Sonic Youth - 1998 - A Thousand Leaves [TQMP]

____________________________________________________________________________ | | | Sonic Youth - 1998 - A Thousand Leaves |:: | |:: | Ripped w/EAC v1.0b2 (Secure) :: Encoded w/FLAC v1.2.1 -8 |:: |____________________________________________________________________________|:: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: +--------------+ +------+ Pack / Files +--------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------+ | | No. of Files / Size _____ 25 files / 466.17MB (488,816,044 bytes) | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------+ +------+ Audio Source +--------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------------+ | | Type / Quantity _________ CD (Compact Disc) (* 1) | | Date Released ___________ 12th of May, 1998 | | User Rating _____________ 3.5/5 (120 ratings) | | Genre(s) ________________ Alternative | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------+ +------+ Review +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | +--------+ | | This album comes at a special time in the career of our beloved Yoof. | | Here, they have had time. Time as noise rockers, alternative | | trailblazers, and even time as charting artists. They've had quite a | | time by now. Now they have their own studio to explore their sound in | | and a rock era fading past. Here they've taken up their mantle as | | fiercely independent and exploratory artists once more. | | | | A Thousand Leaves sounds like little else in the Sonic catalog due to | | their willingness to leave rock territory behind and carve out a new | | niche in their own land of open tunings and three guitar luster. | | | | It begins with crunching, crackling feedback. Not like the Sonic Youth | | of old. Here, there seems to be more body to the noise. It doesn't | | accentuate the notes; it is the whole of the music. Kim's voice wanders | | in. It really doesn't matter that she's referencing Lewis Carroll or | | talking about sexism. Her voice is actually warm, slightly manipulated, | | but reassuring in a way it never was before. Contre le Sexisme is a | | declaration of Kim's presence on the album and the femininity that | | pervades it. | | | | Sunday follows. While a great single, it doesn't rock out like earlier | | Sonics. It seems more laconic, more willful, and revels in noise as | | beauty, with not a hint of pop convention adorning it. The guitars here | | crunch and growl with abandon, then plunge into a howl and scream solo | | that fans have never heard before. Here there is texture, atmosphere, | | even emotion that had been so absent during the rock era of the | | nineties. This is beautiful. | | | | What's that sound squeezing your head out of shape? It's the intro to | | "Female Mechanic Now On Duty". Angry, politicized, and slightly | | ridiculous, it nevertheless works. The guitar interplay is bliss, and | | the second half's percussion is just sublime. Liquid guitar may not save | | the lyrics or vocals, but really, that's not at all out of place for | | Kim. And Steve Shelley's percussion makes up for it, I swear. | | | | "Hoarfrost" is a highlight here, one of the best Lee songs. Cold, wintry | | guitar plucking leads you into a snow-covered forest, and while the | | spiders build their silver webs, you just gaze around at all the beauty | | that threatens to swallow you. | | | | Lee contributes another highlight, 'Karen Koltrane', precursor to Murray | | Street's 'Karenology'. Though nearly grating in its aggressive | | dissonance, the song is saved from being a particularly abrasive | | curiosity by an utterly incredible instrumental. The multi-part, fluid | | and intricate guitar interplay makes this a latter-day classic. | | | | Aside from these highlights, some of the songs don't quite perform as | | well. Thurston's vocals in Wildflower Soul are too fragile, and Kim gets | | a bit obnoxious and overly silly from time to time. However, overall, | | the album is consistently engaging and pleasing. This album finds beauty | | in noise like early Sonic Youth, only here tempered by maturity and | | wisdom. Though Kim's songs get to be a little too much, the thematic | | unity of the album and wonderful guitar sounds that these rockers have | | found again are worth a few bad moments. [altron2095, sputnikmusic] | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +------------+ +------+ Track List +----------------------------------------------------------+ | +------------+ | | No. | Title | Duration | | ----+--------------------------------------------------------+---------- | | 001 | Contre Le Sexisme .................................... | 00h03m55s | | 002 | Sunday ............................................... | 00h04m52s | | 003 | Female Mechanic Now On Duty .......................... | 00h07m43s | | 004 | Wildflower Soul ...................................... | 00h09m05s | | 005 | Hoarfrost ............................................ | 00h05m01s | | 006 | French Tickler ....................................... | 00h04m52s | | 007 | Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg) ................ | 00h11m05s | | 008 | Karen Koltrane ....................................... | 00h09m21s | | 009 | The Ineffable Me ..................................... | 00h05m21s | | 010 | Snare, Girl .......................................... | 00h06m39s | | 011 | Heather Angel ........................................ | 00h06m09s | | ----+--------------------------------------------------------+---------- | | | | Total Length ____________ 01h14m03s | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------+ +------+ Audio Rip +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | +-----------+ | | Ripped with _____________ EAC v1.0b2 [http://www.exactaudiocopy.de] | | Encoded with ____________ FLAC v1.2.1 [http://flac.sourceforge.net] | | Encoding Stats __________ 1411kbps / 44.1kHz / CBR / 16-bit / Stereo | | Tag(s) __________________ Vorbis | | Includes Artwork? _______ Yes | | Includes Rip .LOG? ______ Yes | | Includes Rip .CUE? ______ Yes | | Includes Playlist? ______ Yes | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ rainfo v0.2 [2011/06/26 @ 14:46:10]

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