Sister
Sonic Youth
1987
Tracks
1. Schizophrenia
2. I Got A Catholic Block
3. Beauty Lies In The Eye
4. Stereo Sanctity
5. Pipeline Kill Time
6. Tuff Gnarl
7. Pacific Coast Highway
8. Hot Wire My Heart
9. Cotton Crown
10. White Cross
We've had a rough run of albums lately, and while this was certainly not as bad as its predecessors, I still don't feel like the streak of shaky albums has officially ended yet. And probably won't for awhile, since we have Michael Jackson on the horizon.
I don't like noise rock/pop, where you're supposed to divine something from the feedback. I feel like it's just this wall of sound that stops you from getting to the heart of the album. Sister is still a good album underneath all that, but I wish you didn't have to dig past all the unnecessary noise to get to the decent stuff, which in this case is tracks like "Hard Wire My Heart."
Not exactly my cup of tea, but I would defend its place on the List.
RATING: 3/5
Psychocandy
The Jesus and Mary Chain
1985
Tracks
1. Just Like Honey
2. Living End
3. Taste The Floor
4. Hardest Walk
5. Cut Dead
6. In A Hole
7. Taste Of Cindy
8. Never Understand
9. Inside Me
10. Sowing Seeds
11. My Little Underground
12. You Trip Me Up
13. Something's Wrong
14. It's So Hard
I haven't posted on this blog in awhile, because the only music I have been listening to lately has been Taylor Swift's new album. Have we not reached a place free of judgment yet? Anyway, I listened to this album on YouTube, and YouTube kept interjecting the playlist with Taylor Swift songs. I think it was self defense.
This album falls under the category of "noise pop." Basically it means they play fairly normal pop music, only they drown it out with feedback and background noise. This is supposed to enhance the experience in some way, I suppose, but I am at a loss to say how.
It's almost as if I declared I was no longer going to proofread anything I published and expected to be praised for that choice. Actually, I haven't proofread a lot of my posts and I expect a lot of praise. Point to The Jesus and Mary Chain.
RATING: 2/5
