Sleater-Kinney
The Hot Rock

 

   This is the quietest Sleater-Kinney album, and that isn't a bad thing. It was certainly good for me, considering that this happened to be the first of their albums that I bought. It does take time to get acclimated to Corin Tucker's voice, and since it's toned down a bit on this album, it was a nice place to do so before I tried some of their other stuff. This also has some nice playing around with lyrics: "Burn, Don't Freeze!" has, rather than a lead vocal and a background vocal, what sounds like two lead vocals fighting for dominance.

    Track listing:
  1. Start Together
  2. The Hot Rock
  3. The End Of You
  4. Burn, Don't Freeze!
  5. God Is A Number
  6. Banned From The End Of The World
  7. Don't Talk Like
  8. Get Up
  9. One Song For You
  10. The Size Of Our Love
  11. Living In Exile
  12. Memorize Your Lines
  13. A Quarter To Three