These selections are taken from our Top 100 list, composed of the one hundred best sounding albums with the best music that we can actually find to put on the site. The list has gone through a number of changes already and will likely go through many more as we work through our weekly Hot Stamper shootouts. (Hey, it's not our fault that we keep finding killer records that deserve to be in the Top 100. We think that's a good thing.)Many of the records on this list are true Demo Discs, with analog sound that will put to shame any so-called audiophile pressing you've ever heard. Take one (or more) home and prepare to have your mind blown. Skeptical? Check out some of the Customer Testimonials we've received about these amazing Hot Stampers. And remember: we offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee on every Hot Stamper pressing we sell.To see the newest Top 100 arrivals, click here.
JellyfishBellybutton
This POWER POP CLASSIC from 1991 is a SHOCKINGLY well recorded album, with the kind of punchy bottom end and musical energy that is all but forgotten in the overly-compressed world of modern rock. Nirvana's Nevermind is the last record I can recall with blockbuster jumping-out-of-the-speakers sound like this, and that record came out nearly twenty years ago! In fact it came out the same year this one did, 1991.
I confess to never having taken this album seriously, dismissing it as a commercial collection of pop hits with as much depth as the L.A. river, but I was wrong wrong WRONG. This is a great album on the right LP, not the compressed piece of grainy cardboard pop we're used to. The typical pressing barely hints at the tremendous energy and top-quality musicianship that characterizes practically every track on this wonderful record.
