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Which Joan of Arc album to buy?

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HeyItsMatt:
Hello!

See title.  I'm a big fan of American Football, and I have heard some random Cap'N Jazz and Joan of Arc songs that I enjoyed, so I thought I would give them a try.  Except that they have 10+ albums... which is a lot.

To give you an idea of what I'm going for, I don't mind experimentalism, except I like things to be catchy and poppy in their own way - once it gets to white noise or long blank stretches without music it gets a little too avante-garde with me (it sounded like The Gap may have been closest to this?)  I have heard a few songs off their album "A Portable Model of Joan of Arc" (The Hands, Let's Wrestle, I was Born) which I enjoyed.  Other suggestions for their best albums that combine experimentalism with listenability?

I'm horribly indecisive, so my decision will very likely be an amalgam of all your suggestions.  Now's your chance to force your musical taste down my throat!

imapiratearg:
A Portable Model Of, is really sweet.  I also like Live in Chicago 1999 quite a bit, too.

Tehz:
Yeah, A Portable Model.

Christophe:
Tommydski will probably be the best person on this board to consult about anything Kinsella-related, and I haven't really given anything from Joan of Arc a listen. However, if you haven't yet, I strongly encourage you to find the Make Believe albums. That band plays some of the best math-rock I've heard in years. Going to the Bone Church and Shock of Being are pretty ace; you could start with them.

(as an aside, I heard this band the other day called This Town Needs Guns, which just sounded like a non-Kinsella version of Owls. Not rad. They even have "In the summer of 2008 a rumour circulated that guitarist, Tim Collis, was taught to play by Victor Villareal (Owls, Cap'n Jazz), something which is yet to be confirmed or denied by the band" in their wikipedia entry.)

Kai:
Yeah, A Portable Model Of is probably the easiest to get into for a first time listener. But that doesn't make me not want to recommend Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain.

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