Goo

Sonic Youth are great, this album is great.

Just did not really connect with this recording. A lot of repetitive guitar and distortion. A couple of interesting songs lyrically but not something I feel strongly about.

Uninteresting and pretentious. I'm really surprised this band has such a cult following. Do people actually enjoy their music or is it more of liking it makes you look cool kind of thing? I do enjoy noise rock but I also want to have it go somewhere or have some interesting ideas on top of it. This album simply doesn't deliver. The best example of that is my favorite track from the album - Mote. It starts off real good, everything clicks, the vocals sound cool, you have this underwater effect in the chorus which feels a bit dated but fits in well with the rest of the song.. and then they just decide to kill the rest of the song with a bunch of noise that goes nowhere. I feel like they're telling me we're too cool to go with the typical song structure, catchy melodies, no, let's just end the song and go with something for the real connaisseurs. I have to say, if I was a teen that would definitely work on me. Maybe I'm just too old for that

I think this record started off pretty promising with 'Dirty Boots', and 'Tunic (Song For Karen)' that I particularly liked. But after sitting through everything I feel like the melodies and delicacies are lost in too much noise and distortion. This definitely peaked at the end of 'Mildred Pierce' which just turned into some scream fiesta for no good reason. In summary it had some decent songs at the start, but nothing to warrant any higher rating.

Man what a pretentious album. The riffs are actually quite good but the lyrics are so pretentious it hurts (especially the spoken word). The tail end of the album nearly warranted a 1 star, but going to give it a weak 2.

I like the vibe, musically. The lyrics are nice in a "series of striking words/images" kind of way; not sure they make sense in a more coherent way, but that's not essential.

I really liked Mote. Quite enjoyed the sound overall. Likely will give it another go sometime

I was a bit bored by this when I was really listening it, however as I just let it play in the background it got more enjoyable as white noise. Not a ringing endorsement though. Titanium Expose was the one I’d listen to again 2.5 but rounded up to 3

Oh boy, I would have really loved this when I was about 13-14, when it was all about Nirvana. Still pretty awesome now: it's experimenting a bit, but it still rocks.

This started off okay, but then it devolved into a lot of harsh guitars, yelling, and noise, of which I'm not a big fan. The album cover is extremely cool though.

Struggled to get through this one, not enjoyable, high 1.

Rad

Eeeh, it's alright. There is nothing really that makes it stand out from so many other alt / sludge / proto-grunge stuff that was around in the early nineties. I listened to it, I remember nothing of it.

De jongens en meisjes verveelden zich. Geen een had zin in voetbal deze keer, het was zulk nattig weer. Ze besloten een bandje te stichten in de garage van Suzy's ouders. Ze pakten hun gitaren en het drumstel van Johnny's broer. Ze drukten op 'opnemen' en gingen raggen. Veertig jaar later zette Roel deze plaat op. Hij vond er niet veel aan. Einde van dit verhaal.

Ik dacht dat dit al veel ouder was. Als ik de eerste klanken hoor, weet ik eigenlijk niet waarom. Het is behoorlijk jaren '90. Later snap ik het. Passages als het einde van Mildred Pierce, nemen in mijn hoofd snel de overhand. En dat creëert niet geheel terecht het labeltje punk. Dat soort delen (met in de hoofdrol My Friend Goo) verpesten een plaatje toch voor mij.

Na een lange serie van voornamelijk vergeetbare muziek, is het toch wel weer lekker om een bekendere plaat te luisteren. Voor mij dan, voor de zure broeders wordt dit waarschijnlijk afzien. Al heeft dit wel veel meer groove dan de eerdere twee albums die we van Sonic Youth kregen en voor mij is dit veel meer het geluid dat ik persoonlijk van ze ken en waar ik graag naar luister. Het heeft nog wel iets van dat experimentele en de muur van geluid, maar er zit ook zeker een goede lijn en groove in. Af en toe gaat het richting een soort postrock en shoegaze (althans, wat ik daar zelf onder versta, meer de 00s versie daarvan, niet de early 90s shoegaze), lange uitgesponnen en opbouwende gitaartracks, melodien die rondzingen om een muur van distortion. Toch schuurt het altijd een beetje, dat experimentele van de noise-rock, het tegen het valse aan van de zang. Voor sommigen is dat een reden om het geniaal te vinden, maar ik snap helemaal dat mensen daar totaal door afhaken. En mede daarom is het voor mij ook geen 5 waard, want ik zet uit mezelf Sonic Youth zelden tot nooit op.

Generally a fan, saw an amazing Sonic Youth show at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz CA in the mid 1990s, but I like some of the records better than this one, and generally prefer the live version, more energy.

I don’t care for it. 1

Goo enough for a 3.

Apart from a few redundant pure noise interludes that are only there to drive home the point of how filthy scuzzy the album ought to be perceived, most of this is a rad display of Sonic Youth's trademark noise pop hypnosis, all in your face and morose.

I like it. 90s indie rock. Kool thing is a great song.

Not sure what to think of this one...which is great! On one hand, it's not a very good album. Lots of noise for the sake of noise it seems. I found myself checking to see how many songs were left on the record multiple times - which is generally a sign of an album I am not enjoying. But on the other hand, there's some catchy stuff here and there, and this being the first Sonic Youth album I've listened to, I can see the musical influence they had on several bands to come after them - several of who I do enjoy quite a bit more. So there is that feeling of "if not for this, then...." that I felt way more listening to this album than I do listening to someone like Robert Johnson, for example - even though I'd much prefer his actual music. In the end though, I found it more boring and tedious to finish than exciting and interesting, so while 2 stars is maybe a bit harsh, I think it's fair.

I had to listen to this a few times to form an opinion on it, but I think ultimately I like it. It's a musical marvel but a lyrical mess. My first listen I thought to myself "this has got to be one of the worst written albums I've heard in my life". But as I kept listening something clicked. The off-key and weird lyrics started to fit in with the noisiness of the guitars in a way that made me uncomfortable, but that was the whole point. This album is able to swap between great Alt and great Noise so frequently that I just have to applaud it. Dirty boots is really good, Tunic is really bad, and the unnecessary fade out between Mary-Christ and Kool Thing just makes me angry. But it works. They even dip into a bit of shoegazey ideas in the second half of the album and I just can't get enough of those. It's not a perfect album, but I definitely like it more now than on my first listen. Favorites are Dirty Boots, Disappear, Cinderella's Big Score, and Titanium Expose

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

Not bad

Great Album, Sonic Youth best artist of all time

One like the other…1/10

Very 90s. Not sure if my jam.

STANDOUTS: no, just lots of angry metal garage noises OVERALL: 1.5/5

Man, I've been meaning to listen to Sonic Youth for such a long time now, but for some reason I never have. Glad I got to start with this record because I absolutely love Kool Thing, by far one of the greatest Noise Rock songs of all time, and deserving of its fame. The rest of the album is pretty much just as good, especially Dissapearer which just blew me away. Overall, a super unique and exciting album that I'm glad I finally listened to.

had it on in the background and mostly enjoyed it.

There are songs on it i'd liked prior to getting this album, unfortunately I didn't find much more to enjoy. Gets one star knocked off for 'My Friend Goo' existing.

Grew on me on relistens, but still not crazy about it. Vocals are never a highpoint and at times the its sense of nonconfirmity can feel a bit childish. More interesting than not, though, though never as interesting as its cover is cool.

I've heard this album before when I have a Sonic Youth phase. They are a band I have to be in the mood for, but I never doubt their skill or creativity. Goo has a very iconic album cover which also adds to how much I appreciate it.

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

If I’m honest, my experience with Sonic Youth is pretty much Daydream Nation, an album I love, and most especially Teen Age Riot which is one of my all time favorite songs. I’ve literally never listened to any of their other albums, although I’ve often read and heard people say good things about this one. It’s hard for me not to compare it to Daydream Nation. After a couple of listens, I think Goo is a more consistently good album front to back and I enjoy basically every song. It doesn’t have a song as strong as Teen Age Riot, but it sounds very similar to Daydream Nation (it was only released a year later). My Friend Goo was the highlight to me, and I prefer Kim Gordon’s leads to Thurston Moore on this record.

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

The parts where they actually played music were okay. The parts where they dragged chairs around and screached were not. I was happy when it ended. Stand-out: Dirty Boots

This project is reinforcing what was previously a vague sense that I did not like punk music

01) Dirty Boots - 6,5 02) Tunic (Song for Karen) - 6,0 03) Mary-Christ - 6,0 04) Kool Thing - 6,5 05) Mote - 5,5 06) My Friend Goo - 6,0 07) Disappearer - 6,0 08) Mildred Pierce - 3,0 09) Cinderella's Big Score - 6,0 10) Scooter + Jinx - 4,5 11) Titanium Exposé - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,55 (56/100)

Again, not sure why but I like it.

Was it interesting? Very. Did I like it? I still don't know.

Sonic Youth are boring. The iconography of this front cover is the best thing they've ever done.

Enjoyed this album. Very rough, very noisy, but with pockets of melody here and there. I absolutely adore Kim Gordon.

No!

Mostly boring and pretentious. Art rock should still be interesting, which this album definitely isn't. A few good punk moments.

Meh

I commend the amount of experimentation that went into this album. Unfortunately, for me, most often this experimentation leads to songs that lack any kind of cohesion, which trickles out into the album as a whole. I can't say that I connected with anything on the record outside of momentary interludes on certain tracks.

Not bad but there's a lot of 'noise' bits just consisting of songs breaking down into guitar feedback and fuzz. Sonic Youth are a band I prefer in small doses, I like them but get a bit of a headache eventually.

Only thing I know about this album is that my friend ripped the artwork to promote a comedy show that he puts on, which is another way of saying I have no idea what to expect. In further display of my ignorance, I was really surprised to see this released in the 90s. For whatever reason, in my mind Sonic Youth are an outfit from the 70s/80s. Four songs in, I'm definitely vibing. Album opens on shoegazy Dirty Boots. Doesn't really go too far, but sets the mood for a crusty, grunge-adjacent record. Kool Thing has a grungy hop to it that I'm really into. Vocals are a bit anemic, lacking the necessary punch to level with the instrumental, but that's a minor nit in the grand scheme. Had this on in the background and ripped through it twice. I enjoyed most of the sounds I heard, and could see myself listening to this again. Low 4.

Bad punk. Very samey. Noisy.

Started out alright but turned much too noisy towards the end. I was sick of this album about 30 minutes into it. My Friend Goo may be one of the worst songs I have ever heard.

Kool Thing reminds me of Nirvana. I also hear how Radiohead was influenced by these guys on a bunch of songs. My Friend Goo was weird but I also keep singing it.

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.

first listen some cool raw guitar texture but songs fall flat for me

One of the best ever!

This may just about be my favourite Sonic Youth album so far, but I'm still not falling for them like I thought I would've by now. There are a few more 'conventional' tunes on this one compared to their earlier works, but they generally don't stand out as anything special compared to other alt-rock bands of the era. There are still some of those tedious noise-orientated sections, too. It seems to me that Kim Gordon's vocals and lyrics are at the heart of the band's cool aesthetic and they're often the best bits too.

goo...i need her

Lovely bit of noise music

Haven't listened to this in years. Still flippin' sick. Top jammer: Mote. Time to check if this is still my ~3rd favourite Sonic Youth.

This is what I the crux of experimental teenage pretentious indie rock (?). I don't know if I like that or hate that. I like making noise with my guitar, and I like that they made noise with their guitars, so I guess I kind of like it. Also I tend to be pretentious and I hate it but it's who I am and they embraced who they are.

Good album that has aged pretty well. Classic Sonic Youth sound.

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

I feel like they're a good punk band, but there's just so much unnecessary crap thrown in everywhere for no reason

It’s cool noise I feel no need to ever listen to again

Przyjemne. Taki alternatywny roczek co tu więcej powiedzieć. Zlewa się trochę w tle 3/5

Klassikko. Hittilevy. 4/5

Ehkä tähän mennessä paras SY levy tällä listalla. 3.5/5, pyöristyy alaspäin.

Sonic Youth's "Goo" is a solid effort that showcases their signature noise rock sound. However, it lacks the raw intensity and experimentation of their earlier work. While tracks like "Dirty Boots" and "Kool Thing" (featuring Chuck D) are catchy and energetic, the album overall feels a bit more polished and accessible, which some may find detracts from their appeal.

A great album, from a great band, who I would probably have loved if I had been born a few years earlier. A massive influence on many bands I love, and a band I will explore fully once this project is done.

Three of five (!) Sonic Youth albums down and I gotta be honest, I get why they're here but I have a hard time believing anyone legitimately likes this. So many song at a minimum end in something weird and unpleasant. This one is slightly better than Daydream Nation, which was slightly better than E.V.O.L., but not enough for another half a star. Kim's voice is cool though.

You know, when I reviewed Evol, my first Sonic Youth album that I got back in April, I said that I felt that other Sonic Youth albums that would show up later might be more in line with my taste in music. Fortunately, I was right! I really like Goo. Is it my favorite album ever? No, but I would say I liked it a bit more than Evol. The writing is interesting. There's a strong variety in the songs. The singing is interesting. The use of different vocalists for different songs gives Sonic Youth a unique identity, even though there are some vocalists of theirs that I like more than others. I'm sorry, but I'm not the biggest fan of Kim Gordon's vocal performance on this album. The sound is great though. It's raw, but still palatable. It's not for everyone, but it is for me. Overall, this is a solid album. My opinion of Sonic Youth is quite positive now instead of just slightly positive. 4/5.

I really liked the guitar feedback and more experimental tracks, but some songs just seemed like shitty thrash metal

Very cool early grunge sound. Very fun and enjoyable to listen to for a bit, but can grate on the ears after too long. Three stars.

I thought that half of these songs were going to end up being "Kool Thing" because they all sort of shared the riff. I think if you see it as a motif it's cool, but you could also see it as not having many ideas. This is a better album than the other one we listened to.

Even when they're screamy, I can't take Sonic Youth seriously as a punk band or whatever they are. It's fine. I feel like I liked this one better than the other Sonic Youth album we had.

Previously rated: E.V.O.L. (1/5) ******************* I absolutely hated the previous Sonic Youth album. Going in to this one, I already knew I liked Kool Thing at least. Now this is more what I expected from Sonic Youth! I don't know what happened with that other album, but this one rocks. Except for that one nonsense noise track Scooter and Jinx (it's short though), I liked everything here. Maybe some of the tracks had a similar sound to the best track, Kool Thing, but I didn't mind. I will listen to this one again.

Sooooooooo boring. Minutes of nothing happening. I had heard of Mildred pierce before this and was disappointed to see that the rest of the album was as terrible as it.

sonic youth is a tough one for me because i like a lot of music that is adjacent to them, but for some reason i can't for the life of me get into their music fully. i'm not sure what it is - i think it tends to be a little too noise-y for my taste? that being said, i did enjoy this album. especially songs like 'dirty boots,' 'mary-christ,' and, 'kool thing.' i think i liked this album more when it was raucous and chaotic more than when it was more avant-garde and noise-y. either way, it was a good time. i just wish i liked it a little bit more.

Disappearer

I didn’t like them back then and I still don’t like them now. This is not very good

Punk rock sound from 1990, I'm sure this is influential but it's hard to swallow

I like the actual music, but I have never been a fan of the singers. I like their attitude and messaging. Their singers have always turned me off.

Super good album. A teir

grunge with a very sharp and noisy edge to it all. this is a band that is both incredibly scratchy and staticky in sound and full of experimental and emotional merit. my favorite track out of the bunch is a song dedicated to miss karen carpenter, one half of the carpenters, whose life was lost too soon.

The noisy tracks on this album elevate it so much. Feels like a bunch of folks getting together to jam. Having a blast.

I hate arty discordant music so much. It’s pretty much all I do. I can barely function in life because of how much time I spend hating Radiohead. It’s a real problem. But for some reason, Sonic Youth works for me. It’s probably because I got into them at the right age to be willing to look past the arty-ness and the discordance and my willingness to give them a chance at that age has allowed me to enjoy them even now when I’m a cranky old man who hates everything. Maybe the stupidity of youth isn’t so stupid after all. All that being said, this album goes completely off the rails in the second half.

clássico absoluto. sonic youth se permitindo uma sonoridade mais pop, sem perder em nada o peso do rock alternativo. maior que qualquer album do grunge

I thiought this was so cool! Very enjoyable and cool cover art and cool guitar and lyrics

Goo is the sixth album release by Sonic Youth, and their first after their switch to Geffen Records. The band's makes post-punk tracks with heavily distorted guitars, but their work has melodic and danceable elements that makes it accessible to pop music audiences. Goo is regarded as a significant, influential work in the progression of alt-rock music. Sonic Youth had become popular with their 80s albums; Goo established them as a central element of post-punk alternative rock.

Good stuff from my youth

I can see why people like Sonic Youth so much. They were very experimental and influential around noise in rock. For me, however, sometimes this noise is too much. Best Songs: Tunic, Disappearer Worst Songs: Mildred Pierce, Cinderella's Big Score

You can see where a lot of later 90s rock genres pulled from here. The guitars sound awesome, the songs are pretty catchy, and while they're not all perfect I really do appreciate this one.

Great but noise precursor to grunge with some indie rock flavoring.

A couple of good songs, but I never really understood Sonic Youth for the most part. Lots of experimental stuff going on and every song has something interesting in it, but also lots of boring parts. 3.5 stars

Too noisy

Probably not a good sign I groaned when I saw this was the album i dont particularly like it, but i get the artistic merit of it, i will just get it a 3, and hope thats the end of the sonic youth albums on the list

It seems as if the noises were supposed to represent the music.

I really liked this one. Favourite track: Tunic (Song For Karen).

Started off pretty good but my interest tailed off by the end

Ik kom hier gwn niet in

Good album. I've listened to Daydream Nation a couple of times, but I haven't dug into Sonic Youth too much. I liked this one (especially the first half) and generally got into the noise rock vibe. There's good energy throughout. This does have a good amount of Gen X, 90s pretentiousness, but I liked the music for the most part. ****

Awesome. Good to hear that again

Would I listen to it again: yes Is it a no-skip album: yes Favorite song: Disappearer Least favorite song: Mildred Pierce Do I like it: yes

I didn't really find any songs that I particularly liked. It's pretty noisy!

I feel like I've seen the artwork for this album loads but never heard it. Was a bit strange but not bad

Not enjoyable

- It's kinda boring and static. There's just not that much for me to latch onto ..... maybe it's me .... -

Loved the instrumentals of this one, but the vocals take a bit away for me. 3/5

Love their vibe. Great stuff.

An album for Gen X

music was good, especially the guitar but i didn't enjoy the vocals as it was talk singing a lot of the time. and that is what ruined the whole album for me.

Too kool for skool.

Really enjoyed this album. Had not listened to its entirety in some time. Such a cool transition between grunge and alt-rock.

I've read so much about what a pivotal figure Kim Gordon was, but can't seem to enjoy her music.

List needs more variety.

This one made me fastfoward listen. I guess that’s an automatic 1 star.

Meh

Underwhelming

Pretentious Deep Purple wank. Sum leiðinlegustu lög sem ég hef á ævinni heyrt eru á þessari plötu. En svo voru nokkur frekar góð lög eins og My friend Goo og Mildred Pierce. Svo er Kool thing frekar Kool. Skil alveg að sumir séu í cult-inu en finnst þetta heilt yfir svo tilgerðarlegt band og albúm. Kveðja Hater.

Sonic Youth alltaf góð. Fullt af góðum lögum. Mote finnst mér frábært lag. Samt ekki alveg jafn góð plata og Daydream Nation.

Saw Sonic Youth once and thought they were terrible. Granted, they were old by then. This album surprised me because it was fun in some areas, but the times where it was just loud yelling and crazy sounds was just irritating. Maybe I'm getting old too...? 🤔. Gotta run, kids are on my lawn!!!

Quite a few people seem to dig Sonic Youth. I’m not one of them. Overall, Goo was noisy and dull, but not unlistenable. Makes me think of clove cigarettes and teenagers drinking coffee trying to be edgy.

Exactly as I expected it. Monotone, sloppy and raw. No song on this record should be over 4 minutes. Kool thing I actually knew - a version of it was on guitar hero.

For their sixth outing Sonic Youth have provided the goods. Their mix of alt rock hard rock and undertones of garage rock, provide some solid sounds throughout the record. This time around their song writing reflected themes of female empowerment and pop culture. Best: Dirty Boots Worst: Scooter and Jinx

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I think I wanted to like it but kind of just didn’t. Every song felt like it should have ended but then there was like 2 minutes of guitar noise or some bullshit. 4/10

Absolute classic of New York No Wave.

Wow. I literally listened to this yesterday without knowing it would come up today. I'm gonna skip a second listen. I'm a little iffy on Sonic Youth, at least in large doses. This album was definitely pretty cool though.

Only the second Sonic Youth album that I've listened to from this list and not quite as good as Dirty but still a great album that deserves some more time. Faves: Tunic, Kool Thing

My third Sonic Youth album from the list, and the third I'm gonna score 4, but could foresee bumping it up to 5 with more familiarity! I should really spend some time working through their discography! 🤘 Iconic album cover on this one, that I've seen riffed on a lot. Didn't realize the connection to the Myra Hindley moors murders - grisly! Fave tracks - "Tunic (Song for Karen)" and "Mildred Pierce"

OK, a lot of sound to digest here, and it's not all delicious. It's mostly up my alley, but some of it needed to be choked down in my middle-age. That being said, there is quality in there. I'll keep this right down the middle.

Will be re-listening to a lot of Sonic Youth's back catalogue I expect.

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.

4.5

They could have gotten away with adding a 'D' to the album title.

yikes bro

Not bad

2 I didn’t really enjoy it. Just a lot of noise and poor vocals. Only kinda ok song was cinderellas big score

This is a great album - it was actually the first Sonic Youth album I bought. That may influence my opinion, but it is an album full of solid songs.

it was fine

The most iconic and accessible Sonic Youth album. I love this one, full of amazing deep cuts, but I still don't think that it is a perfect album. Again, a four-and-a-half stars record.

I only new Kool Thing from this. It's good but Daydream Nation is much better imo. This one is looser.

Cool Thing and Mote are classics

Not my sorta music... but I'd still put this album on again and listen to it. Worth 3 stars

I always assumed Sonic Youth would sound cooler than this but nope. about as alt rock as you can get and a little on the heavier side. none of the tracks really stood out to me, but Kool Thing goes pretty hard and sounds sorta like a Foo Fighters song.

This album was not for me at all. But I have a good friend who loves Sonic Youth so I’ll give them an extra ⭐️

kolejne angole

Первая, песенная, половина, конечно чувствуется гораздо более живой. У них достаточно интересные голоса, что бы их не использовать по полной, мне кажется. Я всегда любил песни Ким Гордон больше, чем прочие, а здесь есть два ее мега-хита. Иконик обложка. Лучшая песня - Kool Thing.

Album 396 of 1001 Sonic Youth - Goo Rating : 3.5 / 5 Another that is a fine listen but not sure how quickly I'd go back to it. Does leave me open to hear a bit more from them.

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.

I like to think that if I was like a college student in the late '80s or early '90s I would've been cool enough to be really into Sonic Youth. I probably wouldn't have been, but I like to think otherwise. This is my second Sonic Youth album, following EVOL on Thanksgiving Day last year, so it's been about 5 months since then. Something about the chaotic noisiness of EVOL just worked for me. This one is similarly noisy and chaotic. It might be slightly more approachable (this is their major label debut), but largely continues with the Sonic Youth sound. On EVOL I like Kim Gordon's songs a bit more, but here I actually think I'm generally more into Thurston Moore's vocals (though they're both great). Chuck D shows up out of nowhere on "Kool Thing" too which was a little weird but fun enough. "Tunic (Song For Karen)" is awesome too, and "Mildred Pierce" rocks hard. I think Sonic Youth is awesome, and it's clear that they're a "whole is better than the sum of the parts" band for me. Very few of the songs here or on EVOL work super well as singles, but the album as a whole just has such a distinct mood that works so well as a full piece of art. I think I like this a little less than EVOL (very possibly because I kind of knew what I was getting this time, you can only hear a band for the first time once), but it's generally great. Favorite song: Kool Thing Other: Dirty Boots, Tunic (Song For Karen), Mary-Christ, Kool Thing, Mote, My Friend Goo, Disappear, Mildred Pierce, Titanium Expose 4/27/24

I can't decide if I don't really know Sonic Youth, or if I think they are a different band than what I'm thinking of. I was kind of surprised to see this as 1990 because it sounds more mid 90s to me. I guess that's a good thing as maybe they were more of a trendsetter. This album really reminds me of high school, but not during my time there personally, but the vibe of the album is very high school drama club and that seems to remain a fairly consistent vibe over multiple generations. Lyrically many songs had me picturing the SNL skit about a high school theater show. Everyone all in black, speaking what is very deep thoughts for teenagers. Overall it's kind of a mixed bag for me. The only single I recognize is "Kool Thing" from guitar hero. Favorite track "Kool Thing" 2/5

First of many sonic youth haha here we go.

this shit feels crazy modern for the genre. never listened to sonic youth before and now i get at least part of the noise music legacy.

Garbage

Never heard them before. Nice album

There's definitely potential here. I quite like the guitar work and bass, but the female vocals are not for me. The male vocals are fine. There's too much distortion for my taste though, so unfortunately it drops to a 2.

Never have so many songs sounded exactly alike

Nope, just no, absolutely not, never. After the first song, I thought this could get better and raise the rating I was going to give, but it didn't; it got worse.

I really enjoyed the vast majority of this album. Except that at seemingly random intervals it devolves into noise and/or screaming.

Noise rock in its purest. To the untrained ears (mine's), the wacky guitar riffs are a tough selling point when all the songs sound samey and the lyrics banal. Favorite: mote Least: Mildred Pierce

Good head banger

First time listening to this band. Its ok but a bit noisy at times.

This was fucking amazing

Kooler than kool

Great shoe gaze album

Staple record

Pioneers of indie rock, hmmm…interesting

I remember some of these songs, but vaguely

4/10

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

4 stars. Haven't listened to this one much before.

Great punk album.

Tidvis veldig bra, men bråkete på en måte som ikke helt fungerer for meg.

Exquisite. 5

Idk i want this shit to bang, but im not sure it does bang, its not bad though idk, theres one screamo metal dont love that

Noisy experimental

Sonic Youth is a band that has influenced pretty much all the music I listen to but when I tried to get into them in college some how it didn’t work. I was instantly put off by them. I was wrong. Side A is fantastic indie/grunge, Side B isn’t as strong. There is a beauty in the noise, I don’t blame people for not seeing it though. It certain as commercial as many indie fans make it out to be. 7.5/10

This is some SOLID indie rock

Damn this one starts so good... I honestly really like it, it's almost there for me, but I'm just not quite cool enough for it to be a 5 yet.

good contrast of driving guitars and subdued vocals. good album.

I like a lot of music that’s similar to Sonic Youth. Sonic Youth, however, just sounds generic and boring to me.

This is horrible. 1.72 per track.

I never actually listened to this one, I'm familiar with half their records, though this has surely got to be the most iconic cover. It's really good. I love Daydream Nation but it is a bit over long. I get tired in the middle. Evol is for me. Ha, I just checked and I gave those two 4 and Dirty, an album I don't really know, a 5. So yeah I don't really know any of the songs here. Tunic is banging. Kool Thing, yes I know this. Of course I do, fantastic. Love the end of Mote. The reviews slamming detuned guitars etc presumably want all rock music to sound the same, when in fact there's plenty of that around.

It's ok, but I'm not terribly into this sound. I don't know a lot about this band, but judging that it came out in 1990, I have probably fallen into love with works that were heavily influenced by it, but I can't really get into this album directly. It's... very drone-y. Favorite tracks: - Dirty Boots - Kool Thing - Mote

Raw, carnal and fun. You can hear the energy and the anger in every song. I always heard Kurt Cobain loved these guys and now I know why.

Sonic Youth was quite a groundbreaking group in their day. And I can see why. Some really unique tonal approaches to their guitar work. Some nicely put together tracks. That said... man this just wasn't my jam. Groundreaking, absolutely. Enjoyable to listen to for more than a couple of tracks? Eh....

I hate when people scream for no reason in songs.

The more this went on the more I hated it.

pretty rough sounding. i liked the first few

I want to like Sonic Youth more than I do. This record is too cool for me in so many ways. It smells it's own farts and talks about wine.

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.

Ну как-то не зашло. Были, в целом, прикольные моменты, но меньше грязи хотелось бы. Слишком панково, но недостаточно, чтобы кайфовать от звучания. Ну и голоса слабые.

This was up and down for me. A few tracks I really liked, and some that were just not great. That averages to a 3 for my taste.

average grunge sound to me. not bad, but didn't grab me.

I already knew Disappearer and Tunic (Song for Karen), but I had never listened to the full record. I’m pleased and not surprised by what I heard! I am definitely a fan but I have to be in a certain mood to listen to them.

Ahh takes me back to NYC. It's a bit hard to be objective about albums you've heard ~a million times. Not my favorite Sonic Youth album but still pretty good I'd say. An acquired taste for many to be sure.

This is the type of moody, overindulgent alt rock I can get behind. RIP Mildred Pierce

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

Quite enjoyed this can see myself getting into these after a few more listens. 3.5

Incredible hooks, punk meets grunge Swear every American woman in a late 80s / early 90s rock band is called Kim, great vocalist gives some of the tracks an edge

Raw punk. A great era of music for sure - can imagine seeing bands like this live would have been some experience. 3.5/5

I liked it! Something different and interesting

Interesting album. Some good songs, but occasionally gets a little weird. 3/5 Might listen again

Сперва мне было в принципе безразницы, но когда вступил меланхоличный женский голос мне как-то понравилось. А в целом -- альтрок, без жестких перегрузов, ударные где-то там позади. Музыка чтоб hit the road покуривая сигаретку в крутых солнечных очках. But you are never going anywhere

I enjoyed the mostly instrumental tracks. These guys really can play. The talking over the music instead of singing isn't it, though. And the random short tracks don't contribute anything; it's like they are just there to make the album more artsy.

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. (⌐■_■)

Sonic Youth has always passed me by, so this was a good reason to sit down and listen to a whole album. It’s good! It’s cool! I like the wacky guitar stuff. I will listen to more.

Meh.

Remember the other day when I was surprised that the Black Crowes didn’t sound grungy and cynical? Well, I think that Sonic Youth must have got an extra helping to make up for it. They’ve got fuzzed out guitars, laconic vocals, thumping bass and lots of swirling feedback. I don’t think I listened to this at the time, but I liked it a lot. The highlight was Tunic (Song for Karen) which sounds like it was a direct influence on Dry Cleaning’s Magic of Meghan.

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.

Too much noise for my taste.

It's ok. I understand that it's cool.

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.

I thought I would like this more than I did.

I dunno... I know this is an album that meant a lot to a lot of people. I can see the good in it. There's just a little bit too much trying to do too much here, for me. I wouldn't ever listen to this for a good time...

Meh.

nice and different, but not really my thing

Goo - Nooooooo. Quit yelling at me!

Didn't like this one as much as Daydream Nation. Not sure if it just felt more disjointed or what. Still, not bad

Not a big Sonic Youth fan, there’s better bands who put out this kind of music.

Good guitar work and interesting riffs, but overall I found it fairly monotonous to get through

"Dirty Boots" was a really good song with a catchy opening hook. I liked "Kool Thing" and "Titanium Expose" as well. All three were well-crafted songs that held my interest. The rest of the album I couldn't decide it they were trying a little too hard, or weren't trying hard enough. It was just a lot of noise. Two stars for three good songs.

Cool

A borderline 3/4. While it starts out strong with Tunic and Kool Thing, it kind of lost me towards the end. Big scuzzy guitars contrast the monotone delivery of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, which isn’t a bad thing, it’s just hard to find the melody. I feel like even at 49 minutes it flew by and I barely know what I listened to. Would come back to revisit, for now I can’t justify the 4.

Starts of strong with dirty boots which was the standout for me. Tunic is a great remembrance. Overall I thought it was good just not my thing.

I like it was good to work to. I wish we could do half ratings

Kool Thing raises this to a 3

I have been advised to listen to dirty instead. Didn’t really care for this.

Tunic (Song For Karen) //

Poppy yet still scuzzy

Sounds like a garage band

Took a couple listens to get it, but I did.

Well, this album really got me stuck and stopped me from keep going on the 1001 albums generator. I am not gonna lie: it is a hell of a cd, literal. It is kinda disgusting hearing all those noises. It feels bad mixed. I will only give it 2 stars just for the always excellent “Kool Thing”. Hope to be wrong.

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.

It was good, better than I thought it’d be.

generic 90s grunge. Some of it is OK but I gave up after a while

Dirty Boots and Mildred Pierce are great songs 3/5

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

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

Good

I like this album more than I expected. I've heard some of their music before, and it's been hit and miss for me, some songs catching my ear, others a bit too chaotic and grating (totally get that's what they were going for, and no judgment of it as anything other than that's how they were creating their art; just personal preference). This album sounds and feels more skilled to me than some of the other music I've heard from them. They still can make tons of distorted and dissonant noise, but to my ear there's an organization and structure to it that works so well. I still can't really listen to it all at once all the way through, but I hear some impressive skills in the composition and performance of this music.

This was fine. I liked it at first but didn’t hold my interest

Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought, 1st half is great

I have a feeling that this record is a grower, so I have put it on my "will-listen-again-list". There are some seriously cool guitar riffs here, Kool Thing and Disappearer springs first to mind, but most of the songs are dense and not super accessible. Three stars for now, but with expectations to become a four-star record somewhere later in 2024.

2 Sonic Youth Albums in 29 days. Both Trash!

Sonic Youths koolest record.

sounded shit so i didnt listen tbh

This shit RIPS!

I've always heard good things about Sonic Youth but never dove in. Instrumentals seem solid. Good cohesion in this band. This is a strong album. I'll listen again and I look forward to it.

I listened to bands influenced by Sonic Youth in my teens but never really listened to Sonic Youth. Just a little of the album Washing Machine. Doing this experiment exposed me to The Velvet Underground also, so this is filling in the gaps. I don't know what it is about noise rock that engages my synapses. I struggle to not get lost in it when listening and trying to get stuff done at the same time. Favorite Tracks: Tunic (Song for Karen), Mote and Mildred Pierce

3.7 listened 2x

Some songs were really good, others not so much. Not a Sonic Youth fan. 5/10 Top 3: 1. Tunic (Song For Karen) 2. Kool Thing 3. Dirty Boots

What total shit. Nobody in the group can sing. No talent on their instruments. Stupid “songs”. All distortion and sound effects. Why anybody thinks this is an album we’ve got to hear before we die is beyond me. Who the fuck picks this crap? And do they know anything about music? What a colossal waste of time.

Had to skip through most of the tracks. Can’t listen to that kind of harsh music.

I have always liked Sonic Youth but I also think if you listen to the entire album at once, it can get a little repetitive. Still , they have their own sound and you have to respect that. Kool Thing is probably the best track, although I like Dirty Boots and can hear where they must have been influenced by Violent Femmes

I can hear that this is an important album, but it’s not really my thing. Really enjoyed Disappearer, though.

I listen to Dirty Boots and Kool Thing and I’m magically a teenager again.

Interesting sounds, but a bit heavy rock for my taste

I have mixed feelings about Sonic Youth. I know they're hugely influential and innovative, but I don't often enjoy listening to them. This album seems to be more accessible than most of their material - some actual song structures here. Overall this is pretty good. 3 stars.

i think a lot of SY albums will be rated high. Based on what I have listened to so far, this is a 4. Other SY albums have me coming back more often but this is pretty vint.

BL: The third Sonic Youth album I’ve got on this generator now. I didn’t think much of “E.V.O.L” and I thought “Daydream Nation” was a bit better but still nothing exceptional. Let’s see if they can prove me wrong with this third one. DN was better I believed cos it was later on and gave them time to develop their sound, and this released after that. So in theory I should love this AL: funnily enough this went against my hypothesis. While I went into this not knowing it was their first major label record, the tightening and polishing of the sound that comes with a new calibre of record actually ends up selling this band short. Some of my favourite parts of Daydream Nation were the insane walls of sound, and while they are still present here occasionally, it is stripped back in favour of slightly more vocal present tracks, which exposes a bigger problem with the sonic youth - their lyrics aren’t very good. They’re amazing musicians just not very good writers. Still enjoyed listening to, but I’d rank it better than E.V.O.L, and worse than Daydream Nation FT: “Dirty Boots”, “Kool Thing”, “Dissapearer”, “Titanium Expose” 3/5

an epitome of teenage angst, which is good. should’ve discovered them when i was 16, i would probably be way more enthusiastic about this. on a serious note, sonic youth’s sound is undoubtedly influential, i’ve hear so many of their imitators before i actually heard a full album of theirs, it’s crazy.

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I’m surprised to see that Sonic Youth are revered enough to have so many albums be considered essential. This is the third album I’ve been generated, and there has been quite the variance in quality in my dinky little opinion. Let’s listen to today’s instance! Songs I already knew: Kool Thing Favourites: Kool Thing I did quite enjoy this album. I like the apathy in the vocals and the crunchy guitars. I recognised Kool Thing from Guitar Hero, and wasn’t really fond of it at the time, but I like it much more with today’s ears. Outside of this track, the album remains gleefully lazy, but other songs don’t particularly stand out for me amongst the others. Overall, a pretty decent album.

Over 3.5 near 4

Had some good songs, reminded me of a lot of the alternative albums of late 80’s/early 90’s

One word: weird. Two words: really weird. Three words: Makes no sense. Four words: Explain this to me. It was just weird some were calm than some were loud and yelling

Originally I was gonna give this a 3 but I bumped it down to a 2 because the lyrics don't make much sense most of the time and half the songs are just fuzzy, scratchy, overdrive-filled guitar riffs. For Mote and Titanium Espose about half the songs were just overdrive guitar screeching. That takes no skill and just hurts your ears I don't understand what you think you're accomplishing by doing that. Also the song Mildred Pierce is absolute trash. Who in the world even is Mildred Pierce and why should I care that she's dead? We will never know because the whole song is just screaming Mildred Pierce or why. It's just not good songwriting or good songs.

Would do 2.5 if I could. Opening song was great, but others went a little too far for me.

Seems like a "cool" band, but the music isn't particularly exciting to me. Some interesting soundscapes, but just a generally forgettable album to me. Nothing stands out. Lyrics don't speak to me. Listened at the gym Listening env: 3/5

First-time listener. Sounds good for days when you're feeling existential angst and non-specific disgust at the Establishment (whatever that is in your own mind). Are the lyrics really as deep and symbolic as all the reviews and comments (on a variety of music websites) suggest or are some folks attributing rich meaning to ambiguous lyrics when the meaning is much more simple? Either way, I'm all for it--the musical process is important and valuable to everyone in different ways. It's just not an album I'd listen to again.

It was ok, couldn't get into it.

Not my style

The stereotypical sonic youth album. Following up their best album (and one of the best albums ever) and getting signed to a major there are tracks that show why they got there intermingling with art noise. A complicated messy and utterly compelling work.

It rocks but gets a bit longwinded at times.

Raw. Unrefined. Classic.

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.

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]

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.

Enjoyed this one.

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.

Early grunge before Nevermind dropped. Pretty good stuff!

Expected pretentious arty noise. I wasn't completely wrong, but I liked it better than I thought I would. Side 1 is much better.

The 2 or 3 good songs are worth the trashy rest of the album

Meh, the riffs were good but the vocals weren't great.

I really wanted to love this, but unfortunately, I found it to be a bit underwhelming. Solid alt rock, but nothing really blew me away.

J Mascis is on this album

this album is great

Third Sonic Youth album I've been given, some of this was, I dunno, Ok? But at this point I've steadily grown to dislike them more and more. See you on the next two!

a bit weird, gives me wednesday addams vibes for some reason

Did not know it before but nothing special 2.5/5

I do prefer daydream nation, but I think with sonic youth you have to listen to each track a good few times to appreciate it. For my first listen, I enjoyed the album a lot, but it will take a while for me to ‘get into’ the songs

I think I missed my window on Sonic Youth, it’s good and it’s interesting but the pose, man, the pose! Too cool for school. Kim Gordon in drag. But I like it, I just out grew the irony.

dirty boots lagged then suddenly got interesting in the middle tunic wayyyy better, proana anthem mary-christ is mid, pacing and vocals are weird idk kool thing and mote are the best so far tf is my friend goo disappearer is good again what is going on mildred pierce is another strange change of pace, why is this album so inconsistent everything after was meh overall inconsistent, wish i gave the doors a 2 bc now ik what a 3 sounds like

not my style but not bad fuck songs that have a person randomly talking in the middle this shit isn't a podcast yap elsewhere -1