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Murray Street is a 2002 album by Sonic Youth. It was the first album by the group to feature Jim O'Rourke as an official fifth member.
Members of noise improv group Borbetomagus appear on "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style." One of the young girls on the album's cover is Coco Hayley Gordon Moore, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's daughter. The back cover features a photograph of an office building on the west corner of Murray Street and W Broadway near Ground Zero in Manhattan. The address is 75 Park Place. Sonic Youth's studio between 1996 and 2006 was called Echo Canyon and it was located on Murray Street.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Empty Page" (lyrics/vocals Moore, background vocal Ranaldo) – 4:20
- "Disconnection Notice" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 6:24
- "Rain on Tin" (lyrics/vocals Moore) – 7:56
- "Karen Revisited" (lyrics/vocals Ranaldo) – 11:11
- "Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style" (lyrics/vocals Moore, background vocal Gordon) – 4:27
- "Plastic Sun" (lyrics Moore, vocals Gordon) – 2:14
- "Sympathy for the Strawberry" (lyrics/vocals Gordon) – 9:06
- "Street Sauce" (bonus track on Japanese version only) – 7:34
[edit] Album charts
| Year |
Album |
Chart |
Position |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Official Norwegian Albums Chart |
No. 16 |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Official French Albums Chart |
No. 48 |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Official Austrian Albums Chart |
No. 52 |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Official German Albums Chart |
No. 63 |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Official Irish Albums Chart |
No. 67 |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Official UK Albums Chart |
No. 77 |
| 2002 |
Murray Street |
Billboard Top 200 |
No. 126 |
[edit] Personnel
- All songs by Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke
- Published by Sonik Tooth (BMI) and Field Code Music (BMI)
- Recorded and mixed by Jim O'Rourke @ Echo Canyon, NYC, August 2001-March 2002
- Assistant Engineer: Aaron Mullan
- Produced by Sonic Youth
- Mastered by John Golden
- Horns on Radical Adults: Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich
- Cover photo: Monique Voorhout, "Stella and Coco in Hoofdplaat, 2001"
- Band/fan photos: Stefano Giovannini
- Tray card photos: Thurston
- Art direction: Frank Olinsky
