Dirty
by Sonic Youth

I don't care much for Sonic Youth's sound on this album. The noise, distortion, feedback or whatever is something I always found unpleasant from them, but their previous albums had a certain something, an edginess I guess, which made up for it. I don't find that to be the case here. Plus there are too many mediocre songs and too many tracks that go on too long without adding anything. Some of the more rock/grunge sounding tracks are alright, and there's some nice tunes such as "Sugar Kane", "Youth Against Facism" and a few others. I certainly preferred their previous few albums to this. (Edited)

Disappointment, I didn't expect another masterpiece like Daydream Nation, but Goo was much better than this one, it has maybe 5 songs really worth listening, the rest is either just ok or straight up bad.

A bit of an up and down album in terms of quality as the best songs are scattered amongst quite a bit of filler but they do a great job in maintaining their style and atmosphere. Due to this the record feels very cohesive and so it is quite easy to just glide right through this record. The guitars are great as well and they always sound so unique on a Sonic Youth album and it is no different on this one. That edgy sound they create is fantastic also and it really separates them from the other artists in the genre. Overall, some classic Sonic Youth songs on here, such as Sugar Kane, but there is also quite a lot you can skip as it doesn't provide much for the record in terms of making it better.

From Jboy56 03/08/2022 12:14 | #282514

Sonic and noisy. Not my sound, but undeniable this has some genial values.

Quality album. Sugar Kane is the real highlight, but Swimsuit Issue, Theresa's Sound World, Purr and JC are strong. too.

From dihansse 03/09/2021 20:36 | #267132

One of my favorite SY albums not in the least because it has some of the best tracks of them: Chapel Hill. But that's not all: also 100%, Sugar Kane and Purr are amongst my all-time favorites and just behind are Youth Against Fascism and Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit.

One of their weakest albums, although it's still good in some parts. This is the one album where Thurston and Lee's songs are better than Kim's. favorite song is Theresa's sound world

From Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 19:12 | #208722

Che i maestri Sonic Youth passassero alla cassa visto il successo ottenuto dagli allievi Nirvana era sacrosanto; lo fanno anche con classe, con lucidità e senza svendersi e quindi "Dirty" rimane uno dei titoli più preziosi della loro discografia. La loro solita furia ed il loro rumorismo sono solamente più imbrigliati rispetto al passato e più inscatolati in una forma canzone un po' più rigida del solito e così ne escono capolavori quali "Sugar Kane" o "Youth against fascism".

From elo269megv 12/05/2017 15:32 | #202671

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