Demolished Thoughts
by Thurston Moore

Demolished Thoughts by Thurston Moore
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-05-24
Overall rank: 8,868th   Overall chart history
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73/100 (from 32 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2011 (187th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,714th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,868th)

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Overall rank: 8,868th | 2010s rank: 1,714th | 2011 rank: 187th

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From 09/05/2018 23:21 | #220631
Despite always enjoying the noise that Sonic Youth (and Thurston Moore by himself) produced, this is probably the man's best solo album. He shows off his gentler guitar skills more readily here, and the string arrangements are wonderful. He injects a bit of vim and vigour at times, but for the most part it's a fairly relaxed affair. That doesn't stop it from being a very good listen, however.
Best tracks: Benediction, Blood Never Lies, Orchard Street.
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From 05/07/2018 14:44 | #214387
Shows that he can do more as a guitarist than just make noise, his best solo album.
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From 04/14/2012 15:26 | #40238
My son is so pleased that he was named after Thurston Moore. This is a great album with more acoustic guitar that you would suspect.
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From 12/15/2011 21:55 | #33040
This Sonic Youth front-man solo album is fairly laid-back and comes with strings and well-placed backing vocals. Good production from beck. It's a good album; unfortunately, no track stands out and the album doesn't really stand out as well. Sounds contradictory -- it's the difference between randy moss & chris carter just before carter retired.
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