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Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke.
Picking up where Murray Street's languid experimentalism left off, Sonic Youth's somewhat awkwardly named Sonic Nurse shows that the band still sounds revitalized, and may have even tapped into a more fruitful creative streak than they did on their previous album. Anyone who has stuck with Sonic Youth this long knows more or less what to expect from them, but the group still has the potential to surprise; one of Sonic Nurse's biggest surprises is the return of Kim Gordon. She had a relatively limited presence on NYC Ghosts & Flowers and Murray Street, but she's back in a big way on this album, contributing four tracks; not coincidentally, Gordon's songs are among the strongest on the album. "Pattern Recognition" gets Sonic Nurse off to a strong start and ranks among her best rock songs, falling somewhere between "Kool Thing" and "Bull in the Heather" in its icy-hot appeal. Her quieter songs have just as much impact: "Dude Ranch Nurse" boasts an oddly timeless guitar lick and lyrics ("Let me ride you till you fall/Let's pretend that there's nothing at all") that blur the line between alluring and nihilistic. "I Love You Golden Blue" is another standout, a beautiful but bleak ballad with ghostly vocals that recall Nico at her most fragile. Of course, the rest of the band finds moments to shine: Thurston Moore's "Dripping Dream" begins as absurdist, angular rock (although he still has the ability to make phrases like "We've been searching for the cream dream wax" sound like the coolest thing ever) and stretches out into a beautiful epic, with the interplay of feedback and guitar lines giving it a comet-tail majesty. "Paper Cup Exit," the requisite Lee Ranaldo track, has a sharper-edged mix of noise and melody than most of Sonic Nurse. Another of the album's surprises is how much of its inspiration seems to come from the band's late-'80s/early-'90s material. It's not just that the band slams George W. Bush on the mellow protest song "Peace Attack," just as Dirty's "Youth Against Fascism" railed against the first President Bush, or that they peer into the void of pop culture on "Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" as they did on Goo's Karen Carpenter tribute, "Tunic." On songs like "New Hampshire" -- which could pass for a lost track from Daydream Nation -- Sonic Youth actually sound younger and more enthusiastic than they have in a few albums. All told, this album is probably the band's best balance of pop melodies and avant-leaning structures since Washing Machine; even if it doesn't rank among their most ambitious work, Sonic Nurse sounds like the kind of album Sonic Youth should be making at this point in their career. ~ Heather Phares
Since 1990's GOO, Sonic Youth has increasingly refined its edgy avant-garde noise excursions with a unique approach to traditional rock song structure. 2004's SONIC NURSE continues the trend. The guitars still squall (as one would expect from a band specializing in distortion since the early 1980s), but that squall seems carefully orchestrated now. The effect is due, in large part, to the presence of professional soundscaper, producer, and musician Jim O'Rourke, who mixed SONIC NURSE, and has been working with the band since 2000.
The opener, "Pattern Recognition," brews a quiet hurricane of drums, interlocking guitar rhythms, and high-end leads under bassist Kim Gordon's deadpan vocals. Guitarist Thurston Moore's equally understated singing moves through cresting and ebbing six-string waves on the lyrical "Unmade Bed," the pulsing "Stones," and the quiet, anthemic "Peace Attack." Throughout, Sonic Youth's trademark intensity prevails, but under cover of a sophisticated and dynamic balance born from years of experimentation.Rolling Stone (p.175) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "The skewed, groovy guitar riffing on NURSE cops the prettiness and chops of classic Seventies rock, with multi-instrumentalist/producer Jim O'Rourke shaping the sprawl into smooth patterns of light and shade."
Spin (p.108) - "There's plenty to admire in a mid-tempo rocker like 'Stones' or an endless groove like 'New Hampshire'..." - Grade: B-
Entertainment Weekly (p.123) - "[A]ll the customary elements are in place; the luxuriously entangled guitars, the beat-derived poetry, the feedback attacks, Kim Gordon's spooky whisper....[With] plenty of rewards." - Grade: A-
Q (p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "SONIC NURSE embraces tunes warmly..."
Uncut (p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "A regular flicker between white noise and mellow, Jefferson Airplane circa VOLUNTEERS melody....The Youth sound rejuvenated..."
Magnet (p.106) - "The album is jam-friendly....[A]s strong as any SY record from the early '90s."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "SONIC NURSE moves like a series of night dreams. Songs appear as visions, vivid while playing, hazy and hard to hold once gone."
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List Price $13.95 (You save $1.36)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative, Post Rock, Enhanced CD
Label Geffen
Orig Year 2004
All Time Sales Rank   5377  
CD Universe Part number 6736015
Catalog number 000254912
Discs 1
Release Date Jun 08, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Sonic Youth
Engineer Jim O'Rourke; Aaron Mullan
Additional Info Enhanced CD
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Unmade Bed  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Dripping Dream  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Stones  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Dude Ranch Nurse  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.New Hampshire  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.Paper Cup Exit  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.I Love You Golden Blue  $0.99
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Peace Attack  $0.99

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5 stars Veterans of Alt rock show how its done.
23 years on and Sonic Youth still show that they are as relevant as ever before. Great, solid record. Unlike many other Youth's records it is accessible and listenable from beginning to the end. For the old fans think Murray Street but better for curious, this is not a bad place to start.
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If you've been a Sonic Youth fan for a long time, then you'll know this CD is a grand comparrison to older albums like Goo and Dirty. The edgy noisy Sonic sound I fell in love with. No disappointment with Sonic Nurse. You'll love it!
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