Dirty (album)

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Dirty
Studio album by Sonic Youth
Released July 21, 1992
Recorded 1992
Genre Alternative rock, post-punk
Length 58:45
Label DGC
Producer Butch Vig, Sonic Youth
Professional reviews

Original release:

Deluxe edition:
Sonic Youth chronology
Goo
(1990)		 Dirty
(1992)		 TV Shit
(1993)

Dirty is an album by Sonic Youth that was originally released on July 21, 1992. It was deemed best album of 1992 by Entertainment Weekly magazine.[1]

On March 25, 2003, a double-CD deluxe edition of the album was released. It comprised the original album with additional B-sides, demos and rehearsal recordings.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

  1. "100%" (lyrics Gordon/vocals Moore) – 2:28
  2. "Swimsuit Issue" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 2:57
  3. "Theresa's Sound-World" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 5:27
  4. "Drunken Butterfly" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 3:03
  5. "Shoot" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 5:16
  6. "Wish Fulfillment" (lyrics/vocals Ranaldo) – 3:24
  7. "Sugar Kane" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 5:56
  8. "Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 4:17
  9. "Youth Against Fascism" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 3:36
  10. "Nic Fit" (Untouchables) (vocals Moore) – 0:59
  11. "On the Strip" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 5:41
  12. "Chapel Hill" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 4:46
  13. "JC" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 4:01
  14. "Purr" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 4:21
  15. "Créme Brûlèe" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 2:33
  16. "Stalker" (lyrics/vocals Moore) (bonus track on vinyl edition only) – 3:01

[edit] Deluxe edition

[edit] Disc one

  1. "100%" – 2:28
  2. "Swimsuit Issue" – 2:57
  3. "Theresa's Sound-World" – 5:27
  4. "Drunken Butterfly" – 3:03
  5. "Shoot" – 5:16
  6. "Wish Fulfillment" – 3:24
  7. "Sugar Kane" – 5:56
  8. "Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit" – 4:17
  9. "Youth Against Fascism" – 3:36
  10. "Nic Fit" (Untouchables) – 0:59
  11. "On the Strip" – 5:41
  12. "Chapel Hill" – 4:46
  13. "JC" – 4:01
  14. "Purr" – 4:21
  15. "Créme Brûlèe" – 2:33
  16. "Stalker" – 3:01
  17. "Genetic" (lyrics/vocals Ranaldo) – 3:35
  18. "Hendrix Necro" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 2:49
  19. "The Destroyed Room" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 3:21

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Is It My Body" (Alice Cooper) – 2:52
  2. "Personality Crisis" (New York Dolls) – 3:41
  3. "The End of the End of the Ugly" – 4:19
  4. "Tamra" – 8:34
  5. "Little Jammy Thing" – 2:20
  6. "Lite Damage" – 5:22
  7. "Dreamfinger" – 7:41
  8. "Barracuda" – 4:22
  9. "New White Kross" – 1:29
  10. "Guido" – 3:50
  11. "Stalker" – 3:37
  12. "Moonface" – 4:44
  13. "Poet in the Pit" – 2:41
  14. "Theoretical Chaos" – 3:07
  15. "Youth Against Fascism" – 5:03
  16. "Wish Fulfillment" – 3:50

[edit] Singles

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1992 Official UK Albums Chart 6
1992 Official Sweden Albums Chart 26
1992 Official Austrian Albums Chart 37
1992 Official German Albums Chart 59
1992 Billboard Top 200 83

[edit] Singles

Year Song Chart Position
1992 "100%" Modern Rock Tracks (US) 4
1992 "100%" UK Singles Chart 28
1992 "Youth Against Fascism" UK Singles Chart 52
1993 "Sugar Kane" UK Singles Chart 26
1993 "Whore's Moaning" (Australian EP) Australia Singles Chart 44

[edit] Miscellanea

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  • Ian MacKaye got credit for the "xtra guitar" on "Youth Against Fascism"
  • As noted above, "Nic Fit" is a song originally by the DC band Untouchables. In that band is Ian's brother Alec MacKaye
  • Under the tray of the first pressing of the "Dirty" CD (and later in the booklet of the deluxe edition CD/LP) is a controversial photograph of performance artist Bob Flanagan. It was removed from all other pressings.
  • The track "Sugar Kane" includes a possible reference to fellow indie rock band Half Japanese. The lyric "kiss me like a frog" may refer to the Half Japanese song of the same name.
  • In the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin, the character Cal played by Seth Rogen is seen in one part of the movie wearing a t-shirt of the album cover.
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[edit] References

  1. ^ 1992 THE BEST & WORST MUSIC | Music News | Music | Entertainment Weekly | 1