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Originally Posted by Savage Clone
One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning is better than all of their "Soft Bulletin" and onward lite-symphonic saccharine rock music combined. I'm happy for their success and all, but the later half of their music makes my teeth hurt. This album rules. Plus I got it when it was new and my enjoyment had not yet been tainted by the sugary horrors yet to come.
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Hah. I used to feel that way too. Until around 03 I was completely unimpressed by anything after Hit To Death... (except for Zaireeka) and thought the hype surrounding Soft Bulletin was complete bullshit. I loved their first RP, Hear it Is, Telepathic Sugery, In a Priest Driven Ambulance, and Hit to Death was about as poppy as I ever wanted them to sound.
My first reaction to Race for the Prize: "are you fucking kidding me with this shit?"
It wasn't until I heard "Yoshimi... Pt. 2" that the "new" Lips started appealing to me at all. But that song's absurd heaviness and weirdness made me a believer again. They are weirder and heavier than ever. They just allowed their sound to adapt to the times. They couldn't keep playing what was weird in 1987 forever, because it would sound normal or even boring if they did that. Anyway, now I rank them pretty high ... Not Spiritualized or Sonic Youth high, mind you, but still high, in "ratio of awesome albums to length of career."
Still, Oh My Gawd is my least favorite of their albums.