I saw POLL on the sidewalk - Deerhoof albums

? I have never heard of Green Cosmos before

Apple O/Friend Opportunity btw

milk man

i've never heard Green Cosmos either so didn't feel authoritative enough to keep it out.

my pick here varies very much from day to day. the aggressive and complex Milk Man or the raw and spastic Revellie, or even the laid back rockiness of Offend Maggie, which has grown immensely on me, could all be my favorites. then again i have probably listened the most to Friend Opportunity.

I bought Green Cosmos at a Deerhoof gig a few years back. Never really gave it that much time. Quite keyboard heavy, IIRC.

I've a soft spot for the Runners Four. "Wrong Time Capsule" belongs in the best riffs of the decade thread.

Milk Man was the first album where I had that "Oh, I get it!" moment with them, so I'm choosing that one. I think it's held up pretty well too.

after thinking about it, i'm doing the same. Milk Man's gonna walk this.

apple o!

Milk Man was the first album where I had that "Oh, I get it!" moment with them, so I'm choosing that one. I think it's held up pretty well too.

That would be The Runners Four for me, still my favorite. Though I've not heard The Man..., Holdypaws or Reveille yet.

The Runners Four is fucking amazing, head and shoulders their best.

I guess I'm in the Friend Opportunity minority. :(

Very difficult to choose! They have never slacked off in quality.

torn between OM and RF

reveille

reveille/apple o

but it's been a while since I listened

man listening to apple o again thx this thread!

panda panda panda is a stone jam

for me = reveille > apple o > friend opportunity > runners four > milk man > offend maggie > green cosmos

never got into those early ones enough to rate them

apple o is always the one i go back to

agree w/ 6335

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I think Offend Maggie is underappreciated. Still, based on the poll results, I'm going to go listen to Reveille and Apple O, neither of which I think I've heard before.

I think you'll like Apple O more than Reveille, Daniel. It has better melodies imo.

Yeah, I'm gathering that from the eMusic soundscans. I'll try both, tho.

"Apple Bomb" (from Apple O) is such a pretty song.

Reveille was the first one I really got into. That was also the era when they were inviting my band to play basement parties in the Mission with them. Big soft spot for that!

I was a total stan of Deerhoof until The Runners Four, which has some outstanding songs but is kind of underwhelming on the whole. Friend Opportunity and Offend Maggie, somehow, end up boring me. I have no idea how that's possible.

Their run during Reveille, Apple O and Milk Man was fucking awesome, though, and during that year and a half or so they were probably one of the very best bands going in the U.S.

I agree with you on Offend Maggie, though that DOES have "Buck & Judy" in it. :)

Friend Opportunity, however, is awesome. It's like their twisted take on The Phantom of the Opera or something.

Offend Maggie--am i really the only one??

Offend Maggie is tite, i think i voted for Reveille tho

i just remember digging two or three songs on it way more than other deerhoof stuff

judging by the results Offend Maggie is criminally underrated. it took some adjustment after FO, which was a lot more colorful and diverse, but once i got into it i realized it has some of their best written pure songs ever

^yes, otm.

yeah OM would have been my #2 choice, after Reveille, which I did not expect to win

voted Milk Man, tho the stretch of Reveille thru MM is my fave. Still can't totally get w/Runners Four, feels a little limp after the previous three. FO is good, OM is also good, but a little samey dynamics-wise. Sometimes it feels like they're turning into the Stereolab of the post-Stereolab generation

Sometimes it feels like they're turning into the Stereolab of the post-Stereolab generation

OUCH! let's hope not!

the amount of differences ppl have speaks very highly to the overall quality of this band.