Washing Machine
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| Washing Machine | ||
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| Studio album by Sonic Youth | ||
| Released | October 1995 | |
| Recorded | January – May 1995 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 68:17 | |
| Label | DGC | |
| Producer(s) | Sonic Youth, John Siket | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Sonic Youth chronology | ||
| Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995) | Washing Machine (1995) | Made in USA (1995)
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Washing Machine is an album by the band Sonic Youth. It was released shortly after the group concluded their stint headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza music festival.
The track "Little Trouble Girl" features vocals by Kim Gordon and Breeders/Pixies member Kim Deal. The video for that track was directed by noted music video and feature film director Mark Romanek. It's in a gently-paced artistic sci-fi style, with Gordon and Deal and a strange small alien creature with long fingers.
The actual name of the "Untitled" track is "Becuz Coda" which was originally part of the song "Becuz" but Geffen Records felt they needed to cut the 8 minute long track to make the album’s opening more accessible, and released a radio edit of "The Diamond Sea."
This Sonic Youth album marked the beginning of a trio of albums embracing the 60s psychedelic and 70s progressive that projected a slick, psychedelic sound.
"Washing Machine" peaked at #39 on the UK Album Chart.
"Panty Lies" is perhaps Sonic Youth's most dissonant song. Nearly every chord in the song is diminished. Despite this, it was still an encore choice for much of the Lollapalooza festival in 1995.
[edit] Track listing
- "Becuz" (lyrics Kim) – 4:43
- "Junkie's Promise" (lyrics Thurston) – 4:02
- "Saucer-Like" (lyrics Lee) – 4:25
- "Washing Machine" (lyrics Kim) – 9:33
- "Unwind" (lyrics Thurston) – 6:02
- "Little Trouble Girl" (lyrics Kim) – 4:29
- "No Queen Blues" (lyrics Thurston) – 4:35
- "Panty Lies" (lyrics Kim) – 4:15
- "Untitled" – 2:49
- "Skip Tracer" (lyrics Lee) – 3:48
- "The Diamond Sea" (lyrics Thurston) – 19:35
[edit] External links
- Little Trouble Girl page at Mark Romanek's web site
| Sonic Youth |
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| Kim Gordon | Thurston Moore | Lee Ranaldo | Steve Shelley |
| Jim Sclavunos | Richard Edson | Bob Bert | Jim O'Rourke | Coco Hayley Gordon Moore |
| Discography |
| Albums:
Sonic Youth | Confusion Is Sex | Sonic Death | Bad Moon Rising | EVOL | Sister | The Whitey Album | Daydream Nation | Goo | Dirty | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star | Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | Washing Machine | Made in USA | A Thousand Leaves | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | Murray Street | Sonic Nurse | Rather Ripped |
| Extended plays: |
| SYR series:
SYR1: Anagrama | SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom | SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo | SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century | SYR5 | SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui |
