Name the best record to come out between 1835 and 1999.

[CanuckAmok]

I'm going to say the revolutionary "Mary Had a Little Lamb", by Thomas Edison, with Weezer's debut album a close second.

[JimmyJazz]

1. It's a good thing you are cute...'cause

you're a dork :silly:

[asthmaticeog]

2. "Sports," by Huey Lewis and the News.

From the tense, dramatic frisson of "Walkin' on a Thin Line" to the transgressive power of "I Want a New Drug" to the unglued prole/trade unionist angst of "Workin' for a Livin'", "Sports" shows a not-to-be-trifled-with social force in the guise of a band at peak form.

And also, Huey? HUGE package.

On edit: I just double-checked, and "Workin' For a Livin'" isn't actually on this record. But fuck it.

[CanuckAmok]

3. Smooth move, Batemen!

[asthmaticeog]

4. I couldn't find the actual passage excerpted online

so I had to fake it.

God, I'm a worse writer than Ellis! :cry:

[underpants]

5. I'd say Bob Beamon's long jump in Mexico City or DiMaggio's hitting streak

Those would be my top two