The Sprawl (track)
by Sonic Youth
Year: 1988
From the album Daydream Nation (track #3)
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The Sprawl appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Daydream Nation (track #3) (this album) (1988)
- Live At Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 (track #2) (2009)
- Live In Moscow (April, 1989) (track #7) (2019)
- Daydream Nation Live In Glasgow, Scotland 2007 (track #3) (2018)
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65/100  | 11/10/2025 18:48 | Exist-en-ciel | | 67/100 |
90/100 | 10/30/2025 17:02 | Pollo | | 82/100 |
95/100 | 10/17/2025 07:20 |  NJ | | 87/100 |
90/100 | 09/21/2025 13:48 | gmessian | | 55/100 |
70/100 | 08/31/2025 13:38 | spinout | | 83/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.5/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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It sounds like they incorporated some neo-psychedelia into their avant-rock roots, and this beautiful gem was the result
poppmusic 12/27/2015 05:24
Reminds me of Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's." In general very trippy late-60s vibe here.
DeusExMackia 03/29/2015 19:36
Has one of my favorite lines of all time: "Does 'Fuck You' sound simple enough?"
Jasonconfused 01/22/2013 04:44
Absolutely great song. Didn't even notice it's as long as it is. The "noise rock" part of it was even great.
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