Sonic Youth new album "Rather Ripped"

Ian, I have no idea what that means.

Here's another instance: Boring or not, 1998's A Thousand Leaves unquestionably marked a turn toward the quietude, ruminative structures, and general fuzz level always implicit in their unresolved tunings and Deadhead-manquéjams—tendencies tersely deployed on 1994's Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star and copiously indulged on Washing Machine's stunning 20-minute "The Diamond Sea."

Perhaps less interesting sounding, but more clear. Is Christgau advocating the avoidance of clear word choices in favor of more vague ones in order to pursue "objectivity"? Let's forget the pejorative-or-nay for a minute - is calling "The Diammond Sea" "fulsomely sandbagging" better than just flat-out calling it "exhilarating" or "stunning"?

I suppose so, but a favorite album is also ranked according to other extra-formalist concerns: time, place, autobiographical minutiae. I don't see Rather Ripped as my no. 1 album this year, even though it's a better album than SN.

apparently SY played 'rather ripped' in order from start to finish at CBGB's last night!

Except Lee's songs get worse instead of better ("Rats" is easily the weakest song on RR). I think the last song of his I loved was 1998's "Hoarfrost."

Soto done gone loco.

There are albums that sound awesome in the record store, and then sound alright at home.. which is most of SY's albums, but this is an exception. Rather Ripped sounded a bit weak when I heard the advance in the record store, but now that I'm playing it at home, alone, at high summer dusk, it sounds incredibly intimate, warm, and gentle.

It's a cool-out album.. a couple of tracks rock a little bit more than the rest, but nothing rocks more than even the more "poppy" songs on Daydream Nation, which some consider "mellow".

But, not as much as Wild Honey, it's a zone-into album as well.. not a play-at-a-party-or-in-public album. "Do You Believe In Rapture?" is really nice. "Sleepin' Around"... "Reena"... "Or" as well. Hell, pretty much the whole album. The rest is neither incredible, nor really bad... just really nice.

It's a cruise control album. Why not? :)

I'll rephrase this: not a play-at-a-nightclub album

Incinerate
What A Waste
Pattern Recognition
Do You Believe In Rapture
Reena
Rats
Sleepin' Around
Turquoise Boy
Jams Run Free
Lights Out
PCH
Pink Steam
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The Neutral
Shaking Hell
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Or

i too would have liked to have heard more old songs. but the new stuff rules, so i still enjoyed myself thoroughly.

short answer = yes. could he learn a few choice cuts though? it made me really miss jim o'rourke's performances with them (aside from nyc ghosts & flowers tour.)

They need to get a second Lee song in there, though!

So, if I already own the damn thing, it's perfectly legal to download it on Limewire, right?

Actually, isn't it "legal" to download anything, anyway? It's only illegal to upload stuff / share stuff, right?

(for example) Reena from the 1:56 - 2:12 mark. This is the same fuckin' guitar noise SY has made for years. It pops up on other songs on this new album, too.

There's nothing wrong with having a style. Hell, even I have a style and I don't mean to. It's just natural given anyone's limitations, etc., but it's kind of annoying to hear that same thing. I guess a similar comparison would be the rumbling muted E of speed metal.

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