Bran Van 3000 - Glee (20th Anniversary)

It's hard to imagine 1998 producing a more restlessly inventive album than Glee, the indescribable debut full-length from Montreal's genre-surfing nine-member collective Bran Van 3000: From start to finish, it's a dizzying mish-mash of samples, beats, guests, sound effects, choruses, raps, riffs, exclamations, and interludes.

Frankly, it's amazing how many genres the album spans, oozing effortlessly from R&B ("Drinking In L.A.") to tuneful, new-wavey pop ("Problems") to rap ("Forest") to reggae ("Rainshine") to deadpan dance ("Exactly Like Me"), to mild singer/songwriter pop ("Everywhere") to country ("Supermodel") and beyond.

Heavyweight double vinyl produced by Audiogram / Sony Music in 2017. Remastered from the original analog sources. Gatefold sleeve.