Sonic Youth

Submitted by rudolf55 on Wed, 05/09/2007 - 03:27
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  • Confusion Is Sex (1983)


  • 1. (She's In A) Bad Mood: 4.6
  • 2. Protect Me You: 6.0
  • 3. Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog: 0.0
  • 4. Shaking Hell: 1.0
  • 5. Inhuman: 0.9
  • 6. The World Looks Red: 1.4
  • 7. Confusion Is Next: 2.1
  • 8. Making The Nature Scene: 3.7
  • 9. Lee Is Free: 2.8
  • Song Average: 2.5
  • Score: 21%

  • Bad Moon Rising (1985)


  • 1. Intro: 7.6
  • 2. Brave Men Run (In My Family): 5.9
  • 3. Society Is A Hole: 4.8
  • 4. I Love Her All The Time: 6.2
  • 5. Ghost Bitch: 4.9
  • 6. I'm Insane: 7.0
  • 7. Justice Is Might: 5.0
  • 8. Death Valley '69: 4.0
  • Song Average: 5.7
  • Score: 55%

  • EVOL (1986)


  • 1. Tom Violence: 9.1
  • 2. Shadow Of A Doubt: 9.0
  • 3. Star Power: 9.0
  • 4. In The Kingdom #19: 8.4
  • 5. Green Light: 9.1
  • 6. Death To Our Friends: 7.2
  • 7. Secret Girl: 9.2
  • 8. Marilyn Moore: 7.0
  • 9. Expressway To Yr. Skull (Aka The Crucifixion Of Sean Penn/Madonna, Sean And Me): 9.3
  • 10. Bubblegum: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.6
  • Score: 83%
  • Comment: Question time! How come I like this one yet dislike the much more popular and according to many, much better Daydream Nation?

  • Sister (1987)


  • 1. Schizophrenia: 9.0
  • 2. (I Got A) Catholic Block: 6.8
  • 3. Beauty Lies In The Eye: 8.4
  • 4. Stereo Sanctity: 8.0
  • 5. Pipeline/Kill Time: 9.0
  • 6. Tuff Gnarl: 4.6
  • 7. Pacific Coast Highway: 7.0
  • 8. Hot Wire My Heart: 6.9
  • 9. Kotton Krown: 8.1
  • 10. White Kross: 8.0
  • 11. Master-Dik: 4.7
  • Song Average: 6.9
  • Score: 69%

  • Daydream Nation (1988)


  • 1. Teen Age Riot: 8.4
  • 2. Silver Rocket: 6.8
  • 3. The Sprawl: 6.1
  • 4. Cross The Breeze: 5.7
  • 5. Eric's Trip: 6.0
  • 6. Total Trash: 4.9
  • 7. Hey Joni: 6.3
  • 8. Providence: 3.9
  • 9. Candle: 7.0
  • 10. Rain King: 4.0
  • 11. Kissability: 4.1
  • 12. Trilogy: 4.6
  • Song Average: 5.8
  • Score: 56%

  • Goo (1990)


  • 1. Dirty Boots: 9.2
  • 2. Tunic (Song For Karen): 9.0
  • 3. Mary-Christ: 8.3
  • 4. Kool Thing: 7.8
  • 5. Mote: 8.0
  • 6. My Friend Goo: 9.0
  • 7. Disappearer: 9.1
  • 8. Mildred Pierce: 4.9
  • 9. Cinderella's Big Score: 8.5
  • 10. Scooter + Jinx: 5.0
  • 11. Titanium Exposé: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.0
  • Score: 78%

  • Dirty (1992)


  • 1. 100%: 8.0
  • 2. Swimsuit Issue: 7.1
  • 3. Theresa's Sound-World: 9.0
  • 4. Drunken Butterfly: 6.8
  • 5. Shoot: 9.1
  • 6. Wish Fulfillment: 8.2
  • 7. Sugar Kane: 9.3
  • 8. Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit: 6.2
  • 9. Youth Against Fascism: 9.0
  • 10. Nic Fit (Untouchables): 5.0
  • 11. On The Strip: 8.0
  • 12. Chapel Hill: 9.1
  • 13. JC: 9.2
  • 14. Purr: 9.0
  • 15. Créme Brûlèe: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.1
  • Score: 80%

  • Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star (1994)


  • 1. Winner's Blues: 9.3
  • 2. Bull In The Heather: 9.4
  • 3. Starfield Road: 6.6
  • 4. Skink: 9.0
  • 5. Screaming Skull: 8.7
  • 6. Self-Obsessed And Sexxee: 9.2
  • 7. Bone: 7.3
  • 8. Androgynous Mind: 6.3
  • 9. Quest For The Cup: 8.5
  • 10. Waist: 9.0
  • 11. Doctor's Orders: 9.5
  • 12. Tokyo Eye: 8.0
  • 13. In The Mind Of The Bourgeois Reader: 7.8
  • 14. Sweet Shine: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.4
  • Score: 82%

  • Washing Machine (1995)


  • 1. Becuz: 7.6
  • 2. Junkie's Promise: 6.9
  • 3. Saucer-Like: 9.0
  • 4. Washing Machine: 3.9
  • 5. Unwind: 9.1
  • 6. Little Trouble Girl: 8.0
  • 7. No Queen Blues: 4.8
  • 8. Panty Lies: 4.1
  • 9. Untitled (Becuz Coda): 4.0
  • 10. Skip Tracer: 7.2
  • 11. The Diamond Sea: 5.0
  • Song Average: 6.3
  • Score: 59%

  • A Thousand Leaves (1998)


  • 1. Contre Le Sexisme: 1.0
  • 2. Sunday: 5.5
  • 3. Female Mechanic Now On Duty: 3.8
  • 4. Wildflower's Soul: 6.2
  • 5. Hoarfrost: 9.1
  • 6. French Tickler: 6.8
  • 7. Hits Of Sunshine: 6.0
  • 8. Karen Koltrane: 4.2
  • 9. The Ineffable Me: 3.5
  • 10. Snare, Girl: 7.3
  • 11. Heather Angel: 2.7
  • Song Average: 5.1
  • Score: 42%

  • NYC Ghosts & Flowers (2000)


  • 1. Free City Rhymes: 1.2
  • 2. Renegade Princess: 0.9
  • 3. Nevermind (What Was It Anyway?): 0.7
  • 4. Small Flowers Crack Concrete: 1.5
  • 5. Side2side: 0.5
  • 6. StreamXSonik Subway: 0.8
  • 7. NYC Ghosts & Flowers: 0.9
  • 8. Lightnin': 0.0
  • Song Average: 0.8
  • Score: 7%

  • Murray Street (2002)


  • 1. The Empty Page: 9.2
  • 2. Disconnection Notice: 9.0
  • 3. Rain On Tin: 7.7
  • 4. Karen Revisited: 4.8
  • 5. Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style: 5.9
  • 6. Plastic Sun: 6.4
  • 7. Sympathy For The Strawberry: 8.1
  • Song Average: 7.3
  • Score: 66%

  • Sonic Nurse (2004)


  • 1. Pattern Recognition: 6.7
  • 2. Unmade Bed: 9.0
  • 3. Dripping Dream: 9.1
  • 4. Kim Gordon And The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream: 7.0
  • 5. Stones: 9.3
  • 6. Dude Ranch Nurse: 8.1
  • 7. New Hampshire: 6.1
  • 8. Paper Cup Exit: 9.0
  • 9. I Love You Golden Blue: 8.5
  • 10. Peace Attack: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.2
  • Score: 80%

  • Rather Ripped (2006)


  • 1. Reena: 9.2
  • 2. Incinerate: 9.0
  • 3. Do You Believe In Rapture?: 9.5
  • 4. Sleepin' Around: 8.2
  • 5. What A Waste: 9.0
  • 6. Jams Run Free: 7.9
  • 7. Rats: 7.8
  • 8. Turquoise Boy: 9.1
  • 9. Lights Out: 9.0
  • 10. The Neutral: 8.5
  • 11. Pink Steam: 8.1
  • 12. Or: 7.7
  • Song Average: 8.6
  • Score: 84%
Author Comments: 

Rankings

1. Rather Ripped ****/*****
2. EVOL ****/*****
3. Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star ****/*****
4. Dirty ****/*****
5. Sonic Nurse ****/*****
6. Goo ***1/2/*****
7. Sister ***/*****
8. Murray Street ***/*****
9. Washing Machine **1/2/*****
10. Daydream Nation **1/2/*****
11. Bad Moon Rising **1/2/*****
12. A Thousand Leaves **/*****
13. Confusion Is Sex */*****
14. NYC Ghosts & Flowers Zero stars