CLASSIC ALBUMS: The Breeders - Last Splash (1993)

1. New Year
2. Cannonball
3. Invisible Man
4. No Aloha
5. Roi
6. Do You Love Me Now ?
7. Flipside
8. I Just Wanna Get Along
9. Mad Lucas
10. Divine Hammer
11. S.O.S.
12. Hag
13. Saints
14. Drivin' On 9
15. Roi (reprise)

This is certainly one of the classic indie albums of the 1990's, the second studio album by The Breeders, featuring Kim Deal in the best of her post-Pixies incarnations. This album is most famous for its second track, the gorgeous indie classic Cannonball, which is definitely the best track on the album. But Last Splash isn't a one-track pony either. As a matter of fact, there isn't a bad track on it.

Cannonball is one of the more core commercial tracks, but there are also a few other very catchy songs on the album. I Just Wanna Get Along (very MC5 in parts), Divine Hammer and Flipside are among the best of these, although the others are pretty good also.

There are also a number of excellent weirder or heavier mood pieces, which grow on you with repeated listens. Roi is my favourite of these, although I quite liked Do You Love Me Now?, New Year, S.O.S., Invisible Man (very Jesus & Mary Chain) and No Aloha.

Even my least favourite tracks on the album such as Mad Lucas, Drivin' On 9 and Hag are pretty decent tracks. Overall, a very good album.