QUARK, STRANGENESS, AND CHARM (1977)

Calvert, Brock, King, and House stop the revolving door, recruit bass player Adrian Shaw, and (wonder of wonders) churn out a crispy shining high moment of BLANGA.

The songs are flawless from beginning to end, the production's clean without being antiseptic, Shaw is magnificent on bass (the true replacement for Lemmy, if such a thing is conceivable), and even the obligatory House instrumental clangs and rumbles nicely.

The finest moment, "Hassan I Sahba," is co-written, ironically, by Rudolph, and the second finest moment, "The Iron Dream," is nothing BUT BLANGA -- a single instrumental riff beaten to death for a couple minutes then fade to black. Best of all, "Iron Dream" is credited to the much deserving King.

BLANGA SCORE: 8.