What a mighty, mighty record.
Pick your 8 favourites and obviously talk some more. If you want, like. No pressure or nuffink.
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Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
- clive gash
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Side 3 is da boss.
Somewhere is one for me, proper downer psych.
Somewhere is one for me, proper downer psych.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
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...a multitude of innuendo and hearsay...
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Only picking 8 was something of a project.
Generally, Grant>Bob, Impressionistic>Not Impressionistic. Things like "Tooth Fairy" and "Hare Krsna" really do occupy a wholly unique place in my own musical universe.
Generally, Grant>Bob, Impressionistic>Not Impressionistic. Things like "Tooth Fairy" and "Hare Krsna" really do occupy a wholly unique place in my own musical universe.
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Standouts: "Something I learned today" "Somewhere" "Pink Turns to Blue" "Turn on the News." Most of it is good, with little filler. I even like the long instrumental that ends it.
Where would rock 'n' roll be without feedback?
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A great album, poorly recorded.
But even if it was recorded well, still not as good as Double Nickels on the Dime.
But even if it was recorded well, still not as good as Double Nickels on the Dime.
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Matt Wilson wrote:A great album, poorly recorded.
Spot on but what a robust band
Not my fave but seminal nonetheless
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mudshark wrote:Where is he anyway, that very soft lad?
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In WilsonWorld, every "great album" is "still not as good as" a great album by somebody else.
I chose "Something I Learned Today", "Never Talking", "Chartered Trips", "Indecision Time", "What's Going On", "Somewhere", "Pink Turns", and "Whatever".
I chose "Something I Learned Today", "Never Talking", "Chartered Trips", "Indecision Time", "What's Going On", "Somewhere", "Pink Turns", and "Whatever".
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Not much to add, it's great. Pretty hard to believe that Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, and Flip Your Wig all came out in a matter of two years, 1984-5. Of the three, I guess I'd have a slight preference for the last, but it doesn't matter.
Golden age of American indie, when bands were popping up all over and the NYC-LA stranglehold was broken.
Golden age of American indie, when bands were popping up all over and the NYC-LA stranglehold was broken.
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In CharlieWorld, it's always an artist's "second album" which he prefers.
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Zen Arcade - Best Husker
What Makes A Man Start Fires - Best Minutemen
What Makes A Man Start Fires - Best Minutemen
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Side 2 is where it's at for me btw.
Griff wrote:The notion that Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong vocal proponent of antisemitism, would stand in front of an antisemitic mural and commend it is utterly preposterous.
Copehead wrote:a right wing cretin like Berger....bleating about racism
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Matt Wilson wrote:A great album, poorly recorded.
But even if it was recorded well, still not as good as Double Nickels on the Dime.
Agreed, and not in a purposeful or interesting way like some of their contemporaries, just badly engineered. It sounds so washed out, which is a shame because there's clearly power to it, it just sounds like it's always coming out of my iPhone speakers.
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There's an amateur remastering that makes it sound a little better...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZVCiDcSBlciyIZ8uudeto_82nvaVOMSr
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZVCiDcSBlciyIZ8uudeto_82nvaVOMSr
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I do think the vinyl sounds better than the CD, I'll be seeking out a quality needle drop. Much of SST sounds crap on CD. That's down to the analog transfers made in the 80s.
But I don't think even the CD sounds terrible. It's just kind of, how it is. I don't need it remixed. The same people complaining probably wanted Raw Power remixed, until they heard it.
I've come to live with it sounding the way it does and it doesn't bother me even a little bit. I bet a remix would freak me the fuck out.
But I don't think even the CD sounds terrible. It's just kind of, how it is. I don't need it remixed. The same people complaining probably wanted Raw Power remixed, until they heard it.
I've come to live with it sounding the way it does and it doesn't bother me even a little bit. I bet a remix would freak me the fuck out.
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Goat Boy wrote:Side 2 is where it's at for me btw.
Agreed.
Bob Mould said in his book that he could never sing those songs again, that having gotten those emotions out of his body, he wouldn't want to experience them again.
I know he feels. I still find them thrilling as music, but I am rarely in the mood to go through the trauma again either. On those occasions where everything is about to blow, those songs reflect the sound inside my head.
I don't see how anyone working with less venom than this can be described as "emo."
Jimbo wrote:I guess I am over Graham Nash's politics. Hopelessly naive by the standards I've molded for myself these days.