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Encyclopedic, opinionated, humorous, and even quantitative guide to 20th century pop and rock, from the point of view of a Russian Linguist [1] who thinks The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan have never been topped:

http://starling.rinet.ru/music/index.htm

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgiy_Starostin

Even if you disagree with him on details, if you have similar taste, you can basically look up any album and see which songs might be hidden gems. It's also amusing to read his take on just when a particular band began to decline in quality.



Reminds me of Piero Scaruffi's project at scaruffi.com.




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