Murray Street

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Sonic Youth: Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar, tack piano); Lee Ranaldo (vocals, guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, melodica); Kim Gordon (vocals, guitar, bass, dilruba); Jim O’Rourke (guitar, bass, electronics); Steve Shelley (accordion, drums, sarangi, percussion). Additional personnel: Donald Dietrich, James Sauter (saxophone). Recorded at Echo Canyon, New York, New York between August 2001 & March 2002. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. What the critics say… Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.107) – Included in Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Albums of 2002“ Rolling Stone (7/25/02, p.74) – 4 stars out of 5 – “…Achieves that rare thing for any band – real consistency. It’s the band’s gift to its broken home, a set of good songs, a lesson in reconciliation.“ Spin (8/02, p.109) – 6 out of 10- “…They reaffirmed their art-punk cred…this time around, the band square their artier tendencies with their sweet tooth for classic psych-rock, slipping New Yawk punk solos and acid-folk riffs half remembered from old Grateful Dead records…“ Entertainment Weekly (12/20-27/02, p.128) – Ranked #7 on EW’s list of 2002’s “Albums of the Year“ Entertainment Weekly (6/28/02, p.142) – “…A near perfect, guitar-shaped phoenix…a balance—between formlessness and structure, melody and cacophony…” – Rating: A- Q (6/02, p.123) – 4 stars out of 5 – “…MURRAY STREET is an essay in coolly assured, sophisticated leftfield rock…full of scintillating tunes….A lightness of touch that renders this their finest album since DAYDREAM NATION.“ Uncut (1/03, p.97) – Ranked #63 in Uncut’s “100 Best Albums of the Year“ The Wire (06/02, p.53) – “…A joyful return to their No Wave hardcore rock roots with a vibrating set of muscular songs which glide effortlessly from gooey power pop to full on guitarmageddon meltdown…“ CMJ (12/30/02, p.8) – Ranked #1 (Album of the Year) on CMJ’s “Top 10 of 2002“ CMJ (1/6/03, p.20) – Included in CMJ’s list of “Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time“ CMJ (6/24/02, p.5) – “…The strongest rock disc the group has churned out since at least the mid-‘90s, and it marks a turnabout from the free-form experimentation of their recent work…“ Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.92) – “…A disc that interweaves their populist and elitist obsessions with more balance and cohesion than ever…”