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Sonic Youth - Dirty

RyanZ wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:12 am Sonic Youth - Dirty

I can get behind this 100%

seby wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:08 am

RyanZ wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:12 am Sonic Youth - Dirty

I can get behind this 100%

Yep!!

Put Goo in there too if you're talking to a hater.

C’mon those two are like the height of their commercial success. Hated by some contrarians perhaps, but certainly the entry point for many of us. Trompe Le Monde however was a great record by a band on their last legs.

zorg wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:10 am C’mon those two are like the height of their commercial success. Hated by some contrarians perhaps, but certainly the entry point for many of us.

Yeah. NYC Ghosts and Flowers was the more critically panned album, and when I eventually got around to listening to it didn't think it was all that bad! (the SYR improvisational albums were bad, but at least presented as a different thing.)

The only ones I can think of are those of 1994-1998 period Front Line Assembly. So ok Millennium seems to be quite appreciated, but a lot of folks in my circles at the time didn't like guitars. FLAvour of the Weak though seemed to be widely considered the worst one, but I thought it was great and I like it still.

I think most of their other stuff sucks except Gashed and Caustic.

zorg wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:10 am C’mon those two are like the height of their commercial success. Hated by some contrarians perhaps, but certainly the entry point for many of us.

Okay, then maybe I should go to bat for Murray Street and Rather Ripped. Both excellent.

losthighway wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:33 am

zorg wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:10 am C’mon those two are like the height of their commercial success. Hated by some contrarians perhaps, but certainly the entry point for many of us.

Okay, then maybe I should go to bat for Murray Street and Rather Ripped. Both excellent.

They are excellent, but I can't think of any hate. Underappreciated sure, but almost universally both had positive reviews.

Neu 4 - Maybe not entirely hated, but definitely considered the pale conclusion to a perfect discography. Still like it though.

Burt Ward wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:29 pm

losthighway wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:33 am

zorg wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2023 9:10 am C’mon those two are like the height of their commercial success. Hated by some contrarians perhaps, but certainly the entry point for many of us.

Okay, then maybe I should go to bat for Murray Street and Rather Ripped. Both excellent.

They are excellent, but I can't think of any hate. Underappreciated sure, but almost universally both had positive reviews.

I know peeps who hate Dirty. Mark Prindle for one.

It's a decent album but let's be honest, it was a sellout album.