Sonic Youth / Sonic Youth
Artist Sonic Youth
Album Title: Sonic Youth
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Experimental
Format CD
Released 11/04/1982
Label SST Records
Catalog No SST CD 097
Bar Code No 0 18861-0097-2 8
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. The Burning Spear (3:28)
2. I Dreamed I Dream (5:19)
3. She is Not Alone (4:07)
4. I Don't Want to Push It (3:36)
5. The Good and the Bad (7:56)
Date Acquired 08/14/1992
Personal Rating
Acquired from Digital Only
Purchase Price 9.99

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Review by Andy Kellman
Though Sonic Youth's first EP is the least of their major works and was the only one to not receive reissue in 1995 by DGC, it's not a complete blunder. Awkward and rather formative, the record sounds like a fusion of no wave and an early Factory band. A couple tracks ("The Burning Spear," "I Don't Want to Push It") match the best of Confusion Is Sex, steeping itself in death disco and minimal scree. Thurston Moore yelps, Kim Gordon rambles, and the guitars go plink-plink-plink. Tumbling and tinny tribal drums are provided by Richard Edson, who would be seen as an ill-intentioned parking attendant four years later in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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