Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
ie8 fix
Murray Street - Sonic Youth
Murray Street Image
Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Summary: Now into their third decade of recording, Sonic Youth offer up a return to form that has more in common with their output of the 80s than with anything they have released in recent years. Multi-instrumentalist Jim O'Rourke, who worked with the band on their previous effort 'NYC Ghosts & Flowers,' is now a full-fledged member of the group.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Sonic Youth find a balance--between formlessness and structure, melody and cacophony--that's eluded them for a while. [28 Jun 2002, p.142]
    All this publication's reviews
  2. Pitchfork
    90
    Murray Street is Sonic Youth's first successful convergence of envelope-pushing guitarwork and accessible songery since 1988.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Overall, SY fail to get into their groove between twisted, brutalised melody and spastic six-string experimentalism.

See all 23 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. CaesarM.
    10
    Best album since Dirty.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JonathanH
    10
    Brilliant, another masterpiece by Sonic Youth
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. BrockG
    10
    Modern masterpiece.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

See all 13 User Reviews

Recommended Products

  1. Rather Ripped - Sonic Youth

    • Release Date: Jun 13, 2006
    Rather Ripped Image

  2. The Eternal - Sonic Youth

    • Release Date: Jun 9, 2009
    The Eternal Image

  3. Simon Werner A Disparu - Sonic Youth

    • Release Date: Feb 15, 2011
    Simon Werner A Disparu Image

Current Music Releases

Full List »
  1. Tago Mago [40th Anniversary Edition] - Can
    Metascore: 99
  2. Live in Europe 1967: Best of the Bootleg, Vol. 1 - Miles Davis
    Metascore: 99
  3. Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition] - Smashing Pumpkins
    Metascore: 96
  4. The SMiLE Sessions - The Beach Boys
    Metascore: 96
  5. National Treasures: The Complete Singles - Manic Street Preachers
    Metascore: 95
  6. Achtung Baby [Super Deluxe] - U2
    Metascore: 93
  7. Some Girls [Deluxe Edition] - The Rolling Stones
    Metascore: 93
  8. Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down - Ry Cooder
    Metascore: 92
  9. Unto the Locust - Machine Head
    Metascore: 91
  10. Quadrophenia [The Director's Cut] - The Who
    Metascore: 90
  11. Rio [Live] - Keith Jarrett
    Metascore: 90
  12. What Were You Hoping For? - Van Hunt
    Metascore: 90
  13. Bitch Magnet - Bitch Magnet
    Metascore: 90
  14. Charity Starts at Home - Phonte
    Metascore: 89
  15. Nevermind [20th Anniversary Edition] - Nirvana
    Metascore: 89
  16. Young Man In America - Anais Mitchell
    Metascore: 88
  17. Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller, Vol. 1 - Drexciya
    Metascore: 88
  18. Bad as Me - Tom Waits
    Metascore: 88
  19. The Singles - Goldfrapp
    Metascore: 88
  20. Undun - The Roots
    Metascore: 88
All Current Music »