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Wax Ecstatic: The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time Part #3

The Three To Get Ready edition- Records 80–71

Kevin Alexander
The Riff
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16 min readOct 14, 2024

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Good morning!

Here’s an affectionate attempt at ranking their records with the understanding that placing things you love in a rigid hierarchy is objectively insane

~Elizabeth Nelson

Welcome to Part 3!

In this essay, I will explain how Robbie Dupree’s “Steal Away” is the prism through which all past, present, and future music must be viewed. The song is canon, and together, we’ll hop aboard the yacht and take an incredible journey from the roots of rock music to the future and all points in between.

Just kidding, we won’t be doing any of that. What we will be doing is acting as a tour guide through 20 of our favorite albums and making a case for why they belong on each of our Top 100 lists. Driving the truck with me again is Sam Colt.

We will each make the case for our records and share quick thoughts on the other person’s choice. As with previous editions, we encourage you to laud us, laugh at us, or both.

That’s what the internet is for, right?

In all seriousness, these records are on the list because they mean a lot to us…

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Kevin Alexander
Kevin Alexander

Written by Kevin Alexander

Indie music journalist | Mixtape maker | EIC The Riff Magazine | Writer of the On Repeat Newsletter on Substack |

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