Every Sonic Youth Album Ranked!
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Here are my personal rankings of the the 15 studio albums of Sonic Youth. Please let me know your thoughts in the comments and thank you for listening. Hope you enjoy!
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I completely agree with what you said about "Disappearer". I've had that song on replay since I first discovered it. It is one of THE songs ever and I think that the video is incredible too
Yep. That is a stunning song that never disappoints. One of my very favorite songs across genres.
Sonic Nurse is an amazing record. I love your list and enjoyed this video immensely. Thank you
There's no skip over tracks on Bad Moon Rising (CD 12 track version). Best fall album.
I don't have it anymore, but there was a time when I was writing a story based on the Bad Moon Rising album. It was like each song flowed with one another. It's one of those albums that really does flow if you really give it a solid listen. It's one of my favorites, dark, gritty, but also colorful.
Sonic Nurse, absolutely. I'm with you 100%
Evol, their first masterpiece imo. From then on only banging greatness.. I too had a hard time not getting into Confusion Is Sex/Kill Your Idols and Bad Moon Rising..will keep trying them. Also their latter 6 albums. Goo sucha brilliant album. Indeed very listenable and polished yet unique SY flavours..
this band my all time favourite, i love most their discog but i love the progression/evolution through sonic nurse and murray street
My favorite Sonic Youth album is the one I'm listening to at the moment. It changes all the time. My love for this band and what they meant and mean to me can't be expressed in mere words. They taught and exposed me to so much over the years that I consider them teachers. The intense, strange and beautiful worlds and galaxies they created with their music and art is incredible and breathtaking. Why are ppl so negative about the absolutely brilliant NYC Ghosts and Flowers?? That record is a whole mood and so intoxicating and mysterious and strange. Plus the William S Burroughs painting is the perfect cover for that amazing album.j
100% about NYCG&F. They were in a highly jammy and experimental phase. Totally works. Small Flowers Crack Concrete is brilliant
confusion is absolute S tier.
I’m with you ~ Sonic Nurse is their later day masterpiece. Love that album so much.
Man i remember when Rather Ripped came out on my 16th birthday! It has been my favorite Sy album ever since
STONES !
Correct: Sonic Nurse is one of the strongest of all their works. Wrong: NYC Ghosts + Flowers is an absolute masterpiece, and for those of us who loved this band since SST days it's the return to form which we had been hoping for since Goo.
Sister is their best work.
Great video, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that they liked Eternal more than Confusion and Bad Moon. Especially a super fan. Kinda cool actually. Love this
Yep! I have a similar ranking. Great video, well done my friend!
1. Daydream Nation
2. Sister
3. Goo
4. Dirty
5. Evol
6. Sonic Nurse
7. A Thousand Leaves
8. Murray Street
9. Washing Street
10. Rather Ripped
11. Confusion is Sex
12. The Eternal
13. Bad Moon Rising
14. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
15. NYC Ghosts and Flowers
NYC ghosts & flowers in top 7 for me :D
Surprised chapel Hill didn't get more love. Disappearer is completely deserved that song is amazing.
Amazing video! I completely agree on Disappearer!
I am absolute massive fan of Sonic Youth, their in my top 10 favorite artists of all time. I pretty much love most of their material, nothing else sounds like them. Anyway, pretty good video.
My Ranking of Sonic Youth Albums
15. Confusing Is Sex (8/10)
14. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (8/10)
13. The Eternal (8/10)
12. Sonic Nurse (9/10)
11. Rather Ripped (9/10)
10. A Thousand Leaves (9/10)
9. EVOL (9/10)
8. Washing Machine (9/10)
7. Murray Street (10/10)
6. Bad Moon Rising (10/10)
5. Goo (10/10)
4. Sister (10/10)
3. Dirty (10/10)
2. Daydream Nation (10/10)
1. NYC Ghosts & Flowers (10/10)
Yes I know, I'm weird for that at number one
I thought I was the only one who really like NYC Ghosts. Nice to see there's another
@@claytonmack1431 Same
I also like NYC Ghosts & Flowers, I can't explain why
Thank God, I'm not alone
Favorite all time band with QOTSA and Deftones right behind
Great 3 bands! I’ve also done tier lists of Deftones and QOTSA check them out!
I think murray street is super underrated
sister, ddn, and sonic nurse are my 3 favorites.
Great choices! Glad to see some other people sharing the love for Sonic Nurse
such a good catalog its insane
Album tracks are literally given to them to learn, rehearse and perform..
Confusion is sex is not their first album. Their first album is self titled
Glad Murray street and sonic nurse are in the top tier list because they are my favourite!!!!
Great job!
just came across your channel, you got my sub!
I love SY, one of my all time faves
so here’s my nerd out
Confusion: C
BMR: C
EVOL: A
Sister: S
DN: S
Good: A
Dirty: B
Experimental: C
WM: S
1000: B
NYC: D
MS: C
SN: B
RR: C
Eternal: D
btw, I did not spell out ass on purpose 😂
Their first ST release will always be 🔥🔥
For me they should be ranked in phases:
A.Debut (trying to get a sound) : Confusion is sex and the other more rare before (Sonic Youth)
B.Constructionnist phase (being more and more structured from album to album) : Bad Moon, Evol, Sister, Daydream
C.Peak phase ( doing what they do best ) : Goo, Dirty, Experimental
D.Deconstructionnist phase (being purposely less and less structured from album to album): Washing, Thousands, Ghost (Ghost having strangely a vibe similar to Bad Moon... the circle has closed)
E.Tail of the Hurricane : In the last four albums, they start to repeat themselves and get less and less creativity... still with some highlight of what they do best.
I would rank C first and B/C second and only bother with A/E when i'm bored and need something else
good analysis
There was this debate on which SY album is the best, and this guy said "the best one is the first you've heard" and this is so fokin' true.
S: Evol, Daydream Nation, Goo, Murray Street
A: Sister, Whasing Machine, Dirty
B: Sonic Nurse, A Thousand Leaves
C: Rather Ripped, NYC Ghost and Flowers, Bad Mon Rising
D: Confusion is Sex. Jet Set Superstars, The Eternal
Sister, Day Dream Nation, Evol, Bad Moon Rising…………..The Eternal. Songs; Kissability, Catholic Block and Death Valley 69.
Are you including Brother James and Kill your idols on Confusion?
Dear Mike - thank you for this in-depth analysis of the SY catalogue. I watched it with great enthusiasm. And I am pretty much in agreement with your ranking said having a personal favourite in Sister :)
As you mentioned then I too have a big heart for 'Disappearer' from Goo or personally I enjoy all of the demos for Goo even better than the final outcome. You are probably already familiar with those demos but if not spend some time with them. They are really out of this world.
Last I link you to my acoustic instrumental version of 'Disappearer' from one fellow guitarplayer to another :)
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Keep up your excellent work!
Best regards, Brian
"Experimental Jet Set Trash..." was the album for me! I will take it with me along with "The Dark side of the moon" by Pink Floyd when I go to heaven...
Completely agree, my fave album of all time
Sonic Nurse is my favorite of all their albums. A rocking record that has strong songs from start to finish. Fantastic!
Bad Moon Rising it the Raw essence of SY...sad you put C :(
A Thousand Leaves is at least A tier
why dont you like Mary Christ? its one of my favourites on goo
With a band like Sonic Youth is hard to say what is their best albums because each album is just a moment in time for them. But here are my top 4 everything else is just in the mix for me.
Experimental Jetset Trash and No star
Washing Machine
New York City Ghost and Flowers
A thousand Leaves
Bad Moon Rising is most certainly better than C. More like A. Same with A Thousand Leaves.
Leaves and Bad Moon are on the same level? Interesting
I don't know why but I just don't get on with Daydream Nation. That is not trying to be cool or contrary, and I have revisited it a number of times to 'get it', but it has never grabbed me in the same way as most of their other albums.
Evol, Sister and NYC Ghosts and Flowers are my top 3.
What's your take on the Coachmen?
There very poor audio fidelity of Confusion ruins it for me. It is distracting, and stands out from all other Sonic Youth releases with such poor sound quality.
Rather Ripped is their best since Dirty for me. Pink Steam is one of my top favorite songs of all.
WHERE IS THE WHITEY ALBUM
Technically not Sonic Youth
wait...what the hell are you trying to pull here?? eye almost fell for it..
I love her all the time? Not awesome?
Murray Street is unlistenable. Doesn't even make D tier and can take Sonic Nurse with it.
But, that's like just my opinion man.
Interesting take! What are your favorites?
As an entire album...
It's probably Washing Machine, Sister, Dirty, Goo, Daydream, Evol, Jetset, bleh.
But, as far as individual songs, that is far more evenly spread. For example, Starfield Road is vastly underrated. (All this is totally my opinion. Arguing about musical taste is futile. We like what we like.)
Murray Street is their best post early 90s album. In top 5 albums of theirs.
@@1985cactus Glad you like it, I don't get down with that get down... just aint my thing.
Sonic nurse is literally my favorite album of all time. All the songs sound so beautiful and stones is my favorite song ever. So yes, there is more people that hold that album on high.
There are no skip over tracks on BMR, just weak and deaf man
Everything up to dirty is an S to me
1. Daydream Nation
2. Dirty
3. Sonic Nurse
4. Sister
5. Murray Street
6. Goo
7. Rather Ripped
8. Thousand Leaves
9. EVOL
10. Washing Machine
11. Jet Set
12. Bad Moon Rising
13. The Eternal
14. Confusion is Sex
15. NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Daydream Nation is the only one that deserves top tier.. you bullshirring people who don't don't know any better, birxh 😅
NYC Ghosts & Flowers - d, Dirty - s))))) What's your problem man?))))🤭
sonic nurse might be my all time favourite but where whitey album
Technically that project is called Ciccone Youth,so that's why it's not included i guess.