HondoJoe's 60 Favorite-ish Albums

#17: Queen-- A Night At the Opera  (1975) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Bohemian Rhapsody" [ HJ200  #5], "I'm In Love With My Car," "You're My Best Friend," "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...,)" "Sweet Lady," "'39" Album Depth:  "Lazing On a Sunday Afternoon," "Love of My Life," "Good Company," "The Prophet's Song," "Seaside Rendezvous" Weak Link:  "God Save the Queen" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide."--"Bohemian Rhapsody" "Killjoy. Bad guy. Big-talking small fry."--"Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" "With my hand on your grease gun, oooh, it's like a disease, son."--"I'm In Love With My Car" "In rain or shine, you've stood by me, girl. I'm happy at home."--"You're My Best Friend" "I come from London ...

  #18: Electric Light Orchestra--Eldorado  (1974) Top-Notch Tracks:  "Eldorado/Eldorado Finale" [ HJ200  #2], "Eldorado Overture/Can't Get It Out of My Head," [ HJ200  #40], "Mister Kingdom," [ HJ200  #53] Album Depth:  "Laredo Tornado," "Poor Boy (The Greenwood,)" "Boy Blue," "Illusions in G Major,"  Weak Links:  "Nobody's Child" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "Sitting here on top of everywhere, what do I care?"--"Eldorado" "Bank job in the city. Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivanhoe and Lancelot, they don't envy me."--"Can't Get It Out of My Head" "Oh, to sleep, perchance to dream, to live again those joyous scenes--the laughter and the follies that are locked inside my head."--"Mister Kingdom" "The dreamer, the unwoken fool. In dreams no pain will kiss the brow."--"Eldorado Overture" "So my friends who are gathered...

  # 19: Weezer--Weezer (Blue Album)  (1994) Top-Notch Tracks:  "In the Garage," "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here," Buddy Holly," "Undone (The Sweater Song,)" "My Name Is Jonas," "Say It Ain't So" Album Depth:  "Surf Wax America," "Holiday," "Only In Dreams" Weak Links:  None Problematic Song  (Maybe) :  "No One Else" Stand-Out Lyrics:  "I've got a Dungeon Master's Guide. I've got a twelve-sided die. I've got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me. Yes, I do. I do."--"In the Garage" "I talked for hours to your wallet photograph, and you just listened. You laughed enchanted by my intellect, or maybe you didn't."--"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "I look just like Buddy Holly. Oh, oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore. I don't care what they say about us, anyway. I don't care 'bout that....