The two hundred and thirty-fifth album: #235 Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head
Teenage Head goes back to an earlier era of rock, taking the Stones' blues-inspired sound, using a simpler sound that avoids the more eclectic sounds contemporary rock took on. Sure, it bypasses the innocence of earlier rock, but with this listed as garage rock, the album takes on that simpler rock sound that we'll later see flow into punk and its companions. It makes for a compact half hour, with some good different riffs between tracks - Teenage Head sounds more threatening and darker than what came before, but also brings in more blues stylings than previous tracks, while Evil-Hearted Ada could easily be an Elvis Presley song.
It's in a weird way more timeless for it - a throwback to the early 60s that also fits in with the early 70s and at least resonates further down. I'm not sure I'd consider it a masterpiece as such - it doesn't line up with my tastes quite well enough for that, and there's something lacking here, but it is just a really good rock album.