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Go ahead, say it again.

Originally Posted by Moshe

6 – Kool Thing (1990)
Their first album on the Geffen label, ‘Goo’ is less Sonic Youth selling out; more the nascent sounds of a revolutionary subversion of mainstream musical values. This song has the killer riffs, the edgy lyrics and… Chuck D, for fuck’s sake! The title says it all.

NO! No, the other thing.

Originally Posted by Moshe

10 – Reena (2006)
And so we arrive back at the present day with the lead track from Sonic Youth’s new album ‘Rather Ripped’. Having parted company with short-lived fifth member Jim O’Rourke, the band have also taken a step away from the intricate noise-laden sound that characterised the two albums on which he worked - a conscious decision intended to confound any critical assumption that Sonic Youth can be defined by an allegiance to any one genre.
Like many of the tracks on this album, Reena is a pared-down, breezy composition which shimmers with simple, vibrant guitar work and understated (yet undeniably memorable) vocal lines. Shorn of their trademark feedback and distortion, they really do appear more confident than ever. ‘Rather Ripped’ is the sound of a group filled with the same youthful energy and inquisitiveness that led them form a band all those years ago. This is the unmistakeable sound of Sonic Youth.
'Rather Ripped' is released through Geffen on June 5.
Sonic Youth will play at the Thurston Moore-curated ATP Nightmare before Christmas festival in Somerset from December 8-10 2006.

WRONG!