EDIT: Take this review and apply everything written here to the Let It Bleed Edition, then multiply it by 100
My all time favorite album! Such an incredible piece of art from an incredible band. No matter how many times I listen to it, it never gets old. It's a staple of the Alternative underground of the 80s and of rock music in general. It mixes a number of genres like power pop, punk, folk, blues, pop, new wave, post punk, beer, snow, Minnesota, hairspray, ETC to make one of the most ... read more
one visit to the Marin headland bunkers, looking out at the blue, endless ocean on a cold and cloudy day will give you enough context to this album's melancholy
minimalism that calls to the beauty of the expansive American deserts, mountains and plains