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Sebadoh III

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Everytime I listen to the twenty-plus tracks, my faith in humanity has been redeemed. Everything about this album is insanely cool, especially Lou Barlow's anthem "The Freed Pig" which espouses his contempt for his former Dinosaur bandmate J. Mascis. Basically, this album saved rock and roll.

I've been on this planet for 25 years, and there is no CD that is more important to me than this one.

Sebadoh's III is the band's finest moment, the definition of indie rock, considered by many to be one of the greatest albums of the '90s (see Spin).

The whole reason to purchase this record can be found in the last song, "As the World Dies, The Eyes of God Grow Bigger", Gaffney's autobiography of frustration, rage and vengeance against those who dared wrong him. His voice wavers between affected, sing-songy taunts and throat-ripping screams, ending the song with a dire warning ("...Now you're gonna die!"). It absolutely needs to be experienced. Only headphones will let you begin to unravel the multi-layers of this vitriolic masterpiece.

"Legends of torture rock you sleep."

There is no reason in the world why anyone should be without this album.

"kath" alone is worth the price of the cd, while I normally go for the faster Seb's tracks in other albums, the slower than slow tracks in III are more attractive, not unlike Loren MazzaCane Connors stuffs, minus Kath Bloom's beautiful voice, but equally haunting. Lyrically, I think III has the best ones compared to the latter day Sebadoh. This is where Lou Barlow waxed poetic on love, betrayal and all the wonderful psychological conditions you've come to expect from him. Plus, Jason's here.

This is the first Sebadoh album that I can say is great all the way through. Much like the Beatles "White Album", this one shows off all three of Sebadoh's writers. Eric fans will not be disapointed as this album contains his best songs, including "Scars, four eyes" and the disturbing yet wonderful "As the world dies...". His songs on this album overshadow Lou's and Jason's and are more structured than future albums he was on. There is a quality to Eric's songs that Lou could never match. Lou's songs are fantastic as well. The infamous "Freed Pig" is one of his best early ones. He does have a great triolgy of songs starting with "Truly Great Thing", "Kath", and ending with "Perverted World" which are perfect examples of typical Lou songs. Sad, happy, beautiful and funny. Jasons triolgy that is in the middle (cd) is very good, the best being the country tinged "Black Hair Gurl". This album is the one early Sebadoh album that is easy to listen to all the way through in one sitting. The are 2 covers the Minutemen's "Sickles & Hammers", and the old standard "Wonderful Wonderful". Fan's of the Kids soundtrack will recoginze "Spoiled". This album has one of the best closing songs ever with "As the World Dies, The Eyes of God Grow Bigger". In this you get the feeling Eric has lost his mind. Listen to it at night on headphones with the lights off and then try to go to sleep. Over all this is one of the best Sebadoh albums, the best until Bakesale. A must have.

this cd is cool. And when I say cool I don't just mean cool, I mean really cool. It's like, just the other day I was talking to my Dad and he was all "Mow the lawn" and I'm all "Make me" and then he's all you must have been listening to that Boston CD that I gave you for Christmas, so I'm like all Sha, right! I've been listening to Sebadoh III. And everything is alright with the world.

Domino Record Co. (UK) will be reissuing this disc in the very near future for much less than people are trying to sell it here for, and as a reissue, it will likely have a lot of bonus stuff on it. wait to buy this, and get much more for much less.... Great disc, one of Sebadoh's best (but they're all very, very good).

I LOVE this album. I have all sebadoh's albums except for freed weed (yeah i know, ill order it right now) and this seems to be the one i listen to and enjoy the most. It is a very consistent album and it is eric's best. I love all sebadoh albums, but this is their greatest.

Even though this isn't the first legit album from Sebadoh. It still is the first complete album Lou and co. released. This is just insanity at times. Even though this album is out of print (it has been for a while), copies are still floating around. Even if you have the slightest interest in Sebadoh or Lou Barlow's work, pick this album up. The standout song for me is the closing track "As the world dies, the eyes of god grow bigger" which is a 7 minute scream-fest of disturbing lyrics and vocals that just put everything you believe in down. The lyrics are really hard to get in the song because Lou and Eric are singing different lines at the same time until they just start screaming and wailing. Gaffney is at his best here and it shows so much. But it's not just Gaffney, Lou and Jason also contribute the best that they would ever make on this album.

Either way, get this album if you can, you WON'T be dissapointed at all.

Sebadoh III is one of the top ten unknown albums of all time. It moves along with ease considering it has 20+ songs. Listening with earphones is suggested as Barlow and Lowenstein set there own tones through the hard to the soft. Songs such as "Kath", "Perverted World", "G-d told me" and the epic "As the world dies" are great moments in Sebadohs III and I feel myself listening to III over and over. As Lou Barlow once said, "The music is written so that words can be heard." Great match!