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- Summary: The veteran New York band, again operating as a five-piece (with Jim O'Rourke still in the group), return with a successor to one of their best albums in recent memory, 2002's 'Murray Street.'
- Record Label: Geffen
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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Dude Ranch Nurse | |
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Keep on running in the dark Dude ranch dream has fallen apart Stolen kisses let's pretend my friend You play sick and I will mend Let the action... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 32
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Mixed: 7 out of 32
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Negative: 0 out of 32
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Nurse is the closest to creating a landmark on parallel with Daydream Nation theyve come since that particular record's nameday in 88, and in its dense textures it maybe signals the extinction of the antediluvian No Wave idyll; a Robert Zimmerman trip that somehow got mixed up with Joni Mitchell, Black Flag and a conceptualist oddball.
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FilterA gorgeous, bona fide gem. [#11, p.92]
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Sonic Nurse is the happy medium they've been craving. The songs, despite being mostly over five minutes long, are all to the point without feeling meandering.... The balance between noise and melody is right, with each emerging and vanishing at just the right point.
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On the whole, Sonic Nurse compiles a laid-back hour of elaborate plucking and rhythm from five veteran musicians who reserve musical violence and poetic anger for when it feels most appropriate.
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Q MagazineFinds them revelling in bursts of noise and awkwardness, but more surprisingly perhaps, taking as much comfort in sweet melody. [Jul 2004, p.124]
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SpinA strangely enervated Sonic Youth record, one that exchanges Murray Street's golden-years vigor for a sad sense of duty. [Jul 2004, p.108]
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A fairly average jaunt into familiar indie rock territory.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 24
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Mixed: 0 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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SeamusSMar 27, 2006
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MosheLJun 22, 2004The best album of the year 2004!!!
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NickSFeb 24, 2005
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samueldJun 29, 2004
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djmDec 14, 2006
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FuturemanJun 16, 2004Great album. Not "Daydream Nation," and perahps not quite as good as "Murray Street." Yet it's another impressive album in their catalogue.
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MikeJun 15, 2004Wow, it's definitely not worth bothering with.
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