Reviews (page 8 of 10)
I like Sonic and I like youth so I went into this with high hopes. The first two songs made me wish they had a different singer. I bet they did it on purpose as the third song has a different singer. Nvm, she sucks too. The outro in The Sprawl is beautiful, and the instrumentals in general are way better than the singing
it was pretty good actually
Not a fan of this one. Sorry.
if this wasn't a double album if will would be excellent 5 3.5
Chaotic at times but an enjoyable first listen. Can hear plenty of bands I like in this they obviously influenced. Will be back for more.
Listened to most of this in one or two song pieces across a couple of weeks which probably isnt the best approach but the sound is pretty consistent the whole way through. Reminds me a bit of psychedelic smashing pumpkins stuff but felt like most songs were missing something that would make them work. Lead singer reminded me of the guy from Ash which I appreciated. Solid 3.
I thought this album was decent but could have been a lot tighter if they trimmed the fat a bit. It's great in places but the "noise" of a whole album got tiring. Highlights Teen Age Riot Candle
Mjög alternatíf töff, og sumt er hressandi, en ég veit satt best að segja ekki hvort mér finnst þetta beinlínis skemmtilegt. Rennur svolítið saman í eina súpu. Held samt að ég myndi fíla betur ef ég væri að spila þetta sjálfur.
overall pretty enjoyable listen but there weren’t any great songs or anything really special
Wanted to like it more ... But to was noisy. Self indulgent. Unpolished. Unpleasing... Not a single standout good track. Listed to it twice.
I wasn’t able to give this a really good listen. From what I could take in, I’d say I can see why it’s significant, and some tracks I quite liked, but it’s not something I’d reach for again.
Je comprends l'impact que ça a eu. La production et le mixing est excellent. Overall un album très bien construit. Mais je trouve les compositions un peu faible par moment et l'album aurait pu être un peu plus agréable s'il avait été écourté.
Not the best Sonic Youth I've heard.
This is proto indie alt. its a solid meh from me.
Brings me back!!! One of my best friend's favorite bands who I lost to drug addiction. Listening to the album was bitter sweet. </3
Really good. Creative, hard-hitting, wide range of influences.
Petit fait cocasse, je ne me suis pas rendu compte que l'album était terminé et commençais à me demander pourquoi Sonic Youth avait intégré un chanteur à voix de merde dans leur groupe avant de me rendre compte que Spotify avait enchaîné avec un morceau de Joy Division. Évidemment.
Les Sonic Youth sont toujours aussi jeunes et toujours aussi peu interessants. Il serait temps de passer à leur forme adulte des The Sonics, et ce dans les plus brefs delais.
Decent punk album. 3/5. Favorite Track: Teen Age Riot
I loved Teen Age Riot, Eric’s Trip and Hey Joni. I loved parts of the other songs too, often the first 3-4 minutes. You can definitely hear the breadth of influence this band and album had. But I just can’t be doing, personally, with the long experimental instrumental bits. For me the song was fine before you started mucking about on the distortion pedal for minutes on end. Just write a good rock song and get out, which these guys are definitely capable of. Others will disagree and no doubt I’m a casual, but I got bored at several points.
That was a thousand times better than the other Sonic Youth album. But it's still only average. Their other album was horrendous. This isn't a band I need to listen to.
I think I missed their last album but I quite enjoyed tjis. 3*
We've had a few Sonic Youth albums. Thought this was the best of them...
Good
This is the third Sonic Youth album, and I hated the other two albums that I have gotten so far. So I am not very optimistic about this one, but I am going to try and keep an open mind about it. Overall some aspects of this album shined way more than their predecessors, however the album went on a bit too long. Everything started to blend together towards the end and I was getting ear fatigue. I might give this one a second chance as it has annoyed me the least of the three albums.
:) meh
This album seemed very avant-garde and experimental. There were a few songs on it I did not like at all, but most were okay and I loved the two penultimate tracks in particular. Also, while I would say I didn't really like the album as a whole, I can appreciate all the work that must've been put into it and all the interesting, new sounds I heard in each song. In fact, every song had a really cool soundscape of its own. I also enjoyed the meaningful lyrics. I also want to praise "Kissability" for being so forthright in what was probably a controversial song for its time! Overall, not a bad album. Most of the songs were pretty lengthy and I can tell it was a work of love.
too many lyrics, a little same samie
This is my third Sonic Youth album and I haven’t even gotten 30 albums yet?? This is obviously good, but it’s never reached me like my favourite Sonic Youth albums, maybe someday, but it still didn’t today.
Honestly it's way too long an album. Just going on and on. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the instrumentals but I feel like too much of it is a bad thing; songs are unnecessarily long and the music isn't exactly blowing me away. 6/10.
Obvious take alert: this would be a great single album. Silver Rocket, Teenage Riot and Eliminator Jr are all immense. It starts and ends in great style. However, the middle of this ('sides' 2 and 3) is not their best work, although it does point towards their more commercial Geffen material / phase. Generally not a fan of the Ranaldo vocal tracks (on any SY album), and that holds here with Hey Joni. Half an excellent album, so 2.5 stars.
Good
Kinda mid. Listened to it while lifting. But I already knew that I don’t love Sonic Youth and that’s ok.
Very mixed on this, quite liked Teenage Riot and Total Trash and the sound is right along the lines of where my taste sometimes go, but some of this experimental noise material doesn't land with me. 2.5 stars for me.
Another listenable album
Not really my thing
These guys always make me feel like I’m missing something, like I’m not cool enough to get what they’re going for
Sunday up for liv, exiles, liked the vibes, sunday drinking is bleh, home and tired then dawsons ($10 cookies bleh), and park to call in cloudy, home and tired, begin interviews awkward and nervous, not sure about change
Un bon album de sonic youth . Dans leur best 3.75
I've tried to get into Sonic Youth a few times and although I generally do like them, it's never really clicked for me. That aside I did like this album
Standard 1988 post punk. Ok. not more
This is my 2nd Sonic Youth album and I did not enjoy it as much as the first. Too long and not that interesting to me musically. Definitely could have been half the length and had more impact on me. 2.5/5
This must have influenced a ton of bands, for some reason the one that jumped to mind was Nada Surf. It was hugely long, and a bit noisy, but mostly worth a listen.
Alright. I didn’t give this one the closest listen, but it’s cool
So incredibly mediocre I upped it from a 2 to a 3 because I am so impressed with its unwavering ability to be benign
3-4 star
Nice one
Ok in parts
first song is amazing, teen age riot. I love the sound of the song, kind of lo-fi which I love. I'm excited to listen to this album. teen age riot is the song I could live in. the album is good but long, the songs are too shoegazy for my liking and can be hard to follow but it is overall interesting to listen to. maybe this just affirms that I need a melody to songs but I'm not so stringent that I can't appreciate it
Need more time with this one
Teen age riots- not quite an anthem, bit too laidback for the subject matter Silver Rocket - instrumental pretty insane👍 The sprawl- long outro which made me feel nothing 'Cross the breeze- like the Guitar work more on this track👍 Eric’s trip- sounds pretty cool👍 Total trash- very interesting but not I would want to listen to often. Again quite long, maybe for good reason Hey Joni- this is a well put together song, I don’t really connect to it Providence- this isnt really a song, just random shit Candle- all a bit obscure, enjoyable 👍 Rain king Kissability-👍 Wasn’t very focused on this today, might be worth relisten at some point 3/5
Bueno, estaba bien pero no lo escucharía de nuevo. 3.5-
A little overwhelming in total. There were some actually catchy songs with what seemed like classic alternative arrangements. There were other songs that were a complete assault on your ears. Loads of distortion and trebly noise. Lyrics that are intelligent and different, but sung in an almost chanting way. I can see the appeal, but it’s not an album or a sound I’m going to be very interested in going forward.
Plain af
It was OK.
Listened Before? N So Sonic Youth is a band I've heard much about (being a GenXer), but I have never listened to. Now I see what the hype was. They were basically making the music that would become the hot alternative rock of the 90s, early. All this with very little fanfare. That being said, they were a little bit experimental on this album, and their average 6-7 minute song length put me off. Overall not bad, but I understand why they never gained the notoriety of some of the bands that made catchier music. Side note: "Total Trash" is exactly that. At least they were self-aware. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Silver Rocket
Cool
Yea not bad
Could be a 4. Could be a 3. 3.5. Round down due to how fucking looooong the album is.
Really like the sounds
I still don't love Sonic Youth's music, but this is a likable album with some good moments.
Very punk
Daydream Nation is a decent listen, mostly when there's no vocals, but it creates a fairly interesting and consistently engaging sound, nothing groundbreaking but it's good. 3/5.
Listened to this first last week, and didn't get it at all. Listened again this morning and get it a little bit. I do want to give it another listen to see if it keeps growing on me, but need to move on to catch up with the rest for now (and also to give my ears a bit of a rest, that album is quite hard work!). It's too long, but there's some glimpses of gold in there once you dig a bit deeper, it's not accessible by any means but I will certainly go back to it. 3/5 for now, may well update to a 4 in a few more listens time.
Kinda good but just off putting and not for me
I liked this a lot, but too many of the songs sounded the same and were too long
I gotta say what said in regards to their album "Goo" and reiterate that Sonic Youth band members are clearly inspired by The Velvet Underground, every single band after 1960's was too, but they are HEAVILY inspired by them, it's too noticable for me. I will say I did like this more than "Goo" but still, not as exciting and groundbreaking as I was led to believe. Not to be a cynical asshole, but I'm gonna be a cynical asshole. This album is only groundbreaking to the people who haven't listened to "White Light/White Heat" & Kraftwerk's first album, that's the kind of noise I want to listen to. 3.5/5
Very experimental and noisy, although I don’t love it I completely understand why it’s sets the foundation for other important American rock music :)
In theory, I am a Sonic Youth fan. But I've come to realize that I don't really like early alt rock
After like the first two songs, which were great, it became just like the other couple sonic youth albums I’ve gotten. Pretty standard I guess
I know I’m not a ‘music guy’ and more of a ‘guy who likes music’ because I still listen to Sonic Youth and go “…okay?”
Drugi raz na liscie material od Sonic Youth, kolejny ktory slucham pierwszy raz, wiec bez uprzedzen i oczekiwan, Daydream Nation z 88 jest piatym studyjnym krazkiem bandy, tym razem jest to o wiele potezniejsze wydanie niz EVOL, bo jest podwojny album z 70 minutowym longplejem, co go zdecydowanie odroznia od szybkiego i chaotycznego pierwszego picka jest budowanie albumu wokol jakiejs mysli przewodniem, ktora jak dla mnie zdradza sie w nawiazaniach do neuromancera, wiec tak jak w ksiazce znajdzie sie miejsce na eskejpizm w inne swiaty, czy to komputrowe, czy narkotykowe, odrzucenia nie tylko zawodow milosnych, ale takze zawodow na plaszczyznie socjalnej, wiec jako fan sci fi czulem sie jak ryba w wodzie podczas tych 70 minut wedrowki po brudnym swiecie przyszlosci, ciekawe czy cos z tego krazka znalazlo sie na OST cyberpunka, bo jesli gierka bylaby tak dobra jak miala byc z zapowiedzi, to widze tutaj kilka solidnych pozycji ktore mozna by bylo przemycic, a ta cala fantastyka podana nadal w dosc punkowej formie, ktora jednak przechodzi juz w indyjskie czy alternatywne rokowanie lat 90, ale nie boi sie jednak eksperymentowac z halasami gitarowymi, bo mocno przesterowane dzwieki sa tym co wyrozniaja instrumentalnie album, a nie brakuje miejsca do ich prezentowania, bo samo nagrywanie mialo forme mocno jamujaca, wiec zdarzaja sie kawalki w ktorych 5 minut z 7 bedzie czysto instrumentalna, ale nadal swietnie budujaca klimat, ktory narzucaja wokalnie, bo jesli chodzi o spiew to glownymi wokalami nadal sa pan Moore i pani Gordon, ale kazdy czlonek jest zlistowany jako lirycysta, nadal o wiele bardziej przypadaja mi meskie wokale na takich nagraniach, ale slychac mocny progress w zenskim wokalu, nie jest to juz takie wycie jak na EVOLU, no moze poza zamykajacym eliminatorem, na ktorym dziki wokal pelen zabojczego erotyzmu eksploduje zamykajac plyte, ktora sluchala sie wyjatkowo dobrze, czy to tylko zasluga dobrych wpomnien po neuromancerze, czy jednak jest to az tak skladna calosc, na plejke dodam openingowego teen age riot i pierwsza czesc trojutworowego endingu krazka, czyli the wonder, dwa pierwsze traki idealnie sie lacza i sa spiewane przez Moora, a wspomniany eliminator eliminuje ten efekt
It was an interesting album with some original stuff
Cool
This is mostly pretty good (aside from some intervals of truly intolerable noise garbage) but I’m having a hard time getting past the (yes, it’s getting to be a monotonous refrain with me) egregious over-representation of Sonic Youth on this list. Five albums! This isn’t the Beatles or The Rolling Stones (neither of which I think need 5 albums to be adequately represented, for that matter). There is an awful lot of music in Sonic Youth’s genre space. What a waste of an opportunity to elevate some more obscure offerings.
I've heard of Sonic Youth many times, but haven't heard their stuff before now. I wasn't really in the mood for this kind of music today, and unfortunately a lot of it didn't connect. The one song that did was excellent though, so I'm going to be generous here and recognize that it's probably a good album that I just wasn't feeling today. Favorite tracks: Providence. Album art: Very simple shot of a candle. I've definitely seen this one around, nice to know what it sounds like. 3/5
Huh this came out in 88? When I was listening I absolutely thought this would have came out in the mid 90's. Which makes me either think this was way ahead of it's time or that it had a huge hold over music for a while.
They have the 1 song
A bit too much of a good thing when it comes to the song structures on this one. The grungy wall-of-sound guitar approach means there's plenty to love sonically, but things do tend to blur together with how low the vocals and other instruments sit in the mix.
Pros: - Really dig the lead singers voice. I'm going to bastardize it by saying it sounds like bands/singers that are way younger / newer but it's the only way I can describe it. It's like punky while also having an approachable sort of Rivers Cuomo type of sound to it. - I don't know what this lyric means but it's funny to hear "Marshall stacks" in a song. This means really big and loud amplifiers in their biggest form/configuration- something that bands like this really loved. "Everybody's coming from the winter vacation Taking in the sun in a exaltation to you You come running in on platform shoes With Marshall stacks to at least just give us a clue" - I really love the spoken word parts (similar to what they do 2 years later on GOO)- like the track "providence". - I love how the second track "Silver Rocket", just stops around the 2 minute mark. It just falls apart. Experimental structure! Cons: Misc:
Never really got into Sonic Youth when i was a *ahem* youth... (i'll get my coat :-) ) Gave them a really good go this time - wanted to give them a chance. yeah, didn't love it. I can see they're great musicians but the whole thing feels, well, 'grunge' and underproduced and woolly. meh!
3.5
Nokkur verulega góð lög, en nokkur full strembin fyrir minn einfalda smekk. Heilt yfir skemmtileg, mun hlusta aftur
The nineties landed two years early. Sonic Youth years ahead of their time setting the guitar heavy template with a laid-back soft edged voice, no hair-rock roaring or screaming here. Prescient stuff.
There are a lot of elements that I like about this album, but I think other bands have perfected that sound in my opinion. I like the sound, but its a bit stale to me. Highlights: 1, 3, 12, and 13.
This is a pretty good album. I can hear so many different bands that too influence from it as it played. It definitely fits the Jam Band vibe that the recording sessions ended up being. The guitar can be a bit screamy at time and the feedback on some of the songs is not kind on the ears. All in all it doesn't really do that much for me. "Candle" is my favorite song on the album.
Not really my thing. Hard to hum along to. But good as background music while listening to politicians talk.
De va helt bra👍
1,001 albums... I have a troubled relationship with Sonic Youth's middle-class, no-wave rebellion. I did buy Goo at the time and played it an awful lot for a year or two but I've never quite bought into them like many others do. That said, Teenage Riot is a lot of fun even if it sounds a bit like an early New Order track and Kim Gordon, in particular, has some great moments on this album. Overall, even though it outstays its welcome, I enjoyed it a lot more today than I have in the past (I did buy it a long time ago but it's spent most of its life on the shelf). Might dig it out again soon. Then again, might not.
Fine but not one that blows me away
Rockin' nerds. Overlong, but still a jam.
Tämä oli mininun kirjoissa vähemmän Sonic Youthmainen levy, kuin listalla aiemmin vastaan tulleet. Tuntui vähemmän taiteelliselta/kokeelliselta kevytversiolta.
Sonic Youthin paras ja arvostetuin levy. Vaikka ymmärrän levyn ja bändin suosion, en ole oikein koskaan päässyt täysillä sisälle yhtyeen musiikkiin. Hyvien indierock-kappaleiden seassa on liikaa kokeellista kikkailua. Erityisesti tämä korostuu Kim Gordonin laulamissa kappaleissa. Vaikka levy on parempi kuin edellinen SY listalla, ei tämä edelleenkään nouse suosikkieni joukkoon. Peruskolmonen on kuitenkin ansaittu.
Another difficult one. I feel like Sonic Youth is good for one real killer song on an album...and then the rest? Teen Age Riot is a bit of a bore for the first 80 seconds but it's quite good after that and has everything there is to like about the band - pace changes, off tempos, picking and strumming, distortion and wall of sound all in one. Add in blunt lyrics and the album should be really good. I wanted to like it more, but ultimately it felt too uneven. I'd say I really enjoyed about every third song (The Sprawl, Total Trash, Candle, and The Wonder/Hyperstation - they blended together) but the rest was sort of meh. Maybe the songs were too long (i.e., self-indulgent). I listened to it a bunch of times too, over a week. Super talented but I just couldn't get there. Makes me feel bad as an alternative rock fan but that's my conclusion.
I feel like I'm right at the intersection between the Velvet Underground and indie bands that followed like Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene. This album is a little too distorted and noisy for my delicate sensibilities, but the melodic instrumental stretches are nice.
Better than the last Sonic Youth album I had on here (Goo) but not one I can see myself coming back to. Too long to hold my attention. Teen Age Riot is a banger though.
Een hele zit. Hier moet je toch met iets meer aandacht naar luisteren. Dat lukte deze keer niet. Maar voordeel van de twijfel en dus 3 sterren.
Niet alle nummers zijn even goed, maar over het geheel is dit een van de beter beluisterbare Sonic Youth albums. Hier zijn het nog voor het merendeel echt nummers met een kop en staart, ipv eindeloos gepiel en gefeedback. En ook Kim Gordon's zang is hier nog best te pruimen, in tegenstelling tot het bronstige gehijg en gesteun op latere platen.
Better than I was expecting
Very minimal exposure to Sonic Youth beforehand. Probably better after a few listens.
teen age riot is well known but unlike melvyn im not into teens anymore
Was okay, not a big fan
7/10
Interesting sound although a little harsh for my taste
Probably need to come back to this one. It should be up my alley but it just seemed one-note and on the nose. Maybe that's the point. Teenage me would have loved this.
Hurtigt, råt, godt! Trods det amerikanske islæt, stadig godt.
Ahead of its time but clearly an inferior album to what they create later in their career.
Just too messy and unremarkable to be anything more than average
Quite heavy on the distortion, would like a little respite every now and then. Anger seems to bleed into the performance, sending decently composed tracks into bustops full of nuns.
not bad
I was surprised how much I liked this album and is another one that was way ahead of its time. The vocals were weak for me and prevented a 4 start rating
Great early grunge sounds supported by solid music throughout but I’m a sucker for vocals and both male/female leads are lacking. Great instrumentals, good variety of sounds, decent garage band lyrics.
This album is alright, I guess average. It doesn't sound bad, I just feel like most of the songs sound similar and it goes on for 70 minutes.
I think of Sonic Youth as a band that the kool kids were into. I get it, there is a lot of fun in the driving tempos and guitar work. I found myself enjoying quite a bit of the album…but not all of it. Perhaps it is my lack of youth, but the extended instrumental breaks and noise solos were a turn off for me.
This is a band that I've seen on other people's T-shirts but I've never really listened to. And now I've listened to them. It's not at all that I disliked them. Not at all. But I can't really say that I liked them either. The music is fine but didn't make me feel a lot of feelings: good, bad, or otherwise. The instruments are standard rock band. Songs are melodious but not really pretty. A lot of the singing is more like pitched talking or yelling. And again I'm not saying this is bad, just not for me. Here are the songs that I appreciated: Teen Age Riot, 'Cross the Breeze, Eric's Trip, and Total Trash.
I enjoyed listening to DAYDREAM NATION for the most part. The album combines punk with some catchy pop melodies and a lot of instrumental experimentation. The experimentation sometimes come off great, but there are a number of places where the songs and experiments go on a little too long. Still I did like a lot of the music. Some of the standouts for me were: "Teen Age Riot" - loved the opening and it is catchy "The Sprawl" - especially the ending "Total Trash" - except the ending (experimenting was a little too long) "Candle" - pretty good with some catchy lyrics "B) Hyperstation" - this one is interesting and I think at times would not be among my favorites (along with the other two in the trilogy at the end) -bordering on too much - but I appreciated the odd tunings, lyrics, and crazy sounds they were getting out of their instruments At times I found myself wishing that the distorted, fuzzy guitars were cleaner and let the melodies shine through a bit more. I found the listening experience better on higher-quality headphones than on speakers. The fuzzy guitars came out better and I was able to distinguish more subtle bits of the music. This seemed equally true playing on quality computer monitors, home stereo or car stereo. This album is definitely ambitious and really feels like it was clearing a path for a lot of 90s music. DAYDREAM NATION likely won't become a regular listen for me. Still I very much appreciated the opportunity to make its acquaintance.
Quite powerful, but prob won't listen again
Kind of droning one-note. Pretty typical of the genre.
Every song almost sounds good.
So…I gave it 2** initially, which is wrong. But is it a 4****? Maybe not yet for me, could do with more hooks. But interesting and I will listen again.
I can totally see why people would enjoy this (I might well have done so myself back when it was released) but it's not for me, I'm afraid.
So, this is our first of 5 Sonic Youth albums! This one reminds me a bit – believe it or not – of Hawkwind, the way they lay down a riff and stay with it for a long time – though Hawkwind had a crisper guitar sound. Lots of dark energy and good lyrics. The lead singer(s) sound at times like Lou Reed and/or Iggy Pop. I would give it a higher mark without the long-drawn-out guitar feedback endings, though I know that’s is their shtick.
Moments of greatness, moments of droning that is grating to my ears.
I have a couple sonic youth CDs, bought used well after they were in their prime. I've listened to them here and there but nothing has ever grabbed me. I think this record is consistent with that. This is a band that people assume I love because I'm in FAWNN. Not true. But there are moments. I see this record was made in 1988. That's impressive and refreshing. In the context of all the shit rock music being made in 1988, I'm thankful.
If you're going to be a punk band, keep your songs in the 2-4 minute range. There's no need to "explore" these songs and drag them out to 7-8 minutes. Having said that, the ones the fell around 3 minutes, I actually enjoyed. Hey Joni, Candle, Kissability - pretty good stuff. The other songs were mostly great punk songs, just broken up with a bunch of unnecessary nonsense. I can definitely hear how they influenced 90s punk/rock though - I'll give them that.
I've already had Sonic Youth Goo come up earlier, so my reaction to this is similar. I'm not wild about "noise rock", but I see the influence on bands that came later. I like Goo better than this album, but just barely. 3.2/5
Great to listen to for historical reasons but I'd probably need some more time with it to fully appreciate the musicianship. Don't fret, I'm as dissapointed as anyone given how much I was looking forward to listening to this album.
All the things I like about Sonic Youth are here, but then there's sort of twice as much as I actually want? I love any band that can make noise entertaining and Sonic Youth has given me some of the best noise I've ever heard. Still, this one does go on a bit.
It’s just okay.
Meh, ei silti mitään paskaa.
Leuk album. Lekker voor in de auto of op een festival.
Never heard this one before, I liked those rhythm changes and themes but it drags a bit
Not as good as Goo
Really good album…tad too long. Almost 4 stars but I’m going with three
Would really give it a 3.5 - 3.75. Good rocking album that wears its influence on 90's grunge on its sleeve. Does it belong on the list? YES Average: ★★★ 1. "Teen Age Riot" ★★★★ 2. "Silver Rocket" ★★★★ 3. "The Sprawl" ★★★ 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" ★★★ 13. "Trilogy: Hyperstation" ★★★★ 14. "Trilogy: Eliminator Jr." ★★★★
Non ho mai sentito un album dei Sonic Youth per intero, questa era la prima volta. Non mi sono dispiaciuti, ma è come se le mie orecchie siano un po' sature quando si tratta di queste cose. Forse sto invecchiando e sono stanco. Il sound è comunque molto familiare perché indubbiamente hanno influenzato molti gruppi negli anni a venire. Molti dei quali tra i miei preferiti. Li ho trovati molto più sperimentali di quello che mi aspettavo conoscendo solamente le greatest hits. Voto: 3
Bland
Fun album. Early alternative.
Very aggressively punk rock, enjoyed the first half of the album
In conclusione: Qua sono in seria difficoltà. I Sonic Youth sono praticamente i padri spirituali dell'80% dei gruppi che amo e infatti quando iniziano a fare quei riffetti di chitarra zozzi e disperati io mi sciolgo come se avessi di nuovo sedici anni. Però non è un album di facile ascolto, anzi ho fatto sicuramente fatica, i pezzi come struttura mi sembrano molto "abletoniani": sequenze ripetute per più tempo del dovuto. Però questo gli dà anche quella qualità ipnotica. Il vero punto su cui sono in difficoltà però è il fatto che lo spirito punk mi fa arrivare in modo diverso anche la struttura strascinata. Cioè non è del tipo "non siappiamo scrive" è del tipo "non ce ne frega niente di scrivere secondo i canoni e non ce ne frega niente che a te non te piace", cioè la pesantezza è parte del messaggio artistico, è una pesantezza spontanea e quindi anche comunicativa. Detto questo molti pezzi suonano un po' troppo come uno sfogo personale, per quanto sincero, piuttosto che un genuino tentativo di comunicare. Mi sa che mi vedo costretto a dare un 3 anche se moralmente sarebbe un 4.
Good for a listen through. Loved the energy, at least in the music. Although many of the songs were indistinguishable. Vocals were generally lazy or spoken which kinda killed the vibe for me. Also could have done without the longer tracks that devolved into distortion and screeching etc.
3, solid grunge with a great opener.
Interesting but each track similar to the previous one
Can see how it's contributed to the evolution of punk. Punk sounds and beats but much mellower, more melodic. Almost a bit Preoccupations - ish. Enjoyed it but didn't quite feel enough for a 4. 3/5
This is an album I wish I had as a kid, for sure.
Just, but just, crosses that threshold into “nice music”
Every tune sounds almost identical to the one before it. Not necessarily a bad thing but it means nothing stands out...
Just not into sonic youth these days..lamb chops though
Tracks - Teen Age Riot Candle
I enjoyed this more than Goo. I won't say I'm in love, but there's some interesting bits in there...
noisy in a good way
its aight
Some interesting stuff in there. Great musicality. A bit avant garde for my liking though.
I’m familiar with Sonic Youth - primarily the “Dirty” album which I listened to frequently back in the 90s. I like this album - it has a solid sense of urgency - that feeling of REALLY needing to catch that flight, but for some reason there are 300+ kids in band uniforms already in the security line at the airport. Overall recording quality seems kind of muddy, and the album grated on my nerves at times. I like it / I hate it - might have been what they were going for. Favorite track = Rain King. I will listen to Sonic Youth again, but Daydream Nation won’t be my first choice.
Not massively taken by this but liked the energy and interesting song structures.
A good racket. I enjoyed it without thinking I'll rush back to it or remembering any tracks in particular. 5.8/10
Heavy,gloomy guitar based music, not something I would seek out but glad I listened to it. Interest guitars that remind me of some of Radiohead/smashing pumpkins used in later albums.
A petite dose
Su mejor disco, pero aun así me acaba saturando
pretty good, bit too heavy rock for me
I find Sonic youth hard to love if I am honest
Hatte immer ein wenig Angst vor der SPEX wie auch vor Sonic Youth, dieser vatikanischen Obrigkeit in Sachen Alternative Rock. Zu lange den Bogen gemacht um diese Ikonen und sie nur nebenher wahrgenommen; peripher rangemacht mittels Dekonsruktion dessen, was ich auf der eigenen Suche nach spannender Musik immer als Inspiration genannt bekam und nun teilweise erkennen kann (die Field Recording Ästhetik „Providence“ wird ein Jahrzehnt später ein GY!BE Markenzeichen). Ihr Noise Gewand durchwirkt ein klarer Popfaden. Ich vermute, es gibt sperrigeres Material, aber „Daydream Nation“ will bei allem Gezerre und Gezeter schon sehr gefallen. Ein durchaus erstaunlicher Spagat, aber so viel Ehrfurcht früher herrschte, so wenig Begeisterung kommt nun auf. Wovor man sich als Kind fürchtete, provoziert heut nur ein nachsichtiges Lächeln Furchtlose 3.0
Merke, wie wenig ich mich mit dem Gesamtwerk von Sonic Youth auskenne. Wirklich gehört habe ich eigentlich nur die hier, Goo und Dirty. Und würde sie im persönlich Ranking umgekehrt platzieren. Hier gefällt mir (natürlich) Eric‘s Trip am besten, The Sprawl am wenigsten. Weitere Ausführungen spare ich mir für die (hoffentlich kommende) nächste Runde Sonic Youth. Vielleicht bin ich dann noch mehr Fan! 3,4.
Background Rage, but it has its place
"Teen Age Riot" "Silver Rocket" "Candle" "Providence"
Ok album
El sonido estaba ahí antes de la explosión del grunge. Les faltaba tal vez una visión más comercial, canciones más cortas por ejemplo. Creo que como artistas les daba igual. Se deja escuchar pero no creo que sea algo para tener en bucle.
It’s was fine… some good tracks and some that didn’t do anything for me
The drummer was the only thing that really saved it for me
This was okay. Second album by Sonic Youth which is a bit disappointing. I guess there are a number of artist repeats on here which is surprising to me given over a hundred years of the world's music but whatever. It was about the same imo as the last one.
i have mixed feelings. it’s cool but also just sort of sounds like noise? i might have to try some more from them.
Pretty good. Not a huge fan of the dissonant/noise stuff but I do appreciate some of their music.
"Teenage Riot" is an all-time favorite of mine. Great start to the album but the 2nd half is leaves something to be desired.
Fav song: Eric’s Trip
Liking the straight-ahead indie punk thing they do. "The Sprawl" made me think of Parquet Courts, esp that talk-singy thing at the beginning. Started to get long and repetitive about halfway through. Getting worn down by the consistently dire vibe. Really starting to hate it toward the end - if it ended 5 songs ago I might have rated higher.
Not really my thing, but there are some fun songs and interesting sounds in here. They definitely have a different sound which is somewhere between alt rock and punk.
Enjoyable besides the obnoxious vocals
Not bad, also not memorable.
Why am I not more excited about Sonic Youth? I know I listened to them back in the day, this is music I like, but.. I've always just been 'meh' on them. I'm forcing myself to give them a studied listen this time. Still, I know they are important for when/where they are in the genre... just no spark for me.
7
Nice indie/psychadelic rock, but sometimes bit lengthy
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!
Better than what I was expecting, some good stuff in there.
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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
1988. Key Songs: Teen Age Riot, Candle
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
Started off really well. That is until the singing began. Was hoping for better but where does hope get you? 2/5 1/10/26
I wanted to like this but wasnt for me
Daydream Nation Sonic Youth 1988 Genres: Rock Styles: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Avantgarde, Noise Rock 1. Teen Age Riot (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Arranca como un homenaje fantaseado a J Mascis (de Dinosaur Jr.) como presidente imaginario de una nación alternativa — una oda de Moore a la idea de "hacer que las cosas pasen" en vez de esperar a que otro lo haga. Funciona como himno generacional de la escena indie/underground de fines de los 80, con un arranque etéreo cantado por Gordon antes de que entre el riff principal. -Comentario: se me hizo eterna, insufrible. 2. Silver Rocket (★★☆☆☆) -Contexto: Un estallido veloz e histérico después del clima soñador del tema anterior. La letra es una sucesión de imágenes de ciencia ficción/velocidad (cohetes, cascos psicóticos, amplificadores en llamas) que no cuenta una historia lineal sino que transmite una sensación de descontrol acelerado, casi como una parodia de canción de rock espacial pasada de revoluciones. 3. The Sprawl (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: Inspirada directamente en la trilogía Sprawl del escritor de ciencia ficción William Gibson (la "Boston-Atlanta Metropolitan Axis" de sus novelas); la primera estrofa está tomada de la novela "The Stars at Noon" de Denis Johnson. Es un retrato hipnótico y repetitivo del consumismo y el vacío urbano, con la frase-eje sobre bajar al negocio a comprar más y más y más. 4. 'Cross the Breeze (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Uno de los momentos vocales más intensos de Kim Gordon en el disco. Es una canción confrontativa, casi al borde del grito, sobre desafío y provocación religiosa/sexual, con una tensión constante entre la voz y una guitarra cada vez más caótica. 5. Eric's Trip (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Basada en el monólogo lisérgico de Eric Emerson (superstar de la Factory de Andy Warhol) en la película "Chelsea Girls". Ranaldo recita un fluir de conciencia inspirado en la Beat generation (Kerouac, Dylan) que imita ese estado alterado por LSD, con guitarras que se disuelven en ruido. 6. Total Trash (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Un boogie desangelado que se va desarmando en caos hacia el final. Está atravesada por la epidemia de crack que golpeaba a Nueva York en esa época, funcionando como un retrato de deterioro urbano y personal que empieza casi festivo y termina hecho pedazos sonoros. 7. Hey Joni (★★★★☆) -Contexto: El título homenajea "Hey Joe" y a la cantautora Joni Mitchell. Ranaldo canta una letra surrealista, con imágenes de disparos en un campo vacío y una "jukebox mental hermosa", que también dialoga con la novela "Neuromante" de Gibson (la idea de "conectarse" a un sistema roto). No es un relato biográfico de Mitchell sino una fantasía poética alrededor de su nombre. 8. Providence (★★☆☆☆) -Contexto: Un interludio instrumental hecho con un solo de piano grabado por Moore en la casa de su madre con un walkman, el sonido de un amplificador Peavey recalentándose, y dos mensajes de contestador que le dejó Mike Watt (de Minutemen/fIREHOSE) desde un teléfono público en Providence, Rhode Island. Es más un objeto encontrado que una canción compuesta. 9. Candle (★★⯨☆☆) -Contexto: Tiene una introducción de guitarra melancólica y hermosa, y letras dispersas sobre el viento y el desorden cotidiano, con un guiño al disco "Tonight's the Night" de Neil Young (que trataba sobre la muerte de dos allegados de Young por sobredosis). El clima general es agridulce: nostálgico pero con un cierre más liviano y hasta optimista. 10. Rain King (★★☆☆☆) -Contexto: Escrita por Ranaldo como homenaje a la banda Pere Ubu, y posiblemente a la novela "Henderson the Rain King" de Saul Bellow. Es un tema paranoico, de imaginería fragmentada, en la misma línea de fluir poético que "Hey Joni" y "Eric's Trip". 11. Kissability (★★☆☆☆) -Contexto: La más corta e intensa del lado cuatro. Kim Gordon se mete en la piel de un tipo con poder (productor, director) que seduce con falsas promesas de estrellato a alguien con menos poder — una crítica directa al "casting couch" y al abuso de poder sexual en la industria del espectáculo. La letra es deliberadamente incómoda y repulsiva a propósito. 12. The Wonder (★★☆☆☆) -Contexto: El título sale de una frase del escritor de novela negra James Ellroy sobre ese misterio inefable que, según explicó Moore, "para bien y para mal, es lo que impulsa a alguien a levantarse todos los días". Abre el tríptico final con un clima expansivo y ambicioso. 13. Hyperstation (★⯨☆☆☆) -Contexto: Le da título al álbum entero (de una de sus líneas). Continúa la línea cyberpunk/urbana de "The Sprawl", con una sensación de flotar entre la alienación de la ciudad y una especie de trance o "estación" mental — el tema más largo y expansivo del disco, con largos pasajes instrumentales. 14. Eliminator Jr. (★★★★☆) -Contexto: Cierra el disco y está inspirada en Robert Chambers, el llamado "Preppie Killer" de Nueva York (caso mediático de finales de los 80). El nombre es un chiste de la banda: sentían que sonaba a un cruce entre Dinosaur Jr. y el disco "Eliminator" de ZZ Top, de ahí también la "z" del Trilogy (haciendo de cierre y guiño a ZZ Top a la vez). -TOTAL = ★★⯨☆☆ (2,54) -Me resultó largo, insufrible, insoportable, con canciones extremadamente largas que pudieron hacer mejor y condensar su mierda en la mitad del tiempo... sinceramente no es algo que vuelva a escuchar otra vez voluntariamente.
Ehh… meh.
SYs bästa men det kanske inte säger så mycket. Här finns embryon till shoegaze, nåt mer atomsfäriskt snarare än hårt. Jag hör också mycket Velvet Undergrounds White light, white heat. "Teenage riot" är förstås en bra låt, "Candle" är i det närmaste pop. Men det är spretigt och därtill ojämnt. Måste tillstå att den är sämre än jag mindes den Medel tvåa
Det låter egentligen inte dåligt. Men det är framförallt för långa låtar. Halvera tiden och betyget hade kunnat höjas ett pinnhål.
Maybe this is better than the other Sonic Youth album I listened to on this list but I still don't really dig it.
Meh.
Oh good, MORE Sonic Youth. Didn't rate this one personally, maybe it just caught me at the wrong time but it left me cold. Preferred Goo to my memory
Tiesin bändin nimeltä, ei oo tullut ikinä kuunneltua. Oli liian ”suttuista” mun makuun, vaikka rosoisemmasta musasta diggaankin. Vähän liian samankaltaisia biisejä, eikä mikään niistä jäänyt erityisesti mieleen. Soitto oli hyvää.
Long ahh album tbh
Enough with the Sonic Youth!
Not for me.
The whole album felt like one long exercise in putting up with overstimulation
gostei muito de EVOL, mas achei esse aqui meio nada a ver, meio desconexo de EVOL (mas acho que faz sentido, já que Daydream Nation veio antes). as características que são agradáveis pra mim em EVOL ainda estão aqui, mas não parecem se alinhar de um jeito que de fato agrada. eu sei que esse álbum é melhor avaliado que EVOL, mas achei tão sem graça. Pode ser que eu não esteja tanto na vibe dessa primeira vez que ouço e que eu mude de ideia quando reescutar, mas agora é meio que só barulho. Não incomoda, mas também não soa grande coisa. acho que não vou conseguir ouvir inteiro não, achei bem ruinzinho.
Depressing
Too noisy
I didn’t not like it but I didn’t like it either
Went into this listen really excited based on some readings and reviews and it ultimately didn’t deliver or meet expectations. Sonically I didn’t find it captivating or thrilling in any way. Not my favourite genre by any means but I found it a bit of a slog.
2.5
Meh
actually, i respectfully didn't enjoy this one. too monotone all the way through, & the disengaged yelling becomes grating pretty early on.
Sonic Youth é sinonimo de Marcelo. Apesar disso é um banda com a qual eu nunca consegui ter o click e tem uma sonoridade que a mim me deixa por vezes desconfortavel apesar da energia. Certamente haverá mais albuns deles e terei mais uma oportunidade de aprender a gostar
There are some really good songs on this album, but there are also a lot of songs I don't get at all. The only member in this band whose vocals I like is Kim Gordon. The guitar tones on this album are abysmal. Also way too long.
I've never really understood the fuss about these guys.
Ugh, I want to like Sonic Youth so badly, but I just don't. This was literally just noise. On paper, I should love this band and know how big their influence is. But this album was such a struggle to get through. I just don't get it.
I can hear why this is an important album and how it is a precursor to a lot of 90s stuff to come. But I’m not enjoying it at all… 2
certain parts of some of the songs i liked but not enough to make this album enjoyable for me. I really did not like the vocals on this album which is what truly sealed its fate in my opinion
"Total Trash" was alright. Overall so far I'm 2 stars and this is my 4th Sonic Youth album on this list.
As with the other Sonic Youth albums on the list, there's lots of interesting sounds coming out of the instruments, but then the vocals are a let down. 2 stars
Sonic Youth just doesn't do it for me.
Too much yelling, not for me.
It was better than the two other Sonic Youth albums I've had to endure, but they only garnered a total of 3 stars from me so it wasn't particularly difficult to better that. It started out reasonably well, but towards the end it dropped off.
Ei nyt ihan hirveetä, mutta kappaleet on jotenkin sellaisia että niistä ei jää mitään mieleen tai käteen. Ainoo mikä jäi mieleen oli Providence koska se oli tosi erilainen välisoitto. Tunnelma semmonen vähän villi ja se on ok, mut vähän on vaan liian junnaavaa. Parhaat: 'Cross the Breeze, Providence
Given the hipness of Sonic Youth back in the day, I fully gave this a try, really wanting to like this. Teen Age Riot started so promising, but the rest of the album really disappointed. It just sounded noisy and directionless. And long, oh so long. After what seemed like 45 minutes I was shocked that it was only in the fourth song… and still ten to go. Sadly this album is the definition of double album fatigue.
Kinda of depressing and slow but ok.
This band gets worse as they age and are not worthy of three albums on the 1001 Must Hear List. Daydream Nation starts out with the only good song on the album and just goes downhill from there. (2.3*s) Sonic Noise (again.)
I was not excited to see Sonic Youth show up for a 4th time on this list. Their prior albums have been complete misses for me. Daydream Nation has been the best of the bunch but even when it peaks it is still a washed out mess of noise rock that just doesn't move the needle for me. At times the jams are OK I guess, but even those sound like a bit like a garage band playing warm up exercises a lot of the time. After 3 stinkers, 70 additional minutes of mediocre noise rock did very little to convince otherwise that I'm just not a fan. I wasn't there when this was contemporary so there must be an additional side of the story as to how or why these guys are held in high regard. I need to find a Sonic Youth fan to walk me through this as so far I'm completely baffled as to how Sonic Youth continues to show up on this list. Even despite this album being the best of their albums so far it is still a marginal entry for me. Sonic Youth has officially taken over the mantle of the most overrated band on this list for me which is impressive when you have far too many Smiths and Morrissey albums that could be axed/skipped. Keep Daydream Nation on the list for their legacy and then do us a favor and then mercy kill the rest of their entries to save us the time and feature better, more interesting albums/acts. 1.51 stars
I liked a couple of songs (computer age, within you without you, silver rocket, the sprawl, cross the breeze) but not enough to listen to a double album. 2 stars
It’s not just because I can’t hang with the noise, though I understand that’s all some people will really hear in this album. But I did enjoy some of the punk stuff like Eliminator Jr and Rain King. But overall, just because it’s weird doesn’t mean it’s good. And quite a bit of it is just boring weird, which is not my kind of weird. And just because an approach to an album is influential in its time (noise) doesn’t mean it holds up. It’s often an unenjoyable listen. It’s interesting when I put on my cultural history hat, fun to imagine how disruptive and fresh it was once, how this impacted the 90s, etc., but that’s about it. Can we just be honest about that? Do we have to revere all music just because it was historically important? Some music is just better for performance than albums. I’m sure this would have been really cool to see live in 88. As a front to back album though, will not be relistening
La instrumentación está buena, pero las letras quedan perdidas en la melodía. Supongo que es a propósito para generar el efecto del daydreaming.
I don't think I'm ever gonna be a Sonic Youth fan. Someone on here described it as "nonsensical twatery" which I think hit the nail on the head
Never liked their sound...still don't. Irritating whiney punkish rock.
Good bones. Flawed in the finer details. Lyrics are drab and full of cynicism, drums are empty and hollow. Too much noise. But in '88 this pushed some buttons and set people up to be late 80's punks. But in the big '26 almost 3 generations of punk developed after that. Another right time right place album Gen X creams the blue jeams for this band and album but it simply doesn't hold up 38 years later to anyone else who wasn't there.
there were a few songs i could sit through but in general hated it
Partially known. I prefer the music to the noise. After awhile, it all sounds the same.
Meh. Still not a fan.
Sometimes they would have me and then the song would make a left turn and devolve into unpleasant noise or it would go on way too long or both. Not a fan.
Another album where each song starts off promising but then goes on too long, slowly devolving into dissonance.
4/10 Very disappointing - just a lot of noise. 70 minutes for no reason as well. If I were scoring on influence and importance, it might score higher, but I'm not
Quite forgettable. This album really is all over the place, there is just too much of everything on here, its lacking focus. 2/5
I'm just not that interested in the Sonic Youth sound And I definitely didn't need over an hour of it
Dull and repetive anti music that squacks and squeals in the back ground. Again why do they need 6 minutes to say the little they have in 3 minutes. Find his voice very annoying as well. I thought I would have liked this but alas no Who thought what we need is a double album. We haven't enough songs. I know let's extend a lot of them for no good reason.
Gen X Slop
Distorted guitars with added dissonance. I liked parts of the clashes and chaos but it just goes on for way too long. The lady singing feels more like shouting and it does start to grate after the first phrase. Album duration felt like an age to listen to, especially with numerous 7 minute tracks. Noisy for the sake of noise. 2/5
Enjoyed the prior Sonic Youth album much more than this one
A lot of strumming making a racket I often lost what was going on in the song. They have a few great songs where I think the riffs are clearer.
Not for me
Eh...
Lite för långdragen för mig, inte bara sett till antalet låtar utan också att varje låt inte kändes riktigt distinkt från en annan
Lo escuché mientras terminaba la entrega
Totally get that this was revolutionary and inspired a bunch of other musicians but this sounds like noise to me. I don’t get the appeal, and I do like alternative rock music. (2)
maso meeeee
It’s aight. Not exactly my cup of tea, but high energy youth angst is a vibe, for sure
After my first listen, I really wasn’t keen. After a second listen, I like it slightly more, but it’s still very much not for me. I can respect this album for being highly influential, but even the better tracks like ‘Teen Age Riot’ I thought were just okay. Though there are some more melodic tracks, overall it’s too noisy/abrasive for my taste (I found Kim Gordon’s vocals particularly annoying), and too long, especially given lots of the tracks are pretty samey. Noisier tracks can be effective in small doses, but over 70 minutes I just found it rather grating.
Nope. Sorry. Couldn’t cope.
Didn’t age well
It had more talent than Robert Wyatt, but it was still just a lot of noise to me:/
A couple songs were ok but not a great album
Some of the songs had real promise but then they would just turn into a distorted mess. And it just kept going and going...
I’m disappointed that I couldn’t get into it. Heard good things about Sonic Youth but it didn’t capture me at all.
Heard it before. This album is pure Sonic Youth but sadly I'm in no mood to listen to them today. Teen Age Riot is a banger though 2/5
me standing at the back of a gig with a warm tin trying not to yawn while lots of people with cool hair very earnestly 'get it' at the front.
Highlight: Teen Age Riot
Enjoyed it in parts, prefer Dirty as a more rounded album and maybe more accessible than this one. Wanted to give 2.5 to this one.
I'm not that familiar with the groups work but parts of the album were quite a good.
Every Sonic youth song starts off sounding promising and halfway through turns obnoxious.
I didn’t get a chance to listen to this album yesterday, and by didn’t get a chance I mean I didn’t want to. We’ve had them before. I gave it a 2 then and I’m giving it a 2 again for the same reasons.
A bit different from the first Sonic Youth album we reviewed but a couple of the tracks kept the same distorted and chaotic guitar sound that I didn’t care for the first time around. The music was tolerable on this listen but the lyrics were pretty bad and the vocals were absent of talent. I’m still not a fan of the band but the rock & roll kept me from wanting to fast forward past every single song this time around.
I’m over this whole “wall of sound” thing. So, I’m gonna write my review in “wall of sound” style just to regain a little sanity. Here goes: People build walls either to keep things in or to keep them out so they are usually made of stronger stuff than sound I prefer my walls made of wood and sheet rock or brick and mortar but almost anything substantial will do in a pinch but you need something palpable to make an effective wall remember Wall of Voodoo, the 80s band who had that cool song Mexican Radio I’m on the Mexican ray-dee-ohh I’m on the Mexican whoa-oh radio Whoa Joey Lawrence said “Whoa” on television Yeah that was his character’s catch phrase on Blossom the character Blossom was played by Mayim Bialik who also hosted Jeopardy a game show which takes place in front of a giant wall The Wall is an album by Pink Floyd and also a movie that was about the second world war but also a rock star and drugs it was pretty confusing also confusing is the whole “play this album while watching the Wizard of Oz” thing or was that Dark Side of the Moon I’m not sure but I know that a lot of drugs werre involved in both albums speaking of drugs I think you have to be pretty stoned to enjoy more than a few minutes of Sonic Youth’s music I mean seriously chemically enhanced all I can imagine is people spinning around in circles while listening to this music but they’re wearing turtlenecks and berets and shit I’m not sure but I know it definitely is not my scene and if I were to end up at one of their concerts I wouldn’t be dancing, I’d be standing … against the wall.
Sometimes I enjoy the lengthy soundscapes Sonic Youth birth, but I really need to be in the mood. Dirty hit the nail on the head, captured the sound but didn't overstay their welcome. This album has the sound but ironically like a daydream it is a little aimless and wandering. And that is a good thing if you are in the mood.
I had a hard time with this. Noisy and boring.
Ok so this was a slog at times…and at others it peaked my curiosity. I can’t say I won’t be back but not sure I’m up for another listen anytime soon.
4/10
They really are not my thing. It’s a lot of the same song over and over. It is also rather noisy and not as melodic.
Meh
Fik hørt halvdelen. Det støjer for meget til, at det rigtigt bider sig fast.
Grunge, and not so great at that
Sigh… it’s Sonic Youth—critics’ catnip, a tangle of art-punk guitar clatter that promises revelation but mostly delivers endurance tests. When they ease up on the avant-garde throat-clearing, you can hear the band they might’ve been: “Teenage Riot” rides a relatively straightforward groove that almost passes for alt-rock accessibility, while “Total Trash” taps into a scrappy 60s garage-band pulse that suggests these noise sculptors actually like rock music. “Candle” opens with a pretty arpeggiated guitar figure and blooms into an intriguing soundscape, though the vocals remind you why their admirers call it “challenging” and the rest of us call it something else. Ambitious, sure—but ambition alone doesn’t make the feedback worth the wait.
Kinda boring outside of Teen Age Riot
Not a fan. Always thought this band was more noise than music.
Didn't make it halfway. There was enough mediocrity to avoid the 1 star but man that wasn't very fun - Wacky start. Better find its way from here... - 1h10m ... I'm not feeling great about this one - Okay wait vocalist is super chill. If this holds I can vibe - Nvm that got lame fast. 1h 10m of this will result in a 1-2 star rating
Been dreading this one for a while. I have really varied feelings on individual tracks, so I think for this one I'm going to rate/comment on them individually. - "Teenage Riot" - 4 - considering how much I was dreading this album, this track was a surprise. I enjoyed it quite a lot. Good start! - "Silver Rocket" - 1 - hated the vocals, hated the noise section, don't see the point. Fuck off. - "The Sprawl" - 2 - honestly just found this one boring, and didn't like the vocals that much (they were better than Silver Rocket though), they're (presumably deliberately) flat, and I find it really grating - "'Cross the Breeze" - 2 - largely similar to "The Sprawl" - "Eric's Trip" - 3 - bit mixed, not my favourite, the intro was bad, the rest of it was fine. - "Total Trash" - 2 - Started as a 3, ended as a 1. - "Hey Joni" - 3. - "Providence" - 1 - absolute dogshit. - "Candle" - 2 - this one is pretty inoffensive, stoner rock, would have been a 3 if not for the shitty noise section, I honestly can't understand why anyone would want to listen to that. - "Rain King" - 2 - not my vibe. - "Kissability" - 2 - Return of the Flat Female Vocals... I kinda liked the energy in this one but it's pretty repetitive and the discordance is just grating - "A) the Wonder" - 2 - repetitive, flat tuned crap. Grating vocals. - "B) Hyperstation" - 1 - really repetitive, irritating riff, irritating vocals. I feel like if you gave a few random emo kids electric guitars and told them to write and perform a song, it'd sound something like this track. - "Z) Eliminator Jr." - 2 - haha we're so quirky and edgy we skipped to Z. Oh yay more shitty vocals. The backing is energetic and has moments but mostly it's bad. Averages out at a low 2, which I think is about right versus my previous ratings. I'm not going to listen to this again, and I'm not looking forward to this band's other entries.
Teen Age Riot was a great song. It almost reminds me of a song that would've played in a 90s-2000s coming-of-age movie. I don't like how the songs are so long. The rest of the album, I did not enjoy.
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I thought Sonic Youth were a grunge band, not one that laid the groundwork during the 80s. Elements of a less tuneful Pixies in the sound. Give them credit for influencing grunge scene to come, but I didn't love the album.
i think i might be a sonic youth hater. except you incinerate, i can never hate you.
I don't know why - because it feels like it should be My Kind of Music - but Sonic Youth has always left me cold. Nothing about it grabs me.
the noise part of the noise rock was a bit too much
# Album Name: Daydream Nation # Artist: Sonic Youth # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Great opening song. Most people will have heard Teenage Age riot. Sadly, thats where the fun ended. Theres too many 7 minute tracks which just seem to go on and on and on and on some more. It really doesnt need to be that complicated. Too long, too much noise. Very dissapointed because ive heard a lot about this album. # Top Tunes: Teenage Age riot / # Would I listen to it again? No
Listened to half Not my thing
O álbum até começou bem, com algumas músicas numa pegada de punk clássico, mas rapidamente caiu no mesmo problema de álbuns que tentam ser experimentais demais, que é ser zero musical. Muitas bandas dessa época foram nessa vibe de fazer músicas tenebrosas, com passagens extremamente dissonantes e falar que era proposital. Desculpa de gente que tem preguiça de aprender a tocar direito. O fato de uma música se chamar "Total Trash" diz muito sobre isso. A verdade é que várias outras músicas podiam ter esse título também. Melhor do álbum: "Teen Age Riot". Pior do álbum: "Total Trash".
it wasn’t bad just not my thing
It's a no from me dawg
I grew up listening to a lot of punk and now I find I have outgrown it. The albums I listened to in my youth are great, as they bring back memories of friends and experiences. I never listened to Sonic Youth and find it hard to listen to now. Its not bad, just not for me.
Pas convaincu par la proposition, très lisse
Didn’t really do anything for me
In general, I'm not a big Sonic Youth fan, but the first half of this album was surprisingly listenable, for the most part.
no m gusto
Unable to lean on nostalgia, I found this album too noisy and a little boring.