Houdini

To essay a concise, surefooted summation of the Melvins' catalog would be reductive at best, and laughable at worst. This is, of course, underground rock's trio of pranksters -- unpredictable and capable of complete musical about-faces in the turn of a measure. That said, Houdini is about as close as one gets to a representative Melvins album, and it vividly captures the band's unreconstructed power, vision, and musical strangeness.

1 Hooch 2:50
2 Night Goat 4:41
3 Lizzy 4:44
4 Going Blind 4:32
5 Honey Bucket 3:01
6 Hag Me 7:06
7 Set Me Straight 2:25
8 Sky Pup 3:50
9 Joan Of Arc 3:36
10 Teet 2:51
11 Copache 2:07
12 Pearl Bomb 2:45
13 Spread Eagle Beagle 10:13