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The third Sonic Youth album I bought as a new album upon release. At first, I was honestly a bit confused by it. I think at the time it was perhaps a bit too "experimental" for where I was coming from. That said, as I became exposed to more of their back catalog, as well as albums by other "experimental" (<a term I usually hate when describing music) artists, it slowly began to grow on me. I do think, aside from "A Thousand Leaves", it contains some of their best lyrical content. It always seemed to me, as was likely the intention, that this album relied heavily on lyrics as the one instrument that wasn't stolen before the release of this record was their voices. It's wildly poetic, even if Sonic Youth + it's members are not some of the strongest poets in the world left to their individual devices. It was the band "starting from scratch" at least to some degree. It really is a gorgeous album. It stands alone in a positive way when compared to the rest of their work, if only because nothing else in their catalog is quite like it.
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Team Thurston!
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