The Eternal
by Sonic Youth
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Jun 9, 2009
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 58 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 78
  3. Negative: 17 out of 78

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#41 Most Discussed Album of 2009

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. Filter
    72
    All the things you love about Sonic Youth are here, just a little fewer and further between than you'd like. [Spring 2009, p.93]
  2. Uncut
    60
    Good, but the exciting notion of a genuine career left turn feels increasingly unlikely.
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    The Eternal offers a sort of survey course in SY history, careering from their early art-school atonality to the more melodically sophisticated compositions of later years. The problem is, none of it looks forward; in spelunking through the past, the band seems to have forgotten to unearth anything new.
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