Name: Bad Moon Rising
Brand: Sonic Youth

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GOO 018 LP

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2015-04-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Revol­ver

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

787996801810

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Sonic Youth

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Goofin' Records

Sonic Youth's second full-length LP Bad Moon Rising was originally released on Homestead and Blast First in 1985. The album is a fascinating examination of "the junction where hippie idealism [meets] the cold hard world," says guitarist Lee Ranaldo, "where Woodstock [meets] Altamont—Death Valley, Charles Manson, Brian Wilson, musicians, murderers, heroes and villains." Its original eight-song tapestry of droning guitar feedback, distant clattering percussion, and sullen vocals, all held together with interstitial noise loops and shadowy haze, ambles through a long, dark night before the feverish "Death Valley '69," driven by runaway guitar riffs and a frantic Thurston Moore / Lydia Lunch vocal duet, pounds the capstone into place. Sonic Youth's big leap forward from Confusion Is Sex and Kill Yr Idols "reflects the spirit of the time," to quote All Music Guide. Bad Moon Rising views "American gothic through the glassy eyes of willful moonlit paranoia." Back in print on Goofin' Records, this reissue includes bonus tracks "Flower" and "Halloween," both from a 12- inch single of the same era. The sound collage morsels "Sa- tan Is Boring" and "Echo Canyon" are your cue to begin moving toward the exit and get out while you can.

Bad Moon Rising

Music US