Goo

This is the epitome of art for art's sake. It's so far up it's own ass it has become some kind of bagel. Not catchy, interesting, captivating or moving. It's the type of pretentious garbage I absolutely hate. It charted so poorly because it's bad music. It's a cult band, with an Andy Worhol type of self importance so vulgar I barely call it music. But hey, it's cool to be like "the themes explored really speak to the general malaise of the time...." get fucked. 0/10

The album itself isnt that good. Side A is great with Dirty Boots and Kool Thing, but Side B has quite a few duds. Its just not as good as Daydream Nation, Sister or Dirty. Few albums are, though. What, however, is great here, is the album cover. Artwork by Raymond Pettibon. The original image is a paparazzi photograph taken from a 1966 murder trial. In the photo is Maureen Hindley and David Smith who were both key witness in the Moors Murders trial. Maureens sister Myra murdered 5 children and asked David to help bury them. David instead reported his sister-in-law, who got charged with life sentence and the press called her 'the most evil woman in Britain'. Here's the original photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejl3S9aWoAEd-0k?format=jpg&name=small

Goo has *everything*. A punk ode to Karen Carpenter, a fuck-you/come-on feminist anthem, a robot absolutely screlting the name Mildred Pierce, but most importantly it’s got Goo herself. Slay yas goo mama boots

Music to drink a gallon of hot, black coffee and smoke 2 packs. Quintessential Gen X

I thoroughly enjoy this album by Sonic Youth. I would say it is rather Goo-d!

Great record! Love the tracks with Kim on vocals, they have a sort of effortless cool to them. Sonic Youth's most commercial album. For some reason I remember thinking this record was kind of uneven but coming back to it now it's pretty strong all around. It is kind of weird to have Chuck D on a track just to say a few kind of cliche rapper things in the background. Weird 90's thing to do (REM's Radio Song being a similar example).

Hey, this doesn't suck. It's like Sonic Youth finally discovered the magic elements of "song structure" and "composition" and used those to make an album that wasn't unlistenable bullshit noise. Still not, like, good or anything. But it's not awful and that seems to be the bar for the Sonic Youth albums on this list.

“Noise rock” using “unorthodox guitar tunings” yeah, there’s probably a reason people use “orthodox guitar tunings” : it doesn’t sound like unpleasant noise.

3 stars for music, extra star for doing really cool shit with their guitars

Major label sell out bastards. Playing songs with hooks and tunes and everything. Bastards.

Incredible riffs and catchy ass songs. Just a great alt rock album very fun to listen to. 9/10 for me

Fantastic, blew me away. A masterpiece of noisy alt rock.

An overrated album by an overrated band. People who put this poster up in their rooms need to be punched in the nose.

Austin, Texas is the best city in the US when it comes to record stores. Several years ago, while planning a trip to Houston for a friend’s wedding, I decided to extend that trip into a vacation and spend a few days after the wedding in Austin, with the intention of hopping from record store to record store, eating excellent Mexican food and enjoying everything Austin has to offer. The drive from Houston to Austin, at least as I took it, was a long one, on a state highway that offered little in terms of view, save for cattle ranches, one after another. Occasionally, you’d hit a light at a four way intersection. At those intersections, there was a good chance there was either a gas station or a Whataburger and maybe a supermarket. Then you’d drive another 20 minutes or so, hit another light, see another Whataburger and be on your way. It was a nice, relaxing drive, but I was mostly interested in getting to Austin. I had tickets that night to see a screening of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation documentary/concert film with a Q&A session with filmmaker Lance Bangs and Gerard Cosloy, founder of Matador Records. It was at the Alamo Draft House/Ritz Theatre in Austin, which no longer exists in that capacity. It’s now home to Joe Rogan’s “Comedy Mothership”, which I think sucks because it was such a great historic theatre to see a film at. The timing of that event and my friend’s wedding couldn’t have been more impeccable. It was like the universe saying, “oh hey, you’re coming to Texas? Why not stay a few days extra and come to Austin, you’ll get to see a bunch of unreleased Sonic Youth footage and did I mention the all record stores?” The day after the Daydream Nation screening, I set out to hit record stores. Waterloo, End of an Ear, Antone’s…I had a long list of record stores to go to and I was going to hit them all in the three days I had in Austin. …and did I ever. Among the records I picked up across the many stores I visited: an original pressing of The Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat”, an original pressing of Sparks’ “Kimono My House”, a original promo copy of King Crimson’s “Lark’s Tongue in Aspic” with the promo sticker on the sleeve - all of which you’ve heard or will hear thanks to this list, but there were also several others including an original pressing of Fripp and Eno’s “Evening Star”, Man or Astroman’s “A Spectrum of Infinite Scale” on two 10” records and a host of 90’s indie 7” singles. But the coupe de grâce came on my final day in Austin. After some breakfast tacos and a walk around the state capitol, I realized that I was left with time to kill before I really needed to head back to Houston and check in to my hotel for the flight home the next day, so I decided to check out one final record shop before I hit the road. After consulting Google, I decided to check out Breakaway Records, because it seemed like a shop that would be most in line with my musical tastes. I had a good feeling about Breakaway when I pulled into its parking lot. The sign above the store, was done in a very classic 1960’s style with alternating blocks of lime and dark green and each letter of “BREAKAWAY” in white, overlayed on the alternating green color blocks. It felt right. I browsed through the new releases and used sections and was content with my choice of record stores: though the decor of Breakaway was somewhat minimalist, their selection of new and used records was impressive and varied. After about 15 minutes of crate digging, I noticed a section called “new arrivals/rarities” or something similar. “Perfect,” I thought. “Maybe they’ll have an original 13th Floor Elevators record or something.” I started going through the section - an original pressing of Nevermind, lots of 90’s alternative and indie rarities… Then, there it was. The record I had been after for nearly 5 years, ever since a copy got away from me at Amoeba in San Francisco: A 1996 Mobile Fidelity pressing of Sonic Youth’s “Goo” on 200 gram vinyl. I had been *this* close to grabbing it when I was at Amoeba five years earlier…it was in the next bin of new arrivals that I was going to dig through, when someone walked up, started going through that bin and added it to their pile of records without hesitation. So close, yet so far… It goes without saying that when I saw it again at Breakaway, I grabbed that record and added it to my pile of purchases without a second of thought or consideration for price…It had taken me 5 years and countless visits to record stores all over the country to cross paths with it again. Then, the next record, Sonic Youth’s soundtrack for the film “Made in the USA” on coke bottle clear vinyl….What was already a wildly successful few days of crate digging had just turned into the best I’ve ever had. It was made even better with the realization that my trip to Austin had been bookended by Sonic Youth. It started with the Daydream Nation screening and the Ritz and culminated with finding that copy of “Goo” at Breakaway. I went to check out, had a nice conversation with the clerk and told him I was visiting from New Jersey and flying back the next day. He gave me a Breakaway tote bag to use as a carry-on for the trip home. I honestly can’t recommend Breakaway Records enough - you should check them out if you’re ever in Austin. Back in the present, I’m listening to that copy of “Goo” today as I write this review. It sounds fantastic, even if the album seems like an unlikely candidate for the Mobile Fidelity treatment. Kim Gordon’s songs on “Goo” are the highlights here for me: the exceptional “Tunic (Song for Karen)”, the surprise hit “Kool Thing” and “Cinderella’s Big Score” are all Sonic Youth classics in my mind, even if I’m not as hot on “My Friend Goo”. Thurston Moore’s songs are no slouches, either: “Dirty Boots” ranks among his best as do “Disappear” and “Titanium Exposé”, which might be the Sonic Youth song with the most prominent shared vocals between he and Kim Gordon. Lee Ranaldo gets his typical one song allotment in the form of “Mote”, a fan-favorite and perennial live staple in the Sonic Youth catalog, and Steve Shelly…well, Steve Shelly is one of the best and maybe most overlooked drummers in all of alternative rock - with his metronomic precision, he is the perfect drummer to anchor, when necessary, and propel, when required, the chaos of Sonic Youth. Though they had jumped to a major label, Sonic Youth didn’t temper their sound much, if at all, on “Goo”. If anything, it’s more abrasive and aggressive than Daydream Nation in spots, which makes this record a pretty uncompromising major label debut.

fuckin great album - 10/10 it’s not for everyone but I love it

When I first came across sonic the hedgehog, all the jizz just got stuck in his spikes. He wasn't the easiest to clean. Made him faster though.

I have this album cover on a t shirt, so I'd better give it 5 stars.

Simple, catchy riffs. I like the song writing better on this LP than the debut. And the feedback excursions that bookend the songs don’t go on for as long. Giving Kim Gordon the mic a little more was a good idea. Kool Thing is a great song.

Punk meets New Wave. She is a prominent as a singer, I like her catatonic and monotonous voice, shameless and bored. Really fitting to the era. (7/10) Favourite Tracks: Kool Thing

I love the start of this album you get a mix of noise, psychedelic, pop mix especially with the female voices starting in the track ‘Tunic’. The album felt very fresh even over 20 years after release, it seems like it was very experimental for the time (not sure if other Sonic Youth albums are similar). Even the heavy noise tracks like ‘Mildred Pierce’ and ending with ‘Titanium Expose’ were fantastic for keeping the dark & psychedelic mood of the album. The only track that felt massively out of place was ‘Cinderella’s Big Break’ as it was more upbeat than the track before and after, it felt like a massive jump in the movement of the album.

That sure is sonic youth

This was a really fun listen. I have this album, but it's been awhile. The trading off of lead vocals was really fun. Knowing the story behind Kool Thing added depth to the song.

One of the best albums of this era - still sounds exciting and not crazily overplayed unlike some others [edit: did not know the origin of the cover art, hmm..; Chuck D's contribution to Kool Thing is both utterly pointless and years ahead of its time, a real trendsetter for contemporary pond life such as DJ Khaled]

GOOd

Vous qui fréquentez ce générateur suivez probablement de très près ma progression dans cette liste des 1001. Vous savez dès lors très bien que j'ai donné quatre étoiles à Sonic Youth pour leur album Dirty. Rebelote avec celui-ci.

This was fucking amazing

Просто классика 90-ых и, наверное, лучший альбом Соников!

Goo is always my recommendation as a starting point for anyone wanting to go on a Sonic Youth tour. It is rough and - with the layered guitars - noisy enough compared to their previous records. On the other hand, it has acquired a bit more of an alt-rock appeal because there are some more structured songs with a starting and end point. For me this album has the perfect balance between the two giants on both sides of this album (Daydream Nation and Dirty). There really isn't a note wrong on Goo and the song Disappearer is the best they've ever released. And from here you can slowly return to the delicious raw creativity of Sister and EVOL. But this album is rock solid.

This is much more accessible than Teenage Daydream while still remaining recognizably Sonic Youth. The layered alternating guitar is front and center and musique concrète is used throughout which lends the album an experimental feel. The studio techniques used in the recording of this album were also similarly experimental and often led to issues getting final takes. The lyrical content often centers the experience of women in American society and issues a challenge to the expectations. This is best exemplified in 'Kook Thing,' a dialogue between Kim Gordon and Public Enemy's Chuck D.

It's very good, not as good as daydream nation, but that's a pretty high bar.

Perhaps offensive to the true Sonic Youth fans (who I count myself among) but an excellent record. It's got that poppy grungey quality to it but Sonic Youth know they're the cooler older brother and the play the part of it. Probably one of the most baffling albums to bubble outside of the mainstream with their signature dissonant guitar tones and progressive meandering structures. Kim and Thurston on vocals kind of mix together cartoony irreverence with overt politics and dialogue with pop culture imagery for an overall pretty socially progressive but lighthearted time. I think it's a very natural counterpart to the guitar bible that is Daydream Nation.

Listened Before? N This is good stuff. I've slept on these guys for a long time - not really for any good reason. I see why they've got such a solid underground following. I really loved this album. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Dirty Boots, Kool Thing

"I feel like I'm disappearing, getting smaller every day But I look in your eyes and I'm bigger in every way"

I think I would've liked sonic youth if I was a teenager in the 90s

I don't think this is as good as either of the two previous Sonic Youth albums. Sister and Daydream Nation have more memorable songs. Sonic Youth has an offputting element of cool kids gatekeeping that seems to come across more on Goo. If they weren't masters of making this kind of guitar music it'd be a dealbreaker. but they are, so. music: stole its sister's boyfriend, killed its parents and hit the road within a week. (⌐■_■)

Kool album

Pre-listening thoughts: Sonic youth is another one of those bands that I feel like I should know about but idk anything about them 😭 Post/during listening thoughts: this is one of the most interesting listens I have come across on this list. And you may be thinking “why? It’s just like 90s rock with lots of speaking and dissonance” but this was IN 1990. This was a pioneer of the sound of 90s alt rock. While the actual sound they created may not be my favorite it’s really interesting to see how this sort of topical alt rock was able to break through to the mainstream. The songs are danceable but also simultaneously noisy and not what I would call catchy or earworms due to just the sheer amount of talking and dissonance. I cannot decide if I like this or not. Like it’s caught my attention and broadened my horizons but it’s definitely also really pretentious (do we need 4 mins of just guitar screeching?) Now that we can edit ratings I am gonna give this 3 stars, revisit it at some point, and get back to ya. 5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: ??? Fav tracks: Dirty Boots, Kool Thing, Disappearer Least fav tracks: end of Mote, Mildred Pierce, Cinderella’s Big Score, Scooter and Jinx

3+ Stars (9/15)

I try and I try with Sonic Youth, but I just can't get there. I actually think the first three or four tracks are quite solid. It def devolves from there IMO. I'm giving a 3* because of those tracks. 3.25/5

I feel like I was maybe too generous when I reviewed E.V.O.L. I see 'Goo' suffers from long-ass-90s-song disease. "Mote" was going great, until it ended with two minutes of wandering rock noise, which would be fine if I wasn't expected to find it groundbreaking and transgressive. While I'll enjoy their instrumentation and melodies, I really struggle to enjoy the vocal performances across Sonic Youth's discography. I was so close to loving "Tunic (Song For Karen)"; the riff and the lyrics are great and I love the mix, but god I just can't do it with the spoken vocals. I did get to take another crack at "Kool Thing" as an adult. And it does rip, it's a great rock song, but god damn it with Kim Gordan's voice. It's weird to hear this song now with more context and go "this is a pretty tolerable vocal take, actually." Highlights: Dirty Boots, Kool Thing (miraculously), Disappearer

My feelings have been mixed on Goo since I first got into SY, a year or two after this came out. I shunned it and Dirty for being shiny and on a major label, an opinion I cribbed from Melody Maker, but Dirty Boots was the first SY song I heard, and I still love it; live versions accompanying the single sold me completely on the band. This does not have the weird majesty of its predecessors, but has a fair haul of good songs, and a classic in DB. Cinderella’s Big Score, Mote and Kool Thing are also favourites from that period. Returning to Goo, there’s a strong nostalgic pull to the sleek, bendy guitar howl they were into then, which still thrills me; they were a revelation, the first time I realised guitars didn’t have to follow the late-60’s blues rock templates to sound cool. A good record, but I prefer the contemporaneous Live In Irvine recording, which can be grabbed from the band’s generous Bandcamp page.

ah yes, "Kool Thing" of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock fame. Finally Hmmm what to give an album that you were enjoying, but the last 15 minutes kinda sucked in your humble opinion? Mildred Pierce is on Sonic Youth's most popular tracks on Spotify, wtf Didn't connect that track 2 was about Karen Carpenter; lines like "I feel like I'm disappearing" are heartbreaking, combined with that menacing minor-key riff it's a chilling moment near the beginning of the album. Speaking of menacing riffs, "Disappearer"'s is simple but effective 3*** before I change my mind HL: "Dirty Boots", "Tunic", "Kool Thing", "Disappear" February 24, 2023

Think I’ve realised that I like noise rock, however this album could’ve been more polished and less pretentious

Your results may vary

I’m a big fan of sonic youth. Post-Punk Shoegaze with a bit of garage punk in there. I love what they do with two guitars and pedal fx. Their albums vacillate between symphonic distorted euphoric trances and obnoxious whiny punk rock. Whether or not I love one of their albums always depends on which dominates the album. Disapearer, Dirty boots, Cinderella’s big score are three of the former, solid sonic build up culminated by a great climax and fx driven sonic breakdown to bring it home softly. I’m able to disappear into these songs and the wall of harmonic distortion they create—somehow they are able to find a harmonic balance in there. But then there’s always a few songs with Kim monotone spoken word about something I don’t care about—generally these are the songs I skip. Mildred pierce was going great until someone started squealing. Sonic Youth can be so hit or miss, but it’s always compelling, generally an album reflects like a grassroots zine, edgy, experimental, sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful, rarely boring. Compared to some of the other one note albums we’ve listened to this one has a lot more to say. That being said there’s a few sonic youth albums that shine a bit brighter, so this garners a 3 from me.

The style is interesting and different but I'm not a fan of the music itself so far. Their talk singing style is odd. Not my style.

I dont really get the hype for Sonic Youth. It's pretty generic and up it's own ass.

This is like a punk album, but the band isn't angry at anything.

I'm a big Sonic Youth fan. This album is one of their best. I feel like they're definitely divisive, and can see how some might find this grating and hard to listen to. In my opinion though, these guys were able to perfectly merge elements of punk, alt rock, and indie to make music that to me is super engaging and unique. Yeah, a couple of the tracks are just noise and aren't even really listenable as songs, and I'm not going to pretend that it's some super deep art form that some people just don't get - at the end of that day those tracks suck - but the rest is so strong. A few all time favorite songs of mine are on this album. Also the cover is great

I seem to have gotten what are arguably the three greatest Sonic Youth albums in descending quality order. So I had Daydream Nation first, then Dirty second, and now Goo third. Although it's by far the most commercial/ weakest of the three, it's still an easy five star album. Funnily enough, I was listening to this album just a week ago, but I relistened anyway, just to keep to the programme. I always feel like there's a little bit of The Fall mixed in here somehow, also a bit of The Pixies maybe? The Karen Carpenter song alone is enough to carry the entire album, but there's no need for that, as it is full of quality tracks from start to finish.

Un disco fundamental para entender la música a partir de los años 90 en adelante. Su influencia es inimaginable: desde Nirvana hasta cualquier banda independiente de medio pelo. Supone el paso a un gran sello, en este caso un semidesconocido Geffen. Previamente habían firmado por una multinacional bandas como REM y sobre todo Hüsker Dü o The Replacements. Ellos (como REM) ejemplificaron lo que se debe hacer y sobre todo cómo se ha de hacer. El álbum no tiene un pero, desde la espectacular portada de Raymond Pettibon, hasta el último surco. Ruido-pop-psicodelia-distorsión-magia... el resto son imitaciones. Solo por Tunic, Titanium expose o Kool Thing (con con Chuck D de Public Enemy... otros que están a la altura), ya se jusitifica. También participa de modo más importante pero menos evidente J. Mascis... Dirty es más fácil de escuchar, Daydream nation mejor considerado, Sister mi favorito... pero Goo es el disco clave. 10/10

Excellent album! 10/5 stars!

This might be my favorite sonic youth record. I think this one has the best production out of the "top" records (Sister and Daydream Nation), the fuzzy guitars and bass sound sooooo goood. I have to say this is kind of exactly my music taste so I can't go objective here, this is a 5 star album. Maybe not the strongest on the list, but I'd absolutely love to listen to this any day.

Essencial para perceber e especialmente para apreciar a evolução do som alternativo dos anos 90. As nuances das guitarras e os padrões rítmicos se destacam, a sonoridade abrasiva se envolve com melodias mais evidentes. "Tunic (Song for Karen)": maravilhosa, o primor em ter sutileza e profundidade.

Quality

I never much cared for the Youth back in the day, but I’ve come to appreciate them more over time. The albums I have heard are always a mixed bag, I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this one, and what a corker it is. ‘Tunic’ is a great example of the lo-fi guitar and laid back Kim Gordon vocals. ‘Titanium Explodes’ just a fantastic riff shredding and feedback number only they can do like this. It’s kind of interesting that these guys and Pixies were being innovative and heavy without being metal or grunge. Like it or not, this album does really define a sun-genre and influenced a truck load of bands after it. Not sure if it should be a 5*, but it really got me today, so 5* it is.

Fuck yeah. Sign me up

Very nice!

I'm gonna be totally biased here. Had a little fanboy crush on Sonic Youth in my young days. They were cool as fuck. This album rocked and was in high rotation. Showcased lot of their depth I think. Poppy, cool stuff. Loud noisy stuff. Kool AF. Great hooks and riffs. "Are you gonna liberate us girls from male, white, corporate oppression" Oh this squealing sounding guitars. One minute sounding like sirens, then engines, urgent and frantic, then blissfully picking out mellow notes for some sweet relief. Highlights are Kool Thing, Dirty Boots, Tunic (song for Karen). But I'm gushing. I have the album cover on a T-shirt. Five fucking cool stars as of you didn't guess.

This album is everything that I love. Fast and aggressive sounds, a bit messy, a bit noisy. Love the guitar, love the vocal, love the effect and the arrangement. Love everything. 5/5.

Pretty GOOd. It's like a rock album but its alternative, meaning the the artists are probably like those cool kids in high school who are kind of nihilistic and depressed, too cool to be "cool".

Absurdly cool. I love Sonic Youth. It’s autumn and I’m ready to spend a season listening to grungy, scuzzy guitars.

This is an album I’ve loved since my teenage years. I don’t think a Sonic Youth would exist in the modern world of streaming and algorithms.

One of the greatest albums made by literally anyone. In my humble opinion.

LL Cool K = Lee Loves Kool Kim

Perfect. Fantastic follow-up to the also perfect Daydream Nation.

Haven't listened to this one in a while, looking forward to it. I always preferred Dirty overall, and found the second half of this one to be lacking. Dirty Boots is a top tier opening track though. Tunic and Kool Thing are fantastic too. One of the best album covers of all time as well. Actually having listened to this through again, it's on par with Dirty. The 2nd half is just more experimental and noisy. Love Disappearer and Mote as well.

Sonic Youth are great, this album is great.

I forgive them for being mean to Nardwuar. This is damn good. I’m shocked it’s not labeled as shoegaze.

Great Album, Sonic Youth best artist of all time

Sister and Daydream Nation make up the stage of Sonic Youth's greatness. EVOL was the staircase leading up; Goo was the staircase leading back down. . . And it's still 5-star great.

wonderful combo of shoegaze and punk. Just enough chaos

I kept this back as an ear cleanser. With its much copied cover art, it's one of SY's classic.

Love this album.

Hey another SY album. I thought I was done with them (I actually thought that I had this one before, must've been a non-generator listen) so I was very happy to get this one. I like this one a lot. I'm not sure exactly where I'd rank it among their discography but it's probably top 5 or close to it.

One of the best ever!

goo...i need her

Post punk greatness. Some OG metal influence in there as well

Super good album. A teir

Awesome. Good to hear that again

Absolute classic of New York No Wave.

So good! Some of the feedback at the end of some of the tracks maybe dragged on a bit too long. But I didn't find it detracted from the overall album.

Not bad

Kooler than kool

Staple record

Third sonic youth album. First, I had Evol and wasn’t a fan of the band but it intrigued me enough to listen to more. Second, I had sister and by that time I had listened through about Washing Machine and was obsessed. Now at this album, I’ve listened through their entire discography at least once and their 80s and 90s stuff a ton. This might be the one I play the most of theirs. A lot of their biggest pop hits which I tend to like more than their hardcore no wave stuff that a lot of their die hard fans love. The front half of this album is absurdly good. Rating: 4.8

Exquisite. 5

How is this album 30 years old? Hard to believe this was recorded closer to Sargent Pepper’s than today. Incredible anti-pop with crystal clear production despite all the guitar fuzz. Brilliant.

I love Sonic Youth. Favorite song on here is Tunic, but the whole album is very much my thing

Hell yeah! That's funny to have The Black Crowes and Sonic Youth almost in a row with two albums released the same year. One is boring and replaying over and over ideas that were already 20 years old, the other one is abrasive, creative, full of ideas, sometimes not exactly knowing where it is going but at least trying to go somewhere and not treading water. For the record, I listen to lots of stuff that were inspired by Sonic Youth, and even though I'm not overly familiar with their work, it feels like home because the way they make cry their instruments, full of noise and dissonance, is very familiar to me.

Part of it was the perfect context I listened to this album in, buy man. The perfect mix of driving rock guitar, lyrics and vocals. Everyone on for this part-psychadelic rock freak out. Badass.

Poppy yet still scuzzy

Perfect album from artistic geniuses during a time when this kind of music wasn’t profitable to corporate publishers. No other notes.

This is one of the best albums by Sonic Youth. I like Daydrem Nation more but this is still so good! Anyone who gives it below 4 stars must be out of his mind.

Yeah, tell'em about it Hit'em where it hurts Hey, Kool Thing, come here, sit down beside me There's something I go to ask you I just want to know, what are you gonna do for me? I mean, are you gonna liberate us girls From male white corporate oppression? Tell it like it is! Huh? Yeah! Don't be shy Word up! Fear of a female planet? Fear of a female planet? Fear, baby! I just want you to know that we can still be friends Let everybody know Kool Kool Thing, Kool Kool Thing When you're a star, I know that you'll fix everything 5/5

Seeing and anticipating the wave that would soon define the 1990s, Sonic Youth tried their hand at accessibility and, for the large part, they passed with flying colors. Goo gets its stamp of approval largely due to the seismic one-two punch of Dirty Boots and the devastating Tunic (Song for Karen), peaking with the hip-hop inspired Kool Thing and rounding out the ride with equal world beaters such as Disappearer, Mote, Cinderella's Big Score and Titanium Expose. All in all, this flush of new car smell and shiny exterior seems to fit Sonic Youth quite well and it serves them right to be at the forefront of what's to come. Too bad it's just for one album.

I had this album cover's poster on my wall as a teenager. Way before I knew who Raymond Pettibon was and had gone backwards to discover earlier SST bands like Black Flag, Minutemen and Husker Du, Sonic Youth was my epitome of cool and this album was the most accessible of the bunch. All these years later, it still holds up.

J Mascis is on this album

this album is great

Fantastic album