[Bernard Goetz]

Last night before sitting down to watch AIFST (which was rough; rougher than I expected), I listened to the first few songs on Ill Communication, and they hit me like never before, to the point I found myself thinking that this snapshot of tunes just might best exemplify the band at full steam, creatively and energy-wise. I still love the Boutique more then anything, and CYH is a better album, but good lord, the run of Sure Shot -> Tough Guy -> Freak Freak -> Root Down -> Sabotage -> Get It Together is just an off the fucking charts all-cylinders juggernaut of power.