Sonic Youth – Made In USA [1995]

Here we have a soundtrack to a film I've never seen. A little heard album by one of the pillars of leftfield guitar music, despite having been recorded in 1986 just after their great "Evol" album, and just before their (arguable career peak) "Sister" album.

This is a great addition to their studio albums, and appears here on it's own merit entirely. It also appears here now, just as the future of the group looks doubtful due to the split of Thurston & Kim.

I first heard this band on John Peel in 1986. Believe it or not, this is the tune that hooked me. Certainly for the next 3 or 4 albums they were a real passion of mine. I have to say I lost my way with them round about the "Dirty" album and after. I did see them live a few times after that, the latest time being 1995-ish? (I also saw them doing the Daydream Nation album at the excellent Primavera in Barcelona in 2007). I've dipped into their output a few times since, particularly "Rather Ripped". But for me the mid/late 80s stuff was the thing I think of with SY.

Here's what their own website says on it

Tracklisting:
1 .Mackin' For Doober
2. Full Chrome Logic
3. Secret Girl
4. Cork Mountain Incident
5. Moustache Riders
6. Tuck N Dar
7. Moon In The Bathroom
8. Thought Bubbles
9. Rim Thrusters
10. Lincoln's Gout
11. Coughing Up Tweed
12. Pre-poured Wood
13. Hairpiece Lullaby 1 & 2
14. Pocketful Of Sen-sen
15. Smoke Blisters 1 & 2
16. The Velvet Plug
17. Giggles
18. Tulip Fire 2
19. The Dynamics Of Bulbing
20. Smoke Blisters 3 & 4
21. O.J.'s Glove Or What
22. Webb Of Mud 1, 2 & 3
23. Barchelors In Fur!

Anyone seen the film?

Here's the music