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High Anxiety or Troublegum????

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Started by realityfuck (Richard Splash) in General Therapy? Topics

Which is better?

I ask cos when High Anxiety was released I introduced a friend of mine to T? and at the same time he picked up Troublegum. For someone who was new to T? and didn’t know their history he much prefered HA (I also think it’s better, but “don’t much prefer” it)

(Before changing the message boards’ software in August 2007 this discussion contained a poll, which may return in the future)

Posted on Tue, 12 October 2004 at 23:56

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allroy wrote:

Nothing beats Troublegum.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 00:00

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realityfuck (Richard Splash) wrote:

allroy wrote:

Nothing beats Troublegum.

Infernal Love perhaps?

Maybe that’s a discussion for another thread on another day.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 00:02

#3

allroy wrote:

realityfuck wrote:

Infernal Love perhaps?

I’m the one to make bad jokes on this board. :p

I should have written:
For me, nothing beats Troublegum.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 00:05

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Andy D (Andy) wrote:

Just think of it this way: which album could have won me over to become a T?-fan? HA or Troublegum? I think that the answer is pretty obvious for the majority on this forum and for me personally I would doubt it if HA could have done the trick for me although it’s a classic and indispensable album. I got hooked on them thanks to the Shortsharpshock EP (thanks to the loud cover design because I bought it without hearing a single note of it, I just wanted to buy something cool to impress my bigger brother but he already had Troublegum (I bought SSS in April 1994)).
I listened to the EP and then stole his copy of Troublegum to replace it with a cassette of it.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 00:55

#5

3ddo-on-the-balcony (eddo) wrote:

Troublegum, because it introduced me to T?

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 05:53

#6

Sabotage wrote:

3ddo-on-the-balcony wrote:

Troublegum, because it introduced me to T?

What he said. Although HA is fantastic.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 06:36

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motherh666 wrote:

YOU CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE CHOOSE LIKE THIS!!! DAMNNNN YOOUU..

I just don’t know, its like chosing between two children, or two little fluffy puppies.

I’ll never chose…

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 07:52

#8

allroy wrote:

That’s why you have the ‘both’ option. :p

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 08:10

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JSar666 wrote:

allroy wrote:

I’m the one to make bad jokes on this board. :p

Well, you are German :p

Troublegum for me, good sir.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 09:45

#10

romy wrote:

3ddo-on-the-balcony wrote:

Troublegum, because it introduced me to T?

same goes for me.HA is great too,tho.
as is Semi Detached (okay,so i am the only one who thinks that but i don’t mind :p)

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 12:43

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motherh666 wrote:

allroy wrote:

That’s why you have the ‘both’ option. :p

No. Its not good enough. I refuse to vote. I shouldn’t have to.. <runs away screaming and crying>

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 13:00

#12

Drengi wrote:

Troublegum is excellent

But High Anxiety has alot of good tracks.

Hey Satan you Rock - always gets my vote and If it Kills me is a real toe tapper (K promise not to use that saying again tis a bit naff)

But can’t really deside which I Would perfer. For most it I’d stick on TroubleGum but still have a soft spot for High Anxiety

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 13:23

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Isness wrote:

I prefer High Anxiety. Troublegum has never been one of my very favourite T? albums (it comes in at about number 6, I think), and High Anxiety I find is more solid in the number of tracks I like. I was introduced to the band through Semi-Detached, so that’s the one with nostalgia for me.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 14:48

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deadsetgav wrote:

Troublegum - it has been one of my favouret albums for over a decade

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 14:53

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deadsetgav wrote:

I’m not sure how to spell favouret… favourite… ah fuck it! :(

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 14:55

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Alan wrote:

I prefer “High Anxiety” to “Troublegum”. I think HA has better songs on it, such as If It Kills Me, Not In Any Name, Stand In Line etc… the Troublegum songs are good too, but none of them stand out as special to me.

But my favourite albums are Suicide Pact & Caucasian Psychosis.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 15:23

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richboy wrote:

romy wrote:

same goes for me.HA is great too,tho.
as is Semi Detached (okay,so i am the only one who thinks that but i don’t mind :p)

i think semi-detached is better than both these albums.

troublegum whilst it is a really good album is all in the same vein whereas SD is a lot more varied. and i don’t know about anybody else, but i think HA is a very average (if not weak) album only saved by the amazing stand in line, if it kills me and not in any name.

all these albums come in behind infernal love and babyteeth though. not sure where to put NANE, but think it’ll be pretty high up. still no babyteeth though!

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 15:49

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Pat wrote:

i have to agree with richboy, i think high anxiety is pretty weak compared to their other albums, it just doesnt have that classic therapy? sound or feel. troublegum was an outstanding album, every single track could have been a single, good ones too, that’s how i feel about nane a very solid album that sounds like therapy? of old. wonder if i’ll feel the same way about it in 10 years

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 17:32

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RobbyVDH wrote:

Both are really good albums with classic songs on, but for me Troublegum is no 1 :cool:

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 18:00

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ardmhacha wrote:

call me an aul fart if you like, but nothing beats Caucasian Psychosis… being in Northern Ireland at that time, watching them “go from the blue lamp disco to…” was a joy to behold.

gigs where andy would commandeer you at the door of the grotty place and offer you free entry if you’d help lift the gear inside

but failing that, Nurse could have been a classic but suffered from a lack of production.

Posted on Wed, 13 October 2004 at 18:39

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xeron wrote:

Troublegum is my all time favourite album by any band, ever. Every single track is just brilliant.

Don’t get me wrong, I love HA, but its not a patch on Troublegum.

The T? CDs in my car CD changer right now are NANE, Infernal Love and Troublegum.

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 10:06

#22

Mr.E wrote:

TROUBLEGUM till the end of the world!
strange poll - HA is far behind…

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 15:12

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up_in_flames (Tom) wrote:

Tough HA is a brilliant record, it was troublegum that got me into the whole thing. Therefore I voted fro troublegum, one of my favourite albums of all times.

btw, my cousin took my original copy of it and lended it to some of his asshole friends. i guess it’s gone forever. I have to replace it *runs to the record store*

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 15:30

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Citizen Erased wrote:

I’d probably going for HA as I played Troublegum to death in the 90s, and Screamager and Die Laughing are on SMFTTYP which tends to make it into my car much more than Troublegum. Would hate to have to give up either though.

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 17:01

#25

Superstick Dude wrote:

I resent this question. All Therapy? albums are equally as good as each other in my opinion, except Infernal Love which just beats them.

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 17:02

#26

Citizen Erased wrote:

;)

No no, shameless is clearly the bestest.

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 17:11

#27

Rust wrote:

Troublegum!!!! no doubt about it.
Although I knew T? before the release I think it’s their masterpiece.

Nirvana had Nevermind
Red Hot Chili Peppers had Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Metallica had the Black album

Therapy has Troublegum.

Also the live shows were the greatest during that period!
(Brielpoort, Torhout(x3), Silo,…)

Posted on Thu, 14 October 2004 at 17:50

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lupus wrote:

In my opinion, Troublegum is by far the best record Therapy? ever released…a real masterpiece, comparable to NMA’s Thunder & Consolation, The Cure’s Disintegration, RATM’s debut, Zion Train’s Homegrown Fantasy, The Who’s Quadrophenia…

Lupus

Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 14:24

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FNYANKEZ wrote:

Troublegum definitely has the highest number of great songs, so it gets my vote. But I have to say Infernal Love was their most well-crafter ALBUM, the way each song flowed into each other, setting the mood. Sort of went back to the 70’s where artists took the album-oriented approach and could care less about singles.

Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 17:23

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lazloman2002 wrote:

troublegum is amazing,havent heard HA:I reckon babyteeth is thier best.its so fucking raw and angry.its like nothing theyve done since.

Posted on Fri, 15 October 2004 at 17:49

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