Some of the best grunge albums of all time lean a little heavy on the best songs being at the top of the tracklist.
Like, I’m not trying to arbitrarily talk s*** or anything, but, for example, Stone Temple Pilots’ Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop. I just check out about halfway through. Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy is like that, too. For me, aside from “Satan’s Bed”, I can’t follow it all the way down.
There are some grunge albums, however, that are hammered down by a killer closer. Let’s talk about a few.
“This Ain’t Pleasure” (‘Bricks Are Heavy’) by L7
There’s no denying that Bricks Are Heavy, by L7, is one of the greatest grunge albums of all time. What really drives that home is how perfectly they stuck the landing with “This Ain’t Pleasure”, the final song on the album.
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