4.
Minutemen -
Double Nickels on the Dime
It's not hard to see why this is a classic. A little over an hour of short, to-the-point punk rock tunes with a taste of funk. For an album of over 40 songs, there's surprisingly little filler - and an even more surprising amount of pure gold. I dismissed this album at first, but it hit me just shortly after that
really hard. The instrumentation is fantastic, the production is great, and there's plenty of variety. An absolute milestone, and certainly my favorite album from 1984 (though Zen Arcade's great too).