- rock, alternative rock, no wave
- 74 min
- 11 tracks
- Geffen
A Thousand Leaves is the tenth studio album by American rock band Sonic Youth, released on CD and cassette on May 12, 1998, by DGC Records. A double-LP vinyl issue had been released three weeks earlier, on April 21, 1998, by My So Called Records.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyC+
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork7.1/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- The Village VoiceA+
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Tracks
- 1Contre le sexisme3:56
- 2Sunday4:52
- 3Female Mechanic Now on Duty7:43
- 4Wildflower Soul9:05
- 5Hoarfrost5:01
- 6French Tickler4:52
- 7Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg)11:05
- 8Karen Koltrane9:21
- 9The Ineffable Me5:22
- 10Snare, Girl6:39
- 11Heather Angel6:09
11 tracks, 74 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sonic Youth
- Label
- Geffen
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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