Bad Moon Rising
by Sonic Youth
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Bad Moon Rising is ranked 7th 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 15,591.
(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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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 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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| ! | 12/07/2025 18:46 | willtoshower | 1,543 | 72/100 |
| ! | 11/13/2025 13:58 | JamesMowbray | 5,280 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/23/2025 18:10 | Elauqsapid | 2,715 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2025 03:21 |  AAL2014 | 3,582 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2025 02:03 | thepardunk | 2,549 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Difficult at times, other times you can hear them coming into their own. Highlights are Death Valley '69, Ghost Bitch
teague 07/16/2020 04:52 | #255658
Admittedly their most inaccessible album, but it still has a lot of great moments.
A bit of the avant-garde never hurt anyone. I heard this was an influence on Kevin Shields for his MBV masterpiece. I could see that.
Nobodyisemo 11/09/2018 22:05 | #224230
More than the sum of its parts. Cluttered and awesome. Songs overlap into each other. The guitar work is imaginative, and still so human despite the alien structures of the songs.
Best Tracks: Death Valley '69, Brave Men Run (In My Family)
One of my least favorite SY releases, there are a few pretty good songs here and there, but overall most of this stuff is pretty boring and forgettable.
Favorite Tracks: Intro/Brave Men Run, I'm Insane, Death Valley '69
idk why early sonic youth is so underrated, i find it more amusing than the most famous albums
the mixing of this album is great, though confusing as songs begins one minute into the previous one. the soundscape is genius
love it, my key to be a SY fan
timtooky 04/25/2014 22:14 | #110082
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Creepy as hell. Loved it.
lancashirearab 04/07/2012 08:40 | #39647
I bought this album on the basis of a rave NME review back in 1985. I have loved the band ever since.
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