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SteveG 
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Posted: February 05 2015 at 15:46 |
Please pick your favorite SY album!
Any albums left off this list will burned in my fire place. 
Edited by SteveG - February 05 2015 at 15:48
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Posted: February 05 2015 at 18:32 |
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It used to be Evol, but I've come to love Daydream Nation and Dirty probably just as much. I don't think I can choose. Amazing band.
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Posted: February 05 2015 at 18:44 |
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Takes a teen age riot to get me out of bed right now...
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Posted: February 05 2015 at 18:46 |
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Sister
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Posted: February 06 2015 at 22:09 |
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I really like The Eternal.
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 00:18 |
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the one with the hampster
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 01:27 |
Never listened to them, so I'm trying out Daydream Nation now. What album would you guys (since there's no girls here  ) recommend for a first-time Youth listener?
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 01:29 |
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Bad Moon Rising, but it's not included in the poll (why no "other" option?) so instead I gave my vote to Evol.
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SteveG
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 10:09 |
Sorry Stool Man. The exclusion of Bad Moon Rising was an oversight. Great album. But alas, I cannot add to the list now. 
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 11:03 |
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Since their's no Experimental Jet Set, I'll have to go with Dirty.
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There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark...
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 11:58 |
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Never listened to them, so I'm trying out Daydream Nation now. What album would you guys (since there's no girls here ) recommend for a first-time Youth listener? |
Anything Evol and on is a good starting point– Daydream Nation as good as any. They don't have a bad album though. All of them are worth hearing.
Edited by Polymorphia - February 07 2015 at 12:03
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 13:12 |
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Master Dik is my actual fave, but it's an EP not LP
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 13:54 |
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 14:27 |
Washing Machine it is 
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Posted: February 07 2015 at 17:11 |
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It was Sister for a long time, but now it's Daydream Nation.
Honorable mention to another early one not on the list - "Sonic Death", a really creepy live album that was put together collage-style. Quite lo-fi but that adds to the cavernous atmosphere, like one of those early Swans live albums.
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Posted: February 08 2015 at 12:54 |
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Sister was my favorite when I first discovered SY. For some reason, it's not really one of my favorites anymore. That tends to happen with bands I love. Different albums become favorites at different times.
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Posted: February 08 2015 at 13:06 |
HolyMoly wrote:
It was Sister for a long time, but now it's Daydream Nation.
Honorable mention to another early one not on the list - "Sonic Death", a really creepy live album that was put together collage-style. Quite lo-fi but that adds to the cavernous atmosphere, like one of those early Swans live albums.
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I couldn't get them all on Steve, but Sonic Death is indeed a good album. The point of my post was that I always felt SY fans changed favorites or had a wide variety when it comes to picking a favorite. But that doesn't answer my question why?  Perhaps because they're such a good band!
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Posted: February 10 2015 at 06:07 |
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SIster. Where's sex is confusion?
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Posted: February 10 2015 at 09:08 |
^True!
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Posted: February 10 2015 at 12:31 |
SteveG wrote:
HolyMoly wrote:
It was Sister for a long time, but now it's Daydream Nation.
Honorable mention to another early one not on the list - "Sonic Death", a really creepy live album that was put together collage-style. Quite lo-fi but that adds to the cavernous atmosphere, like one of those early Swans live albums.
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I couldn't get them all on Steve, but Sonic Death is indeed a good album. The point of my post was that I always felt SY fans changed favorites or had a wide variety when it comes to picking a favorite. But that doesn't answer my question why? Perhaps because they're such a good band! |
I guess one of the reasons they were so good is they kept a consistent quality level, yet they went through several distinct phases in their sound - so someone, for example, who grows up a punk fan may be partial to some of the early records, but as he gets older, he gravitates more towards some of the smoother guitar-interplay albums from later on. That's kind of how it's been for me, having started with them at age 15 and now I'm 45 - a good band to grow old with. Not that every album of theirs has blown me away, but the general arc of their career has never really thrown me off the train either.
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