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Originally Posted by RVCA
Brian Wilson, The Monkees
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Wilson - Any 60's based Best of the Beach Boys and Pet Sounds will do.
Beach Boys Post-Pet Sounds - 20/20
Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones, Ltd., Head (soundtrack), and any really good 2-4 CD Box are good starts.
The Best of the Ronettes
The Best of The Shangri-Las (Walking In the Sand is a great choice!)
After the Lights Go Out/the Best of The Walker Brothers 1965-1967
Pulp - Different Class. Although this mostly gets thrown into the Alternative or Indie style discussions, this is my definition of what great Modern Pop SHOULD be like. Best album to start with...and then go into This is Hardcore for a darker version of their music.
Rialto - First album, especially. Again, usually gets thrown into any "Alternative" or Indie thread, but it's my definition of what a Modern Pop should be.
I could also throw in 1960's Bee Gees: First, Horizontal, Idea, and Odessa.
ABC - The Lexicon of Love
Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret, The Art of Falling Apart, and This Last Night in Sodom
Human League - Dare
OMD - Dazzle Ships, Architecture and Morality, the 1980's Best Of comp (Not into the 90's stuff much.)
...and of course, saving the very best for last for this post, The Beatles' With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Past Masters 1. Usually gets thrown in with Rock, but The early Beatles are among the perfect works of Pop music ever in my opinion.
As for the Modern stuff of the last few years, however...I don't know.