Spin's "Ten Recent Albums That May Also Stand The Test Of Time" (2005)

dude's hype usually revolved around his youth so once that was gone you just had a elvis costello-type making real music for real millenials

read music/speak spanish remains his "politically outraged pinkerton fan" testament, beyond that i only need a few tracks

it's funny that both he and john mayer wound up walking around california in a big floppy hat