Name: Dirty
Brand: Sonic Youth

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Universal Music GmbH

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Release date

2015-12-04

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4734935

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602547349354

1992-07-20

4244852

720642448526

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Sonic Youth

Label EU

Geffen

Genre EU

Rock-Pop

Geffen Records, founded by David Geffen in 1980, is a renowned music label with a rich history. It launched its journey with Donna Summer's "The Wanderer" and went on to release iconic albums like John Lennon's "Double Fantasy". Initially distributed by Warner Bros. Records, the label was later acquired by MCA Records in 1990. Geffen played a significant role in distributing Rick Rubin's Def American Recordings during its early years. After merging with Interscope Records in 1999 as part of the Universal Music Group, Geffen absorbed the entire MCA Records catalog and roster in 2003.

In 2013, Geffen became part of Interscope but was revived in 2017 under the leadership of CEO John Janick and President Neil Jacobson. Known for their distinctive branding featuring a stylized "G ball / sphere," releases from Geffen are often credited simply as "Geffen." Please note that any references to DGC or David Geffen Company should be listed under DGC.

With an impressive legacy and an ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional music, Geffen continues to make its mark on the music industry as a subsidiary of Interscope Geffen A&M within the Universal Music Group family.

Sonic Youth, formed in New York City in 1981, is a highly influential band that emerged from the No-Wave music scene. Comprised of Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, and Richard Edson initially, they later added drummer Steve Shelley. With their roots in experimental music and collaborations with Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth has consistently pushed boundaries throughout their career.

Over the years, Sonic Youth recorded 15 albums together and embarked on various side and solo projects. Their work is known for its challenging and innovative nature, making them one of the most intriguing bands of their time. The album "Sonic Nurse," featuring Jim O'Rourke's talents alongside the band members', further solidified their reputation.

In 2011, Sonic Youth went on an indefinite hiatus following the separation of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore after nearly three decades of marriage. Despite this setback, their impact on alternative rock remains undeniable.

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'Dirty' from 1992 was Sonic Youth's ninth album, and the second recorded for DGC / Geffen. They went into the studio with a perhaps unprecedented abundance of material. While Butch Vig's clean but full-bodied production certainly gave Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo's guitars greater punch and presence than they had in the past, and many of the songs move in the increasingly tuneful direction the band had been traveling with 'Daydream Nation' and 'Goo', most of 'Dirty' is good bit more jagged and purposefully discordant than its immediate precursors. If anything, 'Dirty' finds Sonic Youth revisiting the territory the band mapped out on 'Sister' - merging the propulsive structures of rock (both punk and otherwise) with the gorgeous chaos of their approach to the electric guitar - and it shows how much better they'd gotten at it in the past five years, from the curiously beautiful 'Wish Fulfillment' and 'Theresa's Sound World' to the brutal 'Drunken Butterfly' and 'Purr.' 'Dirty' was also Sonic Youth's most overtly political album, railing against the abuses of the Reagan / Bush era on 'Youth Against Fascism,' 'Swimsuit Issue,' and 'Chapel Hill,' a surprising move from a band so often in love with cryptic irony.LP - Double 180 Gram with Download.

Dirty

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