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which in your opinion is the best, most enjoyable, or favorite Jesus Lizard album??

i would haveto say for me there is a tie between 'goat' and 'liar'.
liar is better, but goat is more enjoyable. but i also have a nostalgic type bond with 'head'
oh eeeeh tyheyre all so good.






im going to conclude: LIAR

I will conclude that while Head/Pure and Liar are both amazing rock records, that Down and Shot are great rock records, and that Blue blows,
GOAT is the pinnacle for the Jesus Lizard.

Liar is astonishing, and great fun indeed.

Head is a great record, and it has Killer McHann and 7 vs. 8 on it.

Down was odd. Great songs, but something just didn't seem right with it. I've never been able to pin down what I think is missing.

Shot was good, and Duane's slide work was great. Hated the basketball bass drum sound.

Blue....pthhhpthhh. Arse.

But Goat, oh man. Goat. It rarely gets better than Goat.

+1 for Head. The individual songs on Goat are better, but I like the way Head works as an album.

"Down" has been my favorite since it was released. For my money the recording on that album beats all of the others. "Destroy Before Reading" is a killer.

"Blue", until a few weeks ago, made me feel sick. I enjoy bits of it here and there now, and I think the issue is that there should've been a name change. "New Jesus Lizard" or "Jesus Lizard Deux" would've been more appropriate. How could they keep the name without Mac? The rhythm section sounds totally out of wack in comparison to the years prior.

That being said, I do think Andy Gill's production made the album interesting for what it is. And it is JL2000!

Surely one of the best rock albums ever made...

GOAT

It's hard to go wrong with this band, and some of their best songs are on other albums.

But as a package, Goat is unbeatable. It's the zenith.

what's the deal with their album titles, too? it's like, they're all one-word, four-letter titles. and the CHEESES!

head
goat
blue

eh?

HEAD.

A little quieter than I would like, but once adjusted upward, the first song kicks it out dirtier and greater than most.

A fully dynamic record.

GOAT is completely excellent, but not as loose. I really like that about HEAD.

There are no negatives about Jesus Lizard, except the first time I saw them live w/o Mac at the Lounge Ax (special surprise show - we were there to see Chavez who, naturally, killed). This was when they had the drummer from Mule playing with them - who played their songs, well, like the drummer from Mule.

I love(d) this band.

i have only heard head because i am obviously rubbish.

it's okay Jon. i've never heard any of their albums. just the song "Waxeater", on a comp tape a friend made for me in '91 or '92, then the song on their split with nirvana (heard it one time), and then most recently, a friend made a mix cd and put the song "sunday you need love" on it. then again i saw them play at the Metro, so really i heard a lot of their stuff.

does anybody ever do this, where something is so hugely popular and revered (bearing in mind that "hugely popular" does exist within "underground" or "indie" circles, just on a different scale than, say, Smashing Pumpkins), and from what you've experienced you recognize this popular thing as great and don't have any doubt that it merits the love it gets, but you sorta steer clear of it so you don't end up like so many others, trying to emulate the thing in question? i deliberately worked toward this M.O. after a debate with my philosophy teacher in college, regarding whether or not pure creativity exists or everything considered creative is actually inescapably synthetic in nature.