Daydream Nation

Occupation

Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by the noise rock band Sonic Youth, and was released in October 1988. Daydream Nation was the last Sonic Youth album, which was released by Geffen on an independent label before their deal. The cover artwork was designed by the German artist Gerhard Richter ( Front Cover, " Candle ", 1983; Back Cover: "candle", 1982). The album was recorded in the Greene Street in New York, the producer was Nick Sansano. Two of the album pieces, Teen Age Riot Silver Rocket, were released as a single. Both are among the most famous pieces of the band.

Each LP side of the 70:52 minutes long double album was associated with a symbol of a band member:

  • Lee Ranaldo: Infinity ∞
  • Kim Gordon: Venus Symbol
  • Thurston Moore: Omega Ω
  • Steve Shelley: drummer Devil

Formation

The album was recorded in Studio A of the New York Greene Street Studios. Producer Nick Sansano until then had only produced hip- hop artist, but the band was so impressed by his work. The recordings started in mid July 1988 and ended on 18 August of the same year. The band had never paid so much for their shots - the total cost was about $ 30,000.

Contributors

Band

  • Lee Ranaldo - guitar
  • Kim Gordon - bass guitar
  • Thurston Moore - guitar
  • Steve Shelley - drums

Studio

  • Nick Sansano - producer, engineer
  • Matt Tritto - assistant engineer
  • Dave Swanson - 2nd assistant
  • Howie Weinberg - mastering

Title list

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

  • The Wonder - 4:15
  • Hyper Station - 7:13
  • Eliminator Jr. - 2:37

Bonus tracks

Published in 2007, The deluxe edition of the album contains two CDs on which in addition to the above mentioned pieces of live recordings as well as five bonus tracks are found, of which four items are not included on the album. These songs are cover versions of Within You Without You by the Beatles, Touch Me I'm Sick by Mudhoney, Computer Age by Neil Young and Electricity by Captain Beefheart.

Reception

Daydream Nation is due to its great influence on the alternative rock genre as one of the pioneering albums of the 1980s. The album was praised by the press and uniformly reached among others, Rolling Stone, Blender and Pitchfork Media, the local maximum rating. In addition, it is found in the lists of favorites of many music magazines and websites so it is written by Pitchfork Media ranked one of the 100 best albums of the 80s, when Rolling Stone ranked 329 of the 500 best albums of all time.

Daydream Nation (Film) Record label Geffen Records Independent music Hip hop music
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