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No Home Record
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length solo release for the Sonic Youth co-founder was produced by Justin Raisen with contributions from Shawn Everett and Jake Meginsky.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. The Guardian
    Oct 11, 2019
    100
    No Home Record brilliantly weds noise textures to pop dynamics.
  2. The 405
    Oct 11, 2019
    85
    No Home Record is impossible to listen to without making reference to her former band, yet it stands alone as the finest work of a magnificent, imposing talent.
  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 7, 2019
    80
    No Home Record is heavy in its use of experimentation, yet it results in a vividly cutting and complex portrait of what it means to live in contemporary LA, and a superb introduction to the solo Kim Gordon.
  4. Clash Music
    Oct 10, 2019
    80
    It’s a record that makes incisions into the staid, one that knocks over the steadfast; it’s a bold, thrilling construction, one that pushes her history to one side in order to build anew.
  5. The Wire
    Oct 23, 2019
    80
    Gordon sings with a becalmed daydream-y satisfaction, mixing and matching phrases from different notebooks into a confident patchwork. [Nov 2019, p.54]
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  6. musicOMH.com
    Oct 24, 2019
    70
    Even during the times where her restless experimentation threatens to become a bit self-indulgent, you’re never far away from a blast of feedback to grab your attention again. It all adds up to a welcome return for one of rock music’s true modern icons.
  7. Mojo
    Oct 7, 2019
    60
    No Home record offers few tunes you could whistle, but at it's best Gordon's no-wave din and take-no-shit snarl offer unabashedly militant thrills. [Nov 2019, p.87]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. DannyShining
    Oct 14, 2019
    9
    Thrilling and breathtaking first solo album by Kim Gordon. Noisy, electronic and No Wave rock, great songs indeed. Well done, Kim.
  2. JaneMetascore
    Dec 18, 2019
    5
    While this album includes experimentation this is the end of the road for members of the Sonic Youth. This albums results are largely aWhile this album includes experimentation this is the end of the road for members of the Sonic Youth. This albums results are largely a disappointment for grizzled Sonic Youth fans. This albums' complexity is lost in past glories. This album doesn't look or sound very good for contemporary music. Solo Kim Gordon stinks.… Expand
  4. wurdmann
    Oct 11, 2019
    4
    I'm not sure what I was looking for in a Kim Gordon solo record, but this is not it.

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