Sunny Day Real EstateBest Sunny Day Real Estate Albums Ranked

How It Feels to Be Something On

pitchfork

8.8

“Sunny Day Real Estate admired Fugazi's ethics, but dreamed of being Led Zeppelin and U2, bands that aspired for total transcendence—something they finally achieved on How It Feels to Be Something On.”

Diary at London Bridge Studio

pitchfork

8.7

“A template for both emo and modern rock, Sunny Day's original lineup has its two records reissued, with bonus cuts, and they deserve reassessment.”

The Rising Tide

rollingstone

6.0

“Sunny Day Real Estate have always hinted that they want to become emo-core’s answer to earnest, pre-Achtung Baby U2. On their fourth studio album, The Rising Tide, the Seattle trio finally sounds like it. The grandiose production, by Lou Giordano (Goo Goo Dolls, Live), matches the quasi-mystical visions mapped out in the songs. Jeremy Enigk […]”

The Rising Tide

pitchfork

5.9

“Are you ready to admit the Peter Gabriel factor? Or, even more frightening, the Yes and Rush factor? Not only does *The Rising Tide* dip its toes into sucking whirlpools of late 70s arena prog, but it stands as one of those albums that forces listeners to ponder the inevitable third act of even their most fond bands, wherein Our Hero finds his fate in a bloody climax of vocal effects, drums solos,”