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Jackie Blue:

--- Quote from: imapiratearg on 05 Oct 2008, 15:54 ---It really bores you?  I guess it's not one of their most abrasive albums, but it's got a pretty decent amount of depth to it.  "Providence" has a pretty interesting texture to it, for example.

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It's not the lack of abrasion (and let's face it, "Providence" is a throwaway, albeit an interesting one) so much as the lack of songs which sound... "different".  After EVOL and Sister, which had songs like "Marilyn Moore", "Shadow of a Doubt", "Cotton Crown", etc., it disappointed me that they went with what is basically a straight-ahead rock concept album.

On a related note, Tommy and Quadrophenia are not my favourite Who albums, and I don't rate Exile On Main Street or Exil In Guyville as the best albums by those respective artists, either.

Maybe I just have a thing against concept albums.

De_El:
omg omg EVOL is my favorite Sonic Youth album and "Shadow of a Doubt" is one of my favorite songs. But...I dunno. Daydream Nation is good, just not as good as people tell to think it is.

Thrillho:
Daydream Nation has been canonised because it's their breakthrough album. Doesn't mean it's their best.

I love Washing Machine personally. 'The Diamond Sea' is basically a nineteen-minute expression of what I want to do in music.

michaelicious:

--- Quote from: Jackie Blue on 05 Oct 2008, 22:36 ---On a related note, Tommy and Quadrophenia are not my favourite Who albums,


Maybe I just have a thing against concept albums.

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What about the Who Sell Out?

Jackie Blue:
You've got me there.  The Who Sell Out is probably my third favourite of theirs.

But, The Who is one of those bands where I like songs more than albums (see also: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band).

Oh man, I am so tasking tricia with making me a mix of all the best Who songs while I'm at work.

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