Goo (studio album)
by Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth bestography
Goo is ranked 2nd best out of 42 albums by Sonic Youth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sonic Youth is Daydream Nation which is ranked number 75 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,572.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Goo track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 47 hours ago |  szoze | 328 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 14:54 | Araldo | 1,469 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/29/2025 01:52 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 20:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 3,975 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 08:16 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
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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 79.8/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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With this album I find it's necessary to let go and embrace the noisiness and distortion, as if the music were trying to put you in a trance, and then I do like it. It helps that their playing is amazing, and nowhere more so than on "Kool Thing". Still not a noise-rock fan, but I like most of this album.
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.
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.
planetneutral 01/11/2021 02:25 | #264179
Sonic Youth were never my favorite, but this was the album that came closest to convincing me I was wrong.
This poppier approach works better for me than Daydream Nation.
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.
Great.
Favorite Tracks:Dirty Boots, Cinderella's Big Score
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
LedZep 11/20/2018 15:55 | #225294
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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