The Book Tower

We held a small dinner party recently and my wife, as usual, was first to grab some CDs to play. My wife, as usual, chose Frank Sinatra and Elvis. Don’t get me wrong, I like Frank Sinatra and Elvis, but I found myself itching to change the music after a while. I took out ‘The Madcap Laughs’ by Syd Barrett and was about to put it on when I thought to myself “maybe this isn’t suitable for a dinner party”. ‘The Madcap Laughs’ is one of my favourite albums, but unless you’re having David Bowie, Julian Cope and Graham Coxon round for tea, it isn’t really dinner party material.

I’ve compiled a still-incomplete list of favourite albums that, although favourite, are still dinner party no-nos. I’ll be going back to this post and adding to the list as I think of more. I also invite readers to add to them. This is what I have so far:

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