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Muse - Black Holes and Revelations > Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American > The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Wow, 2 of 3 that I've heard before and would have thought about nominating! (I think Bleed American might have been nom-ed before?) Have to give it to Muse, as I think that would be a fun one to rank. Bleed American also great and has one of my all-time favorite songs on it with A Praise Chorus, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPtFp1qRFcE. Never got into Smashing Pumpkins, despite them being very big back in the day.

First listen to Born in the U.S.A. done. And it truly was a first listen, as despite it being my choice I can now say I had not heard the full album before. There are 3 or 4 or 5 classic rock radio all-timers on here but the rest of the album was unknown to me.

I came away a bit surprised, honestly. When you think of Springsteen, you think about "AMERICA" or maybe I should say "'MERICA": small town, blue jeans, dirt, sweat, and manual labor, hanging out at a townie bar, shooting pool and drinking cheap beer. The Rust Belt and the Great Plains, despite the fact that Bruce was born in New Jersey. This album obviously has a lot of that, or at least an aura, real or imagined, of that. But there's also more going on; it felt more playful and broad than I expected. I think it was the 2nd song, Cover Me, that really caught me by surprise, especially after the title track.