40) Forever Changes

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"When I did that album," singer Arthur Lee said, "I thought I was going to die at that particular time, so those were my last words." Lee is still alive -- and currently playing this entire record live, with strings and horns. It's about time: Love's third record is his crowning achievement. A biracial cult band from L.A. that rarely gigged out of town in its 1960s heyday, Love were Lee's vehicle for a pioneering folk-rock -- paranoid, punky, like the Byrds morphing into the Doors -- turned into elegant armageddon with the symphonic sweep and mariachi-brass drama of "Alone Again Or," "Andmoreagain" and "You Set the Scene." And Lee -- recently released from prison -- now brings extra pathos to "The Red Telephone" onstage when he sings "Served my time, served it well."

Total album sales: Under 500,000

Peak chart position: 154

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