Murray Street - Sonic Youth
User Score
8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27

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  1. EnoaM.
    Jun 27, 2002
    10
    They have mellowed with age... but it is a good mellow. I still enjoy their more offish stuff from the past, but I definitely give them two thumbs up on their new approaches. Remember: SY are not meant to be takin from an average music p.o.v. they are experimental... there is alot to learn in their cacophony
  2. JimD.
    Aug 13, 2002
    10
    Welcome back!!! Cutting edge!!
  3. CaesarM.
    Sep 7, 2002
    10
    Best album since Dirty.
  4. BrockG
    Jul 10, 2006
    10
    Modern masterpiece.
  5. murph
    Jun 28, 2002
    10
    the only band that matters
  6. m.h.
    Jul 7, 2002
    10
    ...but did they ever really leave?
  7. JonathanH
    Apr 13, 2004
    10
    Brilliant, another masterpiece by Sonic Youth
  8. JeffS.
    Jun 17, 2002
    10
    They're back. Thank the gods! They're back.
  9. ZachH.
    Jul 25, 2002
    10
    Yes, i was scared for two years... but now i can sleep! i love SY
  10. didactylos
    Aug 1, 2002
    9
    i like. best sy album in a while
  11. jimr
    Apr 7, 2003
    9
    at first, no i didnt get it. didnt match up to evol, sister, daydream nation or confusion is sex...then on the right day, maybe 4th listen...i got it--its beauty can ravage you.
  12. PatrikS.
    Oct 16, 2002
    9
    The Gods have spoken.
  13. CMeck
    Aug 24, 2002
    9
    Best from SY in around a decade- they'll still good live too!

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Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Spin
    80
    This time around, the band square their artier tendencies with their sweet tooth for classic psych-rock. [Aug 2002, p.110]
  2. Q Magazine
    80
    An essay in coolly assured, sophisticated leftfield rock, occasionally laden with trademark discordance yet also full of scintillating tunes. [June 2002, p.123]
  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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