i loved this album when i first heard it but im kinda bored of it after a few listents to be honest.
so i cant rate it.

why is there no option to vote 0? even 0/10 is generous as far as this record is concerned.

So, in your twisted mind, you're trying to trump AssBlaster's rating of 1 then?

That's amazing; the guy goes out of his way to let everyone know he's even more negative than AssBlaster.

I only listened to it once on the stream. But I'd say 6 or 7. I voted 7.

This record's all about it's spotlight moments. Some songs are pretty damn weak and get boring, while others feel strong and fresh. It made me think a lot about all of SY's stuff, i've probably listened to everything from the first ep through ATL like 5 times each over the past few weeks. 7?

haha. i'm entitled to my own opinion of this record, i don't understand these brainwashed saps who think it's good. you all need to wake up to reality.

Mediocore at best.

Their worst since Experimental Jet Set yadda yadda.

I give it a 4.

Gee, I'm actually surprised that you didn't write that your remark was "a joke" or "sarcasm" as per the usual excuse given by people that write utterly hateful messages on this board.

You're entitled to do no so such thing. This is a Sonic Youth Fan Forum. You should explain exactly why you think it rates a zero out of ten if you write outlandish things like that on this board.

Funny that you should use the word "entitled." I assert that it's precisely your attitude of entitlement that makes you such a raging, negative, angry person.

You get out of life precisely what you put into it & you must earn your soul. Too many miscreants hide behind Freedom of Speech. Freedom of Speech isn't about Freedom to be an Ignoramous & no, I would never defend your right to say whatever. Screw Voltaire; he's highly overrated.

that actually made me laugh even though you've repeated that joke a few times now.

but really, AssBlaster, a 1?




Han Solo: Everything's under control. Situation normal.

Intercom voice: What happened?

Han Solo: Had a slight weapons malfunction, but everything's perfectly alright now. We're fine, we're all fine, here now, thank you.
How are you?

Intercom voice: We're sending a squad up.

Han Solo: Negative, negative, we have a reactor leak here...now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down...large leak, very dangerous.

Intercom voice: Who is this? What's your operating number?

Han Solo: (turns his blaster on the control panel)
Boring conversation anyway.

remind me in december to kick your ass.:p

I'll give it a 7 because most of what's wrong with it is merely a matter of taste. Quality-wise, it's still very admirable.

When they posted Reena/Incinerate on that myspace page I instantly loved Reena (my favorite track), but thought Incinerate was pretty weak....I thought wow, I hope the album is better than this. After hearing the whole thing I think Incinerate is one of my favorite tracks.....weird. Like everyone said it's def. a grower especially in comparison to the last records with Jim which (for me) I fell in love with the first listen. It just seemed to really be lacking those "magical" SY moments that are usually in abundance......whatever, I still like it.

I was the same with Nurse I loved it from the start.. I was lucky enough to get to see the tracks live in Austin before release. .but PR and Stones were favs with Paper Cup blowin' me away.. maybe it was all the pot smoke at Stubb's .. ahhah :)

So your telling me that the new album is just as bad as a Staind album or anything but Kenny Rogers? You sir are an idiot.

i guess the moderator limited the amount of choices in a poll to 10, just to make sure noone would be able to rate rather ripped a 0?

well, i wouldn't know, i've never been stupid enough to listen to a staind or kenny rogers album.

2 things:

1) THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH KENNY ROGERS.

2) Why is everyone more than content to comment on an album that has only been out for approximately ten minutes? What are you people, hacks?

It's a general malaise it seems.

I give this post 5 out of ten. It's good, but it's a little too short for me to really get into it. Oh, and FYI - what the fuck is up with not italicising 'malaise'?

What the fuck was I talking about? I've read it more than once now, and it's fucking great!!!!. The undermining of conventional writing practice by not italicising malaise is a stroke of genius! And it's not too short at all, some sentances are faaaaar too long, like this one. The fact that it's consise just adds to its greatness!

9/10.

an honest and fair 8, although i have to fully delve into it yet, so that could go up over time.

Actually, I'm a little bored with it now. It's fun, but I think you've done better sentances, and better paragraphs. It's still good, but I think I'll stick with a 7/10.

Ok.

I wouldn't know.
Still waiting for it to be released. *hint*

get over your pride and enter Free Record Shop for once. may be a crap place, but they're usually offering products before official release date. it's right there, waiting for you.

i only bought this record to keep my collection complete, it's probably my least favourite sy record to date. it just seems rather bland and predictable, nothing i haven't heard before. hope their role in music isn't over and they can still push themselves to create something more interesting next time. 3/10

I don't have it yet either. I'm old school. I like walking into a real, live record store and buying the thing out of the bins.

But it's been receiving really solid reviews in the press.

i dont know, i can download it, but downloading sucks. so ill wait

Well, 8.5 really. But I've rounded down to eight. Nine is maybe a touch to high, anything below eight is unfair, in my opinion.

Flame-retardant post:

That's the best I've ever seen anything put in my whole life, Hip Priest.

I would like to change my assessment to a negative 10.

Oh & I'll give the entire Aphex Twin back catalogue a solid 10.

If your sarcasm detector hasn't gone off already, here's what I really think:
This WHOLE board can FUCK OFF & GO & FUCK THEMSELVES

& concerning the Sonic Youth releases:

ep - 8
CIS - 10
BMR - 9
Evol - 9
Sister - 10
DDN - 10
Goo - 8
Dirty -7
EJST&NS - 7
Made in USA - 6
WM - 9
SYR 1 - 8
SYR 2 - 8
SYR 3 - 7
ATL -7
SYR 4 - 7
NYCG&F - 7
MS - 8
SN - 9
RR - 7

Yeah, that's right...nothing below a seven. I happen to be a Sonic Youth fan...Go figure...Sonic Youth Fan Forum/Sonic Youth fan...I know it doesn't gibe all that easily, but aw shucks...have fun in yr self-created/ self-maintained ennui of Hell.

I don't really rate it as a 2. It just happened to be the only rating that no-one had picked and I felt sorry for it.

nice atari

I gave it a 7. I'm sure it will grow on me more with repeated listens next Tuesday.

i happen to be a sonic youth fan too, it's funny how different people who hold a shared interest can be, isn't it?

scores:

s/t: 9
CIS: 8
KYI:9
SonicDeath: infinity
BMR:9
Evol: 8.5
Sist: 9.5
DDN: 10
Goo:9
Dirty:8
ExpJetSEt:8
Wash:8
ATL:10
NYCG+F:9
Murray St: 9
Nurse: 6
RR: 0
SYR1: 9
SYR2: 8
SYR3: 7
SYR4: 10
Made In USA: 6.5
Demonlover: 7.5
Whitey: 7.5
Silver Sessions: 7
In The Fishtank: 7

does not compute, surely?

what are you "going off" about now?

hahaha

someone jiggled my game cartridge & caused a malfunction.

Just integers:

Kill yr Idols - 9
Sonic Death - 8
Live at the Continental Club - 5
The Walls Have Ears - 6
4 Tunna Brix - 8
Made in USA - 6
Hold That Tiger - 7
Whitey - 7
Live in Venlo - 6
Goo Demos - 9
Blastic Scene - 5
Live in Bremen - 9
Silver Sessions - 5
Kali Yug Express - 8
Demonlover - 6
In the Fishtank 9 - 7

I have to admit on closer inspection... some of the lyrics aren't that fantastic. Compare something like Unmade Bed to Incinerate, "the firefighters are so nice.." hmm.

to me, it has a different vibe. all of the songs are stringed together by this feeling i get when i listen to them. it's another great album

I gave it a 9.

Over 50% of the fans on this board gave it an 8 or better.

NICE!