Murray Street
by Sonic Youth
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 1 out of 33

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  1. Andremax
    Sep 11, 2018
    8
    Maybe Sonic Youth can be a noisy band. But they make a very conscious and well-calculated noise. Murray Street reflects it. Not only noise, but among with fingering open-chords, creates a tripping guitar's layer, adding the fact that are three guitars, has a power even relieving anxiety. Compositions are good too, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon owe nothing to anyone as a composers. ThisMaybe Sonic Youth can be a noisy band. But they make a very conscious and well-calculated noise. Murray Street reflects it. Not only noise, but among with fingering open-chords, creates a tripping guitar's layer, adding the fact that are three guitars, has a power even relieving anxiety. Compositions are good too, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon owe nothing to anyone as a composers. This album resumes, in modern era, the band's way of composing, it could be compared even with band's classic albums.… Collapse
  2. BrockG
    Jul 10, 2006
    10
    Modern masterpiece.
  3. JonathanH
    Apr 13, 2004
    10
    Brilliant, another masterpiece by Sonic Youth
  4. 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.
  5. PatrikS.
    Oct 16, 2002
    9
    The Gods have spoken.
  6. CaesarM.
    Sep 7, 2002
    10
    Best album since Dirty.
  7. CMeck
    Aug 24, 2002
    9
    Best from SY in around a decade- they'll still good live too!
  8. JimD.
    Aug 13, 2002
    10
    Welcome back!!! Cutting edge!!
  9. murph
    Jun 28, 2002
    10
    the only band that matters

Awards & Rankings

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#34 Best Album of 2002
91
#91 Most Discussed Album of 2002
78
#78 Most Shared Album of 2002

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critic Reviews

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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