Demolished Thoughts
by Thurston Moore
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Demolished Thoughts is ranked as the best album by Thurston Moore.
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Demolished Thoughts track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Demolished Thoughts rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 2011 | 46/77 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 75 Music Albums of 2011 | 31/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Aquarium Drunkard :: 2011 Year In Review | 21/59 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Ology: Top 15 Indie/Alternative Albums of 2011 | 10/15 | - |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 80 Music Albums of 2011 | 5/80 | 5 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 2011 | 53/79 | 2 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Record Collector Best New Albums 2011 | 8/10 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Vancouver Sun Top 40 albums of 2011 | 25/40 | - |
| 2025 | cicadelic | Wild Mercury Sound 100 from 2011 | 70/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 53 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 150 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/17/2025 10:28 | TonySayers61 | 25,957 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 20:36 | Araldo | 1,472 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 04:15 | dhbarrett | 8,866 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.
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neilgee 06/20/2026 16:48 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Demolished Thoughts comments
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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.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2011 21:55 | #33040 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/14/2012 15:26 | #40238 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Shows that he can do more as a guitarist than just make noise, his best solo album.
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