04.28.2020, 02:55 AM | #1 |
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Here's the challenge: create a best-of collection like Rhino used to. 25 songs, but it doesn't have to fit on an actual CD.
Rules: 1. Main albums only, so no B-sides (which will exclude my favorite SY track and the origin of my username), SYR, or tracks created for special purposes (like soundtracks, which will exclude one of my favorite SY mood pieces, "Blink"). EP tracks are OK, as most of those songs got included as part of reissues. 2. This is a Sonic Youth ONLY collection, so no collaborations or solo releases. Guidelines: 1. You can go chronologically or arrange it like an album. 2. They made 13 main albums, so that gives a little leeway on how many tracks to include from each album, but you don't have to include something from every album if you don't want to. I'll start: 1. (She's In A) Bad Mood 2. Brave Men Run 3. Death Valley '69 4. Expressway to Yr Skull 5. Stereo Sanctity 6. Pipeline/Kill Time 7. Kotton Krown 8. Silver Rocket 9. Cross the Breeze 10. Eric's Trip 11. Kool Thing 12. 100% 13. Bull in the Heather 14. Androgynous Mind 15. Junkie's Promise 16. The Diamond Sea 17. Sunday 18. Free City Rhymes 19. Nevermind (What Was It Anyway) 20. Rain on Tin 21. Karen Revisited 22. Pattern Recognition 23. Rats 24. No Way 25. Massage the History
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04.28.2020, 03:25 AM | #2 |
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CONFUSION IS BAD MOON SPINNING IN WASHING MACHINE VOL.1
1. Brother James 2. Brave Men Run (In My Family) 3. I Love Her All The Time 4. I'm Insane 5. Death Valley '69 6. Halloween 7. Pacific Coast Highway 8. Stereo Sanctity 9. Master-Dik (EP version) 10. 'Cross The Breeze 11. Providence 12. Rain King 13. Eliminator Jr. 14. Kool Thing 15. Mote 16. Disappearer 17. SCooter + Jinx 18. Green Light 19. Starpower 20. Death To Our Friends 21. Starfield Road 22. Washing Machine 23. Junkie's Promise b0nu5 tr4x 24. Titanium Expose 25. Expwy To Yr. Skull CONFUSION IS BAD MOON SPINNING IN WASHING MACHINE VOL.2 1. Marilyn Moore 2. Screaming Skull 3. Shoot 4. Purr 5. The Burning Spear 6. INNNNNHHUUUUUUUMAAAAAAAANNN 7. Wildflower Soul 8. French Tickler 9. Hits Of Sunshine 10. Nevermind (What Was It Anyway) 11. Karen Revisited 12. Panty Lies 13. Pattern Recognition 14. Stones 15. Dripping Dream 16. New Hampshire 17. I Love You Golden Blue 18. Antenna 19. No Way 20. High Mesa 21. Theme 1 Take 4 22. Wolf 23. NYC Ghosts & Flowers b0nu5 tr4x 24. Snare Girl 25. Peace Attack i will do like some liner notes later or smthn. maybe a cover too |
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04.28.2020, 07:27 AM | #3 |
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That's a herculean task. And subject to personal preference, hence much debate.
And it would be tough to pick out single tracks off BMR due to the seemless structure courtesy of the segues. |
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04.28.2020, 08:05 AM | #4 |
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I will not make a top 25 of favorite SY songs without Anagrama! That's blasphemy
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04.28.2020, 10:06 AM | #5 |
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01. The Sprawl
02. Theresa's Sound-World 03. I Love Her All the Time 04. Kotton Krown 05. Stereo Sanctity 06. Washing Machine 07. Beauty Lies in the Eye 08. Karen Koltrane 09. Starpower 10. Confusion Is Next 11. Early American 12. Brother James 13. Brave Men Run (In My Family) 14. Free City Rhymes 15. Rain King 16. Death to Our Friends 17. Halloween 18. Titanium Exposé 19. No Queen Blues 20. Shaking Hell 21. Hyperstation 22. The Good and the Bad 23. Tuck n Dar 24. Expressway to Yr. Skull 25. On the Strip |
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04.28.2020, 12:57 PM | #6 | ||
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The idea is to structure it in the same way as a typical "Greatest Hits" collection to give someone new to the band a taste of their overall sound. Anything beyond that would be overwhelming to the uninitiated. I included "The Diamond Sea", but I'm thinking of the shortened single edit. Sacrifices will need to be made. I originally included "Halloween", "Kill Yr Idols" and more tracks off EVOL, but I started running out of room for the later albums. Since I am a "rock guy" at heart, I wanted to include more tracks off Goo and Dirty, but I felt just having "Kool Thing" and "100%" represented their "hard alternative rock" phase well enough. I also ended up under-representing A Thousand Leaves and NYC Ghosts & Flowers since I have yet to get copies of those albums and have only heard a handful of tracks off them. Quote:
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04.28.2020, 11:04 PM | #7 |
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I think the title of mine would be something like
Eternal, Daydream Sister, Confusion, and No Star |
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