Favorite Hot Snakes studio album

So tough to pick between the first 3. all 10/10 for me. Suicide Invoice for me. Probably because I love LAX so much. Wait, it's Audit in Progress because of the melody on Plenty for All. Maybe it's Automatic Midnight because it's so furious. Ahh..... need to think about this.

The only one I don't 100% love is Jericho Sirens, but it's still pretty damn good.

Suicide Invoice. Was also the first I heard, as I didn't catch up with Automatic Midnight until after SI came out.

RANKED:

Suicide Invoice
Automatic Midnight
Jericho Sirens
Audit in Progress

Automatic Midnight. I like em all though.

andyman wrote: Sun Jun 13, 2021 6:33 am Just as hard a choice: worst album cover?

awww I'm a big fan of the pen and ink artwork. My CD copy of Automatic Midnight came in an orange jewel case, and that simple but effective bright/bland contrast really blew me away at the time.

So on that front Jericho Sirens I suppose?

(It's funny that the art made more of an impact on me than the music, which I mostly find to be just alright)

tallchris wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:22 pm Suicide Invoice. Was also the first I heard, as I didn't catch up with Automatic Midnight until after SI came out.

RANKED:

Suicide Invoice
Automatic Midnight
Jericho Sirens
Audit in Progress

100% concur with the choice of SI, and with this exact ranking.

The first time a friend played HS, I think I was 19 or 20 maybe, and I heard bar chords sliding around but the music didn't really grab me. Must've been around 1999/2000, so Automatic Midnight I guess. I'd was a big Drive Like Jehu fan but skipped RFTC. Hot Snakes didn't grab me until a few years later when they became one of my favourite bands. Based on how much I've listened to each album I'd probably rank in chronological order from Automatic Midnight to Jericho Sirens. I love those first three albums all though.

I will run against the grain here and say that Suicide Invoice is my least favourite of what is even so an incredibly consistently awesome batch of records.

Automatic Midnight
Audit in Progress
Suicide Invoice
Jericho Sirens

I feel kind of crappy putting JS at the bottom of a list as I like it quite a lot. It is like ranking Fugazi albums.

I think "Suicide Invoice" is the most representative of what they're about, but I probably listen to "Audit in Progress" more. I'll vote Audit.