Much better list than the original article. I disagree on Sun King, which is lovely, and I'm ok with Everybody's Got Something To Hide (though I prefer the Feelies' version).

Contrast with, say, the Who's My Generation, which jumps up a key for the final verse.

Great song, but not sure it counts. Yes, each verse is in multiple keys, but that's different from the theme of this piece, a song which completely shifts keys at the end for dramatic effect.

How does one leave out Sugar Magnolia? Whatever you think of the Dead, it's one of the more clever uses of the trope. They hit the key change in the middle of the third verse (rather than the more tired trick of using it before the final verse begins), and use the new key to walk into an unexpected coda (which,…

No disagreements with any of this. But can I just put in a nod to his solo album Bach's Bottom? It's half-assed and disjointed and a big ol' mess, but it also has a few of his best non-Big Star songs. Not sure of its exact lineage, but it's always struck me as a great EP of Third outtakes.

I find if I listen to it as a Posies outtakes album featuring Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens, it's pretty good.

The Top? Really? Easily my least favorite album of theirs. I think even the post-Disintegration albums, which were largely superfluous and forgettable, had better songs. But sign me up when they do Faith live. Not exactly a dancing-in-the-aisles album, but so chill. With a "Carnage Visors" encore, of course.