The "I love EJSTNS" thread...
 

...even if others hate it.

It's in my top 3.
After Daydream Nation, and Confusion Is Sex.

Others hate it? I wasn't aware of that.

I think it's great, and it's one of the first albums I really got into. If it wasn't for Electric Jet Set, I may not have bothered to delve deeper into SY.

It's not in my top 3 albums, but i quite enjoy it. for sure it's not their worst.

Yes.. I love it. not even in my top 5 but can't deny it's a masterpiece.

It's a bit like when you paint something awesome and then you throw water on it all all the colours mix and it looks like a mess.

Also not my Top 5. But I do love it. Quite a bit. It's probably somewhere right in the juicy middle of my SY album rankings.

Kim's songs are sublime, top to bottom.

"Sweet Shine"

One of my top 10 SY songs. Bewitching and beautiful.

It is awesome.

But seriously. You like "Quest For The Cup?"

Yes. Yes I do. It is so salty free.

Great album, I agree that the Kim songs are the best on it.

Bull in the Heather is one of their greats, one of my favorites from last time I saw them live. It made me dig out the album again recently, but I still thought it was a bit hit and miss really (5.5/10).

"Androgynous Mind" is far and away my favorite on there. "Screaming Skull" is great too. Forgot about that one.

yup, but the rap version rules much better!

great great LP. gotta love the spontaneous vibe. thumbs up.

I like "Quest for the cup"!
Even though it's a weird song.

quest for the cup is amazing..the1st i liked from the album

Starfield Road is where it's at.

In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader is PIMP too.

Out of all their albums from Goo to Washing Machine, this is the only one I enjoy. Skink is probably my favourite on there.

I actually prefer EJSTNS to Washing Machine...

Sacrelige (sp?), I know.

you guys all lost your minds

its all about winners blues!

I sorrt of half-agree.I think they're pretty close really.

i have always loved this album, 'Sweet Shine' is probably the best Kim song ever.

EJST&NS was the first album by Sonic Youth that I bought new. Fresh from the factory to my petrie dish mind. Ha! It makes me think of Doctor's Orders mostly, though it also says a lot about music in general and the topical nature of Androgynous Mind actually makes me think of SY as a political band in the 1990s identity politics way.

And I half-agree with that! (See where entropy starts? (though I'm not sure what side I'm on--until you said that, I was confident I enjoyed "Washing Machine" much more; now... eh, it'd be closer))
But seriously, this album will always have a special place, being my first introduction to my favorite band. I think in some senses it's their weirdest, and most like an SYR (think 5, and think Bone). That's what I love about this band--you can get on either side of an opinion about something they do, and make it make sense to yourself. Then come back 10 years later and you could be on the opposite side of the window, still looking at the same thing that you still feel the same way about. I <3 ambiguity!