Murray Street (album)

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Murray Street is a 2002 album by Sonic Youth. It was the first album by the group to feature Jim O'Rourke as an official fifth member.

Members of noise improv group Borbetomagus guest on "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style." One of the young girls photographed for the cover is Coco Hayley Gordon Moore, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's daughter. The back cover features a photograph of an office building on the west corner of Murray Street and W Broadway near Ground Zero in Manhattan. The address is 75 Park Place.

Track listing

1. "The Empty Page" (lyrics/vocals Moore, background vocal Ranaldo) – 4:20
2. "Disconnection Notice" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 6:24
3. "Rain on Tin" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 7:56
4. "Karen Revisited" (lyrics/vocals Ranaldo) – 11:11
5. "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style" (lyrics/vocals Moore, background vocal Gordon) – 4:27
6. "Plastic Sun" (lyrics Moore, vocals Gordon) – 2:14
7. "Sympathy for the Strawberry" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 9:06
8. "Street Sauce" (bonus track on Japanese version only) – 7:34

Album charts

Year	Album	Chart	Position
2002	Murray Street	Official Norwegian Albums Chart	No. 16
2002	Murray Street	Official French Albums Chart	No. 48
2002	Murray Street	Official Austrian Albums Chart	No. 52
2002	Murray Street	Official German Albums Chart	No. 63
2002	Murray Street	Official Irish Albums Chart	No. 67
2002	Murray Street	Official UK Albums Chart	No. 77
2002	Murray Street	Billboard Top 200	No. 126

Personnel

• All songs by Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke
• Published by Sonik Tooth (BMI) and Field Code Music (BMI)
• Recorded and mixed by Jim O'Rourke @ Echo Canyon, NYC, August 2001-March 2002
• Assistant Engineer: Aaron Mullan
• Produced by Sonic Youth
• Mastered by John Golden
• Horns on Radical Adults: Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich
• Cover photo: Monique Voorhout, "Stella and Coco in Hoofdplaat, 2001"
• Band/fan photos: Stefano Giovannini
• Tray card photos: Thurston
• Art direction: Frank Olinsky