Made In USA...underated album?

Washing Machine · 03.26.2007, 06:42 PM

I love the 'Made in USA' soundtrack, It incapulates everything thats great about SY's 1980's output. I would certainly put it in my top 5 favourite SY records. In many ways I think its actually a bit better than EVOL. It hardly ever gets mentioned so I thought I would start a thread to show the record some love...

zedius · 03.26.2007, 07:33 PM

I picked it up, and listened to it twice. I like that one song with lyrics. I'd like to give it another shot, because if anyone would put it in their top 5 then I am missing something.

Chris Lawrence · 03.26.2007, 08:09 PM

greatest fuckin' record every made by anyone, ever. perfect 'sister record' to evol.

RdTv · 03.26.2007, 08:46 PM

Definetly like it and Washine Machine is right, its one of those that gets overlooked as well as Silver Sessions. Both of which are ace and deserve more exposure to our ears.

val-holla-ing · 03.26.2007, 09:36 PM

that's the only album i haven't heard or own. i can't find a copy of it in stores and searching for SY stuff on ebay is a total pain.

hirsute_biped · 03.26.2007, 11:59 PM

i like the instrumentals a lot, good mellow space huzz ("moon in the bathroom", etc...) very good for transitional interludes on mixtapes, as i have said before. not unlike thurston's score for "heavey".

also, i want to get a little cactus and affix it to the dashboard of my truck like the pic from the album sleeve (i have vinyl version). i dunno if it's a still from the film, of the SY tour van of the era, or what, but i imagine its kind of like taking a bit of death valley with you wherever you go...

SY on RHINO!

p.s. the specially printed plastic sleeve is getting brittle, and maybe even shrinking as i can't easily get the record inside it anymore. now they both live inside another bigger plastic sleeve, wedged between the self titled EP reissue and the goo reissue. i need to get more SY on vinyl... i degress...

Protectmeyou · 03.27.2007, 04:41 AM

excellent record, but top 5? no....

Washing Machine · 03.28.2007, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Lawrence

greatest fuckin' record every made by anyone, ever. perfect 'sister record' to evol.

Exactly, I really miss the era of Sonic Youth doing road music

Bal · 03.28.2007, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Washing Machine

Exactly, I really miss the era of Sonic Youth doing road music

i couldnt have said it better myself!!!

_slavo_ · 03.28.2007, 04:56 AM

I don't like that album that much. Yeah, Secret Girls is wonderful and belongs to my Sonic Youth TOP Three song list, but it's on EVOL anyway.

Washing Machine · 03.28.2007, 06:22 AM

Someone said that the EVOL era sounds really dated, but thats what I love about it I think. As good as Sonic Youth's new music is, I dont think they write 'mood music' anymore, music that sets up strong images in your head. If you close you're eyes to EVOL or Made In USA you could easily be driving across the country at midnight.

GrungeMonkey · 03.28.2007, 07:57 AM

I always found Bad Moon Rising to have more of that atmospheric road music feel to it than EVOL... Both albums are great though.

deathbyfeedback · 03.28.2007, 09:02 AM

i really like it.well 80% of it.

screamingskull · 03.28.2007, 03:34 PM

i would LOVE for sonic youth to put out another album like Made In USA, i'm really getting into the whitey album at the moment too.

Danny Himself · 03.28.2007, 05:31 PM

The Whitey Album rules, but not as much as Master-Dik. We're Ciccone! Chuh chuh chuh chuh ciccone!

something · 03.28.2007, 05:32 PM

the only time i got to hear was a few years back me and my exgirlfriend found a copy of it at a used/rare record store she kept it when we broke up yarghh i say yargh

Washing Machine · 03.28.2007, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by screamingskull

i would LOVE for sonic youth to put out another album like Made In USA, i'm really getting into the whitey album at the moment too.

Me too! I always wanted SY to release another electronically influenced record, kinda like that Kim Gordon SYR record.

Jt · 03.28.2007, 06:43 PM

The Whitey Album... Christ, isn't it brilliant? I love those almost krautrock-style instrumentals they have on there. Macbeth, Platoon II, Children Of Satan/Third Fig... righteous. Not to mention the covers.

I like a lot of Made In USA but I find it's too compromising, like... it doesn't really pursue any direction. It just sits there. Tuck N Dar's cool, mind.

Washing Machine · 03.28.2007, 06:55 PM

Yeah I love Tuck N Dar. The music probebly worked really well with the original cut of the film though....which I have yet to see. Its almost impossible to get a hold of.

atsonicpark · 03.30.2007, 10:19 AM

it's sonic youth's best.

03.26.2007, 06:42 PM	#1
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	I love the 'Made in USA' soundtrack, It incapulates everything thats great about SY's 1980's output. I would certainly put it in my top 5 favourite SY records. In many ways I think its actually a bit better than EVOL. It hardly ever gets mentioned so I thought I would start a thread to show the record some love... __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.26.2007, 07:33 PM	#2
zedius children of satan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Victoria, B.C. Posts: 260	I picked it up, and listened to it twice. I like that one song with lyrics. I'd like to give it another shot, because if anyone would put it in their top 5 then I am missing something. __________________ Do you believe in raptors?
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03.26.2007, 08:09 PM	#3
Chris Lawrence Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: southwest canada Posts: 1,883	greatest fuckin' record every made by anyone, ever. perfect 'sister record' to evol. __________________ http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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03.26.2007, 08:46 PM	#4
RdTv invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lexington,KY USA Posts: 2,512	Definetly like it and Washine Machine is right, its one of those that gets overlooked as well as Silver Sessions. Both of which are ace and deserve more exposure to our ears.
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03.26.2007, 09:36 PM	#5
val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	that's the only album i haven't heard or own. i can't find a copy of it in stores and searching for SY stuff on ebay is a total pain. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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03.26.2007, 11:59 PM	#6
hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,165	i like the instrumentals a lot, good mellow space huzz ("moon in the bathroom", etc...) very good for transitional interludes on mixtapes, as i have said before. not unlike thurston's score for "heavey". also, i want to get a little cactus and affix it to the dashboard of my truck like the pic from the album sleeve (i have vinyl version). i dunno if it's a still from the film, of the SY tour van of the era, or what, but i imagine its kind of like taking a bit of death valley with you wherever you go... SY on RHINO! p.s. the specially printed plastic sleeve is getting brittle, and maybe even shrinking as i can't easily get the record inside it anymore. now they both live inside another bigger plastic sleeve, wedged between the self titled EP reissue and the goo reissue. i need to get more SY on vinyl... i degress...
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03.27.2007, 04:41 AM	#7
Protectmeyou bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne Posts: 220	excellent record, but top 5? no....
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03.28.2007, 04:56 AM	#10
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	I don't like that album that much. Yeah, Secret Girls is wonderful and belongs to my Sonic Youth TOP Three song list, but it's on EVOL anyway. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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03.28.2007, 06:22 AM	#11
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Someone said that the EVOL era sounds really dated, but thats what I love about it I think. As good as Sonic Youth's new music is, I dont think they write 'mood music' anymore, music that sets up strong images in your head. If you close you're eyes to EVOL or Made In USA you could easily be driving across the country at midnight. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.28.2007, 07:57 AM	#12
GrungeMonkey 100% Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Huddersfield, England Posts: 670	I always found Bad Moon Rising to have more of that atmospheric road music feel to it than EVOL... Both albums are great though.
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03.28.2007, 09:02 AM	#13
deathbyfeedback bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 125	i really like it.well 80% of it.
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03.28.2007, 03:34 PM	#14
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	i would LOVE for sonic youth to put out another album like Made In USA, i'm really getting into the whitey album at the moment too.
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03.28.2007, 05:31 PM	#15
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	The Whitey Album rules, but not as much as Master-Dik. We're Ciccone! Chuh chuh chuh chuh ciccone!
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03.28.2007, 05:32 PM	#16
something bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Location: i live in the desert where nobody goes Posts: 234	the only time i got to hear was a few years back me and my exgirlfriend found a copy of it at a used/rare record store she kept it when we broke up yarghh i say yargh __________________ i'll ride off into the sunset of yr colour T.V. http://www.myspace.com/usedtoaster
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03.28.2007, 06:43 PM	#18
Jt children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 345	The Whitey Album... Christ, isn't it brilliant? I love those almost krautrock-style instrumentals they have on there. Macbeth, Platoon II, Children Of Satan/Third Fig... righteous. Not to mention the covers. I like a lot of Made In USA but I find it's too compromising, like... it doesn't really pursue any direction. It just sits there. Tuck N Dar's cool, mind. __________________ Album of the Week: Pylon Gyrate 1980
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03.28.2007, 06:55 PM	#19
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Yeah I love Tuck N Dar. The music probebly worked really well with the original cut of the film though....which I have yet to see. Its almost impossible to get a hold of. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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03.30.2007, 10:19 AM	#20
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	it's sonic youth's best. __________________
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