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Murray Street - Sonic Youth
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82 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • 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]
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  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.

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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.
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  2. JonathanH
    10
    Brilliant, another masterpiece by Sonic Youth
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  3. BrockG
    10
    Modern masterpiece.
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