“The King of Carrot Flowers, Parts 1-3” – Neutral Milk Hotel

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From the classic album “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.” I discovered this album/song in 2010 and if anything defined that crazy year for me, this is it. This five minute-plus three-part rock opera is one of the strongest openings to an album ever. The opening starts off as an acoustic ballad, transitions into an a religious declaration, and then transitions into a loud, transcendent lo-fi thrash song around 3:36 in that sounds like a downpour in a windtunnel. Do not listen to part 3 under the influence of anything. You will never walk again.