- rock, indie rock, alternative rock
- 56 min
- 13 tracks
- Geffen
Rather Ripped is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 13, 2006, by Geffen Records. It was the band's first album since 1998's A Thousand Leaves to feature their classic quartet formation, following the departure of multi-instrumentalist Jim O'Rourke, who had joined as a fifth member in 1999.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 82/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork7.5/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin2/5 ★
- Toronto Star4/4 ★
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Tracks
- 1Reena3:47
- 2Incinerate4:56
- 3Do You Believe in Rapture3:11
- 4Sleepin Around3:43
- 5What a Waste3:34
- 6Jams Run Free3:53
- 7Rats4:25
- 8Turquoise Boy6:14
- 9Lights Out3:33
- 10The Neutral4:09
- 11Pink Steam6:58
- 12Or3:29
- 13Helen Lundeberg4:38
13 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sonic Youth
- Label
- Geffen
- Released
- 2006-06
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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