General Article name: Goo
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Geffen US Number of tracks: 11 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots 2. Sonic Youth - Tunic (Song for Karen) 3. Sonic Youth - Mary-Christ 4. Sonic Youth - Kool Thing 5. Sonic Youth - Mote 6. Sonic Youth - My Friend Goo 7. Sonic Youth - Disappearer 8. Sonic Youth - Mildred Pierce 9. Sonic Youth - Cinderella's Big Score 10. Sonic Youth - Scooter + Jinx 11. Sonic Youth - Titanium Exposé   Description Description

Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by Goo, their follow-up to the monumental Daydream Nation. While paling in the shadow of its predecessor, the record is nevertheless a defiant call to arms against mainstream musical values; the Geffen logo adorning the disc is a moot point -- Goo is, if anything, a portrait of Sonic Youth at their most self-indulgently noisy and contentious, covering topics ranging from Karen Carpenter ("Tunic") to UFOs ("Disappearer") to dating Jesus' mom ("Mary-Christ"). Even Public Enemy's Chuck D joins the fracas on the single "Kool Thing," which teeters on the brink of a cultural breakthrough but falls just shy of the mark; the same could be said of Goo itself -- by no means a sellout, it nevertheless lacks the coherence and force of the group's finest work, and the opportunity to violently rattle the mainstream cage slips by. [Goo was re-released on LP in 2016.] ~ Jason Ankeny

Jason Ankeny

Contributors Artist: Sonic Youth Record Label: Polydor Record Label: Geffen Guest Artist: J Mascis Guest Artist: Chuck D Guest Artist: Don Fleming