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Dirty [CD]

Sonic Youth Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (20 Mar 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B000026E3Y
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,480 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. 100% 2:30£0.89
Listen  2. Swimsuit Issue 2:58£0.69
Listen  3. Theresa's Sound-World 5:29£0.69
Listen  4. Drunken Butterfly 3:04£0.69
Listen  5. Shoot 5:14£0.69
Listen  6. Wish Fulfillment 3:25£0.59
Listen  7. Sugar Kane 5:56£0.89
Listen  8. Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit 4:18£0.69
Listen  9. Youth Against Fascism 3:37£0.69
Listen10. Nic Fit0:58£0.69
Listen11. On The Strip 5:42£0.69
Listen12. Chapel Hill 4:46£0.69
Listen13. JC 4:03£0.69
Listen14. Purr 4:22£0.69
Listen15. Creme Brulee 2:35£0.69


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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By alexliamw VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Dirty and Daydream Nation are the only two Sonic Youth albums I own, but they are both utterly amazing, though for different reasons. In the case of Dirty, its for cooler-than-cool, disaffected post-punk and grunge-pop. More song-based and straight-ahead rock than the somewhat proggy Daydream Nation, its nevertheless tempered with fine bursts of white noise, magical guitar duelling, grinding riffs and propelling, heavy bass.

Everyone mentions '100%' and 'Sugar Kane', and both are good, the former a driving, posturing, cool punk number and the latter a radio-friendly, poppy rock song. However this album by no means stops there. Springing to mind is the utterly wonderful 'Theresa's Sound-world' which builds from quiet, reflective melody to a wall of beautiful, heavy, ear-bleeding noise. 'Drunken Butterfly' is propelled by a catchy riff (recently ripped off by Cooper Temple Clause for their single 'Promises Promises') and an earnestly ironic chorus of 'I love you, I love you, I love you, what's your name?'.

Their political drive comes to the fore on the slower, but equally menacing 'Youth Against Fascism', which contains sneering vocals, a monster of a bass sound and guitars that sound as if they are being ritualistically tortured rather than played. The album veers from creepy ('Shoot', 'On The Strip') to all-out punk ('Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit' and the cover of 'Nic's Fit'). The more commercial 'Chapel Hill' sits alongside 'Sugar Kane' nicely, but every track on here has a sense of melody. Then there is a bit of lunacism, like the strange and twisted closer 'Creme Brulee'.

Every track on this album digs its own musical furrow and the album is all the better for it as despite its length of 15 tracks each one is worthy of high acclaim. Above all, listening to Dirty, you get the sense that they were influencing scores of alternative bands to come: much of the album seems a template for bands like My Vitriol, Cooper Temple Clause and Ikara Colt, 'Youth Against Fascism' seems to have influenced Mclusky and 'Chapel Hill' sounds like it may have wormed its way into the minds of the Manic Street Preachers at times. This is an amazing album, an equal of Daydream Nation, and probably the best starting point for newcomers to this brilliant band.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excellent as usual 7 Aug 2006
By Klingy
Format:Audio CD
Dirty is one of Sonic Youth's more accessible records and as such it's an ideal starting point for new listeners looking to get into this hard-rocking band.

The songs on Dirty are short, angry, lean, tight and muscular. They are shot through with an urgent, breathless energy. The whole album has a punchy, chunky, straightforward sound and a clean Butch Vig production that admittedly sets it closer to Lollapalooza-era alternative rock than to previous Sonic Youth albums like EVOL, Sister or Daydream Nation. My only slight reservation is that in straying so close to Nirvana's grunge/punk territory, they don't sound as instantly distinctive as they do on, say, Sister, so it's not necessarily the most representative album of what Sonic Youth are about.

By the Youth's avant-garde art-rock standards these songs are relatively catchy, poppy and radio-friendly, but please don't let snobbery get in the way of a great rock album. There is so much to enjoy here, and there's still plenty of hard-rocking white noise for feedback fanatics to savour. Highlights include Kim Gordon's seductive, menacing Shoot; the brutal, hard-as-nails punk tantrums Swimsuit Issue and Drunken Butterfly; and the classic singles 100% and Sugar Kane.

Rock on!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is definitely the best album for a new fan to get into Sonic Youth. It has the softer (more commercial?) aspects of Goo, but is much more Sonic Youth than that album. 100% and Sugar Kane are by far the best tracks on Dirty, but the whole album is let down by Nic Fit. Yes, we all hate Black Flag, but why ruin an album over it. Cost them a star (no, it really is that bad). But as long as you just hit skip when that track comes up you'll be fine.
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REVIEW I SUBMITTED TO MUSIC GEEK CLUB
I attend a monthly music club in Cardiff and April's classic album selected for discussion was 'Dirty' by Sonic Youth and I thought I may as well submit my thoughts on this... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. J. Gilpin
Something Cool
This is a very different album from any other Grunge album i have ever brought it opens up my mind to see what is Sonic Youth are well very un-usual and very different from bands... Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2010 by J. Arthur
Go on buy it and enjoy.
I remember reading a review for this album and a follow up band profile in the now expired Select magazine way back in 1992. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2009 by Paul Price
My favorite SY record
This is the first SY record I've heard (about another 10 followed), and it's still my personal favorite. This time there are actual "songs" in here! Read more
Published on 31 May 2008 by holdyourlight
A revelation
Dirty was the first album i bought with this great band.Never heard the music before or the band.So when i started to listen, i imidiately fellt that this was something really... Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2007 by T. Engan
I love you, I love you, I love you, what's your name?
To be fair, Sonic Youth are a bit of an acquired taste. I don't agree that they produce tuneless music, but their melodies are not as immediate as some of the other bands of their... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2007 by Cuban Heel
dirty delight
In all honesty this isn't SY's greatest record but as all the records in their brilliant, diverse and ecclectic back catalogue go this surpasses most alt rock records of the... Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2004 by C. DOUGHTY
noise annoys
Being a big fan of the early 90's grunge scene (Nirvana,Stiltskin,Pearl Jam,Stone Temple Pilots etc)a work colleuge told me i'd be foolish not to check out this album. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2003
Dirty...
This album was the first I ever listened to by Sonic Youth and I must say I was hooked from this point forward. Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2002 by Ben Vickers
A Very Good Album
This album suceeds in being both kick-ass rock music, and frazzled experimental noise. 100% is a prime example, a brilliantly simple punk track, while the rabid guitar in the... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2001 by Mr. N. A. Styles
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