Number 14
AFI
"The Art of Drowning"
Released: September 19th 2000
Key Tracks: "Sacrfice Theory" / "The Days of the Phoenix" / "Morningstar"
AFI's fifth album exploded onto stereos in the first year of the decade, and ten years later still ranks as their defining work.
"The Art of Drowning" harked back to their early days with songs like "Sacrficie Theory" while bringing them up to date with "The Days of the Phoenix" and foreshadowing what was to come with "The Despair Factor". Without a doubt the Calfifornia boys' most complete album, AFI have gone on to become one of the biggest punk bands on the planet, but until 2009's "Crash Love" had never come close to the heights of "The Art of Drowning"
This is a great album, the entire sound of a band crammed into a little over forty minutes. Absolutely stunning.
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