Including this vinyl reissue of the 1992 sonic youth album, dirty. Goo is a portrait of sonic youth at their most selfindulgently noisy and contentious, covering topics ranging from karen carpenter tunic to ufos disappearer to dating jesus mom marychrist. Sonic youth sister vinyl lp censored reissue like new. As with many greats like the beatles or miles davis or john coltrane or husker du, this was a band that was in constant transition, and it feels like sister is a culmination of everything they had learned up to this point. Dirty is the seventh studio album, released on july 21, 1992. Band newsspot sonic news are reporting that 2014 will welcome a veritable parade of sy reissues. Features song lyrics for sonic youth s dirty album. And thats not including the picture of naked artists canoodling with plush toy animals under the cd tray. Just over a year after launching a live archive with, sonic youth have now made concert recordings from across their career avai. Prior to the albums release in july 1992, sonic youth did a brief northeast tour, finishing with a free show in central park on july 4th.
Sonic youth s 1994 album experimental jet set, trash and no star, which saw the band taking a more lowkey and personal approach after the visceral grungepop of dirty and goo, is the first and. Sonic youth is an american rock band based in new york city, formed in 1981. As much as i like rather ripped, i couldnt help but be disapointed that i didnt get to hear dirty boots or teenage riot or schizophrenia or hey joni or. The new york noiserockformatie sonic youth made with it by butch vig garbage, nirvana produced dirty 1992 the most accessible album in its existence. A twodisc deluxe edition w the remastered album, remixed 8track demos and b sides was released in 2003. On march 25, 2003, a doublecd deluxe edition of the album was released. Legendary new york no wave group reissue their second album, confusion is sex, on its 33rd anniversary. It is the only recording featuring the early sonic youth lineup with richard edson on drums. They went into the studio with a perhaps unprecedented abundance of material, and ended up issuing a doublevinyl release w an exclusive bonus track, stalker.
But if youre not completely devoted, youll be fine with the standard edition. Sonic youth bull in the heather official video by sonic youth. Dirty added scans of pirate cassette, promo cassette, thai cassette. The band confirmed a series of reissue plans via a post on their official website on may 5. Mixed at sound on sound, nyc except cd115 mixed at magic shop and cd110 recordedmixed in hoboken. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Get the best deals on sonic youth lp vinyl records when you shop the largest online selection at. Its not that it was bad, but that it didnt seem like sy. Universal music are pleased to reissue this popular sonic youth title. Sonic youth wont be exactly audiophile but id give this about 810 for sound. The album will include eleven previously unreleased rehearsals and demos as well as a handful of b.
Sonic youth releaseproduct confusion is sex label goofin catalogue number goo022lp release date. Sonic youth announce extensive vinyl reissue series. Listening to the instrumental bsides and rehearsal takes that make up the second disc of this deluxe reissue, though, the final dirty product. The textures on the distortion and fuzz effects are beautiful. The album was the bands first on a major label after the group left enigma records to sign with geffen. Founding members thurston moore guitar, vocals, kim gordon bass, vocals, guitar and lee ranaldo guitar, vocals remained together for the entire history of the band, while steve shelley drums followed a series of shortterm drummers in 1985, and rounded out the. Sonic youth return on bandcamp with live recordings. Theres two things i came to realize about sonic youth as i listened to dirty. Bury tomorrow better below official video duration. Confusion is sex destroys daydream nation and dirty. Lp reissue on universal back to black, with a variation on that great topshop t. It was deemed best album of 1992 by entertainment weekly magazine. Sonic youth albums, songs discography album of the year. It was the first one i bought, but it wasnt until i bought evol much later that i fell in love with them.
Dirty was also sonic youth s most overtly political album, railing against the abuses of the reaganbush era on youth against fascism, swimsuit issue, and chapel hill, a surprising move from a band so often in love with cryptic irony. A deluxe twocd reissue of sonic youth s 1992 recording, dirty, will be released on march 4th. Sonic youth have been grubbing through their archives for some years now and it seems their muchmooted reissue series is finally about to see the light of day. A return to inprint and onvinyl status for a few sonic youth albums. More audible, though, was the collective gasp when it was revealed that the first sonic youth reissue would be 1992s dirty, the bands biggest commercial hit, not to mention the record that most. Sonic youth dirty 4 lp deluxe box set vinyl rip in 24. The sound on dirty was inspired by the grunge scene of. Pioneers in noise rock who continued creating sophisticated, visceral music long after they became an altrock institution. This is a 2 disc reissue of sonic youths 1992 masterpiece dirty. Oct 08, 2009 music video by sonic youth performing dirty boots. Sonic youth dirty double lp vinyl record cloth sleeve australian limited to.
By the time the driver becomes really heated, a crowd has gathered around the car and the men. I keep going up and down on my interest in sonic youth as i listen to their albums. Im just here for dictation i dont wanna be a sensation being on sixty minutes was it worth your fifteen minutes. Im more interested in what thurston moore is doing than sonic youth as a whole, and i find much of these albums to sort of pass through me without any real reaction.
It was recorded between december 1981 and january 1982 and released in march 1982 by glenn brancas neutral label. Dec 30, 2002 a deluxe twocd reissue of sonic youths 1992 recording, dirty, will be released on march 4th. Sep 06, 2012 it is difficult to imagine indie rock without sonic youth. The band recorded and coproduced the album with butch vig in early 1992 at the magic shop studios. On first listen to dirty i prefer the calmer or mellow tracks i will get used to the frantic tracks over all dirty to me is a solid album from the sonic youth and still sounds fresh and raw in 2017 as it did way back in 1992 i will invest in more the sonic youth will buy sister and murray street. Dirty vinyl, lp, album, misprint, reissue, remastered album cover. Not so with the follow up, 1992s dirty, such a naked attempt at commercial success that. Goo is the sixth studio album by the american altrockers sonic youth, released by dgc records on june 26, 1990. I love you sugar kane, acomin from the rain oh kiss me like a frog, and turn me into flame i love you all the time, i need you 8 to 9 and i can stay all night, yr body shining and i know theres something down there sugar soul back to the cross a twisted lane there something down there sugar kane im back again in love, im back again a dove.
Even public enemys chuck d joins the fracas on the single kool thing. Here we go to another candle i know all the girls, theyre playing on a jelly roll time to take a ride, time to take it in a midnight eye and if you wanna go, get on below. Sonic youth s sixth studio album, originally released in 1990, is reissued. Sonic youth is the debut ep by american rock band sonic youth. The sound on dirty was inspired by the grunge scene of the time, and was described as avantrock. Dark, full of energy and misplaced aggression, the music sounded like not much else out there when it was first released.
Witness the harddriving metallic riffage and swirling feedback of 100%, the supremely catchy hooks of sugar. Only the velvet underground can reasonably boast a more important alternative history to the grand narrative of rock and roll. How sonic youth led a gritty assault on the mainstream. Well, dirty may be the wrong word, but they were certainly doing something unyouth. I love sonic youth and would rate this album as being as good as daydream nation. Sonic youth dirty deluxe edition cd1 mp3 album download. For information about cookies that are required for this website to operate correctly, please read our cookies policy. The discography of american rock band sonic youth comprises 15 studio albums, seven extended plays, three compilation albums, seven video releases, 21 singles, 46 music videos, nine releases in the sonic youth recordings series, eight official bootlegs, and contributions to 16 soundtracks and other compilations. The bonus ep included on the reissue is just as weird. This is a 2 disc reissue of sonic youth s 1992 masterpiece dirty. Features news, biographies, mp3, videos, photos, and links.
Sonic youth are one of my top 3 favorite bands, ever. It has been remastered from the original analog masters and includes an extra track stalker. It comprised the original album with additional bsides, demos and rehearsal recordings. Dirty was never exactly my favorite sonic youth album. Dirty is an album by sonic youth that was originally released on july 21, 1992. Corcrane secret was released in july of that year, the same month as sonic youth s dirty and danzigs danzig iii. Considering this was the first time id ever gotten the chance to see sonic youth, after liking them since 1994, it was a little disapointing.
While sonic youth diehards may complain that 1992s dirty is the first of their albums to receive the deluxe reissue treatment complete with an extra disc of bsides, unreleased rehearsals and demos, and, of course, liner notes with essays by thurston moore, lee ranaldo, and byron coley, among others its place in the bands discography as their relatively most commercial, and. Im just here for dictation i dont wanna be a sensation bein on sixty minutes was it worth yo. Dirty was released and sonic youth showed how dirty they really are. If anything, dirty finds sonic youth revisiting the territory the band mapped out on sister merging the propulsive structures of rock both punk and otherwise with the gorgeous chaos of their approach to the electric guitar and it shows how much better theyd gotten at it in the past five years, from the curiously beautiful wish. Released as part of a back to black reissue series for sonic youth s back catalogue, dirty is the seventh studio album, released on july 21, 1992. Notes dirty was sonic youth s ninth album, and the second recorded for dgcgeffen.
Id be hard pressed to decide which, if any, sonic youth album deserves a 10, but i dont think it. Ill grant that their first sellout effort, 1990s goo isnt bad. Dirty is the seventh studio album by american rock band sonic youth, released on july 21, 1992 by dgc records. Sonic youth was the bands debut record, featuring five songs recorded in late 81 with original drummer richard edson. With several albums and a decades worth of experimental music behind them, sonic youth hijacked the grunge mainstream with. Released as part of a back to black reissue series for sonic youth s back catalogue, featuring more openended pieces than its predecessors and containing some of the bands longest songs, including the 20minute the diamond sea, which is the lengthiest track to feature on any of sonic youth. Geddy lee, avril lavigne, justin bieber, bryan adams and more wanted to bring some hope to their native canada, so they joined forces for an uplifting cover of bill withers lean on me. The black vinyl lp reissue of polvo s seminal debut album.
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