Best Layered SY Album (gets better, more discoveries with repeat plays)
 

I was just curious about this. It seems like sonic youth put a lot of ideas into their songs and initially you might only hear the obvious parts of the song while missing out on other parts.I love how I can keep coming back and discovering new things on Sonic Youth's records.

I recently decided to replay Sonic Nurse and noticed a bunch more stuff i didn't notice the first time around. The wah-wah in "new hampshire" , that heavly ambience at the start of "i love you golden blue". I finally started appreciating "dude ranch nurse" too.



Which record do you think has the most layers? Or talk about things you noticed on further listenings to SY albums you didnt catch the first time around.

yeah, i only recently discovered that thurston is singing as well on paper cup exit. nurse is a such a beautiful album.

same with bad moon rising.. it's a very rewarding album. but you need good headphones.

Sonic Nurse is one of their most underrated albums.
I personally think it's one of their best.

Hell, yes!

What?!
I'll check this ASAP!

Interesting, when I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought, "Well, for layered, I'd have to say Sonic Nurse." Even so, I'm actually mildly surprised there is such consensus agreement to it so far.

I don't know if it's underrated, because I know a lot of people who hadn't given the band the time of day in years who really like it, and even some people who never tried them before who do. It's certainly an awesome studio achievement, and though I'm actually finding that the songs on Rather Ripped are starting to stick with me the way the one's on Nurse did, obviously the older record had a lot more going on in terms of layers and levels of sound. I think O' Rourke had more to do with that than any of us seem to want to give him credit for, but I'm loathe to start that argument again. I remember from the live set that there were parts where he actually played guitar along with kim, so that there were four guitars and no bass.

Bad Moon Rising or Sonic Nurse.

It's a shame Nurse is so underrated...

I agree.

I noticed that layerthing in Murray Street too.

Murray Street and Sonic Nurse certainly, cause they are a five piece there, and here three guitar harmonies always brings something new to the ear

as a Four piece, i find alot of depth in Experimental Jet Set, I have been listening to it a bit lately, and it is alot more dissonant then i first thought it was when i heard it for the first time

ha! aint it funny. sonic youth seem to be a band that people take 3 years to appreciate albums. ive always love sonic nurse bu its had its fair share of detractos here.i supose sy are like a good wine in that sense......
to answer the question..... id say murray s or sonic nurse. rr less so. and also nyc g&f. anothr underated album!

My favorites are:
Sonic Nurse
Confusion is sex
Murray Street
NYC Ghosts And Flowers
well now that i think of it i cant say i dislike any of sonic youths albums. lol

..can i count the silver session in this thread???????????

Whats the silver session?

NYC Ghosts + Flowers totally.

Best sonic youth album ever.

Pitchfork is hilarious.

you really have to listen, but it's clear right around "one hell of a climb!" and the middle areas of the song.

possibly the finest sonic artyfact released!

http://sonicyouth.com/mustang/lp/ep45.html

love this record so much!

it's a pretty rad record.

i thought the folks on this board hated nurse. i think nurse is definitely one of the most layered. sure, 'dirty' kinda has that going on, but a lot of it is really obvious stuff that you can catch on the first go-round. it took me over a year to catch some of the pump organ stuff that happens on 'nurse' and even now i still have trouble picking up on it sometimes.

Bad Moon and DDN

um 1000 leaves?

1000 leaves definately...
i find that buying the records on vinyl and listening thru a good system really enlightens you to previously unheard sounds. i'm buying each album on vinyl, gradually building up a collection, and listening to each album on lp is certainly a new, interesting experience.
buying nurse next, who knows what hidden frequencys i will unearth!!