THE BEAT The Beat (Columbia/CBS), 1979After warming the drummer’s seat in the Nerves, Paul Collins led the Beat through its debut, a dream synthesis of eight important records: the first four each by the Ramones and Cheap Trick. Plus, it has an adolescent let’s-dry-hump-in-the-rec-room, big (but not dumb) rock feel to it. Centerpiece “Don’t Wait … Continue reading Absolute Power: MAGNET’s Top 15 American Power-Pop Albums