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Today's album of the day

EVOL by Sonic Youth (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1986.
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Overall rank: 717
Average rating: 79/100 (from 463 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Tom Violence
2. Shadow Of A Doubt
3. Star Power
4. In The Kingdom #19
5. Green Light
6. Death To Our Friends
7. Secret Girl
8. Marilyn Moore
9. Expressway To Yr Skull

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[HoldenM]

Not my favorite Sonic Youth album, but a great one. And "Shadow of a Doubt" is one of my ten or fifteen favorite songs ever.

Track picks
1. Tom Violence
2. Shadow Of A Doubt
6. Death To Our Friends
9. Expressway To Yr Skull
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[LedZep]

This album keeps growing on me as the years go by. I love all the Sonic Youth phases, but the early no wave Sonic Youth is probably my favourite sonically. Even if the later alternative albums had better songwriting. EVOL is the turning point, and an almost perfect marriage of the styles. Sure, it's not Daydream Nation in terms of song quality, but I'd argue it sounds cooler.
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[PaperVinnie]

This album is an essential component of their catalog. Still a top 3 SY record after all these years for me. The way they blend aggressive sounds and song structures on this album is totally avant garde and just beyond the realms of what other music was going for around this time. A timeless classic.