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Definitely A Thousand Leaves!
Especially when you can see the assemblage of that record through SYR 1-3.
I remember Lee saying in an interview he was a little bit worried about the opening song Contre Le Sexism scarying people off.
That opening song followed by Sunday is the most beautifull transition of two songs they ever did. So fucking awesome!
The structure of Karen Koltrane is amazing with all those different textures and shifts of melody combined with perfect hints of experimental gesture. Same goes for Wildflower Soul although the true beauty of that song lies in the live version called 'Wildflower' on the Tibetan Freedom cd. The shift in the middle of the song is AMAZING, it really grooves and reeks of -experiment- .
And then 1000 leaves live,whoaw. Those sets where so noisy and beautifully arranged. Like a house of cards ready to fall at any time, so fucking fragile!
Washing Machine itself is an awesome album (definitely one of my favs) but less experimental, more the opus of their past reputation. WM and Diamond Sea are total killer songs but their structure was less fractured then 1000 Leaves.
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