Silver Rocket

"Silver Rocket"
Single by Sonic Youth
from the album Daydream Nation
B-side "Slow Death," "I Got a Right"
Released 1988
Format 12"
Recorded Blast First Records
Genre Noise rock
Length 3:47
Label Enigma/Blast First
Writer(s) Sonic Youth
Producer(s) Nick Sansano, Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth singles chronology
"Teen Age Riot"
1988		 "Silver Rocket"
1988		 "Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween"
(1989)

"Silver Rocket" was the second single from Sonic Youth's 1988 album, Daydream Nation. It was ranked #79 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".[1]

Formats and track listing

A-side

  1. "Silver Rocket (live)" by Sonic Youth - In a Live version of the song, Thurston changes the second verse where he makes references about other musicians and pop social Icons of the time, including J. Mascis, Cher, etc.

B-side

  1. "Slow Death" by The Miracle Workers
  2. "I Got a Right" by The Miracle Workers

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone - The 100 Greatest Guitars Songs of All Time
    "Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo formed Sonic Youth as a temple to the electric guitar, spurning lead and rhythm roles in favor of noise and more noise. Here they're a two-headed beast, crashing through open-tuned riffs and throwing in a bristling, free-form feedback blizzard in lieu of a solo."

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