This is one of the "common truths" in R´n´r-world. And I think many keep saying that "truth" even they´re never heard those after exile albums. And I bet nobody here in SYG except me has listened Voodoo lounge and Bridges to Babylon entirely. My opinion is that they´re better than most of the albums that was made in nineties.

I've been enjoying the horrors alot recently. The nme suck them off bigtime so im bound to get shit for that

You'd be wrong there. ;)

You'd be wrong there. ;)

Every facet of my musical taste annoys someone to some degree. Its Almost like this is a redundant question... anyway, heres Mike and the Mechanics to restore you to equilibrium

Not utterly, but largely. Its bulkily shite.

Jet Set is so not shit. It's a fantastic album. When you really break it down, there isn't a single pockmark on it. It is not SY's best but my god, it actually changed my life more than any of their others.

Like a lot of people here (sounds like, anyway), ETJSTANS was the first SY album I was exposed to. So it forever shaped my outlook of the band, and that outlook is based on that album and its ferocity and weirdness. at first I thought SY was a Beck-type band... then I was exposed to the real world of sy but it all started with EJS.

"Sweet Shine" is one of the best sy songs on record ever. I love it. And we all remember 'bull in the heather" creeping onto mtv late at night! EJS was my introdution to the whole thing, and will always be special to me.

Truth! Actually, it's not my favorite Kim song at all, but it's totally up there among both SY overall and Kim tunes. Not as good as Sympathy for the Strawberry though.

I personally wouldn't go that far, but it's evident that you think so highly of it because it was your introduction. I wasn't trying to insinuate that it's amazing or anything, just really fun to listen to every once in a while. Has two of my favorite SY songs (Bull in the Heather and Skink). It is weird to hear how they incorporated a sort of "pop" style with some of the elements of their previous work. I still haven't gotten into dirty... but it's probably the only one I haven't heard many times. just an odd phase for the band and I understand completely why majority of their fan base dislikes it. I guess I'm just one of the few. Another I really like is the self titled release. That one really stands out as well. It has perplexed me quite a bit that I've hardly seen it mentioned around here.

Jet-set is my least favourite SY-album. But it´s still one of the 20 best albums of the nineties in my opinion. I was very disappointed when it came, but I have learned to love it later.

The first album is just great, very unique in SY-albums. I love it immediately when I heard it. And Dirty is also just great!!! It was third SY-album I heard. When I heard 100% first time, I thought had they gone into some kind of Nirvana-style. I was still a little bit unsure with Swimsuit, but then came Theresa and I knew this is the band I love.

Dirty is great!! I really don't understand all the hatred surrounding it. SY did grunge better than any of the grunge bands. "100%" is like the perfect grunge song... It was a time-piece. A product of an era. The 120 minutes era.

Plus, the second half of Dirty is flawless. There's some absolutely great jamming on that album. Everyone else in '91 was jamming Jane's Addiction style- major chords and pseudo-metal shredding... SY was doing their own thing while at the same time making the best product out there.

Dirty is three times the record Nevermind is.

I also love the s/t debut. It's got a great sound to it, and has a few of my favorite tracks. "Burning Spear"... what a great intro for the band! I wish they'd incorporated more of that dub/reggae influence into their later work, but I guess shifting drummers made that tough.

Am I the only one here who unabashedly loves every single album SY has ever done?

nah

yeah, that's ridiculous

i'd listen to dirty over nevermind any day of the week

nevermind obviously had a bigger impact on the world, but 20 odd years later dirty sounds soooo much better than nevermind

It's ridiculous you are putting those records one against the other. And useless, like most things you lot say.

Comparisons are odious.

No. I do too...

I don't. I love a lot of them. Some I only like, but at least there are none I dislike.

I tend to find the stuff post-Dirty to be a little boring.

Ooh touched a nerve! ;)

Of course it's ridiculous, you stick-in-the-mud... and as useless as any comparison. But I did it, and that's that so lighten up.

Besides, they're both Butch Vig recordings of semi-similar bands making a break for pop success. Nevermind doesn't sound anywhere near as good as Dirty, though it is a freaking monolith.