the harvey milk (the band) album poll

Special Wishes. What every "comeback album" oughta be

tempted to go with that as well but a relisten is required (and will be v enjoyable). great band.

Life the best game for that face melting solo on the opener

They're all equally good. Even The Pleaser.

special wishes for me. work of art.

a GREAT work of art i should say. so impressive to me. and really emotional as well. though i've never heard a bad album by them.

god the pleaser is such a rockin' album

The Pleaser is the best stoner rock record nobody talks about.

my immediate first thought is "My Love is.." but looking at that options that entire catalog is pretty much unimpeachable. "The Pleaser" is a dark horse. Good number of songs off that album are on my gym workout mix!

also, creston spiers is one of the greatest lyricists of all time

My mama’s first love was
a vile ex-Marine,
but the blood and guts in her heart
could have washed Pilate’s hands clean.

Her lips were like an anvil
dropped from a cliff,
the fall had almost killed him,
and then that anvil hit.

“Your father’s love was like a lantern
lit on the brave dark ship,
and my love was like the sea,
surging for one taste of his wick.
And today, your thirteenth birthday,
I can see through these tears,
that, my son, you’ll be a soldier
before five more years.
Then your love will be the lantern
that guides your ship through the night.
Don’t forget the sea loves a soldier
who’s not afraid to die.”

Your love is like an anvil:
cold and black as the earth.
My love is like the hammer,
forging shapes of new life on your curves.
My mama told me,
when I was fresh from the womb,
“Boy you’ll be a soldier.
Judging by the size of my wound.”

Special Wishes. one of my favorite albums ever

Needs a vinyl reissue

i'm working from home today and i've got the anthem dvds playing in the background

great band
"life..." for me

i voted for "life..." as well. it was the first one i heard by them and remains a sentimental favorite. "death goes to the winner," "motown," and "roses" are all-time jams.

Also, they had the best band shirts.

nice, got a month to go back through and make a choice.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

seems fair, except for the zeroes, such a great band

Thought The Pleaser would get a few votes

Recorded live on April 1, 1993: Harvey Milk performs the R.E.M. album Reckoning.

https://chunklet.bandcamp.com/album/reckoning

Of course it was Lance Bangs who had the recording haha
This is very fun

Oh shit! they had clips of a couple of those hidden on the Anthem DVD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgDhZgYuQ5U

that "reckoning" album appears to be on streaming services for those that missed out.