Alan takes Steve through a personal project that started with one question: Is there a better debut album than Van Halen? What followed was a scoring system, dozens of albums, some surprising results, and a reminder that great singles don’t always make a great album. Along the way, Alan found that the real value wasn’t the ranking—it was noticing his own biases, listening more carefully, and rediscovering what it means to experience an album as a complete work.
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