On May 16, 2000, “DGC” label released “NYC Ghosts & Flowers”, the eleventh Sonic Youth studio album. It was recorded August 1999 – February 2000, in New York City, and was produced by Sonic Youth and Jim O’Rourke.
Personnel:
- Thurston Moore– uncredited performing
- Lee Ranaldo– uncredited performing, sleeve photography
- Steve Shelley– uncredited performing
- Kim Gordon– uncredited performing, sleeve illustration (Girl Drawing, 2000)
- Rafael Toral – Spacestatic guitar
- Jim O’Rourke– bass guitar, electronics, production, additional recording, additional mixing
- William Winant – percussion
- Wharton Tiers– recording
- Greg Calbi– mastering
- Frank Olinsky – sleeve art direction
- Dan Graham – sleeve artwork (video still from Rock My Religion, 1980)
- A. Levy – sleeve spiral drawing (1967)
- Joe Brainard – sleeve painting (Flower Painting IV, 1967)
- Robert Mooney – sleeve painting (untitled, 1992)
- William S. Burroughs– sleeve painting (X-Ray Man, 1992)
Track listing:
- Free City Rhymes – Thurston Moore
- Renegade Princess – Thurston Moore, Gordon Ranaldo
- Nevermind – Kim Gordon
- Small Flowers Crack Concrete – Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo
- Side2Side – Kim Gordon
- StreamXSonik Subway – Thurston Moore
- NYC Ghosts & Flowers – Lee Ranaldo
- Lightning – Kim Gordon
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