Sublimation Hour really is it. but Bad Arts is close ...
goddamn your eyesthey just had to be twin prizes waiting for the sun
― dmr, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
this one's before he started doing the LA LA LA choruses which are oddly responsible for most of my favorite hooks in destroyer songs
its either "english music" or "sea of tears" for me, going with the latter though i think the full title is dumb
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
'the bad arts' is p killer
― s1ocki the tripster (Lamp), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Why did you spend the 90's cowering?And they're singing those inspirationals you penned back in '72.And the hotels of choice are now toasting your voice,as the spas ring out,"what's another word for 'sacrament?'"
― s1ocki the tripster (Lamp), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Sub Hour
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
1 2 3 4 7 10 or 12 for me
― 69, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah but then there's 6 !
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
votin for virgin.
― lenonsense (Clay), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
"The Sublimation Hour"
Prolly his best album. No wait, Rubies. No wait, this. Aww hell.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 06:35 (thirteen years ago) link
nonsense, Your Blues is his best album
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 06:37 (thirteen years ago) link
^ I agree. I'm excited to hear reports that Kaputt is somewhat in the vein aesthetically as that one.
― ARP 2600 vs. Atari 2600 (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 08:27 (thirteen years ago) link
this is really difficult! its between Bad Arts, Virgin and Modern Dance for me. Think I'll go with Bad Arts. I remember first hearing this and thinking it was a bit overproduced lol. I love it now though and its only just behind This Night and Rubies as my fave album.
― i love it when a suggest ban comes together (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 10 January 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
hey girlcome on and take a whirl in my machine
― dmr, Monday, 10 January 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i am listening to this right now! because of this poll!
gonna go the bad arts i think
― ⊚ ⓪ ㉧ ☉ ๏ ʘ ◉ ◎ ⓞ Ⓞ (Lamp), Monday, 10 January 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
bad arts for me too, but no bad songs on this!
― Mark, Monday, 10 January 2011 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
sublimation.
― kate78, Monday, 10 January 2011 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
luv luv luv this, voting beggars might ride
― symsymsym, Monday, 10 January 2011 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
with all the destroyer talk on ilm these days i realized this is really his best record
― BJ O (Lamp), Thursday, 9 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
you've got the spirit
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 9 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
yup...between this and rubies, then your blues and kaputt
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 10 February 2012 00:28 (twelve years ago) link
naw
― BJ O (Lamp), Friday, 10 February 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
Lamp otm
― I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
From the title, I thought this thread was going to be about Streethawk (the TV series) slashfic.
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Friday, 10 February 2012 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't heard this. Got Rubies, Your Blues, and the one before Kaputt after getting Kaputt last year. I take it this is worth chasing down?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 10 February 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
Sure is, especially if you like Ziggy Stardust/Hunky Dory-era Bowie
― I Can't Give You Any Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
i like Your Blues best, its a much more daring stylistic departure than Kaputt (though more uncomfortable for the listener too probably)
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 February 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
was is the movie or the making of fitzcarraldo?
― kid steel (cajunsunday), Friday, 10 February 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
'Tread lightly through the fog,' said the apothecary's daughter. 'You don't want to go, but you gotta, into the half-light of dawn.'
― Only the RONG Survive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 February 2012 06:33 (twelve years ago) link
stay critical or die iirc
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Saturday, 11 February 2012 08:38 (twelve years ago) link
Indeed. And it is still "Beggars Might Ride" for me. Love that little speed-bump hiccup vocal kickdrum collabo
― Only the RONG Survive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 February 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Every time a man goes overboard It sounds like somebody scoring
― Farewell to Evening in Paradise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 January 2023 14:29 (one year ago) link
Listening to this album is pure joy
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 7 January 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
Funny, I loved this record in high school, but now it's my least favorite of the earlier Destroyer records. And weirdly, the only song that I really remembered much of, listening to it again just now, was "English Music"
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Saturday, 7 January 2023 22:23 (one year ago) link
i grew off of this one and then back onto it
― ciderpress, Sunday, 8 January 2023 06:27 (one year ago) link
Pure joy absolutely. Streethawk 1 got robbed in this poll. One of my favourite album openers of all time. Only complaint is the album is too heavy for me, incredible first 5/6 but then a real drop of energy (though not necessarily quality). Shuffle in some of the high energy “this night” songs to replace the later half and you have one of my favourite albums ever.
Tierce g first 5 seconds of an album
― hrep (H.P), Sunday, 8 January 2023 09:00 (one year ago) link
*perfect
Sublimation Hour kinda towers
great album
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 9 January 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
I've said it before and I'll say it again: another word for sacrament is "host"
― My name is Mike Cyclops. I work for (bernard snowy), Monday, 9 January 2023 17:42 (one year ago) link
Stange that, for all the examples of clever wordplay or sweet melody on this record, the part that always stays with me is, "Strike...strike...strike".I do like almost all of the songs, but I'm also glad his voice changed afterwards.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 9 January 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link