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Originally Posted by Feelyat
Eh. They're about the same.
Washing Machine:
- the split-up parts of "Becuz," with the unlisted 9th track being the song's coda, 8 tracks later.
- the first time Kim picked up the guitar and they recorded as a 3 guitar / no bass band.
- their only record made outside of New York City.
- the last 10 minutes of "The Diamond Sea"
- Thurston and Lee dueting on "Unwind"
- the two distinct parts of "Washing Machine"
A Thousand Leaves:
- first record made in their own studio
- "Contre Le Sexisme"
- those freakout noise bits in "Karen Koletrane" and its weirdo tape-fucking-up ending.
- the patience-trying extended guitarinterplay that makes up most of "Hits of Sunshine"
- this feeling I have that "Heather Angel" is barely a song
- that whole thing about how they took the whole end portion (the better portion, if you ask me) of "Female Mechanic" from their recording at Live on West 54th or whatever that show was called.
The band tries to experiment on every single record, I think. That's why we love them. Similar lists can be made for every one of their records.
This has nothing to do with anything, but I always thought the Lee songs on Washing Machine and A Thousand Leaves were his absolute best.
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A Thousand Leaves is probably the more challenging in terms of sound, but overall I reckon feelyat's got it about right here.