Steve Albini: Best Big Black Album? 

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Songs About F***ing is one of my all time favorite albums...I really wish I had seen them live back in the day...they are still one of my top 10 bands.

Still in shock. RIP Steve, a true legend. I always remember my vinyl copy that i bought in England had a sticker over the word 'fucking'

I love how humble Steve Albini is, considering he's behind a massive percentage of the "sound" he's basically pioneered. He's absolutely an important piece of the history of the underground punk and metal scene. That's just one aspect of his contribution, his band. Him as a producer/engineer might be an even bigger trailblazer than his music. I just respect him as both and I love his outlook on not only music but life in general. Nirvana being my all time favorite band, I can understand completely why they wanted him for In Utero. I love the sound he captured with the band. It really is bare bones and I think it shows off that actual talent and tightness of Nirvana as a band, cause they had to be.

RIP mate. Loving the chaos of your albums.

“Songs About” is hands down one of the greatest albums, let alone album titles!

"there's no one guy you could point to and say 'that's the jello biafra of the chicago music scene' or 'the greg ginn of the chicago music scene'" but there is. its steve albini.

Hard to beat Atomizer

It's interesting that he answers "Do you have a favorite Big Black album?" as if he'd been asked if he has a least favorite - of course often times when you have some kind of body of work it's easy to pick your least favorite and downright painful to pick a favorite.

Of all Daniel's fascinating chats with major acts and lesser knowns, it's Steve Albini and Jack Endino's flow that resonated most. Heard about Albino's unusual one-off fee philosophy and recording approach years ago (plus uncomplementary hack tales). Only now checking his own music. Cool guy. Good work 👍

6. Headache 5. Racer X 4. Bulldozer 3. Lungs 2. Songs About Fucking 1. Atomizer That'd be my ranking worst to best, although Pig Pile is amazing too!

I remember hearing Dead Billy on the Peel Sessions for the first time and being blown away at how powerful it was compared to the Lungs version. He’s right and it was fairly obvious why it’s weaker than the subsequent offerings. His explanation didn’t have any surprises. Personally I will always regard Atomizer as their best, followed by Songs, Il Duce, Racer X, Heartbeat single, Bulldozer, The Model/He’s a Whore, Headache, and Lungs bringing up the rear. But it’s all terrific.

ATOMIZER!!! Engineered by Ian Burgess

It's close, but... Songs About Fucking. Great interview material, can listen to Albini for hours!

Don't forget that Steve won a bracelet at the WSOP in 7 card stud!

He’s one brilliant and confusing dude. And so critical of himself and his work. It’s what has made him a great engineer.

Dude ..."Atomizer " is one Classic after another \m/

Haha, Steve Albini is one of the funniest guys ever in the music industry, loving his authenticity and the fact that he says loud what most others doing the same thing are afraid to say. The industry needs more guys like him. Great interview!! 👏👏👏 Although I do not write comments under every video, I watch and share many of your videos and I really love your channel and your work! 💯👌👌👌 I wish you very Happy Holidays ! 🎅🎄🎁 Best Regards from your friend Francois in Montreal, Canada! 🎼🃏🎶🎵🙏💯🎅🌠

I gotta disagree with Steve about Lungs. There was NOTHING like it at the time, and having seen him perform it on their first mini tour while I was working as bartender at 7th St Entry/First Avenue (and buying my copy directly from Steve after the show with my tip jar change, which he gratefully accepted), I can testify that bands had not explored that style of fast drum machine beats + minor chord guitars punk aggression yet. Coming from a skinny kid with glasses instead of all the testosterone posing that most punk bands were into made it all the better. ‘I Can Be Killed’ is the song that stands out most as influential. Always enjoyed his confrontational writing style as well. RIP man; your musical legacy is secure for all time

I love how Daniel's mic sound has weird ghost warbles from noise suppression or something like that, and (data) compressed lossy tone, but Steve's mic/audio sounds perfect xD

AuGoGo Records was so cool. They used to have amazing in-store signings, my favourite was the Melvins. They had a second hand store upstairs with lots of classic vinyl records. I bought a lot of stuff there that I would then sell a couple of weeks later back to them at a reduced cost, so I had money to buy weed haha. I did work experience in year 11 for school also, which was so cool to experience in the `90s (working at both a record store AND label). It was a sad day when it closed down. And, I got the 'Songs About (Please Remove)' 12" also haha. I put that 'please remove' sticker on my second guitar.

Racer-X

RIP Steve, what a great fucking human being

My ranking: 1. Songs About Fucking 2. Atomizer

I’ve always been partial to Songs about F⌨️king. Just nostalgic is all. Atomizer kicks ass as well.

He might be right about the first record but Steelworker is hands down brilliant.

🥀 still doesn’t seem real to me. Rest in Power, Mr. Albini.

Great interview

SAF is great but i think Atomizer and Racer X have a particular sound, I think they are better

Really hard to pick, theres greatness on all their releases. At a pinch its Songs about Fucking for me, its so 'in your face' and Bad Penny is my favourite Big Black song.

I didn't know the rock n roll story

Songs About F#cking is the best Big Black album

I Got a foot and a half of unregistered steel!

RIP

ATOMIZER! Steve RIP.

The first one is my favorite

So was the Wax Trax scene happening at that time? I assume so. Early, mid 1980's.

i think i like songs about fucking in general the most

Bullshit. Lungs is the best. It is pure and beautiful.

Earth↗️ ATOMIZER= LETS GO!!!

Got the album Songs about please remove.

Bulldozer Atomizer Racer X Lungs

The writing and performances are great. But can we address the fact that the mixing and mastering were utter shit?

Atomizer. I don't like Songs About Fucking nearly as much. It just seems like they were running out of truly great ideas on that album, although the cover of "The Model" is excellent.

He has to say he likes Atomizer least or else he would sound ego-maniacal. Its equivalent to saying publicly, "I love myself the most." Even though it is undeniably the best work of their career.

I think it's the Hammer Party, though many might say it's Songs About Fucking