The one hundred thirty-seventh album: #137 Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
I was worried about this album. I've heard bits and both its sound and the way it was created feel off putting. It doesn't sound sane, and while there can be virtue in that, I'm not sure how that would pay off.
At times it feels unpolished or unfinished - someone singing into a microphone, messing up, but not creating something that feels right to put out. At its best, this feels like passable rock - nothing that excites me, to be quite honest - at the worst an unpolished mess.