Surfer Rosa
(37/100 Greatest Albums Ever)

Shouting and snarling about corpses, unbirthday host Frank Black sounded like a nutter on a street corner with a knack for associative wordplay (check out the extraordinary verbal dexterity of ‘Brick Is Red’). Kim Deal, then posing as Mrs. John Murphy, pounded close by, before freaking out the guests with primal scene anthem 'Gigantic', a childhood tale pervy enough to recall the films of Brian De Palma.