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Top Three Albums - My Picks (What Would You Pick?)

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A change of pace this week. I pick three of my all time favorite albums and share with you guys why I think they're special or special to me. Please do the same and share some of your favorite albums. Picking three is hard; ask me tomorrow and I may have picked three completely different albums. As I said in my opening video of the year, it's time to remember, that, while the gear is cool and all, it's ultimately about the music. I’m Quitting These HiFi & Vinyl Habits in 2026 (And You Should Too!): https://youtu.be/x3DvrtRt9zQ?si=PM5xpQXMAUEaqEfB Let's talk about the music? Included today is - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Genesis - Selling England By the Pound - T-Rex - Electric Warrior Bonus: Alt J - An Awesome Wave Patreon: (Including Online Record Store Chat) ____________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/soundmatters Other Partner/Sponsor Discounts: _________________________________________________________________ GrooveWasher (Use code: SOUNDMATTERS10 for 10% Off) https://www.groovewasher.com/ Twelve Inch (Use code: SOUNDMATTERS10 for 10% Off) https://twelve-inch.com/ Vinyl Storage Solutions (VSS) sleeves: (Use code SOUNDMATTERS10): https://vinylstoragesolutions.ca/soundmatters Fosi Audio Gear (Use Code SOUNDMATTERS15 for 15% OFF): https://fosiaudioshop.com?sca_ref=7994276.7tbgvhaeY1 Soundeck Dampening Products (Use code SOUNDMATTERS10): https://soundeck.bigcartel.com Vinyl Pursuit - Ultrasonic Cleaned Vintage Vinyl: (Use Code VPSOUND12 for $12 OFF AND Grab a FREE Album from their extensive bargain bin selection for Orders $75+ CAD): https://vinylpursuit.com/ #VinylCommunity #VinylRecord #recordcollector #audiophile #music #vinylrevival #HiFi #music #classicrock #smashingpumpkins #trex #genesis

About This Video

Hello, Mark from Sound Matters here. This week’s video is a bit of a change of pace (and a bit more off the cuff than usual) because life threw a curveball with a family emergency, so I pushed my planned Fluance Ri71 powered speaker review to next week. But it actually felt like the perfect moment to make good on something I said earlier in the year: as fun as the gear is, at the end of the day it’s all about the music. So I sat down and picked three albums that mean a lot to me—fully admitting that picking “top three” is borderline impossible and could change tomorrow. I talk through why Genesis’ Selling England by the Pound is such a rewarding concept listen, especially the way it’s bookended by that old-English-chamber-music-like motif and how “Cinema Show” morphs back into it. Then I go into the sheer scale and ambition of The Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness—its depth, its range, and how it feels like a complete body of work rather than a playlist. Finally, I land on T-Rex’s Electric Warrior, an album that shaped me as a guitarist and songwriter, with Mark Bolan’s touch and tone (that “Monolith” moment) being the kind of thing you can’t fake. As a bonus, I share why Alt-J’s An Awesome Wave matters to me personally, and I hand it over to you: what would you pick, and why?

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