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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 22:30 |  serpico | 3,784 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 01:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,288 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 20:27 | libbyshuss | 963 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 11:42 | wizardalien | 9,921 | 61/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 15:18 | sunnydhamm | 18,628 | 57/100 |
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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 86.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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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 | #155180
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 | #138168
Has one of my favorite lines of all time: "Does 'Fuck You' sound simple enough?" (Edited)
Jasonconfused 01/22/2013 04:44 | #62458
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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