Kowloon Walled City - Gambling on the Richter Scale (2009)

All Bets Are Off

Who, in 2009, was expecting a crushing sludge album the likes of which has not been seen since 16's "Blaze of Incompetence" (new 16 album included)? Not me.

Hot Legs - Thinks School Stinks (1971)

Let's Make Neanderthal Love

The result of a former session group scoring a big hit (see: "Neanderthal Man") and issuing a whole album. Hot Legs later became 10cc, but this album has all the inventive arrangements and awesome leads of their later incarnation and less of the dated goofiness (although there is skippable track or two here). In an alternate reality, this would be a major classic. If anyone is interested in 10cc, check out their 1974 album "Sheet Music," which is worth hearing just for the single "Silly Love."