I bought Ten and Badmotorfinger in the same trip, somewhere around April 92, if I remember correctly. Check Your Head was then, too, which is the first time I ever went to a record store at midnight to buy something, and there was a Cure album out the same day that was responsible for the crowds.

I have no idea why it isn't considered in the discussion of great albums from that era. I mean, it is very of-the-time-period, but every time I hear it, I'm impressed as to how well it's held up.

It aligns nicely with the Beastie Boys in that way - hugely successful first record (we'll leave out the Beasties punk period for this), a commercially disappointing (initially) but much-better-musically second album that wasn't even close to fully appreciated at its time, but recognized as brilliant years later when…

There's a decent-to-good album spread out over two albums. So, you can make an iTunes playlist and hit the highlights.

Cypress Hill is another one that didn't really hit until 1992.

My senior year of high school was 91-92, and I definitely remember having that cassette single in the winter months, and playing it at basketball games. I just don't remember how far into the season that was.

Fucking Moneyball.

I'm not finding it on Google Play. I don't appreciate being teased.

Depends on who's on stage. Could be both.

The only good thing that can EVER come from a Drake record is the resulting Big Ghost review.

I would probably also swap Kid A and In Rainbows, but the rest of that list works for me. But any way you stack it, those Top 5 are all A- or better, so there's really no *wrong* order.

Like Weird Science, without Kelly LeBrock?

You're right, probably a better word to use.

True - maybe it's a case of "if I hadn't seen Lerner first".

I thought his Rothstein was brilliant. So much so that when I watched Boardwalk Empire, I was a little disappointed that they didn't bring him in to do it again.

Whenever I see a chubby baby, my first response is "I want all the ham".

It actually doesn't sound weird at all. I was talking with my wife about how comedians like Patton Oswalt tell about their lives in a way that lets you think you really get to know them, even though they have no idea who you are. But because you feel like you know them, you feel like you can help them.

The "Fair Use" book is a fascinating read, and the album that accompanies it is pretty great, too.

Agree. I liked Astronaut, but I still play Downward is Heavenward at least once every other month. Beautiful record.

Wow, it took me until this article to realize that it *wasn't* Missi Pyle in the Lohan-"Parent Trap". The woman looks enough like her that two decades later I thought it was.