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A sprawling conceptual epic, a messy masterpiece, and a sublime orchestral punk racket, New Jersey's Titus Andronicus top my list of greatest albums. The album reflects on the state of modern day New Jersey while at the same time taking the listener back to the Civil War (the title is the name of a Union battleship) with between-song spoken word quotes from Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. The standard T.A. themes of nihilism, drunkenness, and self-loathing all appear but often with a healthy dose of jet black humour. The album closes with the 14 minute, 'The Battle of Hampton Roads', a song that has to be experienced to be believed. Incredible.
