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Sleater-Kinney - Where to start?

AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
edited April 2008 in Other Music
Looking to buy a Sleater-Kinney album. Where would be a good place to start? I really like Modern Girl and I remember enjoying them at Mansfield in '03.
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    one beat & the woods would be my favs, but i haven't really heard much from the others
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,948
    giventoflyjbs wrote:
    I remember enjoying them at Mansfield in '03.

    Big ol piss break for me, then.
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  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    Please, S-K haters, keep the FUCK out. We don't wanna hear how awful you think they sounded in 03.


    Anyway,


    my personal favorites are All Hands On The Bad One and Dig Me Out.


    Their newest one, "The Woods," is a fucking classic though.


    "Hot Rock" is probably the most difficult to get into, but is still very good.
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,948
    DaytimeDilemma wrote:
    Please, S-K haters, keep the FUCK out. We don't wanna hear how awful you think they sounded in 03.

    I didn't think they sounded awful in just 2003. I think they just sound awful anyway ya slice, it.....there's a difference :)


    music aint bad.........it's her chainsaw voice that brings it down for me......and her butchering of background vocals on PJ tracks.........tis a shame because actually, musically they're quite talented.
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  • DaytimeDilemmaDaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    It's just pisses me off that a shit load of people are going to come in here and bad mouth the band...it always happens when S-K is brought up around here.


    S-K were a phenomenal band, and it sucks they are gone.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    I didn't think they sounded awful in just 2003. I think they just sound awful anyway ya slice, it.....there's a difference :)


    music aint bad.........it's her chainsaw voice that brings it down for me......and her butchering of background vocals on PJ tracks.........tis a shame because actually, musically they're quite talented.
    She NAILED Fortunate Son in Mansfield, holy shit.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    thanks evo and daytime. i think i'll start w/ the woods.

    btw, the version of modern girl from burn to shine is a-mazing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KpMGdqsq2g&eurl=http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    I would start with "One Beat" or my fave...."Dig Me Out."
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    I started with The Hot Rock, just cos I wanted an S-K album, and that was the cheapest one available. I wouldn't recommend it - it's notoriously difficult to get into. I'd say the last three albums are their most accessible, and Dig Me Out is known as their classic album. But they never made a bad one, and you'll end up getting them all anyway.:)
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    ty & rhino - thnx to you both as well.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    i bought both dig me out and the woods. thanks for all of your suggestions.
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    If I really want to be comically entertained I'd throw on an '03 boot for sure. Fortunate Son is hilarious as fuck!
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    I'd think The Woods is the best place to start...the most accesible album of theirs.

    I've worked backwards, currently on Call the Doctor, which still needs to be broken into.

    Man, I miss those riffs!
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  • Human TideHuman Tide Posts: 328
    One Beat is awesome.
  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I'd say All Hands on the Bad One is the most accessible album
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    giventoflyjbs wrote:
    i bought both dig me out and the woods. thanks for all of your suggestions.
    How about giving us your thoughts after you listen to them a couple of times???
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  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    I started off with The Woods when I first was getting into them. They were great!
  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    awesome band. my fav album has got to be AHOTBO, but they're all classics. I havn't heard any of the pre-Janet records though. also i think carrie is f-ing hot!!! even if she is a lesbo, that makes her even hotter!!
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  • ii44ii44 Posts: 430
    giventoflyjbs wrote:
    Looking to buy a Sleater-Kinney album. Where would be a good place to start? I really like Modern Girl and I remember enjoying them at Mansfield in '03.

    Dig Me Out and Hot Rock are my faves.

    They don't have a bad album.
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