was the cover art great for any of the big hit albums before these, though?
― da croupier, Thursday, May 3, 2012 4:07 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
probably not, no, just saying
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
man, NO ONE likes that cure album..
because it's a bag of shit
it has 2 great songs ("Want", "The 13th"), 4 good/okay songs ("Jupiter Crash", "Trap", "Bare", "Treasure"), one song I like even though I think it's objectively terrible ("Gone!") and then everything else is horrible (I will grant them "Round and Round and Round" was great live but not so much on record)
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
this is Filth Pig btw
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:05 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nuh-uh. "Reload" is the shit, tho.
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
i like mint car even though it's so stupid.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
listening to it now!
CLOUDS DRIFT BY AND EVERYTHING IS LIKE A DREAM
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
what i don't get is that robert smith claims that he hated "friday i'm in love" and then "mint car" was obviously intended to be a follow-up to that song.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
the fact that both "Mint Car" and "Return" are on that album hurts me deep in my heart
Maybe he thought "Friday I'm In Love" was too charming? idk
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
"We hated our second highest charting single so much that we're going to hold our noses and record a soundalike."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
is he actually saying anything during the guitar break just before the two minute point? "sinkin shacuzzy in a goomp"?
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
that part rules haha
― billstevejim, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Though I might dismiss it as hoary pseudo-psych if listening for the first time at 29, I loved "Dust" at the time. And I still play it, and I don't know anyone else who owns it - unlike about half the albums here, it really was a flop. So it gets my vote.
― do dat do dat do do dat dat dat (thewufs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Smart poll. I would totally read a book on 1996: The Year Alternative Broke (But In a Bad Way)
― Evan R, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
"yeah, sink in...shark coozie in a hoo............................OW!"
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
lol this song is hiliarous, i don't think i'd heard "mint car" SINCE 96
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
I think it's code for "please please please kick me in the nuts as hard as you possibly can"
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Dust got really strong reviews in the UK. I was under the impression it was big in the US until I was writing something about Lanegan and discovered how badly it bombed.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
God all these songs got serious rotation on State College's The Revolution 101.1. I've said it elsewhere, but I didn't realize how privileged I was to have a local radio station that played all this shit as well as like, Chavez and Sebadoh in 1996.
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
the tragic thing is, no matter how bad I think "Mint Car" is, there are WAY WAY WAY worse songs on WMS
fucking "Club America" for example, I dare you guys to sit through that
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
haha been there did that in 1996
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
the only song I can recall from a mixtape i made off the radio around this time that isn't on the above album list is NIN's "The Perfect Drug"
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
do most cure fans hate mint car this much?
― iatee, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
I had just become arts editor of my college paper after writing a couple of years and I had never seen so many promo CD's coming into the office; I saw every one of the albums here around the office at some point (I reviewed that Cure album) along with Imperial Teen, Jonny Polonsky, Jars of Clay, etc. Major labels were swimming in loot.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
lol i heard the big Jars of Clay song on the radio the other day
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
produced by Adrian Belew!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
xxxpost:
Nope. I like 'Mint Car', and I like 'Return' too.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
pinkerton
wild mood swings was bought out of loyalty. The point where I ceased to look forward to new Cure albums (unimaginable to my teenaged self). They have done good stuff since tho.
― pandemic, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
presumably called after jerry harrison said he was busy
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
dammit, I was actually going to get some studying done today before Some Dude had to go and post a list of alternative rock albums
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
on that 'time and place' tip it's really striking to me how many of these albums I can remember being absolutely ripped apart in the NME - like obviously most of this wasn't their bread and butter in the mid 90s but I think that being a huge-but-faltering American alt-rock band was just the worst thing you could be from that perspective
Whigs and S. Trees exempt from this iirc
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
underperforming major label debuts are a different category re: Sammy
I don't know that could've possibly underperformed. Pretty sure I bought it sight unseen because the tape was selling for, like, four bucks brand new. Pretty decent album, too.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh c'mon like Jerry Harrison wouldn't have accepted the chance at carving more throwing copper.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
i said "busy," not uninterested
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
was there actually a Screaming Trees album that sold 'well'? xp to Dorian
― listicular fortitude (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
― da croupier, Thursday, May 3, 2012 4:25 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol i started the thread against better judgment on a busy work day, if it's any consolation
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
Sweet Oblivion was a pretty minor blip as far as grunge's boom years go, but it still sold probably several times more than any other Screaming Trees album before or since
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
incidentally the only year i went to Lollapolooza was '96, where i saw Metallica and Soundgarden and the Trees work these albums
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
i think this is the first time I've heard "Mach 5" in over a decade. It kicks harder than I remembered!
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
these guys could have been alt-rock's ZZ Top if they weren't such fucking goofballs
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
never cared for the screaming trees after they left sst. a few good songs on uncle anaesthesia, i guess, but it's mostly dull. didn't care for sweet oblivion at all, and never heard dust.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
― da croupier, Thursday, May 3, 2012 1:35 PM (6 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i half like the first album, but the second is disappointing. "volcano" is great, "ladies and gentlemen" has an awesome chorus, "mach 5" and "supermodel" are okayish. no need for the rest.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
^ based on memory. just tried to listen to "supermodel". so painful and bad.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
wtf why I am listening to WMS
"Strange Attraction" is so terrible, I wish I had back the time I wasted trying to convince myself I liked it
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Win a eulogy from William GreiderA car crash, ptomaine, disposable lighterA bus plunge, avalanche, RV, vinegar ciderFree-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
Trying to figure out what percentage of these albums were recorded while wearing sunglasses
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Jars of Clay is from Nashville, which is where Adrian Belew has a studio/lives. It's weird to think of King Crimson jamming away in some weird corner of Music City.
"Dust" is actually a pretty solid album, like "Black Love" pretty much what you'd hope from its predecessor (which is very underrated, that "Sweet Oblivion")
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
I've grown to enjoy the Superunknown stuff but I think "Pretty Noose" was the first and last Soundgarden song I liked at the time it came out
― da croupier, Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
Trying to figure out what percentage of '90s alt albums are in any way defensible once you've read the lyrics.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
first PUSA album is a classic. maybe it hasn't held up all that well but it's at least as good as "Nevermind" isn't it? I cannot seperate that album from Domino's pizza and Mountain Dew and Goldeneye 64 and the Ice Age Magic set, it all goes together to me.
IMO the one that got half-deleted "Freaked Out and Small" was actually very good. I still like 'em..
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
lol frogs
― Neil Young’s social media channels (some dude), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
I CAUGHT THE MOON TODAYPICK IT UPTHROW IT ALLLLL AWAY
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 3 May 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link