Sonic Youth - Sister
Ramones - It's Alive/Ramones/Rocket To Russia

Yes, of all SY records, I think it is my favorite.

Sonic Youth - EVOL

evol id say is probably the youth record that i think is their most consistenly excellent, but then again expressway to yr skull is easily one of the best songs ever created. actually, s/t, confusion is sex, badmoon rising, evol, sister, daydream nation is the most incredibly perfect evolution of records of any band ever. i mean, starting off as this totally dissonant, no wave influence, noise punk band, and then evolving all the way to daydream nation, which is among that small elite group of records that perfectly pair pop song accesibility with avant garde experimentation and feedback. i havnt loveed any post 80 youth record as much as any of these, though murray street and nyc ghosts anf floweers come close, but just because of those records from the 80's, they will always been one of my favorite bands.

You're almost right, too bad "Bubblegum" is a throwaway compared to the rest of the tracks.

Some of us didn't get the CD re-issue, and thus cannot agree with the above. See also The Birthday Party's Junkyard, which is ruined in the re-issues, to my ears.

why does everyone hate bubblegum?

Pixies- Come on Pilgrim

The Beatles-The Magical Mystery Tour

cause it's a throwaway

Uhh Bubblegum is horrible. So unnecessary

you fucking people are out of your heads

I really like Bubblegum.

kim fowley (the man who wrote bubblegum) = genius

I just listened to EVOL, and now Death To Our Friends, Secret Girls and Marilyn Moore sound good to me, so I'll say EVOL.

I maintain my opinion

Einstuerzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
All of the songs are really good, except for the title track and Das Schaben (which I think is only a bonus track anyway).

Death & The Maiden:
Thanks for reminding me that I do NOT have the most obscure taste of all 16 year olds in Sydney. Lucky bastard!

I'm not actually located in Sydney, so you might still hold that title. And I'm not 16 yet (I will be in 9 days though).

Camden is considered part of Sydney. If not, it will be soon. I lolled when I saw the article on the news where half your town gathered to oppose the building of the Islamic school.

Anyhoo, I have dibsies on the birthday thread in 9 days.

Suicide-Suicide

I can't name a bad song as such on that one. The name of this thread makes it a little difficult to think of albums that accomplish the task.

Too many records have tracks that take second or third best status but get dragged along by the better ones. Maybe albums by Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Keiji Haino, Birchville Cat Motel etc are nearer that target because of the free-form nature of what's in them, who knows? I find it difficult to think of a perfect record because of the format in question.