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GOO was Sonic Youth's major label debut and allowed the band to blend its skewed sense of aesthetic and cultural criticism into a more understandable stab at pop culture. GOO unleashed the band's ability to create monster riffs out of fuzzy, unlikely tunings, while bringing their once aloof songwriting into a more pop-sensitive light.
GOO's stunning collection of material once again highlighted Sonic Youth's unique writing talents. "Dirty Boots" and "Mary Christ" showed Thurston Moore's delicious slant on rock melody. Yet it was Kim Gordon who stole the show with her chilling "Tunic (Song For Karen)" and the brilliant "Kool Thing."
In "Tunic," Gordon wrapped her cunning insight around the Karen Carpenter story: "I feel like I'm disappearing/Getting smaller every day/But I look in the mirror/And I'm getting bigger in every way..." The song was one of the album's many attempts at understanding the mechanics of pop stardom. "Kool Thing" summed up rock's once blatant "fear of a female planet" by placing women rockers in a rap context. "Are you going to liberate us girls/From male, white, corporate oppression?" Gordon toyed, saying more in her deadpan delivery than years of articles on women in rock or rap combined.
Recorded at Sorcerer Sound and Greene Street, New York, New York.
Producers: Sonic Youth, Nick Sansano, Ron Saint Germain.
Personnel: Don Fleming (percussion, background vocals); Nick Sansano (percussion); J Mascis (background vocals).
Recording information: Greene Street Recording Studio, New York, NY; Sorcerer SOund, New York, NY.
Sonic Youth: Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo (vocals, guitar); Kim Gordon (vocals, bass); Steve Shelley (drums).
Additional personnel: Nick Sansano (percussion); Don Fleming (percussion, background vocals); J. Mascis, Chuck D. (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (8/9/90) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a brilliant, extended essay in refined primitivism..." Entertainment Weekly - "...moves from lush, airy chords to brutalizing power riffs--the bristling sound of rock in the future." - Rating: B - Ranked by EW as the #6 Album of 1990. Q - 3 Stars - Good Uncut (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[S]panning spazzed-out Krautrock, malevolent electronic drones and open-tuned jazz-punk....Exhilarating." Down Beat (11/90) - 4.5 Stars - "...This album is miles away from pop music with its unpredictable tempo leaps, the fidgeting with speaker noise and feedback, and the stumblings through instrumental excursions that succeed by a combination of drive and joy....immensely rewarding..." Option - Highly Recommended - "...a compelling, identifiable consistency..." New York Times (Publisher) (12/30/90) - Rated #6 of the Top 10 Recordings for 1990.
good and dirty This is a interesting album, I love the sound of those guitars mixed with great melodies and dreaming vocals. Submitted by Ragnhild (Norway) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
The extras are what make this release. It's a great album, and worthy of a Deluxe Edition, but the mastering is horrible - compressed, limited, and too much of a boost in the mid-range. The original CD release, and the Mobile Fidelity Soundlabs gold disc releases sound much better and more dynamic than this release. The real reason to get this, is for the extras - b-sides and 8-track demo version of the album in its entirety. In a few cases, the demo versions are better that their album counterparts, and the b-sides should have been on the album, they're that good. 3 stars on the strength of the material, but no more because of poor sound quality. Submitted by bduhamel (Queens, NY) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo This review is for a different format.
sonic mess Wheras daydream nation was so powerful in itself that it completely redefined the beginning of the 90s, exploring complex psychadelic territories, Goo on the other hand doesn't shine.
Instead of the beautiful long instrumental evasive moments and the compelling melancholic melodies, Goo regurgitates a band that sounds like a loud unlistenable I'm trying to be a rock star experimental punk group who haven't got their act toegther...and as well as that come out as totally untalented.
Being an amteur of Sonic Youth' s works, "Daydream Nation", "Dirty" and "Washing Machine" being among the top, I would unfortunately have to pass on this one relentlessly...even though some people think its their best.
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good and dirty
The extras are what make this release.
sonic mess
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