I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes what I feel is an artist's "best" record also happens to be my favorite... such as Bjork's Vespertine or Fleetwood Mac's Tusk.
Other times I may find a specific record by an artist to be technically, and aesthetically better than that artist's other works... but it's not my "favorite" of theirs, for either personal emotional or nostalgic reasons or whatever.
Take Talking Heads, for example. Remain in Light is arguably their best album, but Fear of Music is probably my favorite.
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