Washing Machine (album)
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| Studio album by Sonic Youth | ||||
| Released | September 26, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | January–May 1995 at: Easley Studios, Memphis; Greene Street Studios at New York City | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, experimental rock | |||
| Length | 68:17 | |||
| Label | DGC | |||
| Producer | Sonic Youth, John Siket | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Blender | link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A-) link |
| Robert Christgau | (A-) link |
| Rolling Stone | 10/19/95 |
Washing Machine is the ninth 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 along with Lorette Velvette and Melissa Dunn.[1] 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.
"Becuz Coda" 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".
"The Diamond Sea" runs approximately six minutes longer on the vinyl LP version of the album. The extra time is in the noisy coda near the end of the song. The 25-minute version was also made available on the CD single for "The Diamond Sea" and, in 2006, on the compilation The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities.
"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.
It is noted that Kim Gordon played guitar on 8 or 9 of the 11 tracks, leaving the tracks with no bass.
The record was released in Europe also in a double "Special limited edition tour package": the second disc contained "Starfield Road", "Eric's Trip", "The Diamond Sea" and "Teenage Riot" live from a France Inter Radio broadcast of September 12th, 1995 Paris gig.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Sonic Youth.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Becuz" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Junkie's Promise" (lyrics/vocals Moore) | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Saucer-Like" (lyrics/vocals Ranaldo) | 4:25 |
| 4. | "Washing Machine" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) | 9:33 |
| 5. | "Unwind" (lyrics Moore, vocals Moore and Ranaldo) | 6:02 |
| 6. | "Little Trouble Girl" (lyrics Gordon, vocals Kim Deal and Gordon with Lorette Velvette and Melissa Dunn) | 4:29 |
| 7. | "No Queen Blues" (lyrics/vocals Moore) | 4:35 |
| 8. | "Panty Lies" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Untitled" | 2:49 |
| 10. | "Skip Tracer" (lyrics Leah Singer and Ranaldo, vocals Ranaldo) | 3:48 |
| 11. | "The Diamond Sea" (lyrics/vocals Moore) | 19:35 |
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Total length:
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68:17 | |
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1995 | UK Albums Chart | 39 |
| US Billboard 200 | 58 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | "Little Trouble Girl" | UK Singles Chart | 85 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Little Trouble Girl page at Mark Romanek's web site
