I think Jim O'Rourke's presence revitalized the band and made their 00's output some of the most consistant of their career. I miss Jim a little on Rather Ripped, thats not to say its not a brilliant record but with Jim in the band it really seemed like they were moving forward.

NYC ghosts & flowers, no doubt. amazing record,amazing live versions.
it's one of my fav albums by SY and maybe of all times.
now hit me with your magic wand and go to sleep.

i dont have murray street and nyc ghosts & flowers so i pick sonic nurse

Nefeli,did you wote NYC?

The more I listen to Rather Ripped the more wonderful it becomes to me.

yep,i voted NYC too.

For me, it's Sonic Nurse. It's one of my favourites out of all of their stuff actually.

New York City Ghosts & Flowers (of course)
Nurse
Murray Street
Rather Ripped

Murray street is better than all the others put together.

sonic nurse made me fall in love with them all over again. it was a very close decision between it and rather ripped though which i think has catapulted them into very strong contention for greatest band of all-time. i need to listen to the other two more and i am going to right now as soon as the new mono finishes kicking my ass.

Murray Street is one of my all-time favorite records. It's the album that popped my sonic cherry for sure.

Yes!

well murray street definitely has my favorite lee song since dirty

ok nyc ghosts and flowers and murray street both just kicked my ass six ways from sunday

Rather Ripped!

Murray street!!!

I cannot believe nurse is winning. Such a shit album. It's like a less watered down Rather Ripped.

I went with Murray Street, but I'd choose eyeliner/helen lundeberg if you included EP's. The songs on Sonic Nurse are far too similar to each other (with a few exceptions), but I love the songs Unmade Bed and Mariah Carey. As for RR, it has a lot more strong points than Nurse, but also quite a few more weaker points. I find Murray Street is the most balanced out of all of them, with songs varying from one another more. Sympathy For the Strawberry and Karen Revisited are both totally ace. The rhythm of Karen's one of my favorites.

I can't choose between nyc+...and sn.

Murray Street, of course. By far the best of the 4.

Sonic nurse definetly, awesome cd.