PLEASE NOTE: While this LP is brand new (still sealed), there is a crease in the top left hand corner of the cardboard cover which happened in transit. Pretty minor but worth mentioning and hence the low price (we have undamaged copies for $39.90).

Sonic Youth was an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up. In their early career Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving American underground that focused more on the DIY ethic of the genre rather than its specific sound.

Rather Ripped was the band’s 14th studio effort and the return of the original four member band line-up. Produced by John Agnello, Rather Ripped is considered one of the band’s more accessible albums, peaking at No. 71 on the Billboard 200. The single “Incinerate” was accompanied by a music video by French director/writer Claire Denis. The album was ranked No. 12 on the Village Voice’s 2006 Pazz & Jop critics poll, with Rolling Stone citing Moore’s guitar playing as giving the collection “a sense of emotional urgency.”

Track Listing:

1. Reena
2. Incinerate
3. Do You Believe In Rapture?
4. Sleepin' Around
5. What A Waste
6. Jams Run Free
7. Rats
8. Turqoise Boy
9. Lights Out
10. Neutral
11. Pink Steam
12. Or

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