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An album I don't think much about that is surprisingly consistent.
1. Dirty Boots. Amazing opener. Love the guitar tones. The part at the end reminds me of classical music.. just unbelievable. Never a bad part in this song, perhaps the quickest 5 1/2 minutes in Sonic Youth's catalogue. Too bad about the lyrics. Starting your album with the best song may not be the best idea in the world, though..
2. Tunic. The guitar tones are just bizarre.. this song is decent enough, the guitar is compelling, but it doesn't go anywhere and is way too long. Meh.
3. Mary-Christ. Bad production can't hide this is a good song, but it doesn't mean I want to listen to it. Strange shouted background vocals (a Sonic Youth first?) and some cool guitar interplay make it a decent enough listen, but the mixing is just so, so, SO bad.
4. Kool Thing. This song is also way too long and unneccassary, but the riff right after the rapper cameo makes it worth listening to. WEIRD guitar tones again. Geez.
5. Mote. Lee's songs are always the best, musically lyrically vocally. The guitar.. jesus.. what's with the TONES on this album? Haha. How did they get that sound? Again, a bit too long and muddy sounding. I dunno. Just boring.
6. My Friend Goo. Terrible.
7. Disappearer. Amazing! Love the riffs; this song really tells a story. Probably my favorite Sonic Youth video too.
8. Mildred Pierce. Thank god they cut this down from the version that was on the deluxe edition of Goo.. hah.. a nice enough song, SY's first song if I'm not mistaken?, but really really unneccassary.
9. Cinderella's Big Score. Another song that is musically unbelievable with tons of interesting riffs. Probably the most interesting song on the album. The production, like Dirty Boots, doesn't seem so bad here, it isn't distracting like the rest of the songs.
10. Scooter and Jinx. Pointless. 4 layers of guitar feedback and fuzz. Wow. Just shitty filler (wasn't Mildred Pierce filler enough? or My Friend Goo, for that matter?)..
11. Titanium Expose. Another one of the best Sonic Youth songs musically, this song is epic as fuck... there's a part a little into it right after the main riff where it goes "dundundun dun dun dun", which is one of the .. toughest .. things Sonic Youth's played. "Tough" as in "brutal". Awesome. Love the riffs and love how the songs goes from this kinda violent and complex composition into a beautiful little midtempo somber number back into the complexness of the beginning. A fine way to end an album and one of SY's best songs.
Basically, an album with too much filler that is very very forgettable. The production is interesting guitar-wise, but the vocals are way too loud and echoey, and the album as a whole is just too muddy. An interesting listen filled with precisely 3 amazing songs. Whatever. This is the same band who made Daydream Nation?!
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