This was the first album of theirs I heard, because it was the only sonic youth album they had at the library. I was ten years old.
And I loved it from the start. I had heard sonic youth be described as "weird" music, and the album fit the image I had of them in my head.
Their other albums don't even come close to the experimentation shown on this album. If I had heard them first I might have written them off.
P.S - except for pink steam and jams run free, Rather Ripped is a suck fest
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