Albums You're Digging II

music_phantom13 · 04-12-2010, 08:47 PM

Star - Devastator

There's a very good chance that this is my favorite new-ish shoegaze album (excluding SSVIIB, they can't be beaten).

Violent & Funky · 04-12-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I don't own any Dinosaur JR, dunno where to start really. I like Beyond, Farm was okay but it was a little too long, people say they were at the best in their 80s so You're Living All Over Me might be a good one or Bug.

Not sure what to get first

BOTH? They are both awesome. I listen to the 90s albums more for just the singles, but I can listen to all three releases from the 80s all the way through. And they each clock in at around 30 minutes!

gotjuice · 04-12-2010, 09:45 PM

Bug is worth it just for Don't. I put that track on repeat for about two hours one night when I was particularly frustrated with everything going on. Excellent cathartic experience.

TheCunningStunt · 04-12-2010, 09:59 PM

I have Beyond and You're Living All Over Me, gonna get Bug next I think.

lucifer_sam · 04-12-2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

BOTH? They are both awesome. I listen to the 90s albums more for just the singles, but I can listen to all three releases from the 80s all the way through. And they each clock in at around 30 minutes!

The Just Like Heaven single makes an appearance on the re-released version of YLAOM, would have made it the greatest album of the eighties if it was on there initially. Screw off, Daydream Nation.

Honestly I find Bug a bit hit-or-miss, Freak Scene is a great track but there's more than the fair share of duds in there as well. It was pretty obvious the band was falling apart by that point. Here's how I would categorize them:

Fucking Awesome:
You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Beyond (2007)

Excellent:
Farm (2009)

Promising:
Bug (1988)
Green Mind (1990)
Dinosaur (1985)

Terrible:
Where You Been (1993)
Without a Sound (1994)
Hand It Over (1997)

^ The protracted absence of Barlow becomes reaaaaaally noticeable towards the middle of the nineties. J, what the hell were you thinking?

sidewinder · 04-12-2010, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

The Just Like Heaven single makes an appearance on the re-released version of YLAOM, would have made it the greatest album of the eighties if it was on there initially. Screw off, Daydream Nation.

Heh...I thought the cover was pretty terrible, personally. I heard it as part of my first listen to the album it definitely brought it down a notch. Then I realized it wasn't part of the original release. Phew.

lucifer_sam · 04-12-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Heh...I thought the cover was pretty terrible, personally. I heard it as part of my first listen to the album it definitely brought it down a notch. Then I realized it wasn't part of the original release. Phew.

Ha, I thought it was better than the original. And I love that Cure song.

BTW, that was the song that put them on the map (plus the Freak Scene single in 1988).

sidewinder · 04-12-2010, 10:29 PM

Hmm, I had no idea. I knew nothing about indie rock in 88, sadly. I was into glam rock and phasing into metal.

lucifer_sam · 04-12-2010, 10:31 PM

I was into uterus and getting fed intravenously, so don't take it too hard.

TheCunningStunt · 04-12-2010, 10:37 PM

I wasn't even an itch in my father's pants in 1988

04-12-2010, 09:45 PM	#3793 (permalink)
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music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Star - Devastator There's a very good chance that this is my favorite new-ish shoegaze album (excluding SSVIIB, they can't be beaten).