Sonic Youth discography

The discography of Sonic Youth, an American alternative rock band, includes fifteen studio albums, eleven extended plays, twenty-one singles, four live albums and two compilation albums.

Studio albums

Released	Title	Other information	Label
February, 1983	Confusion Is Sex	Reissued by SST in 1987, Reissued by Geffen in 1995 with Kill Yr Idols.	Neutral (Neutral 009)
March, 1985	Bad Moon Rising	Reissued on CD by Geffen in 1995 with 4 bonus tracks.	US: Homestead (HMS 016) UK: Blast First (BFFP 1)
March, 1986	EVOL	Reissued by Geffen in 1994 with "Bubblegum"	SST (SST059)
June, 1987	Sister	Reissued on Geffen in 1993 with "Master-Dik"	SST (SST134)
October, 1988	Daydream Nation	Reissued by Geffen in 1993, Deluxe edition released in 2007.	US: Enigma (75403-02) UK: Blast First (BFFP 034)
January, 1989	The Whitey Album	Released under the name Ciccone Youth. Reissued by Geffen in 1995.	US: Enigma (7 75402) UK: Blast First (BFFP28)
June 26, 1990	Goo	MFSL Gold CD released in April 1996, Deluxe Edition released by Geffen in 2005	DGC/Geffen (24297)
July 21, 1992	Dirty	Deluxe Edition released by Geffen in 2003	DGC/Geffen (DGC-24485)
May 3, 1994	Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star		DGC/Geffen (DGC-24632)
September 26, 1995	Washing Machine		DGC/Geffen (DGC-24852)
May 12, 1998	A Thousand Leaves		DGC/Geffen (DGC-25203)
November 16, 1999	SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century		Sonic Youth Recordings (SYR4)
May 16, 2000	NYC Ghosts & Flowers		Geffen (069490650-2)
June 25, 2002	Murray Street		DGC/Geffen/Interscope (0694933192)
June 7, 2004	Sonic Nurse		DGC/Geffen/Interscope (B0002549-12)
June 13, 2006	Rather Ripped		Geffen/Interscope (B0006757-02)

EPs

Year	Title	Other information	Label
1982	Sonic Youth	Reissued by SST in 1987, Reissued in 2006 by Geffen with 8 extra tracks	Neutral Records
1983	Kill Yr Idols	Released on CD with Confusion Is Sex by Geffen in 1995	Zensor Records
1987	Master=Dik	Released by SST in the USA and Blast First in the UK.	SST and Blast First
1993	Whores Moaning	Released in 1993 for Australian/New Zealand Tour	Geffen
1993	TV Shit	With Yamatsuka Eye	Ecstatic Peace
1997	SYR1: Anagrama		Sonic Youth Recordings
1997	SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom		Sonic Youth Recordings
1998	SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo	The band's first collaboration with Jim O'Rourke	Sonic Youth Recordings
1998	Silver Session for Jason Knuth		Sonic Knuth Records
2002	In The Fishtank 9	With Instant Composers Pool and The Ex	Konkurrent Records
2005	SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui		Sonic Youth Recordings

Compilations and Live Recordings

Year	Title	Other information	Label
1984	Sonic Death	Live recordings from 1981 to 1983	Ecstatic Peace
1991	Hold That Tiger	Live show from 1987	Goofin'
1992	Live at the Continental Club	Live show from 1986, released through the band's fan club	Sonic Death
1995	Live in Venlo	Live show from 1983, released through the band's fan club	Sonic Death
1995	Screaming Fields of Sonic Love	Compilation of songs from Daydream Nation and earlier	Geffen Records
1995	Made in USA	Soundtrack to the film Made in USA	Rhino Records
2006	The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities	Compilation of b-sides	Geffen Records

Soundtrack and compilation appearances

• 1988 - Fast 'n' Bulbous - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart (Song "Electricity")
• 1990 - Pump Up the Volume Motion Picture Soundtrack (Song "Titanium Exposé")
• 1992 - Fortune Cookie Surprise: A Tribute Album to Beat Happening (Song "Black Candy")
• 1993 - Judgment Night Motion Picture Soundtrack (song "I Love You Mary Jane", with Cypress Hill)
• 1994 - If I Were a Carpenter Compilation (Song "Superstar")
• 1995 - My So-Called Life Television Series Soundtrack (Song "Genetic")
• 1997 - SubUrbia Motion Picture Soundtrack (3 Original Songs and 1 from Thurston Moore solo album)
• 2002 - Demonlover Motion Picture Soundtrack (8 Original Songs)
• 2004 - Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith) with Mats Gustafsson
• 2006 - From The Kitchen Archives No. 3 - Amplified: New Music Meets Rock 1981-1986, compilation with Swans, Arthur Russell, Bill's Friends, Christian Marclay, Elliot Sharp and Rhys Chatham

Singles

• 1984 - "Death Valley '69"
• 1985 - "Flower/Halloween"
• 1986 - "Flower/Satan is Boring"
• 1986 - "Starpower"
• 1986 - "Into the Groove(y)" (as Ciccone Youth)
• 1988 - "Teen Age Riot"
• 1989 - "Touch Me I'm Sick" split single with "Halloween" by Mudhoney (Sub Pop)
• 1990 - "Kool Thing"
• 1990 - "Disappearer"
• 1991 - "Dirty Boots"
• 1992 - "100%"
• 1992 - "Youth Against Fascism"
• 1993 - "Sugar Kane"
• 1993 - "Drunken Butterfly"
• 1994 - "Bull in the Heather"
• 1994 - "Superstar" split single (A&M)
• 1995 - "The Diamond Sea"
• 1996 - "Little Trouble Girl"
• 1998 - "Sunday"
• 2003 - "Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" split single with Erase Errata (Narnack)
• 2006 - "Helen Lundeberg"

Music videos

short form

Year	Title	Director	Album
1985	Death Valley '69	Richard Kern	Bad Moon Rising
1986	Shadow of a Doubt	Kevin Kerslake	EVOL
1987	Beauty Lies In The Eye	Kevin Kerslake	Sister
1988	Teen Age Riot	Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation
1988	Silver Rocket	Charles Atlas	Daydream Nation
1988	Providence	Peter Fowler & Sonic Youth	Daydream Nation
1988	Candle	Kevin Kerslake	Daydream Nation
1990	Dirty Boots	Tamra Davis	Goo
1990	Tunic (Song For Karen)	Tony Oursler	Goo
1990	Mary-Christ	Steve Shelley	Goo
1990	Kool Thing	Tamra Davis	Goo
1990	Mote	Ray Agony	Goo
1990	My Friend Goo	Dave Markey, Joe Cole, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore	Goo
1990	Disappearer	Todd Haynes	Goo
1990	Mildred Pierce	Dave Markey	Goo
1990	Cinderella's Big Score	Dave Markey	Goo
1990	Scooter & Jinx	Richard Kern	Goo
1990	Titanium Expose	Phil Morrison	Goo
1992	100%	Tamra Davis with Spike Jonze	Dirty
1992	Youth Against Fascism	Nick Egan	Dirty
1992	Sugar Kane	Nick Egan	Dirty
1994	Bull in the Heather	Tamra Davis and Kim Gordon	Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
1994	Superstar	Dave Markey	If I Were a Carpenter
1995	Little Trouble Girl	Mark Romanek	Washing Machine
1995	The Diamond Sea	Spike Jonze, Lance Bangs, Dave Markey, Steve Paine, and Angus Wall	Washing Machine
1998	Sunday	Harmony Korine	A Thousand Leaves
1998	Hoarfrost	Lee Ranaldo	A Thousand Leaves
2000	Nevermind (What Was It Anyway)	frogme	NYC Ghosts & Flowers
2002	The Empty Page	Thurston Moore and Chris Habib	Murray Street
2002	Disconnection Notice	Tom Surgal	Murray Street
2004	Peace Attack	Chris Habib	Sonic Nurse
2004	I Love You Golden Blue	Dave Markey	Sonic Nurse
2006	Incinerate	Claire Denis	Rather Ripped
2006	Do You Believe In Rapture?	Braden King	Rather Ripped
2006	Jams Run Free		Rather Ripped
2006	Reena	Braden King	Rather Ripped

long form

• 1989 - Put Blood In The Music
• 1991 - Goo Videos
• 1992 - 1991: The Year Punk Broke
• 1995 - Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
• 2004 - Corporate Ghost: The Videos: 1990-2002

Chart positions

Albums

Year	Album	US Billboard 200	UK albums	France Albums	Australian Albums	Austria Albums	Belgium Albums	Finland Albums	Germany Albums	Italy Albums	Ireland Albums	Norway Albums	Sweden Albums	Swiss Albums
1988	Daydream Nation	-	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Goo	96	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Dirty	83	6	-	-	37	-	-	59	-	-	-	26	-
1994	Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star	34	10	-	-	-	-	-	87	-	-	-	27	-
1995	Washing Machine	58	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	A Thousand Leaves	85	38	32	-	-	-	-	84	-	-	37	43	-
2000	NYC Ghosts & Flowers	172	113	61	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-
2002	Murray Street	126	77	48	-	52	-	-	63	-	67	16	-	-
2004	Sonic Nurse	64	?	41	-	-	23	-	89	50	53	21	-	-
2006	Rather Ripped	71	64	25	40	-	20	40	79	-	72	13	46	59

Singles

Year	Title	Album	US Modern Rock	UK Singles	Australian Singles
1988	"Teen Age Riot"	Daydream Nation	20	-	-
1990	"Kool Thing"	Goo	7	81	-
1992	"100%"	Dirty	4	28	-
1992	"Youth Against Fascism"	Dirty	-	52	-
1993	"Sugar Kane"	Dirty	-	26	-
1993	"Whore's Moaning" (Australian release)	Dirty	-	-	44
1994	"Bull in the Heather"	Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star	13	24	-
1994	"Superstar"	If I Were a Carpenter	26	45	-
1996	"Little Trouble Girl"	Washing Machine	-	85	-
1998	"Sunday"	A Thousand Leaves	-	72	-