melack has the right idea!!!!

Sonic Yout EP - B
Confusion Is Sex - A
Bad Moon Rising - B+
EVOL - A+++
Sister - A+
Daydream Nation - A+
Goo - B+
Dirty - C
Experimental Jet Set - D
Washing Machine - B
A Thousand Leaves - A
NYC Ghosts & Flowers - B+
Murray Street - A+
Sonic Nurse - A
Rather Ripped - C+
The Eternal - B

T.V. Shit ep: A+++
Silver Sessions ep: A+

dang thats all i got.

Sonic Youth EP - A -
Confusion is Sex - A -
Bad Moon Rising - A -
EVOL - B -
Sister - B
Daydream Nation - B -
Goo - C -
Dirty - C -
EJTNS - B -
Washing Machine - C
A Thousand Leaves - A + + +
NYC Ghosts And Flowers - B -
Murray Street - B
Sonic Nurse - A +
Rather Ripped - F -
The Eternal - C

S/T - A
Confusion is Sex - B-
Bad Moon Rising - C
Evol - A+
Sister - A+
Ciccone Youth - B-
Daydream Nation - A+
Goo - B
Dirty - A
EJST&NS - B
Washing Machine - A-
A Thousand Leaves - A
NYC Ghosts & Flowers - D
Murray Street - A-
Sonic Nurse - B
Rather Ripped - D-
The Eternal - A-

Sonic Youth e.p - A
Confusion is Sex - A
Sonic Death - A
Bad Moon Rising - A
EVOL - A+
Sister - A+
Master Dik - A
Daydream Nation - A+
G00 - A+
Dirty Boots -ep - B
Dirty - A+
Experimental Jet Set - A
Made In USA - A+
Syr 1 - A+
Syr 2 - A+
Syr 3 - A+
a Thousand Lives - A+
Syr 4 - A
NYC Ghost and Flowers - A
Murray Street - A+
In the Fishtank - B
Sonic Nurse - A+
Rather Ripped - A+
Syr 7 - A+
the Eternal - A+

the closest. though ejstns is definetely an A+++ :-)

When I first heard "Experimental jet set" I was a little disappointed. Maybe because it´s very rock-oriented album and including not much that "sophisticated melodic Sonic-style", that I liked a lot. But when I´ve listened the album more, I have started to like it more. Also "NYC Ghost & Flowers" was disappointment at first, but now it has been as usual on my record player as the others!

In coincide I forgot "Whitey Album", "Washing Machine" and "The Destroyed Room" for the list. In my opinion these three are very very great albums and deserves also A + (that´s highest grade of mine : ))

And after my last post I noticed, that I had written " a thousand lives". Hope Sonic Youth members have thousand lives and make music also in their next lives! : )

NYC Ghosts A++++++++++

I much prefer albums being marked out of ten. It's so much simpler and less pretentious.

Sonic youth ep: B-
Confusion Is Sex: B
Bad Moon Rising: C
EVOL: A
Sister: A+
Daydream Nation: A+
Goo: B+
Dirty: B
EJTNS: B-
Washing Machine: A
A Thousand Leaves: B
NYC Ghosts And Flowers: C
Murray Street: A-
Sonic Nurse: A-
Rather Ripped, D+
The Eternal, B

i dont get it

are all these letters supposed to spell something out

Sonic youth A
Confusion Is Sex A
Bad Moon Rising A
EVOL A
Sister A
Daydream Nation A
Goo A
Dirty A
Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star A
Washing Machine A
A Thousand Leaves A
NYC Ghosts And Flowers A
Murray Street A
Sonic Nurse A
Rather Ripped A
The Eternal A

All I can say Melack is take your time enjoy an album for a few weeks or so before purchasing the next one. If I was to make a suggestion it would be an early album like Bad Moon Rising or EVOL.

The range of grades for Rather Ripped is incredible- from F to A+. I found this album to have a more conventional, straighforward sound, but you still hear the trademark blending of noise in Rapture, What a Waste, Turquoise Boy and so on. I would probably give it a B+ or so. I'm wondering why people either hate it or love it.

I think, it is quite usual, that everybody feel about some music, that it is irritable and some thinks that same music is delightful. I think it is important, that music makes you feel something, there is too much music nowadays, that doesn´t cause any reactions at least in my mind. I think "rather ripped" is not conventional, because that word makes me think about the music that is "nice and easy". I think "Rather ripped" is full of beatiful music. Of course it´s "conventional" if you compare it for example "NYC Ghost and flower" or "Goodbye 2000th Century".

Now I have gotten to know two more Sonic Youth albums! So my list is updated and now looks like this:

Sister A+
Daydream Nation A+
Goo A+
Dirty A
Washing Machine A

Of course, it's not 'conventional' in a general sense, but when you compare it to Sonic Nurse, I think Rather Ripped uses more conventional tuning and song structures.

on bmr the songs that standout and i love are Brave Men Run, I'm Insane, and Death Valley '69.