Superchunk
 

Wow, considering this site's age I assumed there was already a Superchunk thread. If there is I apologize--I searched.

So what is your favorite Superchunk album? I'm trying to get a copy of Tossing Seeds right now because all I have is Here's Where the Strings Come In and Foolish... :(

My favorite would No Pocky for Kitty and I definitely recommend you get it next. Superchunk are a great band who I feel have for the most part released consistently good albums. Plus they're the founders of Merge which is one of my favorite labels.

How has there not been more replies to this thread?

I'll search for that album, it has some good tracks...

I have Come Pick Me Up which is nice enough if you need some easy on the ears indie stuff, but i get the feeling that they wouldn't differ much from that?

According to AMG, Come Pick Me Up was late in their career. It was released in 1999, while the two albums I have, Foolish and This Is Where The Strings Come In, came out in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and have a slightly edgier sound. But my favorite song by them and their unanimous favorite, 'Slack Mother****er' is from around 1990 and is totally badass. I think Tossing Seeds looks like a good place to start for them because it is a collection of all or their singles early in their career (1989-1991). Here is the review:

allmusic ((( Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91) > Overview )))

I want a copy soo bad!

Does anyone have Majesty Shredding yet?

I'm eagerly anticipating it! :)

Precision Auto is a killer song.

OK i'll say it. i'm not crazy about the new album.

why does it seem lke this band is relatively popular yet no one is actually a fan? I just recently got the self titled, on the mouth, and No Pocky For Kitty and I think they kick ass. No Pocky For Kitty is the best steve albini can do no wrong

Slack Mother****er is such a sick song. other good ones are skip steps 1 & 3 and precision auto.





This is so 90s come on you guys!! this is like malcolm in the middle ****!!!!

'Slack Mother****er' may just be my anthem. It's hard to pick a few favorite songs, but that's up there...

dude I know man I don't understand why this band has no fans

You have any idea what slack mother****er is about?

I always listen to it on my way into a work shift haha, but I've read it is actually about getting fed up with a lazy coworker and not so much promoting slacking off.

I've listened to all of their early stuff through Where The Strings Come In and Majesty Shredding, not sure if any of the albums from in-between is worth it or not. I think they are more mellow than Majesty...

I have only listened to the self-titled album, but thought it was decent, nothing overtly groundbreaking.. but a good listen. Downloading "No Pocky for Kitty" right now, hear it a big step up from the first album. Sounds good.

Have to listen to more of this band to know how I feel about them. But from what I have heard it has been interesting.

I think they're kind of a singles band, not really known for a masterpiece of an album. But everything they released early in their career has at least a few killer tracks on them...

Listening to "No Pocky..." now. I enjoy it a lot more than the first album so far. Going to have to get another album by them after.

Foolish!

Yeah, going in order. After I listen to "On the Mouth" I will check that one out.

yeah on th mouth has precision auto which is pretty sick but foolish is much better. Like A Fool, Driveway to Driveway, saving My Ticket, WHy do you have to put a date. all good tracks

Yeah, "On the Mouth" was just medicore to me, compared to "Pocky...". Not my favorite, second half kinda dragged on i feel.

I only know a few singles from most of their early albums, but I love the two I do know in full, Come Pick Me Up and Majesty Shredding. "Hello Hawk" kind of blows though.