Self-evidently great, but if you stop here, you’re lazy.

New Order with worse music and slightly better lyrics, which isn't really a good trade-off. "King's Cross" pops off, though.

What if The Stooges but duller and more rigid.

Self-evidently great, but if you stop here, you’re lazy.

Shouldn’t have broken the boycott, bitch!

I was ready to slam the SINGLES BAND stamp on this one, but to my surprise, a few of the deep cuts ("Straight Shooter," "Got A Feelin'") are actually pretty nice. Still, not sure this makes it out of the "Great 60s Albums" bracket and onto the "Greatest Albums of All Time" list.

C’mon

As with most things, this benefits when Don Van Vliet is present and suffers when he’s absent.

New Order with worse music and slightly better lyrics, which isn't really a good trade-off. "King's Cross" pops off, though.

Physically impossible for me to smash the one-star button any faster

Real “got in on the first year of eligibility and then didn’t make it into the later editions” energy here (❤️: E-Pro, Girl, Broken Drum)