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In 1981, Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records, and released its eponymous debut EP Sonic Youth the next year. [1] The band's first full-length album was Confusion is Sex , released in 1983. [ 1 ] Kill Yr Idols was released the same year under the German label Zensor Records. [ 1 ]
Sonic Youth was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, rounding out the core line-up.
The album ranked No. 4 among "Albums of the Year" for 1987 in the annual NME critics' poll. [28] In a retrospective review, AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Sister "a masterpiece" and "one of the singular art rock records of the 1980s, surpassed only by Sonic Youth's next album, Daydream Nation". [29]
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The album was ranked high in critics' year-end lists of 1988's best records, being voted second in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop poll. Daydream Nation has since been widely considered to be Sonic Youth's greatest work , as well as one of the greatest albums of all time, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] specifically having a profound influence on the ...
It ranked number 4 among the "Albums of the Year" by NME. [20] Slant Magazine , who placed EVOL at number 82 on their Best Albums of the 1980s list, described it as "one of [Sonic Youth's] strangest albums" and "a difficult album that's nonetheless one of the best latter-day invocations of no wave chaos."
The front cover of the album, a photograph taken by Gordon's longtime friend Mike Kelley, depicted an orange stuffed toy with Sonic Youth written down the sides. The theme continued through the CD booklet with pictures of a teddy bear, rabbit and other plush animals. The credits were also included in the booklet.
Goo is the sixth full-length studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990, by DGC Records.For this album, the band sought to expand upon its trademark alternating guitar arrangements and the layered sound of their previous album Daydream Nation (1988) with songwriting that was more topical than past works, exploring themes of female empowerment and pop ...