Sy Album grades
 

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

where did you study rock? harvard?

yes haha. I was just curious to see others opinions on SY albums.

thats simple: the eternal B, all the other A.

the only ones i really couldnt stand too much except like three songs is Bad Moon Rising and Rather Ripped.

yes, but these 3 songs are brilliant, so its still an A. The Eternal has only some "good" songs, so its B.

rather ripped A (keep up the good work...excellent.)
the eternal A (great summarization of previous ideas)

I think with the eternal, sounding to me better than rather ripped boosts the grade. cause on rather ripped i liked Incinerate, Pink Steam, and Or alot. on the eternal songs that were good were Thunderclap, Anti Orgasm, Sacred Trickster, What We Know, and No Way. to me both are almost on the same scale. Just everything on Rather Ripped was similiar. That being said Malibu Gas Station and Calming The Snake are similiar and so is Poison Arrow and Leaky Lifeboat are similiar. And seeing them play a RR set compared to an eternal set is a major differenece RR they play in a more calm mellow way. The Eternal you can tell by their enthusiasm that its way more energy packed.

i dont like many songs on rather ripped, but i love the production, it sounds very good. the eternal sounds crappy. reminds me of alice cooper ore something ... :-)

blah blah blah eternal sucked rather ripped sucked blah blah love washing machine bleeh typical sy fan..

I like them all, except maybe NYCGF. I'm going to pop Bad Moon Rising into the Discman before I go to bed. That's one of those love it or hate it albums. My local independent music store has it in the bargain bin for 7.99 right now.

bmr is good for early morality stances. i mean the song satan is boring is pretty theological if not intellectual. the fight is good? can you say god's imperial mission? anyway, in my family brave men run is lovely, dovetails beautifiully with the recent noise paintings, given the aesthetic purview of ed ruscha who originated the phrase and professes a basically cinematic influence on his work. the noise paintings are very similar. cinema ruleth. sonic youth rule. as for the others, i don't care that much right now. i am a snob because i am listening to the ultra obscure? neil michael hagerty and the howling hex.

BMR D+. I give you a D+

I also noticed how there weren't any A+'s..

All the ones I've got:

Confusion Is Sex: B
Bad Moon Rising: B
EVOL: A-
Sister: A
Daydream Nation: A+
Goo: A+
Dirty: B
Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star: B+
Washing Machine: C
Murray Street: C+
Sonic Nurse: C
Rather Ripped: C-
The Eternal: B+

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

This thread: F

Boo fucking hoo! This thread is like the only new thread in a few days. Quit your whining.

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

I'm a new Sonic Youth fan and have only 3 of their albums so far.

Daydream Nation - A+
Goo - A+
Dirty - A-

As you can see I have totally fallen in love with this band and is looking forward to discovering their whole catalog of work!

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.