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John Coltrane's magnum opus, "A Love Supreme" is a spiritually-themed suite of four interelated movements, making it in an abstract way more akin to a symphony than a traditional jazz album. Considered by many to be not only Coltrane's finest album, but the greatest jazz album of all time, this is a record that must be listened to repeatedly, which is something that will be no chore because once you've heard it, you won't just want to listen to it over and over again for the rest of your life, you'll have to - because unless you are completely without a soul, this is music of such epic emotional intensity that it will touch you deep inside, on a spiritual level. The first jazz album I ever purchased, and nearly three decades later, it's still one that I return to again and again without ever tiring of it.