Bad Moon Rising (studio album) by Sonic Youth

Bad Moon Rising by Sonic Youth
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 2,057th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 233 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (27th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (315th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,057th)
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Sonic Youth bestography

Bad Moon Rising is ranked 7th 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 17,647.

Sonic Youth album bestography « Higher ranked (1,609th) This album (2,057th) Lower ranked (2,516th) »
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Bad Moon Rising track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 233 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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80/100
From 11/28/2020 17:27
Difficult at times, other times you can hear them coming into their own. Highlights are Death Valley '69, Ghost Bitch
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From 07/16/2020 04:52
Admittedly their most inaccessible album, but it still has a lot of great moments.
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95/100
From 04/30/2020 23:58
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.
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From 01/13/2019 04:09
Good album.

Favorite tracks: Death Valley '69

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70/100
From 11/09/2018 22:05
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.
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85/100
From 11/03/2017 20:12
Best Tracks: Death Valley '69, Brave Men Run (In My Family)
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From 10/28/2017 01:13
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
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/27/2016 00:32
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
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From 11/17/2014 19:19
Got me into Sonic Youth.
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