Ha! Kimās monotone vocals on JC are one of my favourite SY things ever!
oh, JC is fine. Orange Rolls Angelās Spit is so bad.
Not as good as Sister. 8.
Yeah I think itās this. Also was maybe the relative breakthrough in Europe and itās easy to forget you couldnāt just mine the back catalogue in those days.
just listening to it again now and it does have something of a ādefinitive statementā vibe about it. especially by the time you get to Hyperstation. even the album title feels very iconic. not my absolute favourite but itās hard not to rate it close to the top.
also it automatically gains a point for having the most Lee songs.
I bought this album because I recognised the album cover from The Simpsons
10/10. I listen to it all the time and still find new bits to enjoy. Gets better every time I hear it.
Too much of it, although when itās good itās great. Nurse is their best, I like their pop music.
8
Iāve never got sonic youth.
Love pixies, Dino Jr, pavement, but not sonic youth.
Dutifully listening to this again tho.
Teenage riot is OK. More thoughts as I get them
Sorry, got to track two and put Dino J on
Definitely a 10, so many great moments on that record. Thereās so much going on, itās like a different experience every time I hear it. Also contains some of their finest guitar playing. Best track for me would be Candle, with Silver Rocket a very close second (I like that they recently restored a whole bunch of their old videos).
Very good album, but definitely not their best - might scrape into the last spot on my top five after Murray Street, Sister, Rather Ripped, Goo, etc. The SY HGATR was only fairly recently and there was a lot of chat in there, which might explain why this thread is a bit quieter than the previous two.
Solid 8, it contains all their best work. The last three songs are absolutely fantastic as well, I remember actually losing my breath when I heard them for the first time. Will never listen to it again
Why not? You seemed to get a lot out of it?
Just donāt enjoy their style so much anymore, Iād rather listen to the bands they pay homage to than themselves.
Itās an album Iād recommend anyone listen to but itās not for me anymore
Fair enough!
Solid 10 for me, shaped by how formative it was for me as a music fan. Still get shivers listening to teenage riot and candle at excruciating volume. Itās overlong but itās undeniable in its sound and has a depth to it that some other sy records lack imo. Easily my face sy album and in my top 20 overall.