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It's the best commercial album since Dirty, if not Goo. It's built around more traditional rock 'n' roll song structures. Like I've said in another thread, comparing Rather Ripped to Murray St. and Sonic Nurse is like comparing Goo or Dirty to Sister and Daydream Nation (or Experimental Jet Set to A Thousand Leaves and NYC Ghosts & Flowers, for that matter).
Frankly, in my 18 or so years of listening, I've never encountered a new SY record that was disappointing. The first thing I learned about SY is that there are so many strands and nuances to their music that you have to be prepared for literally anything. The fact that they could release Master-Dik, Daydream Nation, the Ciccone Youth Whitey Album and Goo back to back to back to back demonstrated this for me from Day One, and primed me for anything they can come up with. What's next? An electronic dance album? Acoustic vocal jazz? Black metal? Inuit throat-singing? "Sundays...holidays...vacation time--we must be ready every day, all the time.... You may be in your schoolyard, playing, when the signal comes. That sound means for you to drop whatever you're doing and get to the nearest safe place fast. Quick! Duck and cover!"
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