Every Sonic Youth Album Ranked!

[@MikeGodetteMusic]

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[@1985cactus]

There's no skip over tracks on Bad Moon Rising (CD 12 track version). Best fall album.

[@AustinTXSlasher]

I don't have it anymore, but there was a time when I was writing a story based on the Bad Moon Rising album. It was like each song flowed with one another. It's one of those albums that really does flow if you really give it a solid listen. It's one of my favorites, dark, gritty, but also colorful.

[@evol1901]

I completely agree with what you said about "Disappearer". I've had that song on replay since I first discovered it. It is one of THE songs ever and I think that the video is incredible too

[@kjaze]

Yep. That is a stunning song that never disappoints. One of my very favorite songs across genres.

[@TheSonicTruth]

Sonic Nurse, absolutely. I'm with you 100%

[@louisfalcaro6669]

Sonic Nurse is an amazing record. I love your list and enjoyed this video immensely. Thank you

[@pepuletrz]

confusion is absolute S tier.

[@TheDiamondSea]

Bad moon rising and confusion as sex at C tier is crazy

[@brownspiders89]

My favorite Sonic Youth album is the one I'm listening to at the moment. It changes all the time. My love for this band and what they meant and mean to me can't be expressed in mere words. They taught and exposed me to so much over the years that I consider them teachers. The intense, strange and beautiful worlds and galaxies they created with their music and art is incredible and breathtaking. Why are ppl so negative about the absolutely brilliant NYC Ghosts and Flowers?? That record is a whole mood and so intoxicating and mysterious and strange. Plus the William S Burroughs painting is the perfect cover for that amazing album.j

[@JJ-ez3tr]

100% about NYCG&F. They were in a highly jammy and experimental phase. Totally works. Small Flowers Crack Concrete is brilliant

[@kevinmyles6369]

Evol, their first masterpiece imo. From then on only banging greatness.. I too had a hard time not getting into Confusion Is Sex/Kill Your Idols and Bad Moon Rising..will keep trying them. Also their latter 6 albums. Goo sucha brilliant album. Indeed very listenable and polished yet unique SY flavours..

[@willisthebird]

Surprised chapel Hill didn't get more love. Disappearer is completely deserved that song is amazing.

[@lunarvision]

I’m with you ~ Sonic Nurse is their later day masterpiece. Love that album so much.

[@chriswhrtn]

this band my all time favourite, i love most their discog but i love the progression/evolution through sonic nurse and murray street

[@poetrychurch]

Correct: Sonic Nurse is one of the strongest of all their works. Wrong: NYC Ghosts + Flowers is an absolute masterpiece, and for those of us who loved this band since SST days it's the return to form which we had been hoping for since Goo.

[@elyaqui5324]

Man i remember when Rather Ripped came out on my 16th birthday! It has been my favorite Sy album ever since

[@JJ1176JJ]

STONES !

[@TheSonicTruth]

Great video, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that they liked Eternal more than Confusion and Bad Moon. Especially a super fan. Kinda cool actually. Love this

[@docwillis1443]

Sister is their best work.

[@stanislavakimov9262]

NYC ghosts & flowers in top 7 for me :D

[@progandcompany2601]

I am absolute massive fan of Sonic Youth, their in my top 10 favorite artists of all time. I pretty much love most of their material, nothing else sounds like them. Anyway, pretty good video. My Ranking of Sonic Youth Albums 15. Confusing Is Sex (8/10) 14. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (8/10) 13. The Eternal (8/10) 12. Sonic Nurse (9/10) 11. Rather Ripped (9/10) 10. A Thousand Leaves (9/10) 9. EVOL (9/10) 8. Washing Machine (9/10) 7. Murray Street (10/10) 6. Bad Moon Rising (10/10) 5. Goo (10/10) 4. Sister (10/10) 3. Dirty (10/10) 2. Daydream Nation (10/10) 1. NYC Ghosts & Flowers (10/10) Yes I know, I'm weird for that at number one

[@claytonmack1431]

I thought I was the only one who really like NYC Ghosts. Nice to see there's another

[@progandcompany2601]

@@claytonmack1431 Same

[@devon_darko]

I also like NYC Ghosts & Flowers, I can't explain why

[@progandcompany2601]

Thank God, I'm not alone

[@raineriscool]

I think murray street is super underrated

[@matthewhall8790]

I don't know if I could argue much with your take on their catalog. They are one of my favorite bands. Like you, I love the Sonic Nurse album and I do put it in my top 3. I think I'd give Washing Machine a little more love than you did. NYC Ghosts and A Thousand Leaves are my bottom 2. Rather Ripped and The Eternal are high on my list. My favorite is Daydream Nation.

[@MeTheDroidor]

S: Evol, Daydream Nation, Goo, Murray Street A: Sister, Whasing Machine, Dirty B: Sonic Nurse, A Thousand Leaves C: Rather Ripped, NYC Ghost and Flowers, Bad Mon Rising D: Confusion is Sex. Jet Set Superstars, The Eternal

[@Bkesal14]

Amazing video! I completely agree on Disappearer!

[@curly_wyn]

Yep! I have a similar ranking. Great video, well done my friend! 1. Daydream Nation 2. Sister 3. Goo 4. Dirty 5. Evol 6. Sonic Nurse 7. A Thousand Leaves 8. Murray Street 9. Washing Street 10. Rather Ripped 11. Confusion is Sex 12. The Eternal 13. Bad Moon Rising 14. Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star 15. NYC Ghosts and Flowers

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Their first ST release will always be 🔥🔥

[@HO-yc3pv]

sister, ddn, and sonic nurse are my 3 favorites.

[@MikeGodetteMusic]

Great choices! Glad to see some other people sharing the love for Sonic Nurse

[@canneberegerouge1]

For me they should be ranked in phases: A.Debut (trying to get a sound) : Confusion is sex and the other more rare before (Sonic Youth) B.Constructionnist phase (being more and more structured from album to album) : Bad Moon, Evol, Sister, Daydream C.Peak phase ( doing what they do best ) : Goo, Dirty, Experimental D.Deconstructionnist phase (being purposely less and less structured from album to album): Washing, Thousands, Ghost (Ghost having strangely a vibe similar to Bad Moon... the circle has closed) E.Tail of the Hurricane : In the last four albums, they start to repeat themselves and get less and less creativity... still with some highlight of what they do best. I would rank C first and B/C second and only bother with A/E when i'm bored and need something else

[@TheSonicTruth]

Are you including Brother James and Kill your idols on Confusion?

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

Glad Murray street and sonic nurse are in the top tier list because they are my favourite!!!!

[@luth7050]

such a good catalog its insane

[@dylankurtz8423]

A Thousand Leaves is at least A tier

[@69flop]

There was this debate on which SY album is the best, and this guy said "the best one is the first you've heard" and this is so fokin' true.

[@shane214]

Sister, Day Dream Nation, Evol, Bad Moon Rising…………..The Eternal. Songs; Kissability, Catholic Block and Death Valley 69.

[@dylankurtz8423]

Favorite all time band with QOTSA and Deftones right behind

[@MikeGodetteMusic]

Great 3 bands! I’ve also done tier lists of Deftones and QOTSA check them out!

[@TheSonicYouthAcousticProject]

Dear Mike - thank you for this in-depth analysis of the SY catalogue. I watched it with great enthusiasm. And I am pretty much in agreement with your ranking said having a personal favourite in Sister :) As you mentioned then I too have a big heart for 'Disappearer' from Goo or personally I enjoy all of the demos for Goo even better than the final outcome. You are probably already familiar with those demos but if not spend some time with them. They are really out of this world. Last I link you to my acoustic instrumental version of 'Disappearer' from one fellow guitarplayer to another :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2anZ3-ol7WcfLs Keep up your excellent work! Best regards, Brian

[@zikster99]

"Experimental Jet Set Trash..." was the album for me! I will take it with me along with "The Dark side of the moon" by Pink Floyd when I go to heaven...

[@dylanconnelly2188]

Completely agree, my fave album of all time

[@elyaqui5324]

Great job!

[@garyclarke9557]

Sonic nurse is a great album

[@rascaltuff]

just came across your channel, you got my sub! I love SY, one of my all time faves so here’s my nerd out Confusion: C BMR: C EVOL: A Sister: S DN: S Good: A Dirty: B Experimental: C WM: S 1000: B NYC: D MS: C SN: B RR: C Eternal: D btw, I did not spell out ass on purpose 😂

[@zenaudio108]

I don't know why but I just don't get on with Daydream Nation. That is not trying to be cool or contrary, and I have revisited it a number of times to 'get it', but it has never grabbed me in the same way as most of their other albums. Evol, Sister and NYC Ghosts and Flowers are my top 3.

[@DemigodCodex]

Album tracks are literally given to them to learn, rehearse and perform..

[@debbiewasshername]

good analysis

[@TheSonicTruth]

Leaves and Bad Moon are on the same level? Interesting

[@garyclarke9557]

You have eternal a B what the hell. I love their swan song. Change it to a S I love this album

[@SonicRave1]

With a band like Sonic Youth is hard to say what is their best albums because each album is just a moment in time for them. But here are my top 4 everything else is just in the mix for me. Experimental Jetset Trash and No star Washing Machine New York City Ghost and Flowers A thousand Leaves

[@stevebond7387]

Sonic Nurse is my favorite of all their albums. A rocking record that has strong songs from start to finish. Fantastic!

[@garyclarke9557]

You forgot about Mark Ibold

[@markschroeder5559]

What's your take on the Coachmen?

[@pepuletrz]

wait...what the hell are you trying to pull here?? eye almost fell for it..

[@RealAsaMitaka]

why dont you like Mary Christ? its one of my favourites on goo

[@TheSonicTruth]

I love her all the time? Not awesome?

[@austinkash]

WHERE IS THE WHITEY ALBUM

[@peterbkrogh]

Technically not Sonic Youth

[@TheSonicTruth]

Everything up to dirty is an S to me

[@07BSPtC]

Confusion is sex is not their first album. Their first album is self titled

[@votkiskoc]

Bad Moon Rising it the Raw essence of SY...sad you put C :(

[@MrFlesh420]

Bad Moon Rising is most certainly better than C. More like A. Same with A Thousand Leaves.

[@sonicpharmacist]

1. Daydream Nation 2. Dirty 3. Sonic Nurse 4. Sister 5. Murray Street 6. Goo 7. Rather Ripped 8. Thousand Leaves 9. EVOL 10. Washing Machine 11. Jet Set 12. Bad Moon Rising 13. The Eternal 14. Confusion is Sex 15. NYC Ghosts & Flowers

[@rschw76409]

There very poor audio fidelity of Confusion ruins it for me. It is distracting, and stands out from all other Sonic Youth releases with such poor sound quality. Rather Ripped is their best since Dirty for me. Pink Steam is one of my top favorite songs of all.

[@mehmehh]

Sonic nurse is literally my favorite album of all time. All the songs sound so beautiful and stones is my favorite song ever. So yes, there is more people that hold that album on high.

[@roberthargraves424]

Murray Street is unlistenable. Doesn't even make D tier and can take Sonic Nurse with it. But, that's like just my opinion man.

[@MikeGodetteMusic]

Interesting take! What are your favorites?

[@roberthargraves424]

As an entire album... It's probably Washing Machine, Sister, Dirty, Goo, Daydream, Evol, Jetset, bleh. But, as far as individual songs, that is far more evenly spread. For example, Starfield Road is vastly underrated. (All this is totally my opinion. Arguing about musical taste is futile. We like what we like.)

[@1985cactus]

Murray Street is their best post early 90s album. In top 5 albums of theirs.

[@roberthargraves424]

@@1985cactus Glad you like it, I don't get down with that get down... just aint my thing.

[@votkiskoc]

There are no skip over tracks on BMR, just weak and deaf man

[@scottwalker4768]

A THOUSAND LEAVES IS SONIC YOUTHS BEST ALBUM AND THIS GUY SHITS ALL OVER IT

[@mavisbeeswax8136]

Daydream Nation is the only one that deserves top tier.. you bullshirring people who don't don't know any better, birxh 😅

[@adamlawson5021]

1. Daydream Nation 2. Goo 3. Sister 4. Dirty 5. Evol 6. Sonic Nurse 7. Washing Machine 8. Rather Ripped 9. A Thousand Leaves 10. Experimental Jet Set... 11. The Eternal 12. NYC Ghosts and Flowers 13. Bad Moon Rising 14. Confusion is Sex