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favourite sonic youth album

restlessboy [Edit] [Delete] 53 replies 20:39, 13 February '07

mine is 'murray street' but i'm a relative noob to them.

i just got sonic nurse which seems to be like murray street but less concise and tuneful. what else have they done like this? presumably the other Jim O'Rourke one?

Also what's the deal with 'kim gordon and the arthur doyle hand cream' on my promo cd (cheaper) it's called 'mariah carey and the arther doyle hand cream' - did they get sued or summat?

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sister

has everything i love about sonic youth all in the one package

PaintyCanNed | 13 Feb '07, 20:45 | X
Hurrah

I also say Murray Street. I wanted to like A Thousand Leaves more, because it has Sunday on it (my favourite SY song).

colonol_k | 13 Feb '07, 20:48 | X
Goo!

...but i admit it's not their best.

_IndiElectronica_ | 13 Feb '07, 21:00 | X
- sister
  
  or a thousand leaves
  
  ThingsThatFly | 13 Feb '07, 21:10 | X
  - At the moment I think
    
    1. Dirty
    2. EVOL
    3. Goo
    4. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
    5. Daydream Nation
    
    But I have yet to purchase 'Sister' or 'a thousand leaves' so all that could change soon!
    
    another_stage @ThingsThatFly | 13 Feb '07, 21:42 | X
- Daydream Nation
  
  JungleKing @Kid_A | 13 Feb '07, 21:46 | X
- i think i like Evol best at the moment
  
  i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 21:52 | X
- I like Daydream Nation best
  
  I think it's their most consistent album. A classic.
  
  therapyrock | 13 Feb '07, 21:55 | X
- Murray Street
  
  is FABULOUS.
  
  In order my favourites are probably.
  
  1) Daydream Nation
  2) Murray Street
  3) Evol
  4) Sister
  
  Filip | 13 Feb '07, 22:01 | X
- I don't have all their stuff, for shame
  
  I want to get Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped next...I don't know if I'd be a fan of the more experimental spoken wordy stuff.
  
  But I think EVOL is ace, and Dirty is very very good.
  
  lemonbrickcombo | 13 Feb '07, 22:04 | X
- i really must say
  
  there's something unattainably brilliant about Rather Ripped.
  
  it actually sounds like something 17 year olds would release, and it's so effortlessly 'classic' sounding i can barely go a day without wanting to listen to it again.
  
  i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 22:06 | X
  - .
    
    sister
    evol
    daydream nation
    nurse
    murray street
    goo
    
    spookyelectric @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 22:07 | X
  - ..
    
    Rather Ripped is tedious - I could barely listen the whole way through without getting bored, and I only did that because I was trying to give it a chance. It's SY on autopilot.
    
    My favorite is Daydream Nation.
    
    Wiggles @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 22:14 | X
    - thing is
      
      there's something about their autopilot that's irresistable.
      
      i know it's lazy, and i know it's not their best record, but there's just something about it that makes me immeasurably happy.
      
      i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band @Wiggles | 13 Feb '07, 22:15 | X
      - Another vote
        
        for Sister - but Rather Ripped is indeed effortlessly great. Goo has some fantastique moments, but its pretty patch. Teenage Riot pretty much makes Daydream Nation!
        
        Moscow2 @i-deserve-to-be-in-your-band | 13 Feb '07, 22:19 | X
        
        "patchy",
        
        not "patch". Duh, me.
        
        Moscow2 @Moscow2 | 13 Feb '07, 22:19 | X
        
        mine are
        
        Sonic Nurse, Murray Street and Bad Moon Rising
        
        stwerewolf @Moscow2 | 13 Feb '07, 22:30 | X
        
        Rather Ripped
        
        Indeed. Even my dad liked it... errr...
        
        busstopboxer @Moscow2 | 14 Feb '07, 11:10 | X
        
        mine
        
        1. Confusion Is Sex & Kill Yr Idols
        2. Washing Machine
        3. Sister
        4. Daydream Nation
        5. Sonic Nurse
        
        those are the only albums i actually own though, i really need to get ahold of Evol and Goo
        
        pretty_vacant | 13 Feb '07, 22:44 | X
        
        nah, confusion is sex > everything :D
        
        sonic nurse was the first sonic youth album i ever heard too. I think i got it on the reccomendation of one mr John Brainlove :)
        
        pretty_vacant @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 22:52 | X
        
        I love
        
        Kill yr Idols
        
        First one I heard was Sonic Death.
        And because I have been drinking I would like to exclaim:
        I was at the Kilburn National gig.
        
        JungleKing @wishpig | 13 Feb '07, 22:56 | X
        
        daydream nation
        
        dirty and experimental jet set
        
        bigmanwithagun | 13 Feb '07, 23:37 | X
        
        Confusion is Sex.
        
        tom_from_sparks | 13 Feb '07, 23:41 | X
        
        SY
        
        don't have a bad record
        
        stwerewolf @tom_from_sparks | 13 Feb '07, 23:58 | X
        
        I've never really taken...
        
        to Bad Moon Rising or Dirty.
        
        tom_from_sparks @stwerewolf | 14 Feb '07, 00:03 | X
        
        someone nide
        
        should just yousendit me the good ones so i can reasses.
        
        rapscalion-jones @tom_from_sparks | 14 Feb '07, 00:31 | X
        
        Today
        
        Sonic Nurse
        
        suimasen @rapscalion-jones | 14 Feb '07, 03:29 | X
        
        Sonic Nurse
        
        What a stinker!
        
        1. Dirty
        2. Daydream Nation
        3. Rather ripped
        
        Teepee_uk @suimasen | 14 Feb '07, 08:49 | X
        
        Goo!
        
        Dirty Boots is the best opening track to any album EVER.
        
        olegrich | 14 Feb '07, 09:05 | X
        
        In no particular order
        
        Favourites:
        
        - Confusion Is Sex
        - Sister
        - Evol
        - Daydream Nation
        - A Thousand Leaves
        - Bad Moon Rising
        - First EP
        
        Least favourite:
        
        - Experimental Jetset, Thrash & No Star
        - Sonic Nurse
        - Washing Machine
        - Rather Ripped
        - NYC Ghost & Flowers
        
        usa_nails @olegrich | 14 Feb '07, 10:22 | X
        
        confusion is sex
        
        it sounds like the end of the world.
        
        guntrip | 14 Feb '07, 10:55 | X
        
        .
        
        Daydream Nation, easily.
        
        CHAIRMAN_LMAO @guntrip | 14 Feb '07, 10:56 | X
        
        ^^^
        
        when they suddenly burst into the most savage, nihilistic cover ever of I Wanna Be Your Dog, its unbelievable.
        
        usa_nails @guntrip | 14 Feb '07, 11:28 | X
        
        i wish i'd seen them touring that album
        
        Our Band Could Be Your Life describe it as being incredibly.. well, savage, and nihilistic. there's a bit where it describes a london show that came after a 6 week european tour, and thurston's hands were so ravaged he could barely play...
        
        guntrip @usa_nails | 14 Feb '07, 15:13 | X
        
        Whoever...
        
        Says anything other than "Sister" or "Daydream Nation" is crazy. Both are equally astounding.
        
        sartana @guntrip | 14 Feb '07, 18:11 | X
        
        our band could be your life
        
        makes me wish i was born 20 years ago in washington or somewhere
        
        :(
        
        stwerewolf @stella_thediver | 14 Feb '07, 21:19 | X
        
        Aye
        
        It's a good book.
        
        Enjoyed the Dinosaur Jr story most, I think. Will they ever make it into a tv movie like the Karen Carpenter story?
        
        I hope so.
        
        Teepee_uk @stwerewolf | 16 Feb '07, 08:20 | X
        
        Sonic Nurse
        
        is so so so good. Hooky tunes, lovely guitar interplay, Kim Gordon's vocal on 'I love you golden blue' could almost be her best vocal delivery.
        
        I love Sonic Youth, almost the best band ever (although I don't own all their releases). I would think it strange that 'Experimental Jet Set...' has been voted as their best effort but each to their own.
        
        I can't actually pick a favourite as all the ones I know are so good. It used to be 'Sister' for ages. But they are all amazing.
        
        Engels @Teepee_uk | 16 Feb '07, 11:21 | X
        
        Murray Street is their best I think.
        
        The ones that came after are a bit like it but as good.
        I like Sister increasingly. I like Daydream Nation a lot. Dirty is OK.
        
        John_Brainlove | 16 Feb '07, 11:55 | X
        
        *not as good.
        
        John_Brainlove @John_Brainlove | 16 Feb '07, 11:56 | X
        
        I'm listening to Murray Street for the first time now
        
        I saw them on that tour and the Sonic Nurse gig was about 500 times better.
        
        Dunno, my mate who's a big SY fan never rated it so I never really bothered.
        
        I think I don't have a favourite album. I've probably listened to Sonic Nurse the most all the way through but normally I just put on loads of different tracks on my MP3.
        
        If I had to pick one album I would probably be really boring and pick Dirty because it has 100%, Swimsuit Issue and Sugar Kane on it.
        
        TheoGB | 16 Feb '07, 12:05 | X
        
        only just remembered to check this thread
        
        thanks everyone.
        
        by the way the correct answer was 'Simon Weston'.
        
        restlessboy @TheoGB | 21 Feb '07, 19:51 | X

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