Sheer numbers make it harder to find the good stuff.
Imagine the 1960s, when you'd get hundreds of soul and rock albums released and you could walk into a department store and scan the likes of Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha, Cream, the Doors. Today, there are a staggering 27,000 albums released a year. It takes some digging to find those really great discs. You'd be safer to buy the hits and box sets for someone else. But for those of you who love music, here are some albums you've likely never heard of that are gems.