Sonic Youth discography
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Sonic Youth
is a alternative rock
band formed in New York City in 1981. Their lineup currently includes Thurston Moore
, Lee Ranaldo
, Kim Gordon
, Mark Ibold
, and Steve Shelley
. The band's discography includes 16 studio albums, seven extended play
s, three compilation album
s, seven video releases, 21 singles
, 46 music videos, eight releases in the Sonic Youth Recordings
series, eight official bootleg
s, and contributions to 16 soundtracks and other compilations.
In 1981 Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records
, and released its eponymous debut EP Sonic Youth
the next year. The band's first full-length album was Confusion is Sex
, released in 1983. Kill Yr Idols
was released the same year, under the German label Zensor Records. Bad Moon Rising
was released two years later on Blast First, a label created specifically for Sonic Youth releases. In 1986 Sonic Youth signed to SST Records
and released EVOL
later the same year. The album gained the band increasing critical acclaim and exposure, and the group released Sister
and the double LP Daydream Nation
in 1987 and 1988 respectively, the latter on Enigma Records
.
In 1990 the band signed to major label Geffen Records
, and released Goo
the same year. The band's 1991 tour with the then little-known band Nirvana
was documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke
. In 1992, Sonic Youth released Dirty. Two years later, the group released Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
, and Washing Machine the following year.
Forced to start from scratch after its instruments and equipment were stolen, the band released NYC Ghosts & Flowers
in 2000. Sonic Youth released Murray Street
in the summer of 2002, followed in 2004 by Sonic Nurse
. Rather Ripped
and The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
were released in 2006, the latter featuring tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, B-sides
to international singles, and other previously unreleased material.
. The SYR series has established a tradition where each album is released in a different language. SYR1 has song titles and album sleeve artwork all in French, SYR2 is in Dutch
, SYR3 is in Esperanto
, SYR5 is in Japanese, and SYR6 is in Lithuanian
.
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
is a alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band formed in New York City in 1981. Their lineup currently includes Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label...
, Lee Ranaldo
Lee Ranaldo
Lee M. Ranaldo is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth...
, Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon
Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She has sung and played bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz...
, Mark Ibold
Mark Ibold
Mark Ibold is a New York-based bass guitarist, member of the indie band Pavement from 1992 to 1999, and again as of their 2010 reunion. He is also currently in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth....
, and Steve Shelley
Steve Shelley
Steven Jay Shelley is an American drummer, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Sonic Youth.-Biography:...
. The band's discography includes 16 studio albums, seven extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
s, three compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, seven video releases, 21 singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, 46 music videos, eight releases in the Sonic Youth Recordings
Sonic Youth Recordings
Sonic Youth Recordings is a record label established by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth in 1996. SYR was set up to allow the band to release records by themselves and their friends without the commercial pressures of a major label...
series, eight official bootleg
Bootleg recording
A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...
s, and contributions to 16 soundtracks and other compilations.
In 1981 Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records
Neutral Records
Neutral Records is an independent record label. Glenn Branca ran the label during the No Wave and post-punk scene in the Lower East Side, New York, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among their releases were early records by Swans and the first EP by Sonic Youth as well as Confusion is Sex....
, and released its eponymous debut EP Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth (album)
Sonic Youth is the debut release by Sonic Youth. It was recorded in 1981 at Radio City Music Hall, New York City and released on Glenn Branca's Neutral label in 1982...
the next year. The band's first full-length album was Confusion is Sex
Confusion Is Sex
Confusion Is Sex is Sonic Youth's first studio album, originally released on 12" vinyl in 1983 on Neutral. It was reissued on SST Records in 1987 and on CD in 1995 on DGC with extra tracks from the Kill Yr Idols EP. The album features a live cover of The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog". The cover...
, released in 1983. Kill Yr Idols
Kill Yr Idols
Kill Yr Idols is a 1983 EP by the rock band Sonic Youth, originally released only in Germany.In 1995, the tracks on Kill Yr Idols not found on 1983's Confusion Is Sex were appended to the DGC reissue of that album.-Side one:...
was released the same year, under the German label Zensor Records. Bad Moon Rising
Bad Moon Rising (album)
Bad Moon Rising is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on the New York independent record label Homestead Records in 1985. The album is loosely themed around the dark side of America, and includes references to obsession and insanity, Charles Manson,...
was released two years later on Blast First, a label created specifically for Sonic Youth releases. In 1986 Sonic Youth signed to SST Records
SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...
and released EVOL
EVOL
Evol is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released in 1986 on SST Records, and recorded and mixed by New York recording icon Martin Bisi. The album cover features a picture of Lung Leg, a still taken from Submit to Me, a film by Richard Kern...
later the same year. The album gained the band increasing critical acclaim and exposure, and the group released Sister
Sister (Sonic Youth album)
Sister is the fourth album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released in 1987 on SST Records. It was re-released in late 1994 on DGC.The album furthers the band's move away from noise rock towards more traditional pop structures, while maintaining an aggressively experimental approach. It...
and the double LP Daydream Nation
Daydream Nation
Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in October 1988 by Enigma Records in the United States, and by Blast First in the United Kingdom....
in 1987 and 1988 respectively, the latter on Enigma Records
Enigma Records
Enigma Records was a popular rock and alternative American record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, which it split-off from in 1985 to become its own company...
.
In 1990 the band signed to major label Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
, and released Goo
Goo (album)
Goo is the sixth album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records.-Background and recording:...
the same year. The band's 1991 tour with the then little-known band Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
was documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke
1991: The Year Punk Broke
1991: The Year Punk Broke is a 1992 documentary directed by Dave Markey featuring American alternative rock band Sonic Youth on tour in Europe in 1991. While Sonic Youth is the focus of the documentary, the film also gives attention to Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones...
. In 1992, Sonic Youth released Dirty. Two years later, the group released Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star is the eighth album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in May 1994. The album includes one of the group's biggest hits, "Bull in the Heather"...
, and Washing Machine the following year.
Forced to start from scratch after its instruments and equipment were stolen, the band released NYC Ghosts & Flowers
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
NYC Ghosts & Flowers is a 2000 album by Sonic Youth. The album was a slight departure, mainly as a creative reaction to the theft of their instruments in July 1999. Irreplaceable guitars and effects pedals with numerous modifications were stolen...
in 2000. Sonic Youth released Murray Street
Murray Street (album)
Murray Street is the twelfth album by Sonic Youth. It was released in 2002. It was the first album by the group to feature Jim O'Rourke as an official fifth member.Members of noise improv group Borbetomagus appear on "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style"...
in the summer of 2002, followed in 2004 by Sonic Nurse
Sonic Nurse
Sonic Nurse is the 13th album by Sonic Youth, released on June 7, 2004. The cover art was made by renowned artist Richard Prince from his Nurse Paintings series...
. Rather Ripped
Rather Ripped
Rather Ripped is the fifteenth studio album by Sonic Youth, which was released on June 13, 2006. It was their first album without guitarist Jim O'Rourke since 2000's NYC Ghosts & Flowers. The album was described by Thurston Moore as "a super song record" containing "rockers and ballads". The name...
and The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities is a compilation album by Sonic Youth. This album contains tracks previously only available on vinyl, limited-release compilations, imports, and b-sides to international singles. The tracks were hand picked by the band, which also includes unreleased...
were released in 2006, the latter featuring tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, B-sides
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...
to international singles, and other previously unreleased material.
Studio albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
NLD Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
JPN Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... |
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| 1982 | Sonic Youth Sonic Youth (album) Sonic Youth is the debut release by Sonic Youth. It was recorded in 1981 at Radio City Music Hall, New York City and released on Glenn Branca's Neutral label in 1982...
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| 1983 | Confusion Is Sex Confusion Is Sex Confusion Is Sex is Sonic Youth's first studio album, originally released on 12" vinyl in 1983 on Neutral. It was reissued on SST Records in 1987 and on CD in 1995 on DGC with extra tracks from the Kill Yr Idols EP. The album features a live cover of The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog". The cover... Neutral Records Neutral Records is an independent record label. Glenn Branca ran the label during the No Wave and post-punk scene in the Lower East Side, New York, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Among their releases were early records by Swans and the first EP by Sonic Youth as well as Confusion is Sex.... (Neutral #9) |
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| 1985 | Bad Moon Rising Bad Moon Rising (album) Bad Moon Rising is the second studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on the New York independent record label Homestead Records in 1985. The album is loosely themed around the dark side of America, and includes references to obsession and insanity, Charles Manson,... Homestead Records Homestead Records was a Long Island, NY based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading. It was founded in 1984 by Sam Berger, who was the American Independent buyer for Dutch East India Trading. Berger was finding that many bands who had perhaps released their own first 45 were... (HMS #16) |
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| 1986 | EVOL EVOL Evol is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released in 1986 on SST Records, and recorded and mixed by New York recording icon Martin Bisi. The album cover features a picture of Lung Leg, a still taken from Submit to Me, a film by Richard Kern... |
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| 1987 | Sister Sister (Sonic Youth album) Sister is the fourth album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released in 1987 on SST Records. It was re-released in late 1994 on DGC.The album furthers the band's move away from noise rock towards more traditional pop structures, while maintaining an aggressively experimental approach. It... |
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| 1988 | Daydream Nation Daydream Nation Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in October 1988 by Enigma Records in the United States, and by Blast First in the United Kingdom.... |
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| 1988 | The Whitey Album The Whitey Album The Whitey Album is a 1988 album by Ciccone Youth, a side project of Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston Moore, with Minutemen/fIREHOSE member Mike Watt. The album is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Madonna and 80s pop in general... (as Ciccone Youth Ciccone Youth Ciccone Youth is an experimental band which was formed in 1986. It is a side project of Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston Moore, with Minutemen/fIREHOSE member Mike Watt.... ) |
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| 1990 | Goo Goo (album) Goo is the sixth album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records.-Background and recording:... |
96 | 32 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Dirty
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83 | 6 | 22 | 59 | — | — | 26 | — | 5 | — | 53 |
| 1994 | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star is the eighth album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in May 1994. The album includes one of the group's biggest hits, "Bull in the Heather"... |
34 | 10 | 25 | 87 | — | — | 27 | 65 | 16 | — | 62 |
| 1995 | Washing Machine
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58 | 39 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 91 | 41 | 38 | 94 |
| 1998 | A Thousand Leaves A Thousand Leaves A Thousand Leaves is an album by Sonic Youth. It was the group's first major album to be recorded in their private Manhattan studio, dubbed Echo Canyon.... |
85 | 38 | 66 | 84 | 32 | 37 | 43 | — | — | 28 | 43 |
| 2000 | NYC Ghosts & Flowers NYC Ghosts & Flowers NYC Ghosts & Flowers is a 2000 album by Sonic Youth. The album was a slight departure, mainly as a creative reaction to the theft of their instruments in July 1999. Irreplaceable guitars and effects pedals with numerous modifications were stolen... |
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| 2002 | Murray Street Murray Street (album) Murray Street is the twelfth album by Sonic Youth. It was released in 2002. It was the first album by the group to feature Jim O'Rourke as an official fifth member.Members of noise improv group Borbetomagus appear on "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style"... |
126 | 77 | 78 | 63 | 48 | 16 | — | — | — | 28 | 45 |
| 2004 | Sonic Nurse Sonic Nurse Sonic Nurse is the 13th album by Sonic Youth, released on June 7, 2004. The cover art was made by renowned artist Richard Prince from his Nurse Paintings series... |
64 | — | 54 | 89 | 40 | 21 | — | 98 | — | 23 | 47 |
| 2006 | Rather Ripped Rather Ripped Rather Ripped is the fifteenth studio album by Sonic Youth, which was released on June 13, 2006. It was their first album without guitarist Jim O'Rourke since 2000's NYC Ghosts & Flowers. The album was described by Thurston Moore as "a super song record" containing "rockers and ballads". The name... |
71 | 64 | 40 | 79 | 25 | 13 | 46 | — | — | 20 | 41 |
| 2009 | The Eternal The Eternal (album) The Eternal is the sixteenth studio album by Sonic Youth, released by Matador Records on June 9, 2009, their first on that label. It is their first studio album in three years , making it the band's longest delay between studio albums... |
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Extended plays
| Year | EP details | Notes |
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| 1983 | Kill Yr Idols Kill Yr Idols Kill Yr Idols is a 1983 EP by the rock band Sonic Youth, originally released only in Germany.In 1995, the tracks on Kill Yr Idols not found on 1983's Confusion Is Sex were appended to the DGC reissue of that album.-Side one:...
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Confusion Is Sex Confusion Is Sex is Sonic Youth's first studio album, originally released on 12" vinyl in 1983 on Neutral. It was reissued on SST Records in 1987 and on CD in 1995 on DGC with extra tracks from the Kill Yr Idols EP. The album features a live cover of The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog". The cover... by Geffen in 1995. |
| 1987 | Master-Dik Master-Dik -Track listing:#"Master-Dik" - 5:03#"Beat On The Brat" - 2:33#"Under The Influence Of The Jesus & Mary Chain/Ticket To Ride/Master-Dik/Introducing The Stars" - 4:01#"Ringo/He's On Fire/Florida Oil Drums/Westminster Chimes" - 1:42#"Chinese Jam" - 1:13... |
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| 1993 | Whores Moaning Whores Moaning Whores Moaning is an EP by Sonic Youth released on February 1993. It was released exclusively in Australia to coincide with 1993 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand... |
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| 1994 | TV Shit TV Shit TV Shit is an EP by Sonic Youth and Japanese vocalist Yamatsuka Eye. It was released in 1993 on Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. It is referred to as a cover version of the DC Youth Brigade song "No II", the original version of which was a one-second song consisting of the yelled word... |
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| 1998 | Silver Session for Jason Knuth Silver Session for Jason Knuth Silver Session for Jason Knuth is a 1998 EP by Sonic Youth. Its eight tracks consist entirely of guitar feedback with occasional drum machine. Jason Knuth – of the album's title – was a Sonic Youth fan who committed suicide, and proceeds from the record's sales were donated to San Francisco Suicide... |
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| 2002 | In the Fishtank 9 In The Fishtank 9 In the Fishtank 9 features Sonic Youth, Instant Composers Pool, and The Ex.-External links:*... |
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| 2002 | Kali Yug Express
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| 2009 | Sensational Fix
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Compilations
| Year | Compilation details | Notes |
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| 1984 | Sonic Death Sonic Death Sonic Death is a live album by Sonic Youth, released in 1984.It contains live recordings from 1981 to 1983.Many of the songs on this album appear only as fragments, often with no breaks between....
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| 1995 | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love Screaming Fields of Sonic Love Screaming Fields of Sonic Love is a compilation of songs culled from Sonic Youth's various releases from the 1980s. The tracks feature samples from each of their major '80s albums but run in reverse chronological order, starting with songs from the band's 1988 masterwork Daydream Nation and ending... |
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| 2006 | The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities is a compilation album by Sonic Youth. This album contains tracks previously only available on vinyl, limited-release compilations, imports, and b-sides to international singles. The tracks were hand picked by the band, which also includes unreleased... |
B-Sides B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation... . |
| 2008 | Hits Are for Squares Hits Are for Squares Hits Are for Squares is a compilation album by Sonic Youth released on Starbucks Music in 2008. The album contains 16 tracks. The first 15 tracks were selected by other artists and the 16th is an exclusive new recording.... Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and... |
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Sonic Youth Recordings (SYR) series
Sonic Youth have released a number of mostly experimental and instrumental releases under their own label Sonic Youth RecordingsSonic Youth Recordings
Sonic Youth Recordings is a record label established by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth in 1996. SYR was set up to allow the band to release records by themselves and their friends without the commercial pressures of a major label...
. The SYR series has established a tradition where each album is released in a different language. SYR1 has song titles and album sleeve artwork all in French, SYR2 is in Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, SYR3 is in Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
, SYR5 is in Japanese, and SYR6 is in Lithuanian
Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they...
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| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 1997 | SYR1: Anagrama SYR1: Anagrama SYR1: Anagrama is an EP by Sonic Youth. It was the first in a series of experimental and mostly instrumental releases put out on the band's own SYR label....
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| SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom is an EP by Sonic Youth. It was the second in a series of mostly instrumental and experimental releases put out on the band's own SYR label. SYR2 follows the band's tradition of having the liner notes of SYR releases written in foreign languages, in this case Dutch... |
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| 1998 | SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo SYR3: Invito Al Cielo SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo is an EP by Sonic Youth. It was the third in a series of experimental releases put out on the band's own SYR label, leading up to the release of their 1998 record A Thousand Leaves... |
Jim O'Rourke (musician) Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene... . |
| 1999 | SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century is a double album of covers of avant-garde recordings by Sonic Youth and collaborators.SYR4 features works by avant-garde classical composers such as John Cage, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich, and Christian Wolff played by Sonic Youth along with several collaborators from the... |
Avant-garde Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.... recordings by Sonic Youth Sonic Youth Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City... and other collaborators such as John Cage John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde... , Yoko Ono Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon... , Steve Reich Steve Reich Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music... , and Christian Wolff Christian Wolff (composer) Christian G. Wolff is an American composer of experimental classical music.-Biography:Wolff was born in Nice in France to German literary publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff, who had published works by Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, and Walter Benjamin. After relocating to the U.S... . |
| 2000 | SYR5 SYR5 SYR5 is a 2000 album by Sonic Youth member Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori and DJ Olive. It is the fifth album of "SYR" album series and the first that didn't feature Sonic Youth specifically.... |
Kim Gordon Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She has sung and played bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz... , DJ Olive DJ Olive DJ Olive is an American disc jockey and turntablist active in free improvisation, jazz and illbient music. He is often credited with coining the latter term.... , and Ikue Mori Ikue Mori , also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer.-Biography:Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She says she had little interest in music before hearing punk rock... . |
| 2005 | SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui is an EP by Sonic Youth. The sixth in a series of experimental releases put out on the band's own SYR label, the album is a live recording from an April 13, 2003 benefit show for the Anthology Film Archives... |
Anthology Film Archives __notoc__Anthology Film Archives is a film archive and theater located at 32 Second Avenue on the corner of East Second Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City devoted to the preservation and exhibition of experimental film. It is the only non-profit organization of its... benefit show, played to silent films of Stan Brakhage Stan Brakhage James Stanley Brakhage , better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American non-narrative filmmaker who is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th century experimental film.... . It is a CD only release. |
| 2008 | SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes is the seventh release in American group Sonic Youth's SYR series. It was released only on vinyl—the first in the series to receive no compact disc release—and features two songs: "J'Accuse Ted Hughes", and "Agnès B. Musique".... |
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| SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth is an EP by Sonic Youth with Mats Gustafsson and Merzbow. It is the eighth release in the SYR series. It was released on July 28, 2008.The album was recorded on the first of July 2005 on the Roskilde Festival.... |
Roskilde Festival Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer... in Denmark. Featuring Jim O'Rourke, Mats Gustafsson Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising.... , and Masami Akita. |
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| 2011 | SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu
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Simon Werner a Disparu Lights Out is a French thriller film directed by Fabrice Gobert and starring Jules Pelissier, Ana Girardot, Arthur Mazet, Laurent Delbecque, Serge Riaboukine and Laurent Capelluto.-Cast:* Jules Pelissier as Jérémie Legrand... . |
Official bootlegs
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| 1986 | The Walls Have Ears The Walls Have Ears Walls Have Ears is a Sonic Youth live recording from 1985. It was released on 2x12" vinyl in 1986.Tracks 1-8 were recorded live October 30, 1985 in London. Track 9 was recorded live November 8, 1985 in Brighton Beach. Tracks 10-17 were recorded live April 28, 1985 in London.- Track listing :#... |
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| 1988 | Stick Me Donna Majick Momma Stick Me Donna Majick Momma Stick Me Donna Majick Momma is a Sonic Youth official bootleg 7" single.Track 1 is a studio recording from 1985, and is an early version of "Expressway to Yr. Skull." Track 2 was recorded live October 30, 1983 in Berlin.-References:... |
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| 1990 | 4 Tunna Brix 4 Tunna Brix 4 Tunna Brix is an EP by the alternative rock group Sonic Youth. It was released in 1990. This EP was originally a 1988 Peel Session, Sonic Youth covered three songs by The Fall and "Victoria" by The Kinks, also covered by The Fall... |
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| 1991 | Goo Demos Goo Demos Goo Demos is an EP released by Sonic Youth in 1991 just after their 1990 album Goo was released. The tracks on this album were early demos of the tracks from Goo except number twelve which was just a single edit of "Dirty Boots", and number eleven "Lee #2" which was a song that didn't get put on... |
Goo (album) Goo is the sixth album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records.-Background and recording:... . |
| Hold that Tiger Hold That Tiger (album) Hold That Tiger is a Sonic Youth live recording from in 1987 and mainly contains songs from the album Sister. It was released on vinyl in 1991, with a CD release in 1998.- Track listing :All tracks written by Sonic Youth except for the encore.... |
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| 1992 | Live at the Continental Club Live at the Continental Club Live at the Continental Club is a live performance performed by Sonic Youth in 1986. Many of the songs performed were from their new album EVOL.-Track listing:#"Tom Violence"#"Shadow of a Doubt"#"Starpower"#"Secret Girl"... |
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| 1994 | Live in Bremen | |
| 1995 | Live Venlo, Holland December 27, 1983 |
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Video releases
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| 1985 | Live at Stache's
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| 1991 | Goo
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Goo (album) Goo is the sixth album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. Goo was the first album released after the band signed to major label Geffen Records.-Background and recording:... . Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990–2002 Corporate Ghost is a DVD Sonic Youth released with the help of DGC in 2004. It is a collection of their music videos from 1990-2002.-Kool Thing:*From the album Goo*Directed by Tamra Davis*Guest appearance by Chuck D-My Friend Goo:... . |
| 1992 | Gila Monster Jamboree
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Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States... . |
| 1991: The Year Punk Broke 1991: The Year Punk Broke 1991: The Year Punk Broke is a 1992 documentary directed by Dave Markey featuring American alternative rock band Sonic Youth on tour in Europe in 1991. While Sonic Youth is the focus of the documentary, the film also gives attention to Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones... |
Sonic Youth. |
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| 1995 | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (video) Screaming Fields of Sonic Love is a compilation VHS released by the band Sonic Youth in 1995, containing all their pre-Geffen videos.-The videos:#"Inhuman" [unlisted]... |
live performances. |
| 2004 | Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990–2002 Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990–2002 Corporate Ghost is a DVD Sonic Youth released with the help of DGC in 2004. It is a collection of their music videos from 1990-2002.-Kool Thing:*From the album Goo*Directed by Tamra Davis*Guest appearance by Chuck D-My Friend Goo:... |
Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... gold in Canada Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... . |
Soundtrack and compilation appearances
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| 1986 | Sub Pop 100 Sub Pop 100 The Sub Pop 100 is a rock compilation album, released in July 1986 by the Sub Pop label.There were only 5000 of the compilation made, making it extremely popular amongst collectors.-Track listing:# "Spoken Word Intro Thing" - Steve Albini... |
"Kill Yr Idols Kill Yr Idols Kill Yr Idols is a 1983 EP by the rock band Sonic Youth, originally released only in Germany.In 1995, the tracks on Kill Yr Idols not found on 1983's Confusion Is Sex were appended to the DGC reissue of that album.-Side one:... " |
| 1988 | Fast 'n' Bulbous – A Tribute to Captain Beefheart Fast 'n' Bulbous - A Tribute to Captain Beefheart Fast 'n' Bulbous - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart was an album released by Imaginary Records in the UK in 1988, consisting of contemporary artists performing cover versions of songs by Captain Beefheart.-Track listing:... OST |
"Electricity" |
| 1988 | Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father is a 1988 multi-artist compilation of 1980s artists recording new versions of the songs on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album was produced by the New Musical Express to raise money for Childline, the charity founded by the now-defunct BBC... |
"Within You Without You Within You Without You "Within You Without You" is a song written by George Harrison, released on The Beatles' 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.-Composition:... " |
| 1988 | The Melting Plot | "I Am Right" |
| 1990 | Pump Up the Volume Pump Up the Volume (film) Pump Up the Volume is a 1990 comedy-drama film written and directed by Allan Moyle and starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.- Plot summary :... OST |
"Titanium Exposé" |
| 1992 | Fortune Cookie Surprise: A Tribute Album to Beat Happening |
"Black Candy" |
| 1993 | Judgment Night Judgment Night (film) Judgment Night is a 1993 action thriller film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Emilio Estévez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jeremy Piven and Stephen Dorff as a group of friends on the run from a group of drug dealers after they witness a murder... OST |
"I Love You Mary Jane" with Cypress Hill Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide... |
| 1994 | If I Were a Carpenter | "Superstar" |
| DGC Rarities Volume 1 DGC Rarities Volume 1 DGC Rarities: Volume 1 is the name of a rarities album compiled by DGC Records and released in 1994. The songs featured on this album are all B-sides, demos, covers and other rarities... |
"Compilation Blues" | |
| 1995 | My So-Called Life My So-Called Life My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the... OST |
"Genetic" |
| Made in USA Made in USA (album) Made in USA is an album by Sonic Youth, and is the soundtrack to the 1986 film of the same name. The band recorded this material in 1986, shortly after the completion of their album EVOL, but the soundtrack was not released until 1995.... |
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| 1997 | SubUrbia SubUrbia (film) subUrbia is a 1996 comedy-drama film written by Eric Bogosian, based on his play of the same name, and directed by Richard Linklater. It follows the relationships between a few young adults as they spend their time standing on "the corner" outside a local convenience store.Bogosian based the story... OST |
Three original songs and one from Thurston Moore solo album. |
| Nowhere Nowhere (film) Nowhere is a 1997 film by director and screenwriter Gregg Araki. It stars James Duval and Rachel True as Dark and Mel, a bisexual teen couple who are both sexually promiscuous.... OST |
"Hendrix Necro" | |
| 1999 | Pola X Pola X (soundtrack) -Personnel:* Jean-Claude Dubois - Orchestra Direction* Geoff Foster - Mixing* Paris Philharmonic Orchestra* Brian Gascoigne - Orchestration* Scott Walker - Producer... |
"Blink". |
| 2002 | Demonlover Demonlover Demonlover is a 2002 technological neo-noir thriller film by French writer/director Olivier Assayas. The film stars Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloë Sevigny, and Gina Gershon with a musical score by Sonic Youth... OST |
Eight original songs. |
| 2004 | Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) with Mats Gustafsson Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising.... |
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| 2006 | From the Kitchen Archives No. 3 – Amplified: New Music Meets Rock 1981–1986 |
"World Looks Red", "Shaking Hell" |
| The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited |
"Dry Bones" with Rosewell Rudd | |
| 2007 | Like a Hurricane: A Tribute to Neil Young | "Computer Age" |
| I'm Not There I'm Not There I'm Not There is a 2007 biographical musical film directed by Todd Haynes, inspired by iconic American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Six actors depict different facets of Dylan's life and public persona: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw... OST |
"I'm Not There" | |
| 2008 | Juno Juno (soundtrack) Music from the Motion Picture Juno, released on January 8, 2008, is the soundtrack that accompanies the Academy Award-winning film Juno.-Background:... OST |
"Superstar" |
Singles
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UK singles UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1984 | "Death Valley '69 Death Valley '69 "Death Valley '69" is a song by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and is the eighth and final track on their 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. The song was written and sung by Thurston Moore and fellow New York musician Lydia Lunch, and recorded and produced by Wharton Tiers in July 1984... " |
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| 1985 | "Flower/Halloween Flower/Halloween Flower/Halloween is a single by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth released in 1985.-Track listing:#"Flower"#"Halloween"The tracks were recorded and mixed at Radio Tokyo, Venice, California... " |
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| 1986 | "Flower/Satan is Boring Flower/Satan Is Boring Flower/Satan is Boring is a single by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth released in the United Kingdom in 1986, but quickly withdrawn at the band's request. "Flower" has been released as bonus track on the CD reissue of the band's 1985 album Bad Moon Rising... " |
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| "Starpower" | — | — | — | EVOL | |
| "Into the Groove(y) Into the Groove(y) "Into the Groove" was a single of Madonna covers from Mike Watt and Sonic Youth's side-project Ciccone Youth. It was released in 1986 on Blast First Records.-Tracklisting:# "Burnin' Up" - 4:11# "Tuff Titty Rap" - 0:37# "Into The Groovey" - 4:33... " (as Ciccone Youth) |
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| 1988 | "Teen Age Riot" | 20 | — | — | Daydream Nation |
| "Silver Rocket Silver Rocket "Silver Rocket" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1988 album, Daydream Nation. It was ranked #79 in Rolling Stones "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".... " |
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| 1989 | "Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween "Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween" is a split single by American alternative rock bands Sonic Youth and Mudhoney, released in December 1988 by the independent record label Sub Pop.... " |
— | — | — | split Split album A split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively... with Mudhoney |
| 1990 | "Kool Thing Kool Thing "Kool Thing" was the first major label single from Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo. It was released in June 1990 on DGC. The song was inspired by an interview bassist/singer Kim Gordon conducted with LL Cool J for Spin in which the two artists clashed. Although he is never mentioned by name, the... " |
7 | 81 | 24 | Goo |
| "Disappearer Disappearer "Disappearer" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo. It was released in 1990 on DGC.-Tracklisting:# "Disappearer" # "Disappearer" # "That's All I Know "... " |
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| 1991 | "Dirty Boots Dirty Boots "Dirty Boots" was the third and final single from Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo. It was released in 1991 on DGC.-Track listing:# Dirty Boots - 4.49# White Kross - 5.06# Eric's Trip - 3.28# Cinderellas Big Score - 6.34... " |
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| 1992 | "100%" | 4 | 28 | — | Dirty |
| "Youth Against Fascism Youth Against Fascism "Youth Against Fascism" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1992 on DGC.-Track listing:# "Youth Against Fascism" # "The Destroyed Room"# "Purr"... " |
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| 1993 | "Sugar Kane Sugar Kane "Sugar Kane" was the third single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC.-Track listing:US version:# "Sugar Kane" - 5:03# "The Destroyed Room" - 3:25# "Purr" - 4:22... " |
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| "Drunken Butterfly Drunken Butterfly "Drunken Butterfly" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the fourth and final single from their 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC.-Music video:... " |
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| 1994 | "Bull in the Heather Bull in the Heather "Bull in the Heather" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the only single from their 1994 album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.... " |
13 | 24 | — | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star |
| "Superstar" | 26 | — | — | If I Were a Carpenter | |
| 1995 | "The Diamond Sea The Diamond Sea "The Diamond Sea" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the first single from their 1995 album Washing Machine. The song has also been covered by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and can be found on their iTunes Session EP.-Tracklisting:... " |
— | — | — | Washing Machine |
| 1996 | "Little Trouble Girl Little Trouble Girl "Little Trouble Girl" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the second and final single from their 1995 album Washing Machine. Guest vocals for the song were provided by Kim Deal.-CD single:# "Little Trouble Girl" - 4:29... " |
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| 1998 | "Sunday" | — | 72 | — | A Thousand Leaves' |
| 2000 | "Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)" | — | — | — | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 2003 | "Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" | — | — | — | split with Erase Errata Erase Errata Erase Errata is a band from San Francisco, California. They often name experimentalists such as Captain Beefheart, The Fall, and the Minutemen as inspirations... |
| 2006 | "Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner "Helen Lundeberg"/"Eyeliner" is the second of three singles off Sonic Youth's 2006 Studio album Rather Ripped. This single contains two bonus tracks on the album Rather Ripped. The tracks both appear on the UK edition. "Helen Lundeberg" appears on the iTunes and European edition, but Eyeliner only... " |
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| "Incinerate Incinerate (song) "Incinerate" is from the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and is the second track on their 2006 album Rather Ripped. "Incinerate" is the third and final single from the album Rather Ripped. "Incinerate" was written by lead guitarist Thurston Moore and produced by John Agnello. The song... " |
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| "Beautiful Plateau Beautiful Plateau "Beautiful Plateau" is a promotional single for Sonic Youth's second 2006 CD The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities. Beautiful Plateau is a Japanese bonus track Sonic Youth's 2004 studio album Sonic Nurse.... " |
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Music videos
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| 1985 | "Death Valley '69 Death Valley '69 "Death Valley '69" is a song by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth and is the eighth and final track on their 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. The song was written and sung by Thurston Moore and fellow New York musician Lydia Lunch, and recorded and produced by Wharton Tiers in July 1984... " |
Richard Kern Richard Kern Richard Kern is a New York underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to underground prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films featuring underground personalities of the time... |
| 1986 | "Shadow of a Doubt" | Kevin Kerslake |
| 1987 | "Beauty Lies in the Eye" | |
| 1988 | "Teen Age Riot" | Sonic Youth |
| "Silver Rocket Silver Rocket "Silver Rocket" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1988 album, Daydream Nation. It was ranked #79 in Rolling Stones "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".... " |
Charles Atlas | |
| "Providence" | Peter Fowler Sonic Youth |
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| "Candle Candle (song) Candle is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1996 album The Process. The song was atypical of the band's normal output in that it was based around acoustic guitar.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Nivek Ogre... " |
Kevin Kerslake Kevin Kerslake Kevin Kerslake is an American music video director. He has directed videos for Stone Temple Pilots, Filter, R.E.M., 311, Faith No More, Green Day, The Used, 10 Years, Depeche Mode, The Smashing Pumpkins, Papa Roach, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Rise Against, Insane Clown Posse, The Offspring, and Blue... |
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| "Addicted to Love Addicted to Love (song) Tina Turner has made "Addicted to Love" a regular feature of her live shows since 1986, although her version did not make it onto the market until two years later.... " (as Ciccone Youth Ciccone Youth Ciccone Youth is an experimental band which was formed in 1986. It is a side project of Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston Moore, with Minutemen/fIREHOSE member Mike Watt.... ) |
Kim Gordon Kim Gordon Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She has sung and played bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz... |
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| "Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607... " (as Ciccone Youth Ciccone Youth Ciccone Youth is an experimental band which was formed in 1986. It is a side project of Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston Moore, with Minutemen/fIREHOSE member Mike Watt.... ) |
Dave Markey Dave Markey Dave Markey is an American film director.As a self-taught filmmaker and musician, Markey directed, produced, edited, and photographed most of his films, the majority of which has been self-funded and distributed. His work documents the punk scene in Southern California throughout the 1980s and 1990s... |
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| 1990 | "Kool Thing Kool Thing "Kool Thing" was the first major label single from Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo. It was released in June 1990 on DGC. The song was inspired by an interview bassist/singer Kim Gordon conducted with LL Cool J for Spin in which the two artists clashed. Although he is never mentioned by name, the... " |
Tamra Davis |
| "Disappearer Disappearer "Disappearer" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo. It was released in 1990 on DGC.-Tracklisting:# "Disappearer" # "Disappearer" # "That's All I Know "... " |
Todd Haynes Todd Haynes Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is... |
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| 1991 | "Dirty Boots Dirty Boots "Dirty Boots" was the third and final single from Sonic Youth's 1990 album Goo. It was released in 1991 on DGC.-Track listing:# Dirty Boots - 4.49# White Kross - 5.06# Eric's Trip - 3.28# Cinderellas Big Score - 6.34... " |
Tamra Davis Tamra Davis Tamra Davis is an American film, television and music video director.-Biography:She is known for directing films such as Billy Madison, CB4 and Half Baked and television shows such as My Name Is Earl and Everybody Hates Chris. She also directed the film Crossroads, starring Britney Spears.She... |
| "Tunic (Song for Karen)" | Tony Oursler Tony Oursler Tony Oursler is a multimedia and installation artist.- Tapes, Installations: 1977-1989:Tony Oursler is known for his fractured-narrative handmade video tapes including The Loner, 1980 and EVOL 1984. These works involve elaborate sound tracks, painted sets, stop-action animation and optical special... |
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| "Mary-Christ" | Steve Shelley Steve Shelley Steven Jay Shelley is an American drummer, best known as the drummer of alternative rock band Sonic Youth.-Biography:... |
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| "Mote" | Ray Agony | |
| "My Friend Goo" | Dave Markey Joe Cole Joe Cole (roadie) Joseph Dennis "Joe" Cole was a roadie for Black Flag and Rollins Band. He was the best friend and roommate of the musician/author/actor Henry Rollins. His memoirs were published posthumously by 2.13.61 publishing, Planet Joe, in which he documented his experiences on the last Black Flag tour and... Kim Gordon Thurston Moore Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label... |
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| "Mildred Pierce" | Dave Markey | |
| "Cinderella's Big Score" | ||
| "Scooter + Jinx" | Richard Kern Richard Kern Richard Kern is a New York underground filmmaker, writer and photographer. He first came to underground prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic and experimental films featuring underground personalities of the time... |
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| "Titanium Expose" | Phil Morrison Phil Morrison (director) Phil Morrison is an American film director best known for the Academy Award-nominated feature film, Junebug.In 2006, Morrison directed the "Get a Mac" advertising campaign for Apple Inc..-External links:... |
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| 1992 | "100%" | Tamra Davis Spike Jonze Spike Jonze Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television... |
| "Youth Against Fascism Youth Against Fascism "Youth Against Fascism" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1992 on DGC.-Track listing:# "Youth Against Fascism" # "The Destroyed Room"# "Purr"... " |
Nick Egan | |
| 1993 | "Sugar Kane Sugar Kane "Sugar Kane" was the third single from Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC.-Track listing:US version:# "Sugar Kane" - 5:03# "The Destroyed Room" - 3:25# "Purr" - 4:22... " |
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| "Drunken Butterfly Drunken Butterfly "Drunken Butterfly" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the fourth and final single from their 1992 album Dirty. It was released in 1993 on DGC.-Music video:... " |
Stephen Hellweg | |
| "Swimsuit Issue" | Morty Morty - People :* Morty Corb , an American jazz double-bassist* Morty Black, stage name of Morten Skaget , a bassist- Fictional characters :* Morty Fieldmouse, nephew of Disney character Mickey Mouse... |
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| 1994 | "Bull in the Heather Bull in the Heather "Bull in the Heather" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the only single from their 1994 album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.... " |
Tamra Davis Kim Gordon |
| "Superstar" | Dave Markey | |
| 1995 | "Little Trouble Girl Little Trouble Girl "Little Trouble Girl" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the second and final single from their 1995 album Washing Machine. Guest vocals for the song were provided by Kim Deal.-CD single:# "Little Trouble Girl" - 4:29... " |
Mark Romanek Mark Romanek Mark Romanek is an American filmmaker, whose directing work includes feature films, music videos and commercials.He wrote and directed the critically acclaimed 2002 film One Hour Photo starring Robin Williams... |
| "The Diamond Sea The Diamond Sea "The Diamond Sea" is a song by Sonic Youth, released as the first single from their 1995 album Washing Machine. The song has also been covered by Yeah Yeah Yeahs and can be found on their iTunes Session EP.-Tracklisting:... " |
Spike Jonze Lance Bangs Lance Bangs Lance Bangs is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and music video director who has created videos for Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Green Day, the Arcade Fire, the Shins, The Thermals, Belle & Sebastian, Menomena, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, R.E.M., Mike Watt, Death Cab for Cutie, The Black Keys, Kanye West, and... Dave Markey Steve Paine Angus Wall |
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| 1998 | "Sunday" | Harmony Korine Harmony Korine The story is told from the perspective of a young man suffering from untreated schizophrenia, played by Ewen Bremner, as he tries to understand his deteriorating world. Julien's abusive father is played by Werner Herzog... |
| "Hoarfrost" | Lee Ranaldo Lee Ranaldo Lee M. Ranaldo is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth... |
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| 1999 | "Piano Piece No. 13 (Carpenter's Piece)" | Sonic Youth |
| 2000 | "Nevermind (What was it Anyway)" | Kim Gordon Jim O'Rourke Chris Habib |
| 2002 | "The Empty Page" | Thurston Moore Chris Habib |
| "Disconnection Notice" | Tom Surgal | |
| 2004 | "Peace Attack" | Chris Habib |
| "I Love You Golden Blue" | Dave Markey | |
| 2006 | "Incinerate Incinerate (song) "Incinerate" is from the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and is the second track on their 2006 album Rather Ripped. "Incinerate" is the third and final single from the album Rather Ripped. "Incinerate" was written by lead guitarist Thurston Moore and produced by John Agnello. The song... " |
Claire Denis Claire Denis Claire Denis is a French film director and Professor of Film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Early life:... |
| "Do You Believe In Rapture?" | Braden King | |
| "Jams Run Free" | Claire Denis | |
| "Reena" | Braden King | |
| 2009 | "Sacred Trickster" | Tom Surgal |
| "What We Know" | Chris Habib |
External links
- Sonicyouth.com
- Sonic Youth at Geffen RecordsGeffen RecordsGeffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
- [ Sonic Youth] at Allmusic