And finally, Part Three of The Perfect Album Poll. There are lots of really good ones here. Although it was very busy work, it was also a load of fun. Remember, this first part is the new listings before the break, with each part represented by breaks. We have lots of stuff for you that we'll save for Monday (although you can see much of it on the Twitter feed below, with expanded info at our Buzz feed. While you're there, join the feed and get greatly expanded coverage of most releases as I catch wind of them.
On Monday, we'll be providing two new reviews, and trotting out a recent one that will come with a giveaway contest for Supernatural by Santana (the Legacy Edition). You want to make sure you come back then for that. In addition, we'll be putting this list into a better sort so you can see at a glance, who ranked the highest. There may be a few stragglers coming in as well.
Before we go, we'd like to pay homage to Lee Freeman, a founding member of the '60s psychedelic band, Strawberry Alarm Clock. Strawberry alarm Clock is best known for their hits, "Incense and Peppermints," and "Tomorrow." Lee Freeman, the band's guitarist, died on Sunday, February 14, after a battle with cancer. He was 60. He'll add some interesting elements to the Great Band.
Also before we go, Mike Duquette's always excellent The Second Disc website, has info on the upcoming Stones classic, Exile On Main Street (which is expected on May 18). I am very, VERY, excited about this one. I suggest that you click on over there, get the scoop, and then click around some more once you're there. I'm betting you'll bookmark the site.

Enjoy the list! We'll see you on Monday with the whole works.
- Genesis - Wind + Wuthering
- George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
- Traveling Wilburys - Volume One
- The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
- Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
- R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
- Carpenters - A Song For You
- Rush - Permanent Waves (2)
- China Crisis - Flaunt the Imperfection
- Prince - Purple Rain (2)
- KISS - Alive!
- Live - Throwing Copper
- Offspring - Americana
- Mary Fahl - The Other Side of Time
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
- T. Rex - Electric Warrior
- Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
- ZZ Top - Eliminator
- Elvis Costello & The Attractions - My Aim is True
- Old 97s - Too Far to Care
- Lou Reed - New York
- Humpers - Live Forever or Die Trying
- Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
- Lou Reed - Berlin
- Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
- Luna - Penthouse
- Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees (2)
- Manhatten Transfer - Extensions
- Moby - Play (2)
- Martina Sorbara - The Cure For Bad Deeds
- Peter, Paul and Mary - Album 1700
- The Fifth Dimension - The Magic Garden
- David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
- Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
- Devo - Freedom of Choice
- Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
- Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
- ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
- Triumvirat - Spartacus
- Milton Nascimento - Clube da Esquina 1
- October Project - October Project
- Fugazi - 7 Songs
- After Crying - Overground Music
- Loccanda delle Fate - Forse..
- Strawbs - Hero & Heroine
- Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
- Duran Duran - Rio
- Dan Fogelberg - Netherlands (2)
- Fates Warning - Parallels
- The Kinks - Something Else
- The Fixx - Reach the Beach
- Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
- Linda & Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
- Linda & Richard Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
- Mott the Hoople - Mott (2)
- Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
- Cars - Heartbeat City
- Cheap Trick - One on One
- Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
- Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
- The Presidents of the United States - The Presidents of the United States
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
- NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
- Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (2)
- Jellyfish - Bellybutton
- Gentle Giant - Free Hand
- Jesus Jones - Perverse
- Journey - Escape
- Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
- Motley Crue - Too Fast for Love
- Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Are You Normal?
- Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
- Queen - The Game
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
- Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
- U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (4)
- R.E.M. - Reckoning
- Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
- Gentle Giant - The Power & The Glory
- Gentle Giant - Three Friends
- The Knack - Get the Knack
- Moby Grape - Moby Grape
- Buffalo Springfield - Again
- Rawlins Cross - Make It On Time
- U2 - Boy
- U2 - War
- U2 - October
- Radiohead - Kid A
- Radiohead - Amnesiac
- Queen - Jazz
- Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
- Kate Bush - The Whole Story
- The the - Infected
- NIN - The Downward Spiral
- David Bowie - Low (2)
- David Bowie - Let's Dance
- Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
- Velvet Underground - Loaded
- Bauhaus - Mask
- Magazine - Real Life
- Death Cab for Cuties - Plans
- Argent - Ring of Hands
- Camel - Mirage
- Audience - House on the Hill
- Alice Cooper - Love It To Death (3)
- Barclay James Harvest - Everyone is Everybody Else
- Talk Talk - It's My Life
- Batdorf & Rodney - Batdorf & Rodney
- Genesis - Foxtrot
- Be Bop Deluxe - Futurama
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- David Bowie - Hunky Dory (3)
- Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
- David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (2)
- Status Quo - Live
- David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (3)
- Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
- David Bowie - Station to Station
- Duncan Browne - The Wild Places
- Bruford - One of a Kind
- Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (2)
- Golden Earring - Long Blonde Animal
- Kate Bush - The Dreaming
- Manassas - Manassas
- Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams
- Kate Bush - The Sensual World (2)
- Café Jacques - Round the Back
- Camel - The Snow Goose (2)
- Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against The Machine
- Camel - Moonmadness
- Genesis - Trick of the Tail
- Camel - Rain Dance (2)
- Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say That I Am, That's What I'm Not
- Camel - Breathless
- Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
- Camel - I Can See Your House From Here
- Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Genesis - Abacab
- Camel - Nude
- Caravan - In The Land of Grey and Pink (2)
- Carmen - Dancing On a Cold Wind
- The Cars - The Cars (3)
- Charlie - No Second Chance
- Chicago - Chicago II
- Chicken Shack - Imagination Lady
- City Boy - Book Early
- Cake - Fashion Nugget
- City Boy - The Day The Earth Caught Fire
- City Boy - Heads Are Rolling
- Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (3)
- The Comsat Angels - Fiction
- CSN&Y - Déjà Vu
- CSN - Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Dead Can Dance - Aion
- Doll by Doll - Remember
- The Doors - Strange Days
- Echolyn - As the World
- ELP - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Santana - Abraxas
- John Entwistle - Whistle Rymes
- Family - Fearless
- Journey - Captured
- Family - Bandstand
- Peter Gabriel - 4
- Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (3)
- Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste (2)
- Gentle Giant - Friends
- Santana - Santana
- Gentle Giant - Octopus (3)
- Elton John - 11/17/70
- Foghat - Rock and Roll
- Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (3)
- Glencoe - Glencoe
- Grin - 1+1
- Grin - All Out
- Happy the Man - Crafty Hands
- Japan - Tin Drum
- Jethro Tull - Benefit
- Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
- Phil Keaggy - The Master and The Musician
- Carole King - Tapestry (5)
- King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (3)
- Doors - The Soft Parade
- King Crimson - Lark's Tongue in Aspic
- Pearl Jam - Ten
- Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (2)
- King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
- The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
- King Crimson - Red (3)
- John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
- Big Star - #1 Record
- King Crimson - Beat
- Beethoven - Ninth Symphony (Eugene Ormandy)
- Love - Forever Changes
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
- Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire
- Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
- Man On Fire - Man On Fire
- Marillion - Clutching at Straws (2)
- For Squirrels - Example
- Marillion - Seasons End
- Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- Joni Mitchell - Blue (2)
- Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swinging Lovers
- Joni Mitchell - Dog Eat Dog
- Iron Maiden - Powerslave
- Peter Gabriel - Us (2)
- Joni Mitchell - Night Ride Home
- The Bangles - Different Light
- Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
- The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
- Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (3)
- Talking Heads - Fear of Music
- Michael Hoenig - Escape From the Northern Wastelands
- Pilot - Morin Heights
- Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
- Procol Harem - Broken Barricades
- Punishment of Luxury - Laughing Academy
- Foghat - Fool for the City
- Queen - Queen II
- Rare Bird - Somebody's Watching
- Roxy Music - Siren
- Todd Rungren - Something/Anything?
- Sad Café - Fanx Ta Ra
- The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (2)
- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
- Sad Café - Misplaced Ideals
- Santana - Santana III
- Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus (3)
- Weather Report - Heavy Weather
- Spirit of Christmas - Lies to Live By
- Spock's Beard - V
- Bellevue Cadillac - Black and White
- Strawbs - Grave New World
- Adam & The Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
- Supertramp - Crime of the Century (3)
- Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
- 10cc - Sheet Music
- Ten Jinn - As on a Darkling Plain
- Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
- Trapeze - You Are The Music, We're Just the Band
- Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday
- UK - UK
- Van der Graff Generator - Godbluff
- Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge
- Joe Walsh - Barnstorm
- Enya - Watermark
- Wigwam - The Dark Album
- Jesse Winchester - 3rd Down, 110 to Go
- Prince - Sign 'O the Times
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (8)
- U2 - Achtung Baby (7)
- Van Halen - OU812 (2)
- The Clash - London Calling (8)
- Rush - Signals (2)
- Elton John - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy (3)
- Van Halen - 1984 (2)
- Genesis - Duke
- The Beatles - Abbey Road (13)
- Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
- Pet Shop Boys - Very
- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (7)
- AC/DC - Highway to Hell
- Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
- The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (4)
- Pink Floyd - Meddle
- Cure - Disintegration (2)
- David Essex - Rock On
- Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
- Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
- The Who - Quadrophenia (5)
- Radiohead - The Bends (2)
- Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
- Madonna - Confessions on the Dance Floor
- Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago I (2)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (8)
- Black Sabbath - Volume Four
- Three Dog Night - Hard Labor
- J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
- Paul McCartney - Band on the Run (2)
- Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (6)
- The Doors - LA Woman
- Debby Boone - Choose Life
- The Who - Who Are You
- Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
- Depeche Mode - Violator (2)
- Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
- Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album
- Pink Floyd - Animals (7)
- Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire
- Cream - Fresh Cream
- Steely Dan - Aja (7)
- The Beatles - Help
- Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
- The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- Triump - Allied Forces
- Wishbone Ash - Argus (3)
- Van Halen - Van Halen II
- Izzy Stradlin & the JuJu Hounds - S/T
- Kiss - Creatures of the Night
- Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood
- Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz (3)
- Gerry Rafferty - City to City
- Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
- AC/DC - If You Want Blood
- Tommy Coomes - Love Is The Key
- America - Homecoming
- Supertramp - Breakfast in America (2)
- The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (4)
- Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
- Can - Future Days
- a-ha - Hunting High and Low (2)
- Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond (3)
- Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
- Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (3)
- Metallica - Metallica (3)
- Phil Driscoll - Power of Praise
- Muse - Absolution
- The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
- Stevie Wonder - Fullfillingness' First Finale
- Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
- Alice Cooper - Killer - (2)
- Scorpions - In Trance
- Metallica - Master of Puppets (2)
- The Who - Tommy (5)
- Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
- Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
- Gas - Zauberberg
- Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear
- Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
- Muddy Waters - Fathers & Sons
- Pink Floyd - The Wall (4)
- Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
- Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
- Frank Marino - Juggernaut
- Queen - A Night at the Opera (2)
- Neil Young - Harvest (4)
- ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
- Van Halen - 5150 (2)
- Rush - Hemispheres
- Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
- Styx - Paradise Theater
- Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
- Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic (3)
- Tomita - Planets
- The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (2)
- Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
- Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf London Sessions
- UFO - Strangers in the Night (2)
- Rush - Moving Pictures (6)
- Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
- Brian Wilson - Smile
- Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
- The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (5)
- Geoff Smith - 16 Wild Decembers
- Black Sabbath - Sabotage (2)
- Daniel Amos - Alarma
- Air - Premiers Symptomes
- Yes - Relayer
- J J Cale - Naturally
- Rush - Snake & Arrows (2)
- Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (6)
- Candlebox - Into the Sun
- Tool - 10,000 Days
- Gong - You
- Jethro Tull - Aqualung (3)
- Styx - The Grand Illusion
- Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (21)
- Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
- Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
- The Who - Who's Next (21)
- Queensryche - Empire (2)
- The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
- Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
- Queen - News of the World (2)
- Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
- Neil Young - After the Gold Rush (3)
- The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
- Grand Funk - Caught in the Act
- Cheap Trick - At Budokan
- Roger Waters - Amused to Death
- Dave Mason - Alone Together (2)
- My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
- Billy Joel - The Stranger (2)
- Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (2)
- Jimi Hendrix - Electric LadyLand (2)
- Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card
- Alice Cooper - Goes to Hell
- Rush - 2112 (2)
- Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East (3)
- Def Leppard - High & Dry
- The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge
- Kansas - Point of Know Return
- Judas Priest - Sin After Sin
- Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (4)
- Chicago - VIII
- The Kinks - State of Confusion
- Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (2)
- Chicago - Stone of Sisyphus
- Tesla - Psychotic Supper
- Rush - A Farewell to Kings (2)
- Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law
- The Millennium - Begin
- Bob Seger - Night Moves
- Yes - The Yes Album
- Poco - Inamorata
- Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (2)
- Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell (2)
- The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
- Grand Funk Railroad - Survival (2)
- Bruce Springsteen - Magic
- Blue Jays - Blue Jays
- Rush - Roll the Bones
- Triumph - Just a Game
- Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
- Tool - Aenema
- Paul McCartney - Venus and Mars (2)
- Elton John - Honky Chateau (2)
- The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (6)
- Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
- The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet (3)
- k.d. lang - Ingenue
- Yes - 90125 (2)
- Chicago - V (3)
- Manuel Gottsching - Inventions for Electric Guitar
- ZZ Top - Deguelo
- Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2 - Scenes From a Memory
- The Band - Music From Big Pink
- The Beatles - Revolver (7)
- The Kinks - Give the People What They Want (2)
- Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
- Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
- Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (2)
- Deep Purple - Made in Japan
- U2 - Wide Awake in America (2)
- Kansas - Leftoverture (2)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (3)
- Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (2)
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
- Kiss - Destroyer
- Kylie Minogue - X
- The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society (3)
- R.E.M. - Monster
- Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Born to Run (6)
- Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
- Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (3)
- Jimi Henrix - Rainbow Bridge Soundtrack
- Paul McCartney - Ram
- Elton John - Madman Across the Water (3)
- Radiohead - OK Computer (3)
- Van Halen - Van Halen (8)
- Yes - Close to the Edge (9)
- No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
- Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (3)
- Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (2)
- Bob Seger - Stranger in Town
- The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace
- U2 - The Joshua Tree (5)
- The Beatles - Rubber Soul
- Boston - Boston (4)
- Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
- King's X - King's X
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors
- Deep Purple - Machine Head (5)
- Def Leppard - Pyromania (3)
- AC/DC - Back in Black (4)
- Yes - Fragile (6)
- Foghat - Stoned Blue
- Grand Funk Railroad - Phoenix
- Green Day - American Idiot
- Chicago - X
- Kinks - Face to Face
- The Stooges - Funhouse
- Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (3)
- Blackmore's Rainbow - Rainbow Rising (2)
- The Doors - The Doors (2)
- Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road
- Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
- Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
- Derek & the Dominoes
- Steely Dan - Katy Lied
- The Kinks - Low Budget (2)
- Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Music
- The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
- Aerosmith - Rocks (2)
- The Eagles - Hotel California (2)
- Iron Maiden - Killers
- Collective Soul - Dosage
- Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
- Sun Ra - Space is the Place
- Aerosmith - Aerosmith
- Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
- Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid (3)
- Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
- Aerosmith - Get Your Wings (2)
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (7)
- Candlebox - Candlebox
- Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
- Chicago - 17
- Bob Seger - Against the Wind
- Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (2)
- Foghat - Live
- Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
- Slowdive - Souvlaki


Mike Duquette of The Second Spin has contributed a review of the upcoming remastered 2CD Deluxe Edition of Welcome to the Pleasuredome by '80s powerhouse, Frankie Goes To Hollywood.



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Atlantic Records will release CD and LP for Circa Survive, whose album, as yet untitled, will be issued on April 20. You can check them and their music out at their MySpace page.
Atlantic Records will also release With a Twist by Straight No Chaser on CD, scheduled for April 13.
Nonesuch Records will release a 2CD album from Natalie Merchant called Leave Your Sleep. They will also release a single disc of selected tracks from the album. Both release on April 13.
Also coming from Nonesuch is a CD by Tony Allen called Secret Agent, which will release on April 13.
Gotee Records will release a 3CD set for Relient K called The First Three Gears (2000-2003), which is planned for April 20.
Sanctuary Records will release two Alexis Korner DD albums on March 16. Those will be Kornerstoned: The Alexis Korner Anthology 1954-1983, and Musically Rich and Famous.
Island Records will release Fearless Love by Melissa Etheridge on April 27.
Columbia Records will release the next Coheed and Cambria album on April 13 in standard CD, a 2Disc Edition, and in an LP format. The album is titled Year of the Black Rainbow.
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