Sonic Youth / Rather Ripped
Artist Sonic Youth
Album Title: Rather Ripped
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Art Rock
Format CD
Released 06/13/2006
Label Geffen Records
Catalog No B0006757-02
Bar Code No 6 02498 56373 1
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Reena (3:47)
2. Incinerate (4:55)
3. Do You Believe In Rapture? (3:11)
4. Sleepin' Around (3:42)
5. What A Waste (3:33)
6. Jams Run Free (3:52)
7. Rats (4:24)
8. Turquoise Boy (6:14)
9. Lights Out (3:32)
10. The Neutral (4:09)
11. Pink Steam (6:57)
12. Or (3:31)
Date Acquired 06/22/2006
Personal Rating
Acquired from Best Buy
Purchase Price 12.99

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Notes

Artwork – Christopher Wool
Design – Brandy Flower, Thurston Moore
Design [Front Cover Design] – JP Robinson
Engineer [Assistant; Sear Sound] – Aaron Mullan, Chris Allen
Engineer [Assistant; Water Music] – Anthony Fontana
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By – John Agnello
Photography By [Band] – Amanda DeCadenet
Producer – John Agnello, Sonic Youth
Producer [Addtional Vocal Production] – Don Fleming
Recorded By – TJ Doherty
Recorded By [Addtional; Bisquiteen] – John Agnello
Recorded By [Addtional; Echo Canyon] – Aaron Mullan, Lee Ranaldo
Written-By – Sonic Youth
Recorded At – Sear Sound
Recorded At – Echo Canyon
Recorded At – Bisquiteen
Mixed At – Sear Sound
Mixed At – Water Music
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Published By – Sonik Tooth
Made By – UML
Copyright (c) – Geffen Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Geffen Records
Manufactured By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Recorded at Sear Sound, NYC December 2005-January 2006.
Additional Recording at Echo Canyon NYC January/February 2006, and Bisquiteen, Amherst MA February 2006.
Mixed at Sear Sound, NYC and Water Music, Hoboken NJ February 2006.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC, March 2006.
Published by Sonik Tooth (BMI)

℗© 2006 Geffen Records
Manufactured and distributed in the United States by Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp.

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Analyzed: Sonic Youth / Rather Ripped
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR6       -0.28 dB     -7.20 dB      3:47 01-Reena
DR6       -0.15 dB     -7.02 dB      4:56 02-Incinerate
DR8       -0.39 dB   -10.98 dB      3:11 03-Do You Believe in Rapture?
DR7       -0.33 dB     -8.51 dB      3:43 04-Sleepin' Around
DR6       -0.27 dB     -7.29 dB      3:34 05-What a Waste
DR6       -0.21 dB     -7.56 dB      3:53 06-Jams Run Free
DR6       -0.32 dB     -7.27 dB      4:25 07-Rats
DR5       -0.14 dB     -7.02 dB      6:14 08-Turquoise Boy
DR7       -0.32 dB     -8.63 dB      3:33 09-Lights Out
DR7       -0.10 dB     -8.70 dB      4:09 10-The Neutral
DR6       -0.27 dB     -8.12 dB      6:58 11-Pink Steam
DR8       -0.40 dB     -9.29 dB      3:31 12-Or
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR6
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 730 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Heather Phares
Considering that Sonic Youth lost Jim O'Rourke and found the custom-tweaked, irreplaceable guitars that were stolen in 1999 before heading into the studio to make Rather Ripped, it seemed that the album could be a big departure from what they'd been doing on Murray Street and Sonic Nurse -- possibly a return to the kind of music they could only make with those instruments, or perhaps an entirely different approach that reflected their revamped, old-is-new-again lineup. Rather Ripped ends up being of a piece with their previous two albums, and often plays like a stripped-down, slightly less-inspired Sonic Nurse. Once again, Kim Gordon contributes some of the best tracks here; "Reena" and "Jams Run Free" are equal parts dreamy and driving, while "The Neutral" is a sweet, low-key love song. Thurston Moore contributes a gently but powerfully political track à la Sonic Nurse's "Peace Attack" with "Do You Believe in Rapture?," a reflection on peace and apocalypse that's mostly serene, even if the guitar harmonics throughout the song add shivers of doubt and tension. "Rats" is a standard-issue Lee Ranaldo song, freewheeling and poetic (and with lines like "Let me place you in my past/With other precious toys," it has the sharpest lyrics on Rather Ripped), even if it's not quite as amazing as the previous album's "New Hampshire." Rather Ripped's rock songs are solid, but not amazing -- the interplay of Moore's and Ranaldo's guitars and Steve Shelley's drumming are the best things about "Sleepin' Around" and "What a Waste." Actually, the more atmospheric songs end up being some of the most compelling. "Lights Out" reeks of whispery, late-night cool, and the closing track, "Or," is one of the sparest and most oddly unsettling songs Sonic Youth has done in a while (not to mention a reminder that quiet doesn't always mean peaceful in this band's world). Rather Ripped is also surprisingly lean, with the songs on its first half feeling so tightly structured that they seem like radio edits. Only "Turquoise Boy" and "Pink Steam" really open up and deliver Sonic Youth's famously sprawling, jam-based sound. If Rather Ripped is a tiny bit disappointing, it's only because the band's playing outpaces their songwriting ever so slightly. It's a solidly good album, and if taken as part of a trio of albums with Sonic Nurse and Murray Street, it shows that Sonic Youth is still in a comfortable yet creative groove, not a rut.
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