I just heard Rather Ripped for the first time

EyeballGrowth · 03.28.2009, 12:08 PM

I didn't enjoy the entire thing but what I did enjoy blew me away. Reena, Jams Run Free, Helen Lundeberg, Pink Steam, Or. Those songs are better than anything I've heard on Murray Street or Sonic Nurse. Anyone else just recently hear it?

summer · 03.28.2009, 12:30 PM

All the love for Pink Steam bugs me. Yeah I liked it at first too but it gets pretty boring. The only bad song on it is What a Waste and even then it isn't entirely awful. I'd still take Sonic Nurse over Rather Ripped though.

EyeballGrowth · 03.28.2009, 12:36 PM

Pink Steam is an excellent Sonic Youth song. I understand though, sometimes I get sick of really good songs

joe11121 · 03.28.2009, 11:12 PM

I liked this album. Some wasn't that great though. The songs I really liked are Incinerate, Jams Run Free, Pink Steam, + Reena.

This Is Not Here · 03.29.2009, 12:42 AM

Outrageous claim:

Whilst Rather Ripped would never make it into my top 5 SY albums, Helen Lundeburg and Eyeliner are the best tracks they have released in the past 10 years.

fugazifan · 03.29.2009, 01:02 AM

my RR did come with the bonus tracks, i DLed them and thought that they were boring.
jams run free, reena, pink steam, incinerate FTW

vulva · 03.29.2009, 01:14 AM

I like it better than I like EVOL, suck it.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 03.29.2009, 02:26 AM

Jams Run Free is the best song on there, hands down.

And Sleepin' Around is the worst

barnaclelapse · 03.29.2009, 09:38 AM

I still maintain that it's a good album.

Not their best, but certainly not the Antichrist of quality some people have claimed it to be.

samuel · 03.29.2009, 10:47 AM

Upon first listen, I really liked Rather Ripped. I don't find myself listening to it much anymore. "Or" is my favorite track.

demonrail666 · 03.29.2009, 10:59 AM

'Or' is probably the only track on that album I (quite) like. As an album I really don't see how RR can be considered anything other than a failure. I can honestly say that had it been my first encounter with SY I'd not have bothered to explore them any further. The same with Sonic Nurse.

Inhuman · 03.29.2009, 11:16 AM

I found Or was a bore. Pink Steam & Helen Lundeberg FTW

Danny Himself · 03.29.2009, 11:34 AM

The cover art has to be worst of all Sonic albums, for sure.

Kim's songs on this album are some of her best, no doubt, but Thurston needs to be slapped silly for 'Lights Out', 'Do You Believe In Rapture?', 'Incinerate' and 'Pink Steam'. Completely boring music and lyrics that didn't need to be recorded. He sort of atoned for this with the amazing work on the Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner 7".

I suppose it was worth buying for 'Rats'.

Green_mind · 03.29.2009, 11:57 AM

Eyeliner has to be my least favourite track, too in yr face.

joe11121 · 03.29.2009, 03:12 PM

I hated the bonus tracks.

amerikangod · 03.29.2009, 04:30 PM

'Incenerate' and 'Reena' are fun but unspecial within their catalogue, 'What a Waste' and 'Sleepin' Around' are tracks I immediately skip with quite a bit of distaste, 'Lights Out' and 'The Neutral' are just boring to me, as is the majority of 'Turquoise Boy,' 'Rats' I'm not a fan of and this is the first time that a Lee song hasn't been one of the best on the album, and I completely hate 'Or.'

The only tracks I'd say are memorable within their catalogue are 'Pink Steam,' 'Jams Run Free,' and 'Do You Believe in Rapture?' And 'Do You Believe in Rapture?' is the only song on the album that I felt displayed a positive creative step forwards.

That said, one of the things I love about Sonic Youth is that there is very little consensus on what's their best work and everyone has their own favorites. In addition, they've never given me any reason to worry about them as a band. They basically just do what they want, and even if I'm not a fan of a particular album I know it's not a permanent trend... they always eventually follow up with another great one. And, while I'm loving that particular album, I'm sure someone else is poo-pooing it.

ruben · 03.29.2009, 04:47 PM

Quote:

had it been my first encounter with SY I'd not have bothered to explore them any further. The same with Sonic Nurse.

Que?

Anyway, don't we have already enough "I love/hate Rather Ripped"- topics?

atsonicpark · 03.29.2009, 04:59 PM

haha, antichrist of quality.

noisereductions · 03.29.2009, 05:12 PM

I like "Eyeliner."

atsonicpark · 03.29.2009, 05:23 PM

I don't really remember this album anymore. I blocked it out of my mind.

03.28.2009, 12:08 PM	#1
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	I didn't enjoy the entire thing but what I did enjoy blew me away. Reena, Jams Run Free, Helen Lundeberg, Pink Steam, Or. Those songs are better than anything I've heard on Murray Street or Sonic Nurse. Anyone else just recently hear it?
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03.28.2009, 12:30 PM	#2
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	All the love for Pink Steam bugs me. Yeah I liked it at first too but it gets pretty boring. The only bad song on it is What a Waste and even then it isn't entirely awful. I'd still take Sonic Nurse over Rather Ripped though.
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03.28.2009, 12:36 PM	#3
EyeballGrowth the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 992	Pink Steam is an excellent Sonic Youth song. I understand though, sometimes I get sick of really good songs
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03.28.2009, 11:12 PM	#4
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	I liked this album. Some wasn't that great though. The songs I really liked are Incinerate, Jams Run Free, Pink Steam, + Reena.
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03.29.2009, 12:42 AM	#5
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	Outrageous claim: Whilst Rather Ripped would never make it into my top 5 SY albums, Helen Lundeburg and Eyeliner are the best tracks they have released in the past 10 years. __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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03.29.2009, 01:02 AM	#6
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	my RR did come with the bonus tracks, i DLed them and thought that they were boring. jams run free, reena, pink steam, incinerate FTW __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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03.29.2009, 01:14 AM	#7
vulva the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,041	I like it better than I like EVOL, suck it.
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03.29.2009, 02:26 AM	#8
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Jams Run Free is the best song on there, hands down. And Sleepin' Around is the worst
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03.29.2009, 09:38 AM	#9
barnaclelapse the destroyed room Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Waverly, Virginia Posts: 577	I still maintain that it's a good album. Not their best, but certainly not the Antichrist of quality some people have claimed it to be.
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03.29.2009, 10:47 AM	#10
samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,174	Upon first listen, I really liked Rather Ripped. I don't find myself listening to it much anymore. "Or" is my favorite track.
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03.29.2009, 10:59 AM	#11
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	'Or' is probably the only track on that album I (quite) like. As an album I really don't see how RR can be considered anything other than a failure. I can honestly say that had it been my first encounter with SY I'd not have bothered to explore them any further. The same with Sonic Nurse.
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03.29.2009, 11:16 AM	#12
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	I found Or was a bore. Pink Steam & Helen Lundeberg FTW __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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03.29.2009, 11:34 AM	#13
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	The cover art has to be worst of all Sonic albums, for sure. Kim's songs on this album are some of her best, no doubt, but Thurston needs to be slapped silly for 'Lights Out', 'Do You Believe In Rapture?', 'Incinerate' and 'Pink Steam'. Completely boring music and lyrics that didn't need to be recorded. He sort of atoned for this with the amazing work on the Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner 7". I suppose it was worth buying for 'Rats'.
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03.29.2009, 11:57 AM	#14
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	Eyeliner has to be my least favourite track, too in yr face.
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03.29.2009, 03:12 PM	#15
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	I hated the bonus tracks.
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03.29.2009, 04:30 PM	#16
amerikangod invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,761	'Incenerate' and 'Reena' are fun but unspecial within their catalogue, 'What a Waste' and 'Sleepin' Around' are tracks I immediately skip with quite a bit of distaste, 'Lights Out' and 'The Neutral' are just boring to me, as is the majority of 'Turquoise Boy,' 'Rats' I'm not a fan of and this is the first time that a Lee song hasn't been one of the best on the album, and I completely hate 'Or.' The only tracks I'd say are memorable within their catalogue are 'Pink Steam,' 'Jams Run Free,' and 'Do You Believe in Rapture?' And 'Do You Believe in Rapture?' is the only song on the album that I felt displayed a positive creative step forwards. That said, one of the things I love about Sonic Youth is that there is very little consensus on what's their best work and everyone has their own favorites. In addition, they've never given me any reason to worry about them as a band. They basically just do what they want, and even if I'm not a fan of a particular album I know it's not a permanent trend... they always eventually follow up with another great one. And, while I'm loving that particular album, I'm sure someone else is poo-pooing it. __________________
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03.29.2009, 04:59 PM	#18
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	haha, antichrist of quality. __________________
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I like "Eyeliner." __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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03.29.2009, 05:23 PM	#20
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I don't really remember this album anymore. I blocked it out of my mind. __________________
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