Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)

22 minutes is all the time needed to fall in love with the Descendents. Long before the Oscar nominated film of that name, these guys & this album became legend. In a time when most of California was pissed off & letting America know about it, the Descendents were ... also pissed off. They did however have great senses of humor & strong senses of melody too. Where Black Flag &  Bad Brains were abrasive & aggressive, the Descendents were faster & funner. Silly lyrics abound in songs like the godlike I Wanna Be A Bear & turn more serious on songs like Hope & Marriage. Ever poignant & accessible the songs off Milo Goes to College are a master class in Punk Rock. The songs are short (never longer than 2:15) & so 15 tracks are done in 22 minutes. However, all that means is that you can listen to the album twice in the same time as a normal album. One of the original Hardcore scene's best & most under-rated. Listen to it now.

Best Tracks: I Wanna Be A Bear, Parents, Suburban Home, Kabuki Girl & Hope