80's punk double albums: which one is the best?
DNotD > Zen Arcade >>>>>>>>>>Sonic youth
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Double Nickles>>>Daydream Nation>>>>>>>Zen Arcade
Double Nickles is like the perfect poppy record. Each track has its hook that doesn't overstay its welcome since tracks are so short, it's up beat as hell, and even has subtle more sophisticated aspects to it.
Daydream Nation is arguably the most sophisticated of the three in the realm of what it does. But ever since I got into Glenn Branca's stuff, I honestly can't enjoy SY as much.
I just can't personally get into Zen Arcade. On paper it has a lot of things I should like about it, but every time I listen to it I love the first two tracks then zone out. Granted I have only gone through the entire record twice, once when I was too tired and half-slept through most of it, the second time I had downed an entire bottle of bourbon so I wasn't exactly paying attention to the music.
DNotD > DN > ZA
daydream nation isn't punk
nickels > daydream > zen
>be me in 1984
>be faced with choice between Zen Arcade and Double Nickels
>choose Double Nickels
>don't know why
>life never the same