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Originally Posted by E. Noisefield
Jet Set is so not shit. It's a fantastic album. When you really break it down, there isn't a single pockmark on it. It is not SY's best but my god, it actually changed my life more than any of their others.
Like a lot of people here (sounds like, anyway), ETJSTANS was the first SY album I was exposed to. So it forever shaped my outlook of the band, and that outlook is based on that album and its ferocity and weirdness. at first I thought SY was a Beck-type band... then I was exposed to the real world of sy but it all started with EJS.
"Sweet Shine" is one of the best sy songs on record ever. I love it. And we all remember 'bull in the heather" creeping onto mtv late at night! EJS was my introdution to the whole thing, and will always be special to me.
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I personally wouldn't go that far, but it's evident that you think so highly of it because it was your introduction. I wasn't trying to insinuate that it's amazing or anything, just really fun to listen to every once in a while. Has two of my favorite SY songs (Bull in the Heather and Skink). It is weird to hear how they incorporated a sort of "pop" style with some of the elements of their previous work. I still haven't gotten into dirty... but it's probably the only one I haven't heard many times. just an odd phase for the band and I understand completely why majority of their fan base dislikes it. I guess I'm just one of the few. Another I really like is the self titled release. That one really stands out as well. It has perplexed me quite a bit that I've hardly seen it mentioned around here.