Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
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Release date: 01 March 2010
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- Reena
- Incinerate
- Do You Believe In Rapture?
- Sleepin' Around
- What A Waste
- Jams Runs Free
- Rats
- Turquoise Boy
- Lights Out
- The Neutral
- Pink Steam
- Or
- Helen Lundeberg
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Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped: Wikipedia Album Entry
Rather Ripped is the title of an album by Sonic Youth, which was released on June 13, 2006. It is the last album the band had to release to fulfill their contractual obligation to Geffen Records. Jim O'Rourke did not take part in the making of the record. It was reported that some of the gear stolen in 1999 was surprisingly recovered and that it may have been used for recording of the album. The album was described by Thurston Moore as "a super song record" containing "rockers and ballads". The album's working titles were "Sonic Life" and "Do You Believe in Rapture?" The name "Rather Ripped" comes from a now defunct record store in Berkeley, CA. Rather Ripped contained three singles, "Rather Ripped Album Sampler", "Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner", and "Incinerate".
"Incinerate", a track from this album, has received significant radio airplay.
On the UK release of the album, two bonus tracks were included ("Helen Lundeberg" and "Eyeliner"), which were taken from an untitled single that was released shortly before the record. "Helen Lundeberg" is also available in the USA as a bonus track on the iTunes Music Store digital download edition of the album.
On the Japanese release of the album, three bonus tracks were included. In addition to the two UK bonus tracks ("Helen Lundeberg" and "Eyeliner"), the track "Do You Believe in Rapture?" (psychedelic mix) was also included.
"Rather Ripped" charted at number 64 on the UK Album Chart and at number 71 on the US Billboard Top 200. The album came 43rd in Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2006 and ranked third in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2006.
"Rather Ripped" was Sonic Youth's last studio album on Geffen. They dropped the label in 2008, and are now currently recording on Matador Records.
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Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Lyrics
Sonic Youth - Reena Lyrics
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
Sonic Youth - Pink Steam Lyrics
[Thurston]
I just come by to run you over
Sonic Youth - Neutral Lyrics
he's not a dreamer or a schemer
running away from me
Sonic Youth - What a Waste Lyrics
[Kim]
Hey, give me hollow stimulation
Sonic Youth - Sleepin' Around Lyrics
[Thurston]
Sleepin around, sleepin around
Sonic Youth - Do You Believe in Rapture? Lyrics
[Thurston]
Stand behind his drunken imp
Sonic Youth - Incinerate Lyrics
I ripped your heart out from your chest
Replaced it with a grenade blast
Incinerate
