#175
Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet (2001, Island)
There's a good reason why this particular album sounds just as fantastic here in the summer of 2010 as it did when it originally appeared in the Fall of 2001, because it is one of those truly timeless records. This isn't because it is one of those perfect albums that will stand the test of time or something, rather I Get Wet is timeless because it has never felt of a piece with everything going on around it. Sure, back in 2001, we were inundated with the whole "garage rock revival" with The Strokes and The White Stripes and although this really was pure rock, it couldn't have felt further removed from the times. Between the overwhelming Mutt Lange on eleven, wall of sound production and the huge glam metal riffs anchored by synths and piano, this was never going to be mistaken for some serious statement. As it shouldn't. This is pure, unadulterated, exuberant joy in one thirty-five minute package. If I were to ever encounter someone who wasn't fist-pumping along with "I Love NYC" or "Fun Night" or "Girls Own Love", I would seriously question the existence of said person's soul.
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