Happy 25th Birthday, Paul's Boutique.

On July 25, 1989, something amazing happened. A couple of years after the amazing success of their album Licensed to Ill, Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch convinced the group to release an album completely unpublicized. Not like the last one. Completely different style. But don't tell people.

"Just let people find it," he said.

And they did.

Paul's Boutique

I cannot express how much this album means to me.

It changed my life, even though I only really listened to it a few years ago.
It was the first time I really delved into the Beasties.

It is the most incredibly dense mash-up of samples and rhymes and fresh beats, and... yeah, food.

Track listing:

1.	"To All the Girls"	1:29
2.	"Shake Your Rump"	3:19
3.	"Johnny Ryall"	3:00
4.	"Egg Man"	2:57
5.	"High Plains Drifter"	4:13
6.	"The Sounds of Science"	3:11
7.	"3-Minute Rule"	3:39
8.	"Hey Ladies"	3:47
9.	"5-Piece Chicken Dinner"	0:23
10.	"Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun"	3:28
11.	"Car Thief"	3:39
12.	"What Comes Around"	3:07
13.	"Shadrach"	4:07
14.	"Ask for Janice"	0:11
15.	"B-Boy Bouillabaisse"

So to celebrate, we had the following:

5-Piece Chicken Dinner

... It was either that or something with eggs.

I really... can't articulate how much my life has changed since I discovered this album. So, thanks, Boys. And Happy Birthday. 

(I can has chicken dinner?)