Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by Goo, their follow-up to the monumental Daydream Nation.
While paling in the shadow of its predecessor, the record is nevertheless a defiant call to arms against mainstream musical values; the Geffen logo adorning the disc is a moot point -- Goo is, if anything, a portrait of Sonic Youth at their most self-indulgently noisy and contentious, covering topics ranging from Karen Carpenter ("Tunic") to UFOs ("Disappearer") to dating Jesus' mom ("Mary-Christ").
Even Public Enemy's Chuck D joins the fracas on the single "Kool Thing," which teeters on the brink of a cultural breakthrough but falls just shy of the mark; the same could be said of Goo itself -- by no means a sellout, it nevertheless lacks the coherence and force of the group's finest work, and the opportunity to violently rattle the mainstream cage slips by.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dirty BootsKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Tunic (Song for Karen)Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 06:21 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Mary-ChristKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Kool ThingKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | MoteKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 07:35 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | My Friend GooKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | DisappearerKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Mildred PierceKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 02:13 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Cinderella's Big ScoreKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Scooter + JinxKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 01:05 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Titanium ExposéKim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley | Sonic Youth | Play | 06:26 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 49 mins | 114 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck D | Guest Artist |
| 2 | Don Fleming | Guest Artist, Percussion, Vocals (Background) |
| 3 | Kim Gordon | Composer |
| 4 | J Mascis | Guest Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Thurston Moore | Composer |
| 6 | Lee Ranaldo | Composer |
| 7 | Ron Saint Germain | Producer |
| 8 | Nick Sansano | Engineer, Percussion, Producer |
| 9 | Steve Shelley | Composer |
| 10 | Sonic Youth | Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |