Sister (studio album) by Sonic Youth
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Sister is ranked 3rd best out of 39 albums by Sonic Youth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonic Youth is Daydream Nation which is ranked number 72 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,978.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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10/18/2024 19:43 | mash | 1,126 | 88/100 | |
10/14/2024 08:30 | AlexBMUFC | 238 | 76/100 | |
09/13/2024 10:56 | Dingerbell | 3,551 | 62/100 | |
09/04/2024 10:19 | saltysurprise | 2,753 | 84/100 | |
08/28/2024 07:15 | marcoserra1966 | 463 | 55/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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They are much better here than on Evol and their cemented their original sound. Still I can hear influences (mainly TVU and Joy Division), but not as obviously. I don't typically enjoy noise rock, but the track structure here is enjoyable for me, I was a little tired of noise by the end of the album, but not as much as I thought I would be. I really like Schizophrenia, White Cross and Catholic Block.
I felt a little underwhelmed when I listen to this and I found myself drifting out of the record quite a lot. I think this is because all the brilliant tracks come in the first 6 or 7 songs and after that it feels like quite a slog to the end. Despite this, it has some of my favourite SY songs on here such as Schizophrenia which is the exact sound I think they were going for on this release. They do lose the consistency on here and I find the tone isn't as focused as it is at the beginning. Overall, there are some bangers on here which are some of the best SY has to offer but I find it to be quite messy at times and I think they refine their sound on future releases.
Too Sonic Chaos for my morning mood.
some hard hitting bangers and extremely good pacing. Might just be might favorite SY album.
I prefer this to Daydream Nation actually. This is as close to perfect noise rock ever got. The best Sonic Youth album
Sonic Youth's second best album. Only surpassed by Daydream Nation.
Great album. Don't know why it took me 7 years after hearing Dirty and Goo to listen to this, but I'm glad I eventually did. Schizophrenia is a noise rock anthem.
Good album, a little too much filler.
A savagely good record.
Sonic Youth's "screw you mom", flannel shirt wearing, ever-so-slightly-edgy teenage phase. More accomplished than previous works, but less monumental and less polished than what would follow, meaning it delivers that rough, bitter taste that made this era of SY so damn good in absolute spades.
It takes time and consideration to be appreciated, but beneath its raw, feedback-driven and strangely subtle overtone is a beautiful creation that strings together the last remains of punk and post-punk, with hints of alt rock and art rock, all of which is brought together in a tumultuous 40-something-minute record. Not an easy album to listen to, but one that - like much of Sonic Youth's discography - is extremely satisfying.
Loosely based as a concept album inspired by the life and works of science fiction writer Philip K.Dick , Sister is album number 3 in the SY holy 5 (Bad Moon Rising into Evol into Sister into DDN into Goo)
Sister is a masterful release that rightfully received its due critical praise many years after its original release . Tracks such as "Schizophrenia" , "Beauty Lies in the Eye" and "Pacific Coast Highway " are SY classics and among their best pieces in a stellar career
My only criticism would be the inclusion of the Crime cover "Hot Wire My Heart" , it really doesn't fit into the over all flow of the album plus quite frankly down right sucks , I always skip past this track
I will always argue 'Evol' was Sonic Youth's first truly great album , but 'Sister' is just , only just behind it
Tense
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