MEGATONIC album, the expanded 2CD edish in particular.

I like early Sebadoh and late Sebadoh and whatever passes for middle-aged Sebadoh.

I just like Sebadoh.

I was listening to ''Bakesale'' last night thinking how much that record misses Gaffney's songwriting. FAGGOTS!!!

Harmacy > Bakesale anyway.

Harmacy is the best!!

Harmacy, the sebadoh, and smash yr head are my favs

BUBBLE & SCRAPE is #1
Smash Yr Head on the Punk Rock is #2

Licence, Amused and Dramamine are killer.

But I agree. Props to "On Fire" where Barlow finally writes a heart-on-my-sleeve song that doesn't make me gag. Otherwise, only 6 duds. Usually, there are only 6 good ones.

But I really like the good ones. Seb, for me, is a "best-of" band. I go through the albums, pick out my favorites and end up with an amazing listen. But I'm often frustrated trying to listen to the albums themselves all the way through, except maybe Harmacy.

https://youtu.be/4Ns5wzSmVWM

BUBBLE & SCRAPE!!!!!

fucking love this album. FLOOD is such a killer closing track

Yeah, I get hung up on Bubble & Scrape a LOT. I always seem to forget how absolutely fucking brilliant that album is, and I tend to leave it out of discussions of my favorite Sebadoh albums because I'm usually focusing on III and Harmacy.

But Bubble is just awesome. I'm going to listen to it now in fact.

I've always loved "Not Too Amused" ... people love to give Bakesale crap for being the easy answer, the poppy mainstream favorite... the Sebadoh album for people who wish Sebadoh sounded more like Pavement... etc.

But "Not too Amused" comes right out of hell, like some scalding venomous Steve Albini track. I love the build. Poppy or not, Bakesale is an alternative rock favorite for very good reasons.

I get what you mean about Sebadoh being more of a "best of" thing for you. I think I used to feel that way too, until I really dug into the early stuff.

Their music is different enough from album to album that I rarely skip around, or stop an album to put another one in. That's the kind of thing I do with Guided by Voices.. a great band, no matter how conventional and predictable they've become... but one that certainly didn't need to release as many albums as they did.

I have the most fun with GbV when I'm listening to Live from Austin, TX or Human Amusement at Hourly Rates or some playlist full of short EP's and singles. There are very few GbV albums that I ever listen to from start to finish.

I agree, but the world doesn't.

And I'm not sure how reliable I am, because I enjoyed the hell out of Defend Yourself.

Hm. I just see two phases, really: early lo-fi period and then the rest. I guess the production varies, but I don't think the composition or playing does. I'm usually hard pressed to say which song is which album. But I can see how people like the bulk of their stuff, especially if I consider the warm associative memories which often accompany the listening.

I have never been very much in Sebadoh or Lou Barlow, but Dumb Numbers-album is quite good. This is still the greatest song to me that came year 2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GABWRSV4saE

Yeah qotsa rules

That album is great.

But i have sebadoh on fire in my head still...

The Mollusk is my fav Ween album for sure.

Folk Implosion's One Part Lullaby is my fav of theirs. Fucking "Mechanical Man."