The Whitey Album
by Ciccone Youth
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The Whitey Album is ranked 21st best out of 43 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 14,753.
(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 Whitey Album track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Whitey Album rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1988 Pt 2 | 10/20 | - |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Sonic Youth Ranked | 16/17 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 85 Music Albums of 1988 | 75/85 | 1 |
| 2025 | skrapoel | Top 47 Music Albums of 1988 | 33/47 | 2 |
| 2024 |  meccalecca | Top 72 Music Albums of 1988 | 69/72 | 0 |
| 2023 |  Xxnu99etxX | Sonic Youth (+ Related) Discography Ranked (WIP) | 18/24 | - |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Minutemen Discography Ranked | 1/5 | - |
| 2023 | AlienCinema | Top 61 Music Albums of 1988 | 11/61 | 4 |
| 2023 | Xxnu99etxX | Top 33 Music Albums of 1989 | 22/33 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/10/2026 22:24 | SomethingSpecial | 1,816 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2025 21:11 | brent13 | 2,179 | 66/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2023 15:09 | fabm0 | 7,009 | 58/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 65.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/05/2021 19:23 | #273346
It's relieving to see that behind the disco demolishing and anti-poser posing the artists behind these styles of music are generally cool and genuinely respect Madonna and can enjoy some disco.
Good album to make a pit stop if you're going through their catalogue and want some comic relief.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/21/2018 02:58 | #218587
'The Whitey Album' is essentially a Sonic Youth side project which features contributions from Mike Watt from Minute/Firehouse (one track appearance only on "Burning Up") as well as J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr . The album was released January 1989 which sits after Day Dream Nation (1988) but prior to Goo (1990)
It features several experimental tracks if your into that side of Sonic Youth , but more importantly some really interesting moments in:
"G-Force": a strange beat box sampler song featuring Kim's vocal
"MACBETH": an excellent instrumental with at least 4 guitars droning and would also feature a Ciccone Youth accompanying video
"Me & Jill / Hendrix Cosby": a poem written by Lee yet read by Steve
"Two Cool Chicks": a vocal conversation between Kim and Suzanne Sasic (SY's lighting director) , not to be taken seriously and is dripping with sarcasm
"Addicted To Love": IMHO album highlight is this smoking sexy cover of Robert Palmer track . Actually recorded in a Mall karaoke booth , ultimate DIY
"Making The Nature Scene": a completely and excellent reworking of the track which originally appeared on 1983's 'Confusion Is Sex'
"Tuff TittyRap": rather awful track were Thurston makes his rap debut
"Into The Groovey": of course Ciccone Youths 1st single and Madonna cover which pays homage to the groups fascination with Madonna who was born Madonna Louise CICCONE
"Macbeth - Alternative Version": features a more hip-hop beat
Is it one of my favourite SY releases ? No
Is it a must listen for an SY fan ? Absolutely
60/100
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