Reload

Although <i>Reload</i> boasts a serrated metal edge—look no further than the burning-rubber thrash of "Fuel" and the snarling, breakneck "Prince Charming"—the record doubles down on the boundary-smashing hard rock found on the previous year's <i>Load</i>. The dense sludge rocker "Where the Wild Things Are" flashes with hypnotic vocal melodies, while the elegiac "Low Man's Lyric" boasts eerie violin and a mournful hurdy-gurdy, and the fire-and-brimstone licks of "The Memory Remains" give way to Marianne Faithfull's creaky, spooky vocal cameo.