The best record stores have something beyond albums in their bins. The music playing on the speakers, the posters and albums chosen to decorate the walls, the person behind the counter — when you enter a great record store, the sum is greater than the parts, and it's immediately apparent. Whatever that impossible-to-define ambiance is, Revolver Records' downtown Phoenix location has it. You walk in and you know you're among friends, musical and otherwise. You can flip through the racks and find rarities from musicians you'd forgotten you loved, strike up a conversation with the employees and get a non-judgmental recommendation to help expand your music tastes, or stop by on First Friday to hear a local band or two. Do any of it and you'll get an idea why Revolver is consistently the best of Phoenix.