The fact that they have a forty song album where every song is unique and imaginative is just astounding

85/100

43 mini canzoni di due minuti l'una che sono un pugno in faccia, pur conservando una certa comunicatività.

1st listen: An ambitious, sprawling album, but not enough memorable tunes to be considered amongst the greatest of all time.
2nd listen: I wish I'd discovered this in seventh grade. It's a great album overall, although it's too long and you can see why the fourth side is called "Side Chaff."

what a behemoth. I'm sitting there listening to West Germany and then I realize I'm only like half-way through, though its felt like ages. It just throws so many ideas at you so quickly its impossible to digest it in one sitting

Best Tracks: Viet Nam, History Lesson Part 2, Corona

Unashamed and packed with new turns at every step.

They played anything they wanted and were hardcore for doing so.

@poppmusic all due respect, you're confusing this with Trout Mask Replica. These are all fully realized songs, no nonsense.

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It was a cover of "Corona" by Calexico (on their Convict Pool EP, which I had set as my wake-up alarm for the better part of a year in Bennington, Vermont) that brought me to this album. Mike Watt's wild, frenetic bass playing was what drew me in, and soon I began to realize that many of the tracks on this album shared the frantic energy I loved about "Corona"--though that is still my favorite song on this long ride of an album.