Reviews (page 11 of 11)
Loved it
7
Nice indie/psychadelic rock, but sometimes bit lengthy
To me this is where Sonic Youth really start to shine. Their songs got more expansive and yet feel more focused and infectious than before. Perhaps it was the pressure of the higher dollar studio time? I love them most when they give their songs room to breathe with extended instrumental passages. Kinda punk-prog. I'm also a fan of the jam to song method they developed these songs with. Perfect balance of capturing that wild vitality but refining it into something more structured.
For some reason I didn't enjoy this one as the previous Sonic Youth albums. I think I like the female vocalist more than the guy. It got a little better as it went on. I like the long noisy instrumental at the end of The Spawl, for example. It sounds very mid 90s post-punk so I guess at 88' they maybe defined this sound? With more heavy distortion front-and-center, 'Cross the Breeze would sound like a metal song interestingly. Lyrically it feels a bit juvenile, very HS writing feeling. I will say this album has quite a range of styles in terms of instrumentation and it's all interesting to me. 3.5 down to 3.
Moody, noisey and cool. Can hear where lots of bands have drawn influence like Slint, Pavement Car Seat Headrest etc. Seems like the very early days of dad rock without actually being dad rock. Highlights are The Sprawl (love the spoken word) and Eric's Trip.
Nothing special, but not offensive to the ears either. Just very forgettable hardish rock Struggled to make it to the end.
I love some Sonic Youth songs and I hate others. Really weird.
Great album. This is a special one.
Boring grunge, so far.
NIce
Good tunes good album classic punk rock stuff. Nothing too memorable though
Really enjoyable. Clear influence on all alternative music since.
This is my 3rd time listening to this album and it's finally clicked for me. Really good stuff here.
Noisy
Didn't get to listen to all of it but it was dynamic and varied, which I liked. I also like female singers that don't sing all breathy with baby voices. I need to finish the album!
I really liked this album more than I thought. You could hear the punk influence in a lot of songs, which was of course distorted and experimented with. I preferred Kim's songs, but thought Teen Age Riot was a great opener. Despite it's long songs, I was engaged the whole time. Really enjoyed this and of course, bonus points for half the name coming from Fred 'Sonic' Smith of MC5. Very cool homage.
Loved this shit esp teenage riot. Good shit
Better than what I was expecting, some good stuff in there.
awful
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Catchy guitar riffs but very flat album overall with not much progression in sound. Live performances are great
I always only liked some of their songs
pretty gooooooooood. reminded me of the pixies.
Наконец-то что-то охуенное и не скучное.
I am sorry
Like punk, but if I wanted to listen to punk I would listen to harder punk. Providence interlude was really cool though
While I'm a fan of Sonic Youth in theory, this one didn't do it for me. It was very experimental and... noisy. Just really noisy. Not very enjoyable to listen to. That said, I can ABSOLUTELY hear the foundations of a hundred other bands in this one album. It's a critical album to the american music scene. Just not one I'd want to listen to on a regular basis. It does earn bonus points for having several William Gibson allusions including a whole song inspired by Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy. Not enough to lift it past a 3, though. Did I mention it was noisy? It's just so damn noisy...
Sonic Youth read some William Gibson novels, dropped some acid, and made a noisy, distortion-heavy, socially conscious album. It sounds exactly like you might expect. An album you have to listen to more than once, or you'll miss a ton. Best track: Candle
Not bad but way too long for the type of music they’re playing
1988. Key Songs: Teen Age Riot, Candle
this album really is "Total Trash".
1/8 I was judging them as another generic rock band for the first few tracks, then they went crazy for the rest of the album. Really talented group. Standout Tracks: The Sprawl, Eric's Trip, Rain King, Kissability, A) the Wonder, B) Hyperstation, Z) Eliminator Jr.
This was truly not for me. Jam band but they don’t like harmony or anything catchy. I guess it was a moment in time but it’s not on my watch.
One of my favourite albums of the decade, a truly satisfying double LP. Also possibly the only actual rock band of the era I care about.
Rock. Nothing really notable about it. Somewhat easy to listen to.
I'd never heard the full album before but I think I've definintely come across something from it before... it's alright, some of it heads towards a lot of the shoegazey metal stuff I don't mind but overall it was a bit long. Come Across was a really good song, but the singing wasn't great. Either way would listen to a few tunes from it again.
3
Sonic jams.. sonic youth; the sounds of the disenfranchised youth.. with guitar pedals