Sonic Youth

by Sonic Youth

Overview

Sonic Youth's formative first EP, released in 1982 on Glenn Branca's Neutral label, resembles a fusion of no wave and an early Factory band. A couple tracks ("The Burning Spear," "I Don't Want to Push It") match the best of Confusion Is Sex, steeped in death disco and minimalist scratchings. Thurston Moore yelps, Kim Gordon rambles, and the guitars go plink-plink-plink. Tumbling and tinny tribal drums are provided by Richard Edson, also of Konk, who became a standout character actor (Stranger Than Paradise, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, etc.). ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	03/13/2006
Label:	Goofin'
UPC:	0787996800813

Tracks

1. The Burning Spear
2. I Dreamed I Dream
3. She Is Not Alone
4. I Don't Want to Push It
5. The Good and the Bad
6. Hard Work (I Don't Want to Push It)
7. Where the Red Fern Grows (I Dreamed I Dream)
8. Burning Spear
9. Cosmopolitan Girl
10. Loud and Soft
11. Destroyer
12. She Is Not Alone
13. Where the Red Fern Grows

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sonic Youth   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Frank Olinsky   Art Direction
John Golden   Mastering
Richard Edson   Composer,Liner Notes,Group Member
Glenn Branca   Liner Notes
Dan Graham   Engineer
Byron Coley   Liner Notes
Thurston Moore   Composer,Group Member
Sonic Youth   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Don Hunerberg   Engineer
Lee Ranaldo   Composer,Group Member
Kim Gordon   Composer,Group Member