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Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

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On October 18, 1988, “Enigma” label released “Daydream Nation”, the fifth Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded July – August 1988, at “Greene St. Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Nick Sansano, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Lee Ranaldo – vocals, guitar
  • Kim Gordon – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Steve Shelley – drums
  • Nick Sansano – engineer
  • Dave Swanson – engineer assistant
  • Matt Tritto – engineer assistant
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Michael Lavine – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

  1. Teen Age Riot
  2. Silver Rocket
  3. The Sprawl
  4. Cross the Breeze
  5. Eric’s Trip
  6. Total Trash
  7. Hey Joni
  8. Providence
  9. Candle
  10. Rain King
  11. Kissability
  12. Trilogy
  13. The Wonder
  14. Hyperstation
  15. Eliminator Jr.

Hole: Pretty On The Inside

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On September 17, 1991, “Caroline Records” label released “Pretty on the Inside”, the debut Hole studio album. It was recorded in March 1991, at “Music Box Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Don Fleming and Kim Gordon.

Personnel:

  • Courtney Love – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, art direction
  • Eric Erlandson – lead guitar
  • Jill Emery – bass guitar
  • Caroline Rue – drums, percussion
  • Brian Foxworthy – engineer
  • Pizz – typography
  • Jill Emery – back cover painting
  • Vicki Berndt – front cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Jill Emery and Caroline Rue, except where noted.

  1. Teenage Whore
  2. Babydoll
  3. Garbage Man
  4. Sassy
  5. Good Sister/Bad Sister
  6. Mrs. Jones
  7. Berry
  8. Loaded
  9. Starbelly – Neil young / uncredited Cinnamon Girl, arrangements by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Jill Emery, Caroline Rue
  10. Pretty on the Inside
  11. Clouds – Joni Mitchell / additional lyrics by Courtney Love

Sonic Youth: Experimental Jet Set

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On May 10, 1994, “DGC” label released “Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star”, the eighth Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded in 1993, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Butch Vig, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore- vocals, guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo– guitar
  • Kim Gordon- vocals, bass
  • Steve Shelley- drums, percussion
  • Butch Vig– recording, mixing
  • John Siket– engineer
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Bil Emmons – technician
  • Devin Emke – technician
  • Ed Raso – technician
  • Fred Kevorkian – technician
  • Ollie Cotton – technician
  • Walter Sear – technician
  • Kevin Reagan – design
  • Catherine Lewis – sleeve photography
  • Stefano Giovannini – sleeve photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

  1. Winner’s Blues
  2. Bull in the Heather
  3. Starfield Road
  4. Skink
  5. Screaming Skull – additional lyrics by Dave Markey
  6. Self-Obsessed and Sexxee
  7. Bone
  8. Androgynous Mind
  9. Quest for the Cup
  10. Waist
  11. Doctor’s Orders
  12. Tokyo Eye
  13. In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader
  14. Sweet Shine – contains hidden trackof “bonus noise” at 6:25

Sonic Youth: Sister

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In June 1987, “SST” label released “Sister”, the fourth Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded in 1987, at “Sear Sound” in New York City, and was produced by Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore – vocals, guitar, Moog synthesizer, bass guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo – vocals, guitar
  • Kim Gordon – vocals, bass guitar
  • Steve Shelley– drums
  • Walter Sear– Moog programming
  • Bill Titus – engineer
  • Howie Weinberg – mastering
  • Lucius Shepard – illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, except where noted.

  1. Schizophrenia
  2. (I Got A) Catholic Block
  3. Beauty Lies in the Eye
  4. Stereo Sanctity
  5. Pipeline/Kill Time
  6. Tuff Gnarl
  7. Pacific Coast Highway
  8. Hot Wire My Heart – Johnny Strike
  9. Kotton Krown
  10. White Kros

Sonic Youth: Evol

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In May 1986, “SST” label released “Evol”, the third Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded in 1986, at “BC Studio” in Brooklyn, New York City, and was produced by Martin Bisi, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar, synthesizer
  • Lee Ranaldo– vocals, guitar, photography
  • Kim Gordon– vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Steve Shelley– drums, programming
  • Mike Watt– bass guitar
  • Martin Bisi– engineer
  • John Golden – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, except where noted.

  1. Tom Violence – lyrics by Thurston Moore
  2. Shadow of a Doubt – lyrics by Kim Gordon
  3. Starpower – lyrics by Thurston Moore
  4. In the Kingdom #19 – lyrics by Lee Ranaldo
  5. Green Light – lyrics by Thurston Moore
  6. Death to Our Friends
  7. Secret Girl – lyrics by Kim Gordon
  8. Marilyn Moore –lyrics by Lydia Lunch, Kim Gordon
  9. Expressway to Yr. Skull – Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth: Bad Moon Rising

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In March 1985, “Blast First-Homestead” labels released “Bad Moon Rising”, the second Sonic Youth album. It was recorded September-December 1984, at “Before Christ Studios” in Brooklyn, and was produced by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Bob Bert, Martin Bisi and John Erskine.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– lead vocals, guitars, prepared guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo– guitars, percussion, backing vocals
  • Kim Gordon – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Bob Bert– drums
  • Lydia Lunch– lead vocals
  • Martin Bisi– engineer
  • Ethan James– engineer

Track listing:

  1. Intro
  2. Brave Men Run (In My Family) – Kim Gordon
  3. Society is a Hole – Thurston Moore
  4. I Love Her All the Time – Thurston Moore
  5. Ghost Bitch – Kim Gordon
  6. I’m Insane – Thurston Moore
  7. Justice is Might – Thurston Moore
  8. Death Valley ’69 – Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth: Same

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In March 1982, “Neutral” label released the self-titled, debut Sonic Youth EP. It was recorded December 1081-January 1982, at “Radio City Music Hall Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Richard Edson.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Kim Gordon – vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo – vocals, guitar, power drill
  • Richard Edson – drums
  • Don Hunerberg – engineer

Track listing:

All music by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Richard Edson.

  1. The Burning Spear – lyrics Thurston Moore
  2. I Dreamed a Dream – lyrics Richard Edson, Lee Ranaldo
  3. She Is Not Alone – lyrics Thurston Moore
  4. I Don’t Want to Push It – lyrics Kim Gordon
  5. The Good and the Bad

Sonic Youth: Confusion Is Sex

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In February 1983, “Neutral” label released “Confusion Is Sex”, the debut Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded 1982 – 1983, at Wharton Tiers’s studio in Chelsea, and “Lee Is Free” was recorded by Lee Ranaldo on his home tape recorder and was produced by Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Jim Sclavunos, Wharton Tiers, Bob Bert and John Erskine.

Personnel:

  • Kim Gordon– vocals, bass guitar, guitar
  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar, prepared guitar, bass guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo– guitar, bass guitar, zither
  • Jim Sclavunos– drums
  • Bob Bert– drums
  • Wharton Tiers–engineer
  • John Erskine – engineer assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Jim Sclavunos  and Bob Bert, except where noted; all music by Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Jim Sclavunos and Bob Bert, except where noted.

  1. (She’s in A) Bad Moo
  2. Protect Me You
  3. Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog – music by Stooges (I Wanna Be Your Dog)
  4. Shaking Hell
  5. Inhuman
  6. The World Looks Red – lyrics by Michael Gira
  7. Confusion is Net
  8. Making the nature Scene
  9. Lee is Free

Sonic Youth: Washing Machine

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On September 26, 1995, “DGC” label released “Washing Machine”, the ninth Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded January – May 1995, at “Easley Studios” in Memphis, Tennessee, and “Mott and Greene Street Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley and John Siket.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar
  • Lee Ranaldo– vocals, guitar
  • Kim Gordon– vocals, guitar, bass
  • Steve Shelley– drums
  • Kim Deal– additional vocals
  • Lorette Velvette – additional vocals
  • Melissa Dunn – additional vocal
  • John Siket– recording, mixing
  • Davis McCain – engineer assistant
  • Doug Easley – engineer assistant
  • Phil Painson – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Mike Mills – art direction
  • Lance Acord – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley except where noted.

  1. Becuz
  2. Junkue’s Promise
  3. Saucer-Like
  4. Washing Machine
  5. Unwind
  6. Little Trouble Girl
  7. No Queen Blues
  8. Party Lies
  9. Becuz Coda
  10. Skip Tracer – additional lyrics by Leah Singer
  11. The Diamond Sea

Sonic Youth: Dirty

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Dirty

On July 21, 1992, “DGC” label released “Dirty”, the seventh Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded in 1992, at “The Magic Shop” and “Sear Sound” in New York, and was produced by Butch Vig, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley.

Personnel:

  • Thurston Moore– vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Lee Ranaldo– vocals, guitar, mixing
  • Kim Gordon– vocals, bass, guitar, mixing
  • Steve Shelley– drums, mixing
  • Ian MacKaye– guitar
  • Butch Vig– engineer, mixing
  • Edward Douglas – engineer
  • Fred Kevorkian – engineer assistant
  • Andy Wallace– mixing
  • John Siket – mixing assistant 
  • Peter Beckerman – mixing assistant
  • Howie Weinberg– mastering
  • Mike Kelley – artwork
  • Kevin Reagan – art direction
  • Richard Kern – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, except where noted.

  1. 100%
  2. Swimsuit Issue
  3. Theresa’s Sound-World
  4. Drunken Butterfly
  5. Shoot
  6. Wish Fulfillment
  7. Sugar Kane
  8. Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit
  9. Youth Against Fascism
  10. Nic Fit – Alec MacKaye
  11. On the Strip
  12. Chapel Hill
  13. JC
  14. Purr
  15. Crème Brûlée