Washing Machine

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a b c Scott, Grand; Miles, Barry; Morgan, Johnny (October 2008). The Greatest Album Covers of All Time. Collins & Brown. p.196. ISBN 978-1843404811 . Retrieved July 6, 2014. a b "Sonic Youth". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012 . Retrieved July 14, 2014.

Excellent record, but before we get to that I'd just like to throw it out there that you guys don't know what the hell you want. Some of the people who go apeshit for "The Diamond Sea" (even though, let's be honest here, that cut doesn't really have anywhere to explore after the nine-minute mark and just turns into some pleasant-but-not-really-mind-blowing noise ambience from thereon) are the same people who outright dismiss A Thousand Leaves, which was like a whole album of "Diamond Sea"s — with ideas that actually kept coming through the long song lengths! I daresay Washing Machine might have the more favorable reputation because it's not a very challenging album: most of the songs are fuelled, rather slowly, by mechanical three-note hooks and throbbing one-chord crescendos, and though that isn't a bad thing by any means (and it usually works quite poignantly in these songs) it isn't as impressive as the damn-near symphonic interplay of Leaves. "Washing Machine" and "The Diamond Sea" are terrific achievements of guitar interplay, but compare their noisy catharses to the noisy catharses of "Wild Flower Soul" or "Karen Koltrane" and they seem almost phoned-in. a b c d e Davis, Erik (December 1995). "Sonic Youth: Washing Machine". Spin. Vol.11, no.9. pp.118–119 . Retrieved June 7, 2014. That A Thousand Leaves was void of “classic song ideas” might have fueled some critics’ disdain for it in ’98, but much of the record has aged well in the past 20 years. “Sunday,” an undeniable gem that marries Sonic Youth’s dual tendencies toward melody and experimental spinouts, was an early single, paired with a Macaulay Culkin-starring music video directed by Harmony Korine. “Sunday” also received the commercial radio treatment, its original five minutes chopped to three. The truncated version sadly omits the song’s most interesting passage: a mess of squeals and gasps from Moore’s and Lee Ranaldo’s guitars around the three-minute mark. As their gnarled instruments unspool, Moore deadpans: “With you, Sunday never ends,” just before the lights dim and the song is snuffed out. Jenkins, Mark (October 13, 1995). "Looking Up To Sonic Youth". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019 . Retrieved June 4, 2018.

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a b "Sonic Youth". Ultratop.be. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012 . Retrieved July 14, 2014. a b c d e Moon, Tom (October 19, 1995). "Washing Machine". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012 . Retrieved June 7, 2014. I played this album while cutting the lawn earlier today - a hot, sunny, relaxing Saturday afternoon - and the contrast between the suburban calm and the nervous tension for God-knows-what was particularly affecting. It's almost like limbo, this album; I kept thinking: am I seriously here, cutting a suburban lawn on a sunny day, while in some distant land people's shells are being shelled to pieces? Weird, man. More confusing now than anywhere I've ever been to.

Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea". MTV. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014 . Retrieved July 6, 2014. Washing Machine is the continuation of Sonic Youth’s 1994 Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star. After the Experimental Jet Set, the band decided to make a hiatus from performing live and focusing on several side projects. Moore and Gordon also had their first child, Coco. According to Moore, their daughter provided a different perspective for the band. Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl". MTV. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014 . Retrieved July 6, 2014.a b c "Sonic Youth". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on July 9, 2014 . Retrieved April 19, 2013. Say what you want about Kim, who gives the band substance, and Lee who gives the band consistency and at least one great song an album, Thurston Moore is the heart and soul of this band and gives the band every single ounce of coolness that emanates from The Diamond Sea, and Washing Machine. For more information on songs (including lyrics, who played what, when the songs were first and last performed, and other trivia), please visit the Song Database.