That MASSIVE, distorted guitar riff running through "Jump In the River."
This album is marvelous.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
The Last Day of Our Acquaintance
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 15:53 (fifteen years ago) link
3 Babies
― Joe, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i only heard this album via my freshman year roommate, and all i remember is 'i am stretched on your grave' over the funky drummer break and the prince cover.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm. Big elephant in this room. Yup.
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
BBOM or 3B - they're almost the same song, actually.
― redmond, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Come to think of it - LDOOA is also very similar.
― redmond, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
"I am Stretched on Your Grave" - best usage of the "funky drummer" beat ever (take that Public Enemy!). I know its Irish trad, but man, when those strings hit in the song's final third, what a payoff. Chills down my back every time.
honorably mentions for ENC, LDOOA & BBOM, tho the whole thing is solid, really. You know you're in the presence of greatness when the lead single and trademark hit, while still highly enjoyable, doesn't even figure into your top five. Personally, I prefer Prince's version (by a slight margin). In terms of song quality, I would rate IDNWWIHG as about equal to The Lion & the Cobra, but I like the production on the former a lot more (too much of that awful 80s canned drum sound/bad synth shit going on on TL&TC - would like a remaster plz).
― Pillboxxx/The Lol Belol (Pillbox), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"I Am Stretched on Your Grave". Tempestuous Irish swooning mixed with old-school hip-hop swagger. Nothing else on the album is this visionary for its time.
― Stefanthenautilus, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"Emperor's New Clothes" rocks too, though.
"Emperor's New Clothes"
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
"Black Boys on Mopeds" carries a special place in my heart, but lol I'm honestly not sure if I want to vote in this poll following this:
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/070824/sinead_l.jpg
She might rip ME if I make the wrong choice!
― energy, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, man, my girlfriend makes fun of me so hard for loving this album. It's totally a weird teenage mixtape one for me, and while I reflexively went with BBOM, I coulda gone with Grave, Nothing or Emperor without feeling any guilt.
― THESE ARE MY FEELINGS! FEEL MY FEELINGS! (I eat cannibals), Wednesday, 28 January 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I voted for "Feels So Different". I meant to. What a way to announce your intentions from the outset! I love the way the strings boil over near the end. This is one of those albums that it's a little tough for me to listen to with others around, just so fucking intense.
― Euler, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 04:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I completely associate this record with Red, Hot + Blue, from around the same time.
― Eazy, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 04:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"You Cause As Much Sorrow" is a chilling Sunday night anthem.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 17 May 2010 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Alfred you've now named my three favorite tracks on this record in order itt.
Too bad I missed it the first time but my vote wouldn't have changed a thing.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 17 May 2010 01:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Fuck. "Jump in the River."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 01:08 (nine years ago) link
I mean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w6r7Z7PuiY
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 01:14 (nine years ago) link
"Jump" was released a year (or maybe two) earlier as the b-side to one of her 12"s...I can't remember which one, though.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 01:19 (nine years ago) link
― Stefanthenautilus, Monday, January 26, 2009
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 January 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
would vote for "Three Babies" today. the older I get, the more i love this album.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Saturday, 6 May 2023 18:45 (eleven months ago) link
John, didn’t O’Connor live in Evanston for a while (of all places)? I always wondered if NU students would run into her.
Great, great album, there was a brief period where it seemed like it wasn’t getting much attention even though it was this massive hit when it came out, but I absolutely loved it - it was like the rock album equivalent of Carl Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” not only because of O’Connor’s look bringing Falconetti’s to mind (after she is shaved on camera) but because of the stripped down, emotionally direct and raw-to-the-bone aesthetic. Powerful.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 6 May 2023 21:29 (eleven months ago) link
She lived in Wilmette (of all places) for a time in 2016.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 6 May 2023 22:35 (eleven months ago) link