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Rather Ripped
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Track Listing
- Reena
- Incinerate
- Do You Believe In Rapture?
- Sleepin' Around
- What A Waste
- Jams Runs Free
- Rats
- Turquoise Boy
- Lights Out
- The Neutral
- Pink Steam
- Or
- Helen Lundeberg
- Eyeliner
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #89355 in Music
- Released on: 2006-06-05
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Extra tracks
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
- Running time: 62 minutes
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
This is the much-anticipated follow up to Sonic Youth's 2004 release 'Sonic Nurse'. Their 20th studio album, 'Rather Ripped' delivers the kind of compact, rocking style that fans have come to expect, even without the talents of guitarist Jim O'Rourke who left the band in 2005. Engineered By Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies), 'Rather Ripped' shows a continuation of Sonic Youth's uniquely raw sound.
Customer Reviews
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
Sonic Youth return with another excellent album. This time with out 5th member Jim O'Rourke. One this new album sonic youth effortlessly combine the mellow laid back aspect of Murray Street with the driving force of Experimental Jetset Trash and No star. The band truly excel on the albums 4th track sleeping around. The track explodes into life with classic sonic youth feed back and bursts into an amazing solo half wat through the song. Overall this is one of Sonic Youths greatest albums and is a must have for fans old and new.
Well Ripped....
Sonic Youth return to a more 'garage rock' and more 'traditional' song form after their last five albums or so since 'Experimental Jet Set...' back in 94. Have to say that this is a very much welcome return too, doing what they do best, it has some great guitar hooks and noises as on tracks like Rats and Sleepin' around. Either, if you have listened to this band for the last 25 years or so, or, just want an 'ideal introduction' to the band now, then get this CD, you will love it.
That second wind just keeps on coming...
So, with pretty much 25 years under their belts, Sonic Youth return with their upteenth album Rather Ripped, and this reviewer is happy to annouce it's another triumph from the band. As you may have heard, Rather Ripped is made up of a lot more shorter cuts than the band have put out for some time (2004's outstanding Sonic Nurse had only one track under 4 minutes), but the general feeling laid down on that album and 2002's Murray Street continues here untarnished. Yes, the band are more easy going these days, with less moves toward deconstructed noise, but they've rarely sounded so tight. This is the sound of a band with nothing left to prove to anyone, just letting go and doing their thing, and doing it well.
The new material may be their most conformist for a while, what with there being hooks and choruses from time to time, but there is still that bite. This is no M.O.R picnic. Highlights are too many to count and order here. Give it a few listens and you'll be sold. Only the 'UK bonus tracks' feel a little out of step with the rest of the work here, but even then nothing to detract from the album as a whole.
As for whether it's a classic or not, whether it measures up to the limitless nostalgia hoisted upon Daydream Nation, that's really irrelevant. As a listener who enjoys most of their later work as much and often more than their late 80s ventures, Rather Ripped is another excellent addition to a growing number of Sonic Youth releases taking up my CD racks.
