Say what you want about Rather Ripped

Kuhb · 11.24.2009, 11:10 PM

..but the actual drum sounds are awesome.

Sorry I was just cranking Pink Steam and was blown away by the snare.

Skuj · 11.24.2009, 11:51 PM

(For the millionth time) I'll never understand the general lack of love for Rather Ripped. It is an insanely consistently good album of "songwriting".

Chris Lawrence · 11.25.2009, 02:23 AM

Killer guitar tones, too. I find it has the same overall 'boxiness' as 'The Eternal' though, not to open that whole can of worms again...

I always enjoyed the album, but don't listen to it that often. I threw it on at work the other day and it's pretty much 'as good as I remembered'. Mostly upbeat, rockin' tunes with lots of pretty guitar and some great vocals, particularly Kim's. A few less-than-clever riffs here and there, unfortunately entire choruses for some songs, but it's a pretty solid record overall.

atsonicpark · 11.25.2009, 02:47 PM

It's very possible.

cagedbird · 11.25.2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by shirttail

Does any one else think Kim's vocals on this album sound like they were excessively pitch corrected (or "Auto-Tuned")?

Excuse my ignorance, what does corrected for pitch mean?

Jeremy · 11.25.2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cagedbird

Excuse my ignorance, what does corrected for pitch mean?

It pretty much means it's "tuned up" a little bit... So any off notes she sings are fixed a bit so they aren't as, well, off.

~Jeremy~

eternal · 11.25.2009, 05:57 PM

pink steam is one of my favourite songs ever. The bass is so simple, yet so perfect and is in pefect harmony with the guitars. My favourite part is the segment right before thurston starts singing...it is pure magic

Concrete Abutments · 11.25.2009, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by eternal

pink steam is one of my favourite songs ever. The bass is so simple, yet so perfect and is in pefect harmony with the guitars. My favourite part is the segment right before thurston starts singing...it is pure magic

Agreed. I have major major love for Pink Steam. And while it's never trashed as a track to avoid, I don't feel like it gets the love it deserves. I think it should be the LIVE staple for the next 7 years like Bull In The Heather was.

Sonic Life · 11.25.2009, 07:56 PM

Yeah I love this album. It's one of my favourite SY albums, in fact. I actually think that Incinerate is one of SY's best songs too. It's probably not as well loved as some of the bands other albums as it's more mainstream sounding.

Trasher02 · 11.25.2009, 08:00 PM

I didn't like it at first but I gave it a second try a couple of months ago. It's a good record, maybe not there best work, but a solid album to say the least. Probably their most experimental work so far, haha.

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Kuhb children of satan Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 338	..but the actual drum sounds are awesome. Sorry I was just cranking Pink Steam and was blown away by the snare.
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Skuj invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Location: See My Top 10. Posts: 2,825	(For the millionth time) I'll never understand the general lack of love for Rather Ripped. It is an insanely consistently good album of "songwriting". __________________ March 15th. June 15th. September 15th. December 15th.
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Chris Lawrence Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: southwest canada Posts: 1,892	Killer guitar tones, too. I find it has the same overall 'boxiness' as 'The Eternal' though, not to open that whole can of worms again... I always enjoyed the album, but don't listen to it that often. I threw it on at work the other day and it's pretty much 'as good as I remembered'. Mostly upbeat, rockin' tunes with lots of pretty guitar and some great vocals, particularly Kim's. A few less-than-clever riffs here and there, unfortunately entire choruses for some songs, but it's a pretty solid record overall. __________________ http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	It's very possible. __________________
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eternal bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 177	pink steam is one of my favourite songs ever. The bass is so simple, yet so perfect and is in pefect harmony with the guitars. My favourite part is the segment right before thurston starts singing...it is pure magic
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Sonic Life empty page Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 3	Yeah I love this album. It's one of my favourite SY albums, in fact. I actually think that Incinerate is one of SY's best songs too. It's probably not as well loved as some of the bands other albums as it's more mainstream sounding.
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	I didn't like it at first but I gave it a second try a couple of months ago. It's a good record, maybe not there best work, but a solid album to say the least. Probably their most experimental work so far, haha. __________________ 666
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