They were interested in getting laid and/or refinancing their mortgage.

#2756 The Flatlanders: ALL AMERICAN MUSIC/MORE A LEGEND THAN A BAND (1972)

I haven't really quibbled with the rankings on this list so far (it's a big, weird list drawing from many sources) but this lost-then-rediscovered classic should be higher. It features three greats and a singing saw!

My grandmother so admired CAA that she named a son after him.

[mildest possible spoiler warning] Because the general wisdom after Lincoln was that a president being killed by an assassin was as rare and unpreventable as death by... you guessed it.

#2757 Pulp: WE LOVE LIFE (2001)

A partial attempt to retreat from the darkness of THIS IS HARDCORE, it's a slow-to-start album with some real gems. The best track (below) sounds like it belongs to an earlier album, but this served as a solid seeming swan song until this year's excellent MORE.

#2758 The Electric Prunes: UNDERGROUND (1967)

Pretty sure that if you're a) intrigued if the Electric Prunes has any good songs in them beyond "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" and b) curious what a track called "The Great Banana Hoax" might sound like you'll enjoy this garage-psych oddity.

#2759 The Sweet: DESOLATION BOULEVARD (1974)

I've always been a little snooty about the less respectable / more commercial glam rock bands. But at its best The Sweet is pretty irresistible. This hasn't convinced me that they're an album act rather than a greatest hits band but, boy, those hits.