Least favorite of SY's "critically-acclaimed trio" of albums? - Page 2

demonrail666 · 08.01.2009, 05:37 PM

Daydream Nation

toxic johnny · 08.01.2009, 05:44 PM

DDN for me...

_slavo_ · 08.01.2009, 05:54 PM

Sister

Toxa · 08.01.2009, 06:19 PM

barry swedgin · 08.01.2009, 06:58 PM

I've gotta say EVOL. Purely because the best songs on it don't match the best on the others. Great album though.

yr · 08.01.2009, 07:20 PM

I love Sister but it's my pick. It took me forever to get into Evol but now its my 3rd favorite(CIS and BMR are unbeatable)

andrei · 08.01.2009, 08:23 PM

Death & the Maiden · 08.01.2009, 08:33 PM

Daydream's my favourite out of the three. I'd always found the other two good, but not as amazing as people say they are. I recently relistened to them both, I like them more than I used to. I think I'll go with Sister, if only because I think EVOL works better as a whole.

pokkeherrie · 08.01.2009, 09:19 PM

No can do

dionysusundone · 08.02.2009, 02:45 AM

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daydream nation. i like it....but i enjoy EVOL + sister much more. < if only because im less likely to skip through tracks when playing them. i do a lot of skipping around when listening to daydream nation.

still though...DDN IS a powerful album and i think it holds up better as far as being some sort of milestone in their sonic career than evol or sister. it really did mark a new beginning for the band.

I think my main problem with it is that it's so long...and the fact that it's obviously a lot more classic-rock indebted than the ones before it...not that that's a bad thing really, just I prefer the coldness of BMR or the mystery of EVOL. Sister's got it's own thing going that I've never been able to put my finger on.

dionysusundone · 08.02.2009, 03:06 AM

Yeah, there's definitely parts about it I DO love with all my heart. Just as an entire album, it's difficult to listen to all at once. It's better on vinyl, where it's more spread out. I've never liked the fact that it was issued on CD as one cd, and the same goes for Zen Arcade and ESPECIALLY Double Nickels on the Dime. They don't make sense in that format to me.

That intro to Teenage Riot...the guitar part's always reminded me of the vocal melody to the chorus of The Grassroots' "Live For Today" probably not intentional but I've always heard it.

SonicBebs · 08.02.2009, 03:56 AM

DDN
i've only recently got EVOL (i know, shoot me) and that album is fasinating for me. So spooky but also really beautiful and fresh

vulva · 08.02.2009, 04:15 AM

Dirty

[Sandbag] · 08.02.2009, 01:31 PM

i somehow managed to read 'lees favourite'

here i go
sister.

because its got AWESOME SONGS
but the order doesnt convince me, and evol and dn work as a whole 100000 times better

The Earl Of Slander · 08.02.2009, 04:14 PM

Yeah, it's definitely Sister. Don't get me wrong, it's still fantastic, but Daydream is pretty much my no questions favourite album of all time, and the only SY album that comes close to challenging it is EVOL. Both of those are as close to perfect as music gets, work better as whole albums, and simply have a tone that I prefer to Sister's. Sister meanwhile always struck me more as an amazing selection of songs that just doesn't hang together as well as a whole work.

Pax Americana · 08.02.2009, 08:50 PM

Even though I dig it, I went with EVOL on this one. Sister and Daydream are basically my favorite SY albums ever.

Jaack · 08.06.2009, 09:58 PM

Eh, its a hard one. But I always found Daydream Nation somewhat...lacking. EVOL has to be my fave for sure, closely followed by Sister.

acdc518 · 08.07.2009, 12:41 AM

depends, if we are talking about EVOL as tom violence thru expressway, then sister is my least favorite. If evol= TV thru bubblegum then evol is the least favorite. why they would put a song after expressway on the cd is beyond me. evol is an amazing album, but expressway is the perfect closing to that album, and bubblegum completely takes you out of the album.

View Poll Results: Pick yr least favorite
EVOL	33	42.31%
Sister	25	32.05%
Daydream Nation	20	25.64%
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08.01.2009, 05:37 PM	#21
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Daydream Nation
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08.01.2009, 05:44 PM	#22
toxic johnny expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,657	DDN for me... __________________ Built Toxic J Tough Optic Disc
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08.01.2009, 05:54 PM	#23
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,901	Sister __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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08.01.2009, 06:19 PM	#24
Toxa 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evil Empire Posts: 847	DDN.
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08.01.2009, 06:58 PM	#25
barry swedgin bad moon rising Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: East Coast Posts: 187	I've gotta say EVOL. Purely because the best songs on it don't match the best on the others. Great album though.
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08.01.2009, 07:20 PM	#26
yr little trouble girl Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 66	I love Sister but it's my pick. It took me forever to get into Evol but now its my 3rd favorite(CIS and BMR are unbeatable)
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08.01.2009, 08:23 PM	#27
andrei expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,686	DDN
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08.01.2009, 08:33 PM	#28
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	Daydream's my favourite out of the three. I'd always found the other two good, but not as amazing as people say they are. I recently relistened to them both, I like them more than I used to. I think I'll go with Sister, if only because I think EVOL works better as a whole. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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08.01.2009, 09:19 PM	#29
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	No can do
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08.02.2009, 03:06 AM	#31
dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	Yeah, there's definitely parts about it I DO love with all my heart. Just as an entire album, it's difficult to listen to all at once. It's better on vinyl, where it's more spread out. I've never liked the fact that it was issued on CD as one cd, and the same goes for Zen Arcade and ESPECIALLY Double Nickels on the Dime. They don't make sense in that format to me. That intro to Teenage Riot...the guitar part's always reminded me of the vocal melody to the chorus of The Grassroots' "Live For Today" probably not intentional but I've always heard it. __________________ -James
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08.02.2009, 03:56 AM	#32
SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,680	DDN i've only recently got EVOL (i know, shoot me) and that album is fasinating for me. So spooky but also really beautiful and fresh
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08.02.2009, 04:15 AM	#33
vulva the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,041	Dirty __________________ "The mind splits open and the world falls in." -- Euripides
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08.02.2009, 01:31 PM	#34
[Sandbag] 100% Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 820	i somehow managed to read 'lees favourite' here i go sister. because its got AWESOME SONGS but the order doesnt convince me, and evol and dn work as a whole 100000 times better __________________ My new facebook page for my new mainstream noise band
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08.02.2009, 04:14 PM	#35
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Yeah, it's definitely Sister. Don't get me wrong, it's still fantastic, but Daydream is pretty much my no questions favourite album of all time, and the only SY album that comes close to challenging it is EVOL. Both of those are as close to perfect as music gets, work better as whole albums, and simply have a tone that I prefer to Sister's. Sister meanwhile always struck me more as an amazing selection of songs that just doesn't hang together as well as a whole work. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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08.02.2009, 08:50 PM	#36
Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	Even though I dig it, I went with EVOL on this one. Sister and Daydream are basically my favorite SY albums ever.
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08.06.2009, 09:58 PM	#37
Jaack empty page Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4	Eh, its a hard one. But I always found Daydream Nation somewhat...lacking. EVOL has to be my fave for sure, closely followed by Sister.
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08.07.2009, 12:41 AM	#38
acdc518 bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 194	depends, if we are talking about EVOL as tom violence thru expressway, then sister is my least favorite. If evol= TV thru bubblegum then evol is the least favorite. why they would put a song after expressway on the cd is beyond me. evol is an amazing album, but expressway is the perfect closing to that album, and bubblegum completely takes you out of the album.
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