I’ve been meaning to check them out.
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I think I'd struggle to argue it's actually better than Daydream Nation but I love it. A lot of people would see Evol through to Goo as sort of their golden run with them peaking in the middle somewhere. But I think the production is better than Sister and it's got fewer dud moments. For me it's a good time for the band. It's still connected to that artiness of the early stuff which I love but Steve Shelley just adds so much in terms of propelling the songs forward. A lot of the things they often struggle with they get right on it. Lyrics for one thing. A coherent, consistent record (except the CD version with 'Bubblegum' tacked onto the end). They have a habit of front-loading albums with a fair amount of filler outside of that and while the bangers definitely are the first 3 and final tracks, the sort of salad and dressing outside of those add a lot more than on other records. Stuck it on last night and I still think it's my favourite. It's got an over-arching mood and everything down to the artwork is just on the money.Evol has never grabbed me as much as the other early albums. It doesn’t have the ferocity of the self-titled or Confusion is Sex nor are the songs as good as Sister/Daydream Nation (DN is my favourite).
Slayer
Show No Mercy - 8
Hell Awaits - 8
Reign in Blood - 10
South of Heaven - 8
Seasons in the Abyss - 9
Divine Intervention - 7
Undisputed Attitude - 6
Diabolus in Musica - 7
God Hates Us All - 7
Christ Illusion - 7
World Painted Blood - 7
Repentless - 6
did Slayer ever do a good cover ?
never listened to much of their stuff after Decade of Aggression.
Cornu's ratings of the early stuff is about right.
Seasons in the Abyss isn't worth 9 though.
I was just doing the studio albums. There were a bunch of recent live albums there that I decided to ignore.Live Undead? Decade of Aggression?
I agree with this. They’re one of those bands who I’m happy with having 2-3 representative albums and leaving the rest.Haunting the Chapel 12" is the best Slayer record, after that,I'd be happy with
Hell Awaits
Show No Mercy
Reign in Blood
In that order.
They arent awful after that,they just peaked early.
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