#1. THE MOFFATTS - "Submodalities"(EMI/Canada, 2000)
I've prattled on before about my undying love for this album, so suffice to say that I've never let a month (it was a week for awhile at the beginning) go by without listening to this disc, I have yet to get tired of hearing it, and I never skip over any of the tracks when I do. "Just Another Phase" carries the sweeping grandeur of Oasis and U2 ... "Walking Behind" sounds like a cross between Train and Paul Simon ... "California" mixes the furious crunch of Green Day with the "a-doo-dah-mama" of the Beach Boys but totally works anyway ... "Typical" has the momentary key switch-up, that desperate moan from Scott, and a chorus that compounds with each repetition, all of which make me love it ... "Spy" sounds like Radiohead and Queen teaming up to do a lost James Bond movie theme ... and "Life On Mars" is a way-groovy, sitar-licious '60s psychedelia trip without the need for drugs. The ballads "Always In My Heart" and "Who Do You Love", as well as the big single, "Bang Bang Boom", sound almost boring by comparison, but then with an album this phantasmagoric they needed some ordinary just to stave off the sensory overload. With the guiding hand of veteran producer Bob Rock, the brothers Moffatt (all of whom were, incredibly, still mere teenagers when this album was recorded) ended up creating a masterpiece that absolutely everyone should hear before they die.
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