Goo
by Sonic Youth

From Antonio-Pedro TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/22/2014 17:50 | #115012 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Goo is almost always overshadowed by "Daydream Nation" That is great record too.I was in love with "Daydream Nation" when "Goo" finally clicked in me, I was just feeling strange it was so much noise, Yeah there was a lot of noise in "Daydream Nation", but this noise made me go to the bathroom and clean my ears to be certain that I wasn't with a listening problem and this shit really sound like that feeling of clawed Board, Damm this hurts. some influences are really visible in this album like their noise sound, (probably from the velvet Underground) their punk and rock sound (Sometimes like 70s punk or 80s like dead Kennedys) But in this album they don't want to be influenced they want to be the influence. After 10 years in indie labels this was the first Sonic Youth's album to a big label, some may think that they were bought or that they were regretted to write and compose something, But I guess that they waited for this to prove what they were and show it to the world, a lot of person thought that they sold themselves, but I think that they're wrong, If they went to a different road that was "Daydream..." yes, but I feel like... their soul are in that songs. Beginning with "Dirty Boots" the song slowly gains force until the exploding chorus, "Goo" starts to develop in your mind while the rest of your body screams for inside (Maybe for help). After The chorus Of "Dirty Boots" the song forgets the most angry part, and turns something more intelligent and calm (not so calm, But comparing with the rest of the song) And we have some time for some solos, and for the real appreciation of the sound of the song. "Tunic" comes, The guitar intro, shows that is not something happy that is coming, and we begin our story. The song continue Kim's voice brings the sadness of a Real person who would care with the next one and now suffers in her lonely room, The Guitar part coordinated by Thurston, can make this sades of kim's voice so deep, that every little piece of lyrics Open your eyes, and proves that the worl is not that wonderful place that you thought that it would be. "Tunic" develops in a Classic death's story, but it not let the album sad, it lets the album more deep and real. "Kool Thing" is the highest peak of this album. Sonic Youth rarely was so amazing like this song, fast, real and using all their weapons. With guitar solos and drums exterminating any hope of calm. Basically This is not an amazing song, but in the album it is something that they really need more, It is like that abstinence for something to talk about (even that it is something stupid), or just something to make noise. The album continues in this moment. They get crazy for a minute "Scooter+Jinx" and destroy (or transform) every classic song, shaping them on a new pain for years and ears. "Mildred Pierce" is a proof, shaped by a classic beat and old progression, it destroys the ears of the listener in the first listen. Finishing with "Titanium Expose" I begins very quickly, seems more like a big band solo than a song, It is great because they have the freedom to create something on that space of time. but then they begin shred it slowly, with intelligence, and the song goes to another atmosphere in the end, It seems tired in the end, but it's not it is just giving to you the rest that you need after all that noise, and in the last part of "Titanium Expose" when they back again to that all speed, you know that yu will miss that noises in your head.

From DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/10/2018 14:45 | #212644 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Tight and professional; this might be a softer approach to their sound than previous albums, but Sonic Youth have made up for that with a mettalic, pertruding and edgy sound that never lets up. It was never going to reach the collosal heights of Daydream Nation - not many records do in my opinion - so instead of trying to out do themselves, they deliver a stunning first half that includes three of the best tracks they ever did.

The second side is weaker, but isn't without its moments, especially on the shrill noise-explosion that finishes Mildred Pierce and the utterly electrifying closer Titanium Expose that really does seal the deal. Its not as consistent as you want it to be, but there's no denying how epic that rising riff on Dirty Boots is, nor how thrilling the sense of motion on Tunic is. As for Kool Thing, I'd need several hours just to explain how badass every second of it is.

It's an album more for the singles than the complete product like their two prior records, but that different approach doesn't stop it from being a vital part of their discography. Proof that the band weren't just about huge, screeching noise rock solos; they could own the more generic

From JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/09/2017 20:51 | #201079 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Noisey, fun, and also a little more controlled than Daydream Nation. I still can't decide if that's good or bad

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/27/2018 23:25 | #211821 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I've always loved Sonic Youth ever since a buddy introduced me to "Bad Moon Rising" way back in 1985 some 33 years past. 1986's "EVOL" had a profound effect on my music tastes and sits comfortably within my All-time Album list

"Goo" is a fantastic album but sadly would be the last Sonic Youth album I would fall in love with . When "Goo" was released in 1990 it completed a quartet of incredible albums by the band: EVOL (86) / Sister (87)/Daydream Nation (88) and Goo (90).

The opening 5 tracks on Goo are 100% killer in 'Dirty Boots' , 'Tunic' , 'Mary-Christ' , 'Kool Thing ' and 'Mote' and sets the tone for a classic album

I've always been a Kim guy ( as opposed to a Thurston Guy) and their tracks are split 5 to 5 with 1 instrumental

Finally I'd recommend listening to the Goo expanded version as I did as it offers an extra 90 minutes of Goo Demo's and unreleased tracks some of which could easily could have been included on the album

Visceral

75/100

Goo, is my favourite Sonic Youth record. It's challenging and eccentric but is also clothed in an accessible sheen that almost makes it contradictory, which in some ways is maybe the point. Shades of dark and light bounce of each other on this stunning album. All the tracks are great, apart from a couple of short noise fests, but the rest is great. Tunic, is my favourite cut, a darkly humorous song about Karen Carpenter who gets a band together in the after life, and they don't sound half bad. A brilliant album from a brilliant band.