Sonic Youth discography
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| Releases | ||
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| ↙Studio albums | 15 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 3 | |
| ↙Extended plays | 7 | |
| ↙Singles | 21 | |
| ↙Video albums | 6 | |
| ↙Music videos | 46 | |
| ↙Sonic Youth Recordings | 7 | |
| ↙Bootlegs | 8 | |
| ↙Soundtrack and compilation appearances | 16 | |
| References and footnotes | ||
The following is a comprehensive discography of Sonic Youth, an alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981.[1] Sonic Youth's lineup currently includes Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, Mark Ibold, and Steve Shelley. The band's discography includes 15 studio albums, seven extended plays, three Compilation albums, seven video releases, 21 singles, 46 music videos, seven 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-unknown 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]
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[edit] Studio albums
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UK [5][6] |
AUS [7] |
GER [8] |
FRA [9] |
NOR [10] |
SWE [11] |
NLD [12] |
NZ [13] |
BEL [14] |
AUT [15] |
FIN [16] |
SWI [17] |
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| 1983 | Confusion is Sex
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| 1985 | Bad Moon Rising
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| 1986 | EVOL
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| 1987 | Sister
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| 1988 | Daydream Nation
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| 1989 | The Whitey Album (as Ciccone Youth)
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| 1990 | Goo | 96 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | Dirty | 83 | 6 | 22 | 59 | — | — | 26 | — | — | — | 37 | — | — |
| 1994 | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | 34 | 10 | 25 | 87 | — | — | 27 | 65 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | Washing Machine
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58 | 39 | 34 | — | — | — | — | 91 | 41 | 38 | — | — | — |
| 1998 | A Thousand Leaves | 85 | 38 | 66 | 84 | 32 | 37 | 43 | — | — | 28 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | 172 | — | — | — | 61 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | Murray Street | 126 | — | 78 | 63 | 48 | 16 | — | — | — | 28 | 52 | — | — |
| 2004 | Sonic Nurse | 64 | — | 54 | 89 | 40 | 21 | — | 98 | — | 23 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | Rather Ripped | 71 | 64 | 40 | 79 | 25 | 13 | 46 | — | — | 20 | — | 40 | 59 |
| US | UK | AUS | GER | FRA | NOR | SWE | NLD | NZ | BEL | AUT | FIN | SWI | ||
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
[edit] EPs
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1982 | Sonic Youth
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| 1983 | Kill Yr Idols
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| 1987 | Master-Dik
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| 1993 | Whores Moaning
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| 1994 | TV Shit
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| 1998 | Silver Session for Jason Knuth |
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| 2002 | In the Fishtank 9
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[edit] Compilations
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1984 | Sonic Death
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| 1995 | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love |
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| 2006 | The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities
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| 2008 | Hits are for Squares |
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[edit] 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, SYR5 is in Japanese, and SYR6 is in Lithuanian.
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1997 | SYR1: Anagrama | |
SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
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| 1998 | SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo
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| 1999 | SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century
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| 2000 | SYR5 |
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| 2005 | SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui
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| 2008 | SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes |
[edit] Official bootlegs
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1986 | The Walls Have Ears |
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| 1988 | Stick Me Donna Majick Momma | |
| 1990 | 4 Tunna Brix | |
| 1991 | Goo Demos |
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| Hold that Tiger |
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| 1992 | Live at the Continental Club |
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| 1994 | Live in Bremen | |
| 1995 | Live Venlo, Holland 12.27.83 |
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[edit] Video releases
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1985 | Live at Stache's
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| 1991 | Goo |
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| 1992 | Gila Monster Jamboree
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1991: The Year Punk Broke
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| 1995 | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
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| 2004 | Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990–2002 |
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[edit] Soundtrack and compilation appearances
| Year | Title | Track(s) |
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| 1988 | Fast 'n' Bulbous - A Tribute to Captain Beefheart OST |
"Electricity" |
| 1990 | Pump Up the Volume OST | "Titanium Exposé" |
| 1992 | Fortune Cookie Surprise: A Tribute Album to Beat Happening |
"Black Candy" |
| 1993 | Judgment Night OST | "I Love You Mary Jane" with Cypress Hill |
| 1994 | If I Were a Carpenter | "Superstar" |
| 1995 | My So-Called Life OST | "Genetic" |
| Made in USA | All tracks. | |
| 1997 | SubUrbia OST | Three original songs and one from Thurston Moore solo album. |
| Nowhere OST | "Hendrix Necro" | |
| 2002 | Demonlover OST | Eight original songs. |
| 2004 | Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) with Mats Gustafsson |
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| 2006 | From the Kitchen Archives No. 3 – Amplified: New Music Meets Rock 1981-1986 |
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| The Harry Smith Project: The Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited |
"Dry Bones" with Rosewell Rudd | |
| 2007 | Like a Hurricane: A Tribute to Neil Young | "Computer Age" |
| I'm Not There OST | "I'm Not There" | |
| 2008 | Juno OST | "Superstar" |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart peak positions | Album | ||
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| US Mod. Rock [3][4] |
UK singles [5][6] |
IRL [18] |
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| 1984 | "Death Valley '69" | — | — | — | Bad Moon Rising |
| 1985 | "Flower/Halloween" | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | "Flower/Satan is Boring" | — | — | — | |
| "Starpower" | — | — | — | EVOL | |
| "Into the Groove(y)" (as Ciccone Youth) | — | — | — | The Whitey Album | |
| 1988 | "Teen Age Riot" | 20 | — | — | Daydream Nation |
| 1989 | "Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween" | — | — | — | split with Mudhoney |
| 1990 | "Kool Thing" | 7 | 81 | 24 | Goo |
| "Disappearer" | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Dirty Boots" | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | "100%" | 4 | 28 | — | Dirty |
| "Youth Against Fascism" | — | 52 | — | ||
| 1993 | "Sugar Kane" | — | 26 | — | |
| "Drunken Butterfly" | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Bull in the Heather" | 13 | 24 | — | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star |
| "Superstar" | 26 | — | — | If I Were a Carpenter | |
| 1995 | "The Diamond Sea" | — | — | — | Washing Machine |
| 1996 | "Little Trouble Girl" | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | "Sunday" | — | 72 | — | A Thousand Leaves' |
| 2003 | "Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" |
— | — | — | split with Erase Errata |
| 2006 | "Helen Lundeberg" | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 1985 | "Death Valley '69" | Richard Kern |
| 1986 | "Shadow of a Doubt" | Kevin Kerslake |
| 1987 | "Beauty Lies in the Eye" | |
| 1988 | "Teen Age Riot" | Sonic Youth |
| "Silver Rocket" | Charles Atlas | |
| "Providence" | Peter Fowler Sonic Youth |
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| "Candle" | Kevin Kerslake | |
| "Addicted to Love" (as Ciccone Youth) | Kim Gordon | |
| "Macbeth" (as Ciccone Youth) | Dave Markey | |
| 1990 | "Dirty Boots" | Tamra Davis |
| "Tunic (Song for Karen)" | Tony Oursler | |
| "Mary-Christ" | Steve Shelley | |
| "Kool Thing" | Tamra Davis | |
| "Mote" | Ray Agony | |
| "My Friend Goo" | Dave Markey Joe Cole Kim Gordon Thurston Moore |
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| "Disappearer" | Todd Haynes | |
| "Mildred Pierce" | Dave Markey | |
| "Cinderella's Big Score" | ||
| "Scooter + Jinx" | Richard Kern | |
| "Titanium Expose" | Phil Morrison | |
| 1992 | "100%" | Tamra Davis Spike Jonze |
| "Youth Against Fascism" | Nick Egan | |
| "Sugar Kane" | ||
| 1993 | "Drunken Butterfly" | Stephen Hellweg |
| "Swimsuit Issue" | Morty | |
| 1994 | "Bull in the Heather" | Tamra Davis Kim Gordon |
| "Superstar" | Dave Markey | |
| 1995 | "Little Trouble Girl" | Mark Romanek |
| "The Diamond Sea" | Spike Jonze Lance Bangs Dave Markey Steve Paine Angus Wall |
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| 1998 | "Sunday" | Harmony Korine |
| "Hoarfrost" | Lee Ranaldo | |
| 2000 | "Nevermind (What was it Anyway)" | Kim Gordon Jim O'Rourke Chris Habib |
| 2002 | "The Empty Page" | Thurston Moore Chris Habib |
| "Disconnection Notice" | Tom Surgal | |
| 2004 | "Peace Attack" | Chris Habib |
| "I Love You Golden Blue" | Dave Markey | |
| 2006 | "Incinerate" | Claire Denis |
| "Do You Believe In Rapture?" | Braden King | |
| "Jams Run Free" | Claire Denis | |
| "Reena" | Braden King |
[edit] References
- General
- Sonic Youth – Discography. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- Sonic Youth. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- Sonic Youth home page. Sonic Youth. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- Sonic Youth : Releases. Geffen Records. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- Specific
- ^ a b c d e f g h Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Sonic Youth > Biography. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ Maher, David. Sonic Youth Unveil Rarities Comp Tracklist. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
- ^ a b Sonic Youth – Artist Chart History – Albums. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ a b Sonic Youth > Charts & Awards. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ a b UK Top 40 Hit Database. everyHit.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-28. Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Sonic Youth."
- ^ a b Chart Stats – Sonic Youth. ChartStats.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
- ^ australian-charts.com - Sonic Youth. australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Sonic Youth Germany Chart history. Musicline.de. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
- ^ Sonic Youth French Album Charting. lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Sonic Youth Norwegian Album Charting. norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Sonic Youth Swedish Album Charting. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Sonic Youth Dutch Album Charting. dutchcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Sonic Youth New Zealand Charting. Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Sonic Youth Belgian Album Charting. Ultratop.be. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.
- ^ Sonic Youth Austrian Charting. Austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Sonic Youth Finnish Charting. finnishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Sonic Youth Swiss Charting. hitparade.ch. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
- ^ Sonic Youth Irish charts. irishcharts.ie. Retrieved on 2008-04-18. Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Sonic Youth".
