I actually listened to this before in Colorado but not too attentively. I'm pretty obsessed with it now though, it's so uniquely transportive. I'm not sure about the kinda goofy Navy song, and the two preachy ones are only justified by the quality of the rest, but goddamn this is good. Also, Hang on to Your Ego > I Know There's An Answer.
Choice cuts: God Only Knows, Here Today, Caroline No
At this point it's so hard to tell at all how much I would've liked this if I'd previously heard the songs never instead of a million times. Though it was easier to parse the second time. I don't really get the concept thing, it seems like other than the reprise of Sergeant Pepper there wasn't anything unified about the songs. I don't know if I really underrate The Beatles or if it was just a fluke, but A Day in the Life blows me away every time I hear it, it seems like it's on a different plane than the rest of their stuff.
Choice cuts: Within You Without You, When I'm Sixty-Four, A Day in the Life
One of the better noirs (and just melodramas) I've seen, with three of my favorite slept-on noir superstars, Lizabeth Scott, Dick Powell, and Raymond Burr. Morally ambiguous and pretty disturbing, and a proto-Mens' Rights antagonist. Kind of reminds me of Vertigo but more Ray (which is maybe a disservice to Toth).
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