Bad Moon Rising (album)
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| Bad Moon Rising | ||
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| Studio album by Sonic Youth | ||
| Released | 1985 | |
| Recorded | September – December, 1984 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 37:33 (original release) | |
| Label | Homestead Records | |
| Producer(s) | Sonic Youth, Martin Bisi, John Erskine |
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| Sonic Youth chronology | ||
| Sonic Death (1984) |
Bad Moon Rising (1985) |
EVOL (1986) |
Bad Moon Rising is the third album by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, first released on Homestead Records in 1985.
It is a concept album themed around death and insanity, typical topics for early Sonic Youth. Each side of the original release was a mostly continuous song cycle, without any breaks between the songs, except Death Valley '69, which is a separate song.
A video, featuring appearances by Lung Leg and band members as serial killers and a montage of video related to war and death was shot for the song Death Valley '69, alluding to Charles Manson and 'the family'. An image of Lung Leg from the video also appears as the cover for Sonic Youth's EVOL album.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original release
- "Intro" – 1:12
- "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" – 3:57
- "Society Is a Hole" – 4:54
- "I Love Her All the Time" – 8:19
- "Ghost Bitch" – 4:24
- "I'm Insane" – 6:56
- "Justice Is Might" – 2:57
- "Death Valley '69" – 5:12
[edit] Reissue
- "Intro" – 1:12
- "Brave Men Run (In My Family)" – 3:57
- "Society Is a Hole" – 4:54
- "I Love Her All the Time" – 8:19
- "Ghost Bitch" – 4:24
- "I'm Insane" – 6:56
- "Justice Is Might" – 2:57
- "Death Valley '69" – 5:12
- "Satan Is Boring" – 5:12
- "Flower" – 3:36
- "Halloween" – 5:12
- "Echo Canyon" – 1:08
All tracks except 10-11 were recorded and mixed at Before Christ Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y.C. between Sept. and Dec. 1984.
Tracks 10-11 were recorded and mixed at Radio Tokyo, Venice, California in January 1985.
[edit] Credits
- Lee Ranaldo
- Kim Gordon
- Thurston Moore
- Bob Bert – drums
- Lydia Lunch – vocals on "Death Valley '69"
- Sonic Youth – producer
- Martin Bisi – engineer, producer (all tracks except 10-11)
- Ethan James – engineer (tracks 10-11)
- John Erskine – producer (all tracks except 10-11)
[edit] Releases
- 1985 - LP - Blast First/Homestead (BFFP L/HMS 016) - Released in US.
- 1985 - LP/CS/CD - Blast First (BFFP 1) - Released in UK.
- 1985 - LP - Torso - Released in DE.
- 1993 - CD - Geffen Records (DBCD 24512) - Released in US.
- 1993 - CD - Geffen Records (GED 24512) - Released in EC.
- 1996 - LP - Rough Trade - Released in UK.
Tracks 9-12 appear only on the CD releases.
Tracks 10-11 were also released as the Flower/Halloween single.
The Torso release and original vinyl Homestead release come with a lyric insert.
