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By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 9, 2011

PHIL SPECTOR | THE PHILLIES ALBUM COLLECTION (Sony Legacy, $54.99, 7 CDs) |With the architect of the legendary Wall of Sound doing time for murder, what better time to re-assess his initial body of work for clues of homicidal insanity? As a death-masked and tweaking Spector glares at you from the cover, you can play these glorious mono compositions and bask in the sheer terror that lies within "My Heart Beat a Little Bit Faster," "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)," "Please Hurt Me," and 84 other odes to barely contained rage masquerading as paeans to first love.

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