The Big Music

Out of sheer laziness, I let iTunes run through my "Big" albums and realized what an amazing run I had going. May I suggest that you try thinking big today?

• The Big Shot Chronicles - Game Theory: One of my all-time favorites. Jangly, eggheaded power pop, touched by the hands of Mitch Easter. Here Comes Tomorrow remains a giddy, wordy launching point.
• Big Plans For Everybody - Let's Active: Speaking of Mitch, this record (along with the former) were playing non-stop in my room in 1986 (and beyond). Big Shot has aged better than Big Plans, but I still love it. And, in lieu of an album version, check out Let's Active on the Old Grey Whistle Test in England.
• Big Science - Laurie Anderson: This record is almost 30 years old (yikes!) but it still sounds like it comes from the future. Forget about the latter years (and the Lou Reed thing, bleah) and Let X-=X.
• The Big Sell Out - Bongwater. Originally purchased for the wrong reasons (largely because Ann Magnuson was hot), the swan song for what might be the world's only post-psychedelic band is still weird. (And apparently, un-Blip-able.)
• Big Night Music - Shriekback. Another perplexing record by an incredibly strange pop group. This album has got too much digital polish on the whole, but it's enjoyably odd in small doses, like this mutated Andrews Sisters-esque tune.