Sonic Youth discography

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Sonic Youth is an alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981.[1] Their lineup currently includes Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, Mark Ibold, and Steve Shelley. The band's discography includes 16 studio albums, seven extended plays, three compilation albums, seven video releases, 21 singles, 46 music videos, eight releases in the Sonic Youth Recordings series, eight official bootlegs, and contributions to 16 soundtracks and other compilations. In 1981 Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records, and released its eponymous debut EP Sonic Youth the next year.[1] The band's first full-length album was Confusion is Sex , released in 1983.[1] Kill Yr Idols was released the same year, under the German label Zensor Records.[1] Bad Moon Rising was released two years later on Blast First, a label created specifically for Sonic Youth releases.[1] In 1986 Sonic Youth signed to SST Records and released EVOL later the same year. The album gained the band increasing critical acclaim and exposure, and the group released Sister and the double LP Daydream Nation in 1987 and 1988 respectively, the latter on Enigma Records.[1] In 1990 the band signed to major label Geffen Records, and released Goo the same year. The band's 1991 tour with the then little-known band Nirvana was documented in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke. In 1992, Sonic Youth released Dirty. Two years later, the group released Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, and Washing Machine the following year.[1] Forced to start from scratch after its instruments and equipment were stolen, the band released NYC Ghosts & Flowers in 2000. Sonic Youth released Murray Street in the summer of 2002, followed in 2004 by Sonic Nurse. Rather Ripped and The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities were released in 2006, the latter featuring tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, B-sides to international singles, and other previously unreleased material.[1][2]

Sonic Youth discography

Releases Studio albums Compilation albums EPs Singles Video albums Music videos Sonic Youth Recordings (SYR) Bootlegs Soundtrack and compilation appearances 17 4 8 21 6 46 8 8 16

Contents

1 Studio albums 2 Extended plays 3 Compilations 4 Sonic Youth Recordings (SYR) series 5 Official bootlegs 6 Unofficial releases 7 Video releases 8 Soundtrack and compilation appearances 9 Singles 10 Music videos 11 References 12 External links

Studio albums
Peak chart positions Year Album details Confusion Is Sex 1983 Released: February 1983 Label: Neutral (Neutral #9) Bad Moon Rising 1985 Released: March 1985 Label: Homestead (HMS #16) EVOL 1986 Released: March 1986 Label: SST (SST #59)
US
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UK
[5][6]

AUS
[7]

GER
[8]

FRA
[9]

NOR
[10]

S WE
[11]

NLD
[12]

NZ
[13]

BEL
[14]

JPN
[15]

Sister 1987 Released: June 1987 Label: SST (SST #134) Daydream Nation 1988 Released: October 1988 Label: Enigma (EN #75403-02) The Whitey Album (as Ciccone Youth) 1988 Released: March 1988 Label: Enigma (EN No. 7 75402) Goo 1990 Released: June 26, 1990 Label: DGC (DGC #24297) Dirty 1992 Released: July 21, 1992 Label: DGC (DGC #24485) Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star 1994 Released: May 3, 1994 Label: DGC (DGC #24632) Washing Machine 1995 Released: September 26, 1995 58 39 34 91 41 38 94 34 10 25 87 27 65 16 62 83 6 22 59 26 57 5 53 96 32 94 71 22 99

Label: DGC (DGC #24852) A Thousand Leaves 1998 Released: May 12, 1998 Label: DGC (DGC #25203) NYC Ghosts & Flowers 2000 Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Geffen (GEF #069490650-2) Murray Street 2002 Released: June 25, 2002 Label: DGC (DGC #694933192) Sonic Nurse 2004 Released: June 7, 2004 Label: Geffen (GEF #B0002549-12) Rather Ripped 2006 Released: June 13, 2006 Label: Geffen (GEF #B0006757-02) The Eternal 2009 Released: June 9, 2009 Label: Matador 18 42 52 29 19 17 28 90 38 9 29 71 64 40 79 25 13 46 20 41 64 54 89 40 21 98 23 47 126 77 78 63 48 16 28 45 172 113 61 37 85 38 66 84 32 37 43 28 43

"" denotes releases that did not chart.

US

UK

AUS

GER

FRA

NOR

S WE

NLD

NZ

BEL

JPN

Peak chart positions

Extended plays
Year Sonic Youth 1982 Released March, 1982 Label: Neutral (NEUTRAL #1) Kill Yr Idols 1983 Released: October 1983 Label: Zensor Records (Z #S10) Master-Dik 1987 Released: January 1988 Label: Blast First (CHAT #1) Whores Moaning 1993 Released: February 1993 Label: Geffen (GEF #21783) TV Shit 1994 Released: February 1994 Label: Ecstatic Peace! (E #38) Silver Session for Jason Knuth 1998 Released: July 14, 1998 Label: Sonic Knuth Records (SKR #1) Dedicated to Sonic Youth fan and radio DJ, Jason Knuth. With Yamatsuka Eye. Released for Australian/New Zealand tour. Released on CD with Confusion Is Sex by Geffen in 1995. EP details Notes

In the Fishtank 9 2001 Released: July 2001 Label: Konkurrent Records Kali Yug Express 2002 Released: 2002 Label: Geffen Records Sensational Fix 2009 Released: January 2009 Label: Matador Records With Instant Composers Pool and The Ex.

Compilations

Year Sonic Death 1984

Compilation details

Notes Live recordings from 1981 to 1983.

Label: Ecstatic Peace (E #2) Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

1995

Released: April 25, 1995 Label: DGC (DGC #24809) The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities

Compilation of songs from Daydream Nation and earlier.

2006

Released: December 12, 2006 Label: Geffen (GEF #B000812402) Hits Are for Squares

Compilation of various B-sides.

2008

Released: June 10, 2008 Label: Starbucks

Compilation of songs chosen by various celebrities, plus an original song.

Sonic Youth Recordings (SYR) series

Sonic Youth have released a number of mostly experimental and instrumental releases under their own label Sonic Youth Recordings. The SYR series has established a tradition where each album is released in a different language. SYR1 has song titles and album sleeve artwork all in French, SYR2 is in Dutch, SYR3 is in Esperanto, SYR4 in English SYR5 is in Japanese, and SYR6 is in Lithuanian. Year Album details SYR1: Anagrama Released: June 10, 1997 1997 SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom Notes

Released: September 2, 1997 SYR3: Invito Al ielo 1998 Released: February 24, 1998 SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century 1999 Released: November 16, 1999 SYR5 2000 Released: August 29, 2000 SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui Released: December 6, 2005 SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes Released: April 22, 2008 2008 SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth Released: July 28, 2008 SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu 2011 Released: 2011 Soundtrack to the film Simon Werner a Disparu. It is a CD only release. Live recording of the 2005 Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Featuring Jim O'Rourke, Mats Gustafsson, and Merzbow. It is a Vinyl only release. Collaboration between Kim Gordon, DJ Olive, and Ikue Mori. Sonic Youth's first collaboration with Jim O'Rourke.

Double-album featuring covers of various avant-garde recordings by Sonic Youth and other collaborators such as John Cage, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich, and Christian Wolff.

2005

Live recording of an Anthology Film Archives benefit show, played to silent films of Stan Brakhage. It is a CD only release.

Official bootlegs

Year 1986 The Walls Have Ears

Title Live show from 1985.

Notes

1988 Stick Me Donna Majick Momma 1990 4 Tunna Brix Four covers of songs by The Fall (one being a cover of a cover of a Kinks song), recorded at the BBC for the John Peel show

Goo Demos 1991 Hold that Tiger

Collection of demos for Goo.

Live show from 1987.

1992 Live at the Continental Club 1994 Live in Bremen Live Venlo, Holland December 27, 1983 1995 Blastic Scene

Live show from 1986, released through the band's fan club.

Live show from 1983, released through the band's fan club.

This bootleg had a semi-official release. The recorded show was held on July 14, 1993 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Campo Pequeno.

Unofficial releases
Splitting the Atom, CD 1993, Kiss The Stone Records KTS 154[16]

Video releases

Year 1985 Goo 1991

Video details Live at Stache's Label: Altavistic (ATV #2)

Notes Concert video filmed on August 1, 1985 in Columbus, Ohio.

Released: April 13, 1993 Label: DGC (DGC #V-39508) Gila Monster Jamboree Label: Sonic Death (SD #13005)

Compilation of music videos for every song on Goo. Featured on Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 19902002.

Concert video filmed on January 5, 1985 in the Mojave Desert.

1992

1991: The Year Punk Broke Label: DGC (DGC #V-39518) Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

Documentary featuring various alternative rock bands, mostly Sonic Youth.

1995

Label: DGC (DGC #V-39550) Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 19902002

Collects all of the band's pre-DGC music videos and a couple of live performances.

2004

Released: June 8, 2004 Label: Geffen (GEF #75409)

Compilation DVD of the band's Geffen-era videos, from 1990 2002. Certified gold in Canada.[17]

Soundtrack and compilation appearances

Year 1986 Sub Pop 100 Fast 'n' Bulbous A Tribute to Title "Kill Yr Idols" Track(s)

1988 Captain Beefheart OST 1988 Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father 1988 The Melting Plot 1990 Pump Up the Volume OST 1992 Fortune Cookie Surprise: A Tribute Album to Beat Happening If I Were a Carpenter DGC Rarities Volume 1 My So-Called Life OST Made in USA SubUrbia OST Nowhere OST

"Electricity" (by Captain Beefheart) "Within You Without You" (by The Beatles) "I Am Right" (by Saccharine Trust) "Titanium Expos" "Black Candy" (by Beat Happening) "I Love You Mary Jane" with Cypress Hill "Superstar" (by The Carpenters) "Compilation Blues" "Genetic" All tracks. Three original songs and one from Thurston Moore solo album. "Hendrix Necro" "Blink". Eight original songs.

1993 Judgment Night OST 1994 1995 1997

1999 Pola X 2002 Demonlover OST 2003 2004 You Can Never Go Fast Enough (http://www.cityhallrecords.com/item/1000027053.htm) Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) with Mats Gustafsson

From the Kitchen Archives No. 3 Amplified: New Music Meets 2006 Rock 19811986 The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited 2007 Like a Hurricane: A Tribute to Neil Young I'm Not There OST

"World Looks Red", "Shaking Hell" "Dry Bones" with Roswell Rudd "Computer Age" (by Neil Young) "I'm Not There"

2008 Juno OST 2010 Simon Werner a Disparu OST

"Superstar" Original Score

Singles
Peak chart positions Year Single
US UK Mod. singles
[3][4] [5][6]

Album
IRL
[18]

1984 "Death Valley '69" 1985 "Flower/Halloween" "Flower/Satan is Boring" 1986 "Starpower" "Into the Groove(y)" (as Ciccone Youth) 1988 "Teen Age Riot" "Silver Rocket" "Candle" 1989 "Providence" "Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween" 1990 "Kool Thing" "Disappearer" "100%" "Youth Against Fascism" "Sugar Kane" "Drunken Butterfly"

20 7 4

81 28 52 26

24 Dirty Goo split with Mudhoney Daydream Nation EVOL The Whitey Album Bad Moon Rising

1991 "Dirty Boots" 1992 1993

1994

"Bull in the Heather" "Superstar"

13 26

24 85 72

Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star If I Were a Carpenter Washing Machine A Thousand Leaves' NYC Ghosts & Flowers split with Erase Errata Rather Ripped The Destroyed Room

1995 "The Diamond Sea" 1996 "Little Trouble Girl" 1998 "Sunday" 2000 "Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)" "Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand 2003 Cream" "Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner" 2006 "Incinerate" "Beautiful Plateau"

"" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos
Year 1985 "Death Valley '69" 1986 "Shadow of a Doubt" 1987 "Beauty Lies in the Eye" "Teen Age Riot" "Silver Rocket" 1988 "Providence" "Candle" "Addicted to Love" (as Ciccone Youth) Title Director Richard Kern Kevin Kerslake Sonic Youth Charles Atlas Peter Fowler Sonic Youth Kevin Kerslake Kim Gordon

"Macbeth" (as Ciccone Youth) 1990 "Kool Thing" "Disappearer" "Dirty Boots" "Tunic (Song for Karen)" "Mary-Christ" "Mote" 1991 "My Friend Goo" "Mildred Pierce" "Cinderella's Big Score" "Scooter + Jinx" "Titanium Expose" 1992 "100%" "Youth Against Fascism" "Sugar Kane" 1993 "Drunken Butterfly" "Swimsuit Issue" 1994 "Bull in the Heather" "Superstar" "Little Trouble Girl" 1995

Dave Markey Tamra Davis Todd Haynes Tamra Davis Tony Oursler Steve Shelley Ray Agony Dave Markey Joe Cole Kim Gordon Thurston Moore Dave Markey Richard Kern Phil Morrison Tamra Davis Spike Jonze Nick Egan Stephen Hellweg Morty Tamra Davis Kim Gordon Dave Markey Mark Romanek Spike Jonze Lance Bangs

"The Diamond Sea"

Dave Markey Steve Paine Angus Wall Harmony Korine Lee Ranaldo

1998

"Sunday" "Hoarfrost"

1999 "Piano Piece No. 13 (Carpenter's Piece)" Sonic Youth 2000 "Nevermind (What was it Anyway)" "The Empty Page" "Disconnection Notice" 2004 "Peace Attack" "I Love You Golden Blue" "Incinerate" 2006 "Do You Believe In Rapture?" "Jams Run Free" "Reena" 2009 "Sacred Trickster" "What We Know" Kim Gordon Jim O'Rourke Chris Habib Thurston Moore Chris Habib Tom Surgal Chris Habib Dave Markey Claire Denis Braden King Claire Denis Braden King Tom Surgal Chris Habib

2002

References
General
"Sonic "Sonic "Sonic "Sonic Youth Discography" (http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/sonicyouth/discography). Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 12, 2008. Youth" (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5474). Allmusic. Retrieved April 12, 2008. Youth home page" (http://www.sonicyouth.com/main/). Sonic Youth. Retrieved April 12, 2008. Youth : Releases" (http://www.geffen.com/sonicyouth/releases). Geffen Records. Retrieved April 12, 2008.

Specific
1. ^ a b c d e f g h Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Sonic Youth > Biography" (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5474). Allmusic. Retrieved May 4, 2008. 2. ^ Maher, David. "Sonic Youth Unveil Rarities Comp Tracklist" (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39443-sonic-youth-unveil-rarities-comptracklist). Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 7, 2006. 3. ^ a b "Sonic Youth Artist Chart History Albums" (http://www.billboard.com/artist/279817/sonic+youth/chart). Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2008. 4. ^ a b "Sonic Youth > Charts & Awards" (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5474/charts-awards/billboard-albums). Allmusic. Retrieved April 5, 2008. 5. ^ a b "UK Top 40 Hit Database" (http://www.everyhit.com/). everyHit.com. Retrieved September 28, 2007. Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Sonic Youth." 6. ^ a b "Chart Stats Sonic Youth" (http://archive.is/cl5z). ChartStats.com. Archived from the original (http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=6016) on July 30, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2008. 7. ^ "australian-charts.com Sonic Youth" (http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Sonic+Youth). australian-charts.com. Retrieved December 4, 2007. 8. ^ "Sonic Youth Germany Chart history" (http://www.musicline.de/de/artist/Sonic+Youth). Musicline.de. Retrieved April 7, 2008. 9. ^ "Sonic Youth French Album Charting" (http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Sonic+Youth). lescharts.com. Retrieved April 5, 2008. 10. ^ "Sonic Youth Norwegian Album Charting" (http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Sonic+Youth). norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved April 12, 2008. 11. ^ "Sonic Youth Swedish Album Charting" (http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Sonic+Youth). swedishcharts.com. Retrieved April 12, 2008. 12. ^ "Sonic Youth Dutch Album Charting" (http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sonic+Youth). dutchcharts.com. Retrieved April 5, 2008. 13. ^ "Sonic Youth New Zealand Charting" (http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sonic+Youth). Charts.org.nz. Retrieved April 5, 2008. 14. ^ "Sonic Youth Belgian Album Charting" (http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?cat=a&cat2=s&search=Sonic+Youth). Ultratop.be. Retrieved April 12, 2008. 15. ^ "Sonic Youth Japanese Album Charting" (http://www.oricon.co.jp/artists/h/99361/). oricon.co.jp. Retrieved October 10, 2008. 16. ^ Sonic Youth - Splitting The Atom (CD) at Discogs (http://www.discogs.com/Sonic-Youth-Splitting-The-Atom/release/686231) 17. ^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association Search Certification Database" (http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php). Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 10, 2008. Note: User must define search parameters as "Sonic Youth". 18. ^ "Sonic Youth Irish charts" (http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement). irishcharts.ie. Retrieved April 18, 2008. Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Sonic Youth".

External links
Sonicyouth.com (http://www.sonicyouth.com/) Sonic Youth (http://www.geffen.com/sonicyouth) at Geffen Records Sonic Youth (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sonic+Youth) discography at Discogs Sonic Youth (http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5474) at Allmusic

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