Rift by Phish

Rift, Phish's fourth album, came out on Elektra in February 1993, and it's a concept record: a man dreaming his way through the crack running down the middle of his relationship with his girlfriend. The Vermont four-piece of Trey Anastasio on guitar, Mike Gordon on bass, Jon Fishman on drums and Page McConnell on keys cut it in September and October 1992 with Barry Beckett producing.

It's tighter and more composed than their jam-happy live shows would suggest, songs twisting through restless, tricky changes and dreamlike mood swings without ever losing the thread. It was their second go at a concept album; the first, a rock opera called The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday, has never been officially released. "Fast Enough for You" is the song that lingered.

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