My musical guru Eddie, two years older than me in high school, turned me on to this album at age 14.
At that time, the only other CD I owned was Jesus Lizard LIAR, which he had also introduced me to, and I had to mail order.
"It's kinda harsh " I said of Jesus Lizard
(If you only own one CD, LIAR is probably not a good candidate, but it certainly informed a huge part of my musical aesthetic and overall tastes for the more creative and bizarre, from that point on)
"This Siamese Dream rips the shit out of Jesus Lizard"
"How can that be possible"
To this day both remain in heavy rotation.
Thank you Eddie