the pure essence of an album

1.
2.
3. Picture This
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

"Picture This" = girl-group heaven = the essence of Blondie

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9. The Lady In My Life

Plus, only 9 tracks.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9.

Anyway I have removed the only one I can't instantly call to mind, which seems like a good way to proceed. I doubt "The Girl Is Mine" will last long but I think it's kind of endearing.

This album sorta peters out after track six, doesn't it?

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

I was both genuinely curious to see what would win (I do think there's a good case to be made for at least half of the tracks here) and interested to see if the trend of someone killing the obvious choice early would continue.

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7.
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4. Thriller
5.
6. Billie Jean
7.
8.
9.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Billie Jean
7.
8.
9.

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12. Rocket Queen

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12.

Oh, and honestly, I think "Billie Jean" is a better single, but as essence, it's "Wanna Be Startin Something" all the way. Not JUST because of the latin-beat breakdown, but that helps.

But not the essence of parallel lines at all! argh!!11!

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

but let's get rid of one of their more half-asses anthems right now:

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7. My Michelle
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

update:
1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr Brownstone
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10.
11.
12.

not

1.
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

1.
2. It's So Easy
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Lets do Robyn

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3. Robotboy
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8. Eclipse
9. Should Have Known
10. Anytime You Like

Robotboy bugs me, na na na na na na

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8. Eclipse
9. Should Have Known
10. Anytime You Like

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8.
9. Should Have Known
10. Anytime You Like

until it's an album you've never heard of...

(I mean, actually, there are! Nobody ever decided the last two on the Police one, and also everybody agreed to ignore David Sylvian - so there may even be three!)

I think finding the essence of Robyn is a noble and worthwhile cause but frankly it's going to take a while especially as most of the people who like her are sleeping in Europe right now.

T.S. Eliot, Allen Tate, Yvor Winters, and M.H. Abrams to thread.

1. Who's That Girl
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8.
9.
10. Anytime You Like

1.
2. Handle Me
3.
4. Be Mine!
5. Crash And Burn Girl
6. Konichiwa Bitches
7. Bum Like You
8.
9.
10. Anytime You Like

"...while the vinyl is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table."

Tom, I agree Robyn is a worthy cause, and when those people wake up I'll return to find we're on something entirely different. That's the beauty of it too.