best Sonic Youth EP/compilation/soundtrack/live album/official bootleg/miscellaneous release poll

definitely that In The Fishtank with the Insane Clwon Posse and The Ex

woah you're the first person to ever make that joke

I'm ignoring the compilations because, well seems like cheating or something.

Sonic Youth EP or Kill Yr Idols EP or The Walls Have Ears, probably the 1st one.

Hold That Tiger. Monstrous. Better than "Sister"!

live tracks on the Dirty Boots CD EP, yo

I'm voting for Sonic Death because it's, for my money, the best pre-Shelley release and the most essential live recording.

I thought about making an exception to the CD single cutoff for Dirty Boots, some great tracks on there. Let's designate that write-in #1.

gila monster jamboree tape

live tracks on the Dirty Boots CD EP, yo

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Tuesday, September 1, 2009 8:59 AM (3 minutes ago)

featuring an adolescent Shakey Mo Collier!

haha love that story

So I think this has to be a live album (even though almost all this stuff is stellar:

The Walls Have Ears >>> Live At The Continental Club >>> Hold That Tiger >>> Sonic Death Live

what DO you do if you're mom is a skinhead?

Kill Yr idols. World shaking sounds, classic package, a perfect moment.

Gila Monster Jamboree. End of an era.

yeah Kill Yr Idols is probably my favorite studio release pre-Evol, really intense little record

I voted Master Dik because it used to crack me up. Even with the "not as good as Atomizer, so don't get your hopes up" sticker

"4 Tunna Brix EP "

best Fall covers ever probably

yah Master-Dik is hilarious, possibly best Thurston tomfoolery ever put on record

shit is funky fresh y'know

Sonic Youth EP, which is hugely underrated. I remember being very disappointed when I bought the SST vinyl version back in the 80's. I was wrong. Represents the road not taken that might have improved their career (in terms of quality, if not sales). "I Don't Want To Push It" doesn't get enough love.

Found new love for the Sonic Youth EP recently too, so I'll go with that

Yeah it's definitely an interesting/underrated chapter for the band. Makes me wonder, if they'd done a full LP with that lineup/sound/production how it would've rated among their albums.

remind me the shakey mo story. he the one who yells "fuck her!"?

been tempted lately to start a 'most obnoxious sonic youth moment' poll but i think mb i'd have to do a nominations thread first and just zzz

eh, you can always use this as a nominations thread...I was going to use this space for nominations of the first of the SY side projects polls (think i'll do Thurston's first).

In the fishtank is sweet, probably the least SY-sounding thing on here but that can also be a good thing. gets my vote.

silver session imo.

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"I Don't Want To Push It" doesn't get enough love. OTM!

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Nice to see Master Dik floating to the top of the fish tank.

remind me the shakey mo story. he the one who yells "fuck her!"?

my first show! Mudhoney was great. Gumball not so much.

surprised Silver Session didn't do better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n08mNEhZzQA
hell yes
love the older folks on the sidewalk checking them out

We should poll this again.

I’d be Silver Sessions or write-in for infamous Dirty Boots live EP

lol “What do you do when your mom’s a skinhead?”

Gila Monster Jamboree, though much love for the Destroyed Room (25 minute Diamond Sea iirc), Walls Have Ears, Live At The Continental, Kill Yr Idols and Kali Yug

( just feel like more people should’ve voted, and of course, feelings may have changed. I don’t think I voted in this, might not have been aware.)

Silver Session or The Destroyed Room for me

The SYR series would make a nice poll. I remember the "Goo Demos" cd was released around the same time as "Experimental Jet Set..." and got better press than "Experimental ...".

Kill Yr Idols or Walls Have Ears.

We should poll this again.

― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings)

I agree, is there anything that could be added? In/Out/In? The three Rarities comps on Bandcamp?

OK SYRs were already polled, didn't know that. Was From The Basement ever released officially?

Dirty Boots EP is now Live in Irvine 1990

And even better for it

Featuring our very own Shakey Mo Collier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JblFaB7Ka-I

TM: "What do you do when your mom is a skinhead?"

SMC: "YOU FUCK HER!"

TM: "...you write a song about her."

(sorry I didn't scroll up)

I remember the "Goo Demos" cd was released around the same time as "Experimental Jet Set..." and got better press than "Experimental ...".

Experimental is the most underrated SY LP IMO