Thereās a pretty big difference in sound between the first album and Confusion is Sex to me.
yep new thread for def. iāll start the thread today, start the listening next monday!
Yeah for sure, just think that thereās a bigger jump between Sonic Youth / Confusion / Kill Yr Idols and Bad Moon Rising and those first three are more of a piece with each other.
Obviously not my decision though, and thinking about it, as itās going to be a fairly big undertaking anyway getting through the entire catalogue, may be better to take it slow and do each one separately
This is surely the right thread for me to ACKSHUALLY you that Confusion is Sex surely is the first album and SY is just an EP?
Disagree. This seems to be something which has been retrospectively decided by fans just because itās short. Donāt think the band have ever considered it to be anything other than an album and thatās how itās listed on Discogs, so it must be trueā¦
Edit: and I definitely didnāt pay EP price for it!
Ah yes, fair point
http://sonicyouth.com/mustang/lp/index.html
Itās listed by them under albums. Just v short I guess and seems shorter the longer you go into their career
EDIT for having found the discussion in the SY talk page (itās still listed as an EP, hey ho)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sonic_Youth#Sonic_Youth_EP_classification
Iām sure they think it is a studio album, but why should the artistās opinion on the recordās classification override the technical fact of this being an EP and not a studio album? It is clearly an extended play. They can call it a single if they like, it wonāt technically make it one.
Wow.
Well, you can prove anything with Technical Facts canāt you?
On the original cassette you get the songs forward on side a and the same songs backwards on side b, so it is kind of album length on the first pressings, despite what Lachlan Foley thinks
itās one of those records that i would consider an EP but the band insists isnāt
maybe iāll make this in audacity for the first week (i wont)
when i used to look at Fall forums there were always endless tedious arguments over whether Slates is an EP, album or mini album as well
slates rules, its an album in my eyes
What about in your ears
turns out i can edit the title so thatās good. finally my DiS Premium subscription is coming good
Legend
I dug Washing Machine out of a pile of old CDs at the weekend and have been listening to it properly for the first time since it came out. What a great record. I donāt think I really appreciated it at the time. A near perfect blend of pop sensibility and experimentation.
Yup. Swap out the compromise version of The Diamond Sea for the full length version and it is perfect!
I love the version on the album to be fair,
How long is the non-compromise version?
Join the listening club, your thoughts would be appreciated.