MIDDLEMAN!!

Zen Arcade (and the insanely great "Eight Miles High" single) was my intro way back in 1984. It all seemed to work out OK.

Zen Arcade (and the insanely great "Eight Miles High" single) was my intro way back in 1984. It all seemed to work out OK.

I thought about GBV, but 1) at their best, they still  weren't as great as the Huskers 2) I found a lot of their outtakes albums virtually unlistenable.

I thought about GBV, but 1) at their best, they still  weren't as great as the Huskers 2) I found a lot of their outtakes albums virtually unlistenable.

Let me second this great list.

Let me second this great list.

Really, the filler is the last two songs, because "Keep Hanging On" my favorite Grant Hart song and (maybe) my favorite Hüsker Dü song period.

Really, the filler is the last two songs, because "Keep Hanging On" my favorite Grant Hart song and (maybe) my favorite Hüsker Dü song period.

Welp. You couldn't be more wrong.

Welp. You couldn't be more wrong.

I thought that COMMUNION was the best album of 2009, and I love this one, too.

I thought that COMMUNION was the best album of 2009, and I love this one, too.

I love the Stones, but at this point, they may as well wait for death to break them up.

I love the Stones, but at this point, they may as well wait for death to break them up.

The fact that you are naming individual songs only reinforces what I said. Those two songs were the exception on OUT OF TIME, not the rule.

The fact that you are naming individual songs only reinforces what I said. Those two songs were the exception on OUT OF TIME, not the rule.

You know what else signified a significant departure from the jangly sound Buck used to weave out of his Rickenbaker?

You know what else signified a significant departure from the jangly sound Buck used to weave out of his Rickenbaker?

I like this feature, but I wonder if some of these artists get lost in the long-term because they don't get formal reviews. Occasionally, I'll go to the main music page and look at the albums with A & B grades to see if there is anything I've missed in which I might be interested, and of course these albums aren't…