Teen Age Riot (track)
by Sonic Youth
Year: 1988
From the album Daydream Nation (track #1)
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Teen Age Riot appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Daydream Nation (track #1) (this album) (1988)
- Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love (track #1) (compilation) (1995)
- Live In Moscow (April, 1989) (track #9) (2019)
- Daydream Nation Live In Glasgow, Scotland 2007 (track #1) (2018)
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| ! | 07/29/2026 02:17 | stareaterogni0n | 5,934 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2026 22:29 |  serpico | 3,652 | 90/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 20:27 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 21:25 | jl45 | 83 | 68/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 11:42 | wizardalien | 9,834 | 61/100 |
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Awesome guitars, anthemic song.
I broke my guitar in half trying to play this song.
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 13:12 | #207589
To listen over and over again...
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My favorite song of all time, and without doubt one of the greatest album openers you'll ever hear. The bridge contains some of the best licks ever played on a Sonic Youth song, and the main riff is almost as amazing. Also Thurston's best vocal performance.
Undeniably one of the best tracks of all time.
slurpdurp 02/14/2017 03:15 | #185556
One of the most influential songs in alternative and indie music.
Great Song
poppmusic 12/27/2015 05:28 | #155182
Probably the only riot I would ever call "dreamy" and "nostalgic"
Space-Dementia 11/25/2015 19:23 | #153475
What a beautiful song! Definitely the best song on the album and their best song. The beginning is pretty cool, but once the main part kicks in it's one of the best songs of all time. So much influence! Every modern indie rock band takes so much from this song.
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