My Top 1000 Songs #141: Map Ref. 41°N 93°W

Much like "Outdoor Miner" from the prior record, "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" again establishes that, amidst the widely divergent styles traversed by the band's original 3-LP run, from raw punk to synth-driven experimentation, they can come up with an unexpected yet absolutely devastating pop hook, almost as if by magic. While much of 1979's 154 , the final entry of that original studio triad, moved into darker, at times industrial terrain (while retaining the punk immediacy of its predecessors), "Map Re...