Disc 11. Queen Bee and Her Pals 2. Ono Soul 3. Psychic Hearts 4. Pretty Bad 5. Patti Smith Math Scratch 6. Blues From Beyond the Grave 7. See-Through Play/Mate 8. Hang Out 9. Feathers 10. Tranquilizer 11. Staring Statues 12. Cindy (Rotten Tanx) 13. Cherry's Blues 14. Female Cop 15. Elegy For All the Dead Rock Stars
Label: DGC (David Geffen Company) (USA) Release Date: 03/14/2006 Original Release Date: 1995 Recording Mode: Stereo Producer: Thurston Moore Recording Type: Studio Distributor: Universal Distribution
Personnel: Thurston Moore (guitar, bass, vocals), Tim Foljahn (guitar), Steve Shelley (drums). Engineers: John Siket (tracks 1-7, 9-13); Lee Ranaldo (tracks 8, 14); Ed Douglas (track 15). Recorded at Sear Sound, Magic Shop and Sonic Youth Rehearsal Studio, New York from 1994-1995. All songs written by Thurston Moore. Personnel: Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); Tim Foljahn (guitar); Steve Shelley (drums). Recording information: Sear Sound Studio, New York, New York; Mott Street Rehearsal Space, New York, New York (1994 - 1995).
Rolling Stone (6/1/95, pp.60-61) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...as a cohesive statement of purpose, as confirmation that [Thurston] Moore remains committed to experimental music and fascinated by the precarious relationship between high and low art, PSYCHIC HEARTS offers hope for an endangered species: genuine alternative rock..." Spin (6/95, pp.100-101) - 6 - Reasonably Good - "...finds Sonic Youth's fanzine boy starting to settle into a comfortable, cultured paunchiness....Moore's phrasing has become so casually acute, that it's actually seductive to hear him vamp beatnik poetry..." Uncut (p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's storming in places, particularly the white-hot 'Hang Out'..." Alternative Press (8/95, p.92) - "...a low-key, minimalist pop record devoted to trash culture..." The Wire (p.63) - "[The closing track] equals the lingering, plangent impression of Sonic Youth's finest moments." Option (7-8/95, p.122) - "...freed from SY's democratic constraints, Moore has made an album that's leaner, tighter and more consistent that any since DAYDREAM NATION...Moore is Sonic Youth's rock'n'roll soul, the one most adept at finding the balance between punk attitude and teen populism..."
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