I despised high school. My mother fought with me every day about going. She finally promised me that if I went every day for a week, she would drive from our small town of Okeechobee to the closest Spec’s Music an hour away to get me MCIS the day it came out. It was the only week I had perfect attendance. That album consumed my life. “Tonight, tonight” was the last song my friend and I listened to before he drowned. I cry within the first seconds of hearing it every time. As a tradition, when I get a new car or a new apartment, I put this record on full blast. It still makes my heart beat different than any other record I have ever heard. (Adore is a close second but we can talk about that in a few years.)