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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Matthew_S on December 04, 2009, 03:28:23 PM
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Why is this poll about favorite Sloan albums?
Upcoming show, frequently played (and occasionally discussed) on the show and good Canadians. Reasons enough.
Soon after I moved to NYC, I went to a Sloan show. I believe it was at the Bowery Ballroom and it was great but ridiculously loud. At the time I thought that was because they were using their same gear that they need to play much larger venues in Canada.
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What's the best place to start? A-Sides Win? I've liked everything I've heard from them on the Best Show.
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I'm sure A-Sides Win is solid but I haven't heard it. One Chord To Another is my favourite. It was from their golden age, in my opinion. Navy Blues is also really good. I haven't kept up with their newer records.
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What's the best place to start? A-Sides Win? I've liked everything I've heard from them on the Best Show.
I would say get One Chord to Another and Twice Removed.
Then get Never Hear the End of It and Navy Blues.
Then get Parallel Play.
I'm not the biggest fan of Action Pact or Pretty Together, I haven't heard the new EP or Between the Bridges, the first album is them trying to be super "alternative" (Smeared is not bad, just dated. The song writing is still pretty strong, but not everyone had found their voice yet), and the live album isn't anything essential.
I voted for Twice Removed and then realized I like One Chord... more.
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What's the best place to start? A-Sides Win? I've liked everything I've heard from them on the Best Show.
I would say get One Chord to Another and Twice Removed.
Then get Never Hear the End of It and Navy Blues.
Then get Parallel Play.
I'm not the biggest fan of Action Pact or Pretty Together, I haven't heard the new EP or Between the Bridges, the first album is them trying to be super "alternative" (Smeared is not bad, just dated. The song writing is still pretty strong, but not everyone had found their voice yet), and the live album isn't anything essential.
I voted for Twice Removed and then realized I like One Chord... more.
If I may, I'd suggest OCTA, NB and TR together. They are really great all together like that.
Then I'd go for NHTEOI and PP together - NHTEOI is so unexpectedly good, and then PP is like a kick ass B-sides collection accompanying it.
PT has aged better than I ever expected it, but there are clunkers - it's their McCartney II.
And, if you can, try to get the double disc One Chord - their "Beach Boys Party" disc is really really a lot of fun.
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Picking a favorite Sloan album is tough... On some days it's One Chord To Another and others it is Twice Removed. I've been listening to Parallel Play and Never Hear The End Of It quite a bit lately. I rarely ever listen to Action Pact.... hated that it didn't have any Andrew songs on it.... and it just felt bland overall.
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Navy Blues
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One Chord to Another has "The Good in Everyone," so it wins.
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Between the Bridges, without a doubt. Overlooked at the time and very much a love letter to Halifax, it's easily got one of their best arena songs (Losing California). And there's not a dud on that album. I love Twice Removed and One Chord, but this wins.
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Between the Bridges, without a doubt. Overlooked at the time and very much a love letter to Halifax, it's easily got one of their best arena songs (Losing California). And there's not a dud on that album. I love Twice Removed and One Chord, but this wins.
I thought you had said one of their best AREA songs, and then I was disappointed you said Losing California and not The Marquee and the Moon... And then I realized I read you wrong...
MY BAD!
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Patrick is the king of Sloan arena songs. I was hoping for Money City Maniacs when I saw them at Maxwell's this week. Oh well.
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Between the Bridges, without a doubt. Overlooked at the time and very much a love letter to Halifax, it's easily got one of their best arena songs (Losing California). And there's not a dud on that album. I love Twice Removed and One Chord, but this wins.
Not what I voted for, but BtB is definitely the hidden gem in their catalog. Just as strong as their recognized classics, as far as I'm concerned.
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"Don't You Believe A Word" is a classic.
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Maybe it was the conceit of having each song flow into the next, but the the songwriting just takes leaps and bounds on that album (not that previous albums were deficient). It absolutely has to be listened to in one sitting. It feels wrong to just listen to one song.
Taking in "Never Hear..." right now, and really enjoying it.
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"Don't You Believe A Word" is a classic.
Jay is the best.
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"Don't You Believe A Word" is a classic.
Jay is the best.
And I think 'The Lines You Amend' is their best song on any album.
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"Don't You Believe A Word" is a classic.
Jay is the best.
True statement.
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Maybe it was the conceit of having each song flow into the next, but the the songwriting just takes leaps and bounds on that album (not that previous albums were deficient). It absolutely has to be listened to in one sitting. It feels wrong to just listen to one song.
Taking in "Never Hear..." right now, and really enjoying it.
I had some "so called" friends swear off Sloan after Pretty Together and Action Pact... but they came back around after hearing Never Hear.. A classic album. I do agree with the statement that Parallel Play sounds like a cool b-sides collection from Never. Very true.
Seriously one of the best bands you will ever see live.
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Its hard to overstate how important this band was to anyone living in Canada who wanted to form a band in the 90's.
Smeared may sound dated now, but it was so inpirational to me and all my friends. For a while in Canada if a band was from Halifax they could basically tour the country no questions asked.
Now that I am done frothing at the mouth, One Chord is probably my favorite. It sort of runs the course of what each member of Sloan is great at. The song 400 meters is the best.
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I am incredibly biased toward Pretty Together, probably because I was able to get the import version with the Live at a Sloan Party EP along with it. Easily one of the most essential discs of my youth, even if it is a little bit of a gimmick. Navy Blues was the first Sloan album I ever heard. It was in heavy rotation at my college radio station at a time when "format" was nu- and black metal. There were a few rebels among the djs, and eventually I was given my own time slot and the right to pick my own play list. Sloan was suggested by one of the others, and it stayed with me ever since. In fact I'm pretty sure the copy I have is a promo.
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Touching on a few topics mentioned above...
I've never listened to their official Best Of release, but any sampler should do. Here is a new one from BestShow pal, Matthew Perpetua:
http://perpetua.tumblr.com/post/279117906/sloan-all-your-handsome-words
I would agree that there is a 'mid-career' quality dip but the band seems to have put it all back together with the last couple of albums.
Smeared is much more 'of its era' than any other album they've released; I'd say most of their other work is better described as timeless (though critics might say this is because they simply ape older eras).
I know Live at at Sloan Party as an add-on to One Chord to Another, though I could easily be mistaken...
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I use to be a huge Sloan fan but hadn't listened to them in a while. Put on "One Chord to Another" the other day and I love it as much now as I did when it first came out. Fantastic album.
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Touching on a few topics mentioned above...
I've never listened to their official Best Of release, but any sampler should do. Here is a new one from BestShow pal, Matthew Perpetua:
http://perpetua.tumblr.com/post/279117906/sloan-all-your-handsome-words
I would agree that there is a 'mid-career' quality dip but the band seems to have put it all back together with the last couple of albums.
Smeared is much more 'of its era' than any other album they've released; I'd say most of their other work is better described as timeless (though critics might say this is because they simply ape older eras).
I know Live at at Sloan Party as an add-on to One Chord to Another, though I could easily be mistaken...
My understanding is Live at a Sloan Party was an add on to the Canada only release. It is also not actually at a party. I got it as an import in the used cd section at Barnes and Noble way back in the day. My favorite track on it is the cover of Dignified and Old.
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It wasn't until I saw them do "The Lines You Amend" at their Cambridge show on the 3rd that I decided it might be their best song of all. A real crowd pleaser.
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"Pretty Together" is one of my desert island discs, even though it has two completely skippable songs ("If it feels good do it" and "Pick it up and dial it"). But to be fair, I haven't heard their entire oeuvre just yet.
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'The rest of my life' like many a fine Sloan offering has been playing in my head repeatedly since hearing it again for the first time a few days ago