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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 06/15/1990
Run Time: 49:23
Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of
Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by
Goo, their follow-up to the monumental
Daydream Nation. While paling in the shadow of its predecessor, the record is nevertheless a defiant call to arms against mainstream musical values; the
Geffen logo adorning the disc is a moot point --
Goo is, if anything, a portrait of
Sonic Youth at their most self-indulgently noisy and contentious, covering topics ranging from
Karen Carpenter (
"Tunic") to UFOs (
"Disappearer") to dating Jesus' mom (
"Mary-Christ"). Even
Public Enemy's
Chuck D joins the fracas on the single
"Kool Thing," which teeters on the brink of a cultural breakthrough but falls just shy of the mark; the same could be said of
Goo itself -- by no means a sellout, it nevertheless lacks the coherence and force of the group's finest work, and the opportunity to violently rattle the mainstream cage slips by.
~Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
;)
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