favorite Godflesh album?

[stealththought]

"Go Spread Your Wings" is one of my favorite tracks ever.

And yeah, Streetcleaner is pretty much perfect.

[evil_scientist]

I really like Us & Them, with all those cheesy as hell breakbeats... In my opinion, this is his best record composition-wise, even though it's nowhere as heavy or brutally honest/honestly brutal as, say, Streetcleaner.

[HongKongGoolagong]

I wish I hadn't sold my copy of Streetcleaner, I remember it as being pretty enjoyable. Saw Godflesh a lot before its release during 1989 - sometimes with noise-rock type acts like Terminal Cheesecake and God, sometimes alongside bands like Napalm Death - they straddled the scenes I guess. Paul Neville who played on side two had an OK band Cable Regime. The era seems a long time ago now and the sound is as curiously dated as the UK rave music of the same time. I had a tape of Pure and didn't like it much, never kept up with them after that.

[GEWALTMONOPOL]

I was privileged to see them in 91 with Robert Hampson in the line up. It was straight after the Pure album and it's one of the harshest gigs I've ever been to.

They may have flagged a bit after Pure but I don't think they ever did a bad album. The last album, Hymns, could possibly be up there with Streetcleaner.

Why are jokers like Pitchshifter mentioned in this thread? It's like measuring Machineage Voodoo by the standards of Leichenschrei. Godflesh were gods. Pitchshifter were woefully shite.

[bitewerksMTB]

I remember having a cassette recording of Terminal Cheesecake* & liking it. Godflesh, I never cared for much. I was disappointed in the debut but that may have had to do with all the industrial/noise that I had a greater interest in at the time.

*Giving them a listen now & it's not what I remember but I have no clue what year or rel it was...

[Zeno Marx]

I'm more curious to know which is the least favorite album.  I'm not as familiar with the last couple.  They all seem like high quality albums.  I was prepared for disappointment with Pure, but it surprised me.  I'm not sure I could pick a favorite.  I was never obsessed with them, so I've wanted to go back and really delve deeply into each.

Pitchshifter, Cold World, Meathook Seed, Fudge Tunnel...lots of quality music in that pocket.  Hate Songs in E Minor might be my favorite overall album from all these cats, but that might be more because of the memorable sound than the songs.  It's been a while.

[bitewerksMTB]

Just listened to some of the tracks from the debut & first full-length. Opinion hasn't changed. I don't like the pitched vocals at all. I remember owning the LP but, I think, I had a recording of the debut.

[post-morten]

I was privileged to see them in 91 with Robert Hampson in the line up. It was straight after the Pure album and it's one of the harshest gigs I've ever been to.

Right Martin, I saw them in Stockholm on the same tour. So much hate and anger in the room. The band cut the set short out of frustration with the percieved indifference of the small crowd. And yes, as was mentioned, definitely a heavy Swans vibe in there. Never really was floored by their albums though; sold what I had long ago. Revisiting them on Spotify now didn't do much for me.

[GEWALTMONOPOL]

I was privileged to see them in 91 with Robert Hampson in the line up. It was straight after the Pure album and it's one of the harshest gigs I've ever been to.

Right Martin, I saw them in Stockholm on the same tour. So much hate and anger in the room. The band cut the set short out of frustration with the percieved indifference of the small crowd.

Very similar to what it was like in Malmö. Not many turned up. 30-40, if that. In some it might have been indifference but I think most were intimidated by the whole thing. The only time people dared walk up to the front of the stage was when they played Like Rats. The funniest thing was the 2 kids in Morbid Angel shirts who had a long conversation about "but where is the drum kit?" before the show. When it started they walked out in disgust. Talking to Broadrick afterwards he didn't seem to mind the pathetic turn out. He was full of praise for the venue (the legendary Stadt Hamburg) and said he'd really enjoyed playing. Everyone was surprised that there was so little interest in them. That certainly wouldn't have been the case today.

[jesusfaggotchrist]

I'm more curious to know which is the least favorite album.  I'm not as familiar with the last couple.  They all seem like high quality albums.  I was prepared for disappointment with Pure, but it surprised me.  I'm not sure I could pick a favorite.  I was never obsessed with them, so I've wanted to go back and really delve deeply into each.

Pitchshifter, Cold World, Meathook Seed, Fudge Tunnel...lots of quality music in that pocket.  Hate Songs in E Minor might be my favorite overall album from all these cats, but that might be more because of the memorable sound than the songs.  It's been a while.

all great bands. shame there isn't a lot of Godflesh love here beyond the first LP

[murderous_vision]

Any time they decided to use a human drummer the results were intolerable...

[silnkvenice]

Why are jokers like Pitchshifter mentioned in this thread? It's like measuring Machineage Voodoo by the standards of Leichenschrei. Godflesh were gods. Pitchshifter were woefully shite.

It was Numetal's greatest crime to make me lump Godflesh in with Pitchshifter, Spineshank, and other such bands with similar sounding names when i was a teenager.
Streetcleaner is one of those things ive come to in the last 4/5 years and thought "My god, this is what the 16 year old me would have loved!". It is of course a brilliant piece of work whenever you find it, but i cant help feeling that id have enjoyed it even more if id heard it when i was a teenager.

[nowirehangers]

Messiah is easily one of my favorites. It is funny to me that when you mention this album most people who only know streetcleaner kinda just shrug.

[S.H. Kingston]

I don't think there is a Godflesh record that I would consider to be weak. I think all of them have at least one really crushing track.

That said, I tend towards Streetcleaner and Pure.
I would say my favorite tracks come from the S/T release; "Avalanche Master Song" and "Ice Nerveshatter".

Least favorite is probably "Songs Of Love And Hate" or "Us And Them"; but that would only be in comparison to the other Godflesh albums. I really enjoy both of those records, and listen to them semi-regularly.

[S.H. Kingston]

That Fall Of Because "Life Is Easy" release is also really strong. Interesting to hear the FOB version of "Merciless" compared to Godflesh's version.

I wish I knew what was going on in the "Fight Show" track!