Washing Machine
 

man do i get blown away by this album every time

one of their best in my opinion.

I'm on Panty Lines, but am looking forward to diamond seas.

no queen blues

this album is so deceptively simple but there's really so much going on in it. Easily one of my fav sy lps. When are they gonna deluxe edition this shit and restore becuz to its full glory bc that untitled track stuffed at the 2nd half feels so out of place!

washing machine(the song) is awesome.

one of kim's finest moments.

after the chaos of ejst&ns, washing machine was more finished

i like to think of memphis (where it was recorded)

a special record indeed.

murray street > ATL > washing machine > everything else.
damn, where the hell is DDN and NYC G&F?
have to rethink this

hello! 20! 15!

Unwind is just a prefect song!

It's not among their better albums. Some of the songs are quite annoying, while others are fantastic. I'm not very fond of the album as a whole.

My favorite.

bottom-tier of SY albums.

half the songs are boring.

yeah but even if (and I don't agree) half the songs are boring the majestic song that the Diamond Sea is clearly pushes the album into the upper echelon of SY albums. I can't think of anyone in here who doesn't include the Diamond Sea in their top 5 SY songs....

Oh fuck yeah.
Diamond Sea is the SHIT.


Here is my run down.

BECUZ - Love this song. Great album starter.
Junkie's Promise - like this song too. dig the riff skronk, and when SS Beat Patrol kicks in.
SAUCER-LIKE - fucking great Lee song as well.
Washing Machine - this is where my trouble starts. It feels like those shitty hip hop skits between songs. It has alright atmosphere but it can be left off and I would not be upset.
UNWIND - Not a bad song but a snoozer. reminds me of the slow tepid parts of Murray Street. It feels out of place to me. would have preferred a RAGING song after the "skit" of Washing Machine. love the noise though.
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRL - another snoozer. while I enjoy the mood of it, to hear it after Unwind and after washing machine just makes me skip past it.
NO QUEEN BLUES - Back to what I like. Love the intro, and I dig the whole song especially the chaotic ending.
PANTY LIES - nothing special.
SKIP TRACER - love love LOVE this fucking song. HELLO 2015!!!!! Back to what I LOVE!!!!!!!!
Diamond Sea - what can I say???? GREATNESS


there are three songs that would benefit the album as a whole in my opinion if removed.

no idea what you're on about re: 'skit' nature of the title track... i dig the first part but man, when that outro starts i just get lost. possibly my favorite SY instrumental section ever. there's so many little parts i wait for on that song, the sound of thurston rockin' the wah-vol while lee gets that real screechy feedback and steve and kim hold down the rhythm is just...aaah...sonic.

the guitar interplay on 'becuz' is some of my favorite ever, too. 'saucer-like' is genius, as is 'skip tracer'. i waver on whether i'm crazy about 'junkie's promise' until i hear it, the instrumentals (particularly the outro) are fantastic. gotta dig lee's sick leads on 'no queen'. i love 'unwind' as a whole.

'panty lies' is an oddity but i like steve's drumming and lee's guitar work, in particular. i used to loathe 'trouble girl' but find it quite enchanting now, still don't know wtf they were thinking making it a single though...

'diamond sea' is what it is. to be honest i burnt out on this one for quite a while but it really is a special song, great guitar parts, 'intelligent noise', and great melody on top of it all.

the last 5 minutes or so of the title track though, shit. i could spin that for hours.

(that was kinda supposed to be a washing machine joke but since i'm going out of my way to point it out i clearly don't have much faith in it.)

((also, that sleepaway camp sig is hilarious))

It's probably in my top 3! Diamond Sea is a masterpiece, of course. Lots of people seem to dislike Little Trouble Girl, but I really like it's cool creepy atmosphere, not to mention I've always have an affinity for Kim Deal's voice for whatever reason.

I think Rob sum things up pretty fucking good. I agree with him about every song, except Junkie's Promise which I'm not fond of, and Panty Lies which I think is horrible. It's the song I hate, it's the song I hate.

panty lies embodies the broken song structure that make sonic youth sonic youth

the production fills me with all kindsa joy.

the title song by itself is amazing. Kims great singing then that killer gtr solo and my favorite(but not my neighbors) huge and sexy noise blowout... makes me want to kick holes in the walls!

the 2nd best album of all time.

man that is a grandiose statement about a very unevn album!!!!

cool signature Rob, I just caught Crypto hanging upside down outside the window hahaa

he is out-nosferatu-ing Nosferatu!

you just like the rockin out shit better


in a grls eyes this album is different kims sings about lots of things that were on our minds when it was released I know most hate it but little troubled girl is awesome. all little bad bitches can relate

i do listen to rock in order to RAWK

I love the album. I apologize if this has already been discussed, but I did a search here and checked the Wikipedia entry for Washing Machine and can't find anything. Anyone know the story behind the cover?

I think they deliberately cut the kids' heads off in the photo because they didn't have consent to use it.

two fans after 04/28/95 amherst gig. shirts are signed by opening band come. good theory re: cutting their heads off, i have an mtv bulletin on tape where they were asking the kids to contact the band for permission to use it, but maybe they didn't get it. actually, i seem to recall that bulletin shows the cover exactly as is, so maybe that's just how the picture looked (or decapitating them was an aesthetic choice).

Agreed with Rob...very uneven album. (You should love that review, dude.)

Little Trouble Girl is a direct ancestor of I Love You Golden Blue...

What is the first? Just curious of yr opinion, brother!

yeah, but you love 'a thousand leaves' :p

Skip Tracer and the end of Becuz thrown in there at the end are the only imperfections. They should have thrown them out and made The Diamond Sea its full 25 minutes.

I wish they had made a video for Washing Machine (the song). All the transitions, the guitar solos and the noise sequence- it just evokes so many images.

No way man. shadow of a doubt/Beauty Lies In The Eye are the direct antecedent to I Love You Golden Blue!

Can't they all be direct antecedents to I Love You Golden Blue? :) Really, I can picture the girl in Little Trouble Girl all grown up and deeply in love in Golden Blue... But musically, yeah, Shadow of a Doubt has much more in common with Golden Blue...

I Love You Golden Blue is, I think, a song about losing your pet dog.
it is very sad