Thurston Moore / Rock N Roll Consciousness
Artist Thurston Moore
Album Title: Rock N Roll Consciousness
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format CD
Released 04/28/2017
Label Caroline International
Catalog No CAROL015CD
Bar Code No 6 02557 42562 8
Packaging Cardboard Gatefold
Tracks
1. Exalted (11:54)
2. Cusp (6:33)
3. Turn On (10:18)
4. Smoke Of Dreams (6:04)
5. Aphrodite (8:08)
Date Acquired 06/23/2017
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 6.59

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Notes

Bass, Backing Vocals – Deb Googe
Design – Juliette Cezzar
Drums – Steve Shelley
Guitar – James Sedwards
Guitar, Vocals – Thurston Moore
Illustration – Radieux Radio
Mastered By – Jason Ward
Mixed By – Randall Dunn
Painting [portrait] – Vera Marmelo
Recorded By – Paul Epworth
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Ecstatic Peace Library Music
Copyright (c) – Ecstatic Peace Library Music
Licensed To – Caroline International
Published By – Ecstatic Peace Library Music
Published By – Kobalt Music Group
Recorded At – The Church, London
Mixed At – Avast! Recording Co.
Mastered At – Chicago Mastering Service
Made By – Sony DADC Czech Republic
℗  & © 2017 Ecstatic Peace Library Music
℗  Ecstatic Peace Library Music (BMI) adm by Kobalt Music Group.
Packaged in a digifile sleeve with credits inside  the gatefold and on the back cover.
Made in Germany sticker on cellophane wrapper of some copies.
Version that included a signed 4x4 sticker were sold by Newbury Comics.

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Number of tracks:  5
Official DR value:   DR7
Samplerate:            44100 Hz
Channels:                2
Bits per sample:     16
Bitrate:                    976 kbps
Codec:                     FLAC
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Reviews
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:

Reunited with his backing band for The Best Day -- My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe, Nøught guitarist James Sedwards, and longtime drummer Steve Shelley, as well as poet/songwriter Radieux Radio -- Thurston Moore delves even deeper into that album's contemplative, redemptive side on Rock N Roll Consciousness. On songs like the bold yet reverent "Cusp," Moore and company explore spiritual, sexual, and emotional healing on a mystical level. With two tracks stretching beyond the ten-minute mark, Rock N Roll Consciousness' songs are consistently longer than Sonic Youth's output, but they're not just expanded; they're heightened. The band locks in on the most transporting aspects of Moore's music, allowing his deadpan vocals to be the eye of the of the storms surrounding him. Though his delivery gives lyrics like "She is the future and the prophetess" an extra dose of cool, his words mostly function to usher in different movements within each song, which showcase the band's interplay and star turns. Sedwards' work on the New York City love letter "Smoke of Dreams" and "Turn On" (possibly the most Sonic Youth-like track here) reaffirms what a worthy foil he is to Moore. Meanwhile, the album's bookends underscore how impressive the band is as a unit: "Exalted" begins the album with its most varied track, as it moves from hypnotic harmonics to doomy, metal-inspired passages before drifting off on tightly woven guitars, while "Aphrodite" closes it with a standout performance from the rhythm section and some of Moore and Sedwards' most unearthly guitar tones. Another fine addition to his solo work, Rock N Roll Consciousness proves that Moore's search for enlightenment through noise remains vital.

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