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EVOL 33 42.31%
Sister 25 32.05%
Daydream Nation 20 25.64%
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Old 08.01.2009, 10:16 AM   #1
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EVOL never did much for me; it's got some really great songs on it, but it seems much more inconsistent than Sister and DDN.
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Old 08.01.2009, 10:18 AM   #2
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Old 08.01.2009, 10:24 AM   #3
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so hard! I'll have to go with sister I think. But those three are all of such high quality from start to finish.
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Old 08.01.2009, 10:27 AM   #4
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I don't enjoy EVOL much, except Marilyn Moore.
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Old 08.01.2009, 10:46 AM   #5
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EVOL has some really minor off spots, but it's sill very near a perfect album for me.
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Old 08.01.2009, 10:56 AM   #6
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can't understand why daydream nation is interesting.
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Old 08.01.2009, 11:17 AM   #7
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I didn't want to...but I voted Sister.
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Old 08.01.2009, 11:46 AM   #8
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as much as i like it, sister.
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Old 08.01.2009, 11:50 AM   #9
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I voted Daydream Nation. I like the album, just not as much as Sister or EVOL
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Old 08.01.2009, 12:01 PM   #10
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I'm going with Sister on this one. aside from Schiz, Catholic Block, SS, and White Kross, the songs really don't work for me. EVOL, while lacking AMAZING!, standout songs, is a solid album when taken as a whole.
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Old 08.01.2009, 12:02 PM   #11
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Sister I think ... but somehow I can't bring myself to vote. It just seems so wrong,
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Old 08.01.2009, 12:03 PM   #12
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Evol is my favorite of the three. While Bad Moon Rising is my favorite Sonic Youth album hands down (my favorite music album hands down, actually!) I really was impressed by the group for doing something completely different as a follow up. Sister is the "Sister" album to Evol, and Daydream Nation is a solidifying of that direction.

I hate voting for "least favorite" things though. Such a silly way to look at great art. Which is worse Guernica or Blue Nude? I prefer to focus on favorites rather than dwelling on what I "don't like as much."
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Old 08.01.2009, 12:32 PM   #13
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Daydream Nation. BMR through Sister is my favorite run of albums from anybody, and I don't see why Daydream is supposedly so much better.
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Old 08.01.2009, 12:59 PM   #14
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Sister probably, though it's really fucking awesome. EVOL is their best album and Daydream Nation could be a little bit more perfect than Sister. But it's hard.
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Old 08.01.2009, 01:23 PM   #15
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daydreaming days in a daydream nation. I think it's one of my least-listened to SY albums.
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Old 08.01.2009, 02:08 PM   #16
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Sadly, I voted for Sister. I love all 3, DDN is my favourite.
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Old 08.01.2009, 02:14 PM   #17
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Daydream Nation. BMR through Sister is my favorite run of albums from anybody, and I don't see why Daydream is supposedly so much better.

DDN has the best lyrics of, well, any SY release in my opinion. There's a thematic consistency and a poetic, insightful beauty that's rare, not only for SY, but in rock music in general.
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Old 08.01.2009, 02:16 PM   #18
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Sister because it actually has one or two songs I don't like.
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Old 08.01.2009, 02:47 PM   #19
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evol. sister has pipeline on it, and that is one of my favorite songs. i cant vote for sister solely on that fact.
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Old 08.01.2009, 05:21 PM   #20
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i voted for evol. reluctantly.
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