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Liner Notes

Liner Notes

How worst-to-first lists are like ranking your kids, treason symbols, and a treasure trove of mixtapes.

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Kevin Alexander
May 05, 2022
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Ranking any band’s records from worst-to-first can be fraught. When it’s a band whose catalog you love almost universally, it becomes an exercise similar to stack-ranking your kids. Possibly fun, but ultimately just a treacherous idea….and one that leads to endless tweaking and tinkering.

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