Ignored.

I don't like the notion of introducing choruses into their songs. It ruins a lot of them (What a waste, Incinerate, The Nuetral).

Read above entry for my feelings on the matter. Except for the life story part....

I've found a promo of it with 4 tracks yesterday.It has one of those sticker press releases on the cover.It was so cheap i bought it with the intention of selling it on ebay at on point but i think i'll keep it.

no.

some decent songs like Rats, and Pink Steam... that's about it. It feels weird not buying the album, but I just can't get into the songs - and they weren't any better live.

I think it is their most ROCKING, fantastically tuneful album ever. EVER.

it just rules form song to song, flowing, making you feel it. reena is and should be the breakout hit of the season. reena is beautiful.
the whole album kicks ass.

the best is still daydream nation

I like it. I like it a lot.

Great SY album I fucking love it!!!

An excellent statement, but unfortunately I'm not allowed to rep you for it.

YEP YEP YEP YEP YEP YEP YEP.What happened to letting albums grow on you and all that?These days an album comes out and it has to be either an instant classic(what a ridiculous expression) or a pile of crap from the word go.And you get repped big time if this thing lets me.

looking back i should've added a 'undecided' choice in the poll.. oh well

This is completely meaningless.

I can stand Reena, The Neutral and Rats
others=skip button

The songs on Rather Ripped sound really good live!

i love your avatar 100%
it reminds me of a story a freind used to tell about when he got a Woody toy for christmas and his brother got Buzz Lightyear. there was some envy goin down

No.

It's an okay album. Nothing that will really be fan favorites for the most part. Rather Ripped has some decent material but in my opinion, it just doesn't live up to standard SY material. It falls short of being really good. I don't think it's nearly as good as most of their other records such as Evol, Sister, Daydream Nation, Goo, Dirty, Washing Machine, A Thousand Leaves, NYC Ghost & Flowers, Murray Street and Sonic Nurse. All of these albums are better than Rather Ripped. I don't think it is a bad album, per se, I just don't think that it's a fully realized album. Given the song structure and chords used, I think the band could have done more with what they created. They could have expanded more on their musical ideas. I just feel that the material falls flat of what they could have done with it. The songs have the potential, but are never utilized to their fullest capabilities. And that is why I am so iffy about Rather Ripped. Not because the songs are bad, but because they aren't used to their fullest potential effect.

I think the more I listen to Rather Ripped the more I lve it. I would call it a top 5 fave

Daydream Nation
Evol
Sister
Bad Moon Rising
Rather Ripped


IMO RR is better than Nurse (which I LOVED) and Murray (which I loved, and which actually is a much slower, languid album)

Ha ha....siiiike. I think people know exactly what I meant by it as you can see from the above posts.