Spiderland (1991)

Spiderland essentially codified modern dynamic tension. Brittle, clean guitar arpeggios and Brian McMahan's chilling, barely audible spoken-word storytelling drift in eerie stillness before sudden, monstrous walls of distortion tear the track wide open. By treating silence as a structural element, Good Morning, Captain turns its final, desperate shout into one of the most shattering moments in alternative rock.