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Old 04.24.2009, 07:01 PM   #1
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Honestly, this is for some reason the album I reach for the most aside from A Thousand Leaves and Goo. It's really great, I don't understand how it's panned so heavily. I know it has some lovers too, though, right?
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Old 04.24.2009, 07:04 PM   #2
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No lover of that album in this forum. It has a few good songs, but compared to other stuff it seems lacking substance.
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Old 04.24.2009, 07:11 PM   #3
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There are a few weak songs on it, but there are some really strong ones as well.

Jams Run Free is a fucking beautiful song.


Generally it's a fun listen through.
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Old 04.24.2009, 07:24 PM   #4
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I don't know, I understand that's it's suppose to be a more subdued, meditative album but there are a bunch of other bands that I would go to before I looked to Sonic Youth to provide that.

And it is pretty hard to bare when you realize that REM's last album was more aggressive than the Yoof's last.
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Old 04.24.2009, 07:24 PM   #5
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I love the album.
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Old 04.24.2009, 07:44 PM   #6
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I love it, and it would probably be in my top 5.

I might catch heat for saying this, but I hate EJSTANS and REALLY hate NYC Ghosts and Flowers, two records which often get massive love around here.

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Old 04.24.2009, 07:57 PM   #7
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Yeah I do not understand the NYCG&F love at all. Just sort of boring to me, even the much-loved title track. Not really one of Lee's better songs. I'd say "Hoarfrost" is my favorite of his.
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Old 04.24.2009, 08:02 PM   #8
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No.
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Old 04.24.2009, 08:15 PM   #9
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No, but I like it a lot.

My top 5 goes: A Thousand Leaves, Daydream Nation, Sister, Goo,
Confusion is Sex. NYCG & F is far and away my least favorite.
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Old 04.24.2009, 08:23 PM   #10
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If we count in ep's and such, I probably wouldn't even put it in my top 50.
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Old 04.24.2009, 08:29 PM   #11
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Sorry, but I just thought RR was a pretty poor record. It's probably my least favorite SY album. Here's hoping The Eternal is much much better.
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Old 04.24.2009, 08:32 PM   #12
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One thing I love about RR is that every song doesn't go 6 or 7 minutes like many other SY records and doesn't just have a mid-song noise outburst. For Daydream Nation, it was cool and inventive. When they did it on practically every record since, it got to be boring and predictable and almost ruined songs. And RR has no filler... I'd even go as far to say it might be their most consistent record since Daydream Nation.

It also was my first SY record I ever bought and was the first tour I saw them on, so it holds a special place in my heart.

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Old 04.24.2009, 09:17 PM   #13
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I don't think RR is THAT bad, but not top 5. never took to washing machine myself, aside from the diamond sea, and that seems to be a favourite...

my top 5 probably: sister, DN, bad moon rising, sonic nurse and murray street sneaking in at the back.
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Old 04.24.2009, 10:37 PM   #14
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Some songs on it are amazing, Reena, Incinerate, Jams Run Free, and Pink Steam, but It's probably one of my least favourite SY albums. Some is good, some is bad, it doesn't copmare to the others for me, but overall it's an okay album.
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Old 04.24.2009, 10:42 PM   #15
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Old 04.24.2009, 10:45 PM   #16
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It also was my first SY record I ever bought and was the first tour I saw them on, so it holds a special place in my heart.

~Jeremy~

In that case it makes sense that RR holds such a place in your heart. Personally i don't like it but then I haven't been particularly excited by any of their albums probably since Daydream Nation, and the last album of theirs that I liked completely was probably Sister. Saying that, I've been listening back to Goo recently and have developed a new-found love for that album that I definitely didn't have at the time. Maybe in twent years time the same thing will happen with RR.
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Old 04.24.2009, 11:27 PM   #17
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I would put it in my top five... if I had a CD rack that dispensed CD's from the bottom.

A few great songs, but not one of my SY faves.
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Old 04.24.2009, 11:30 PM   #18
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I've thought about this, and taking into account all the albums, I'd put this and 1000 Leaves at the bottom of the list. Sonic Nurse would be right above.
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Old 04.24.2009, 11:50 PM   #19
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I still haven't heard it in its entirety. What I have heard hasn't been very inspiring, so I don't think I'll ever listen to it.
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Old 04.24.2009, 11:56 PM   #20
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Love this record and would put in my top 5.
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