Favorite 80's Sonic Youth release

Sonic Youth (1982) (EP)
Total votes: 2 (4%)
Confusion Is Sex (1983)
Total votes: 4 (7%)
Kill Yr Idols (1983) (EP)
Total votes: 1 (2%)
Bad Moon Rising (1985)
Total votes: 5 (9%)
EVOL (1986)
Total votes: 12 (22%)
Sister (1987)
Total votes: 8 (15%)
Master=Dik (1987) (EP) (No votes)
The Whitey Album (1989) (as Ciccone Youth)
Total votes: 2 (4%)
Daydream Nation (1988)
Total votes: 20 (37%)
Total votes: 54

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Tom Wanderer wrote:Also, Flower is awesome.
Yes.
kaleb wrote:plus I think Confusion Is Sex is the one record where Kim Gordon feels like the real bandleader, the songs she sings are generally better and the bass is dominant in a lot more of the songs.
True. Didn't think of this till you pointed it out, but absolutely. It's like the antithesis of the pop culture, celebrity, inverse cock rock, and nth-wave feminism of her stuff from Goo and later. The Kim songs on Confusion Is Sex are fucking terrifying. "Shaking Hell" and "Protect Me You" are seriously eerie. And she sounds downright possessed on that Stooges cover.

The early Kim material is often some strong shit. To me, "Pacific Coast Highway" or "Early American" are far more interesting and less obvious explorations of men's dark sides than say, "Swimsuit Issue" or "Kool Thing." But they're also perhaps harder to listen to and less explicitly "relatable" for many people.

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Hey what about Made In USA?

I voted EVOL. BMR is a very close second. That whole run from BMR to Sister via The Whitey Album and Made in USA is incredible. The recently released Spinhead Sessions (proto Made in USA) is wonderful. (Not so down on DN apart from a couple of songs.)

But, but but but, EVOL! Shadow of a Doubt! Secret Girl! Wheeeeee.... : )
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seby wrote: Sun Jan 09, 2022 5:50 am Hey what about Made In USA?

I voted EVOL. BMR is a very close second. That whole run from BMR to Sister via The Whitey Album and Made in USA is incredible. The recently released Spinhead Sessions (proto Made in USA) is wonderful. (Not so down on DN apart from a couple of songs.)

But, but but but, EVOL! Shadow of a Doubt! Secret Girl! Wheeeeee.... : )
Haha, I read this after posting the same praise for the 3 record run of BMR-Sister.

Agree, obvs.

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