Sonic Youth / Goo
Artist Sonic Youth
Album Title: Goo
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Experimental
Format CD
Released 06/26/1990
Label Geffen Records/Warner Bros
Catalog No 9 24297-D2
Bar Code No 0 7599-24297-2 6
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Dirty Boots (5:28)
2. Tunic (Song For Karen) (6:22)
3. Mary-Christ (3:11)
4. Kool Thing (4:06)
5. Mote (7:37)
6. My Friend Goo (2:19)
7. Disappearer (5:08)
8. Mildred Pierce (2:13)
9. Cinderella's Big Score (5:54)
10. Scooter + Jinx (1:06)
11. Titanium Expose (6:24)
Date Acquired 06/27/1990
Personal Rating
Acquired from Northern Lights
Purchase Price 16.00

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Review by Jason Ankeny
Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by Goo, their follow-up to the monumental Daydream Nation. While paling in the shadow of its predecessor, the record is nevertheless a defiant call to arms against mainstream musical values; the Geffen logo adorning the disc is a moot point -- Goo is, if anything, a portrait of Sonic Youth at their most self-indulgently noisy and contentious, covering topics ranging from Karen Carpenter ("Tunic") to UFOs ("Disappearer") to dating Jesus' mom ("Mary-Christ"). Even Public Enemy's Chuck D joins the fracas on the single "Kool Thing," which teeters on the brink of a cultural breakthrough but falls just shy of the mark; the same could be said of Goo itself -- by no means a sellout, it nevertheless lacks the coherence and force of the group's finest work, and the opportunity to violently rattle the mainstream cage slips by.
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