In a better world the 1995 full debut album by the Geraldine Fibbers would have been more than a critical success and a future cult hit, but on that level alone it was a masterpiece, the LA group combining classic country and folk inspirations with a dramatic, stately rock explosiveness to create a compelling, beautiful listen. Carla Bozulich’s singing and dark, harrowing lyrics led the way on songs like “Lilybelle,” “Get Thee Gone,” “The Small Song” and “House Is Falling” with sympathetic production and engineering by the Steve Fisk/John Goodmanson team to boot.

– Ned Raggett