This Land

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  Favorite 50 Albums of the Quarter Century

  Stu

  (2019)

  I remember when you used to tell me,
  "Better run, better run
  Go back where you come from
  We don't want your kind
  We think you's a dog born."
  Fuck you, I'm America's son
  This is where I come from.

  Finally, a guitar hero for the 21st century. When this album was getting hyped I assumed it would consist of incessant guitar solos, but I was glad to be wrong. There's plenty of great guitar work but only in service to the songs themselves. It has 17 tracks and delivers an hour and 12 minutes of solid blues-based gimmick-free ROCK (along with R&B, reggae, and other influences thrown in). An unexpected keeper of the rock flame in the 2020s.