I have to vote average cos like I'm a casual listener to 2nd gen Kpop and have heard a few B Sides from other groups and remember them...but like I can't name a single SNSD B Side I remember or have heard people talk about much.
To be fair, I didn't listen to all their korean albums. I listened to I Got a Boy, Mr Mr, Lion Heart and Holiday Night and any of these albums impressed me at all.
But the fact their own fans hype the japanese discography up instead of the korean one speak volumes.
I listened to all of them during pandemic times and found them very average. With a few exceptions of course (including a couple Japanese b-sides that are bops).
Average. Even though SNSD was the first group that introduced me into Kpop, I don't think i remember any B-sides from them. Their B-sides just weren't very captivating nor interesting to me. Most people only ever talked about their title tracks. Like i mean compared to their peers like 2NE1 and f(x) where people often talked about their B-sides, i feel like that's not the case for SNSD
It depends because SNSD has a massive discography
Pre The Boys (2007-2010) bad. With a very sincere "I hate you" to Genie
(2011-14) better. Not exactly cohesive albums but you could pick out some gems and the good songs started to outnumber the filler
Japanese discography: top tier and everybody knows this
2015-2017 - their best Korean albums imo. Cohesive, matured but still that girly SNSD pop. Lion Heart is their best album
2nd gen in general had the curse of having a lot of chill, purgatory mall music to pad out length. SNSD was around for long enough that their music evolved away from it.
Sometimes what fans choose to praise says a lot about what they aren't praising without meaning to.
Red Velvet (and most other ggs) gets the most praise and hype for their albums when the title track is horrendous or it flops. Not that the albums aren't good but outside of PRV, the albums attached to more successful, praised titles don't get the same hype despite being just as good.
SNSDs Korean discography wasnt terrible but also wasn't the best. Hence why sones focus on the Japanese releases so they can brag about SNSD having the best one (and they're right)
mid at best, can't think of a memorable b side from SNSD
I get a sense that somewhere towards the latter half of 2nd gen is when SM albums were a lot more cohesive and memorable.
I'd say the best albums I've listened by SM groups were released during the 3rd generation, even by the 2nd generation
Super Junior, Mamacita (2014)
SNSD, Holiday Night (2017)
SHINee, 1 of 1 (2016)
f(x), 4Walls (2015)
EXO, Universe (2017)
Red Velvet, Perfect Velvet (2017)
NCT (all units) and aespa (obviously) released their best during 4th gen tho
I get a sense that somewhere towards the latter half of 2nd gen is when SM albums were a lot more cohesive and memorable.
2014 and onwards where girl groups are concerned
Display MoreI'd say the best albums I've listened by SM groups were released during the 3rd generation, even by the 2nd generation
Super Junior, Mamacita (2014)
SNSD, Holiday Night (2017)
SHINee, 1 of 1 (2016)
f(x), 4Walls (2015)
EXO, Universe (2017)
Red Velvet, Perfect Velvet (2017)
NCT (all units) and aespa (obviously) released their best during 4th gen tho
Universe is your favorite EXO album? Eye- ok ok I’ll ask about that another day
Way to Go is the best B-side in kpop history
Their earlier b-sides were much better.
I've listened to quite a few snsd albums, some of them multiple times, and truthfully I can't remember how most of them even sound like. I do remember liking a few b-sides from lion heart and forever 1 but none of them immediately stood out and I haven't listened to them enough for any to stick.
Now if the conversation was about their Japanese discography their b-sides there were much better.
Taeyeon also has much better b-sides than her own group tbh
Why is there no "SNSD b-sides are bad" option?
That would be mean 
I've listened to quite a few snsd albums, some of them multiple times, and truthfully I can't remember how most of them even sound like. I do remember liking a few b-sides from lion heart and forever 1 but none of them immediately stood out and I haven't listened to them enough for any to stick.
Now if the conversation was about their Japanese discography their b-sides there were much better.
Taeyeon also has much better b-sides than her own group tbh
no bc fr Taeyeon's solo songs are so much better than SNSD's its actually kinda iconic
Many tracks were average, others were lacking in terms of production quality. They do have memorable album-cut vocal melodies like:
Back Hug
Mistake
Show! Show! Show!
Girlfriend
Boyfriend
Check
Mood Lamp
Closer
Yeah, SNSD's b-sides overall weren't that good, definitely mediocre. They did have some nice ones as well ofc, Goodbye, Trick, Way To Go comes to mind. Tbh one of the best I can think of isn't SNSD but TTS (Whisper) lol. Considering SNSD have a lot of songs, it's not many memorable b-sides. Though my impression isn't that other GGs (at least at the time) had much better b-sides either?
I agree Japanese disco > Korean. Why isn't The Great Escape +You-aholic on Spotify.. Now I feel nostalgic
Taeyeon's albums definitely are a whole lot stronger with a lot of memorable b-sides, even a lot that probably would do well if they were singles. SNSD imo is more of a singles artist overall.
SNSD's bsides are fabulos
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