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Although it's almost impossible to avoid the whiff of contractual obligation surrounding the release of Sonic Youth's 2006 rarities comp, DESTROYED ROOM (the band's long-running stint with Geffen was drawing to a close at the time of the record's release), the various live tracks, outtakes, b-sides, and compilation tracks (culled mostly from the band's early-2000s catalog and chosen by the band members themselves) should still hold plenty of interest for SY fans. The standout cuts include a track from an Alice Cooper tribute ("Is It My Body"); a trio of improvised tracks from the Noho Furniture Sessions that perfectly capture the band's stake in the 21st-century musical avant-garde; a lovely Japanese-only instrumental from SONIC NURSE entitled "Kim's Chords"; and an alternate version of one of Sonic Youth's finest songs, "The Diamond Sea." DESTROYED ROOM isn't up there with the band's classics--albums, experimental ephemera, or otherwise--but this 12-track collection reinforces Sonic Youth's status as one of the most prolific and restlessly creative bands in rock.
Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore.
Additional personnel: Jim O'Rourke.
Rolling Stone (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The collection] draws largely from the twenty-first century....More ruminative than raw."
Spin (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's nice to hear such a brainy bunch not overthinking things."
Q (p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Queen Anne Chair' is tight, powerful and focused....Over 27 sprawling minutes of light-and-shade guitar noise..."
Uncut (p.85) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] nicely ambient version of their usual hellacious harmonics, but also a reminder how the band have attained creative control on a major label."
CMJ (p.39) - "It's a worthwhile expenditure to have these recent obscurities in one spot."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.48) - "[T]his is a consistently spellbinding adventure in sound..." Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities Music Sonic Youth Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities Songs | 1. | Fire Engine Dream - (previously unreleased) | |
| 2. | Fauxhemians | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Razor Blade | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Blink | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Campfire | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Loop Cat | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Kim's Chords | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Beautiful Plateau | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Three Part Sectional Love Seat - (previously unreleased) | |
| 10. | Queen Anne Chair - (previously unreleased) | |
| 11. | Diamond Sea, The - (previously unreleased, LP version with alternate ending) | |
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