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I stopped going through that list when I saw Gene Simmons at #77.

KERPLUNK! 8.5/10 Kerplunk! is an odd outlier. It's definitely their best indie release. I've always found it odd that there's so many dark and deeper themes on this record while the album before it was more focused on straightforward love songs. Dookie, which came after it, kinda took it easy on the heavy themes, or at least wrapped them in a bright delivery and tongue in cheek humor (albeit Having A Blast is pretty dark). It really captures a moment in time that many of us experience and one I'm probably in right now... the doubts and fears that come with being a young adult. Tracks like Android, No One Knows, and Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? exemplify this the best. With growing up comes nostalgia, like that found on Christie Road and even Private Ale to some extent. One Of My Lies crystalizes the questions many of us have in our adolescence, questions that linger because you find that there really are no answers sometimes. Moving away from home is also examined on Welcome To Paradise. Even the love songs here are more creative than they were previously. One For The Razorbacks has a distinct sound I can't quite place, 80's bassline carries the song past expectations, and Words I Might Have Ate is a great acoustic closer. Even 2000 Light Years away, a more straightforward love song, is executed so well it outshines a lot of their other love songs up t to this point. It tackles many aspects of young adulthood, and to great effect. I've been spinning this thing for years and it still holds up. Good stuff, yo.