Goo (studio album) by Sonic Youth

Goo by Sonic Youth
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 477th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 757 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1990 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1990s (88th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (477th)
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Sonic Youth bestography

Goo is ranked 2nd best out of 40 albums by Sonic Youth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sonic Youth is Daydream Nation which is ranked number 69 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 17,876.

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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85/100
From 06/21/2023 08:10
Great, a bit more accesible follow-up to Daydream Nation remaining in similar style, but little less noisy. My favorite tracks are Dirty Boots, Song For Karen, Kool Thing and probably the most underrated song here - Disappearer.
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From 09/30/2021 11:14
Dirty Boots is one of my favorite songs of all time. But as the album progresses it doesn't hold my interest in the same way as daydream nation. Obviously I still love it or it wouldn't be getting a 9/10 from me.
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70/100
From 01/11/2021 02:25
Sonic Youth were never my favorite, but this was the album that came closest to convincing me I was wrong.
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From 01/08/2021 19:51
This poppier approach works better for me than Daydream Nation.
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75/100
From 11/28/2020 17:05
Very good album but not their best. I like how they paid tribute to Karen Carpenter, that was nice. Good album to break into the '90's.
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From 01/11/2020 21:37
Great.
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From 07/20/2019 18:06
Favorite Tracks:Dirty Boots, Cinderella's Big Score
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From 05/28/2019 20:22
I m new to sonic youth I had heard and read about them but never sat down and paid attention well I finally did and look forward to go through their discography
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From 11/20/2018 15:55
First 7 tracks are excellent, on par with their best albums. But then comes a 3 track run which sadly isn't as good. Not terrible, but not good enough for SY record. That being said there are a number of underrated songs here, especially the closer Titanium Expose and Mote which are so good. And yes, Dirty Boots is one of their best tracks, incredibly good. All in all another excellent Sonic Youth record.
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From 04/10/2018 14:45
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
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