Monday Morning Mock Draft: Let’s Fight About Albums

Guten tag, drones.

Today we dip into our suggestion box and come up with one from occasional commenter and frequent model tank hobbyist, BK109, and take his suggestion of “Album That Defines A Band”

Right now I really wish I’d written down what his suggestion was, because it was a a good one.  But I didn’t.  BK, if you’re out there, you had the first pick but I unfortunately set you alarm to ‘Minnesota Vikings’ and you missed it.  My fault entirely.  It’s a good thing I don’t have any pay to dock.

What we’re looking for here is the album that, in your opinion, defines a band. This is a completely subjective subject; arguments are encouraging.  Once an album has been selected it is off the board but the band, should you feel that the first album was not the correct pick, is not.

The only rule is that it has to be an album/CD; no singles, or whatever it is the kids listen to these days.  OK, two rules.  The second rule is that if you pick an album as the defining album for a band, you cannot then take a different album for the same band.  Don’t be greedy and/or make up your damn mind.

Fun fact, this draft was partly inspired by my having received an actual record player for Xmas and recently going to various stores and buying actual vinyl for the first time in decades.  It’s fun, I love the artwork on the albums, the sound is, I’m not going to say better, but different than a CD or streaming, and enjoyable, and also it’s a real pain in the ass getting up to change records, and hoo boy, do they take up a lot of room.

Anyhoo…

With the first pick I will take The Rolling Stones ‘Exile On Main Street’

There are, for my money, three albums you could take for this draft for the Stones, maybe four is you include ‘Beggar’s Banquet,’ so I look forward to those picks.

The rest of you are on the clock…