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After picking three albums from the notorious top hat, the students had a week to choose one to write about. They must not only talk about the songs on the record, but also react to the album itself…like how we used to debate which Led Zeppelin album was best back in the day. So without further adieu, here are the students’ selections, with their ultimate choice in bold:

Shalee

Journey, Escape

Radiohead, OK Computer

Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells

Kerry

Rush, Moving Pictures

Rush, Permanent Waves

The Police, Outlandos D’Amour

Jalene

Tom Petty, Full Moon Fever

Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II

Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief

Amanda

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon

Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True

Alice Cooper, Welcome To My Nightmare

Taylor

The Beatles, Rubber Soul

Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

The Ramones, Ramones

Brandon

Guns ‘N Roses, Appetite For Destruction

The Beatles, Abbey Road

U2, War

Christopher

The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds

The Ramones, Rocket to Russia

Santana, Abraxas

Danielle

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Axis: Bold As Love

Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Willy and the Poor Boys

Monica

Patti Smith Group, Easter

Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77

The Who, Who’s Next

Michael

The Who, Tommy

Patti Smith, Horses

Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville

Timothy

Queen, A Night At the Opera

The Who, Quadrophenia

Pretenders, s/t

Chancellor

Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here

Deep Purple, Machine Head

Aerosmith, Toys In the Attic

Jacob

The Shins, Oh Inverted World

Neil Young, After the Gold Rush

Stone Temple Pilots, Purple

Mark

The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers

Van Halen, s/t

The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow

Evan

Black Sabbath, Paranoid

The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed

Neil Young, Harvest

Spencer

The Stooges, Funhouse

Television, Marquee Moon

The Modern Lovers, s/t