1997

Modest Mouse
The Lonesome Crowded West
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There were some albums in ‘97 that were not only amazing but among the best of the decade. Look at this amazingness: Built To Spill’s Perfect From Now On, The Dandy Warhols’ Come Down, Deftones’ Around the Fur, Elliott Smith’s Either/Or, Grandaddy’s Under the Western Freeway, Modest Mouse’s - The Lonesome Crowded West, Pavement’s Brighten the Corners, Radiohead’s OK Computer, Three Mile Pilot’s Another Desert, Another Sea and Yo La Tengo’s I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One.

Are you effing kidding me???

As awesome as all those are though, This Lonesome Crowded West rises above the pack. I love the shit out of that album and it’s up there with Isaac Brock’s best work.