- Sonic Youth【 35 albums 415 lyrics 】
- Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up.
Sonic Youth emerged from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band and becoming the most prominent of the American noise rock groups. Sonic Youth have been praised for having 'redefined what rock guitar could do' using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings and preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. The band is considered to be a pivotal influence on the alternative and indie rock movements.
After gaining a large underground following and critical praise through releases with SST Records in the late 1980s, the band experienced mainstream success throughout the 1990s and 2000s after signing to major label DGC in 1990 and headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. In 2011, Ranaldo announced that the band was 'ending for a while' following the separation of married couple Gordon and Moore. Thurston Moore updated and clarified the position in May 2014: 'Sonic Youth is on hiatus. The band is a democracy of sorts, and as long as Kim and I are working out our situation, the band can't really function reasonably.' Gordon refers several times in her 2015 autobiography Girl in a Band to the band having 'split up'.
Members
Final lineup
Kim Gordon – vocals, bass, guitar (1981–2011)
Thurston Moore – vocals, guitar (1981–2011)
Lee Ranaldo – guitar, vocals (1981–2011)
Steve Shelley – drums (1985–2011)
Mark Ibold – bass, guitar (2006–2011)
Former members
Anne DeMarinis – keyboards (1981–1982)
Richard Edson – drums (1981–1982)
Bob Bert – drums (1982, 1983–1985)
Jim Sclavunos – drums (1982–1983)
Jim O'Rourke – bass, guitars, synthesizer (1999–2005)
Discography
Confusion Is Sex (1983)
Bad Moon Rising (1985)
EVOL (1986)
Sister (1987)
Daydream Nation (1988)
Goo (1990)
Dirty (1992)
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994)
Washing Machine (1995)
A Thousand Leaves (1998)
NYC Ghosts & Flowers (2000)
Murray Street (2002)
Sonic Nurse (2004)
Rather Ripped (2006)
The Eternal (2009)
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Song
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The Diamond Sea
2015
1.My Arena
(Provided)2.The Diamond Sea
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Hits Are For Squares
2011-10
1.Bull In The Heather(Album Version)
2.100%(Album Version)
3.Sugar Kane(Album Version)
4.Kool Thing(Album Version)
5.Disappearer(Album Version)
6.Superstar(Album Version)
7.Stones
8.Tuff Gnarl(Album Version)9.Teen Age Riot(Album Version)
10.Shadow Of A Doubt(Album Version)
11.Rain On Tin(Album Version)
(Provided)
12.Tom Violence(Album Version)
13.Mary - Christ(Album Version)
14.The World Looks Red(Album Version)
15.Expressway To Yr Skull(Album Version)
16.Slow Revolution
(Provided)
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The Eternal
2009-06
1.Sacred Trickster
2.Anti-Orgasm
3.Leaky Lifeboat(for Gregory Corso)
4.Antenna
5.What We Know
6.Calming The Snake7.Poison Arrow
8.Malibu Gas Station
9.Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn
10.No Way
11.Walkin Blue
12.Massage The History
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Blue Ep
2009
1.Dreamed I Dream
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Rather Ripped
2006-06
1.Reena
2.Incinerate
3.Do You Believe In Rapture?
4.Sleepin' Around
5.What A Waste
6.Jams Run Free7.Rats
8.Turquoise Boy
9.Lights Out
10.The Neutral
11.Pink Steam
12.Or
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Dirty Boots
2006-02
1.Dirty Boots
2.White Kross
3.Eric's Trip4.Cinderella's Big Score
5.Dirty Boots
6.The Bedroom
(Provided)
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Sonic Nurse
2004-06
1.Pattern Recognition
2.Unmade Bed
3.Dripping Dream
4.Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
5.Stones
6.Dude Ranch Nurse7.New Hampshire
8.Paper Cup Exit
9.I Love You Golden Blue
10.Peace Attack
11.Kim Chords
(Provided)
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Murray Street
2002-06
1.The Empty Page
2.Disconnection Notice
3.Rain On Tin
4.Karen Revisited5.Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
6.Plastic Sun
7.Sympathy For The Strawberry
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Nyc Ghosts&Flowers
2000-05
1.Free City Rhymes
2.Renegade Princess
3.Nevermind(What Was It Anyway)
4.Small Flowers Crack Concrete5.Side2side
6.StreamXsonik Subway
7.NYC Ghosts & Flowers
8.Lightnin'
(Provided)
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A Thousand Leaves
1998
1.Contre Le Sexisme
2.Female Mechanic Now On Duty
3.French Tickler
4.Heather Angel
5.Hits Of Sunshine(For Allen Ginsberg)
6.Hoarfrost7.Karen Koltrane
8.Snare, Girl
9.Sunday
10.The Ineffable Me
11.Wildflower Soul
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Hold That Tiger
1997
1.Beat On The Brat
2.Beauty Lies In The Eye
3.Brother James
4.Catholic Block
5.Death Valley '69 [thurston]
6.Expressway To Yr Skull
(Provided)
7.Intro(Hold That Tiger)
(Provided)
8.I Don't Want To Walk Around With You
(Provided)
9.Kotton Crown10.Loudmouth
(Provided)
11.Pacific Coast Highway
12.Pipeline / Kill Time
13.Schizophrenia
14.Stereo Sanctity
15.Today Yr. Love, Tomorrow The World
16.Tom Violence
17.Tuff Gnarl
18.White Cross
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Washing Machine
1995
1.Becuz
2.Junkie's Promise
3.Little Trouble Girl
4.No Queen Blues
5.Panty Lies6.Saucer-Like
7.Skip Tracer
8.The Diamond Sea
9.Unwind
10.Washing Machine
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Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love
1995
1.Beauty Lies In The Eye
2.Brother James
3.Candle
4.Death Valley '69 [thurston]
5.Eric's Trip
6.Expressway To Yr Skull
(Provided)
7.Flower
8.G-force
9.Hallowe'en10.Inhuman
11.Into The Groove(Y)
12.I Dreamed I Dream
13.Kotton Crown
14.Making The Nature Scene
15.Shadow Of A Doubt
16.Starpower
17.Teenage Riot
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Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star
1994
1.Androgynous Mind
2.Bone
3.Bull In The Heather
4.Doctor's Orders
5.In The Mind Of The Borgeious Reader
6.Quest For The Cup
7.Screaming Skull8.Self Obsessed And Sexxee
9.Skink
10.Starfield Road
11.Sweet Shine
12.Tokyo Eye
13.Waist
14.Winner's Blues
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Evol
1994
1.Bubblegum
2.Death To Our Friends
(Provided)
3.Green Light
4.In The Kingdom #19
5.Madonna, Sean And Me(The Crucifixion Of Sean Penn)6.Marilyn Moore
7.Secret Girl
8.Shadow Of A Doubt
9.Starpower
10.Tom Violence
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Daydream Nation
1993-01
1.Teenage Riot
2.Silver Rocket
3.The Sprawl
4.'Cross The Breeze
5.Eric's Trip
6.Total Trash7.Hey Joni
8.Providence
9.Candle
10.Rain King
11.Kissability
12.Trilogy: A) The Wonder/B) Hyperstation/Z) Eliminator Jr.
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Dirty
1992
1.100%
2.Chapel Hill
3.Creme Brulee
4.Drunken Butterfly
5.Jc
6.Nic Fit
7.On The Strip
8.Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit9.Purr
10.Shoot
11.Sugar Kane
12.Swimsuit Issue
13.Theresa's Sound-world
14.Wish Fulfillment
15.Youth Against Fascism(Hate Song)
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Goo
1990
1.Cinderella's Big Score
2.Dirty Boots
3.Disappearer
4.Kool Thing
5.Mary Christ
6.Mildred Pierce7.Mote
8.My Friend Goo
9.Scooter And Jinx
(Provided)
10.Titanium Expose
11.Tunic(Song For Karen)
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The Whitey Album
1988
1.Making the Nature Scene
2.G-Force
3.Hi! Everybody
(Provided)
4.Tuff Titty Rap
5.Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To Neu
6.Silence
(Provided)
7.Addicted To Love
8.Into the Groove(y)9.Me & Jill/Hendrix Cosby
10.Needle-Gun
(Provided)
11.Platoon II
(Provided)
12.MacBeth
(Provided)
13.Burnin' Up (Mike Watt Original Demo)
(Provided)
14.Children of Satan/Third Fig
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15.Moby-Dik
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16.March of the Ciccone Robots
(Provided)
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Sonic Youth
1988
1.'cross The Breeze
2.Candle
3.Eric's Trip
4.Hey Joni
5.Kissability
6.Providence
7.Rain King8.Silver Rocket
9.Teenage Riot
10.The Sprawl
11.Total Trash
12.Trilogy: Eliminator Jr
13.Trilogy: Hyperstation
14.Trilogy: The Wonder
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Master-Dik (EP)
1988
1.Traffick
(Provided)
2.Beat on the Brat
3.Master-Dik (EP)
(Provided)
4.Under The Influence Of The Jesus & Mary Chain/Ticket To Ride/Master-Dik/Introducing The Stars
(Provided)5.Ringo/He's On Fire/Florida Oil Drums/Westminster Chimes
(Provided)
6.Chinese Jam
(Provided)
7.Vibrato/Guitar Lick/Funky Fresh
(Provided)
8.Our Backyard
(Provided)
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Made In Usa Soundtrack
1988
1.Giggles
2.Secret Girl3.Tuck N Dar
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Sister
1987
1.I Got A Catholic Block
2.Beauty Lies In The Eye
3.Hot Wire In My Heart
4.Kotton Crown
5.Master-dik
6.Pacific Coast Highway7.Pipeline / Kill Time
8.Schizophrenia
9.Stereo Sanctity
10.Tuff Gnarl
11.White Cross
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Made In Usa
1986-01
1.Mackin' For Doober
(Provided)
2.Full Chrome Logic
(Provided)
3.Secret Girl
4.Cork Mountain Incident
(Provided)
5.Moustache Riders
(Provided)
6.Tuck N Dar
7.Moon In The Bathroom
8.Thought Bubbles
(Provided)
9.Rim Thrusters
(Provided)
10.Lincoln's Gout
(Provided)
11.Coughing Up Tweed
(Provided)
12.Pre-Poured Wood
(Provided)13.Hairpiece Lullaby 1 & 2
(Provided)
14.Pocketful Of Sen-Sen
(Provided)
15.Smoke Blisters 1 & 2
(Provided)
16.The Velvet Plug
(Provided)
17.Giggles
18.Tulip Fire 2
(Provided)
19.The Dynamics Of Bulbing
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20.Smoke Blisters 3 & 4
(Provided)
21.O.J.'s Glove Or What?
(Provided)
22.Webb Of Mudd 1, 2 & 3
(Provided)
23.Bachelors In Fur!
(Provided)
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Bad Moon Rising
1985
1.Brave Men Run(In My Family)
2.Death Valley '69 [thurston]
3.Flower
4.Ghost Bitch
5.Hallowe'en
6.I'm Insane7.Intro(Bad Moon Rising)
(Provided)
8.I Love Her All The Time
9.Justice Is Might
10.Satan Is Boring
11.Society Is A Hole
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Kill Yr.Idols
1983-10
1.Protect me You
2.Shaking Hell(Live)
3.Kill Yr. Idols4.Brother James
5.Early American
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Confusion Is Sex
1983
1.She's In A Bad Mood
2.Brother James
3.Confusion Is Next
4.Early American
5.Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog
6.Inhuman7.Kill Yr. Idols
8.Lee Is Free
(Provided)
9.Making The Nature Scene
10.Protect Me You
11.Shaking Hell
12.The World Looks Red
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Sonic Youth(EP)
1982
1.The Burning Spear
2.I Dreamed I Dream
3.She Is Not Alone4.I Don't Want To Push It
5.The Good And The Bad
(Provided)
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Whitey Album
1.Me & Jill
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The Walls Have Ears (Live)
1.C.B.
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The Destroyed Room: B-Sides & Rarities
1.Blink
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SYR 4: Goodbye 20th Century
1.Edges
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Hold That Tiger (Live)
1.Schizophrenia (Live)
2.Beat On the Brat (Live)
3.Today Yr. Love, Tomorrow the World (Live)
4.I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (Live)
5.Loudmouth (Live)
6.Pacific Coast Highway (Live)
7.Expressway to Yr. Skull (Live)
8.Beauty Lies In the Eye (Live)9.Tuff Gnarl (Live)
10.Pipeline / Kill Time (Live)
11.Brother James (Live)
12.Stereo Sanctity (Live)
13.Kotton Krown (Live)
14.White Cross (Live)
15.Tom Violence (Live)
16.Catholic Block (Live)
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Daydream Nation (Remastered Original Album)
1.Teen Age Riot (Album Version)
2.Providence
3.B) Hyperstation (Album Version)
4.A) the Wonder (Album Version)
5.Kissability (Album Version)
6.Rain King (Album Version)
7.Hey Joni (Album Version)8.Total Trash (Album Version)
9.Eric's Trip (Album Version)
10.'Cross the Breeze (Album Version)
11.The Sprawl (Album Version)
12.Silver Rocket (Album Version)
13.Candle
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Miscellaneous
1.I Wanna Be Your Dog
2.That's All I Know (Right Now)
3.Confusion An
4.Cotton Crown
5.Empty page
6.Symphaty for the strawberry
7.Vibrato
(Provided)
8.Superstar
9.Shake
10.Ringo
(Provided)
11.Kill Time
12.I'm Not There
13.Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
14.Within You Without You
15.Electricity
16.Youth Against Fascism
17.Computer Age
18.I Know There's An Answer
19.Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
20.Trilogy: Eliminator Jr.
21.Against Facism
22.Dirty Boots(8 Track Demo)
23.Eliminator Jr.
24.Number One(Disappearer/8 Track Demo)
25.In the Kingdom No. 19
26.Lee #2
27.'Snare, Girl'
28.Madonna, Sean And Me
29.Compilation Blues
30.Razor Blade
31.My Friend Goo(8 Track Demo)
32.Titanium Expose(8 Track Demo)
33.Titanium Expos�
34.Tunic(8 Track Demo)
35.The Wonder
36.Wildflower
37.In The Mind Of The Bourgeois Reader
38.Trilogy: a) The Wonder
39.Trilogy: b) Hyperstation
40.Trilogy: z) Eliminator Jr.
41.Rain On Tin [Live]42.Pay No Mind
43.Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream
44.Beautiful Plateau
(Provided)
45.Kill Yr Idols
46.Untitled
(Provided)
47.Genetic
48.Hendrix Necro
49.Is It My Body
50.'Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit'
51.Personality Crisis
52.Stalker
53.The Destroyed Room
54.The End of the End of the Ugly
(Provided)
55.Tamra
(Provided)
56.Trilogy:
57.Hot Wire My Heart
58.She's in A Bad Mood
59.Kotton Krown
60.Expressway To Yr Skull , Madonna, Sean And Me , Th
61.Secret Girls
62.Death Valley '69
63.Lee #2 - Previously Unreleased
64.Jams Runs Free
65.Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso) [Live]
66.Anti-Orgasm (Live)
67.Contre le Sexism
68.Wish Fulfillment (Rehearsal Tapes Version)
69.Star Power (Acoustic 09 Version)
70.Burning Spear (Live)
71.Cinderella's Big Score (live)
72.I Know There Is an Answer
73.Conversation
74.Dirty Boots I
75.Crème Brûlée
76.Bull in the Heather (LP version)
77.Crème brûlée (LP version)
78.Youth Against Fascism (Clean-Ex mix)
79.Sugar Kane (edit)
80.Burning Spear
81.The Burning Spear (Live)
【Correction of errors in the album information】