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Originally Posted by GD
I definitely rate those. "Break my Body", "River Euphrates" and "Vamos" would be among the other highlights for me.
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Yeah, I can still enjoy them for what they are, but I've long learnt to be harsh when retaining prime cuts from albums I don't want to keep.
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Originally Posted by GD
Interesting. Not trying to get too far off-topic, but which one out of Just for a Day or Pygmalion is more preferable to you? I definitely think JFOD is an underrated album, and Pygmalion is great, but just so different from their earlier output that it's hard to make a comparison.
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My favourite is
Just for a Day. IMHO, it is
the best shoegazing album of all time.
Souvlaki was the sign of a band losing their confidence and pandering towards the flakiness of Alan McGee, who heavily criticised the original demos. Sonically, I found the dynamics on this album to be flat, in comparison to
Just for a Day. Even the Brian Eno collaboration is lame.
Pygmalion is good in parts but it sounds unfinished and lacks focus. I think the demo bootleg from this period is far superior.
With that said,
Just for a Day and
The Pygmalion Demos are the only Slowdive albums I consider worth owning. As for the monstrosity that is the 2017 comeback album, don't get me started on that...