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Daydream Nation (CD)

By: Sonic Youth (Artist)

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Sonic Youth Artist Snapshot:

Drawing equally from punk rock and new-music pioneers such as John Cage and Glenn Branca (whom guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo both played with), Sonic Youth employed a palette of white noise that deconstructed punk-rock orthodoxy into radical new configurations. Seemingly the opposite of what major labels would want in a band, Sonic Youth inked a deal with Geffen records in the late 1980s and caught the ear of a certain mainstream listenership. With the release of their 16th proper studio album, RATHER RIPPED, in 2006, Sonic Youth secured their position as icons of underground and alternative culture.

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DISC 1 for Daydream Nation (CD) Album By Sonic Youth (Artist)
1   Teen Age Riot
2   Silver Rocket
3   Sprawl, The
4   'Cross The Breeze
5   Eric's Trip
6   Total Trash
7   Hey Joni
8   Providence
9   Candle
10   Rain King
11   Kissability
12   Trilogy: The Wonder: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr.
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.74) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ts tunings keep it honest and its anthems keep it thrilling."
Rolling Stone (10/89) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - Ranked #45 in Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s' survey.
Spin (p.100) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "In terms of badass sonics and sentiments, perhaps the greatest art-punk statement ever."
Spin (1/89, p.67) - "...this music is hitting me right where I live..."
Q (7/96, p.144) - 3 Stars - Good - "...regarded by many as the Youth's greatest work....DAYDREAM NATION...contain[s] the glorious, Nirvana-predicting 'Teen Age Riot'..."
Uncut (p.94) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[An] avant-rock masterpiece....If it had been recorded yesterday, DAYDREAM NATION would still sound revolutionary."
Alternative Press (7/95, p.89) - Rated #51 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...Sonic Youth's most focused, fully-realized work. This [is] the document of a band at the height of their powers, distilling every lesson they [have] learned in guitar terrorism, songwriting, rock action, and shattering conventions into a sustained series of electrical shocks..."
CMJ (1/5/04, p.26) - Ranked #20 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1989"
Down Beat (p.72) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Widely hailed as Sonic Youth's masterpiece....DAYDREAM NATION was a lean, graceful blast of subcultural New York writ large..."
Melody Maker (5/4/96, p.58) - "...The mid-period Sonic LPs, specifically SISTER and DAYDREAM NATION, are generally regarded as their most fully realised..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.50) - "[The album] opened the floodgates for acolytes such as Nirvana....You can practically hear the '90s being invented..."

Title Note

Sonic Youth: Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo (vocals, guitar); Kim Gordon (vocals, bass); Steve Shelley (drums).

Recorded at Greene Street Recording, New York, New York in July and August 1988. Originally released as a 2-LP set on Enigma (5403). Includes liner notes by Jutta Koether.

Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore.

The double album that brought Sonic Youth to the attention of a wider audience and prompted the eager interest of a handful of major labels. DAYDREAM NATION, with its sleepy single candle flickering silently on the gatefold cover, harnessed their reckless live favourite, "Teenage Riot," while they ran gloriously roughshod over "Rain King" and "Silver Rocket," and offered the overtly camp glee of "Trilogy," which came with parts a, b and c. Their assured ascension to festival billing and the giant Geffen label came as no surprise to anyone who had heard this album.

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5 out of 5 stars Truly wonderful (erics?) trip, July 23, 2009
By Ravin "No Wave" Dave
Depending on how you like your SY, this is probably considered their best album. After a stretch of albums exploring musicality (EVOL, SISTER etc), this is last testament before they began flirting with the record industry (flirting, then scoring mind you!). "Teenage Riot", "Silver Rocket" sound as fresh and urgent as ever. CHECK DIS OUT!

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