wires" period, the culmination of the quirky guitar pop of their first three albums.

Lost Classics: The Magnolias - For Rent

The Magnolias - For RentAfter the Replacements went soft, the Magnolias were the verge of usurping the crown of messy teenage ambivalence from their older Minneapolis brethren.

Lost Classics: Kate Bush - The Dreaming

Kate Bush - The Dreaming There is little on the album that sounds commercially accessible, and the fact that her record company gave her even more financial resources for her next album is unfathomable in today’s economic climate.

Lost Classics: Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour With Eric Clapton

Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour With Eric ClaptonThe greatest line-up of blue-eyed soul musicians ever assembled mixing it up with one of rock's best guitarists.

Lost Classics: Bee Gees - Odessa

Bee Gees - OdessaBefore "Jive Talkin'," before Saturday Night Fever, before bellbottoms and disco medallions, the Bee Gees recorded an ambitious, timeless double album that nearly broke the brothers apart.

Lost Classics: Van Halen - Fair Warning

Van Halen - Fair WarningDarker and more foreboding than what fans were expecting, Van Halen's fourth album contains the grittiest guitar tones of the their entire catalog.

Lost Classics: Mott The Hoople - Brain Capers

Mott The Hoople - Brain CapersThe album that inspired David Bowie to create Ziggy Stardust. After you've heard it, you'll wonder how you could have overlooked it for so long.

Lost Classics: 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere

13th Floor Elevators - Easter EverywhereSubdued, restrained, and expansive, Easter Everywhere shows the band mixing real emotion with the lysergic-fueled imagery.

Lost Classics: Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden

Talk Talk - Spirit Of EdenA look back at the 1988 album that launched Mark Hollis out of the New Wave ghetto and into something much deeper.

Put a shirt on, hippy.