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| 5.0 classic | Hyperstation | March 10th 10 |
Maturation is a thing that happens to all bands, either turning for the worse or the better. In the case of the Sonic Youth that are still rocking at age 50(?), maturation was bound to happen. Listening to this album makes it's hard to believe that they started out as a bunch of teenagers just making noise. Guitar masterpieces (yeah I said it) like "Unmade Bed" create an atmosphere unlike any Youth work before: a sign of maturity. They've really found the balance between melody and noise here, and boy is it great.
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| 3.0 good | Grungil | February 4th 22 |
Sonic Youth keeps tryin to reinvent themself after seeing their homemade material get stolen and studio destroyed through 9/11. The effort is pretty evident and alarming on first couple of auditions, as band members try too hard to re-write the same epic songs for the 100th time in their long career, but unfortunately, they also keep falling short in terms of inspired chorus and catchy melodies.
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | October 13th 20 |
While predecessor Murray Street was a comeback at their 90s sound, Sonic Nurse is the record that most resemble the band's magnum opus, Daydream Nation. It's mostly noise rock, not entirely e x p e r i m e n t a l, but not really pure alt rock either. It's less atmospheric than their most recent outputs too, although some tracks still play on atmosphere ("Unmade Bed") and the album is more laid-back than usual for them. In the end, it's a Sonic Youth record. There isn't anything new per se, but they nevertheless manage to make old ideas sound fresh. Another proof of their undeniable quality.
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| 5.0 classic | confusionissex | August 10th 15 |
10; I absolutely love this album. I personally think that it's the last perfect album they've had
since Daydream Nation. As my 5th favorite Sonic Youth album, Sonic Nurse brings possibly the
calmest songs on any of their albums. It can't get any quieter than this. But it's odd, I
absolutely love this album, but I don't really think much of Murray St. although they both have
some very similar elements. But, it's kind of a "just me" type of thing. Sonic Nurse broke the
chain of limited Kim Gordon vocal features which is probably part of the reason why I love this
album so much. The four songs on this album with her vocals are some of my favorite Sonic Youth
songs. Songs like Pattern Recognition, which seems to show the most aggression on this album, or
Dude Ranch Nurse, which I really feel like describing as "sexy." And we can't forget the
masterpiece that is I Love You Golden Blue. Paper Cut Exit with Lee's vocals has to be my favorite
song with his vocals right next to I Dreamed I Dream. And all of the songs with Thurston's vocals
on this record fit perfectly. I don't really have a gripe with this album. In my opinion, this
album is better than Daydream Nation, and while many others would disagree, I still have to say
that I think both albums are perfect and I still have both on repeat. With that said, definitely
check this one out, it's my 5th favorite from them. Pretty much everyone I've discussed this album
with at least liked it, so I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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| 4.0 excellent | TheManMachine | August 10th 14 |
They almost make greatness sound dull at this point, or maybe it's just effortless by now, who knows. New level of skill realized in non-cacophonous guitar intertwining, Malkmus-level of skill reached in nonchalant nonsense vocal a la Thurston.
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| 3.0 good | samthebassman | January 9th 07 |
An interesting album, kinda hard to get into, a few accesible moments on here, the best being the unbeatable "unmade bed".
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| 4.0 excellent | Merlijn | August 30th 25 |
| 3.0 good | Hovse | September 21st 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Merlijn | June 27th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | perival | June 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | random | June 16th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Henry | April 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | cbohlen | March 21st 23 |
| 3.5 great | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | iglu | October 20th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | kashewy | November 13th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Roidv | November 9th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yep321 | July 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | July 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | April 1st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Blix | January 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | vdop | November 28th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Mac | April 12th 20 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | January 16th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Living | January 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Derrrseb | November 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | November 15th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | xgausez | October 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | September 25th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | September 21st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | shibole | September 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | NateMa | May 7th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | emmny | April 7th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Juca89 | November 11th 18 |
| 3.5 great | aew100 | April 19th 18 |
| 2.5 average | skronk | March 28th 18 |
| 3.0 good | CC | February 16th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | December 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asthurse | November 28th 17 |
| 3.5 great | adios | November 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | October 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | YayoG1 | September 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | tofue | July 6th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Wolfe | June 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | June 21st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | May 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | bungy | April 13th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Juanpa | January 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bolibar | January 7th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | El Olam | December 19th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | August 13th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Lord3 | August 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Saul | July 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lanas | July 23rd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Blaacs | July 22nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | xxm | July 15th 16 |
| 2.5 average | stakis | July 9th 16 |
| 3.5 great | PaabL | July 6th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | marggy | April 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | dtcgb | April 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jekub | March 30th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | loulou | March 11th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Artax36 | February 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | taroo | November 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | CARLAS | November 15th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Spawnix | November 4th 15 |
| 3.0 good | yep123 | March 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | September 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Jackus | July 22nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Munki | June 20th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | nivon | April 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | msm008 | March 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | March 19th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | January 2nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | tef | September 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | qiblas | September 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | 13km | March 5th 13 |
| 3.5 great | J05H | February 23rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | dogteal | February 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | February 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zamora | February 2nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | LC437 | December 18th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mzi | December 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nikolai | December 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | arcane | November 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Doxxman | November 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Melanin | October 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lovegood | September 1st 12 |
| 3.0 good | Eons | March 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | 4Train | November 28th 11 |
| 2.5 average | jlech | November 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | stabbler | November 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | boleyn2 | October 15th 11 |
| 2.5 average | 4zet | August 24th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | stfrnz | August 17th 11 |
| 3.5 great | zoso33 | February 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | February 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | wylpyl | November 21st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Ellx | November 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | October 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | theoedd | October 1st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | noisy | August 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timon87 | August 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ShyGuy | August 17th 10 |
| 3.0 good | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Cavs | July 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kam0825 | March 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ECRbubs | March 27th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | FLRTE | March 10th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | malente | February 27th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | oscott | February 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DonDijk | January 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kitsch | January 9th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | splurge | December 2nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DhA | September 9th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Krampus | September 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | JesusV4 | September 2nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lions | July 22nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | July 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tjeerd | June 1st 09 |
| 1.0 awful | purvis | April 29th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jazzcat | January 20th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tater | January 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DsRaMoS | April 11th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | samucka | January 12th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Berry | August 9th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Ephex | January 6th 07 |
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