Sonic Youth - Washing Machine

To me, this is easily the most over looked Sonic Youth album that I've heard. When it comes to the always tedious list of best Sonic Youth albums, you'll always see "Daydream Nation", "Goo", "Evol" and "Dirty" ranking right up there without even the slightest thought given to Washing Machine. I'm still not exactly sure why this is. Two of my favorite Sonic Youth tunes reside on this album in "Becuz" and "Junkie's Promise" and the rest of the album ain't too shabby either. Perhaps this being ignored comes from people's general distaste for the string of mid 90s releases, of which this was one. Or perhaps people are put off by the heavily distorted and wandering moments such as "Washing Machine". Then again, maybe it's just me. This record was the first Sonic Youth release I got my hands on, way back when I was thirteen and obviously there's going to be some kind of permanent bond with the record that introduced me to one of my favorite bands and I am therefore perhaps blocking out it's flaws. I dunno, if you don't have it, buy it and judge for yourself.


Sonic Youth - Becuz
Sonic Youth - Junkie's Promise

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